The Royal Naval War College was a training establishment for senior officers of the

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that existed from 1900 to 1914. It was based originally at

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, then Plymouth, then

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, and then Greenwich again. Branch colleges were also based at Chatham and Plymouth prior to the

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Early History

A "War Course for Captains and Commanders" was inaugurated at the

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in November 1900. The course moved to Devonport in 1905 and to

in 1906, being officially named the Royal Naval War College in 1907. It catered for

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s, captains and commanders. Courses included training in tactical naval war games, strategic naval war games, studying and writing reports on various problems and lectures on various subjects. The college's functions were to have been returned to Greenwich in 1914.

In Command, Royal Naval War College

Included: * Rear-Admiral Henry J. May, 18 September 1900 * Captain Edmond J. W. Slade, 13 May 1904 – 31 October 1907 * Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry, 1 November 1907 – 26 November 1908 * Rear-Admiral

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, 27 November 1908 – 23 February 1911 * Vice-Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson, 24 February 1911 – 28 January 1913 * Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell, February 1913 – August 1914

Flag Captains Royal Naval War College

Included: * Captain George P. W. Hope, 1 February 1908 – 24 March 1909 * Captain Charles F. Thorp, 24 March 1909 – 1 December 1911 * Captain Richard Webb, 2 April 1912 – 16 August 1913 * Captain Charles E. Le Mesurier, 16 August 1913 – July, 1914

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* {{Admiralty Department, state=collapsed Training establishments of the Royal Navy Education in Portsmouth 1900 establishments in England 1914 disestablishments in the United Kingdom