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The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, providing courses for naval officers. It was the home of the Royal Navy's staff college, which provided advanced training for officers. The equivalent in the British Army was the Staff College, Camberley and the equivalent in the Royal Air Force was the RAF Staff College, Bracknell. ==History== The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was founded by an Order in Council dated 16 January 1873. The establishment of its officers consisted of a President, who was always a Flag Officer; a Captain, Royal Navy; a Director of Studies; and Professors of Mathematics, Physical Science, Chemistry, Applied Mechanics, and Fortification. It was to take in officers who were already Sub-Lieutenants and to operate as "the university of the Navy".〔J. R. Hill, Bryan Ranft, ''The Oxford Illustrated History of the Royal Navy (2002), p. 269〕 The Director of Studies, a civilian, was in charge of an Academic Board, while the Captain of the College was a naval officer who acted as chief of staff.〔Geoffrey Till, Bryan Ranft, ''The Development of British Naval Thinking'' (2006)〕 The Royal Naval War College, which had been established at Portsmouth in November 1900, transferred its activities to the college at Greenwich in 1914.〔''Hazell's Annual 1914'', p. 143〕 During the First World War the Royal Naval College was requisitioned as a barracks and for scientific experiments. The training of officers was not resumed until 1919.〔Kevin Littlewood, Beverley Butler, ''Of Ships and Stars: Maritime Heritage and the Founding of the National Maritime Museum'' (1998), p. 43〕 On 30 October 1939 the college began to train officers of the Women's Royal Naval Service.〔Marjorie H. Fletcher, ''The WRNS: A History of the Women's Royal Naval Service'' (1989), p. 115〕 During the Second World War, the College increased the number of officers of both sexes trained for an expanded Navy. The College's major task was the training of fighting officers and around 35,000 men and women graduated during that period. In 1943, the beautifully floored and panelled "Admiral's House" on the north wing of King Charles Court was damaged by a direct hit from a German bomb; another hit the front of the building.〔(The Greenwich Foundation for the Old Royal Naval College )〕 The Navy's Department of Nuclear Science and Technology opened in 1959, and JASON, the department's research and training reactor was commissioned in the King William building in 1962.〔(Jason casts a cloud over naval college sale ) The Independent, 22 October 1995〕 In 1967 Queen Elizabeth II knighted Francis Chichester on the river steps of the College, honouring his achievement in circumnavigating the world as a solo yachtsman, using the old route of the clippers, becoming the first to do so. His was also the fastest such circumnavigation, taking nine months and one day.〔(1967: Sir Francis Chichester sails home ) BBC〕 The Royal School of Naval Architecture, which had part of the College since 1873, transferred to University College London in 1967.〔J. R. Parkinson, ''The Economics of Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom'' (2011), p. 5〕 The Royal Naval College continued to train women until 1976, when their courses were transferred to the Britannia Royal Naval College.〔(Wrens: History )〕 From 1983 the relocated Joint Services Defence College also occupied much of the King Charles building.〔(National Maritime Museum Archive )〕 With a shrinking Royal Navy, the decision was taken to close RNC Greenwich in 1998. All initial officer training is now on one site at the Britannia Royal Naval College,〔Robert Shannan Peckham, ''Rethinking Heritage: Cultures and Politics in Europe'' (2003), p. 18〕 and the new Joint Services Command and Staff College, created in 1997, took over the staff college functions.〔Ian F. W. Beckett, ''Discovering British Regimental Traditions'' (Osprey Publishing, 2007), (p. 58 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Royal Naval College, Greenwich」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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