Royal Naval College, Osborne

Royal Naval College, Osborne
The Stable Block at Osborne House, main building of the former College
Active1903 – 1921
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Branch Royal Navy
TypeTraining
RoleJunior cadet training
Garrison/HQIsle of Wight, England

The Royal Naval College, Osborne, was a training college for Royal Navy officer cadets on the Osborne House estate, Isle of Wight, established in 1903 and closed in 1921.

Boys were admitted at about the age of thirteen to follow a course lasting for six academic terms before proceeding to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

Some formal appointments to the college were to HMS Racer, a vessel attached to the college, previously the tender to HMS Britannia.