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Original vacuum cleaner, supplied to Royal Naval College, Osborne, c.1905. The British engineer Hubert Cecil Booth came up with the idea for the vacuum cleaner in 1901, after watching railway carriages being cleaned using compressed air to blow away dust and debris. Booth's brainwave was to create a machine that sucked up dirt rather than ...
By 1921, however, the Royal Naval College Dartmouth was able to supply all the new cadets required and the college at Osborne was closed. In 1933 many of its ‘temporary’ buildings were demolished and thereafter a succession of short-term tenants occupied the site.
The Stable Block which later became the Royal Naval College. In 1859 Prince Albert designed a new and larger quadrangular stable block, which was built by Cubitts on the former cricket pitch. The building is now Grade II* listed. Queen Victoria in carriage at Osborne House (picture courtesy of Cyril Duclos)
Monkey jacket of a cadet, Royal Naval College, Osborne. It belonged to R. J. P. Eden who died at the college on 13 October 1909 after two terms. Heavy, navy blue serge, double breasted with five holes and four buttons on each side. Padded turned down collar.
RMCB60GX – Osborne House royal residence Isle of Wight UK Italian Renaissance palazzo Thomas Cubitt Royal Naval College Navy RM 2M3RR2R – In 1903, part of the estate, the Stable Block being the hub, became a junior officer training college for the Royal Navy known as the Royal Naval College, Osborne, initial training began at the age of 13.
Authors: Michael Stephen Partridge, Royal Naval Museum. Summary: The Royal Navy College at Osborne on the Isle of Wight was in operation from 1903 to 1923. It complemented the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth. This book seeks to provide a history of the college and includes interviews and photographs. Print Book, English, 1999.
Royal Naval College, Osborne, 1910-05 - 1913-05, GBR/0014/DENN 6/5. The Papers of Alexander Guthrie Denniston, GBR/0014/DENN. Churchill Archives Centre.
