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One source indicates sixty-seven candidates were accepted for naval cadetships in this, the first term at {{UK-1Britannia}}, but ''The Times'' reported on that following boys sixty passed their examinations on 13 December, 1859.{{NMI|Wednesday, Dec 14, 1859; pg. 9; Issue 23489}}
  
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One source indicates sixty-seven candidates were accepted for naval cadetships in this, the first term at {{UK-1Britannia}}.
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Of forty-one boys over fourteen years of age who took the exam, the following twenty-eight were accepted:
  
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A search of The National Archives for service records in ADM 196/(15, 16, 21, 22) with a Date of Appointment of "December 1859" or "13 December 1859" returns the following sixty-nine people.<ref>[http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r/2?_q=%28%22ADM%20196%2F15%22%20OR%20%22ADM%20196%2F16%22%20OR%20%22ADM%20196%2F21%22%20OR%20%22ADM%20196%2F22%22%29%20%28%22Date%20of%20Appointment%3A%20December%201859%22%20OR%20%22Date%20of%20Appointment%3A%2013%20December%201859%22%29&_ps=60&_rv=simple&_srt=5 Search query at TNA].</ref>  The highest rank discovered is provided for those whose names may be incomplete.
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# [[Edward William John Hennah]]
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# [[Frederick Abel Moysey]]
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# [[Edward Stratford Dugdale]]
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# [[Hugh Miles Milman]]
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# [[Cyril William Cole]]
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# [[Hubert Henry Grenfell]]
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# [[Frederick Rowland Dicken]]
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# "Hyman" (I cannot identify this man, but a cadet named "L. W. Hyman" was appointed to ''Mersey'' on 1 October, 1860{{NMI|Wednesday, Oct 03, 1860; pg. 11; Issue 23741}})
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# [[Albert Mainwaring Ducat]]
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# [[William Carey]]
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# [[George Robert Charles Eyres]]
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# The Hon. [[Edward Miles David Browne]]
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# [[Alexander John Ballantyne]]
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# [[Alfred James Booth]]
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# [[Colebrook Mandeville]]
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# [[William W. King]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Edward Riddle]]
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# [[Charles Edward Gissing]]
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# [[George Sidney Lindeman]]
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# [[Albemarle Percy Watson]]
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# [[Norman Leith Hay Clark]]
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# [[Frank Anthony Gataker]] (listed as "Gatacher" in ''The Times'')
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# [[Fitzherbert Coddington]] (listed as "Codrington" in ''The Times'')
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# [[Arthur Edward Bancroft]]
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# [[Harry G. Steavenson]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[George Thomas Bolton]]
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# [[Arthur P. Patton]] (Acting Sublieutenant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Henry Briggs Lang]]
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Of twenty-nine boys under age fourteen, the following twenty-two were accepted:
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# [[John Sulivan Luckraft]]
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# [[Baldwin Wake Walker]]
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# [[Charles James St. John Hough]]
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# [[Vincent John English]]
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# [[Francis Eardley Wilmot]]
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# [[Arthur D. Shafto]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Augustus H. Gilbert]] (Naval Cadet, and possibly Paymaster, at TNA; not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]
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# [[Hugh Maxwell Tyler]]
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# [[Charles H. Greenway]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Alexander H. Campbell]] (Naval Cadet at TNA by initial, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[John Robert Aylen]]
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# [[William Balfour Forbes]]
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# [[Philip H. Ranking]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Charles Robert Wood]]
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# [[Edmund Wigley Burt]]
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# [[John Brereton]]
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# [[Matthew James Harrison]]
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# [[Thomas C. Hullett]] (listed as "Hallett" in ''The Times''.  Naval Cadet at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Robert Frederick Ward]]
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# "Wallace" (I cannot identify this man)
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# [[Philip Francis]]
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Additionally, the following men's service records indicate that they may also have been part of this term.
  
 
* [[Joseph Freeman Atkinson]]
 
* [[Joseph Freeman Atkinson]]
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* [[John Robert Aylen]]
 
 
* [[Charles William Baillie]]
 
* [[Charles William Baillie]]
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* [[Alexander John Ballantyne]]
 
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* [[Arthur Edward Bancroft]]
 
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* [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]
 
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* [[George Thomas Bolton]]
 
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* [[Alfred James Booth]]
 
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* [[John Brereton]]
 
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* The Hon. [[Edward Miles David Browne]]
 
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* [[Edmund Wigley Burt]]
 
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* [[Alexander H. Campbell]] (Naval Cadet at TNA by initial, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
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* [[William Carey]]
 
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* [[Norman Leith Hay Clark]]
 
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* [[Fitzherbert Coddington]]
 
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* [[Cyril William Cole]]
 
 
* [[Henry William Davidson]]
 
* [[Henry William Davidson]]
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* [[Frederick Rowland Dicken]]
 
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* [[Albert Mainwaring Ducat]]
 
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* [[Edward Stratford Dugdale]]
 
 
* [[Henry Stackhouse Edwards]]
 
* [[Henry Stackhouse Edwards]]
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* [[Vincent John English]]
 
 
* [[Robert Stovell Evatt]]
 
* [[Robert Stovell Evatt]]
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* [[George Robert Charles Eyres]]
 
 
* [[Thomsa Henry Flood]]
 
* [[Thomsa Henry Flood]]
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* [[William Balfour Forbes]]
 
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* [[Philip Francis]]
 
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* [[Frank Anthony Gataker]]
 
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* [[Augustus H. Gilbert]] (Naval Cadet, and possibly Paymaster, at TNA; not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
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* [[Charles Edward Gissing]]
 
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* [[Charles H. Greenway]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
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* [[Hubert Henry Grenfell]]
 
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* [[Matthew James Harrison]]
 
 
* [[Robert Hamilton Graven Hebden]]
 
* [[Robert Hamilton Graven Hebden]]
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* [[Edward William John Hennah]]
 
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* [[Charles James St. John Hough]]
 
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* [[Thomas C. Hullett]] (Naval Cadet at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
 
* [[Henry Husbands]]
 
* [[Henry Husbands]]
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* [[William W. King]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
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* [[Henry Briggs Lang]]
 
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* [[George Sidney Lindeman]]
 
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* [[John Sulivan Luckraft]]
 
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* [[Colebrook Mandeville]]
 
 
* [[William Hare Maunsell]]
 
* [[William Hare Maunsell]]
 
* [[Gerald J. H. McCarthy]] (Master's Assistant/Navigating Midshipman at TNA, initials also in Navy List of January 1869)
 
* [[Gerald J. H. McCarthy]] (Master's Assistant/Navigating Midshipman at TNA, initials also in Navy List of January 1869)
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* [[Hugh Miles Milman]]
 
 
* [[Frederick W. Moffatt]] (Master's Assistant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
* [[Frederick W. Moffatt]] (Master's Assistant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
* [[Thomas Longley Mourilyan]]
 
* [[Thomas Longley Mourilyan]]
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* [[Frederick Abel Moysey]]
 
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* [[Arthur P. Patton]] (Acting Sublieutenant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
 
* [[Thomas Potter]]
 
* [[Thomas Potter]]
 
* [[Francis W. Raikes]] (Second Master at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
* [[Francis W. Raikes]] (Second Master at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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* [[Philip H. Ranking]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
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* [[Edward Riddle]]
 
 
* [[John Munro Ross]]
 
* [[John Munro Ross]]
 
* [[George Royle]]
 
* [[George Royle]]
 
* [[Leonard W. Sewell]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
* [[Leonard W. Sewell]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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* [[Arthur D. Shafto]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
 
* [[Percy C. Smith]] (Second Master at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863)
 
* [[Percy C. Smith]] (Second Master at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863)
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* [[Harry G. Steavenson]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
 
* [[William Terry]]
 
* [[William Terry]]
 
* [[Richard P. Tully]] (Acting Second Master at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
* [[Richard P. Tully]] (Acting Second Master at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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* [[Hugh Maxwell Tyler]]
 
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* [[Baldwin Wake Walker]]
 
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* [[Robert Frederick Ward]]
 
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* [[Albemarle Percy Watson]]
 
 
* [[Berry Norris West]]
 
* [[Berry Norris West]]
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* [[Francis Eardley Wilmot]]
 
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* [[Charles Robert Wood]]
 
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 08:23, 1 November 2018

One source indicates sixty-seven candidates were accepted for naval cadetships in this, the first term at Britannia, but The Times reported on that following boys sixty passed their examinations on 13 December, 1859.[1]

Of forty-one boys over fourteen years of age who took the exam, the following twenty-eight were accepted:

  1. Edward William John Hennah
  2. Frederick Abel Moysey
  3. Edward Stratford Dugdale
  4. Hugh Miles Milman
  5. Cyril William Cole
  6. Hubert Henry Grenfell
  7. Frederick Rowland Dicken
  8. "Hyman" (I cannot identify this man, but a cadet named "L. W. Hyman" was appointed to Mersey on 1 October, 1860[2])
  9. Albert Mainwaring Ducat
  10. William Carey
  11. George Robert Charles Eyres
  12. The Hon. Edward Miles David Browne
  13. Alexander John Ballantyne
  14. Alfred James Booth
  15. Colebrook Mandeville
  16. William W. King (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
  17. Edward Riddle
  18. Charles Edward Gissing
  19. George Sidney Lindeman
  20. Albemarle Percy Watson
  21. Norman Leith Hay Clark
  22. Frank Anthony Gataker (listed as "Gatacher" in The Times)
  23. Fitzherbert Coddington (listed as "Codrington" in The Times)
  24. Arthur Edward Bancroft
  25. Harry G. Steavenson (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  26. George Thomas Bolton
  27. Arthur P. Patton (Acting Sublieutenant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  28. Henry Briggs Lang

Of twenty-nine boys under age fourteen, the following twenty-two were accepted:

  1. John Sulivan Luckraft
  2. Baldwin Wake Walker
  3. Charles James St. John Hough
  4. Vincent John English
  5. Francis Eardley Wilmot
  6. Arthur D. Shafto (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  7. Augustus H. Gilbert (Naval Cadet, and possibly Paymaster, at TNA; not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  8. Charles William de la Poer Beresford
  9. Hugh Maxwell Tyler
  10. Charles H. Greenway (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
  11. Alexander H. Campbell (Naval Cadet at TNA by initial, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  12. John Robert Aylen
  13. William Balfour Forbes
  14. Philip H. Ranking (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  15. Charles Robert Wood
  16. Edmund Wigley Burt
  17. John Brereton
  18. Matthew James Harrison
  19. Thomas C. Hullett (listed as "Hallett" in The Times. Naval Cadet at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
  20. Robert Frederick Ward
  21. "Wallace" (I cannot identify this man)
  22. Philip Francis

Additionally, the following men's service records indicate that they may also have been part of this term.

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 14, 1859; pg. 9; Issue 23489.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 03, 1860; pg. 11; Issue 23741.
Term Intakes into H.M.S. Britannia
1859-1869
Jun, 1859 | Dec, 1859
Jun, 1860 | Sep, 1860 | Dec, 1860 | Mar, 1861 | Jun, 1861 | Sep, 1861 | Mar, 1862 | Jun, 1862 | Sep, 1862 | Dec, 1862
Mar, 1863 | Jun, 1863 | Sep, 1863 | Jan, 1864 | Mar, 1864 | Aug, 1864 | Oct, 1864 | Jan, 1865 | Mar, 1865 | May, 1865 | Sep, 1865
Jan, 1866 | May, 1866 | Sep, 1866 | Jan, 1867 | May, 1867 | Sep, 1867 | Jan, 1868 | May, 1868 | Sep, 1868 | Jan, 1869 | May, 1869 | Sep, 1869
1870-1879
Jan, 1870 | Jul, 1870 | Jan, 1871 | Jul, 1871 | Jan, 1872 | Jul, 1872 | Jan, 1873 | Jul, 1873 | Jan, 1874 | Jul, 1874
Jan, 1875 | Jul, 1875 | Jan, 1876 | Jul, 1876 | Jan, 1877 | Jul, 1877 | Jan, 1878 | Jul, 1878 | Jan, 1879 | Jul, 1879
1880-1889
Jan, 1880 | Jul, 1880 | Jan, 1881 | Jul, 1881 | Jan, 1882 | Jul, 1882 | Jan, 1883 | Jul, 1883 | Jan, 1884 | Jul, 1884 | Jan, 1885 | Jul, 1885
Jan, 1886 | Jul, 1886 | Jan, 1887 | Jul, 1887 | Jan, 1888 | Jul, 1888 | Jan, 1889 | Mar, 1889 | Jul, 1889
1890-1899
Jan, 1890 | Jul, 1890 | Jan, 1891 | Jul, 1891 | Jan, 1892 | Jul, 1892 | Jan, 1893 | Jul, 1893
Jan, 1894 | Jul, 1894 | Jan, 1895 | Jul, 1895 | Jan, 1896 | Jul, 1896 | Jan, 1897 | May, 1897 | Sep, 1897
Jan, 1898 | May, 1898 | Sep, 1898 | Jan, 1899 | May, 1899 | Sep, 1899
1900-1906
Jan, 1900 | May, 1900 | Sep, 1900 | Jan, 1901 | May, 1901 | Sep, 1901 | Jan, 1902 | May, 1902 | Sep, 1902
Jan, 1903 | May, 1903 | Sep, 1903 | Jan, 1904 | May, 1904 | Sep, 1904 | Jan, 1905 | May, 1905 | Sep, 1905 | Jan, 1906
From September 1903 entries were also made to the Royal Naval College, Osborne under the Selborne Scheme. The Britannia was closed in July 1905 after the May entry, which was sent to Bermuda with the January entry. The following two terms under the old scheme were sent straight to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

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