Notable Historical Milestones
| Year | Significance |
|---|---|
| 1910 |
• The King’s permission was obtained to add the prefix `Royal` to the title of the Naval College of Canada. • The Naval Service Bill provided a naval college in order to train prospective officers in all branches of naval science, strategy and tactics. Two old cruisers, HMCS Niobe and HMCS Rainbow (1891) are purchased from the Admiralty to be used as training ships. |
| 1911 | On 19 January, twenty young men aged 14–16 years entered the newly-established Royal Naval College of Canada at the HMC dockyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The original building was constructed in 1863 as a Naval Hospital. |
| 1914 | A bill in the House of Commons in Ottawa to close the RNCC was not passed, in part because Canada entered the First World War in August 1914. The college was saved mostly due to the vigorous efforts of Admiral Charles E. Kingsmill, Director of the Naval Service and Deputy Minister of the Naval Service, George J. Desbarates, with the able assistance of Minister of Marine and Fisheries, John Douglas Hazen. |
| 1917 | On 6 December, a collision between the French munitions ship, SS Mont-Blanc, and the Belgian Relief ship, SS Imo resulted in an explosion that devastated the North End of Halifax and parts of Dartmouth. Significant damage was done to the RNCC facilities. |
| 1918 | The RNCC was temporarily moved to HMCS Stone Frigate in Kingston, Ontario in the Spring. In September, the RNCC was relocated to Esquimalt Naval Dockyard. However, the new living quarters were not completed and the cadets had to make their home aboard HMCS Rainbow. until they could move to a brick building formerly used as a drill deck. |
| 1922 | The Royal Naval College of Canada was closed by a decision made in the House of Commons. |
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