[4] 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.

[7] On 30 October 1939 the college began to train officers of the Women's Royal Naval Service.

[8] During World War II, the college increased the number of officers of both sexes trained for an expanded Navy.

[10] 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.

[16] The college was established in buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren and built between 1696 and 1712, then intended to serve as the Greenwich Hospital, a home for disabled sailors.

The site has also been used as a film location, appearing in Sherlock Holmes (2009)[47] and The Foreigner (2017)[48] and as the setting for the final clash on Earth in Thor: The Dark World.