News & Info > CCF visit Britannia Royal Naval College CCF visit Britannia Royal Naval College Milton Abbey’s naval section of the CCF visited the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth this weekend. Arriving on Friday evening the cadets settled down for the night on an old Minesweeper, the ‘Hindustan’. They spent the morning on the river learning how to helm and crew a picket boat – a 45 foot motor boat. After lunch the pupils were introduced to the basic principles of ship dynamics, pushing models up and down a test tank and looking at stability. At this point they were introduced to Midshipman Thomas Laarberg, an old Miltonian from Damer House who gave a very good student’s eye view of life at Dartmouth College, describing it at one point as ‘Milton Abbey on steroids’! The final stop was the bridge trainer, a sort of flight simulator for ships. Everyone had great fun conning a frigate into Portland Harbour in all weather conditions and surprisingly realistic, so much so that some felt a little queasy. The cadets had time to stop off for an early supper on the way home to celebrate Barnaby’s birthday and round off an excellent trip.