Pangbourne College

Pangbourne College is a public school located in the village of Pangbourne in the English county of Berkshire.

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Public school - Pangbourne - English - Berkshire

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The college was founded in 1917 as Pangbourne Nautical College with the function of preparing boys to be officers in the Merchant Navy, and later in the Royal Navy. In 1969, it shed much of the nautical training in favour of a more traditional academic focus, and became Pangbourne College.

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1917 - Merchant Navy - Royal Navy - 1969

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The school has won the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup four times at the Henley Royal Regatta.

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Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup - Henley Royal Regatta

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