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*'''Class A''' comprises long-service pensioners who are liable to go afloat in emergency , and who, as Royal Fleet Reserve men, submit to a week's training every year. | *'''Class A''' comprises long-service pensioners who are liable to go afloat in emergency , and who, as Royal Fleet Reserve men, submit to a week's training every year. | ||
*'''Class B''', comprises men who have left the Navy without pensions, and whose services were lost to the country until the establishment of this Reserve. Men under Class B also undergo a week's | *'''Class B''', comprises men who have left the Navy without pensions, and whose services were lost to the country until the establishment of this Reserve. Men under Class B also undergo a week's training annually in the fleets at sea until they attained fifty-five years of age. | ||
training annually in the fleets at sea until they | |||
The Navy obtains the services of these men, numbering 21,555, for a total expenditure of just over £129,000 annually; whereas the less efficient and less serviceable [[Royal Naval Reserve]] entailed an expenditure of nearly a quarter of a million annually. | The Navy obtains the services of these men, numbering 21,555, for a total expenditure of just over £129,000 annually; whereas the less efficient and less serviceable [[Royal Naval Reserve]] entailed an expenditure of nearly a quarter of a million annually. | ||
[[Category:Royal Navy]] | [[Category:Royal Navy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 19:53, 29 October 2014
The Royal Fleet Reserve acted as a reserve of ratings and petty officers of the Royal Navy before the First World War.
Classes
There were two classes of men:
- Class A comprises long-service pensioners who are liable to go afloat in emergency , and who, as Royal Fleet Reserve men, submit to a week's training every year.
- Class B, comprises men who have left the Navy without pensions, and whose services were lost to the country until the establishment of this Reserve. Men under Class B also undergo a week's training annually in the fleets at sea until they attained fifty-five years of age.
The Navy obtains the services of these men, numbering 21,555, for a total expenditure of just over £129,000 annually; whereas the less efficient and less serviceable Royal Naval Reserve entailed an expenditure of nearly a quarter of a million annually.
