Royal Naval Reserve

The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is the volunteer reserve force of the Royal Navy (RN) in the United Kingdom.

The Reserves enable the Royal Navy to meet its operational commitments in times of stretch; when extra manpower is required; crisis (such as the fire-fighters strike or a humanitarian disaster); or tension. Any fully-trained RNR member may be deployed, as applies to any of the reserve forces.

RNR Officers and Ratings are part-time volunteers with no forced long-term commitment, however they are reimbursed for the training they attend or work they do. Volunteers are expected to complete 24 days of training per year, and successful attainment of this annual target earns an additional tax-free bounty.

A wide variety of roles are available in the Royal Navy Reserves, from logistics to seamen, medical and nursing opportunities to analysing and reporting on defence intelligence.

The Commander Maritime Reserves is Commodore C M H Steel.

In recognition of their service to the sea and Britain's maritime heritage, The Queen occasionally approves the appointment of Honorary Officers into the Royal Naval Reserve

RNR Units
The modern RNR has fourteen Royal Naval Reserve Units (with 6 satellite units). These are (from North to South):


 * HMS Scotia (Rosyth)
 * Tay Division (Dundee) (Formally HMS Camperdown)
 * HMS Cambria (Sully, Wales)
 * Tawe Division (Swansea)
 * HMS Dalriada (Greenock)
 * Govan Division
 * HMS Flying Fox (Bristol)
 * HMS Calliope (Gateshead)
 * Ceres Division (Leeds)
 * HMS President (London)
 * Medway Division (Chatham, Kent)
 * HMS Eaglet (Liverpool)
 * Menai Division (Llandudno)
 * HMS Vivid (Devonport)
 * HMS Sherwood (Nottingham)
 * HMS King Alfred (Portsmouth)
 * HMS Forward (Birmingham)
 * HMS Caroline (Belfast)
 * HMS Wildfire (Northwood, London)
 * HMS Ferret (Chicksands)

University Royal Naval Units
The University Royal Naval Units, although under the jurisdiction of BRNC Dartmouth, are also a part of the Royal Naval Reserve. Students hold the honorary ranks of Officer Cadet (in their first year of enrolment) and Midshipman RNR (from the second year onward).

Ranks & Uniform
Officers and Ratings now wear identical uniform to the regular Royal Navy. Previously, they were required to have differentiation marks, such as "RNR" epaulettes or a letter "R" in the curl of Officer ranks.

RNR Ranks are a limited selection of the regular Royal Navy ranks:

Ratings:
 * Leading Rate RNR
 * Petty Officer RNR
 * Chief Petty Officer RNR
 * Warrant Officer RNR

Officers:
 * Midshipman RNR (aged 17-20)
 * Acting Sub Lieutenant RNR (whilst training - aged 20+)
 * Sub Lieutenant RNR (aged 20+)
 * Lieutenant RNR
 * Lieutenant Commander RNR
 * Commander RNR
 * Captain RNR
 * Commodore RNR

Commonwealth Naval Reserve Forces
There are also naval reserve forces operated by other Commonwealth of Nations navies, including the Royal Australian Naval Reserve (RANR), the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR), and the Canadian Naval Reserve.