January 21st 05, 02:05 PM
Brent Stanley McKee wrote:
> lehool-1 ) wrote:
> : So what is a diffrecen between ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
> : and ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
>
> I can only relate this to Canada of course, but the Canadian system
was
> based on the British so it won't be far wrong. The RCNR (and by
> extension the RNR) was made up of civilians who worked at sea as a
> profession -- for example ferry captains and crews, pilots, that sort
of
> thing. In comparison the RCNVR (RNVR) were civilians who joined
units
> primarily from an enthusiasm for the sea. They didn't have to have
any
> experience per se. There was an old saying that "The RCNR were
sailors
> trying to be gentlemen; the RCNVR were gentlemen trying to be
sailors;
> and the RCN (the regular navy) were neither trying to be both."
>
> In Canada the two organizations were merged following the Second
World
> War, as the RCNR.
>
> Brent McKee
> lehool-1 ) wrote:
> : So what is a diffrecen between ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE
> : and ROYAL NAVAL VOLUNTEER RESERVE.
>
> I can only relate this to Canada of course, but the Canadian system
was
> based on the British so it won't be far wrong. The RCNR (and by
> extension the RNR) was made up of civilians who worked at sea as a
> profession -- for example ferry captains and crews, pilots, that sort
of
> thing. In comparison the RCNVR (RNVR) were civilians who joined
units
> primarily from an enthusiasm for the sea. They didn't have to have
any
> experience per se. There was an old saying that "The RCNR were
sailors
> trying to be gentlemen; the RCNVR were gentlemen trying to be
sailors;
> and the RCN (the regular navy) were neither trying to be both."
>
> In Canada the two organizations were merged following the Second
World
> War, as the RCNR.
>
> Brent McKee