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''B Division.''&mdash;Ships ready for service at about 30 days' notice.<ref>''Appendix C.  Repairs of the Fleet''.  p. 59.  {{TNA|ADM 116/942.}}</ref>
 
''B Division.''&mdash;Ships ready for service at about 30 days' notice.<ref>''Appendix C.  Repairs of the Fleet''.  p. 59.  {{TNA|ADM 116/942.}}</ref>
  
The Fleet Reserves, replaced by the [[Nucleus Crew System]] in 1905, were organised on a geographical basis at the [[Royal Dockyard]]s.  The ships were manned by working parties drawn from the Naval Depôts.<ref>''Appendix C.  Repairs of the Fleet''.  p. 61.  {{TNA|ADM 116/942.}}</ref>
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The Fleet Reserves, formed in 1892 from the [[Steam Reserve (Royal Navy)|Steam Reserve]]s, and replaced by the [[Nucleus Crew System]] in 1905, were organised on a geographical basis at the [[Royal Dockyard]]s.  The ships were manned by working parties drawn from the Naval Depôts.<ref>''Appendix C.  Repairs of the Fleet''.  p. 61.  {{TNA|ADM 116/942.}}</ref>
  
 
==Medway Fleet Reserve==
 
==Medway Fleet Reserve==

Revision as of 07:18, 12 February 2014

The Fleet Reserve consisted of warships of the Royal Navy which were not in full commission but were available for service at relatively short notice. It was divided into two divisions:

A Division.—Ships ready for service at 48 hours' notice.

B Division.—Ships ready for service at about 30 days' notice.[1]

The Fleet Reserves, formed in 1892 from the Steam Reserves, and replaced by the Nucleus Crew System in 1905, were organised on a geographical basis at the Royal Dockyards. The ships were manned by working parties drawn from the Naval Depôts.[2]

Medway Fleet Reserve

Position abolished 1 June, 1905.[9]

Footnotes

  1. Appendix C. Repairs of the Fleet. p. 59. The National Archives. ADM 116/942.
  2. Appendix C. Repairs of the Fleet. p. 61. The National Archives. ADM 116/942.
  3. The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th March, 1891. p. 241.
  4. The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th February, 1896. p. 246.
  5. The Navy List, Corrected to the 18th September, 1898. p. 277.
  6. Forsyth Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 471.
  7. Corry Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 235.
  8. Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.
  9. Pocklington Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1049.

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