Royal Naval Reserve

(asked on 21st January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the establishment is of the Royal Navy Reserve; and how many reservists there are at each rank in the Royal Naval Reserve.


This question was answered on 24th January 2019

The Strength of the Maritime Reserve by Paid Rank, as at 1 October 2018 is shown in the table below.

Paid Rank

Trained

Untrained

Total

2,796

951

Officers

1,005

193

OF6 (Commodore RN/Brigadier RM)

2

OF5 (Captain RN/Colonel RM)

12

OF4 (Commander RN/Lieutenant Colonel RM)

127

OF3 (Lieutenant Commander RN/Major RM)

457

OF2 (Lieutenant RN/Captain RM)

338

OF1/OF(D) (Sub-Lieutenant RN/ Lieutenant RM /2nd Lieutenant RM/Midshipman RN)

69

193*

Other Ranks

1,791

758

OR9 (Warrant Officer Class 1)

97

OR8 (Warrant Officer Class 2)

29

OR7 (Chief Petty Officer RN/Colour Sergeant RM)

298

OR6 (Petty Officer RN/Sergeant RM)

260

OR4 (Leading Rate RN/Corporal RM)

309

OR3 (Lance Corporal RM )

69

OR2 (Able Rating RN/Marine RM)

729

758

Source: Defence Statistics (Navy) *Includes a small number of untrained officers at other ranks.

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