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The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club (RNVRYC) is a Yacht club recognised as a Service Yacht Club in the United Kingdom. The Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve Yacht Club was founded in 1947, [1] two years after the Second World War reached its conclusion. The Yacht club has a warrant to wear the UK's special undefaced blue ensign. [1] [2]
The Army and Navy Club in London is a private members' club founded in 1837 for British Army and Royal Navy Officers, it also known informally as The Rag. [1] The Club offers Military membership to anyone who holds or has held a Commission in the British Armed Forces or in Commonwealth Forces, the club also now accepts applications for Non Military membership.
It was founded as the RNVR (Auxiliary Volunteers) Club after World War I, for serving and retired officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). It leased interim premises from the Marlborough Club until 1946, when it acquired the Hill Street current townhouse with the financial assistance of the Astor family.
His Majesty's Naval Service (or, when the reigning monarch is female, Her Majesty's Naval Service) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare and maritime service. [1] [2] It consists of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Royal Fleet Auxiliary, Royal Naval Reserve, Royal Marines Reserve and Naval Careers Service. [3]
Women began to join the Royal Navy in 1917 with the formation of the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), which was disbanded after the end of the First World War in 1919. It was revived in 1939, and the WRNS continued until disbandment in 1993, as a result of the decision to fully integrate women into the structures of the Royal Navy.
The Naval and Military Club, known informally as The In & Out, is a private members' club located in St James's Square, London. It was founded in 1862 for officers of the Navy and Army . It now also accepts female members, and members who have not served in the armed forces, but continues to observe service traditions.
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Operations room staff on board HMS Illustrious during Basic Operational Sea Training.. A. Cecil Hampshire's "The Royal Navy Since 1945" writes that [U]nder the system of Home Service, General Service, and Foreign Service commissions which was introduced in 1954, warships required to be re-manned with completely new crews more frequently than in the old days of "running" commissions.