Dockyard Reserve (Royal Navy)

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The Dockyard Reserve consisted of warships of the Royal Navy which were not in full commission. It was divided into three divisions:

C Division.—Ships under or awaiting refit, and which retained their stores on board.

D Division.—Ships under or awaiting thorough overhaul. New ships building or completing.

E Division.—Ships not likely to be used again.[1]

The Dockyard Reserves, formed from the Steam Reserves in 1892, and superseded in 1905 by the Nucleus Crew System, were organised on a geographical basis at the Royal Dockyards.

Footnotes

  1. Appendix C. Repairs of the Fleet. p. 59. The National Archives. ADM 116/942.

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