R.N.R.
abbreviation
Royal Naval Reserve.
R.N.R.
Americanabbreviation
British.
RNR
British
abbreviation
Example Sentences
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Finally, Commodore Young, R.N.R., the salvage expert under whom the Admiralty Salvage Department has been placed, succeeded, with his heavy salvage plant, in raising her.
From The Harwich Naval Forces Their Part in the Great War by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)
With the outbreak of war the R.N.R. was instantly mobilized.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
But I may say that a marriage took place between Lieutenant-Commander Maurice Phillips, R.N.R., and a lady described as “Daisy, daughter of William Peter Donovan, Esq.”
From The Island Mystery by Birmingham, George A.
But for our gun ratings, and they mostly R.N.R., we had no experience of the regular Navy man in our muster.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)
The R.N.R. needed training only in such subjects as gunnery, tactics, etc.
From Submarine Warfare of To-day How the Submarine Menace was Met and Vanquished, With Descriptions of the Inventions and Devices Used, Fast Boats, Mystery Ships by Domville-Fife, Charles W. (Charles William)
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