R.N.R.

abbreviation

British.

1. Royal Naval Reserve.

RNR

abbreviation

1. Royal Naval Reserve

Example Sentences

"Don't fool around with it, Ted," said another of the crew, who, an R.N.R. man, had seen life and death in the Great War.

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"Not the least, sir," replied the master of the Dimpled Lassie, Peter M'Kie, skipper R.N.R.

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The last of the motor-boats had brought up alongside the Calder when Sefton recognized the R.N.R. sub-lieutenant in charge as an old friend of pre-war days.

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Upon the outbreak of war, commissions in the R.N.R. motor-boat service were flung broadcast by the Admiralty at the members of the Motor Yacht Club, and amongst those who donned the pilot-coat with the gold wavy band and curl was Algernon Stickleton.

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Then he was put through a rapid course of signalling and elementary navigation, and, having "stuck at it", the budding sub-lieutenant R.N.R. was sent to the East Coast on a motor-yacht with the prospect of being given a fast patrol-boat when deemed proficient.

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