Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 24 January 2019.
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.
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* |
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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