Hasler Company, located at HMS Drake in Plymouth, was established in 2009. It is part of the Naval Service Recovery Pathway that deals specifically with complex, ill, and long-term injured Service personnel from across the British forces. There are approximately 85 staff within Hasler Company who are mainly Royal Marines, with a some personnel from… Read More
Research Paper Title A Social History of Midshipmen and Quarterdeck Boys in the Royal Navy, 1761-1831. Abstract Many senior officers in the Royal Navy of late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries saw the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars as a time of dramatic social change. Naval and civilian commentators alike expressed concern that the virtue of birth had replaced the… Read More
The Royal Navy has a no mixed sleeping accommodation policy – with accommodation and messing discussed within the Queen’s Regulations for the Royal Navy (Chapter 81). This is further amplified in Ships General Orders: Right of Entry to Messdecks: Entry to messdecks (of which a sailor is not a member) allocated to the opposite sex… Read More
Between 23 June 2016 and February 2018 the Royal Navy has purchased seven European Union (EU) flags at a total cost of £241. The Royal Navy purchases EU flags through a contract managed by Defence Equipment and Support. Reference FOI 2018/02917 dated 28 February 2018.
The Royal Navy has six core values (remembered using the acronym CCDRIL): Commitment: Selfless personal commitment is the foundation of Naval Service and enables us to demonstrate a sense of authority and purpose. We must be prepared to serve whenever and wherever we are required, and to do our very best at all times. This… Read More
The maximum possible score for the Admiralty Interview Board (AIB) is 215 points. Reference FOI 2017/13296 dated 15 January 2018.
Table 1 outlines the pass rates for those attending the Royal Navy’s Pre-Royal Navy Course (PRNC). Table 1: Pass rate for PRNC Training Year Number Attended Attended (Referred) [Note 1] Failed to Attend 2013/2014 2024 104 11 2014/2015 2065 91 17 2015/2016 2124 162 30 2016/2017 1973 128 12 Notes If a candidate fails any… Read More
Boot Camp & Military Fitness Institute 