EXPANSION OF FLEET
Steps To Avoid Shortage Of Officers (British Official Wireless.) (Received March 12, 6.30 p.m.) RUGBY, March 11. The Admiralty is taking immediate steps to avoid any shortage in executive officers consequent on the present rapid expansion of the fleet. A number of selected warrant officers will be promoted to lieutenant. Additional officers of the Royal Navy Reserve, 250 of whom have already passed into the Navy, will also be transferred, and, in addition, young officers of the merchant navy who have been found suitable will be entered, irrespective of the fact that they have no R.N.R. experience. This is n new departure. Temporary employment in the fleet for three years will also be offered to suitable officers of the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve and members of the Royal Navy Volunteer Supplementary Reserve.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 143, 13 March 1939, Page 9
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135EXPANSION OF FLEET Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 143, 13 March 1939, Page 9
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