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Definition of Volunteer navy

Volunteer navy
Volunteer navy Vol`un*teer" na"vy A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who sail under the flag of the regular navy and subject to naval discipline. Prussia in 1870, in the Franco-German war, organized such a navy, which was commanded by merchant seamen with temporary commissions, with the claim (in which England acquiesced) that it did not come within the meaning of the term privateer.

Meaning of Volunteer navy from wikipedia

- The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve...
- A navy, naval force, military maritime fleet, war navy, or maritime force is the branch of a nation's armed forces prin****lly designated for naval and...
- Look up volunteer, voluntary work, volunteering, or volunteerism in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Volunteering is the practice of people working on...
- Auxiliary, the Maritime Volunteer Service, the Sea Cadet Corps, the Navy branch of the Combined Cadet Force and the Volunteer Cadet Corps as well as modern...
- impressed men to view life in the navy, hard though it was, as still preferable to their previous lives on s****, and to volunteer for further service when the...
- Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (RCNVR) was a naval reserve force of the Royal Canadian Navy, which replaced the Royal Naval Canadian Volunteer Reserve (RNCVR)...
- parti****ted in the Mexican–American War. The list includes regular U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Revenue Marine Service units and ships as well as the...
- branches: Army, Navy and Marine Corps. On February 28, 1861, the Provisional Confederate Congress established a provisional volunteer army and gave control...
- Hong Kong Naval Volunteer Force (HKNVR) was a volunteer navy established in 1933. In 1939, it was granted the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve status and...
- Precedence". Navy Personnel Command. Retrieved 3 March 2022. "Decorations and Ribbons". "Institute of Heraldry: Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal"...