Oxford URNU
One of 14 University Royal Naval Units, Oxford URNU recruits from Oxford, Reading and Oxford Brookes Universities. Members of the unit undergo shore-based training at weekly drill-nights held in Falklands House in Oxford. Sea training takes place at weekends during term time and during Easter and Summer deployments. Students also have opportunities to spend time on larger Royal Navy warships and naval bases, to participate in adventurous training and to gain RYA qualifications.
Oxford URNU and Tracker are affiliated with the town of Dover, the Type 42 destroyer Gloucester and 824 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose in Cornwall.
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