Training
Training focuses on navigation and seamanship, and this is put into practice during sea weekends, and longer deployments during the summer and Easter vacations.
There is also a social element to URNU life from formal mess dinners including the main naval social event of the year, Trafalgar Night, to informal socialising in the unit's mess.
There are sporting activities held within the URNU units, informal contests between the units and an annual sports weekend between all units.
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