peacetime complement

peacetime complement

See: peacetime establishment.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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Requisitioned by the Admiralty in World War I, Oceanic gained a Royal Naval commander and crew as well as her peacetime complement, resulting in a communication breakdown and navigational error which destroyed the ship.
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