THE chance to go aboard a decommissioned patrol ship to see how it is being used to train the next generation of sailors was among the highlights of a visit to HMS Raleigh in Cornwall for a student from Yelverton.  Sarah Baker, 22, who is studying at Aston University, is a member of the Birmingham University Royal Navy Unit (URNU). She was among a group of eight honorary midshipmen who visited the Royal Navy training base to see how civilians are transformed into sailors during an intensive nine week training programme. Sarah was shown how the former HMS Brecon is being used to teach seamanship skills and to give new recruits their first taste of what is it like to live and sleep on a warship during a night on board.  Sarah and her fellow students were also given the chance to join the trainees for their obstacle and assault course run and to see some of the specialist training carried out at the Defence Maritime Logistics School. Sarah is studying logistics at university and is in the process of signing up as a  Royal Naval Reservist.  The former pupil of Kelly College said:  'Taking part in the training activities at Raleigh was mentally and physically challenging, putting us in situations outside of our comfort zone, but we got through it as a team, which was really rewarding.' An URNU is a Naval Training establishment on or near a campus which provides undergraduates with an insight into naval life, in most cases without any commitment to join the Navy.