§ Mr. Speedasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the current complement of officers and ratings and their actual strengths, together with the names and ages of the sea tenders and their proposed dates of replacement, for each Royal Naval Reserve division and HMS "Calliope".
§ Mr. BlakerThe information requested is as follows:
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Unit and Ship Complement Actual bearing at 30 September 1981 Age (Years) RNR Division RNR WRNR RNR WRNR RNR WRNR RNR WRNR Officers Officers Ratings Ratings Officers Officers Ratings Ratings Clyde HMS "Hodgeston" 78 15 196 29 58 6 149 40 28 Forth HMS "Kedleston" 79 5 206 29 60 5 137 35 25 London HMS "Lewiston" 147 5 285 57 133 18 212 79 22 Mersey HMS "Brereton" 79 5 207 29 688 4 156 31 28 Severn HMS "Venturer" 87 5 198 34 70 6 117 50 10 Solent "Alfriston" 90 5 208 29 82 13 123 39 28 South Wales HMS "St. David" 74 3 184 18 52 3 106 41 10 Sussex HMS "Kellington" 79 3 203 28 55 7 100 23 26 Tay HMS "Glasserton" 74 5 194 29 31 4 128 22 28 Tyne (HMS "Calliope") HMS "Crofton" 78 5 207 49 39 6 102 36 23 Vester HMS "Laleston" 78 5 193 29 34 6 123 42 28 HMS "Calpe" Officers Ratings (Gibraltar HQ Unit) 23 115 15 1 75 30 NoteDates of replacement for the sea tenders will depend upon various factors including the state of the ships, availability of replacements from elsewhere in the Fleet and the entry into service of the medium minesweeper. As a first step, we intend, on current plans to replace HMS "Laleston" and HMS "Glasserton" later this year.
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