HC Deb 16 January 1990 vol 165 c138W
Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions when Royal Navy vessels have made visits to ports in Warsaw pact countries since 1985.

Mr. Neubert

Visits made by Royal Navy vessels to ports in Warsaw pact countries since 1985 are as follows:

Port Vessel Date
Constanta, Romania HMS Naiad July 1985
Leningrad, USSR HMS Bristol May 1989
Gdynia, Poland HMS Bristol June 1989
Rostock, GDR HMS Achilles June 1989

Mr. Macdonald

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions when Warsaw pact naval vessels have visited British ports and naval bases since 1985.

Mr. Neubert

The Polish destroyer Warszawa, which visited London during May 1989, is the only Warsaw pact warship to have visited a British port or naval base since 1985. A number of Warsaw pact naval sail training ships have also visited the United Kingdom during this period to take part in the annual tall ships race.