HC Deb 25 April 1994 vol 242 cc82-3W
Mr. Rooker

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the expenditure by his Department on the construction of sailingn ships in each of the past 10 years; if he will give details of the names of such ships, their current use and what proportion of the cost of such ships was met by his Department.

Mr. Hanley

[holding answer 18 March 1994]: The MOD has procured 41 sail training craft for the services from public funds over the past 10 years. Sail training craft are procured for a number of training uses for service men and women including sea sense training, resource and initiative training, leadership training and adventurous sail training.

Expenditure on these craft in each of the past 10 years is as follows:

Financial year £
1984–85 54,000
1985–86 Nil
1986–87 Nil
1987–88 135,519
1988–89 Nil
1989–90 77,156
1990–91 1,202,225
1991–92 608,129
1992–93 533,754
1993–94 155,911

The names of the craft and their current deployment are as follows:

  • Amaryllis of Dart—Army Sailing Association
  • Amaryllis of Dartmouth—Britannia Royal Naval College
  • Amoria—HMS Hornet Gosport
  • Callista—HMS Hornet Gosport
  • Cornish Air—Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose
  • Disinia—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Ebsis—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Fimbra—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Foxbat—HMS Sultan, Gosport
  • Foxbrush—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxchase—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxcub—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxdale—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxfield—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxfire—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxglove—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxhole—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxhound—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxhunt—HMS Sultan, Gosport
  • Foxlane, HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxmark—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Foxtor—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Gauntlet of Plymouth—Royal Naval Engineering College, Manadon
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  • Heads I Win—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Head Over Heels—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Headstrong—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Hedonist—HMS Raleigh, Plymouth
  • Janthia—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Lambis—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Mitra—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Nerita—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Olympus—HMS Sultan, Gosport
  • Placunda—HMS Hornet—Gosport
  • Proteus—HMS Sultan, Gosport
  • Rapana—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Redcoat 2—Commander British Forces, Hong Kong
  • Sane Marais 2—Royal Marines, Stonehouse, Plymouth
  • Syrinx—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Trochus—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Voluta—HMS Hornet, Gosport
  • Zidona—HMS Hornet, Gosport