HC Deb 30 January 2004 vol 417 c572W
Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the(a) current and (b) planned requirements are for the number of air defence destroyers. [150870]

Mr. Ingram

There are currently 11 Royal Navy Type 42 air defence destroyers. There are six Type 45 destroyers currently on order. Decisions about further orders of Type 45s are not expected until the middle of this decade.

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