§ Captain Ryderasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the names and employment of all maintenance, depot and repair ships in the Royal Navy; if he will say which of these are for disposal; what ships of these categories have been disposed of since the end of the war; and whether they have been 213W scrapped, sold, given or lent; and which were the recipient countries.
DEPOT, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SHIPS IN THE ROYAL NAVY Active Fleet Reserve Depot Ships … … "MAIDSTONE" "ADAMANT" "MONTCLARE" "WOOLWICH" "FORTH" "TYNE" Repair Ships … … — "ARTIFEX" — "ALAUNIA" — "RANPURA" — "AUSONIA" — "RESOURCE" Maintenance Ships) … … "UNICORN" "PIONEER" "PERSEUS "(being used for trials) "BERRY HEAD" — "DUNSCANBY HEAD" — "RAME HEAD" — "BUCHANNESS" — "GIRDLENESS" — "HARTLAND POINT" — "DODMAN POINT" — "MULL OF GALLOWAY" — "MULL OF KINTYRE" None of these ships is for disposal at present but the Depot Ship "WOLFE" has been transferred to the Ministry of Transport for disposal. Some of the ships in Reserve are employed as Headquarters Ships of the Reserve Fleet Divisions, as-accommodation ships and as training ships.
Ships disposed of since the end of the war are as follow:
Scrapped 5 Depot Ships 1 Repair Ship Sold Commercially 3 Depot Ships 3 Repair Ships 3 Maintenance Ships Returned to U.S.A. (Lease Lend) 2 Repair Ships Returned to Canada (Mutual Aid) 2 Maintenance Ships Lent to Greece 1 Depot Ship Transferred to Iran in 1949 in part settlement of a claim against the United Kingdom 1 Maintenance Ship