HC Deb 09 May 1962 vol 659 cc38-40W
Commander Pursey

asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will state the naval establishments, other than dockyard and civilian establishments in the Portsmouth Command, their purposes and the number of officers and ratings, male and female, borne in each establishment and the totals.

Mr. C. Ian Orr-Ewing

The information for which the hon. Member asks is set out in the following table. Several of the establishments listed were in the Nore Command before it was closed. Apart from Headquarters and establishments such as hospitals whose function is obvious from their titles, these shore establishments are all concerned with the training, initial and advanced, of R.N. and W.R.N.S. officers and ratings.

— R.N. R.M. W.R.N.S. Q.A.R.N.N.S. N.N.A. TOTAL
Officers Ratings Officers Other Ranks Officers Ratings
C. in C. Portsmouth … … … Included with VICTORY† 125 — — Included with VICTORY† — — — 125
F.O. Medway … … … … Included with PEMBROKE§ 35 — — — — — — 35
F.O.S.T. Portland … … … Included with OSPREY* 119 — — — — — — 119
Fleet Maintenance Unit … … 3 114 — — — — — — 117
F.O. Submarines … … … 12 19 — — 2 — — — 33
R.N. College Greenwich … … … 391 — 3 2 16 — — — 412
Commodore Naval Drafting … … 19 97 — — 1 — — — 117
R.N. Tactical School Woolwich … 73 7 — — — — — — 80
H.Q. R.N.R. H.M.S. SOUTHWICK … Included with VICTORY‡
H.M.S. COLLINGWOOD … … 263 1,483 — — 6 82 — 3 1,837
H.M.S. DAUNTLESS … … … 3 — — — 17 271 2 — 293
H.M.S. DOLPHIN … … … 36 620 — — — — — — 656
H.M.S. DRYAD … … … 161 407 — — 2 70 — — 640
H.M.S. EXCELLENT … … … 208 938 2 53 5 45 — 1 1,252
H.M.S. GANGES … … … 117 2,403 — — — — 5 — 2,525
H.M.S. MERCURY … … … 95 667 — — 9 143 1 2 917
H.M.S. OSPREY … … … 157* 794 2 — — — — — 953
H.M.S. PEMBROKE … … … 47§ 562 — — 4 72 1 — 686
H.M.S. PRESIDENT (Portsmouth) … 135 78 12 2 13 4 1 3 248
H.M.S. ST. VINCENT … … … 55 864 — — — — — — 919
H.M.S SULTAN … … … 54 822 — — — — — — 876
H.M.S. VERNON … … … 148 589 — — 3 61 — — 801
H.M.S. VICTORY (i.e. R.N.B. and Accounting Base). 149†‡ 2,170‡ 2 1 15† 189† 1 — 2,527
R.N. Hospital Haslar … … … 55 326 — — — — 43 80 504
R.N. Medical School … … … 8 — — — — — — 3 11
2,189 13,239 21 58 93 937 54 92 16,683