HC Deb 22 December 1981 vol 15 cc366-7W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Defence when the deployment of Her Majesty's ships on a regular basis to the Indian Ocean began; and which of Her Majesty's ships and Royal Fleet auxiliaries have since taken part in the deployment.

Mr. Wiggin

In October 1980. Since then the following vessels have been deployed on the Gulf of Oman Patrol:

HM Ships RFAs
Active Coventry Blue Rover
Alacrity Diomede Fort Austin
Ambuscade Euryalus Fort Grange

HM Ships RFAs
Antrim Glamorgan Grey Rover
Apollo Minerva Olmeda
Ardent Naiad Olna
Argonaut Newcastle Olwen
Avenger Rhyl Pearleaf
Bacchante Rothesay Regent
Birmingham Sheffield Tidepool
Tidespring