§ Mr. Pinkasked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will list the ships of the Royal Navy which have had major refits in each of the last five years, together with the cost of each.
§ Mr. GoodhartThe following are the total production costs of major refits of Royal Navy ships completed in the years 1976 to 1980:
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HMS Total Production Cost £ million 1976 Euryalus 12.1 London 15.0
HMS Total Production Cost £ million Aurora 15.6 Dreadnought 20.5 Resolution 34.0 Two other small ships had major refits at a total production cost of £9.1 million.
HMS Total Production Cost £ million 1977 Arethusa 16.6 Phoebe 18.2 Conqueror 25.1 Four other small ships had major refits at a total production cost of £13.4 million.
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HMS Total Production Cost £ million 1978 Sirius 21.6 Dido 23.0 Courageous 31.4 Repulse 48.9 Seven other small ships had major refits at a total production cost of £15.2; million.
HMS Total Production Cost £ million 1979 Minerva 31.6 Londonderry 23.1 One other small ship had a major refits at a total production cost of £4.5 million
HMS Total Production Cost £ million 1980 Glamorgan 63.5 Argonaut 62.5 Valiant 596 Rothesay 33.4 Renown 77.9 Otter 30.0 One other small ship had a refits at a total production cost of £5.8 million.