§ Mr. Viggersasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report a schedule showing the ships refitted in Her Majesty's dockyards during the last five years, giving the ships' names, the type of refit, the dockyard employed and the cost.
§ Mr. BlakerThe following are details of the ship refits completed in the Royal dockyards in the calendar years 1976–80: 297W
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Refits Completed in Her Majesty's Dockyards during Calendar Years 1976 to 1980 Dockyard Type of Refit Type of Ship Name Total Production Cost £m 1976 Portsmouth Major refit Destroyer London 15.0 Submarine—conventional Sealion 6.5 Normal refit Cruiser Tiger 5.7 Destroyer Fife 4.8 Frigate Apollo 2.6 Torquay 1.9 Dundas 0.9 Royal Yacht Britannia 1.4 MCMV Shoulton 0.8 Hubberston 0.4 Nurton 0.6 Laleston 0.4 Survey vessel Herald 0.3 Devonport Major refit Frigate Euryalus 12.1 Survey vessel Hecate 2.6 Normal refit Aircraft carrier Hermes 7.9 Assault craft Fearless 4.5 Submarine—conventional Opportune 5.6 Frigate Ariadne 2.4 Hermione 2.5 Mohawk 2.9 Lincoln 2.4 MCMV Crichton 1.8 Survey vessel Fawn 0.4 Fox 0.4 Cable vessel St. Margarets 0.3 Chatham Major refit Submarine—nuclear Dreadnought 20.5 Frigate Aurora 15.6 MCMV Brinton 1.2 Normal refit Frigate Jaguar 3.2 Submarine tender Wakeful 1.9 Ice patrol vessel Endurance 0.9 Survey vessel Enterprise 0.4 Rosyth Major refit Submarine—Polaris Resolution 34.0 Normal refit Frigate Lynx 2.4 Nubian 2.9 MCMV Soberton 0.4 Kedleston 0.6 Gibraltar Major refit MCMV Gavinton Final costings not available due to Industrial action Normal refit Frigate Jupiter 1977 Portsmouth Major refit Frigate Arethusa 16.6 Survey vessel Bulldog 1.4 Beagle 1.4 Normal refit Cruiser Blake 7.6 Destroyer Kent 4.1 Submarine—conventional Porpoise 6.6 Frigate Ashanti 4.5 Lowestoft 4.7 MCMV Kirkliston 1.0 Kellington 0.7 Lewiston 0.7 Wilton 1.2 Driving training vessel Reclaim 1.6 Survey vessel Herald 0.9 Devonport Major refit Submarine—conventional Olympus 8.6 Frigate Phoebe 18.2 Normal refit Aircraft carrier Ark Royal 12.0 Frigate Leander 4.5 MCMV Crofton 0.5 Walkerton 0.7 Repton 0.8 RFA Sir Galahad 0.8 Green Rover 0.9 Tug—ocean going Typhoon 0.5 Experimental trials vessel Whitehead 0.6 300W 301W
Dockyard Type of Refit Type of Ship Name Total Production Cost £m Chatham Major refit Submarine—nuclear Conqueror 25.1 MCMV Stubbington 2.1 Normal refit Frigate Eskimo 3.9 Juno 4.5 Ice patrol vessel Endurance 1.2 Survey vessel Egeria 0.6 Rosyth Major refit No major refits completed at Rosyth during 1977 Normal refit MCMV Shavington 0.8 Bickington 0.7 Bronington 0.9 Cuxton 0.8 Gibraltar Major refit There were no refits completed at Gibraltar during 1977 Normal refit 1978 Portsmouth Major refit No major refits completed at Portsmouth during 1978 Normal refit Destroyer Bristol 9.3 Norfolk 8.1 Frigate Falmouth 4.1 MCMV Iveston 1.1 Hubberston 0.9 Devonport Major refit Frigate Dido 23.0 Sirius 21.6 MCMV Crichton 1.9 Alfriston 2.6 Survey vessel Fawn 1.3 Fox 1.4 Normal refit Submarine—conventional Onslaught 9.5 Frigate Ajax 5.3 Galatea 4.3 Hecla 3.2 Naiad 4.4 Berwick 4.1 Brighton 4.3 Tug—ocean going Roysterer 0.4 Chatham Major refit Submarine—nuclear Courageous 31.4 MCMV Pollington 2.8 Bildeston 2.3 Normal refit Ice patrol vessel Endurance 1.3 Rosyth Major refit Submarine—Polaris Repulse 49.0 MCMV Abdiel 3.0 Normal refit Submarine—conventional Odin 10.7 Frigate Gurkha 6.2 MCMV Maxton 0.9 Kedleston 0.8 Brinton 1.1 Gavinton 1.2 Sheraton 1.2 Fast patrol craft Tenacity 1.1 Mooring and salvage vessel Laymoor 0.6 Gibraltar Major refit MCMV Wotton 2.1 Normal refit Frigate Bacchante 5.7 Achilles 4.9 1979 Portsmouth Major refit No major refits completed at Portsmouth during 1979 Normal refit Destroyer Antrim 11.8 Assault craft Intrepid 11.2 Submarine—conventional Onyx 8.4 MCMV Bossington 2.3 Nurton 1.4 Devonport Major refit No major refits completed at Devonport during 1979 Normal refit Submarine—conventional Otus 10.2 Frigate Cleopatra 4.9 Amazon 9.1 MCMV Upton 0.9 Survey vessel Hecate 2.2 Tug—ocean going Typhoon 0.9
Dockyard Type of Refit Type of Ship Name Total Production Cost £m Chatham Major refit Frigate Minerva 31.6 MCMV Soberton 4.5 Normal refit Destroyer Rhyl 8.9 Ice patrol vessel Endurance 1.6 Rosyth Major refit Frigate Londonderry 23.1 Normal refit Frigate Zulu 6.7 MCMV Shavington 1.0 Bickington 1.0 Stubbington 1.0 Lewiston 1.5 Gibraltar Major refit MCMV Hodgeston 2.5 Brereton 2.7 Normal refit Frigate Diomede 5.0 1980 Portsmouth Major refit Submarine—conventional Otter 30.1 Frigate Glamorgan 63.5 Normal refit Destroyer London 12.1 Sheffield 12.6 Frigate Tartar 7.2 Royal Yacht Britannia 8.6 MCMV Iveston 1.6 Devonport Major refit Frigate Argonaut 62.6 Normal refit Submarine—conventional Osiris 21.7 Frigate Aurora 7.7 Antelope 8.9 Euryalus 7.7 Cable vessel St. Margarets 1.4 Chatham Major refit Submarine—nuclear Valiant 59.6 Frigate Rothesay 33.4 Normal refit MCMV Bronington 2.2 Kirkliston 2.4 Ice patrol vessel Endurance 2.0 Rosyth Major refit Submarine—Polaris Renown 77.9 MCMV Walkerton 5.8 Normal refit Submarine—conventional Ocelot 12.8 MCMV Cuxton 1.4 Wilton 1.8 Pollington 1.5 Maxton 2.1 Crichton 1.5 Off-shore patrol vessel Jersey 1.0 Gibraltar Major refit MCMV Kedleston 2.5 Normal refit Frigate Apollo 4.4 Notes:
- (1) In addition to the above, the dockyards undertook the refits of various types of small craft.
- (2) The costs are all the amounts brought to account at the rates pertaining at the time the refits were undertaken, including the costs of materials used and equipments fitted.