§ 27. Mr. Moateasked the Secretary of State for Defence what is his estimate of the future dockyard capacity in terms of numbers of vessels undergoing major refit for nuclear hunter-killer submarines.
§ Mr. BlakerWe estimate that, by the time Chatham dockyard closes in 1984, Devonport dockyard will be able to work on the major refitting of three nuclear-propelled hunter-killer submarines simultaneously. In due course, the capacity at Rosyth will increase to two streams. This will be sufficient capacity to meet our requirements.