HC Deb 30 April 1982 vol 22 cc385-6W
Mr. Speed

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give an updated list of the names and type of each ship of the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary that have been, or on present plans are intended to be, withdrawn from the active fleet in each year from 1980 to 1986.

Mr. Blaker

The ships from the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary that have been, or on current plans will be, withdrawn from the active fleet in the period 1980–84, are as follows. Certain of the vessels will enter the standby squadron where they will remain declared to NATO.

As for 1985–86, it is not our general practice to give details of disposal plans so far ahead, although as already announced "Hermes" will be run on until 1985.

Royal Navy

1980

  • "Blake"—Helicopter Cruiser
  • "Ashanti"—Tribal Class Frigate
  • "Eskimo"—Tribal Class Frigate
  • "Gurkha"—Tribal Class Frigate
  • "Mohawk"—Tribal Class Frigate
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  • "Nubian"—Tribal Class Frigate
  • "Tartar"(†)—Tribal Class Frigate
  • "Berwick"(†)Rothesay Class Frigate
  • "Tenacity"—Fast Attack Craft
  • "Dittisham"—Inshore Minesweeper
  • "Isis"—Inshore Minesweeper

1981

  • "Bulwark"—ASW/Commando Carrier
  • "London"—Country Class Destroyer
  • "Juno"(*)—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Brighton"—Rothesay Class Frigate
  • "Falmouth"(†)—Rothesay Class Frigate
  • "Glasserton"—Coastal Minesweeper
  • "Sabre"—Fast Target Boat
  • "Scimitar"—Fast Target Boat
  • "Cutlass"—Fast Target Boat

1982

  • "Norfolk"—County Class Destroyer
  • "Bacchante"—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Naiad"—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Rhyl"—rothesay Class Frigate
  • "Laleston"—Coastal Patrol Craft
  • "Porpoise"—Porpoise Class Submarine
  • "Speedy"—Hydrofoil
  • 2SRN6—Hovercraft
  • "Londonderry"—Trials ship
  • "Dreadnought"—Valiant Class Submarine
  • VT2—Hovercraft
  • "Achilles"—Leander Class Frigate

1983

  • "Dido"—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Wasperton"—Coastal Patrol Craft
  • "Invincible"—Anti Submarine Carrier

1984

  • "Glamorgan"—County Class Destroyer
  • "Antrim"—County Class Destroyer
  • "Rothesay"—Rothesay Class Frigate
  • "Torquay"—Type 12 Frigate
  • "Apollo"—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Euryalus"—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Aurora"—Leander Class Frigate
  • "Lowestoft"—Rothesay Class Frigate
  • "Crofton"—Coastal Minesweeper
  • "Yarnton"—Coastal Patrol Craft
  • "Monkton"—Coastal Patrol Craft
  • "Woodlark"—Tender to University Royal Navy Unit
  • "St. David"—Chartered Trawler
  • "Venturer"—Chartered Trawler

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

1980

  • "Lyness"—Stores Support Ship

1981

  • "Tarbatness"—Stores Support Ship
  • "Eddyfirth"—Coastal Tanker
  • "Tidepool" —Fleet Tanker
  • "Stromness" —Stores Support Ship
  • "Bacchus"—Stores Carrier

1982

  • "Pearleaf'—Support Tanker

1983

  • "Tidespring"—Fleet Tanker

1984

  • "Plumleaf"—Support Tanker
  • "Resource"—Fleet Tanker

Notes:

*Now being refitted for training ship role.

†Restored or being restored to service for South Atlantic tasks.

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