HC Deb 08 November 1982 vol 31 cc88-9W
Sir Patrick Wall

asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give a revised list of Her Majesty's ships and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries due for disposal in the next three years.

1984 Mr. Blaker

Plans for the withdrawal of ships from the active fleet are kept under review. On current plans, however, the following ships from the Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary are to be withdrawn from the active fleet in the period up to the end of 1984:

Royal Navy

  • "Gurkha"
  • "Tartar"
  • "Zulu"
  • "Londonderry"
  • "Berwick"
  • "Falmouth"
  • "Rhyl"
  • "Naiad"
  • "Dido"
  • "Achilles"
  • "Crofton"
  • "Woodlark"
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
  • "Stromness"

Royal Navy

  • "Antrim"
  • "Glamorgan"
  • "Aurora"
  • "Euryalus"
  • "Apollo"
  • "Ariadne"
  • "Rothesay"
  • "Lowestoft"
  • "Torquay"
  • "Wotton"
  • "St. David"
  • "Venturer"
  • "Wasperton"
  • "Yarnton"
  • "Droxford"
  • "Waterwitch"
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
  • "Tidespring"
  • "Plumleaf"
  • "Pearleaf"
  • "Resource"

Certain of these vessels are planned to enter the standby squadron where they will remain declared to NATO. It is not the general practice to give details of planned ship disposals more than two years ahead.

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