HC Deb 13 November 1984 vol 67 c228W
Mr. Foulkes

asked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the arrangements for keeping navigational and captains' logs of Her Majesty's ships; and whether they are normally kept together.

Mr. Heseltine

Instructions for keeping navigational logs are laid down in Queen's Regulations for the Royal Navy, which are available in the Library. Completed logs for both submarines and surface ships are sent to the Ministry of Defence records office. In addition, the flag officer submarines issues instructions for the keeping by submarines of detailed narrative accounts of exercises and operations, to support the commanding officer's formal report of proceedings submitted to his operational commander.