§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the number of vessels by type and by value for which he expects to place orders in the years 1985, 1986 and 1987, respectively.
§ Mr. LeeI refer the hon. Gentleman to the statement on frigates made yesterday by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence. No firm decisions have been taken on the number or timing of other orders in these years. Such orders will be announced as and when appropriate, and contract values would, of course, depend on negotiation.
§ Mr. Robert C. Brownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish in the Official Report the number of vessels by type and by value under construction for his Department in United Kingdom shipyards; and if he will give the information by shipyard and state the expected delivery dates on each vessel.
§ Mr. LeeThirty-two ships are currently on order for the Royal Navy with a total value of nearly £3,000 million at today's prices.
The following are the vessels under construction or on order at each shipyard:
148WBrooke Marine Limited
- Coastal Survey Vessel
- —HMS Roebuck
Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Limited
- Sheffield Class Destroyer (Type 42)
- —HMS Edinburgh*
Hall Russell & Co. Limited
- Hong Kong Patrol Craft
- —HMS Swift*
Harland and Wolff Limited
- Aviation Training Ship
- —RFA Argus
Richards Shipbuilders Limited
- River Class Fleet Minesweepers
- —HMS Humber*
- —HMS Blackwater*
- —HMS Helmsdale*
- —HMS Itchen*
- —HMS Helford*
- —HMS Orwell*
- —HMS Ribble*
- —HMS Spey
- —HMS Arun
Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Limited
- CVS-03
- —HMS Ark Royal*
- Sheffield Class Destroyer (Type 42)
- —HMS York*
- Broadsword Class Frigates (Type 22)
- —HMS Sheffield
- —HMS Coventry
- Royal Fleet Auxiliary
- —Sir Galahad replacement
Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited
- Trafalgar Class Fleet Submarines
- —HMS Tireless*
- —HMS Torbay
- —HMS Trenchant
- SSN-18
- Upholder Class Patrol Submarine
- —HMS Upholder
Vosper Thornycroft (UK) Limited
- Sheffield Class Destroyer (Type 42)
- —HMS Gloucester*
- Hunt Class Mine Counter-Measures Vessels
- —HMS Hurworth*
- —HMS Bicester
- —HMS Atherstone
Yarrow (Shipbuilders) Limited
- Duke Class Frigate (Type 23)
- —HMS Norfolk
- Broadsword Class Frigate (Type 22)
- —HMS Brave*
- —HMS London
- —HMS Cornwall
- —HMS Cumberland
* Denotes expected to be accepted from the shipbuilder during 1985. It is not the practice to give planned acceptance dates. Information on costs of individual contracts is not provided as this is commercially confidential.