HC Deb 04 February 1988 vol 126 cc719-20W
Mr. Churchill

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list by year of construction each ship in the Royal Navy 20 or more years old, giving both name and type of vessel.

Mr. Ian Stewart

The following Royal Naval ships, listed by the year their construction was completed, are 20 or more years old.

1778

First rate ship of the line

  • Victory

1954

MCMVs

  • Cuxton
  • Brereton
  • Brinton
  • Bronington
  • Gavinton
  • Kirkliston

Royal yacht

  • Britannia

1955

MCMVs

  • Hubberston
  • Iveston
  • Kedleston
  • Kellington

1956

MCMVs

  • Upton
  • Sheraton

Ice patrol ship

  • Endurance1

1957

MCMVs

  • Nurton
  • Maxton
  • Soberton
  • Stubbington

1958

MCMV

  • Walkerton

1960

Rothesay class frigate

  • Rothesay

1961

Rothesay class frigate

  • Plymouth

1962

Oberon class submarine

  • Odin
  • Olympus
  • Onslaught
  • Otter

1963

Oberon class submarine

  • Oracle
  • Otus

Leander class frigate

  • Penelope

1964

Leander class frigate

  • Euryalus

Oberon class submarines

  • Ocelot
  • Opossum
  • Opportune
  • Osiris

1965

Assault ship

  • Fearless

Leander class frigate

  • Arethusa

Survey ships

  • Hecate
  • Hecla

1966

Leander class frigates

  • Cleopatra
  • Minerva
  • Phoebe
  • Sirius

Fleet submarine

  • Valiant

1967

Assault ship

  • Intrepid

Polaris submarine

  • Resolution

MCM support ship

  • Abdiel

Leander class frigates

  • Argonaut
  • Danae

Navigation training ship

  • Juno

Fleet submarine

  • Warspite

Oberon class submarine

  • Onyx

1 Endurance was completed as a merchant vessel in 1956 but was not purchased for Royal Navy service until 1967.

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