§ Mrs. Ray MichieTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all United Kingdom nuclear fleet submarines, the year each submarine came into service, the likely year for each to be decommissioned and the plans for that decommissioning, including possible location; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonThe nuclear fleet submarines currently in service are:
Vessel Accepted into service Valiant 1966 Courageous 1971 Swiftsure 1973 Sovereign 1974 Superb 1976 Sceptre 1978 Spartan 1979 Splendid 1981 Trafalgar 1983 Turbulent 1984 Tireless 1985 Torbay 1987 Trenchant 1989 Talent 1990 In addition, Dreadnought was withdrawn from service in 1982–83 and is currently stored afloat at Rosyth. Churchill, Conqueror and Warspite were withdrawn from service in 1990 and are currently in the process of being decommissioned. Churchill is at Rosyth and Conqueror and Warspite are at Devonport.
It is not our practice to release in advance details of projected dates or planned locations for decommissioning nuclear-powered submarines.