HMS Vanguard (Hansard, 14 November 1991)

§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the planned in service date for HMS Vanguard of December 1994 became declassified information.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
It remains our practice not to make public the exact date upon which a warship becomes operational.

§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give the planned dates of the first dunking and the official naming ceremony of HMS Vanguard.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
It is not our practice to make public the precise dates of submarine construction and related programmes.

§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennett
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who it is planned to carry out the official naming ceremony for HMS Vanguard.

§ Mr. Kenneth Carlisle
We expect to be able to make an announcement nearer the time of the event.