§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times Russian Navy ships have berthed at United Kingdom ports within the last five years [47587]
§ Dr. ReidSince June 1993 there have been six visits to United Kingdom ports by Russian Navy ships; these were as follows:
Date Port Ship 25 May-1 June 1993 Liverpool Sovremenny class destroyer 7–10 October 1993 Dartmouth Ugra class training ship 20–25 May 1994 Portsmouth Kilo class conventional submarine 27 March-1 April 1995 Portsmouth A Survey ship 26 April-2 May 1996 Portsmouth Udaloy class destroyer 3–4 May 1996 Plymouth 22–26 September 1996 Portsmouth Sovremenny class destroyer
§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times the Royal Navy has conducted joint exercises with the Russian Navy over the last five years. [48152]
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§ Dr. ReidThe Royal Navy exercise with the Russian Federation Navy under both bilateral arrangements and in multinational exercises. The term exercise can cover a wide range of activities and no single tally exists for all RN activities in which the RFN was involved. However, records show that over the past five years the following Royal Navy ships have participated in the following exercises with the Russian Federation Navy:
Period of exercise August 1993 HMS Brilliant Off Gibraltar September-October 1994 HMS Newcastle RFA Olna
Skaggerak and off Norway May 1996 HMS Gloucester RFA Black Rover
Off Portsmouth June 1997 HMS Iron Duke Off Severomorsk May-June 1997 HMS Cromer HMS Walney
RFA Orangeleaf
Skaggerak June 1997 HMS Iron Duke HMS Bridport
HMS Cromer
Baltic Sea June 1998 HMS Somerset Off Gdansk