§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the crew number of the(a) Trafalgar and (b) Vanguard class of submarines. [65739]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThe Ship's Company of a Trafalgar class submarine consists of 16 Officers, 53 Senior Ratings and 62 Junior Ratings, a total of 131.
There are currently two crewing methods for the Vanguard class submarine: boats either have two crews or a single augmented (gold) crew. Two of the Vanguard class have gold crews, the other two have two crews each, known as hybrid manning. The single Vanguard crew is 142 people, consisting of 18 Officers, 60 Senior Ratings and 64 Junior Ratings. The augmented, or gold, crew is 202 people, comprising 21 Officers, 80 Senior Ratings and 101 Junior Ratings.