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Mr. Spellar
Including all berths and docks, the total number of X and Z berths available is, respectively, 40 and 26. These are principally located in the Naval Bases of Devonport and Clyde, and the privatised facilities at Barrow in Furness, Rosyth and Devonport. The precise locations and numbers are as follows:
| List of the locations of X berths |
| Number |
| Faslane |
8 |
| Devonport and Plymouth Sound |
16 |
| Rosyth |
11 |
| List of the locations of Z berths |
|
Number |
| Falkland Islands |
1 |
| Loch Goil |
1 |
| Rothesay |
1 |
| Liverpool |
12 |
| Isle of Skye |
1 |
| Loch Ewe |
2 |
| Bermuda |
3 |
| Devonport and Plymouth Sound |
2 |
| Diego Garcia |
2 |
| Portsmouth |
1 |
| Spithead |
4 |
| Southampton |
1 |
| Gibraltar |
2 |
| Coulport |
1 |
| 1 The use of the berths in Liverpool is currently in abeyance awaiting final resolution of the mechanism for the implementation of the potassium iodate tablets countermeasure distribution plan. |
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| Barrow in Furness owned by BAE Systems Marine Ltd.1 |
|
Berths |
| Barrow in Furness |
4 x X |
| Devonshire Dock |
|
| Barrow in Furness |
1 x X |
| Buccleuch Dock |
|
| Barrow in Furness |
2 x Z |
| 1 The berths listed against Barrow in Furness are owned by BAE Systems Marine Ltd. and have "lapsed". The necessary procedures to revalidate the berths will be instigated 12 months prior to reactor core installation for the Astute Class submarines currently on contract. |