S and T Class Submarines

HC Deb 30 January 2001 vol 362 c97W

Mr. Quentin Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the planned dates of decommissioning of each of the Royal Navy's S and T class submarines. [147576]

Mr. Spellar

HMS Swiftsure was operationally decommissioned in 1992. The planned operational decommissioning dates for the remainder of the Royal Navy's S class submarines are as follows:

Swiftsure class SSN	Planned operational decommissioning date
HMS Sovereign	2005
HMS Superb	2006
HMS Sceptre	2010
HMS Spartan	2006
HMS Splendid	2003

The planned operational decommissioning dates for the Royal Navy's Trafalgar class submarines are as follows:

Trafalgar class SSN	Planned operational decommissioning date
HMS Trafalgar	2007
HMS Turbulent	2008
HMS Tireless	2011
HMS Torbay	2020
HMS Trenchant	2022
HMS Talent	2015
HMS Triumph	2017