Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 19 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 January 2006. It was answered by Adam Ingram (Labour) on Thursday, 26 January 2006 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
Destroyer/Frigate Tours
- Question
- To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many tours have been undertaken by each of the (a) Type 42 Destroyers, (b) Type 22 frigates and (c) Type 23 frigates in the last three years; where each tour was; what the length of each tour was; and what the length of time was between each tour.
- Answer
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A Royal Navy tour or deployment is considered to be an activity of at least 90 days' endurance. A list of each deployment, its duration and the ships engaged on it is as follows:
Type Ship Tour Length Tour 2003 T42 Liverpool January-July Gulf/Far East T22 Cornwall March-October West Atlantic T22 Chatham January-August Gulf T23 Portland February-August Mediterranean T23 Iron Duke January-August Caribbean T23 Richmond February-August Gulf/Indian Ocean 2004 T42 Edinburgh April-August Standing Naval Force Atlantic T42 Gloucester January-June Gulf with the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle T42 Exeter March-November Five Powers Defence Arrangement T22 Campbeltown October 2003-May 2004 Standing Naval Force Atlantic T22 Cumberland April-October Gulf-Op Oracle T23 Somerset June-December Gulf-Op Armilla/Telic T23 Monmouth December 2003-July 2004 Atlantic Patrol Task (North) T23 Iron Duke September-December Atlantic Patrol Task (South) T23 Richmond July-December Atlantic Patrol Task (North) T23 Grafton February-August Gulf-Op Armilla T23 Kent August-December NATO-Mediterranean T23 St. Albans November 2003-May 2004 Gulf-Op Oracle 2005 T42 Gloucester November 2004-March 2005 Atlantic Patrol Task (South) T42 York May-November Five Powers Defence Arrangement T42 Liverpool December 2004-August 2005 Atlantic Patrol Task (North) T42 Southampton August 2005-February 2006 Atlantic Patrol Task (South) T22 Campbeltown July-December Gulf-Op Telic T22 Chatham November 2004-May 2005 Gulf-Op Oracle T22 Cumberland August-December Atlantic Patrol Task(North) T23 Portland March-September Atlantic Patrol Task(South) T23 Somerset June-August Nato T23 Argyll February-August Gulf-Op Telic T23 Monmouth November 2004 May 2005 Nato T23 Montrose October 2005-April 2006 Gulf-Op Telic
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 441 c2306W; 45143
- Session
- 2005-06
- Subjects
- Deployment Warships Type 23 frigates Destroyers Frigates Type 22 frigates Type 42 destroyers
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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