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Written question asked by Nick Harvey (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 8 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 10 July 2008. It was answered by Bob Ainsworth (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 July 2008 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Type 42 Destroyers

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's plans are for the decommissioning of Type 42 destroyers.
Answer

Our present planning assumptions, which are kept under review, are that the Type 42 destroyers will be withdrawn from service on the following dates:

Type 42 destroyers
Withdrawal date
HMS Southampton 2009
HMS Exeter 2009
HMS Nottingham 2010
HMS Manchester 2011
HMS Gloucester 2011
HMS Liverpool 2012
HMS York 2012
HMS Edinburgh 2013

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
218486; 479 c315-6W;479 c314W
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Type 42 destroyers
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk