Nuclear Submarines: Deployment
(asked on 14th January 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, f he will confirm that the Royal Navy has maintained uninterrupted continuous at sea deterrence nuclear armed submerged submarine patrols since 15 June 1968.
This question was answered on 24th January 2022
I can confirm that HMS RESOLUTION commenced the first at sea nuclear deterrent patrol in June 1968, but the first of our continuous at sea deterrence patrols commenced in April 1969. Since then, there has always been at least one Royal Navy nuclear armed submarine at sea, keeping us safe from the most extreme threats to our national security and way of life.