Warships
(asked on 1st November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Navy ships have been taken out of operational service, sold, disposed of or decommissioned since May 2010.
I have interpreted “taken out of operational service” or “decommissioned” to be ships’ out of service dates.
Royal Navy ships that have reached their out of service date and those that have been disposed of since May 2010 are listed below.
Ship | Year of Out of Service Date from May 2010 to October 2017 | Year of Disposal |
HMS ROEBUCK | - | 2010 |
RFA OAKLEAF | - | 2010 |
HMS WALNEY | 2010 | - |
RFA LARGS BAY | 2011 | 2011 |
HMS INVINCIBLE | - | 2011 |
HMS EXETER | - | 2011 |
HMS NOTTINGHAM | - | 2011 |
HMS SOUTHAMPTON | - | 2011 |
HMS CHATHAM | 2011 | 2013 |
HMS CAMPBELTOWN | 2011 | 2013 |
HMS CUMBERLAND | 2011 | 2013 |
HMS CORNWALL | 2011 | 2013 |
RFA BAYLEAF | 2011 | 2012 |
RFA FORT GEORGE | 2011 | 2013 |
HMS ARK ROYAL | 2011 | 2013 |
HMS MANCHESTER | 2011 | 2014 |
HMS GLOUCESTER | 2011 | 2015 |
HMS LIVERPOOL | 2012 | 2014 |
HMS YORK | 2012 | 2015 |
HMS EDINBURGH | 2013 | 2015 |
HMS ENDURANCE | - | 2016 |
HMS ILLUSTRIOUS | 2014 | 2016 |
RFA ORANGELEAF | 2015 | 2016 |
RFA DILIGENCE | 2016 | - |
RFA BLACK ROVER | 2016 | - |
RFA GOLD ROVER | 2017 | - |
HMS SEVERN | 2017 | - |
Notes:
1. Some ships disposed of since May 2010 will have reached their out of service dates prior to May 2010.
2. HMS ENDURANCE was effectively out of service following her incident in 2008.