Q. Type 23 Frigates

Type 23 Frigates

(asked on 10th October 2018) - View Source

Questioner

Layla Moran
(Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many days Type 23 frigates spent at sea in each year from 2010 to 2018.

Answered by

Stuart Andrew
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

This question was answered on 15th October 2018

The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes and Departmental planning requirements.

From the records that have been scrutinised, the number of days that each of the Type 23 Frigates has spent at sea in each year from 2010 to 1 October 2018 is:

YEAR	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018
ARGYLL	32	147	140	137	168	25	0	111	117
LANCASTER	122	0	133	167	100	157	0	0	0
IRON DUKE	93	177	31	126	175	85	132	94	0
MONMOUTH	145	17	133	150	0	68	113	209	82
MONTROSE	190	129	143	165	76	0	0	41	95
WESTMINSTER	89	148	179	168	100	0	0	126	116
RICHMOND	120	162	74	178	142	180	73	51	0
NORTHUMBERLAND	220	45	141	153	186	48	0	0	65
SOMERSET	188	172	51	159	186	131	113	95	61
SUTHERLAND	148	183	194	98	9	127	127	103	154
KENT	109	24	147	163	137	124	67	0	36
PORTLAND	151	120	25	139	161	107	176	41	0
ST ALBANS	164	202	144	40	79	122	136	138	91

Type 23 Frigates

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