Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fires broke out on Royal Navy warships in (a) 2020, (b) 2021, (c) 2022, (d) 2023 and (e) 2024 as of 19 March 2024.
The table below shows the numbers of fires that have broken out on Royal Navy warships since 2020.
Year | Number of reported fires |
2020 | 24 |
2021 | 23 |
2022 | 19 |
2023 | 24 |
2024 (as of 22 March 2024) | 5 |
All of the fires listed were considered minor and were extinguished by first responder firefighters.