Warships: Crew
(asked on 26th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total crew complement by rank and specialisation was of each of the Royal Navy's (a) Type 45 Destroyers and (b) Type 23 Frigates on their most recent deployment.
Ships' and submarines' complements are not fixed; they vary, even across a Class, due to equipment fits and in response to specific tasking.
The table below shows the average number of liability positions for each ship when in their normal operating role.
Complements of Royal Navy Type 45 destroyers and Type 23 frigates by branch and rank
| Type 45 Destroyers | Type 23 Frigates |
| Number of Positions | |
Warfare and Exec Department |
|
|
Commander | 1 | 1 |
Lieutenant Commander | 3 | 3 |
Lieutenant | 8 | 5 |
Warrant Officer | 1 | 1 |
Chief Petty Officer | 3 | 3 |
Petty Officer | 12 | 8 |
Leading Hand | 21 | 19 |
Able Rate | 32 | 28 |
|
|
|
Engineering Department |
|
|
Lieutenant Commander | 2 | 2 |
Lieutenant | 3 | 2 |
Warrant Officer | 3 | 2 |
Chief Petty Officer | 9 | 7 |
Petty Officer | 15 | 15 |
Leading Hand | 17 | 17 |
Able Rate | 33 | 31 |
|
|
|
Logistics Department |
|
|
Lieutenant Commander | 1 | 1 |
Lieutenant | 1 | 1 |
Chief Petty Officer | 1 | 1 |
Petty Officer | 3 | 3 |
Leading Hand | 10 | 10 |
Able Rate | 13 | 12 |
|
|
|
Medical Department |
|
|
Petty Officer | 1 | 0 |
Leading Hand | 0 | 1 |
Able Rate | 1 | 1 |
|
|
|
TOTAL | 194 | 174 |