Type 23 Frigates
(asked on 20th May 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to Answer of 6 May 2020 to Question 41912 on Type 23 Frigates, how many days each Type 23 Frigate was at sea in the years (a) 2018, (b) 2017, (c) 2016 and (d) 2015.
The information requested is provided in the following tables.
Type 23 Frigates:
FRIGATE | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
ARGYLL | 25 | 0 | 111 | 141 |
IRON DUKE | 85 | 132 | 94 | 0 |
KENT | 124 | 67 | 0 | 57 |
LANCASTER | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
MONMOUTH | 68 | 113 | 209 | 131 |
MONTROSE | 0 | 0 | 41 | 145 |
NORTHUMBERLAND | 48 | 0 | 0 | 117 |
PORTLAND | 107 | 176 | 41 | 0 |
RICHMOND | 180 | 73 | 51 | 0 |
SOMERSET | 131 | 113 | 95 | 60 |
ST ALBANS | 122 | 136 | 138 | 120 |
SUTHERLAND | 127 | 127 | 103 | 166 |
WESTMINSTER | 0 | 0 | 126 | 152 |
Type 45 Destroyers:
DESTROYER | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
DARING | 48 | 148 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
DAUNTLESS | 114 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
DIAMOND | 27 | 118 | 116 | 99 | 14 |
DRAGON | 69 | 56 | 56 | 145 | 163 |
DEFENDER | 106 | 115 | 0 | 84 | 183 |
DUNCAN | 188 | 86 | 107 | 135 | 153 |
The normal operating cycle of every ship involves them entering different readiness levels depending on their programmes, periods of refit and Departmental planning requirements. In addition, these figures represent days at sea, and it should be noted that, while deployed away from the UK, ships will spend both days at sea and alongside in ports around the world.