Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 25004, (a) for how many days (a) HMS Daring, (b) HMS Dauntless, (c) HMS Diamond, (d) HMS Dragon, (e) HMS Defender and (f) HMS Duncan were deployed on operations and (b) in which theatre they were so deployed in (i) 2011, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2013 and (iv) 2014.
Penny Mordaunt
The information requested is provided below. In answering this question, I have defined ‘deployed on operations’ as times away from UK waters for extended periods.
In 2011, the Type 42 Destroyers were deployed on operations. No Type 45 Destroyer was deployed away from the UK.
2012
|
Ship |
Deployment |
Number of Days |
|
HMS DARING |
Operation Kipion: Gulf Region |
210 |
|
HMS DAUNTLESS |
Atlantic Patrol Tasking (South) |
209 |
|
HMS DIAMOND |
Operation Kipion: Gulf Region |
191 |
2013
|
Ship |
Deployment |
Number of Days |
|
HMS DRAGON |
Operation Kipion: Gulf Region |
254 |
|
HMS DARING |
Global Deployment |
277 |
2014
|
Ship |
Deployment |
Number of Days |
|
HMS DIAMOND |
Operation Recsyr: protecting and escorting ships transporting chemicals from Syria |
163 |
|
HMS DEFENDER |
Operation Kipion: Gulf Region |
193 |
|
HMS DRAGON |
Atlantic Patrol Tasking (South) |
198 |
When not deployed on operations, all Type 45 ships would have undertaken activities such as sea trials, training, engagement, provisioning or been in a maintenance period.
