Question follow-through · 109059
RFA Wave Knight and RFA Wave Ruler: Decommissioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on the commercial sale of the former RFA vessels (a) Wave Knight and (b) Wave Ruler.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 19 Mar 2026 · 50 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on the commercial sale of the former RFA vessels (a) Wave Knight and (b) Wave Ruler.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
19 Mar 2026
Answer published
A Sale Agreement for RFA WAVE RULER and RFA WAVE KNIGHT was signed in January 2026; Inocea Shipholding Ltd (ISL) has purchased the former RFA vessels and will be reactivating them for service. I am unable to release further detail of the Sale Agreement at...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Parental Leave
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary regarding the application of merchant shipping regulations covering RFA merchant seafarers’ maternity and paternity rights.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Conditions of Employment
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will provide an update on the implementation of the (a) Employment Relations (Flexible Working) Act 2024 and (b) Employment Rights Act 2025 for merchant seafarers in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Merchant Shipping: Crew
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of maternity and paternity rights of seafarers working on merchant ships covered by the Merchant Shipping (Ministry of Defence Commercially Managed Ships) Order
Navy: Procurement
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the replacement vessels his department has ordered from Serco Marine under the Defence Maritime Service Next Generation (DMS NG) programme will be owned by the MoD.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his policy is on delivering (a) investment and (b) employment in the Royal Fleet Auxiliary fleet through the Defence Industrial Strategy.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Conditions of Employment
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written answer of 4 February 2026 to question 109057, if he will list the maritime industry stakeholders his department has engaged with to date regarding the continued transformation of the Royal
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Conditions of Employment
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the written answer of 4 February 2026 to question 109058, if he will list the RFA vessels where permanent employees have opted in to work a reduced assignment length, other than the RFA Proteus.
Ministry of Defence: Employment Agencies
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what oversight his department carries out of crewing agencies supplying merchant seafarers to deliver MoD contracts.
Ministry of Defence: Employment Agencies
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which crewing agencies supply merchant seafarers to deliver MoD contracts.
Shipping: Crew
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the number of civilian seafarers employed on live contracts between his Department and private contractors.
Royal Fleet Auxiliary: Working Conditions
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the application of merchant shipping legislation to crew accommodation standards on each Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel.