Question follow-through · 18892
Warships: Decommissioning
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the proposed out-of-service date for (a) HMS Tyne (b) HMS Mersey (c) HMS Severn.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 21 Jul 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what is the proposed out-of-service date for (a) HMS Tyne (b) HMS Mersey (c) HMS Severn.
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
21 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Royal Navy constantly reviews out-of-service dates to achieve maximum availability of its platforms for operational tasking. For operational security reasons, the Royal Navy does not release the out-of-service dates of individual platforms. The Class ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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