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Captain Ryder
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the names and employment of all maintenance, depot and repair ships in the Royal Navy; if he will say which of these are for disposal; what ships of these categories have been disposed of since the end of the war; and whether they have been scrapped, sold, given or lent; and which were the recipient countries.
DEPOT, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SHIPS IN THE ROYAL NAVY | ||||
Active Fleet | Reserve | |||
Depot Ships | … | … | "MAIDSTONE" | "ADAMANT" |
"MONTCLARE" | "WOOLWICH" | |||
"FORTH" | ||||
"TYNE" | ||||
Repair Ships | … | … | — | "ARTIFEX" |
— | "ALAUNIA" | |||
— | "RANPURA" | |||
— | "AUSONIA" | |||
— | "RESOURCE" | |||
Maintenance Ships) | … | … | "UNICORN" | "PIONEER" |
"PERSEUS "(being used for trials) | "BERRY HEAD" | |||
— | "DUNSCANBY HEAD" | |||
— | "RAME HEAD" | |||
— | "BUCHANNESS" | |||
— | "GIRDLENESS" | |||
— | "HARTLAND POINT" | |||
— | "DODMAN POINT" | |||
— | "MULL OF GALLOWAY" | |||
— | "MULL OF KINTYRE" |
Scrapped | 5 Depot Ships |
1 Repair Ship | |
Sold Commercially | 3 Depot Ships |
3 Repair Ships | |
3 Maintenance Ships | |
Returned to U.S.A. (Lease Lend) | 2 Repair Ships |
Returned to Canada (Mutual Aid) | 2 Maintenance Ships |
Lent to Greece | 1 Depot Ship |
Transferred to Iran in 1949 in part settlement of a claim against the United Kingdom | 1 Maintenance Ship |