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Sir Patrick Wall
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will name the warships that are due to enter service by 1988 and give the date on which their keels were laid down.
Mr. Pattie
All warships currently ordered are expected to be completed before the end of 1988. Not all of these vessels have yet had their keels laid. Details are as follows:
| Class and Ship | Keel laid |
| Fleet Submarines (SSNs) | |
| HMS "Trafalgar" | 25 April 1979 |
| HMS "Turbulent" | 8 May 1980 |
| HMS "Tireless" | 28 October 1981 |
| 16 | *26 June 1981 |
| Carriers | |
| HMS "Illustrious" | 7 October 1976 |
| HMS "Ark Royal" | 14 December 1978 |
| Type 42 Destroyers | |
| HMS "Nottingham" | 6 February 1978 |
| HMS "Liverpool" | 5 July 1978 |
| HMS "Manchester" | 19 May 1978 |
| HMS "Gloucester" | 25 October 1979 |
| HMS "Edinburgh" | 8 September 1980 |
| HMS "York" | 18 January 1980 |
| Type 22 Frigates | |
| HMS "Brazen" | 19 August 1978 |
| HMS "Boxer" | 5 November 1979 |
| HMS "Beaver" | 20 June 1980 |
| 07 | 2 April 1982 |
| 08 | *23 February 1982 |
| MCMVs | |
| HMS "Cottesmore" | 27 September 1979 |
| HMS "Brocklesby" | 8 May 1980 |
| HMS "Middleton" | 1 July 1980 |
| HMS "Dulverton" | 1 June 1981 |
Class and Ship
| Keel laid
|
| 09 | *19 June 1980 |
| 11 | * 19 June 1980 |
Seabed Operations Vessel
| |
| HMS "Challenger" | 21 January 1980 |
* Order Date. | |
I cannot speculate on the delivery date of ships not yet ordered.