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Mr. Dalyell
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what types of stores were passed to HMS "Endurance" by RFA "Fort Austin" during "Fort Austin's" deployment in the South Atlantic.
Mr. Blaker
RFA "Fort Austin" carried a range of victualling, naval and armament stores. Details of stores issues to HMS "Endurance" could be provided only at disproportionate cost, but as I explained on 29 November—[Vol. 33, c. 99]—her food stocks were very low by the time she was replenished on 12 April.