asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all visits to Chilean ports by ships of the Royal Navy and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary from January 1982 until the present day.
For Royal Navy ship visits to Chilean ports from July 1982 until the present day, I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 11 June at column 431. In the first half of 1982, there was one such visit—that by HMS Endurance in January.There has been one Royal Fleet auxiliary visit to a Chilean port from January 1982 until the present day—that by RFA Regent in March 1983.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list all Royal Navy ships and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries which travelled to or from the Falklands area via the Panama canal from January 1982 until the present.
Royal Navy ships and Royal Fleet auxiliaries have travelled to or from the Falklands area via the Panama canal on the following occasions from January 1982 until the present day:
| Ship | Date of canal passage |
| HMS Hecate | January 1983 |
| RFA Regent | April 1983 |
| HMS Falmouth | August 1983 |
| HMS Herald | October 1983 |
| HMS Endurance | December 1983 |
| HMS Herald | September 1984 |
| HMS Endurance | May 1985 |