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Warsaw Pact

Volume 165: debated on Tuesday 16 January 1990

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To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions when Royal Navy vessels have made visits to ports in Warsaw pact countries since 1985.

Visits made by Royal Navy vessels to ports in Warsaw pact countries since 1985 are as follows:

PortVesselDate
Constanta, RomaniaHMS NaiadJuly 1985
Leningrad, USSRHMS BristolMay 1989
Gdynia, PolandHMS BristolJune 1989
Rostock, GDRHMS AchillesJune 1989

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the occasions when Warsaw pact naval vessels have visited British ports and naval bases since 1985.

The Polish destroyer Warszawa, which visited London during May 1989, is the only Warsaw pact warship to have visited a British port or naval base since 1985. A number of Warsaw pact naval sail training ships have also visited the United Kingdom during this period to take part in the annual tall ships race.