[holding answer 12 March 2010]: Since 1997, 29 ex-Royal Navy and ex-Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels have been sold to other countries. In detail these vessels are:
Ship Date Country Gross revenue (£) HMS Plover January 1997 Philippines 7,500,000 HMS Peacock HMS Starling Total financial year 1997-98 7,500,000 HMS Unseen January 1998 Canada 227,400,000 HMS Unicorn HMS Ursula HMS Upholder Total financial year 1998-99 227,400,000 HMS Bicester July 2000 Greece 10,000,000 HMS Berkeley February 2001 HMS Orkney December 2000 Trinidad and Tobago 1,500,000 Total financial year 2000-01 11,500,000 HMS Orwell June 2001 Guyana 1,500,000 Total financial year 2001-02 1,500,000 HMS Shetland August 2002 Bangladesh 8,000,000 HMS Alderney HMS Anglesey HMS Lindisfarne HMS Guernsey HMS London Romania 116,000,000 HMS Coventry Total financial year 2002-03 124,000,000 HMS Sheffield April 2003 Chile 27,000,000 Total financial year 2003-04 27,000,000 HMS Norfolk October 2005 Chile 134,000,000 HMS Grafton HMS Marlborough Total financial year 2005-06 134,000,000 HMS Sandown September 2006 Estonia 32,000,000 HMS Inverness HMS Bridport Total financial year 2006-07 32,000,000 RFA Sir Galahad July 2007 Brazil 5,235,000 Total financial year 2007-08 5,235,000 RFA Sir Bedivere October 2009 Brazil 10,000,000 HMS Cottesmore November 2009 Lithuania HMS Dulverton Total financial year 2008-09 10,000,000 Total gross revenue (1997 to 2009) 580,135,000 Note: Revenue is shown as gross. Prior to 2001 no information is available regarding net revenue. Since 2001 total net revenue from sales was £62,645,000.