Submarines: Decommissioning

Mr. Hancock
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) age and (b) proposed date of decommissioning is of each of the Trafalgar Class submarines.

Des Browne
The current age and the planned out of service dates, which are kept under regular review, for each of the Trafalgar Class submarines are as follows:

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|Vessel       |Age|Out of service date|
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|HMS Trafalgar|24 |2009               |
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|HMS Turbulent|23 |2011               |
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|HMS Tireless |22 |2013               |
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|HMS Torbay   |20 |2015               |
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|HMS Trenchant|18 |2017               |
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|HMS Talent   |17 |2019               |
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|HMS Triumph  |16 |2022               |
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