Telecommunications Cables: Seas and Oceans

(asked on 23rd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the new Royal Navy vessel announced in the Defence Review to protect undersea cables will be based in Devonport.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 13th April 2021

The new Royal Navy Multi Role Ocean Surveillance vessel announced in the Defence Review is in its pre-concept phase, therefore, no decisions have yet been taken on base porting arrangements.

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