Navy: Deployment
(asked on 24th May 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to HMS Queen Elizabeth's first operational deployment, what is the number of personnel on (1) HMS Queen Elizabeth, (2) the six accompanying Royal Navy ships, and (3) the Royal Navy submarine in the Carrier Strike Group.
The Carrier Strike Group 21 is the largest and most ambitious global deployment of the Royal Navy for a generation.
The number of personnel on board each ship will vary over the course of the deployment due to operational requirements, however the following table provides the average crew sizes, broken down by Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship, deployed in the Carrier Strike Group.
Ship Name | Number of Personnel |
HMS Queen Elizabeth | 1,600 |
HMS Defender | 235 |
HMS Diamond | 235 |
HMS Kent | 185 |
HMS Richmond | 185 |
RFA Fort Victoria | 135 |
RFA Tidespring | 65 |
Astute Class Submarine | Not Declared |
Due to operational security reasons we do not comment on submarine issues.