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| Chapter 4 - Formations, Vessels, Aircraft and Vehicles of the Armed Forces |
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Table 4.7 Militarily useful British-registered merchant tankers, specialist and fishing vessels by
principal categories and sizes at 31 December each year |
Militarily useful British-registered merchant vessels are vessels that could be requisitioned in the appropriate circumstances in support of the armed forces. Other types of ship might also be used in certain cases. Foreign-flagged but British-owned ships could also be requisitioned in certain circumstances.
Data for 2009 were not available at the time of publication. Figures for 2009 will be updated as and when the data become available.
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2008 |
2009 |
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| Tankers, Specialist vessels & Fishing vessels |
169 |
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207 |
236 |
260 |
298 |
314 |
346 |
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| United Kingdom |
96 |
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91 |
97 |
110 |
104 |
114 |
115 |
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| Isle of Man and the Channel Islands |
44 |
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55 |
67 |
74 |
86 |
75 |
80 |
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| UK Overseas Territories |
29 |
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61 |
72 |
76 |
108 |
125 |
151 |
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| Product and chemical tankers (2,000 to 80,000 dead weight tons) |
94 |
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163 |
195 |
200 |
275 |
284 |
306 |
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| United Kingdom |
39 |
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56 |
64 |
69 |
82 |
85 |
88 |
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| Isle of Man and the Channel Islands |
32 |
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48 |
60 |
61 |
85 |
74 |
80 |
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| UK Overseas Territories |
23 |
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59 |
71 |
70 |
108 |
125 |
138 |
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| Large diving support vessels |
13 |
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5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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| United Kingdom |
7 |
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3 |
1 |
1 |
- |
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1 |
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| Isle of Man and the Channel Islands |
1 |
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- |
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1 |
1 |
- |
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| UK Overseas Territories |
5 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
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| Large tugs (over 100t bollard pull) |
14 |
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8 |
8 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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| United Kingdom |
2 |
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1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
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| Isle of Man and the Channel Islands |
11 |
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7 |
7 |
8 |
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| UK Overseas Territories |
1 |
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| Large fishing vessels (over 2,000 horse power) |
48 |
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31 |
31 |
35 |
20 |
27 |
37 |
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| United Kingdom |
48 |
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31 |
31 |
35 |
20 |
27 |
24 |
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- |
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13 |
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| Source: Department for Transport |
The information in this table is for UK Overseas Territories: Anguilla, British Antarctic Territory, Bermuda, British Indian Ocean Territory, Belize [British], British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands (and Dependencies), Gibraltar, Montserrat, St Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands.
This list of countries differs slightly from the list used by the FCO.
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Introduction
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