Navy Command Secretariat - FOI Section Navy Command Headquarters MP 1-4, Leach Building Whale Island PO2 8BY Ref: FOI2014/05280 Telephone [MOD]: +44 (0)2392 628695 Facsimile [MOD]: +44 (0)2392 625279 E-mail: [email protected]

Mr Russ McLean

22 September 2014 Via email: [email protected]

Dear Mr McLean

Request for Information – Acknowledgement

Thank you for your email of 18 September 2014 requesting information on the disposal of HMS Your inquiry has been considered as a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The full text of your request is given below. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 a response is to be given within 20 working days of receipt of your request. In this case by 16 October 2014. However, if your request is voluminous or complex it may take some time to process in which case we will advise you further.

Yours sincerely

Navy Command Secretariat – FOI Section

Request for Information

Dear Ministry of Defence,

Dear Sir/Madam,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Freedom of Information ( Scotland) Act 2002 – HMS Endurance

Further to recent press reports surrounding the future of HMS Endurance (A171, 1990 Build), I would be grateful, in terms of the above legislation, if you, or your colleagues at the Resources Secretariat, Main Building, Level 3, Zone C, Whitehall SW1A 2HB., could supply the following information:-

1. Is the MoD going to scrap HMS Endurance?

2. Will the MoD place HMS Endurance on the open market for sale in order to obtain the maximum price possible for the public purse – whether for scrapping or preservation trust use?

3. Please can you confirm that the BBC News report is correct… http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-24436594

… that HMS Endurance "The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said the Portsmouth-based ship, which was replaced by HMS Protector in 2011, would go out of service in 20153 To be clear, I am asking for confirmation that HMS Endurance will NOT be scrapped before 2015?

4. If "23 above is a positive reply, please can you advise me of the MoD protocol for disposing of this particular ship, and if possible, a Tender Pack to study in order to give consideration for the purchase of HMS Endurance.

5. A copy of the Royal Navy equivalent of an MAIB report on the flooding incident that occurred aboard HMS Endurance during September 2008, and which, I understand has led to the ship being out of commission for an extended period of time?

6. A copy of the General Arrangement plan of HMS Endurance?

Thank you for your help in this matter.