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Costs of Proposed Garrison
M
1975/76 Estimates Prices
1 Frigate
3 Patrol Craft
1 Artillery Battery
1 British Infantry Battalion 4 Gurkha Infantry Battalions 2 Gurkha Engineer Squadrons
(1 in the Infantry role)
RAF
1 Helicopter Squadron
Works Services
Air Trooping
Notes:
1.
4.0
26.5
1.6
6.0
12.27
TOTAL
140.3
2.
3.
The reorganisation of the garrison will not be complete until 1977/78 when the fourth Gurkha Battalion is planned to replace one of the two UK battalions. Additional costs in 1976/77 arising from this amount: to about £3M which are not included in the Army costs shown above.
The cost of a frigate refit in 1977/78 (£2.5M) is excluded.
The Navy figure excludes a share of the capital cost of new patrol craft, which are still under examination. These costs could be in the region of £5-10M spread equally over a 5 year period.
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