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By Mark Felton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gru2EDJvj9QBasically, they have more Admirals than ships.
The RN has 63 total ships. Of that, only 25 of them are combatants. Of that,
10 are submarines
2 Aircraft Carriers
6 destroyers
7 frigates.
And that's it. The once-mighty Royal Navy is now just a single task force.
Contrast this with 1996 where the Royal Navy had
17 submarines
3 Aircraft Carriers
15 destroyers
22 frigates
Woof. And none of the defense commitments have changed in the last 30 years. Meaning they have half the ships they had 30 years ago...but still the same amount of work to do.
This doesn't count any ships sitting in yards undergoing maintenance.
