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    Royal Navy escort fleet to grow by 78% to 25 ships: report
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    Royal Navy escort fleet to grow by 78% to 25 ships: report

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    1. High-Tom-Titty on

      They’re going to have to really step up their recruitment then. I don’t think they’ve even come close to hitting their targets in many years.

    3. Hungry_Horace on

      Good news.

      Since really the 1920s the Navy has become more a tool for supporting overseas operations, and far less about its original, most vital service – guaranteeing the security of Britain’s home waters. That we’ve shared with the US, NATO, other partners.

      We’ve also allowed our national shipbuilding capability to decline hugely.

      With our alliance with the US very much in jeopardy now, we need to start building again, and making sure we counter the modern threats close to home, like Russia’s infrastructure sabotage.

    4. Wgh555 on

      The first time since the Second World War that the navy will be increasing in numbers and not declining, as far I know. It’s been a steady reduction in numbers since 1945, even earlier if you count the post WW1 naval cuts in the 20s and 30s, even then we were shrinking.

      So perhaps the first real enlargement of the Royal Navy in over a century.

    5. sisali on

      I wonder what the composition would be for the additional platforms? I wouldn’t expect more T-26. One would expect additional T-31 and maybe a sub class along with maybe 8 of the Type 83s?

      It will be really interesting what the SDR comes up with tomorrow.

    6. Ajax_Trees_Again on

      Tories getting lapped by labour on defence and immigration. Utterly pointless party

    7. yingguoren1988 on

      Such a waste of money. This is capital that could go toward improving society (infrastructure, education, healthcare), but no let’s spend billions on navel gazing.

      So many morons will lap this up, too.

    8. Potential-South-2807 on

      Whilst technically true this is somewhat misleading, as the fleet has temporarily fallen from 19 ships to 13 whilst switching to the newer frigates, and was always going to recover to 19. 19 to 25 is the real growth, which is still rather significant at about a third.