Falklands War Part 2

[Glider]

Ship for ship, certainly. A single Type 45 is more capable than all the Type 42s deployed to the Falklands in 1982. But numbers still matter.

It should also be remembered that the RFA has also taken some serious cuts. Without them you are going nowhere

 

[EwenS]

It should also be remembered that the RFA has also taken some serious cuts. Without them you are going nowhere

Remember STUFT - Ships Taken Up From Trade (depending on the state of the British Merchant Fleet today).

http://www.nickmessinger.co.uk/STUFT.pdf

From the Queen Elizabeth & Canberra, North Sea ferries, container ships like Atlantic Conveyer and Causeway to fishing trawlers, for use as mineswepers, and tugs. And 14 tankers.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It should also be remembered that the RFA has also taken some serious cuts. Without them you are going nowhere

Agreed. With their lack of aircraft, low escort numbers and just a single FSS (RFA Fort Victoria), I have to wonder if the British were wise to build the two QE class carriers before getting their foundations on a stronger footing.