First I am going to ask. “What British Fleet?”
Is there anyone here who thinks that the UK could do now what it barely did then?
IMO, there is no “British Fleet” left that is more than a shadow of it’s former strength.
No Navy could operate outside of of the sphere of the projection of power afforded by Uncle Sam.
See my post 142, The UK could put to sea, actually a stronger force than what they sent in 1982...but it would tax them to the max and involve virtually their entire available fleet.