6 destroyers, 13 frigates, 2 helicopter carriers, and two amphibious landing ships. 7 attack subs, and 4 boomers that are not really suited for much else than nuclear war. No air besides helicopters.
THAT is the -entire- Royal Navy. 1 destroyer, 3 frigates and 1 attack sub per ocean. One helicopter carrier, and one landing ship per half the planet.
The Japanese Navy today is far more powerful and outclasses the RN. Sad.
I had a better collection of plastic model ships in the 50’s and early 60’s than the British have in real ships today.
Models by Marx, Revell and one other company.
Started with:
PT 109
USS Nautilus
USS Enterprise
USS Missouri
Missile Destroyer
possibly a cruiser
POGO vertical takeoff aircraft and other model
B 36, B-52; B-47, B 57, F80, 84C, 86, 94, 100 104, 105
Corsair, F 70 Lockheed , many others from WW2 & Korean war era.
If I could find them (given away years ago), I would lend them to the British so that they could double their forces.
Dream on!
even had a Spitfire
The RN is nearly as big as the Australian Navy. The UK has nearly three times the population and GDP so to say the RN is in a sad state is understating the matter.