Royal Navy sends its mightiest ship to take on the Iranian show of force in the Gulf

the telegraph ^ | 6th January, 2012 | unknown

[yank in the UK]

The Royal Navy's most formidable warship is being sent to the Gulf for its first mission as tensions rise in the strategically vital region, it can be disclosed. Naval commanders believe the deployment of HMS Daring, a Type 45 destroyer, will send a significant message to the Iranians because of the firepower and world-beating technology carried by the warship.Philip Hammond, the Defence Secretary, has publicly warned Iran that any blockade of the Strait of Hormuz would be "illegal and unsuccessful".

[hinckley buzzard]

The Royal Navy's most formidable warship is now a destroyer?

[mgstarr]

Not quite the HMS Vanguard but still nice to see on watch.

[Jonty30]

When you’re spending your wad of cash on social programs, it doesn’t leave a whole lot left for the other things, like military.

[wally_bert]

Alas the once great British Royal Navy....

[yarddog]

If someone had told me 50 years ago that in the future, the Royal Navy’s mightiest ship would be a destroyer, I would have assumed the country had collapsed.

Now that I think about it, that is not too far off.

[SandRat]

And O-Bozo is about to make the U.S. Navy the same.

[BenLurkin]

BTTT

[PittsburghAfterDark]

The one thing I’ve never understood about Western use of naval power.

We don’t use it.

Why weren’t the Western navies out for blood off Somalia shutting down these joke pirates? We have these highly advanced warships and let goons in speed boats hold world shipping hostage.

Like they’d show any more backbone against Iran.

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[central_va]

The Royal Navy's most formidable warship is now a destroyer?

Stick a fork in the RN, it;s done.

[tioga]

So where are are ships?

[tioga]

So where are are ships?

[Mears]

“So where are are ships?”

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Huh?

[wally_bert]

Mothballed, scrapped, or sold off to pay for the utopian welfare state giving everything to the muzzies.

[wally_bert]

We’ll be lucky to have a destroyer. 0’s navy would be a frigate powered by sail and rowing crews when there is no wind.

[Leaning Right]

I think tioga was wondering the same thing I was: what happened to all the Royal Navy ships above destroyer class?

Doesn't the RN have any aircraft carriers or submarines on active service?

[mas cerveza por favor]

Our military is only for nation building, not for defending our borders or direct maritime interests.

[Paladin2]

I think we need a bunch of movable reefs to tear out the bottoms of the Iranian Navy.

Is Davy Jones in the Koran?

[GenXteacher]

Not-so-Great Britain......RIP Britannia.