Yeah but, no but, yeah but.........
......in those days there were Shack squadrons in Changi, Aden,Malta,Gibraltar. 3x squadrons at Bally kelly plus ASWDU, 3x sqadrons at Kinloss plus MOTU, and 2 squadrons at St Mawgan. Approx 15 basic crews of 10 men each plus execs and assorted gash bodies; plus all the groundcrew (until centralised servicing came in) and you're well on the way to your 2000 bodies. T'was a different world then, innit.
The Ancient Mariner