Originally Posted by Donkey497
....the days of the UK owned, flagged & manned fleets is gone.
I thought the number of UK register vessels had increased since 2000?
Tonnage has gone up, but most of it is foreign owned and foreign manned. Long gone are the days when a British flagged ship had to carry a British Master.
Very difficult to man a British flagged ship with all British crew when necessary, e.g. MOD charter using sensitive RN facilities.