Originally Posted by
Heathrow Harry
Ahhh - the days when the Admiralty insisted on teak decks and fittings so the RN could carry out diplomacy - IIRC the "Fearless" class were the last ones that had that "capability" built in?
The first Type 23, NORFOLK, initially had a lovely varnished hardwood flight deck. Fabulous for cocktail parties, not so good for flight operations. One of the first FOCFT tasks was to scuff it up, bigly.