Originally Posted by
Asturias56
That would make sense - and maybe they could also partly replace the "Diligence" as well
Highly unlikely. Protecting UK CNI is unlikely to be compatible with extended forward deployment elsewhere. That's before you get to some of the more "specialist" requirements for a forward repair ship, which MROSS is unlikely to have.
Of course the other thing you need is your primary customer within the RN to acknowledge the need and hence budget requirement. Something that said primary customer has been spectacularly unwilling to do for the last fifteen years.