Originally Posted by
Asturias56
This multinational force was escorted by:
2x Type 45 destroyers (Defender & Diamond)
2x Type 23 frigates (Richmond and Kent)
Plus an SSN for sure
And what does that leave elsewhere - its 30% of the RN's total active surface fleet in one spot
Still - at the same time, the RN managed to have five patrol ships deployed overseas, three more in UK waters, Montrose in the Gulf along with four tupperware tubs and an RFA - and IIRC, an LSG pootling around as well. Plus the FRE, CASD and duty SSN. This - during a period when the T45s are undergoing a major upgrade and several T23 are in various stages of Lifex refits.
As ever, you seem utterly unable to express what you think the RN isn't doing "because carriers bad, innit?".