Originally Posted by
Bengo
Not only are there fishead watchkeeping ( OOD and PWO ) considerations to add to the DC and cleaning task there is also a service wide need to have enough sea-going billets to produce both Senior Rates and mid-seniority officers. Where will MEO, WEO and their Chief Tiffs come from if there are no sea billets for A M/W EO (D M/W EO idc)?
With 50 ish bodies, and allowing for some dayworkers, you have about 14 or 15 watchkeepers, of all trades, in a 3 watch system and 20 ish if the ship is in permanent Defence Watches.
Babcock are dreaming.
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To be fair to Babcock, they're only playing back the mood music from Tracy Island.
None of this is new, YARD were pitching a 50 man frigate in the late 80s, early 90s. Nothing came of it for the exact reasons outlined above.