Originally Posted by
SLXOwft
My understanding is there is one boat, Victorious, in the process of a LIFEX refit at Guz (she arrived in June 2023, and moved in to Number 9 Dock in the following February -Vanguard's took 3 1/2 years), another boat went into the Faslane lift in January, which leaves two; I suspect the problem lies in the fact the whole class was originally supposed to be out of service in 2024 - that coupled with never correcting the first Wilson government's error in cancelling Ramillies to give the flexibility and additional redundancy of a fifth boat. We would be in an even bigger mess if the Major government hadn't finally taken the decision to order Vengeance.
What chance they'll learn from their mistakes and order a 5th Dreadnought? unlikely to be called "Barham" of "Malaya" and we have a "Queen Elizabeth " (although she may have been sold by the time the Successor programme reaches a 5th boat) - how about "Nelson" or "Rodney"