Future Carrier (Including Costs)

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Originally Posted by SLXOwft

Another frigate gone as Lancaster decommissions in Bahrain - crew to be flown home. Rachel will be happy that money for fuel and potential recertification saved .

HMS Lancaster arrived in Bahrain for the final time today – ending one of the busiest and longest careers of any major British warship.4-years-of-distinguished-service

That means the RN is now down to just 7 frigates, all of them very elderly and increasingly difficult to maintain. And it's looking highly likely that the number will shrink still further, given that neither the T26 nor the T31 have started sea trials yet, and even the initial examples are several years away from being operational. And that's before we cede any T26 slots to Norway...