With Daring it was a way to cover up effectively reducing the fleet size - initially she was laid up ostensibly due to manning issues in 2017, there was a partial refit in Pompey between 2019 and 2021 before being sent to Birkenhead to be cut open to allow the PIP upgrade. While there she was apparently stripped of many parts to keep her sisters in service (another short term money saving practice). Hence, there was a lot more to do when she came home than there should have been. I assume it was also too late / expensive to include her Sea Ceptor upgrade in this cycle.
We do seem to be in danger of taking this thread under way but not under command.
P.S. I meant to say a ship refit is not the equivalent of a car service, if you have lots of ships you can mantain a large skilled work force to enable you to do it more quickly but a lot still has to be done in a specific order especially when fitting new machinery, weapons, sensors, and their supporting systems.
Last edited by SLXOwft; 6th March 2026 at 11:05.
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