Duncan,
cheers, I DID think 'give it to the Navy' might have suggested I didn't see it as necessarily an RAF task.... your understanding was spot on
Single organisation does not imply single platform - inshore 'coastguard' style aircraft plus long range MPA, but all working for one organisation was my point.
No I'm not a Nimrod orphan - I'm ex Nimrod but in civvy employment now, my 'anger' isn't anger...it's irritation at the low signal to noise ratio of these threads.
Dave