Excellent points being made and are we coping with all our current commitments or are the commitments being trimmed to allow us to cope?
The Royal Navy always had a warship patrolling the West Indies mainly to deter\detect drug smuggling and also to provide humanitarian assistance when required; following the regular hurricanes and tropical storms. At the height of the hurricane season there would also be a civilian manned Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessel on station that would also offer aid (It carries Royal Navy helicopter\s manned by RN crew)
That has now changed, owing to a lack of warships there is now just a civilian manned RFA with a small detachment of Royal Marines.
Again due to a lack of ships we no longer have any warships deployed to the Far East (they do however deploy for the odd exercise)
So are we fulfilling our commitments or are the commitments being modified due to a lack of resource?