Originally Posted by
Ken Scott
Bismark:
..until the RAF's successful campaign to get rid of the RN's true FW carriers we still were world leaders. They tried again in the 2000's to get rid of the FAA FW once and for all and have, so far. failed in this attempt.
Bismark,
I am not throwing out a challenge, I am just curious about the basis for your assertion. A friend of mine was on the Ark; she was a rust bucket with several compartments below the waterline flooded all the time. She had to have watertight doors shut and only opened one or two at a time in case of another leak.
I think then, as now, there was only so much cake to be cut - V-force was replaced by the SSBNs. The new carrier needed new escorts like the Type 82. The army needed new kit etc etc.
Where did the RAF fit in getting rid of the true carrier?