Originally Posted by Heathrow Harry
To quote your numbers from that thread
Type 23s:
13 ships. Of which:
4 active
3 in refit
2 in maintenance
3 in post refit work up
1 laid up
Type 45s
6 ships. Of which:
2 active
1 refit
1 maintenance
2 laid up!
So that's 19 vessels 6 of which are active - we seem to spend a lot of time in refit and training TBH - and 2 of our main surface fleet laid up .........................
On that basis we'll only have ONE Carrier available for 70% of the time and no carrier for 30%
Leaving aside the points about the force generation/deployment/recovery cycle - and the fact that this is sustainable, you are aware that not everything can be at immediate readiness?
READINESS STATES
R0 Ready for task
R1 at two days' notice
R2 at five days' notice
R3 at 10 days' notice
R4 at 20 days' notice
R5 at 30 days' notice
R6 at 60 days' notice
R7 at 90 days' notice
R8 at 180 days' notice
R9 at 12 months' notice
R10 at 18 months' notice
R11 at 24 months' notice
R12 at beyond 24 months' notice
From this
MOD memorandum.
As for the carriers, when we have both there will always be one at R2 (or maybe R3) if not deployed.