HMS Prince of Wales delay in Norway for repairs is now a mainstream media item in UK.

Yes and the Mail - which is normally pro- defence..

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....31128a99a8.jpg

Do we really expect any nation to buy British in the light of one disaster after another, eg HMS Dragon? Meanwhile some Labour idiots inc. Starmer huff and puff about the need for a strong defence etc.

Take a tip: have a complete week isolated from news from any medium. The only way I can deal with this clusterfluck is to have a week deep in a river valley in the Peak District.
Off tomorrow!

I see the government is unwilling/unable to provide an IOC date for HMS Venturer, the first Type 31....

But one thing I can tell you, it's late!

You missed out the word ´very’ in your last sentence.

It was always going to be a big ask to create a frigate factory from scratch and get a new design into service on such an ambitious schedule. Even Babcock admitted that they would have to <quote>hit a six off every ball<unquote> to stand any chance of meeting the schedule. The results were entirely predictable.