I heard that the reason bulwark is being held at higher readiness is because they found it was cheaper when the cost of bringing her back to full service was included, bringing Albion back up cost more than keeping her at a higher readiness would of.Repulse wrote:The same Tory back benchers that are up in arms over Brexit - deals get done, especially if the government wraps it up in preparing the Navy for increased UK fisheries protection and focusing funds on globally trotting carrier groups.Poiuytrewq wrote:Hard to see the backbench conservative MP's going along with losing three T23's in the near future unless the money saved is reinvested back into upgrading their replacements. If by axing three Type 23's now, the Type 31's unit cost was increased to between £350m to £400m then I think it might actually be a sensible option.
Never waste a good opportunity for a review that kicks something in the long grass and ultimately goes nowhere. One point though, Bulwark is supposedly being held at slightly higher readiness than Albion was, so don’t think it is a dead duck yet.Poiuytrewq wrote:A "future 2030 Amphibious review will be pointless at this stage as the decisions will be altered long before 2033/2034 probably mainly due to multiple changes in Government. As far as the second Albion is concerned, in reality, Bulwark is already gone.
At least it seems like some lessons have been learnt