Not sure. I understand Bays is logistic landing ship, and Albion is amphibious assault ship. Former put stress on cargo, and latter stress on ship-to-shore connectors.Tempest414 wrote:As for now I feel the 3 Bay class should be refitted with full width hangars as in option 1 on page 44 to allow them to properly operate up to 2 Merlins plus carry 2 LCVP or CB-90 on davits and what ever mix from the well dock also the new hangar block should house the embarked helicopter air and maintenance crews
Your proposal is to shift the Bays more to assault landing ship. In other words, degrading logistic power.
I think, if RN are to disband Bulwark (sell it), and hence reduce assault asset, then your proposal will become reasonable.
My proposal is; when Albion is in long refit, 3 Bays can cover it with your davits and hangar. When Albion is active, 2 Bays will do the job (slightly reduced logistic power, but gradely improved LCU assault capability). One out of four LPD/LSD could be in refit/extended readiness to save man-power.