The graphic above illustrates the RN during WWII.
The Royal Navy today by the numbers:
Carriers: 2 Available: none (a littoral ship that has no blue water capability)
Frigates: 7. Available: 3
Destroyers: 6. Available: 1 – HMS Dragon (broken).
Naval Manpower (excluding Royal Marines): 20,000
Admirals : 40
Commodores: 90
MOD Civil Servants: 55,000
Clown Service – destroyed by politicians.
17-year old Royal Navy ship HMS Conway sits aground in the Menai Strait, North Wales.
She ran aground on April 14th, 1953, when on tow to Birkenhead for a refit.
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