Defender.

This is coolbert:

AND TO ALL THIS HORATIO NELSON WOULD SAY?

Courtesy the Internet web site "Anti-War".

"Great Britain Has a Total of 6 Destroyers. 5 Are Out of Action."

"The 'mighty' naval power that is currently sending China a 'message' off the Chinese coast"

"When HMS Defender sailed into Russian territorial waters last month that was 50 percent of Britain’s operational destroyer strength (now 100 percent)"

"Five of the Royal Navy’s [RN] Type 45 destroyers are unavailable for deployment, leaving just one warship in the class capable of operations, defense procurement minister Jeremy Quin acknowledged this week."

"Four of the Type 45s currently unavailable are in various stages of maintenance or upgrade. The remaining warship out of action, HMS Diamond, ran into technical problems earlier this month while escorting a Royal Navy–led carrier strike group on a deployment to the Indo-Pacific region."

OF SIX DESTROYERS IN THE RN, ONLY ONE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR DUTY AT THIS EXACT INSTANT!

Admiral Nelson and the Chinese both I fear are hardly going to be impressed by the current RN show of force in the Pacific region.

coolbert.