The Royal Navy: Yesterday & Today

The Association of British Ex Service Personnel has published these figures on 50 years of Royal Navy Decline:

Class of ship 1958 /2008

Battleship 1 /0
Aircraft carriers 10/ 3
Amphibious assault ships 0 /3
Cruisers 16/ 0
Destroyers 55/ 8
Frigates 127 /17
Minelayers 16/ 0
Minesweepers 243/ 16
Patrol boats 17/ 18
Survey ships 10 /5
Support ships 89/ 16
Royal Yacht 1 /0
Submarines 60/ 13

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Total 645 /99

Interesting that the RN of 1958 is over twice the size of the USN of 2008.