I don't know if any one has noticed this page on the RN site http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/globalops/
The page has a map and where all the navies surface ships and flying squadrons are on deployment. The number of ships that are out on patrol is very impressive. I'm always reading about cuts to the navy and no money to deploy ships but this map was a real eye opener. The map doesn't include submarines because they are secret but i know that HMS Trafalgar is currently out with HMS illustrious and the rest of the task force in the Indian ocean. 1 SSBN will be somewhere in the ocean as well. More subs are probably lurking in the deep blue sea but i don't know where. I was a bit surprised to see HMS Argus out the Gulf. Does anyone know what she is doing? Also HMS Diligence is out that way to. What is here current mission just now. Probably to fix the rest of the fleet if they have problems.
I am glad to see the navy using its assets as whats the point of having ships if your not going to use them. hopefully this works in the navies favour when trying to get new ships. If only the RN can get some headlines from these deployments to make the 10 o'clock news. to raise there profile abit. Maybe RN rescues cruise ship from pirates or Navy shoots meteor into 1000 pieces and stops a huge tsunami
. Now all we need is some harriers to put on the Carriers.
The page has a map and where all the navies surface ships and flying squadrons are on deployment. The number of ships that are out on patrol is very impressive. I'm always reading about cuts to the navy and no money to deploy ships but this map was a real eye opener. The map doesn't include submarines because they are secret but i know that HMS Trafalgar is currently out with HMS illustrious and the rest of the task force in the Indian ocean. 1 SSBN will be somewhere in the ocean as well. More subs are probably lurking in the deep blue sea but i don't know where. I was a bit surprised to see HMS Argus out the Gulf. Does anyone know what she is doing? Also HMS Diligence is out that way to. What is here current mission just now. Probably to fix the rest of the fleet if they have problems.
I am glad to see the navy using its assets as whats the point of having ships if your not going to use them. hopefully this works in the navies favour when trying to get new ships. If only the RN can get some headlines from these deployments to make the 10 o'clock news. to raise there profile abit. Maybe RN rescues cruise ship from pirates or Navy shoots meteor into 1000 pieces and stops a huge tsunami
. Now all we need is some harriers to put on the Carriers.
