Would it not be easier and more informative to describe them by relative size?
Very big boat.
Big boat.
Small boat.
Wee boat.
With sub divisions
Boat that is bigger than a Small boat but smaller than a Big boat etc.
Just a thought.
Mind you with the number of boats the RN has I'm surprised you need plurals I believe you have one each an escort, a frigate, a destroyer and some rigid raiders.
We have 11 boats currently. 4 SSBN and the other 7 SSNs.
Ohh you were talking about ships. Ok current fleet is at:
1 Ship of the line
2 Aircraft carriers (currently yet to become operational)
2 LPDs (alternatively rotated between operational and extended readiness)
6 destroyers (with 5 & 3/4 of those docked for fixing, from being broken since conception)
13 frigates (not sure how many are “training ships” or just not being used at all due to double crewing of others though.
7 OPVs with them now being forward based.
13 MCMVs
5 survey ships
16 P2000’s
And 1 static ship soon to be decommissioned.
Looking at numbers it looks like we still have a few, even if they’re not all big, working or have been to sea for centuries.
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