That's 1 Admiral per 800 sailors

Better Building Boats, Brits

Simple math, that's 15 too many.

Only 1 Admiral can run the ship.

I mean, every ship needs a bench Admiral or two, right?

well the Falklands Islands need at least 25 Admirals to defend themselves from Argentina!

Burrus86 said:

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With their DEI program, most are probably Rear Admirals.

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Lower half.

Mark Felton Productions is a great channel to follow if you do not already do so. Great channel. I have watched a number of his documentaries on various aspects of World War II and they are all very informative.

Ciboag96 said:

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That's 1 Admiral per 800 sailors

Better Building Boats, Brits

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lol those Brits are big on the chest being full of medals. A few years back, I was at the In Flanders Field Museum on August 15th and Tommies were everywhere. (Evidently, that date is of significance to them. So much so we were not going to be able to go into the museum, but the Belgians eventually let us enter.) A lot of old guys wearing their uniforms and it looked like half of them had a half sheet of plywood of medals on their chest. Have no idea what the medals were all for, but sure were a lot of them.

zephyr88 said:

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Simple math, that's 15 too many.

Only 1 Admiral can run the ship.

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I thought Captains ran ships? Only need 1 Admiral per fleet.

They should put some of the extra Admirals in charge of canoe and kayak clubs just to give them a "fleet" to command.

it took them like 15 years to build the ONE crappy aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth

The United States military is way, way worse- we award personal decorations for: doing your job; doing your job well; doing your job well while exceeding expectations; performing your job with excellence; performing your job well/excellently while serving alongside a different service; performing your job with distinction; and for the distinguished performance your job.

GB appears to be a country hurtling towards self destruction on every level.

Do they have a functional aircraft carrier?

BTKAG97 said:

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zephyr88 said:

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Simple math, that's 15 too many.

Only 1 Admiral can run the ship.

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I thought Captains ran ships? Only need 1 Admiral per fleet.

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Oh sheet... you're right!

I figured it was one of those translational deals where their 'Admiral' = our 'Captain'.

After further review, the current Royal Navy Admiral count is 40 including 3 Admirals (8%), 10 Vice Admirals (25%) and 27 Rear Admirals (67%). They have 25 warships, so that's 1.6 Admirals per warship and 40 Admirals per fleet - as they only have one.

The current US Navy Admiral count is 223 including 10 Admirals (4%), 32 Vice Admirals (14%) and 181 Rear Admirals (82%). We have 296 warships, so that's 1.3 Admirals per warship and 32 Admirals per fleet - as we have seven.

Not sure what the breakouts mean, but there it is anyway.

45-70Ag said:

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Do they have a functional aircraft carrier?

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They have two.