HMS Queen Elizabeth, at left, with a pair of Type 23 frigates as escorts. Crown Copyright
The German Navy's Type 212A submarine U-32. Bundeswehr
The Warzone/The Drive: Almost All of the UK's Surface Combatants Are in Port While Germany Has No Working Subs
These already worrying developments reflect poor readiness overall and other larger issues within both of these NATO navies.
British and German naval forces are both suffering from historically low readiness, with almost all of the Royal Navy’s destroyers and frigates in port and none of Germany’s submarines in working order. This only underscores existing concerns about both organizations spending priorities match their needs and their abilities to respond to crises close to home and outside of Europe.
On Dec. 20, 2017, the Royal Navy acknowledged that only one of its 13 Type 23 frigates, HMS St. Albans, was on duty protecting the United Kingdom’s national waters and that all six of its Type 45 destroyers were also pierside. Two months earlier, after an accident crippled the submarine U-35, the German Navy, or Deutsche Marine, was similarly forced to concede that this meant that all six of its Type 212A boats were sidelined for repairs.
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More News On Concerns That British And German Naval Forces Are Facing Readiness Problems
Britain has no warships deployed overseas in 'unprecedented' move blamed on defence cuts -- The Telegraph
UK Navy Refutes Allegations of Poor Defense Due to Lack of Deployed Warships -- Sputnik
Nothing To Worry About! Defence Secretary Silences Concerns Over Royal Navy Power -- Forces Network
Das boot ist kaputt: German navy has zero working subs -- Ars Technica
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