The once great Royal Navy is now a mere shadow of its former self, hollowed out by 30 years of government cuts. Many experts now say that poor recruiting figures means it is decommissioning warships unnecessarily, shrinking the fleet and overworking remaining sailors, which does not encourage people to join the navy – in effect, creating a ‘doom loop’ or ‘death spiral’ from it appears it is unable to recover from. Are we looking at the end of the Royal Navy as an effective fighting force – how much longer can the cuts and decommissioning of warships continue before the service fades into complete irrelevance, becoming a tiny inshore patrol service? These are important and disturbing questions.
Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books, including bestsellers ‘Zero Night’ and ‘Castle of the Eagles’, both currently being developed into movies in Hollywood. In addition to writing, Mark also appears regularly in television documentaries around the world, including on The History Channel, Netflix, National Geographic, Quest, American Heroes Channel and RMC Decouverte. His books have formed the background to several TV and radio documentaries. More information about Mark can be found at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Felton
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