British in the PTO!

[2nd_of_foot]

@Firefly

That means that by 1945 the British fleet was huge and at a time when they were screaming for Infantry replacements in Europe. Maybe we should have concentrated more on the Army instead of the Navy.

I wonder what the size of the Fleet was in 1946. After we were skint!

It may not be exact and a little post date, but QE II’s revue of the fleet in 53 will give an idea of what ships were still around 8 years latter. On page 2 are a number of photos and you can count the carriers and on page 3 is the diagram of all ships. About 10 carriers I think starting with Eagle.

http://battleshiphmsvanguard.homestead.com/53Review1.html

what about all the crews in bomber command?

edited to add

And in the Express this W/E a list of 100 Great Britains had Slim as the only soldier from WW2.

[Firefly]

Ah the crews in Bomber command were the only ones for years that could attack the enemy. But you have a point there. Still 55.000 dead Bomber crews would have made a lot of Infantry.

Edditted to add, er 55,000 infantry to be exact.

Further editted to add, Boy, the modern navy would fit into 1 small insignificant corner of that lay-out.

[Bladensburg]

That Coronation fleet review makes for depressing reading when you consider the Trafalgar review this year.

How much of the RNs Pacific Fleet was ANZAC btw? i would disagree that the fleet’s manpower was wasted, it was vital for the Battle of the Atlantic and success in the Med made North African and Italian operations possible.