... and now I , pheww, get to my own comment:Tempest414 wrote:Spanish crew is 265
"intervention ship" so whether it is Harriers or helos, all that crewing is not counted
but the Australians have 298 RAN crew but 358 whole ships crew.
- the xtra 60 filling roles akin to our 1 Assault Sqdrn?
HMS Ocean was 285 but she was a older ship
- aircrews (& support) and RM amphibiosity (1 Assaut sqdrn for LCVPs and any boats)assistants on top?
The other thing is we don't crew both Albion's just one the other only has a small working party say 30 or so
- indeed, when we did it with just 14, the ships systems - standing still - went decrepit; and it cost a lot to put right
Crew: 325 (plus the 30-40 on the other)
Commissioned: 19 June 2003
None of this is comparable as ' the Falklands lessons learnt' - and @TD there is an in-depth piece about this - meant that the transfer of command during amph. Ops became to be seen as critical. And therefore the Albion class is kitted out (and at times manned) to carry out that HQ function
- I think this is much appreciated during those joint exercises in Norway (the precious USN carriers can stay hundreds of nm out to the sea; and thus be more easily defended)