Eight extra Type 23 frigates and continuous shipbuilding

What if Britain had built the eight additional Type 23 frigates originally planned?

Continuous construction could lower successor-program costs and leave the Royal Navy with eight younger escorts during the replacement program.

Building 24 Type 23 frigates instead of 16 would extend construction and reduce the gap before Type 45 work. Continuous production could make the destroyers cheaper and possibly support a larger order. The same continuity could lower costs for the Queen Elizabeth carriers and Type 26 frigates, although those savings remain counterfactual. Eight younger Type 23s would also leave more ships available during the later transition to replacement frigates.