A viewer compares the long careers of Canadian ships with the Royal Navy's Daring and County generations. Design versatility is only part of the explanation. The Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Navy operated with very different budgets, and even a financially constrained Royal Navy generally received more money. A long service life can therefore reflect delayed replacement as well as successful design, so longevity alone is an imperfect measure of warship quality.
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How budgets shape warship service life
A long Canadian ship career can reflect tighter replacement budgets as well as design versatility, while even a strained Royal Navy generally had more money to renew its fleet.