Working out how to modernize another navy's ships is proposed as a useful design exercise. The Royal Navy is the only service recalled as having attempted a program of this kind, and even that effort was curtailed by a shortage of personnel. The exercise starts with an operational ship about 20 to 30 years old and asks what changes would keep it useful. A limited budget and continued seaworthiness constrain the answer: spending money achieves little if the modified ship cannot leave harbor.
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Modernizing another navy's ships as a design exercise
A proposed design exercise tests how an older foreign warship could be modernized on a small budget while remaining seaworthy.