A larger Royal Navy built around escort groups

How could the Royal Navy's future force structure be developed?

He would replace ageing amphibious ships with ski-ramp LHDs and build larger Type 26, Type 31/32, and Type 83 fleets to sustain several escort groups.

The proposed force would replace Ocean, Argus, Albion, and Bulwark with three modified Trieste-style LHDs fitted with ski ramps. It would also include roughly twelve Type 26s, twelve Type 31/32s, and twelve Type 83s. Each heavy escort group would combine three Type 26 anti-submarine ships with two Type 83 air-defence ships, adding lighter escorts as required. Four such groups would allow wartime concentration while leaving other Type 83s for global presence tasks. The exercise shows that force structure must account for groups, readiness cycles, and independent deployments rather than class totals alone.