After checking the fate of the later Type 22s, the discussion turns to an alternative Royal Navy force structure. Britain could have sold Type 22s to Chile while retaining all 16 Type 23 frigates. Operating 16 rather than 13 Type 23s may have cost little more once crewing, maintenance, and refit were considered. Those three additional ships would have been particularly useful to the modern Royal Navy.
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The case for keeping all 16 Type 23 frigates
The case for retaining all 16 Type 23 frigates rests on gaining three useful hulls at little extra operating cost compared with a fleet of 13.