The Type 31 is described as a modernized and slightly enlarged development of the Iver Huitfeldt class. Its Danish parent design demonstrates StanFlex aboard a substantial warship, including modular gun installations. The British version omitted that system. Retaining it could have given the Royal Navy a starting point for accumulating modules and experience, then extending the capability into other ship designs.
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Type 31 and the missed opportunity to build a British module inventory
The Iver Huitfeldt-derived Type 31 could have introduced StanFlex to Britain, but the British design omitted the system.