From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Jeff Shultz wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 11:58:36 +0000, Adam wrote:
>
>
>>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4667132.stm
>>
>>HMS Daring.
>>
>>One wonders where the line between cruiser & destroyer now lies....maybe
>>it's easier to get the budget if you call it something smaller i.e.
>>destroyer rather than cruiser where the invincible class aircraft carriers
>>were initial called "through deck cruisers".
>>
>
>
> Pretty much in the job it fills on this side of the pond.
>

& that I could agree with until you look at the job descriptions:

nowadays overhere:

Frigate is anti-sub
Destroyer is anti-air

Both of whom usually operate in groups (e.g. anti-sub cover for a
taskforce/convoy or anti-air for a taskforce/convoy).

But equally nowadays most RN destroyers/frigates actually have the cruiser
role i.e. operating alone & "cruising" e.g. in the West
Indies etc. & frigates carry SAM's & destroyers have sonar,
anti-sub rockets/torpedos etc.


so....you're left with the feeling that destroyer sounds cheaper to the
bean counters 

Adam

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