19th of December 2017
Dear Sir/Madam,
NAVAL GAZING
The
recent leak on the new British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth is
utterly irrelevant to the vessel's future. Whilst the leakage has
sensationally been quoted as 200 Litres per Hour, that's only 44 Gallons
per Hour: I've bailed more out of a rowing boat.
More
importantly, the vessel was designed 20 years ago and is clearly not
fit for modern warfare, with its ancient computers even running an
elderly version of Windows for Warships. The aircraft, which will not
arrive for several years, will also be built to similarly antiquated designs.
Far
better to repurpose the ship as a replacement Royal Yacht. With
impending Brexit, this would excel for Royal Visits promoting British
Trade and Diplomacy throughout the world as were undertaken so
sucessfully by the previous HMY Britannia. It would certainly give the
new generation of Royals something to do that would generally be
perceived as useful even by the most ardent Republican.
The
vessel is large enough to throw Garden Parties on deck or use as a base
for overseas sales displays of UK manufactured military equipment (even
if we can no longer afford to purchase such kit for our own armed
forces).
John Eoin Douglas
