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One of the most often overlooked of the UK's many defence reviews is the 1974/5 affair which hit the Navy especially hard and was in effect a precursor to the more famous Nott review. The following was deleted from the Royal Navy's long term plans at the time:
9 Frigates (Type 22s) and Destroyers (Type 42)
1 Fleet Maintenance Ship
3 Large Tankers
1 Afloat Support Ship
2 Commando Ships
Cancelled at the same time was Skynet 3 which would have apparently provided Milsatcom East of Suez.
All of the cancelled ships are interesting but I think the Commando Ships are the most interesting. I imagine that they would have been very similar to the Invincible's and would have been ordered immediately after them, we will probably never know what they would have looked like though as apparently no money was ever spent on them.
9 Frigates (Type 22s) and Destroyers (Type 42)
1 Fleet Maintenance Ship
3 Large Tankers
1 Afloat Support Ship
2 Commando Ships
Cancelled at the same time was Skynet 3 which would have apparently provided Milsatcom East of Suez.
All of the cancelled ships are interesting but I think the Commando Ships are the most interesting. I imagine that they would have been very similar to the Invincible's and would have been ordered immediately after them, we will probably never know what they would have looked like though as apparently no money was ever spent on them.