Paul Butterworth
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Paul Butterworth
@ShippingButters
#headhunter. Partner at Odgers. Board & senior roles in the #Maritime & #Shipping sector. #Chair of @Seafarers_KGFS. Former RN. Shipwrights Livery. TH YB
























The Decline of the Royal Navy – 1998 to May 2026 Views my own, corrections and comments welcome Draft in haste - I’m at New Statesman event, listening to the great and the good talk “defence” For those attending - I was the guy in the corner typing away 🕵️♂️ 1/25 The Royal Navy enters 2026 as a shadow of its former self. Once a global force with dozens of escorts, it now struggles with historic lows in hull numbers and availability. The discreet withdrawal of HMS Iron Duke – a Type 23 frigate that received over £100m in refit spending – leaves just five available frigates. This is not an isolated incident but the result of decades of mismanagement. This thread tries to give some context.


The Royal Navy is making huge changes to Officer training. BRNC will no longer carry out initial naval training. Now all junior officers will spend 11 weeks at HMS RALEIGH alongside ratings before conducting leadership training at BRNC. royalnavy.mod.uk/news/2026/may/…





What😱 Closing ↪️Warning ↪️Kinetic/disabling fire ↪️Then boarding🤷♂️ Someone make it make sense😳





















