Who’s got the biggest armada?

THE ROYAL NAVY

Four submarines with nuclear missiles, and seven attack submarines

Six destroyers, right, each armed with 4.5in MK8 Guns, radar-controlled Phalanx Gatling guns and Sea Viper antiaircraft missiles

Two 578ft landing platform dock ships

One landing platform helicopter ship with ‘Goalkeeper’ close-in weapon system

Thirteen frigates armed with weapons that include Harpoon anti-ship missiles and Seawolf guided missiles

Fifteen mine-clearing vessels Twenty-two patrol vessels Four survey vessels and one icebreaker

THE SPANISH FLEET

Three submarines One landing platform helicopter ship which doubles as an aircraft carrier armed with two 20mm machine guns and six Lanzachaff missiles

Two landing platform dock ships Six mine-clearing vessels Twenty-two patrol vessels Eleven frigates