Together the French Navy has 19 out of its 21 major surface vessels at sea or preparing for operations – by contrast, the UK is still struggling to deploy one, says Robert Fox “Something’s wrong with our bloody ships today, Chatfield,” the infamous Admiral Beatty remarked as he witnessed three of his battlecruisers blow up in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. Something’s wrong with our bloody Royal Navy today , the headlines should run, following the barnstorming visit by President Emmanuel Macron