It would be great to save HMS Onyx, but…

1. It would be great to save Onyx, but…
2. You can’t save everything.
3. Nine of the class are preserved as museums (Ocelot, Otus, Ovens, Onslow, Otama, Onondaga, Ojibwa, Riachuelo and O’Brien).
4. If we’re going to try to save something, let’s save something unique and channel our limited resources there.
5. Let it be Dreadnaught. The US Navy has preserved the Nautilus. Let Britain preserve the Dreadnaught.