Ace, I know that; however, would even a United European Navy really need a precise equivalent of the hugely expensive Burkes? I know, as a former EU-taxpayer, I'd not be willing to pay up for such needless extravagance. I wanted to emphasize the more economic designs that have prevailed in Europe, especially the Iver Huitfeldts. Those could possibly be a mainstay of such future navy organization.
What I was really looking for was something that was an actually standardised design for an EUN with central admin and procurement (which means buying the same kit and saving money that way) and something that can do global deployments easily. A lot of our current designs can't. The RN is best at building designs at the high end with global deployment capability. My thinking was to learn from the different design strengths of the different navies and mix and match.
And the idea that building a bigger batch of ships, using the same equipment will bring unit price down and will allow us to go with more capable platforms, ie "global cruisers".
The strengths I want to use are:
RN - global deployment and high end kit
MN and MM - artillery and point defence
Deutsche Marine - resilient design - 2 islands and 3 box girders