Yes, and blue water navy advocates have been wilfully ignorant to this for at least a decade now. In this instance, the excuses given are always: * the small

Yes, and blue water navy advocates have been wilfully ignorant to this for at least a decade now. In this instance, the excuses given are always: * the small number on watch did not provide enough people to effectively commence damage control, * the poorly trained crew did not close bulkheads as they evacuated from berths, * the design did not have sufficient redundancy. This ignores that all navies now: * run lean crews and ultra-lean watches, relying on automation, * training standards are dropping everywhere due to cost, and far fewer seafarers enter naval service with prior experience, * ships are becoming more automated and cost-sensitive, so new frigates like the Type 26 (that will replace the Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates) or the upcoming US DDG(X)-class are likely to have significantly reduced redundancies and damage-control capacity, given tonnage is increasing by 40+% but crews are shrinking.