IIRC - and I could be wrong - isn't the RN at a pretty low ebb in terms of ship assets? Last I heard they were sharing the rather unreliable Charles de Gaulle with France as their only aircraft carrier while a new one was under construction. And while their submariners are among the best in the world, I think their submarine fleet has shrunk due to retirements.
More generally, it would not surprise me if the 8 Wasp Class amphibious assault ships have greater aircraft capacity than all the world's carriers combined, excluding the USN.
A little more on topic, I think things are to the point that either some AC-130s and/or A-10s need to be loitering over that straight whenever tankers are transiting it, or a bunch or Iranian boats and naval facilities need to experience mysterious destructive explosions.