Wow I just saw my Dad when was handing the letters out ,he said marine Childs Jim Childs the Yorkshire terrier if anyone remembers him id love to hear from you please So proud
British naval engineering at it's best . . . simple yet innovative . . . the catapult launch system is very different from that of the American one used by USN on their CATOBAR aircraft carriers . . .
The new HMS Cardiff, a Type 26 frigate will be entering the fleet. Almost double the displacement but classified as a frigate, not estroyer as her Type 42 forebear. It is great to see the continuation of tradition and ships' names.
Barabara Barabara Barabara There are strange missions and strange understanding of certain men who dispute Thier country men Would they abuse thier own kith and kin ? Daring men .......abuse abuse ?? Is that true sea ......
Some 30 years after this was made, I joined the RN as a seaman. The orders were even more formalised than this but it was largely the same, but we never just swapped the helmsman. We needed bridge permission to do that, and once a new helmsman took the wheel he reported to the bridge the course and speed, engine telegraph positions and revolutions, so that the bridge knew he had got it right. He also gave the bridge his rating and name so the OOW knew which crew member it was. We used an electronic intercom but the voice pipes were still there if needed. "Following the Lubber's Line" was really tricky during training but we got it eventually. There was a simple rule: If the course you want is to Port, then you steered to Port. If the course was to Starboard then you steered to Starboard. Eventually it became second nature.
I'm still trying to figure out what an Artificer is. I was in the US Navy; we didn't have a rating or a billet called Artificer. But I figured out the best Branch is the Artificer. 😁
32 years after it’s making, this assessment of RN capabilities is frighteningly acerbic and relevant. I would love to see a similarly forensic assessment of RN capability in 2024. I fear it would be a repeat of what we have seen in this production, that said we need to adjust our aspirations to our relevance in the world.
The Real strength behind the operations in Malaya was our good leadership- In our Battalion all majors and above had experience in WW2, some in Burma. Our CO had won the DSO in Normandy. The discipline was quite tight. For instance to 'make noise' in the jungle meant loss of pay... our strength was stealth and a very tight discipline of tactics and routine. I still remember vividly the routine for bash-up at night- it had 10 distinctive drills. No 1 sitting in a circle in silence- was to stop look and listen in complete silence for ten minutes ...the smokers among us would have the last smoke of the day, then the other nine drills followed before you got your head down.
When I was on my command course in Devonport I met a ex Petty officer who was on the HMNZS Southland a Leander class Frigate that was infamous for the wrong reasons. It entered Pearl Harbour and he said that they saw the Enterprise Aircraft carrrier with the banner.. We are second to none. The officer of the watch raided the flag of the day “Zero”. Funny he said when he was told to remove it.. I thought Americans had a sense of humour.
This film cannot possibly have all been filmed in 1975. The Lynx helicopter on the deck of the Type 42 was painted grey. Until April 1982, all Lynx were painted blue. It took the Falklands War to trigger a change of colour scheme. I know because it was Lt Phil Harrall and I who persuaded Flag Officer Naval Air Command to authorise it.
When training at HMS St Vincent in 65 I scored 100% in two exams. Knots and splices and steersmanship. In August that year I steered an anti submarine frigate for 1hr including full speed manoeuvres. All steering was done by Giro compass.
ONLY A HUMAN COULD COMPREHEND THAT TURNING A WHEEL OR OPENING AND CLOSING A VALVE HAS PROFOUND,,, IMPLICATIONS... ...SUSPECT MANY SUBMARINES WERE SUNK BY SAILORS WHO "GOOFED" WHEN ADJUSTING INSTRUMENTATION.
Steering oar Steering oar Steering oar Steering wheel Steering wheel Steering wheel Port 35° Ground Steering wheel Compass Tape Magnetic compass Telescope Telescope Surveying telescope Propellers of boat Helsman Course Water Course 360° Champlain lake Indoor theatre Indoor studio Indoor stadium Television via radio altimeter Rudder Water wheels ........ Gps guided Spatial data Wind Due north 5° to port wheel Port Fort
I am from Barrow Island. On this video, I saw the house in which I was born, and where I was raised. (My father's ship put into Barrow during World War Two, and there he met my mother). He went on to work for Vickers. This video was like a piece of my own personal history. Thanks for showing it.
On the respect for the helicopter pilots, ditto for AAC Lynx on Op Banner on rural ops. Astonishing flying and navigation skills and courage. We infantry bonded with our pilots, often WO2s. As for Dear John. On South Georgia in 1982, a regimental signaller received only one letter from home. A dear John from his wife.
To think that this was all high tech state of the art. Hammocks and boilers. Tubes and knife switches. She was what, 10, 15 yrs old here? Looks like a Nelsonian frigate next to the QE. Thanks so much for posting this fascinating gem.
I had the good fortune of working alongside a R.N Artificer at Rosyth Royal Dockyard , Arthur Morrel he was a brilliant man , with a lot of Engineering experience , he once told of his time in the war in the MED , where there was a slight exchange between the R.N and the Italian navy , nothing really came of it. After a damage report that the ship had received a slight hit and one crew man was missing . When the ship went back into dock , the damaged deck part was cut away, replaced and lay on the dockside . After a couple of days people realised that there was something inside the damaged part, it was concluded that during the exchange of fire the seaman had made is way along the deck just as the shell hit the ship. it tore off the steel and wrapped him in . The strange thing Arthur said, was that there was not a mark found on the crewman , He had been killed instantly .
