Carrier Strike Group in the South China Sea 

Thank you Finland 🤝🇬🇧🇫🇮

Most are old crow vessels...pull up your socks before your fire salvos...

@HMS King George V ready the salvos

Agree, that's really impressive. This carrier fleet is running like a well oiled machine now

Err do they follow the orders from the US? Nothing else, just curious about the chain of command

@@loosabarba6920 No--- The Royal Navy cooperates with the US Navy, among others, but the chain of command goes to the First Lord of the Admiralty and then the Prime Minister of Britain.

@@vtbmwbiker so HMS don’t have to follow the orders from the US during cooperation then. Or HMS follow the order from whoever is the commander of cooperation

@@loosabarba6920 That depends on what the chain of command is and what's determined at the governmental level. There've been plenty of instances where allied forces have a joint command structure. For instance, during World War Two, the Chinese Nationalist Forces under Chiang Kai- Shek had as their commander, US General Joseph Stilwell and the training of the Nationalist Air Force was under Claire Chennault.

Can just say Gibraltar i am sure rest of GB look at Gibraltar as part of GB brother

Gibraltar 🇬🇮❤🇬🇧

made in china is every were except it they own you

We need a five eyes and commonwealth confederation. The worlds woes are because of the retreat from empire.

Superb seamanship and skill from all the ships taking part, to sail that close together is absolutely awesome, such an impressive sight and great photography, UK and Allies working close together, unstoppable combination.

The Faliraki disco beat helps.

@@VanderlyndenJengold hahaha

Just another day in the royal navy really, if it's one thing brits don't mess around with it's seamanship, there will be times when you have no choice but to conduct operations while replenishing at sea, better to be prepared and used to it

@Rob Wilton Looks closely at the F35 in landing configuration approaching the stern...

Something from Wagner, perhaps?

It is Zr Ms Evertsen, a Zeven Proviciën class frigate. Her particular function in the CSG21 is air defence. I beleive that the Dutch frigate De Ruyter originally was ear marked to participate in CSG21, but Evertsen who was on patrol in the Black Sea together with HMS Defender (in order to annoy the Russians a little bit), joined HMS Queen Elizabeth an the rest of the fleet right outside Crete. As I understand it will a Dutch vessel always participate in the CSGs for the future.

@@erikvanderheeg5729 thanks for the reply. She's an awesome looking ship 😎👍

@@erikvanderheeg5729 indeed she does look like a very fine warship, and unfortunately one that's needed for that air-defence role more than she otherwise should've been what with one of the Type 45's dropping out. Thought they'd finally fixed the damn engines on those things

Evertsen became well known because of Black Sea event

Quite interesting that the radar on the back looks just like the one on the carrier (also looks similar to the type 45 radar). I wonder if that all integrates into a network centric system?

what is the song? love from the Netherlands

All the more refit cash for BAE when she gets back home and those humidity & temperature controlled tents cover the flight deck again.

The flight deck looks toasted, I look forward to a time when Chinese occupied islands in SCS look even more so.

👍

Thanks for letting us (the Dutch) in and let us sail along your sexy carrier. 😍

@@krultheg3021 Netherlands small country but not scared! Good guys.

So you can all get killed together....

@@willrobinson9767 we'll see about that won't we

@@1IbramGaunt We most certainly will...

They were being refuelled. They are linked by pipes so the fuel can be pumped over.

Still under repair

She is going to have a job catching up. What route is carrier taking to get home back through the med?

@@SamuelHarrison which would suggest the fault is more complex than a gas turbine replacement.

@@Irisishunter Same way back, Unfortunately they won’t be visiting Australia which is a shame.

@@danielmichaels1505 Cheers, suspect that is when Diamond will meet up, assuming she is ready.

Yes, 10 ships.

1 x Carrier, 2 x Type 45 Destroyers, 2 x Type 23 Frigates, 2 x RFA auxiliaries, 1 x US Destroyer, 1 x Dutch frigate, 1 x UK Sub, 18 x F-35 fighters, 10 x Merlin and 4 Wildcat helicopters. And about 3,700 people.

HMS Queen Elizabeth Type 23 anti-submarine frigates HMS Richmond (F239) HMS Kent (F78) Type 45 guided-missile destroyer HMS Diamond (D34) - Currently stuck in Taranto, Italy as It suffered a engine breakdown HMS Defender (D36) Royal Fleet Auxiliary RFA Fort Victoria (A387) RFA Tidespring (A136) Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provincien (F802) US Navy Destroyer USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)

@@omghello1450 don't forget the Astute-class nuclear attack submarine lurking somewhere below 😉 probably HMS Artful

@@1chish wouldn't surprise me, if there was also a US sub along for the ride

The "music" was so jarring that I had to mute it immediately.

Hell yea maybe just set the sound of waves crashing would be better than that music. Get up and dance? More like get up and go elsewhere. 😂

We need the empire back but one of equals.

Well yes, it does, they're scorch-marks, your point being?

@@1IbramGaunt that it could become a problem.. Maybe it can damage the deck earlier than they could expect.

@@titfortat5727 Special paint to protect deck

@@goelnuma6527 looks like dosent work..

@@titfortat5727 would've thought they'd have noticed before now if it didn't

@H L why not?

@H L then,why the Chinese navies are prohibiting other countries to enter ?? They are threatening the fishermen

@H L I couldn't explain to you properly,I'm not a politician

@H L who told you that? We are not invading any countries...who are the real thieves in uniforms?

@H L ridiculous storytelling,, unbelievable

Perhaps the UK nuclear submarine is shadowing them too?

@@JavierAnsoteguiEsparza Vanguards don't go near places. There not going to go in an enclosed sea when the open ocean serves them better.

@@JavierAnsoteguiEsparza Astute-class attack submarine, not Vanguard, will probably be HMS Artful specifically and she will indeed be lurking down there somewhere keeping watch, an agile, silent, fast and deadly hunter-killer. The Vanguard-class are the big "boomer" ballistic missile subs, so very powerful but relatively big & slow, subs like that don't engage in actual ship-to-ship combat at all if they can help it

@@ckfeisterowns7001 I was talking about UK subs

The one China started and was entirely responsible for you mean? The one that resulted in far more Chinese casualties than British? and that all ships involved got away from safely, including a genuinely heroic escape to freedom by Amethyst herself? THAT Amethyst Incident?

Your point is?

It’s not a helicopter carrier

if you say so 'Admiral'.

They would join the forward-deployed USS Ronald Reagan and USS America out of Japan and a second Nimitz/Ford and a Wasp/America class LHA on WESTPAC patrol from the US west coast. Add in one of Japan's Izumos with its escorts and that's potentially 3 carrier battle groups and 3 additional light carrier battle groups on station or at least in theater at any one time.

@@TheLAGopher Exactly.

@@BlueSteel331 Thanks, mate.

And Italy's got a carrier that's gaining certification with the F35b's.. they could be helping out in a year or two as well..

It's visiting 40+ countries, lots of them in this region. The deployment is 7 months long.

@@noodles169 ...then I guess it will just sail around the Med and sit in Portsmouth with the Prince of Wales

@@glastonbury4304 bit like the actual royal family 😂 but switch pompy for Windsor Castle

@@Mr_Dimplezz ...true, another great pairing 💪😄

@@glastonbury4304 The HMS Richmond is dropping by Japan soon. They will rejoin the HMS Q.E which is currently in (Guam).

lol

Nice try China

back in 1870

@@frankrenda2519 depressing person get help

LOL! just LOL your carriers have fucking ramps still you rule nothing! and germany proved that in 1943.

284 meters long & 70 meters wide. There are some non American carriers which are slightly longer, but they are half the width, in terms of displacement (65,000+ tones) , Only the American Nimitz & Ford class's are bigger than a Queen Elizabeth class at the moment...

Another reason, nowadays destroyers and frigates are gigantic.

You must be from china note i don't give you a big C no more

Turns out to travel from A to B you have to travel through places - international waters not owned by anybody is the best way to do that; international waters like the South China Sea. What was accomplished? They lawfully and legitimately got to the Philippine Sea from Singapore, conducted some training and looks like replenishment on the way.

@H L the RN isn't complaining, it's going about it's business. China is the one whinning. And China has hampered Phillipine fishing in Philippine waters for example.

"a few old ships" huh? We have dozens of very modern very capable warships actually, several of which are in that strike-group at the moment- an aircraft carrier, two destroyers, two frigates and two auxiallary supply vessels, along with a nuclear attack submarine, two allied warships helping out and over 30 assorted aircraft. That's just one strike-group too and isn't even counting what everyone else is bringing. China needs to stop kicking the Hornet's nest before she gets stung

@H L "China has never hampered free shipping" - dude there's literally video of China doing that many times, also the threats are China's (admittedly piss-poor) attempt to do just that.

@@1IbramGaunt We seen what are in the strike group, a few old ships!! China did not sail their ships to British Isle, you are in the S China Sea. Who is provoking? You do not even have a sound mind to know what is gong on? Too old?

I’m sure the US marines flying the F35’s would like some shore leave in Guam, steaming through the SCS and doing exercises with countries like Taiwan, Japan, Australia and others probably has its limitations as entertainment.

@Alchon Xiontes Always welcome

@@Bobby-li4ni fuck no

@@louisbeerreviews8964 Go google lah

And where did you hear that exactly?

@British Chap the real China

In a surprise attack probably, and it would result in turning most of the world against it and cutting off it's biggest customers, even without an military repercussions.

@H L I was describing why it wouldn't happen, but given we aren't at war, any attack would be a surprise attack

Nothing unusual about that, might be a brand-new ship but she's still made of steel and that's still salt-water

Surface rust. Queen Elizabeth is certainly being put to work.

cheap bad quality paint.

@@BlueSteel331 hardly

We have all seen the video of your sad little gang being beaten by Indian soldiers on the mountain border. Pathetic doesn’t even come close to describing that! It would be naive to think you would wipe the floor with a country with so much modern warfare experience.

It is achieving something, just not anything big. The SCS is just a small part of a 40 country tour. But it's a part that normalises ignoring spurious Chinese claims.

Don't worry the Japanese and american navies have there back.

Yep 😂😂😂😂

She fine and she is strong 💪

F35B, a supersonic, stealth supercomputer of a Harrier.

Zaptor + F-35B mucker.

Have you been living in a Afghanistan cave? 😂😂

@Brett Mitchell Stealth only works in games not actual war...

@@willrobinson9767 you know stealth has been used in actual war?

What it has ok

Definitely not when we only have two. The UK is the first concern but we will deploy to the SCS when needed. Unless you talking about the cruise liner QEII, the carrier is just QE.

@Brett Mitchell Of course we'd love an order like that but it isn't happening. And honestly I think they'd be better off running F35B's from a couple of Canberra type ships. Still great interoperability but works better as a sovereign capability.

@Brett Mitchell Don't think Australia wants its own nuclear deterrent. The French submarine order was greased by the French agreeing to them being assembled in Australian shipyards. Don't know if the UK and its shipworker unions would be ok with sending kits down under and missing out on thousands of jobs. Australia might be best off using its forces to augment visiting allied ones, especially the UK or French who would find it harder to support a large escort force going to the Pacific with their carriers than the US. ANZAC ships are tailor-made to pick up the escort slack for a NATO Pacific naval deployment.

Good, we could use a real fight, been a while 😉

Could do with a proper live fire exercise, I think the RN has gotten a bit rusty since ‘82

We hate you

Its not just us it all ok

Permission for what?

@@davidhouseman4328 : it's the South CHINA Sea .. !!!

@@ReallyFarFarAway And it's the ENGLISH channel but nobody needs to ask permission to transit it ALL ships have a right to transit the English channel without asking the UK government just like how ALL ships have a right to transit the south china sea without asking the Chinese government.

@@tobester0753 : What about the Indian Ocean .. ?

@@ReallyFarFarAway and, that's a name, how do you think that has any relevance?

What? What the hell are you on about, pretty sure our military IS challenging China as we speak, that's partly what the video you're commenting under is ABOUT, and we don't give a damn what some American politician has to say about it either way!

Also why don't you give us some great example of completely flawless military planning from your own country's history then lol...

@@1IbramGaunt In America, the Secretary of Defence, is not your run of he mill politician. The current one was a 4 star Army General. And Britain just got handed your hat.

@@raywhitehead730 whatever you say, I still don't care what he thinks either way? As for "handed our hat" when did that happen then exactly, do tell lol

Nope, sorry, not till those ship's commanders decide to, they're staying till their mission's complete and, unless China wants to actually genuinely start a war with a major nuclear-armed state-of-the-art NATO military, there's f*ck-all China can do about it 😉😊

Make them

China doesn't get it. True maritime powers such as the UK, USA, Japan, France, Australia, see the entire world ocean as "home' If you block our access anywhere you may as well blockade our own harbors.

Why? Because you’re not invited to the party.

No @ abc

you know the other ships are providing a defensive screen whilst RAS OCCURS right ?

Another clueless bellend. I doubt you've even been on a ship.

Oh dear, China clearly knows f*ck all about real modern naval warfare! Oh dear, there obviously are other ships further out protecting these three!

@@regenmeister3034 cheers dit’s

@@1IbramGaunt Absolutely nothing they can do to protect them.... They are helpless...

Open sea lanes is important to our prosperity. But this is a tour of 40 countries not specifically about the SCS. Nothing to do with colonies, it's long since we were an Empire, it's about trade and allies.

Seems you’re the only one being shamed…..Lmfao

It's not the full CSG that's for sure. I guess they release limited footage which is why we see the same footage showing limited bits of the CSG at times.

They could have 10 more and it still wouldn't be enough...

I believe there are 1-2 Destroyers, out of shot and of course... the sub-surface component :)

Your just sounding stupid, of course that it's the whole carrier group.

You do realise, the support ships, are spread out across the ocean don't you. Or did you think they all sail bunched together lol? They only come close to the carrier for photo opportunities, or to refuel

The Chinese have enough on with the stuff their doing to seize the whole of the South China Sea and threatening other countries-Cough cough Taiwan 🇹🇼-this is why the CSG21 was sent in the first place

It's a NATO strike group and they aren't sailing in Chinese waters.

@@EDProductionsYT Non of UK's business on the other side of the world!

Because China doesn’t have allies in/near British waters that are getting pressed by the UK.

They can't they don't have the logics for it. The uk as it's own bases along it's route to resupply from and when they aren't supplying from British bases they are supplying from bases of allied nations or nations with mutual interests. The last time I checked China doesn't have any bases in the Mediterranean/Atlantic region and most nations in said regions are either Nato allies or not interested in allowing China into its ports the occasional warship on a goodwill visit yeah not an entire carrier strike group though.