Cripes, but those catapults are short!

I joined the mob in 85. First ship intrepid 86/88. Then nelson and London. It was a great time. The royal navy is no more. The politicians saw to that. And not one of the senior officers who signed off on the cuts, resigned over it. No, they all went to the boards of the defence companies. These new frigates there building along the road from me ( I'm glasweigen) are a waste of time. No real attack weapons. Point defence mostly. And this bullshit about being fitted for but not carrying certain weapon systems is another cost cutting exercise. Just like when the type 23s were sharing harpoon. It's a fucking embarrassment.

How He-Man would start a Navy radio call "I am Alpha Delta Alpha Mike (Adam), Prince of Eternia and defender of the secrets of Castle Grayskull. This is Charlie Romeo India November Golf Echo Romeo (Cringer), my fearless friend. Fabulous secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said: 'By the Power of Grayskull! I HAVE FULL POWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE­EEEEER!!!' Cringer became the mighty Battle Cat, and I became... He-Man, the most powerful man in the universe!"

Came across them a few times, i was bit of a bad boy while serving, besy memory was dropping a monkey and getting away with it, looking back no regrets on that one,

It is easy to see just how many savings, in manpower alone, have been achieved by computerisation and other technological advances, since this film was made.

Loads of matelots ashore in Copenhagen....what could go wrong?

The social life as a Marine Engineer Officer when I was in the British Merchant Navy took a lot of beating especialy in the Antipodes. We worked hard and played hard. There wasn't much we didn't repair or service ourselves, though our boilersuits never were pristine white long like those nor did we wear white shirts and ties in the ER. We didn't have a cast of thousands either. Five Engineer officers, cadet or Junior Engineer and 3 stokers ( depending on the ship), no mechanics. Still had stewerd service in the saloon ( Officers Mess) plus they looked after our cabins. Ships built in th late 1970's and onwards had en-suite cabins for officers and ratings sometimes shared en-suite between two men. The worn engine mounting on the chopper if left would lead to fatigue of various components and airframe. I hope they changed all of them.

Blimey we were brainwashed lol.

Funny also that its only the Chief Techs wife that is there to see him off, the plebs don't have wives apparently

Its funny how these vids always promote the Baddie Russians listening in yet we are doing the exact same if not worse? 23 years in this lot I think I have earned the right to comment like this.

I went Infantry up close and personal

Anyone else notice Kev Riley the SGT from the BBC Hit TV series " The PARAS " at around 1.46 in ?, Lcpl then

Wonder if that Russian destroyer is the one we collided with

Now, the Australian Army, provably like the British, have sent most of these trades to corporations to do. Would have been better off from efficiency and overall expenditure to keep it in the military.

Painful to watch. Some green officer who’s knows nothing interfacing between techs and senior officers who’ve seen it all before. And the only ones who don’t realise, the junior officers. Bless, I bet they’d cringe if they looked back at it now,

Guard the V-bombets

My father was a Stoker on ark royal in 1958

I have never seen this before. What a historic moment!

As far as Im concerned British Operational or as mentioned here, combat jumps ergo jumping into War did take place during 1982 and kudos to all those who took part, likely the Largest? Airdrop Elaine on June 13th...

Gordon Jackson...Narrator?

That’s the RAF I joined in 1970 and flew in for 19 years. In the days when we had an RAF. Today’s version is a pale shadow.

Riggers Plumbers Sooties

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I joined as a junior soldier at 15 years of age. September 15 1970. Blackdown Barracks, Deepcut. Deep joy... 2 years of character building, and the ability to command respect!

I was there as a service brat in the 70’s. Father was a pilot on F4 Phantoms on 31 Sqn. As a kid into aircraft this was a dream childhood. I do remember the threat of the Cold War being very real though and every time there was an unannounced exercise we were never quite sure if this was the real deal.

Bring back the WRAC.

I still remember my sister (Capt.) and her colleagues not getting the respect they deserved. They where treated as 2nd class soldiers, secretaries, & fluff.

Awesome👍.. my mate was a pilot on HMS Ark Royal when it was operating Sea Hawks.. it's sister ship HMS Eagle visited NZ in the early 70's and that had Buccaneer planes, Sea Vixens and I hopped in a Sea King as a 5 year old. I been interested ever since ..🇳🇿

Loved that 👍

Good stuff 👍

I'm sat on sweep roof waving flags....we spent many hours being filmed my a one eyed Hungarian directer who lost his eye during the Hungarian uprising

In the days when we had a proper Army.

Skimmers

A thankless job, 50yrs later we are still prosecuting our own soldiers while hundreds of terrorists walk around with that scum Blair's "safe conduct" in their pocket!

At a Skegness RAF base Enemy Messenger: “This is blasphemy. This is madness!” Base Commander: “Madness…? THIS, IS, SKEGNESS!!!” *He kicks the messenger down a cliff*

*Alarm wails* Off-duty radio woman: “God damn it, you stupid operators should quiet that alarm down! I’m gonna quit if I hear another whoop or wailing sound while I’m relaxing. I’ll explode like a bloody nuclear bomb!!!”

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I think I spotted Sam Cooke

Ah, security, OSA and all that. Even now, I cannot tell anyone the VNE of a Kirby Cadet MKIII.

I enjoyed watching. Thank you

Plumbers aren’t as important as they used to be, they are now Trade Gp 2. Jelly Tot also gone.

I’m earlier times, was the bridle dropped in the sea after every shot and a fresh one used? Edited, answered by the narrator.

My father was at Ganges in 1940, he left the RN in 1954 PO Electrician. His last ship HMS Aisne, which was scrapped many years later at Inverkeithing close to where we lived. He was sad to see her scrapped.

Those old fashioned starting System on the bucs and the unique strange Front wheel of the phants.... Old fashioned and strange.... Today every US carrier is decades ahead in Technology. And even UKs VSTOL F-35 are much better in Everything. An interesting movie from an old Analogue age though. 👍

We thought Netherthorpe was short! What a bunch of turkeys we were haha!

Do they get thermal undies and an electric blanket?

So sad to see any ship being treated like this. I know they learn from it, but it still feels wrong. I served on the Glamorgan.

Fab video, thanks

I served on Five 78-80. Seaslug took up most of the space in the County Class which made the Junior Rates messdecks large and overcrowded. Horrible ships to live on.

Ahh yes the good old days when you tube wasn’t littered with adverts every 2 minutes