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BBC 1980s Submarine documentary Part3 Polaris

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@kieranbunting81
@kieranbunting81 Жыл бұрын
8 weeks then... now patrols are at least double that...
@tuor8087
@tuor8087 3 жыл бұрын
It really hits home just how much society has changed, when I watch these documentaries from the 80's.
@ottohonkala6861
@ottohonkala6861 3 жыл бұрын
Its too bad. Very capable people handling the job. Now that's not first in mind. Threats are very much there - just not as obvious.
@jaybee9269
@jaybee9269 3 жыл бұрын
@@ottohonkala6861 >> Be of good cheer. Wokeness won’t last forever.
@seltaeb3302
@seltaeb3302 3 жыл бұрын
In what way changed bar fashion food tech. music. There wasn't this god damn soap opera & 24/7 news & dangerous migration the biggest threat to democracy & our freedom of speech in any which way & religious zealot & yes a divisive repressive violent threat in the west. You know who..
@stevec6232
@stevec6232 3 жыл бұрын
Last 20 years has definitely been a step backward.
@georgemorley1029
@georgemorley1029 3 жыл бұрын
There are many reasons why the RN (which I joined in 2004 and at that point still had a kernel of this Cold-War spirit within it, which was of course fostered by the Second World War generation in its turn) has slowly drifted, along with the rest of western society, away from attitudes that emphasise responsibility and basic fear of the consequences of an imminent nuclear war, towards a very secular, demanding and entitled society where individuals claim rights first and ignore responsibility. I specifically joined the RN in order to bring more responsibility into my life and it’s been the making of me as a man. It’s taught me first hand that the more responsibility you take in the world, the less you need others to give you handouts. Of course, all the rights that SJWs demand, quite correctly, are merely the responsibility of some other bugger to give to them. The question is, how do the other bugger’s rights get upheld if the SJWs won’t live up to their responsibilities? It’s what JFK said - ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country. We’ve lost that. Plus, without a faith system to replace the decline of Christianity, at least one that isn’t a fundamentalist basket-case’s dream, we’re morally adrift. Anyway, ROMFT, two years left of a twenty year commission left, just gimme that lump sum, pension and slap my arse on the way out the door! 🇬🇧⚓️💪🏻
@Spookieham
@Spookieham 3 жыл бұрын
No shame on the lad who left. It took a lot of courage to admit it wasn't for him. Its not an environment you want to be in if you can't handle it.
@turbografx16
@turbografx16 3 жыл бұрын
Also, I'm surprised they made it so difficult to leave. Do you really want to rely on guys who aren't satisfied/comfortable/capable?
@stevec6232
@stevec6232 3 жыл бұрын
No way i could do it tbh. You have to be quite strange in a way to do submarines.
@scottwheeler2494
@scottwheeler2494 2 жыл бұрын
The Navy sees it as a financial lost for loosing crew - they go to great expense to train even the lowest rate. Depending of course what that rate might be, it may be years of training at very expensive schools.
@BeKindToBirds
@BeKindToBirds Жыл бұрын
It really is a mature decision.
@deeremeyer1749
@deeremeyer1749 7 ай бұрын
But yet the RN "drafts" at least half of its "submariiners" from surface ships.
@annetteboyle7518
@annetteboyle7518 2 жыл бұрын
Glad my husband left the navy to be home with our family but I now know why he was like he was this was sub was his second to last one to civvy street could not wait to have him home 40years before he passed away in 2019 may he rest in peace
@admiralcraddock464
@admiralcraddock464 3 жыл бұрын
7.07 "only those that need to know them"....Field Marshal Haig and his wife, all Field Marshall Haig friends and their families, all their friends staff, their staffs` tennis partners and some chap I met in the mess the other day called Bernard"
@Hackett1066
@Hackett1066 3 жыл бұрын
😂👌 best ever series
@boulecoq1700
@boulecoq1700 7 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@boulecoq1700
@boulecoq1700 7 ай бұрын
They did a three part series called the silent service on the bbc. It was amazing. They spotted the Kiev aircraft carrier during a Russian exercise in the artic sea and unbelievably crept underneath it and at a depth of 12 feet under the keel photographed the hull for several hours and the Russians didn’t have a clue. It then crept away. Bloody marvellous
@yokumato
@yokumato 3 жыл бұрын
Amazed at how this documentary covers the human aspect of the submariners life. Definitely something you do not see in more recent similar films. The absence of loud music and unnecessary narration gives space for the viewer to understand even a little the plight of the crew. Why similar quality productions are so hard to see today?
@seek4truth
@seek4truth Жыл бұрын
Man! I was exactly thinking the same! Those older documentaries are much more fun to watch! The narrator's way of talking in tone just calms me! I was thinking why new documentaries are bad...
@BeKindToBirds
@BeKindToBirds Жыл бұрын
The new OUR stories series does exactly the same format.
@NixonHD88
@NixonHD88 Жыл бұрын
my dad served on this ship in the 60's-70's. Its not for the weak minded. Im grateful to all the men who make this commitment for the rest of the world.
@martinwarne7183
@martinwarne7183 3 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. Thanks to the lads and ladies for your sacrifice . Much respect. Forgot the kids who miss their dads.
@RTD553
@RTD553 3 жыл бұрын
I was in the Navy in the late 80s. When I came home to my wife, after a long patrol, the whole house had been re-arranged. All the furniture was in a different place. I couldn't find anything. It was a bit like I had died for a couple of months. A strange life.
@SanDimas234
@SanDimas234 3 жыл бұрын
That happens to non service men every week mate :D
@RTD553
@RTD553 3 жыл бұрын
@@SanDimas234 Heh! Good man :)
@elliottg.1954
@elliottg.1954 3 жыл бұрын
My sympathies as an ex service bod. But as others have said, things get moved about on a whim and there's no working out why they do it.
@pablofitzy
@pablofitzy 3 жыл бұрын
Fair play to you mate. I served in the 00s, however I was single the whole time. Couldn’t imagine serving with a wife or family back at home. Would have been too hard I reckon.
@RTD553
@RTD553 3 жыл бұрын
@@pablofitzy Yes. The Navy is particularly tough regarding separation. I served my 5 years then left.
@iceman7975
@iceman7975 2 жыл бұрын
Utmost respect for the submarine service past and present. Salute from Gibraltar.
@uralbob1
@uralbob1 3 жыл бұрын
I was a U.S. FBM sailor during the Vietnam era. The British service was almost exactly like ours, less the beer :-(
@johnallen7807
@johnallen7807 3 жыл бұрын
If the BBC made documentaries of this quality these days I would not mind so much paying the licence fee.
@worldofameiso5491
@worldofameiso5491 3 жыл бұрын
Not enough ethnic minorities, gays and transsexuals to interest the BBC to make this type of factual documentary.
@commercio3564
@commercio3564 3 жыл бұрын
@@worldofameiso5491 Hey! Ethnic minorities aren't the problem: it's how the media constantly pushes them into every single nook and cranny of media.
@1977ajax
@1977ajax 2 жыл бұрын
Must make all current TV producers blush in the dark.
@johnallen7807
@johnallen7807 2 жыл бұрын
@@1977ajax I doubt it, certainly the "woke" BBC wouldn't!
@justandy333
@justandy333 Жыл бұрын
Channel 5 did do a series in 2020 following the HMS Vengeance, I've not seen it myself but its out there. Not a BBC production granted but it'll be interesting to see the difference.
@mikechapman1721
@mikechapman1721 5 ай бұрын
Love the clickity-clack of relays and contactors!
@Omegaman1969
@Omegaman1969 7 ай бұрын
My Father was an engineer on the missile guidance systems for Polaris and Trident from 64 to 97.
@billybobkingston5604
@billybobkingston5604 3 жыл бұрын
Amazed by the access given to the BBC by the Royal Navy
@jaybee9269
@jaybee9269 3 жыл бұрын
“Coffin dreams”. One of the joys of submariners I guess. I do know modern American submarines involve a whole lot of teaching and learning. Hopefully it wouldn’t be that dull.
@kittymervine6115
@kittymervine6115 2 жыл бұрын
they DROVE the Capitan to the Submarine.WOW. Holy Loch was where my husband's sub was located and I enjoyed visiting Scotland with free seats on the flights there and back from the US. Scotland is just so wonderful, and very welcoming when I showed up with my young daughter. There was blue and gold crews for the US and we joked that the fishermen all got compensation for "lost nets"!
@Hiram1000
@Hiram1000 3 ай бұрын
In Scotland? The Lost Net Monster...... * gets coat.
@tdtvegas
@tdtvegas 3 жыл бұрын
The beginning music is the sound of my early childhood in the mid 80's…
@GrahamWalters
@GrahamWalters 3 жыл бұрын
1:36 is my old Chief Stoker from Sovereign, George Barrass, but he's made Fleet Chief !
@stevengreenley1649
@stevengreenley1649 3 жыл бұрын
When it goes and when it returns are top secret - but it leaves Faslane every 8 weeks
@hantykje3005
@hantykje3005 4 жыл бұрын
These guys were underway when Stanislav Petrov refused to issue the launch order on the 26th of September, and when Able Archer 83 took place?
@finnstralian
@finnstralian 3 жыл бұрын
that's a good point
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
I was 200 meters from the iron curtain. Hiding behind a bush with binoculars watching a guard tower on the East German side. Monitoring the Soviet buildup on their side, and making notes and drawings to aide MI in determining what soviet units were in that section of the border. And so went the duty of an American Infantryman during the Cold War.
@gazzathomas1423
@gazzathomas1423 3 жыл бұрын
The cooks do a great job..food looks excellent
@seltaeb9691
@seltaeb9691 3 жыл бұрын
annnnd the Govt dish out food monies as per man/woman per day & HMP guests got more money per day than the Armed Services did. Is it the same?
@ranger2316
@ranger2316 2 жыл бұрын
I note the general similarities between the U.S. and Navy procedures. Good documentary. I have fond memories of submarines.
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
As regards the SLBM weapon system, the procedures were almost identical.
@mfgt4595
@mfgt4595 3 жыл бұрын
Is the piper pissed on whiskey ? Sounds pissed to me.
@boots869
@boots869 5 ай бұрын
Christ, it had better be whisky...
@allandavis8201
@allandavis8201 3 жыл бұрын
It’s hard to believe that I was just starting my military service when this programme first aired on tv 📺. A lot of the young ratings remind me of myself at that time, eager, determined, cocksure and totally the “FNG” (f....ng new guy), and as with any branch off the military, and any trade, you only start to learn your trade when you get to your first Ship,Regiment, or Squadron, and you never stop learning until you become a veteran. I spent 24 years mastering my trade, but even then I considered a day I didn’t learn something new a wasted day. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 P.S when the captains wife was talking about the children being away at boarding school 🏫 and them being so far away In Dorset I couldn’t help but think that was a situation of their own making, there are perfectly good state schools and if they really had to send them to boarding school then there are plenty closer than Dorset, and they would still have had a large chunk of the fees paid for them by the Ministry of Defence (taxpayers), so if that’s all she had to complain about then she was very lucky. I spent many years (not all at the same time) away from home, admittedly I usually had access to Mail and telephone, and in latter years the internet, but still you worry about what the family are up to, how they are and if I would see them again, however submariners must go through hell, and the family grams probably don’t help that much, they certainly have my respect and thanks. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
@seltaeb9691
@seltaeb9691 3 жыл бұрын
Well I'm a Vet too. Listen especially on active service whether in the ocean or was West Germany, Cyprus etc sending children to a boarding school helps children stability with father away etc. Don't get Boarding schools mixed up with posh Public schools, they're chalk & cheese. It's their choice & we live in a democracy & it's 1980s. There's a lot of nasty sarcasm in some posts (not you) judging these 20th century documentaries.
@SiamWoodShop
@SiamWoodShop 3 жыл бұрын
I had already done my sea service having joined in '63
@grahamsandry9289
@grahamsandry9289 3 жыл бұрын
I completely sympathize with the guy around 19.00 mins. I just could not even go into a submarine even if it was ashore. I've had nightmares about being stuck in a one several times. I do not understand how people can serve on them. The thought makes my blood run cold
@wntu4
@wntu4 4 жыл бұрын
I would have hoped Her Majesty could afford a better pipes player.
@ottohonkala6861
@ottohonkala6861 3 жыл бұрын
I am sure you could volunteer for the job.
@DAGO58
@DAGO58 3 жыл бұрын
Mike Hawk - endless jokes there 😂
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
He was known as"uncle michael" by some of us!
@daddust
@daddust 3 жыл бұрын
The bagpiper is the worst I’ve ever heard
@colinrunciman5166
@colinrunciman5166 3 жыл бұрын
A very brave, woman, rgds, Colin. GLASGOW.
@Thecrazyvaclav
@Thecrazyvaclav 2 жыл бұрын
I dunno, hiding the top secret documents in the safe behind a picture, that’s the first place burglars will look
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
It was not easy to get on board, and not easy to get into the sub base.
@FullPlaythroughs
@FullPlaythroughs 3 жыл бұрын
Commander Mike Hawk, seriously?
@daikucoffee5316
@daikucoffee5316 2 жыл бұрын
Aww it’s adorable that he sleeps with a Teddy.
@ericsmallman1904
@ericsmallman1904 3 жыл бұрын
Walking pace = 4 mph x that by 8 weeks (56 days) and you get a range of 5376 miles, allow the return and you get 2688 miles. basically they go just over 1/2 way across Atlantic and turn around to come home.
@CabbageBloke
@CabbageBloke 3 жыл бұрын
If they did that , the Polaris wouldn't be able to target the USSR from the firing positions.
@daddust
@daddust 3 жыл бұрын
They would be heading north, to hide under the ice.
@daddust
@daddust 3 жыл бұрын
@@CabbageBloke Welllll... they would be able to hit most of the importantUSSR from mid Atlantic but flight time would be bad/
@petittrainguernsey3297
@petittrainguernsey3297 3 жыл бұрын
Or do they? might just hover north of Norway and wait for the call. Plus this was back in the 80’s in a 60’s built boat. Unknown what the Trident boats range is.
@keithphilbin3054
@keithphilbin3054 3 жыл бұрын
Probably sail around the Isle of Wight for 8 weeks 😀
@michaell.8513
@michaell.8513 3 жыл бұрын
Family day on a Missle sub how cool is that! I wonder if the Americans do that???
@benthejrporter
@benthejrporter 3 жыл бұрын
25:35 A £35 fine sounds like quite a lenient punishment until you remember this is the 80's. Of course if he'd been absent much longer and the boat had been forced to sail without him he'd be in far worse trouble.
@walboyfredo6025
@walboyfredo6025 3 жыл бұрын
Don't you mean 25:35 - it was then that the £35 was mentioned.
@benthejrporter
@benthejrporter 3 жыл бұрын
@@walboyfredo6025 Yes. corrected.
@npickle54
@npickle54 3 жыл бұрын
What would it be equivalent to now?
@benthejrporter
@benthejrporter 3 жыл бұрын
@@npickle54 £107.81p
@mdb831
@mdb831 Жыл бұрын
AWOL sailor fined 35 pounds. Captain seems like a fair and good CO. I understand that was a lot of cash in 1983. A guess would be 1 to 2 days pay for that lad? Skipper could have been harsher with the judgement though. 25:00
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
1983/84 my pay as an Airman under training was a take home pay of £55 per week. As a Trained Technician in 1985 it was around £100 a week.
@sabercruiser.7053
@sabercruiser.7053 10 ай бұрын
🙌🙌👏👏👍👍 thank you 😊😊
@Georgethenorthseatiger
@Georgethenorthseatiger 3 жыл бұрын
Shocked they were allowed to dive with family on board
@swainscheps
@swainscheps 4 ай бұрын
47:15 - I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that green light didn’t illuminate. Weapons Officer is getting up there in years…
@yogihaughton
@yogihaughton 4 жыл бұрын
Am nae expert but that bagpipe player soonds reet oot of tune
@bodegabreath4258
@bodegabreath4258 3 жыл бұрын
My thoughts exactly. Love your comment.
@johnboothr1
@johnboothr1 10 ай бұрын
and to think that one of the deterrent patrols last year was 200+ days.
@seek4truth
@seek4truth Жыл бұрын
I wish i could experience this like their family members did
@rogergittings1971
@rogergittings1971 Жыл бұрын
What is the 80’s song they play at the party?
@Sabhail_ar_Alba
@Sabhail_ar_Alba 3 жыл бұрын
I was on another boat and will never forget the 'hot bedding' and the constant odour coming from the fat medic on the bunk above. Very uncomfortable and not much fun for a young single man but needed to be done.
@grahamstubbs4962
@grahamstubbs4962 Жыл бұрын
You have to admire the attitude. Do you want to be 400ft below sea level in a metal tube surrounded by nuclear material and high explosives? Err, yeah. What's for dinner?
@jaybee9269
@jaybee9269 3 жыл бұрын
The Royal Navy gets beer!
@bohemoth1
@bohemoth1 3 жыл бұрын
And they even get some Rum.
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
@@bohemoth1 Rums been gone for over 50 years!!!! Phased out in the early 1970's.
@ShakemeisterS64
@ShakemeisterS64 3 жыл бұрын
Just a thought - perhaps they sent their kids to a boarding school in Dorset because they may have had a better chance of surviving a nuclear war as opposed to living in Helensburgh next to the nuclear subs base.
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
No, they had family in the south
@daddust
@daddust 3 жыл бұрын
There’s no excuse for the captain’s wife to send her daughters to boarding school with a husband at sea. Bored out of her head, depressed and probably chugging gin and tonics. This is some old school English bullshit.
@kilm2232
@kilm2232 2 жыл бұрын
It was the done thing. The schooling would have been of the highest quality and it would also have been paid for by the Navy. Don't forget that for some families who would move a lot when their husband got deployed to another base, a boarding school was a big help for the kids stability. Not saying it's right but there are reasons why.
@Anglo_Saxon1
@Anglo_Saxon1 2 жыл бұрын
@@kilm2232 Good that you raised that point about stability.Its nothing to do with cruelness.
@swainscheps
@swainscheps 4 ай бұрын
That poor woman needs a makeover like nobody has ever needed a makeover.
@mattwilcock8967
@mattwilcock8967 4 жыл бұрын
Happy days.
@baronedipiemonte3990
@baronedipiemonte3990 3 жыл бұрын
I'm a yank and not aware of family being allowed on board one of our submarines. I'm sure that the fam's here were vetted better than those who have free reign of Buckingham Palace ! I wouldn't be surprised to know that MI5 keeps a keen eye on the families etc... Enjoyed your video !
@scottwheeler2494
@scottwheeler2494 2 жыл бұрын
In the late 70’s, I was alllowed to take a tour of a Los Angeles class sub as a JROTC cadet. It was a pretty amazing event for me even today. Large portions of the displays have covers over them and there were of course areas off limits. Only thing close was a tour of the aircraft carrier Lexington. It was a day trip out the port of Galveston TX. Don’t know if they still do such things now for a JROTC cadet.
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
I went on a C Class SSN in 1980 (HMS Churchill) while it was docked at Devonport as part of a Naval Day there as a Civilian (I was 14 years old). Everywhere behind the Control Room was out of bounds, but I got to see most of the front end of the boat.
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
No the families were always allowed to visit the boat. We had to add them to the visitors list and they were only permitted in the general areas. For this doc by the BBC the powers that be gave permissions for it.
@notmenotme614
@notmenotme614 3 жыл бұрын
35:46 Theres no independent greengrocer shops anymore. They’ve all shut down because of the big supermarket corporations.
@kilm2232
@kilm2232 2 жыл бұрын
Entirely incorrect statement. I have two near me.
@bobeden5027
@bobeden5027 3 жыл бұрын
How do they keep the air fresh?
@jaybee9269
@jaybee9269 3 жыл бұрын
Not an expert by any means but it’s made from the seawater. Nuclear submarines make considerable energy!
@SolarWebsite
@SolarWebsite 3 жыл бұрын
Nuclear subs produce oxygen by first desalinating and then electrolysing seawater, and occasionally also by oxygen candles. CO2 is taken out of the air by CO2 scrubbers, and other nasty stuff by activated carbon filters.
@davidclegg3554
@davidclegg3554 4 ай бұрын
Told by a nuclear submariner that deodorants were banned because they interfered with the air purification system. As his wife collected him after a mission she had to drive him home in the car with all the windows open! They had a washing machine in the garage to wash all his gear before it could be taken into the house! When I used to talk to him and asked him about his job he skillfully changed the subject. The most amazing thing was that his wife did not actually know what he did, she thought he was just an electrician, changed fuses and light bulbs, it was only many years after he left the Navy she found out from someone else that he was on missile guidance systems. He knew how to keep stum.
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
35 lbs? What? In the US Army in the 80s it would have been half a months pay for 2 months and 30 days extra duty., and a reduction in rank At a minimun.
@allandavis8201
@allandavis8201 3 жыл бұрын
It’s 35 £ in Sterling, and that probably was half a months pay, the British military were and to some extent still are under paid, under appreciated and under stated in importance, if the captain had given extra duty then how, and more importantly when, would he carry out the punishment, submariners at sea are never off duty, they are merely on rest and domestic needs time, you don’t want a tired seaman on duty in a nuclear powered and nuclear ☢️ armed submarine, that’s just asking for trouble, one mistake and it could have the most dire consequences. Try not to forget it was his first offence since enlisting and totally out of character, he just missed the liberty boat and was only 1hour 50 minutes late, in my opinion it was very heavy handed by whoever preferred the charge, if it was one of my men they would have got a one way talking to and probably a a thick ear 👂 (you could do that in the 80s and get away with it) only when a service persons duties are affected and persistent breaches of military law occurs should disciplinary action be taken, it’s really up to the supervisor to manage those under their command and deal with their subordinates in a caring but firm manner, and if they can’t do that then they have no place being an officer or senior noncommissioned officer. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
@@allandavis8201 ,. Extra duty is given during your rest. You give up rest for extra duty. I was an Infantryman. There is no harder duty. If in the field you were lucky to get 3 hrs of sleep a day. In garrison, you wake at 4:30 for an hour of calisthenics followed by a 5 mile run, shower, clean the barracks, and straight to the mess hall before it quit serving. Formation after that, and then either straight to the motor pool, clean weapons, or class of some kind. Maybe an inspection, road march, etc. You never spent idle time. You never got permission to quit for the day until they said, and then you probably used most of that time preparing for another inspection, or test. Extra duty is extra duty. It replaces any rest time. Its discipline, and not meant as a convience. A months pay when I served was about 435 dollars. Half a months pay for 2 months was 435 dollars. If it was a field grade article 15, the punishment was even worse.
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
@@allandavis8201,. On Fridays we ran 10 miles. At no time were more than 15% given leave. Beyond that was considered combat ineffective. When in Europe for 3 years we spent no fewer than 200 days a year in the field. About half the other 165 days was spent on guard duty. Alerts came without warning, and we had 20 mins to get every weapon in the arms room, our TA-50 (kit to you), all vehicles, and our bodies off post. (Usually that was done from a dead sleep. There was no excuse or leniency given because you got drunk during your REST..)
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
@@allandavis8201 While in the field you slept where and when you could, interrupted by perimeter patrols, and LP/OP duties. You got 2 c-rations a day, which you ate cold, and you moved so much your guaranteed one hot meal a day never caught up. If it did it was usually cold and/or moldy. (Green eggs were common) So went the life of a grunt in West Germany during the Cold War.
@unitedwestand5100
@unitedwestand5100 3 жыл бұрын
@@allandavis8201 ,. You say the Royal Navy had it hard. I laugh. LMAO Try 97 days in the field with a smelly grunt. Smelly because you got no shower. (Unless it rained) Think about it. 97 days. Divorce rate was 70 %. Complain and the Army would say, we didnt issue you a wife and kids. The Navy.....LMAO Boo hoo...
@protonneutron9046
@protonneutron9046 3 жыл бұрын
God I wish the USN allowed beer!
@tallwalls76
@tallwalls76 3 жыл бұрын
Proto I was a US carrier sailor during VN. We came off line and went to Hong Kong, ‘twas ‘68 I recall. Tied one on with some limey swabs ashore and one invited me aboard his ship docked in the harbor for a “tot”. It was grog, a watered down rum ration they received. Here we are, me in full dress blues, the OOD saluted us aboard, both drunk on our asses. I laugh looking back at it.I don’t think it would be allowed today, lol. Fun times. The WRAC I was dating there at the Comm Station married some Brit and left for Singapore, sad face.
@protonneutron9046
@protonneutron9046 3 жыл бұрын
@@tallwalls76 Cool! If you are a "protected class" you can now get away with murder in the USN according to my son. Sad times.
@georgemorley1029
@georgemorley1029 3 жыл бұрын
Dead swan at 3:06
@MarkCSevenSixTwo
@MarkCSevenSixTwo 3 жыл бұрын
Sales of time machines have gone through the roof since this was uploaded. Rather like exploding prayer mats.
@rockstarJDP
@rockstarJDP 2 жыл бұрын
No wonder the Argentinians knew we were coming - the BBC hardly understood the concept of sensitive information did they 😅
@1977ajax
@1977ajax 2 жыл бұрын
Plus, we told them. What's it like being you? - quite tough I'd imagine.
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
Most of the information that the BBC released in 1982 had actually been released by the MoD or the Government (Number 10 Press office) first.
@shaunmartin6767
@shaunmartin6767 2 жыл бұрын
The responsibility of the captain must be on another level or domain. Not only a machine worth 100s of millions, linked with carrying Armageddon and to top it off, the lives of the officers and sailors on board. Nothing but respect for the senior service.
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
Cdr Hawke was a total gent, very caring to his crew but also very straightforward and to the point. He was a pleasure to serve and had a routine that was generally predictable. Under pressure he was always very cool calm and collected.
@geoffchalcraft9432
@geoffchalcraft9432 3 жыл бұрын
I think that MO (the Doct) is in the wrong job.
@neil5568
@neil5568 3 жыл бұрын
The piper is pish.
@colinrunciman5166
@colinrunciman5166 3 жыл бұрын
Er, what was the end boy's.
@johnreynolds6369
@johnreynolds6369 14 күн бұрын
Months away at sea and they arrive home to the sound of a cat being strangled
@puressenceuk35
@puressenceuk35 Жыл бұрын
Quality bowl cut at 46:24
@gazzathomas1423
@gazzathomas1423 3 жыл бұрын
Weapons officer looks like exPM of Australia...gough whitlam
@patton303
@patton303 3 жыл бұрын
Great doc. But the music hasn’t aged very well. Lol.
@commercio3564
@commercio3564 3 жыл бұрын
I thought the music was great. Got that retro futuristic 80s vibe!
@Thecrazyvaclav
@Thecrazyvaclav 3 жыл бұрын
Everything's top secret, we can't say anything when we're on leave, but let's get the families on board and answer any questions they ask about all the secret stuff
@tomandsamuel
@tomandsamuel 3 жыл бұрын
Nothing secret passed from what I see mate. Wouldn’t happen
@BR-bj3ot
@BR-bj3ot 6 ай бұрын
I have British family of which I am very proud. My Dad’s entire family lives in Britain. I live in the US. It almost seems like our Governments and military are our enemies these days. We cannot trust our on Governments nor military. There are certainly exceptions but not many
@xusmico187
@xusmico187 5 ай бұрын
,mariners sail on the sea. SubMERINER UNDER THE WAVES
@Evan_Bell
@Evan_Bell 2 жыл бұрын
Why does the narrator keep saying each warhead is 48 times the yield of the Hiroshima bomb? That's not true. Maybe he means per missile, in which case, he'd be close.
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
2 or 3 Warheads in the Polaris (dependant on the type). Each Warhead was 200Kt Yield, so per missile. However the British Government had a habit of Bigging Up Weapon Yields in public!!!!
@JamesPowell-jc4mo
@JamesPowell-jc4mo Жыл бұрын
None of them can salute proporly. Bless em.
@karmpuscookie
@karmpuscookie 7 ай бұрын
You can't spell properly.
@rjds1800
@rjds1800 2 жыл бұрын
Captain, Sorry I can’t tell you if I would abort the mission if a crewman dies……….. cut to Doctor, if someone dies we move food and stick the body in the freezer until we get back to Faslane. 🤡
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
True. But didn't answer if he would return if the man was seriously ill or needed major surgery, which is what was been asked which you do not see in the video. The BBC asked similar questions to all of us!!
@boots869
@boots869 5 ай бұрын
John Nettles does a 'proper' job...
@justandy333
@justandy333 Жыл бұрын
Ouch! Missing the boat. I bet he was shitting bullets. No doubt very embarrassed. That's £145 pounds in todays money. So it could have been alot worse. Interesting though they didn't let him express the reason for his tardiness.
@horrhiunioj507
@horrhiunioj507 3 жыл бұрын
A gin and tonic on a nuclear submarine? What could go wrong!? Probably go to jail for drinking on the ship these days
@tomw86
@tomw86 3 жыл бұрын
No, U.K. ships still all have alcohol. Rationed amounts, but still
@horrhiunioj507
@horrhiunioj507 3 жыл бұрын
@@tomw86 glad to hear it 🍻
@1977ajax
@1977ajax 2 жыл бұрын
Funny that the USN trusts a carrier commander with such a mass of lethal weaponry, but not with a bottle of scotch.
@monoman4083
@monoman4083 4 жыл бұрын
looked like a simulator, some of it. lighting too good...
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
It was all totally real. The BBC spent days with us. It wasn't a working patrol that was carried out after the BBC left. This was done during our work up period, which was operated as a patrol would normally be, but with war games thrown in.
@protonneutron9046
@protonneutron9046 3 жыл бұрын
Same two crew procedure as US Boomers.
@richardvernon317
@richardvernon317 Жыл бұрын
Same basic weapon system!!!
@sunrayisdown1690
@sunrayisdown1690 5 ай бұрын
In a Scottish base but not Scottish voice !
@xusmico187
@xusmico187 5 ай бұрын
Not submariners. SubMARINER
@ronaldschultenover8137
@ronaldschultenover8137 5 ай бұрын
Waste of money
@chaz32
@chaz32 4 ай бұрын
How would you know? The absence of deterrent has not been tested.
@JamesPowell-jc4mo
@JamesPowell-jc4mo Жыл бұрын
Save. Scrap the bloody silver. Grow up jeesuz. Get real.
@jimclercx4208
@jimclercx4208 2 жыл бұрын
1 whole boomer on patrol at a time?? I totally feel safer now!!
@CarlWarner-q6e
@CarlWarner-q6e 11 ай бұрын
It's bomber, not boomer. Unless you're a yank!
@xusmico187
@xusmico187 3 жыл бұрын
endless hot showers....
@desydukuk291
@desydukuk291 3 жыл бұрын
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