Four Men Went To Sea (1972)

[@DAVIDMCKEOWN-c7c]

Brilliant documentary. To me things look very different in the Royal Marines and Royal Navy now and not for the better. Really great days the sixties and seventies.

[@allandavis8201]

Whilst things have moved on again since this recruitment film was made the narration by Johnny Morris just makes you want to take the Queen’s shilling, before I joined up, many many years ago, if I had seen this I would have joined this bunch, not the service I did. Thanks for sharing this very interesting and entertaining film, much appreciated. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@paulineholloway2380]

Alan, in the film was Alan Hodges he died 10 years ago .Great Guy.

[@TREVORALLMAN]

Good to see HMS Norfolk (D21) in the film. It was my brother's first ship in 1973, and I had the pleasure of going on board a number of times. Also had a number of the ship's company crash at our place during Norfolk's visit to London in 1974, as we live in London. Great days.

[@Jesusisking2785]

I'm American but the Royal Navy has always been of interest to me after all our navy is somewhat a child of the Royal Navy

[@terencericketts8017]

I served on Glamorgans sister ship HMS Devonshire.great ships and this is good documentary

[@markcostandi4789]

Thats fantastic! Uncle Alan looked too cool, Ben!

[@jamieproctor8691]

Great film and narrated by Jonny Morris from Animal Magic, surprised he didn't have the submarine talk back.

[@michaelbrown5451]

I was on submarine Courageous from 89-92...Best Days.👌

[@wulliest]

15:16 - things you'd never hear in a modern recruitment film - "a couple of birds" :)

[@billcolmer9869]

I remember Alan very well

[@jocu21]

Submarine is the HMS "Churchill" (S46)

[@tamar5261]

Great times, no hard hats, goggles, hi viz.

[@НикИванов-ф2к]

This is a very good movie!

[@normanboyes4983]

At 5:43 the guy in the mess square playing the guitar on HMS Norfolk (D21) is LMEM Gerry Edwards - you still around Gerry?

[@tonybussey8763]

The year of the film says 1972? I joined in 78 as a stoker. M and L designation didn’t come out until 80? In 78 the greenies were OEM and we were MEM

[@stevenbevis9290]

The ship is HMS Albion . Last deployment ended 24/11/72 . She was replaced by Hermes as a commando carrier .

[@joecooper97]

The fact that the narrator keeps talking to himself disturbed me

[@benhodges379]

Hi pauline, how did you know Alan? He was my dad!

[@nickcarson6389]

Loved the Ton Class minesweepers, great little ships. But not if you didn't have your sea legs 🤮🤮🤮

[@kevinduffy80]

That's for sure. Served on the Bildeston 84-86 happy days

[@ToonandBBfan]

The Good Old Westland Wessex

[@vikingsmb]

it is Glamorgan D19

[@geoffsmith9924]

Never saw a matelot in brown hatters ovies in my day lol

[@glenmiller272]

Cold war warriors, most all of them into their 70s now...

[@hantykje3005]

The submarine is a Churchill class.

[@kneelneil]

Ah yes, fish heads in their natural environment. Not many of them around these days. Still missing their tots and the golden rivet no doubt.

[@pauldg837]

Am sure the Chinese opera was on the "must see" events for shore leave in Hong Kong. Lol

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

the HMS Glamorgan ( a Guided missiles light cruiser not a destroyer) met her fate in June 1982 hit by an MM38 Exocet....

[@johnk4493]

She was hit and survived. Well done RN boys. Then repaired and later sold to the Chilean Navy.

[@johnk4493]

And the D of D19 means she was a destroyer, if she was a cruiser she would have been C19!!! Get your facts right.

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

@@johnk4493 my fault .... even when she was larger than a type 42 just to compare with another destroyer of her age, she' s still a destroyer.. I was part of the crew of the type 42 destroyer ARA Hercules and then we used to call the Glamorgan and Antrim as cruceros livianos (light cruisers)... Thanks for your correction!

[@stevenbevis5141]

County class were listed as cruisers by NATO & Soviets . RN called them destroyers to stop UK government cancelling them !

[@guillermohoffmann8417]

@@stevenbevis5141 we always called them cruisers but I didn't know the bit about NATO and Soviets.. Thank you for the info!

[@davidcassidy8390]

Sounds more like actor James Bolam.

[@WCOG053]

Wow! Sea Cat! an optically-guided SAM, there's a concept that didn't really last. They did eventually get an A-4 with one of those over San Carlos Water,

[@jyralnadreth4442]

HMS Yarmouth ^^ most Seacats were radar cued during the Falklands (GWS 21 through 24 - they could be eye ball guided but I bet most training involved the Radar) whilst the Yarmouth and Plymouth had the Mk1 Eyeball version (GWS 20) Radar effectiveness in San Carlos was limited due to the terrain shielding low flying aircraft....probably why Yarmouth got a kill tbh. SeaCat might not have killed....but it did supress the Argentine Air Force as they themselves testify to 😊

[@xanadudawn]

Joined the mob June 1973. That was my Navy

[@apache16789]

A matelot in pajamas? No such thing!

[@rapman5363]

Bob’s your Uncle!!

[@dave_the_fridge3957]

The D19 was the Glamorgan before refit where they took one of the main guns off and mounted 4 Exocet launchers which they had down the Falklands

[@geoffsmith9924]

Deck hockey and hands to bathe.Bluss🤣

[@harrygardiner5401]

Half the way around and back again Why not just say around the world