HMS Queen Elizabeth's Carrier Strike Group. Mission accomplished.

Royal Navy flagship HMS Queen Elizabeth has returned home after completing her first operational deployment as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group 21 mission. 👋
The Strike Group, led by HMS Queen Elizabeth, has travelled 49,000 nautical miles to the Indo-Pacific and back on the deployment. 🌏
Eight other ships and a submarine made up the formation, including Dutch frigate HNLMS Evertsen and US destroyer USS The Sullivans.
Commodore Steve Moorhouse, Commander UK Carrier Strike Group, has praised the "historic" deployment. 🗣️
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[@Pete_Finch]

I hope the BBC (or whoever) is making a documentary on this entire deployment - I'm an American but I love watching documentaries on stuff like Royal Navy operations especially now with the two new carriers in service

[@chrishalstead4405]

Beautiful to watch. Thank you all who serve ❤️

[@terrystokley2968]

Thank you for protecting is and showing Britain's military might.

[@terrystokley2968]

We might be a Small Nation, but our armoured forces are.admired the world over and copied the world over ,are special forces are the finest in the world there's no doubt about that, Coldstream Guard motto .Nulis scundis, 2nd to known,and the the British armoured forces are second to None.

[@jrod96819]

@@terrystokley2968 I’d have to agree with that , American SOF and Tier 1 units trains with the SAS and SBS to become the best in the world I’m glad we’re allies!🤙🏽

[@richardpoblador6302]

God bless HMS Queen Elizabeth and all that sails in her!

[@billotto602]

It's good to see the Brits have carriers again. I was in the Navy when the HMS Ark Royal made her fairwell tour with a port call into NS Norfolk. My squadron VA-42, an A-6 squadron in NAS Oceana hosted their Buckenere (sp) squadron. Awesome sailors the British sailors are !

[@peterlast2478]

All I can do is say thankyou you all

[@aboveparanormal723]

UK rising to protect freedom not only for UK... but for the free world. Thank you almighty Queen Elizabeth for the freedoms you allow the western world. UK forever strong

[@vizuboygaming]

Cheers from 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@jw5064]

Videos like this make me proud🇬🇧

[@alwayscurious3357]

Interesting that the Sullivans still lives on in the USN DD naming convention. iirc it used to be a Fletcher

[@specialandroid1603]

Armchair Admirals everywhere - typing furiously away on their warrior keyboards

[@petermallia558]

Hellooooo Gorgeous. 🇬🇧😍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🥰🇬🇧 Nice to have you guys back again. 🤙🏻🤟🏻 I second what Chris Halstead commented below mine. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Thank you for your service, to all veterans, active personnel and those training also those training for deployment to the Eastern European countries on NATO missions.

[@wolvolad25]

Must have been an amazing time for all aboard

[@TrueGamingVault]

@ 6:11 I think your editor got the flags wrong??? Inia and Oman should be swapped.

[@MrJimtimslim]

Mission: have a bit of a mooch about the globe . Mission Accomplished!

[@whya2ndaccount]

6:10 Did you really mean to upset the Indians and the people of Oman?

[@bartley7953]

At 3.45 the union flag was presented upside down , not sure what country that is .

[@oskahuxley6322]

@@bartley7953 To be fair our flag isn't easy to get the right way up without prior knowledge.

[@davidpippin3460]

Well, except for losing that F35, lol. 32 went out, 31 came back.

[@royalnavyrulebritannia5717]

The other one will return just not In working order

[@1chish]

And your point is what exactly David? Do please enlighten us.

[@reubs91]

@@1chish incompetence

[@chiefdoesgaming8269]

@@reubs91 We'll let the enquiry decide that unless you have more details than even the board of enquiry?

[@reubs91]

@@chiefdoesgaming8269 lol buthurt much

[@jakewalker1586]

FAITH in UK's Values.

[@nicholasmills6489]

Just one lost of f35 to incompetence. Good job lads and lass’s

[@ScienceChap]

Incompetence? Well that's solved that one then. Don't worry about the board of enquiry MOD. We've got a keyboard warrior armchair Admiral know-it-all to answer the question ad determine what happened. Oh. Wait...

[@reubs91]

Lol

[@aseeker2109]

At 6.11 the flags of Oman and India are not labeled correctly.

[@bartley7953]

And at 3.45 the Union flag is presented upside down .

[@aseeker2109]

@@bartley7953 The dancers must be feeling distressed!

[@oskahuxley6322]

@@bartley7953 To be fair our flag isn't easy to get the right way up without prior knowledge.

[@willsabri4815]

mission accomplished minus one jet

[@mhappy01]

and One hundred million pounds.....

[@sofedits2872]

@@mhappy01 not much

[@estellemelodimitchell8259]

Are there still some US Marines left on the carrier, or all of them had departed before the home coming?

[@bartley7953]

American F35`s departed when the carrier docked in Spain , i think i remember seeing American personnel on her when she sailed back into Portsmouth .

[@AA-xo9uw]

The main body of VMFA-211 disembarked in Rota Spain. A few Marines remained on board to ship equipment back to Yuma after the boat returned to Portsmouth.

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

Great work, very proud. Now let's mothball it because we've no money to keep it going. (jokes, but ...)

[@1IbramGaunt]

Not happening

[@Phil_AKA_ThundyUK]

@@1IbramGaunt Jokes I said! Where's she going next?

[@brentsummers7377]

Omicron etc could be a huge threat to ships with big crews such as carriers.

[@mikeybrant6305]

An entire 8 British fighter jets, and I think 11 US ones.

[@etpoculasacra]

Funny watching this back two years later and remembering the days when Russia had a floating Black Seas fleet still -- and the Navy used to perceive them as remotely threatening.

[@skysurferuk]

I notice it's not mentioned if all the ships of the carrier fleet are British, & whether this group is considered adequate to be effective. Is this more of a "British led strike group"?

[@ScienceChap]

It's a British strike group. At It's core is a UK carrier battle group which could comfortably defeat most nations on earth if required. It is augmented by USN and Dutch ships, but is ultimately capable of operating alone.

[@thomilsvlog4544]

@@ScienceChap Not really. The Royal Navy is severely lacking in escort vessels, namely frigates and destroyers. At the moment, the Royal Navy has just six destroyers and twelve frigates. Given the number of standing deployments, both as part of NATO and due to the UKs own overseas commitments, as well as the fact that a certain number of these escorts will invariably be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance and/or refit, there are simply not enough vessels around to provide a Royal Navy only escort screen for even one of the carriers.

[@williammorley2401]

Skysurfer, there was one American and one Dutch ship, all the rest were British; i'd say that pretty much shows that the British are one of the very few navies capable of operating 12,000 miles away from their home base!

[@ScienceChap]

@@thomilsvlog4544 the ships are maintained at a low level of readiness. They could be surged if required, which is somethwhich happens in time if need.

[@TheDrummingWarrior]

It is mentioned if you pay attention both of the non uk ships that were part of the core group were named

[@raywhitehead730]

Not even close, the Chinese, or even anyone else expressed.

[@1IbramGaunt]

I assume you meant to say "impressed" there

[@zenki4666]

So basically the mission was a circus tour! 🤣 🤣

[@ingurlund9657]

They were visiting Britain's friends like Malaysia and Japan basically saying they could and would support them in war with China if it happens.

[@billbrockman779]

Why didn’t they do a full circumnavigation? Just wondering.

[@themc.kennyshow6585]

Fuel? Cost? Time? What would be the point? They visited allied nations. Nations with previously weaker ties, nations that are at the forefront of technology, tactics & strategy etc. Really no point going the entire world.

[@billbrockman779]

@@themc.kennyshow6585 I would think the total miles would be similar, assuming the QE can go through the Panama Canal. Maybe she can’t. Benefits would be visiting Pearl Harbor, US West Coast, Caribbean region, etc.

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@billbrockman779 would've been nice given that way she could've visited the Falkland Islands too as a little demonstration to Argentina of how much the situation's changed haha, next time perhaps

[@chris34boss]

06:12 For gods sake..................

[@haydnvonmed6624]

One taboo,you lost an f35 in the Mediterranean, And defender was shot at and nearly bombed

[@1chish]

No taboos here. So an F-35 crashed for reason unknown and has been retrieved? Carrier strike is a dangerous and risky game. Its why so few nations can do what we are doing. There is no supporting evidence that Defender was either shelled or bombed other than some Russian bragging. But then I am sure you prefer their imaginations to facts.

[@haydnvonmed6624]

@@1chish no no i dont really watch this guys vids, so a russian patrol boat had a video of it telling to miss on purpose and to “not hit the defender” The f 35 crashed from something blocking the engine, (hence why it never generated enough speed to takeoff)

[@1chish]

@@haydnvonmed6624 Two sentences and two false facts. Well done.

[@AA-xo9uw]

@@haydnvonmed6624 "The f 35 crashed from something blocking the engine," Merely speculation perpetuated by the ignorant.

[@monsieurpoisson8163]

@@haydnvonmed6624 Defender was shadowed by a obsolete costal patrol ship and a single aircraft. Proper scary stuff

[@hannannah1uk]

Excellent. Could have done without the dancing, but that's probably just me.

[@bikevault2302]

3:00 random waffle

[@gnolan4281]

Spanking new and she has rust dripping off the side. I guess there's nothing they can do to prevent it or to remove it at sea or they would have done it.

[@Horizon301.]

Yeah it’s odd but that’s what happens to ships, I didn’t realise it happened so quickly

[@Jaxck77]

It takes literally minutes for rust to form on steel when exposed to seawater. You can actually do the experiment yourself

[@1chish]

This is what happens to ships when they have been at sea for over 136 days continuous sailing. (176 days elapsed) I think they all came back in remarkably good nick.

[@gnolan4281]

@@Jaxck77 I see. That makes sense. Winters were snowy where I grew up and the city salted the roads to melt ice but the salt caused the wheel wells of cars to rust out. Salt.

[@AA-xo9uw]

Salt is highly corrosive.

[@NuclearBomb-ow4zf]

6:10 stop offending people and go do some geography

[@hlwanmoe9279]

☝👍👉myanmar myawaddy

[@aronhayse9895]

NATOs navy in the Atlantic cant compare the size of allied battle groups in the pacific

[@rogegabihan9785]

Big and comfortable target isn't it?

[@ScienceChap]

Which can shoot back.

[@lachlanchester8142]

Protected by destroyers, a submarine, and jets…

[@rogegabihan9785]

@@lachlanchester8142 against tserkon? No way! UK's f35 just fall on their own

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@rogegabihan9785 yes way, don't believe me? Try actually really shooting your Tserkon at one, see what happens

[@1IbramGaunt]

@@rogegabihan9785 the only thing that "just falls on their own" will be Xi Jing Ping or Vladimir Putin if they ever put their money where their mouths are, and actually try attacking someone for real that can shoot back rather than just saying they will

[@monsterg4603]

Should we expect variants from each country visited???

[@lachlanchester8142]

No because they couldn’t get shore leave in some places because of covid

[@wolvolad25]

Rust already?!?

[@1chish]

Already? After 136 days continuous sailing and 176 days in the trip? Its what happens.

[@lachlanchester8142]

Wow something made of metal that’s constantly in water is rusting? Who would’ve though

[@1chish]

@@wolvolad25 Straight to the 'ad hominem' I see. Look Pal when you make a stupid comment be prepared to have the 'Michael' extracted.

[@1chish]

@@lachlanchester8142 I know such a surprise .... 😂

[@wolvolad25]

@@lachlanchester8142 its a brand new painted ship. To have that amount of rust is unusual

[@truepatriot5425]

Mission: send an f35 to intercept a submarine at the bottom of the ocean.. Result: apparently pilots are hydrophobic..who knew..the f35 had to go alone with no pilot..

[@celestaronin]

Looks like they will all have to quarantine for 14 days now just when they thought they could go on leave and I hope they have all had there jabs otherwise they can’t go anywhere or do anything do they know any of this?!!!

[@ashleygoggs5679]

im sure they where given the chance for their booster.

[@ansonkwok9295]

-100million pounds....mission accomplished indeed. Seriously guys, stop splashing taxpayers money into the ocean like nthg

[@1IbramGaunt]

It's called an accident, they didn't exactly do it on purpose?

[@1nauticat]

the suez canal does not lead to the pacific ?

[@1nauticat]

med to red sea

[@compassroses]

Med - Red Sea - Gulf of Aden - Arabian Sea - Indian Ocean.

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

Panama Canal thru the Americas gets you to the Pacific. Not knowing that makes your handle seem odd. You'll have a tough time getting a job as a Navigator.

[@ScienceChap]

I thought that too...!

[@keithlillis7962]

The trip into the Black Sea and Ukraine by HMS Queen Elizabeth can't have done much to sooth Putin's paranoia regarding NATO. With hind sight, probably not the best idea considering what is happening in Ukraine now in June 2022!

[@tjlocust]

-£100000000

[@graemef6852]

F35 lost in the Med because someone didn't remove one of the covers from the air intake on the jet, which was subsequently ingested into the engine on take off, hardly a resounding success, more like raging incompetence. Most expensive cruise in history.

[@jayspik6498]

Where’s your proof for the crash?

[@stastu6484]

@@jayspik6498 theres video of it online (And in the video near the end)

[@williammorley2401]

Graeme F, quote that as the cause of the accident, when the cause is actually announced!

[@Ukfairgrounds]

I’ve seen people online saying that’s fake new and that was not the cause of the crash not sure tho

[@graemef6852]

@@williammorley2401 why? It's not the first time one of the UK's F35 fleet has failed, last time was because a bird flew into the air intake. Also the navy have a habit of covering up incompetence, remember how they buried the news about HMS Sheffield being sunk in the Falklands because one of the watch officers was having a cup of coffee, the other on the toilet, and the senior Royal Navy officers had such a superior attitude they didn't believe the Argentines could carry out a long-range attack on a RN ship. It is this arrogant incompetent attitude that gets good men killed.

[@brentsummers7377]

Now it is back at port it might be time to gift all the F35's to Ukraine. A few re-fueling stops at friendly NATO countries & the planes could be there in a day. Then modify the new carriers to operate aircraft that American & NATO armed forces actually want.