HMS Albion: Rare Access To Mothballed Royal Navy Ship | Forces TV

[@StrokerAce3983]

this ship isn't being mothballed it's being refurbished. Mothballed is where they would prep a ship for permanent storage. Mostly decommissioned ship.

[@G1NZOU]

True mothballed is probably not the right term to use, "Extended Readiness" is the official term, a long term refit and held in reserve.

[@jwenting]

she was mothballed, this video is about making her ready for service again

[@jimbomayo69]

Cameron had the audacity on leaving No 10 to say that he left our defences stronger? how so, no Harriers, no Carriers in service, no ASW fixed wing aircraft, and an Army smaller than 1914. And the Russians treating the North Sea like their pond. But still we send billions abroad, my mum taught me charity begins at home.

[@johnbro8638]

I agree with what you say, but it was labour's Des Browne that messed up the carriers by ordering them as they are now. To change to cats would not have been financially viable.

[@166PolarBear]

Just cancel foreign aid for a year and you have the money for a catapult system, why have 2 brilliant carriers that can't operate ALL the other NATO carrier aircraft,if these F35's prove unsuitable, we are buggered

[@KiingOfKombat]

foreign aid helps keep the UK on the front as a global player. the money doesn't go to governments its put through uk charaties to help countries

[@flyop312]

stop overseas aid anyway why send 800 million pound to India for Christs sake and so on

[@sestrelbethesda9450]

It's called political sweetener, HMG wants to keep them 'on our side'. All goes in a brown envelope..

[@loganjpcc]

This was my brothers' first ship, after he passed out. I can remember going on it on a family day; awesome ship much better than HMS Defender, the one he is one now.

[@fknucklewit]

3==>

[@HMSDaring1]

+loganjpcc Why is it better than HMS Defender? Type 45's are awesome, plus it's a DESTROYER! What a cool name?!

[@fknucklewit]

3==>

[@HMSDaring1]

Falling Down Have I found the YT nutter? I believe I have. Interesting choice of insults, I must say, I've never come across those before.

[@sharkbot25]

hes australian,unfortunately

[@davideverett2]

It's not exactly mothballed, That implies it's an end of life ship, The Albion's getting a refit early in her life to ensure she's as state of the art as she can be, I imagine our Navy planners and ship architects learnt a lot from designing the Elizabeth class carriers and are looking to using a similar modular design on future ships and are adapting as much of that internally as is possible on the fleets younger ships like the Albion.

[@leohouwing8040]

Glad to see the future is starting to look up a bit for the navy again! Rule Brittania!

[@bulletproofkam7931]

Atleast she's getting a refit and be on high readiness. Better than srapping.

[@ooahahbannana4101]

Cameron's gone, time for uk to rise from the ashes

[@Fishingadventureuk]

O O AH AH Bannana no just 👎 😂😂

[@james03pearce]

This aged well

[@trevorhart545]

David Cameron DESTROYED the UK Military. Margaret Thatcher was only stopped by the Falklands war. Self centred politicians whose only aim was cut costs cut taxes and INCREASE MPs pay and perks. IMBECILES or IDIOTS you choose.

[@simonbird1973]

What can I say, well I removed the bow thruster, engine/HV couplings with the help of a 10 ft scaffold pole. I also removed about 600 boil in the bag rations left behind by the boot necks, didn’t bring lunch in for six months 😂 This must be nearly 10 years ago. Bulwark is in 8 Dock now being refitted to rejoin the fleet! 🇬🇧💪👊👍

[@bulletproofkam7931]

Im sick of people dissing the proud Royal Navy! Once the two new QE class aircraft carriers are built and the seven new astute submarines and the bigger 5 new Opvs are complete along with the six new destroyers and the 8 new bigger more capable type 26 are built along with five minimum ( probably more) lighter frigates are built and all the other ships in the fleet, Albion , bulwark, ocean, more than half a million tonnes at the navys disposal!, the Royal Navy will be the most modern navys in the world, granted smaller but allot more capable with all the new tech. Not to mention the four new 35 thousand tonnes Royal fleet auxilary ships almost completed and the four new ballistic submarines getting built, and the Royal Navy has loads of other ships it can deploy and all the other big fleet auxilary ships it has. Stop slamming the navy it's getting better and will still be very capable.oh yeah and all the Royal Marines craft and the nine new British version of the p8 Poseidon aircraft being built!!! And that's just the navy! P8s are RAF but they can hunt and kill submarines and provide survaelance for the navy now the nimrods are gone. Also the navys getting back its fighter jet wings so stop complaining, Britain is still in the top list of millitary capable country's on the globe and all together one of the most modern, we don't need a huge millitary like the past the technology these days means you can do allot more with less! Fact be proud and feel lucky we are a powerful nation, being a global power is great not allot of country's are one.🙂

[@tobybrann6987]

w canes No neither of the carriers are getting mothballed the only reason one of either Albion and Bulwark gets mothballed is because we don't need both in action at the same time it saves money and we don't really have manpower to crew up Albion, Bulwark, Ocean, QE and Prince of Wales who all each have a crew of around 1000 each when at sea however the carriers have the spotlight and one will always be at sea whilst the other is preparing to go to sea of in refit

[@gamblemadman]

"there is no such thing as a STOVL supercarrier" Say's who?

[@gamblemadman]

Ocean is due to be decommissioned next year.

[@robbybobby01]

Bulletproofcammy Putin and the Russians said are looking at our new aircraft carriers as very large convenient targets

[@UAPJedi]

Bulletproofcammy Totally agree but we do need more ships.

[@cbennetts2746]

really want to serve on albion, the albion class in my opinion is the best class of ship in our navy, it has the airfield effect of a carrier while having the internal space of an rfa ship with the well deck of an american LHD class. if i get the chance ill put in to serve on this class

[@mwnciboo]

It has no Hangars...I served in Bulwark, massive design flaw not having hangars. Ships are slow and lumbering. Full of fat-arse carrier queen types. Kind of pointless now Royal Marines are re-organising to 200 men Commandos and materially not great.

[@tee2899]

So Wiggy, did you get to serve on her?

[@cbennetts2746]

@@tee2899 nope but theyre putting me through uni instead so i call that a win

[@larryrwendelljr4465]

Superb looking ship. Hopefully the workers will get her in tip top shape so she rejoin the Fleet soon.

[@bulletproofcammy1022]

It's not being mothballed! It's getting a great refit! And will be on extended readiness! The British military might be a bit smaller but we have uped tha capacity and now we have great equipment and can deploy anywhere anytime anywhere in the world! Most country's can't do this!

[@tams805]

If you'd listened, you'd know that the original reason it was in dry dock was because it was mothballed. They decided they needed it again, so took the opportunity to refit it.

[@bulletproofkam7931]

Ok fair enough.

[@stephendempsey5602]

Albion recently featured on the KZbin channel Sailing with Uma when Dan and Kika were invited onboard for a few days after completing there North Atlantic crossing (The Captain had been following them on their KZbin channel) in there full-electric sailboat Uma. Uma had been rescued from being scrapped. The Diesel engine was broken. So they replaced it with an electric motor from a forklift truck and some batteries. They continued to update everything as and when they could and have spent the last 5 years in the Caribean before venturing across the Atlantic to the 2019 Southampton boat show. The electric motor has just been updated to allow regenerative battery charging when underway by sail. They are Last time I looked they were making their way through Amsterdam dodging massive ships, bags, fishing boats and surf boarders. It's fun to take a look...

[@williamcallister3276]

We need to get all are ships out of mothballs and have them at sea we need a strong navy

[@simonhool3073]

William Callister This is 4 years ago...

[@PompeyMatt17]

I worked on the Bridge design back in the mid 90s..we were using 3D virtual reality software even back then

[@FassinTaak]

You mean with 3D headsets? Or do you mean 3D modelling on screen?

[@PompeyMatt17]

@@FassinTaak headsets and slaved onto a big screen... Sun Microsystems tech

[@PompeyMatt17]

@@FassinTaak the modelling was still 3D though

[@peterrobshaw]

POs drinking coffee……. Your having a laugh…..

[@JckSwan]

"HMS Bulwark, busy seeding the ground for Europe's destruction....er, I mean saving lives."

[@jamesmerkel9442]

made about the same time as the Freedom, & costing about the same(built w/high wage base), yet 1 is 18 /19K tonnes & the other is 3.5 K tonnes. Which common cents would u say is better, more value for the dollar? Both need major repairs early on so same same. Length & beam to compare r 577' by 95' vs 378' by 57.4'.

[@ashleyradwell709]

the royal navy reform has begun, upgrading, cleaning and building a new royal navy for the future..

[@Fishingadventureuk]

I want to Believe yeah sure 😂😂😂😂😂

[@frankthompson6503]

You have a ready made commando carrier add helecopters and landing craft and all the hardware needed for 200 Royal Marines Few patriot missles and four mini guns and four gpmg machine gun and few drone's. This would have hospital facilities on board. Add few torpedo tubes and you have a ready made war ship.

[@lesmoor001]

2021 is completed ?

[@MajorRoadAhead]

How long would a major refit take on one of the new aircraft carriers. At a guess I would say 2-3 years.

[@simmer484]

It looks like it was great when it was in use

[@tesstickle7267]

The new carriers have paint problems to...is it the paint?the prep or what? costly mistakes or shitty goods, needs to be looked into or spend money we don't have due to cuts

[@robw3027]

Pray both are back in service, fully manned and with full weapons fit. A couple of comments re. below posts. The Royal Navy- proud service that has been literally and figuratively emasculated. Type 45 destroyers- no matter how good they are there are only 6. That is 6 total, some will be in for refit, some on route to station and returning from station. Precious space on fighting ships being wasted to accommodate female personal.

[@simonhool3073]

Rob W Both are in service and have been for a while. There is no space being wasted to accommodate female crew at all, where did you get that nonsense from?

[@robw3027]

According to this KZbin video one is at dock side in "Extended Readiness" and the second at sea, operational in "High sate of Readiness". Other on line information would seem to support this. If not so- great. The RN IMO could use both of this class operational.

[@simonhool3073]

Rob W You do realise how old this video is?

[@robw3027]

@@simonhool3073 Yes.

[@Dave68Goliath]

Time to invest in the military. End foreign aid. Invest it over 15 years in new ships and aircraft.

[@tee2899]

Is that Ziggy the caterer?

[@yakcamp]

I wish I was the brother in law of the guy who specified 'safety glasses' for all evolutions. I need them for all firings now, and it appears to appear on Forces News ......

[@airtonlima1049]

Precisamos 2 destes, para formar-mos 3 stryk groups, e 2 porta helicópteros.

[@billbaynes3432]

I went for a tour on HMS Albion in 1960 in ADEN harbour. Steamer Point! But I think perhaps a different Albion to this one? Can anyone confirm ?

[@kutter_ttl6786]

This Albion was commissioned in 2003, so yes, completely different ship.

[@richessery8475]

Still commissioned and in active service.

[@ХренХреныч-м8ш]

" Не делай этого Дадли..." (С) «Don’t do it, Dudley!..» ))))))

[@tobybrann6987]

I don't know why everybody is going on about how badly Cameron left the Navy and Armed forces in general to be fair to Cameron the Navy has been shrinking since WWII and even slightly before that with the Washington Naval Treaty in the 1920's under Cameron in the 2015 defence review the navy is growing for the first time since WWII I'm not fan of Cameron but he did a good job stabilising this country from a downwards spiral that started in 1918 now it's May's job keep the Armed forces and the U.K. on the up

[@samward9294]

Toby Brann ok but he also slashed our armed forces, no aircraft carriers, a few submarines and little to no fwa

[@jamesmerkel9442]

U think they would do a straight trade, after all work is finished?(not a chance).

[@junior602002]

Just had a quick look at your USS Freedom. No thanks. We'll keep the Albion thanks. How about HMS Ocean. It will be available quite soon.

[@nicholasjohnleach4327]

Its getting a great refit so it can be sold off

[@simonhool3073]

Nicholas John Leach No it’s not.

[@rajasingammuthusamy9964]

Yeop!! naval operations coming up in south china sea.

[@ehrobertoac]

Go to Brazil please..... The England its my best friend.

[@lesmoor001]

along side what ?

[@616CC]

“You can’t even imagine what it’s going to look like” Really? Well I feel sorry for your imagination yikes RIP

[@MrYashka12]

Why are they wearing safety glasses when theres no work happening? Silly Sailors )

[@MrH1990s]

when is HMS Queen Elizabeth going to Sea

[@1chish]

+Britishcomedy channel Late Summer this year (2016)

[@Litany_of_Fury]

+1chish Can't wait :D

[@MrH1990s]

+1chish thanks. do you know when you type 26 frigates are getting built

[@1chish]

Britishcomedy channel Next year after the three OPV boats are finished. We are buildong 5 Type 26 Frigates and are looking at designs for another 8 'Type 26 light' Frigates. The tendency has been to up-spec a boat, widen its role, it gets bigger, more complex and costs more. I think we are now moving to more simpler designs but specified for a fixed role.

[@MrH1990s]

+1chish I'm currently in the process of joining the British Army and I got told if they vote not to renew trident. at the 40 billion that cost to renew it will be put into the army and Navy to make it bigger. the guy said if trident don't go ahead and looking at building another 4 destroyers and giveing the army 40,000 more soldiers. But I don't know if it's true or not

[@radiantjet418]

What type of ship is this? A littoral ship?

[@greggpasty8965]

rAdiant Jet amphibious dock ship

[@chrisward7582]

Drink coffee 😂

[@Litany_of_Fury]

Give you £5 for it.

[@sharkbot25]

that blokes got a bionic arm @4.00

[@latinman1736]

It’s pronounced bulerk instead of bulwark. I am aware of its spelling of Bulwark. But if you knew what bulwark meant you’d know how to say it.

[@ii0amclan0ii]

U tube

[@chuckberry5355]

Satanism is now permitted in the RN, where would these rituals be held aboard this ship? Just out of interest.

[@chuckberry5355]

spudomupit That would depend if the chef was a deviant or not, surely?

[@sw5mister]

+chuck Berry down the stokers mess

[@MrRichardfortune]

Albion has been sold to the Dutch

[@christyson8213]

US Navy

[@mrrolandlawrence]

another RN cash wasting exercise. tragic

[@simonhool3073]

Roland Lawrence This doesn’t waste money at all