"HMS Illustrious" Sydney, Australia. 75th anniversary of The "Royal Australian Navy"

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11 жыл бұрын

In 1986 the Royal Australian Navy Celebrated 75 years of existence, they invited a few mates over to help celebrate. WOW what a party! I think we (HMS Illustrious) spent 5 weeks alongside at Woolloomooloo in Sydney Harbour. I don't think I was ever made to feel so welcome, by so many friendly people anywhere else in the World, Fantastic time...Thank you Australia.

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@safcsimon8688 4 ай бұрын

Never tire of watching this. Such fond memories of Global 86 and HMS Beaver.

@xjack2312 2 жыл бұрын

Great couple of weeks and very well hosted by the Aussies. I was on HMS Amazon. Memories are a bit blurry now but I remember we pretty much made the Bourbon & Beefsteak in Kings X our base.

@propsboy 7 ай бұрын

I was on HMNZS Southland F104, great memories and absolutely brilliant ''Rig Run'' ashore..."The Orient Hotel, The Rocks...Oh what a night :)

@tonyroberts7083 8 жыл бұрын

Loved the whole deployment, a nice police lady took me back to HMS Illustrious, and showed me her stockings, bless her.

@Dave68Goliath 4 жыл бұрын

Was your flagpole at half-mast?

@craigvaughan4324 9 жыл бұрын

my dad was on illustrious and i remember him goin and him comin home with loads of happy memories he loved australia. i have many memories of lusty.

@antonydi 6 жыл бұрын

yep he probably got happy memories from going to kings cross. lol. sydney.

@Ron-u1z Жыл бұрын

Remember a few faces from Portsmouth dockyard. I was on HMS INTREPID at that time and we were going through the Suez on our way to Djibouti. Great times.

@mickcary8351 3 жыл бұрын

USS Paul F Foster DD964, I was there with all my shipmates. Marched in the parade, good times!

@kevinmckenna4428 11 жыл бұрын

I was on the Manchester and I marched through the street's also. This has brought back many great beer induced memories and I was also only 19 years old.Global 86 was a great beer drinking deployment. This also tried to do a documentary, of the Royal Navy going around the world, god knows what happened to those videos.

@alphasixfive1658 2 жыл бұрын

I was on the Hobart. What a week !!!

@alp6291 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin. I have a copy of the Australian broadcast, but had never seen this one. I was a young, single sailor on the USS Foster for that great celebration. Thank you to the Australian people, especially the ladies, for their fantastic hospitality! Much was said about the protesters, but many of them were buying the drinks throughout the nights. That was a party I will never forget.

@muradmuhammad2880 5 жыл бұрын

Had a fantastic time. I was aboard the USS Blue Ridge, found myself matching the parade ! Thanks for the memory. Met my 3rd wife in Sydney that night !!!

@fishernz 11 жыл бұрын

I was there too. However, my memories are hazy so it's good to see what actually went on.

@ianspain7141 11 жыл бұрын

You beauty!!! i was in this video and have been looking for a copy of it for ages!!! - Thank you

@gregcooks-qr9wk 8 ай бұрын

DJ such a wonderful leader

@keithandrewhardy3675 11 жыл бұрын

I was on Lusty for this Global 86 trip. I was lucky enough to be part of the cable party when we positioned at the buoy. A 19 year old AB(R) back then. Thank you for this video, as my original was on an old betamax version not seen for many years.

@frankmiley7101 4 жыл бұрын

Hiya Keith, we had a right party down there mate and played plenty of football too on that trip

@rosshilton 2 жыл бұрын

Before the Review someone set up a “date a sailor” service so that no sailor would be lonely. Half the girls (and a lot of older divorcees) in Sydney registered. Some of those sailors would have left Sydney on a intravenous drip afterwards, they were so busy with the women 😀

@timcollins3484 2 жыл бұрын

And the "Mighty Mo"

@ianspain7141 11 жыл бұрын

It was great - shame we missed out on the whole trip but Aus definately made up for it.

@kevinkilpatrick7091 11 жыл бұрын

Glad I could Help you out there...some party wasn't it? I loved it.

@lizwa6172 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this video. I have the original ABC VHS but am unable to play it. I was freshly arrived from England to start my new life with my fiance who was in the RAN. I can spot myself in the crowd during the march! Who knew that our daughter would be preparing to be part of the RAN 100th Anniversary celebrations 25 years later.

@granskare 7 жыл бұрын

It was fun to see the old seven inch disks so this is a good old film :. Chuck Maki (formerly in the USAFSS in Turkey in the late 1950's.) I was especially pleased to see the old aircraft. In my day, props ruled :) I visited a 'stringbag' in Halifax NS Canada...it surprised me that it was so big. I had an uncle who was an MP in WW2, safe in England.

@doofus02 11 жыл бұрын

This was just a bit before my time, but what a testament to the men and ships of the world's navies. Wish I'd been able to see it in person, thanks for uploading.

@combatsurfers 11 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that, i was on HMS illustrious, 814 Squadron Naval Airman, I remember the foam incident, Harrier landed on deck minus an outrigger, needed a soft landing, unfortunately it blew away all the foam bed mattresses from the Air Department.

@saltypaul11 7 жыл бұрын

John O'Regan i was on 800 nas. do u remember Bandit Berryman lol

@combatsurfers 6 жыл бұрын

I do remember Bandit ha ha seems so long ago now but great memories.

@yachticus 11 жыл бұрын

that was one of the biggest weekends Sat - the fleet review Sun - Mototr racing at mt panorama mon air show nowra the very best and we in our own lunch box - we had a fanatasic time - such great support from the people of Sydney - good times

@woodyd192044w 11 жыл бұрын

Nice one Kevin. brings back some cloudy but great memories. I even got to see top gun for free, as i was in uniform.

@TheGenetix9331 11 жыл бұрын

Saw you mate !! Just showed my wife. She recognised you from some of my photos of us in Gibraltar on the rock. Good seeing you mate.

@ancientmariner7473 6 жыл бұрын

I was there! But I'm afraid saw none of that stuff missed it all! You see, The Royal Fleet Auxiliary is good enough to fight alongside with and to die alongside the Royal Navy but not good enough to be seen with them in public! RFA OLMEDA was put on a commercial miles from the festivities ..... At leat some Sheila's found there way there even if they were in their fifties! Life in a blue suit.

@Robbie1949 8 жыл бұрын

never ever drink with Australian Royal Navy or RN senior ratings. They don't seem to care how drunk they get, they just throw more down and most keep standing, well perhaps a bit wobbly. Certainly the RAAF didn't have their stamina. After going to a games night in the WO's mess at a Navy base in Victoria near Melbourne in about 1988 ( don't ask me which one) I found it expedient to sneak away early to bed.

@issacsmith3169 6 жыл бұрын

HMAS Cerberus

@Booyaka9000 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhh... bin-a-raffie. The one thing that brings soldiers and sailors of the ADF together!

@stephenbowe0001 7 жыл бұрын

Dubbed it Global 8 til 6 after the gearbox went tits up. As FOF1 staff, we flew out to Hong Kong for a couple of months and met the Lusty in Singapore....Great year that was. Aussie runs ashore were epic...Brisbane, Sydney and Fremantle. Still got my copy of this on VHS....Good times. Cheers for posting.

@woodyd192044w 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Ian, remember Woody, 814 aem. i remember carring some extra foam down to the firefighters from the flight deck, was not happy about that lol. . still got a tattoo in singapore though lol.

@ianspain7141 11 жыл бұрын

Hi Kevin - yeah i looked for the documentary too - i think it was a BBC production - but have never found it. Great trip though - Global 43 as it became known to us on the Illustrious after spending half of it in dry dock at Pompey after the gearbox fire.