HMS Queen Elizabeth Reacts to a Possible Man Overboard

The HMS Queen Elizabeth is in a state of high alert: smoke is billowing from a life buoy seen floating in the ocean, indicating that there could be a man overboard.
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[@BandidoDescalzo]

It was the camera crew they did it because they wanted more action.

[@ThatGingerGuy51]

For gods sake. It’s a joke. Learn to take them

[@bobbysk4332]

@Nathan Lynch gosh you're so much fun

[@pauldunn7088]

r/woooosh

[@28ebdh3udnav]

Or it was just a training exercise.

[@paciic]

Joseph Ybarra did you even watch the first minute of the video?

[@MrMakeDo]

I thought this was going to be a reaction from the Queen going “oh dear!” 😂

[@midheaven8991]

Hahaha. Good one.

[@WTillman]

Same here.

[@karbonkai]

I was kinda disappointed...

[@neil9497]

Oh my god 🤦🏾‍♂️

[@generalkenobi5173]

@@Glorious_Kim_Jong_Un beautiful

[@hriz5961]

"this shows that a warship is a dangerous place to be" ah yes the floor is made out of floor

[@ggurwlcom420]

Well it's actually the safest relatively speaking. In peacetime it is the safest. In wartime no other place would be safer than the military base, outposts, or ships except perhaps defensive bunkers.

[@elementalgolem5498]

@@ggurwlcom420 i am not sure how you find a super strategiec warship. Capable of air support and therefore being tge main target of enemy attacks. Is more safe than a cabing in the woods or on the mountainside ages away from the closest city not only a low population zone if for some reason civilians turn to Targets. Also a not super strategiec target to send out a force to Capture. "Sir we have taken the mountain". Yes and what do we prevent the enemy access to. "Well sir. They can't reach their cabins anymore. Atleast 30 civilians have been taken out" is that it? "Afraid so sir" 😂

[@ggurwlcom420]

@@elementalgolem5498 well in the event of all out war civilians would have no access to military resources be it shelter, rations, or even intel. Sure you'll be minced meat once you're ordered to the front but other than that you'll be kept fed, save and updated not to mention organized. You can argue that cabin in the woods would be saver than urban who might became target of retaliation but is it really ? Once the lawlessness taking over is it really saver than a military base ? I doubt that.

[@Flame1611]

@@ggurwlcom420 Yes. History shows this. Did Britain send its evacuee children to military bases for safety? Of course not. Those where the main targets of the bombings they where trying to escape. They sent them to the countryside, with no factories, air strips, or military bases so they wouldn't be bombed like in the cities

[@marremarre523]

Many such cases

[@MerchantIvoryfilms]

Narrator: 900 sailors must be accounted for Bridge:"Bridge to Master Chief can i have the total count please?" MC: Body count is 901 Bridge: ಠ_ಠ

[@CriticalPosthumanism]

The +1 is the camera man.... giggles

[@runforitman]

1 spare

[@liamgriffin218]

@@runforitman always keep a spare sailor in the hold, just in case of emergency.

[@sjcommander91]

"I think that sailor is acting kinda sus..."

[@dranoelarios4788]

@@sjcommander91 amougus 😂

[@AbsurdJosh]

Very professional.

[@Leonardo-or1ll]

Stoic or emotionally mature are more proper terms. One’s profession can include not being stoic or emotionally mature (e.g. comedians).

[@deadzone4155]

Just two words are needed, Nice.

[@LuizAlexPhoenix]

Operation: Thimble Hunt was making me smile, guess I failed it.

[@Taylor_Wolfe115]

You have to be in a vessel this big and vast

[@RyanStonedonCanadianGaming]

Operation *Thimble Hunt* Because it's not a *Needle in a Haystack* yet.

[@shahimagesyt]

The aircraft carrier is nice especially that slopped end of the runway

[@RandomNickyDee2]

It's called a ski-jump. It allows aircraft to takeoff at lower airspeed and therefore using less fuel or carrying more payload. The effect is enhanced on vertical takeoff and landing aircraft like the Harrier or F35B. The British have been using them since 1944, but they've never caught on in the US. Infact, the US and France are now the only countries with flat carrier decks left. The US has stuck with flat carrier decks as it marginally improves turnaround time between launches, and US carrier doctrine is still very much based around a WW2 pacific theatre concept that favours being able to launch the entire air-wing in as short a time as possible. Arguably its a very out of date doctrine in the modern era. The French use flat decks because they don't know what they are doing, and these days their beleagured aircraft carrier is little more than an expensive and ineffective white elephant.

[@peterson7082]

@@RandomNickyDee2 I think you misunderstand the function of STOVL ships. The CATOBAR carriers are by no means out of date, and France certainly knows what they are doing with their designs. CATOBAR does tend to have quicker turn around times than STOVL ships, but the point is launching and landing heavier aircraft. Such as fixed-wing AEW/AWAC, EW aircraft, and fighters with heavier payloads.

[@MajesticSkywhale]

@@RandomNickyDee2 always figured it was because other nations couldnt afford proper launch systems do had to use primitive jumps

[@pleasedontwhipmemaster2353]

It keeps the Britts tea cup from tipping over 🇬🇧

[@barrymiller3385]

Certainly CATOBAR is not a dated technology - but steam catapults certainly are. As others have pointed out EMALS has proved much trickier to implement than expected. So until the gremlins have been ironed out the ski jump is the only game in town.

[@mrrandom1265]

In an alternate universe: HMS Man Reacts to a Possible Queen Elizabeth Overboard

[@ryuujinkyoi1553]

Swedish submarine: *Takes picture of the ship* Time to show this to the military

[@peterdammeliusosterode3424]

Öh. Och vad fan menar du med det????

[@doso4782]

@@peterdammeliusosterode3424 Svenska ubåtar har visats kunna komma till stora militärfartyg utan att det märks

[@quan-oh-re2258]

Huh???

[@billkingston4402]

British Navy, is that bloody Swedish diesel sub about

[@holdencross5904]

The Swedish submarine fleet was actually very successful in the war games. It managed to ‘sink’ a US aircraft carrier

[@buster117]

Random man appears in water* Royal Navy: battle Station!

[@ronniefarnsworth6465]

HHHhhhaa : D

[@wargcaptain]

GENERAL QUARTERS

[@oli2328]

Makes sense tho

[@KaiserStormTracking]

USA:Get the coast guard. Get a chopper in the air. And don't man any guns!

[@krashd]

@@wargcaptain It's neither General Quarters or Battle Stations, it is Action Stations. Though it used to be Battle Stations during the world wars, and we haven't used General Quarters in the Royal Navy since the time of sails and wooden hulls.

[@sacrificialrubber779]

Impressive response! Would not day that smoke was billowing...

[@raykehr1832]

Reading the title I was thinking a cruise ship at first.

[@TheKira699]

Title says HMS Queen Elizabeth....how do you get cruise ship from that although you are thinking of RMS Queen Elizabeth 2.

[@xavi.cat.4095]

The BB came to mind but then I saw colors

[@kalebbruwer]

@@TheKira699 Because I know nothing about ships

[@hannnniya]

@@kalebbruwer honestly same

[@TheKira699]

@@eyalgreen8285 Not quite the same. HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH is an aircraft carrier. RMS Queen Elizabeth is a cruise ship. YUGE difference. The planes on the flat deck kinda give it away.

[@geomodelrailroader]

this was no drill or fake when a nav buey is deployed it is an emergency that means someone is in the water and is going to die. Every time one of those canisters is dropped it should be treated as an emergency.

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

When I was in the 🇨🇦 Navy we would still drop the smoke buoys even in a drill it narrows down the location

[@jamieclumpas8545]

That is not how you spell buoy

[@timk.2381]

@@PabloGonzalez-hv3td in the german Navy it is normal that we got on station when MOB starts, mostly in a time of roughly 5min we knew if Somebody is missing. And that also at midnight where we mostly take this exercise.

[@HaloNeInTheDark27]

Definitely wasnt scripted for tv or anything like that

[@lizardlegend42]

@@HaloNeInTheDark27 I mean like, it's entirely plausible it wasn't. These documentary crews would stay on the ship for at least a couple weeks I'd say, if not more. The chances of something interesting happening in that window certainly isn't slim.

[@lauriestlyon8773]

When my Dad was a young sailor the RN (1940's just post WW2) he was told the story of a very unpopular PO who apparently fell overboard in a storm one night. Strange thing that also missing was a deck locker. These were steel lockers full of ropes etc, with large holes in so they did not fill with water. The rumour was he bullied the wrong man who banged him on the head in the dark put him in the locker secured it and pushed over the side. Dad served with a lot of WW2 vets. He said they could be a hard lot. They had seen and experienced too much! Too many convoys, too many bodies!

[@WGTNmarineLife]

Laurie St Lyon sure it wasn’t your dad who did it lol? Great story 👍

[@lauriestlyon8773]

@@WGTNmarineLife Never thought to ask when I was a kid...After I joined up myself I was kind of afraid to do so!😊

[@Ser_Arthur_Dayne]

"Commence Operation Tea-Time ... Load all bread pieces with slices of cucumber ... jam all scones and boil all tea pots ... muster fore & aft for Tea Time Inspection ... This is not a Drill, I say again, this is Operation Tea-Time"

[@flyoptimum]

QE is a lovely ship. She and her sister Prince of Wales will be a great help taking pressure off a very overextended US carrier fleet. Hope you guys push forward with building a sufficient number of destroyers, frigates and support vessels to operate a fully functioning battlegroup. Without a doubt we will be happy to lend some of our fleet for that purpose until it happens, but I'm still cheering on the expansion of the Royal Navy. You've a proud tradition on the seas and the world is a better place when the RN is strong.

[@chrislewis8714]

We also have our European allies to help out with battlegroups. When the QE goes to China in 2021 she will have a Dutch Frigate in the group.

[@spagoot]

I'm fairly certain the only problem really holding back expansion is recruitment

[@shadowninja958]

@@spagoot just become American. Or offer better military benefits.

[@Archonator]

Still wish we had the 2-1 rule where our navy used to be as strong as the next two largest combined, just wouldn’t be viable in the modern age of warships unfortunately

[@gazza7uk646]

@@Alexlucic93 we are now spending 2.4%

[@BKnight_]

Man, the lifeguard has gotten a big increase in their budget...

[@jhonyfrederico7448]

Congratulations to the Royal Navy for your excellent service , very professional. Respect from Brazil

[@g.t.36]

Great response. Prober pros

[@trooper2708]

The person who accidently released it : I'm going to be in trouble

[@casekocsk]

If s/he didn't tell anyone about it, no one will know, then there will be "no trouble"

[@kurikokaleidoscope]

Quick action. Professionals.

[@CriticalPosthumanism]

"Why the life boy ended in the water is a mystery..." Yeah sure it is 🙄 A mystery that happens right when the camera crew is on board.

[@uwudaddyblubme7570]

I doubt they'd pull everyone away from their stations for a headcount just for show.

[@kyrla]

The crew will be on the ship for weeks at a time, plenty long enough for something interesting to happen at some point

[@ryzerch2124]

I guess you don't have a clue how long these documentary crews are there for but ok bud

[@sometoastxd]

I'd love to see this carried out on a nimitz class with it's 6000+ crew. Must be a nightmare.

[@thedyingmeme6]

Oh _god_

[@clash3583]

they have procedures and such for that too

[@finkyfamboni4333]

@@clash3583and those would take 10 times as long to carry out

[@clash3583]

@@finkyfamboni4333 not necessarily because they do it differently

[@thesillyseal284]

It's not hard

[@isaacfullerton]

idk must be nice knowing that if anything happens everyone’s priority is to get you back on board and alive and well

[@laytontoward8253]

I was on the bridge at the time, it was a worrying time

[@iaaf_nw2367]

I swear someone can make a remix with the “man over board” in the beggining

[@Rena152]

A man has fallen into the ocean in the HMS Queen Elizabeth!!!

[@relic4948]

Start the rescue warship!

[@yellowpikmin9575]

Hey!

[@happyjohn1656]

2:10 They do? 6:48 PM 11/9/2019

[@hotrodmercury3941]

A entire fleet stops for one lost person. Quite amazing isnt it?

[@ScubaShark--8964]

*_''Now I finally know the way of how to board a USS Aircraft Carrier free of charge.''_*

[@PabloGonzalez-hv3td]

"Rescue stations, Rescue stations, man overboard, recovery by Zodiac"

[@eatsuki]

*turns everything into a movie scene*

[@joshuabrown1012]

What they really need here is an infrared camera, some on the ships, get one on a helicopter and an overboard sailer will stick out like a sore thumb.

[@RetrospillBlogspotNO]

Yeah.. A billion euro aircraft carrier needs our help in getting the propper tools! 🤣

[@mostevil1082]

The helicopters and F35's have thermal search capability but scramble time is longer than they took to get the RIB to it and account for everyone.

[@FeplayBuilds]

Ever heard of HYPOTHERMIA

[@Aztesticals]

Most modern military ships do have infrared cameras on them. The issue is that especially in high seas swells can block sight of a person while the camera is pointed at them. So you have to scan all areas slowly thoroughly and repeatedly.

[@allythevan]

That’s why we trained for all eventualities... North Sea staff transfers midnight rough seas , Gemini tipped along side us (HMS Dovey) two guys in water. Had them out in less then five minutes ... used their Gemini to go and get them after is righted it self

[@BillDraheim]

We actually lost a man while I was serving.

[@msredfox]

Good work to all crew involved in this brave task, I'm glad we have these people guarding our seas

[@brucesumter4327]

i am so glade no one was in the sea water

[@thesloth_r4m157]

Someone ever thought of using one of those thermal cameras? I think they ciuld make it a bit easier to find a guy in the water...

[@stalinlovesanime5912]

I think there body heat would be to cold to see it

[@Altamash23]

I was waiting to see queen make a comment

[@gliderdan3153]

Why

[@Pizza793]

Isn’t it adorable how much they do to help someone

[@fernandorodriguez876]

It’s a persons life, duh.

[@irou95]

Jump in the water and then ask yourself the question: Do you want 5% of the ships crew to search for you or everyone?

[@emenesu]

This feels like an Agent 47 scenario.

[@marcuswilson3375]

Wouldn't it make more sense for them all to have a device on them and when the CO calls the command to make sure they are accounted for, everyone just clicks a button and it tallies the numbers

[@johnpaddock7761]

That could be great... Until one inevitably fails

[@jimmay1988]

We always have chemlights or sea markers worn on us while on flight decks ops, does no good when ppl just take everything off to sneak off with their girlfriends at night or commit suicide.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

Because what's more reliable than seeing the person itself?

[@bestamerica]

' honor and salute to people are great services / workers on the navy ship HMS Q E

[@joshuabenson2568]

A man has fallen into the river in LEGO City

[@poinecomplex5674]

It was the Captain, playing a game of chicken with his exo 🤣

[@PaulGarthAviation]

Camera Crew Onboard. Wait one. Release the buoy...

[@Shadowkey392]

I’m loving the fact that they refer to this as “Operation Thimble Hunt”.

[@kukri1877]

We were held in bunkers after a mortar attack for about an hour because they could not find one person. They finally found him, the alarm went off , he rolled off his bunk and then rolled under his bunk, and fell back asleep. War is fun :)

[@superrichkydz]

Man reacts to Queen Elizabeth overboard.

[@sneakybadger9580]

My cousin almost stepped off the deck into the ocean at night because of night blindness.

[@magicaleditz]

On “Save the Royal Navy” ‘s Channel it says they were just doing a test exercise.

[@mendelt]

It wasn't an exercise, ok? This is for real, someone could have died.

[@aaker256]

@@mendelt chill

[@aaker256]

but they said in the clip its not an exercise, so i would trust the man in the video.

[@scotty101ire]

if you ever fall of a ship you really want the royal navy looking out for you

[@wolferine6466]

No you want the US Navy after you.

[@Alucard-gt1zf]

EL SCIENCE they would probably just run you over with their massive ego

[@icze88]

"Not an excersize so I have time to talk to the camera crew!" I'd rather risk a firing squad than serve under someone like that.

[@cynicalPixels]

"this is not a drill" .. for the camera crew we have onboard

[@debarshidas8072]

Who else came here thinking that this video would showcase the amazing reaction of the Queen of England Queen Elizabeth and not the ship?

[@mohammedsami6371]

Debarshi Das what?

[@TomTheGamer913]

only idiots...

[@jacobleonard4651]

Only you mate 🤣

[@Kizyzy]

uhhhh gbau

[@user-vm4wx8eb4s]

The Queen is not the Queen of England that is a myth the Queen is the Queen of Britain / commonwealth with many other countries. Also queen Elizabeth class carrier is named after the Queen Elizabeth class battleships not the actual queen!

[@theancientsancients1769]

Why dont thus channel release to full documentary rather than 2 minutes bites?

[@jakes.4147]

This has to be the dumbest comment I’ve seen all week.

[@Taevas___]

If you want to see the documentary, sign up for their membership or watch it somewhere else. There not going to give you it for free are they?

[@paulross1296]

Look up "warship" on youtube. The whole series is there for free. Your welcome.

[@Nat-jf2ge]

All the commotion to possibly rescue a person at sea. I like it.

[@MassM8]

There was a genuine man overboard on HMS Duncan, was on TV on Warship: Life at sea

[@adamdickinson2894]

Realistically the cameraman threw it in

[@maycontainnuts3127]

ah yes, smithsonian, my favourite reaction channel

[@shaheryarnadeem3500]

from overboarding but there is a way your friend see you

[@clubgamerstudios9945]

Thought this was HMS queen Elizabeth as in the BB from WW2

[@howtogitgud]

HMS Queen Elizabeth (1913) gets scrapped.

[@williejon1229]

Crazies will jump to get out occasionally.

[@TheChiefCoin]

We have no greater alliance 🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@FPSGuy100]

Found one 🇺🇸🇮🇱

[@MincePMA]

izzy B the whole Epstein - Prince Andrew business. Nasty affair but not enough to cause a break in the special relationship.

[@MK-rr7cg]

@@FPSGuy100 Sorry, I dont remember Israel fighting with America against the Nazis, Japan and Italy in ww2.

[@hansgruber788]

The next world war will be the EU vs the English speaking peoples

[@brentsummers7377]

George Bush and Tony Blair, what a team! Scumbag war mongers both.

[@TheBigCracker]

Probably the most action the British Navy has seen in decades

[@MikeTheBike58]

You forgot the RN in the Falklands.

[@ronniep9272]

​@@MikeTheBike58which was 4 decades ago.

[@melonnnnnn]

Am I the only person who saw those giant windscreen wipers on the bridge at 0:07

[@ozhs2]

Aircraft carrier releases a boat and a battleship releases a helicopter lol

[@WyvernCV]

The Destroyer could launch her helicopter because it; A, wasnt their crew and B were likely further away when they launched the helo. The reason we didnt see QE launch any of her planes likely stems from the fact that the crew was assembling themselves for role call and due in part to the fact that likely the search and rescue teams *(atleast from what I know about the RCN [proud Canadian here])* are much more readily available with their Rigid Inflatable high speed craft than spooling up a helicopter which takes a few minutes longer than a RHIB, and in a man overboard scenario, minutes are everything.

[@Matt_from_Florida]

How many Yanks can say they were aboard one of Her Majesty's warships when they unexpectedly ran a fire drill? Sitting in the enlisted mess knocking back a warm ale when the PA said (slow and droll) *_"Fire drill, fire drill, fire drill. Fire, fire, fire..."_* and everyone went running with the only instruction given me: STAY HERE. I guess they abandoned ship & left me to burn up! :-) Way to go HMS Battleaxe.

[@hotcornerthings6000]

Matt from Florida ok

[@Huntress_Hannah]

Who would win? A multi-million dollar, state of the art aircraft carrier Or a baby buoy with a smoke trail

[@renzoosuna6703]

Stop searching, Agent 47 is already wearing a crew disguise

[@Mika-ph6ku]

900 people is tiny for a super carrier. Are they working with a skeleton crew or does this ship just for some reason not require nearly as many?

[@tams805]

It's specifically designed to have a small crew. There's a fully automated munitions transport system. That said, this was done before it was during trials and didn't have a full crew onboard. You can tell this by the date, but also by the significant presence of BAE staff onboard (one of the companies that helped design and build the carrier).

[@tytytheYouTubeguy]

I love how within 20 seconds it's already a full blown military operation but like 200 years ago they'd of just thrown a rope in like fam grab this

[@MM-tt7hy]

Or just sail on.

[@Mika-ph6ku]

Morals aside, they have a lot more reasons to make sure their crew stays alive and well than they did before.

[@acronyx991]

They need drones with infrared cameras that can give them a birds eye view. They could easily find any person overboard with that.

[@Strytec]

I think the problem with that usually winds up being wind for the quad copter style ones. It's windy out there.

[@LofiCameron]

@@Strytec it's the military, they can make a stronger drone

[@nathanforrest3945]

Merlin MK2 Helicopters (Which are onboard this ship and the other Type 23 frigate seen in this video) have something called a Wescam. Basically a very powerful camera has infared and heat signature capabilities. It's the Armed Forces, they have everything.

[@KCJbomberFTW]

It only works breifly as they’re wearing insulated clothing that cools the outside layer very rapidly and makes them hard to find

[@nathanforrest3945]

@@KCJbomberFTW What on earth are you on about?

[@zhouyongkang5331]

God bless America!! 🇺🇸

[@trob0914]

Nice job& response!

[@houdini_227]

I saw this ship in Portsmouth

[@RUDEBOYY2K80]

At least you know if you go in the water, you stand a chance.

[@fwwryh7862]

It was a practice run. Then they edited his words out of context for dramatic effect. At the end he said ''we were on top of the lifebuoy within two minutes.''

[@Happy_Shopper]

The bloke who accidentally let go of the life buoy: 👁️👃👁️ 👄

[@firstname9954]

i mean...if you gonna drop into the water by accident,may as well do it next to a military vessel. they always got someone looking out,there are a lot of people to see you even while walking around, they got fast boats, trained personnel and if you are lucky seals with choppers on board

[@LegendaryKingston]

The ghost sailor...did it!

[@bestamerica]

' this commanding officer man name is jerry kyd at 036 to 042 / 154 to 157... jerry look alike on TV show Colin Andrew Mochrie is a Scottish-born Canadian actor

[@Ilovepineapple]

Maybe there was a stowaway overboard.

[@casualgamer8444]

I made it onto irish soil. All is good thank you.

[@PompeyMatt17]

recognise a few of those faces 😁.. CO Jerry Kyd....top bloke..

[@jacobs2162]

The film crew is filming the empty buoy. Think about it!

[@Lucyisaswiftie]

He never said anything about the queen

[@Chris-vq5vr]

All for the camera

[@vaxallrun7169]

that procedure probably had to cost around 69 milion dollars

[@Joopyter724]

Thats more than the entire royal navy budget

[@vaxallrun7169]

@@Joopyter724 well, that was very thorough search ;)

[@iawy8264]

Winnie the Pooh overboard chuck him a buoy

[@Blarnix]

HMS Queen Elizabeth is the most British name for any ship

[@ouassimzayani8806]

I was waiting for the Queen to show up

[@gliderdan3153]

Why

[@Nekotaku_TV]

Thought the queen was going to give a reaction to this...

[@gliderdan3153]

Why

[@justanaverageguy1351]

The cook did it!

[@JohnDoe-fp1tv]

Hmm, camera crew on board and life buoy just happens to be deployed from a "technical fault" lol yeah "ok" "wink wink"

[@Badbhoys]

Lol

[@kirbyj5704]

Nice to see the effort gone to when push comes to shuv

[@catlee8064]

This wont happen again as the 'betty will never leave port under its own steam.

[@TheFeralBachelor]

Somebody was bored and tossed the life raft for some excitement.

[@matthewwhittaker5428]

Operation Thimblehunt somebody's got a sense of humour, which is a good thing to have.

[@shawnp6744]

Someone slap Oscar for jumping overboard.

[@kaylawuvscookies]

Don't worry "Jerry Kyd" will make sure the crown doesn't spend more than you're worth.

[@ant7936]

Our caring Navy turns around for a MOB. But don't expect that in wartime.