JUBILEE SPITHEAD REVIEW - COLOUR

[@javiergilvidal1558]

The omen of the closing phrase: "A fleet STILL to be proud of"!

[@Julie-ho4nf]

My dad was there on the Vanguard! So proud of him, he passed away this morning , god bless Dad ❤

[@MikeH-sg2ue]

Remember him fondly, & often! My Dad was crew on the Vanguard, for the Royal Tour to South Africa. He passed, four years ago!

[@northeastlower]

HMS Ark Royal. What a fine ship that was. Shame they didn't name one of the new carriers after her

[@christopherokeefe9827]

I was there, HMS Blake, was lucky to meet the queen on the royal Yacht as well!

[@dirtydave2691]

The Graf Spae at a Royal Navy review in 1935???!!! What balls............Its a bit sad to think of the tragedy that awaited many of these ships and their personnel. Cheers to the Royal Navy from a Yank. I'm very happy to know you finally have aircraft carriers again!

[@Real_British]

At that time germany n britain are not in war aka WW2 didnt started yet,oh yes 1 more info,theres japanese ship named Ashigara also participate the spithead,even king george VI come on board on it Which you know few years later it bcome our enemy

[@robbillington1982]

Both nations carriers having been integrated now, amazing to think we had the independence war and now we are basically the same as before it happened.

[@stevenslater4849]

I was there in 77 on C99 HMS Blake such a shame we don't have them anymore

[@stevo728822]

I saw it on the Lymington ferry which operated as a tour ship around the fleet.

[@sabercruiser.7053]

JUST THRILLING.THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD

[@Gambian7]

Sadly for me, I had already retired from the Service, so,missed also and the 1977 Review, so made the 1953 Review and only made the Review at Sea off Cromarty in early 1957 while onboard HMS Apollo which was Escort the the RY Britannia.

[@gmansid3576]

Was there on the 'Galatea' , still only 16 and fresh out of training. Following that we had 3 weeks of hell on major exercise in the North Atlantic. Happy days!

[@timnewman6529]

I too was there on Galatea!!

[@randyschaff8939]

She is really sincerely interested. She has her field glasses.🇨🇦🤠

[@BarneyWobba]

Wow, the Grad Spae at the review...my great uncle was at the battle of the river plate.

[@ferdyholim5687]

2:03 King George V once said "We, sailors, don't smile when on duty." But this time he was smiling.

[@mrpagrant]

As of next year, if a Royal Naval Review were called for, between the Royal Navy & active Royal Fleet Auxiliary alone, there would be 46 major ships led by the new 65,000 ton aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth & HMS Prince of Wales! Add in ships from visiting countries, and a very nice review could be held!

[@henryvagincourt]

mrpagrant + Only if nothing was deployed, or in refit, not sure where you get your numbers, but the Royal Navy doesn't even have the manpower for its 19 escorts, if they were all fully serviceable, which they are not.

[@mrpagrant]

Got the number back then from a Royal Navy Website!

[@amikoyan42]

Even for coronation there was not fleet review guy

[@iSkyscraper]

When Charles III reviews the fleet soon, one has to wonder if even 20 RN ships will be able to be mustered.

[@flagwanker6346]

Every matelot ashore in Pompey, was in rig. In was fabulous! I was Mercury OXP and got temp drafted to Ark Royal. 2 days later I was back at Mercury, so missed all this.

[@geoffsmith9924]

I was there HMS Devonshire 77

[@henryvagincourt]

geoff smith + Old Country class, takes me back, before my time, I joined in 1982, just in time for the Falklands.

[@jamesbugbee6812]

Happily was shown, but a bit oddly not named, was a stunning French frigate, either Suffren or Duquesne, cruiser-sized and pure sixties flash: The 'good old days'. Unfortunately my lovely Queen looked somewhat preoccupied; I would have (and still do) loved to distract her, granted cousin Louis left me an opening: Then, my best ploy likely would have been to engage him in shiptalk, a happy fantasy. Sigh.

[@TheFreshman321]

Most of these ships will be found wanting in 1982. Lots of under gunned targets. Today it's a smaller navy but is far more capable in term of quality at least.

[@henryvagincourt]

TheFreshman321+ And your ship in 1982 was? F126 myself!

[@TheDreamcatcher44]

Brought back memories, serving on HMS Hermes with FONAC Royal Marines Band

[@Goatboysminion]

'77? Wasn't that the year of the last big Defence spending cut before the Falklands?

[@topbanana4013]

i thought Margret thatcher done that in 1981

[@bulletproofkam7931]

30,000 sailors! That’s almost more than we have in total today!

[@Jeffybonbon]

so true

[@MegaBeforeandafter]

I was on the Italian Schooner Tutti Zapasti. 6:12

[@jamesheaney6555]

Did you take part in the tall shops race to La Harve in France. I was on the 3 masted schooner Malcom Millar.

[@GI.Jared1984]

well that was when we still had a Navy

[@karireinikainen2876]

Many ships, yes. But mostly quite small.

[@robbillington1982]

@@karireinikainen2876 exactly, it’s like we have swapped for a nazi German style pocket battleship navy. Larger and fewer ships.

[@gmansid3576]

I was there - on the 'Galatea' . Still just 16 at the time. When we had a fleet!

[@musicmike22]

I was in RM Band on Brittania.

[@johnbrown9664]

First class. The real Royal Navy.

[@philbedford8979]

I was there in '77, as a 13 year old with my dad (ex RN)

[@bulletproofkam7931]

It would be to embarrassing having a review today!

[@Jeffybonbon]

Two rowing boats and an inflatable dingy if if we were lucky

[@anthonyherstell8569]

An RNLI lifeboat, a dinghy confiscated from Channel Migrants, a banana boat from Magaluff & a row boat on loan from the Oxford - Cambridge race 😅

[@anthonyherstell8569]

Wally the Walrus might put in an appearance haha

[@stevemellor358]

I was there on the Happy Hermes :-)

[@Mmoorishmoore]

#buildnavy

[@P5ssword]

I was there on the Ark. PO HQ1 watchkeeper. 'For exercise,for exercise, for exercise.......' ..

[@stevedixon4310]

HMS Ark Royal and part of the royal guard. I was in the "Greenie" branch Weapons Electrical

[@GI.Jared1984]

that was much better than that shity royal barge thing they did a couple of years ago

[@ImtianaJones]

Well here we are, with King Charles' Coronation imminent and....yep, no naval review.

[@richardcarlson3000]

The RN has more Admirals than ships. The US Navy has 1&1/2 ships peer Admiral. the need to give them rank and higher pay to keep them from leaving.

[@rogermoss8377]

Very Interesting

[@Freebird67]

I was on Hmsm Valiant

[@Jeffybonbon]

what have we lost when we look back at 1977

[@888ssss]

only about 5% was in colour ?

[@smogmeister]

We couldn't do that now

[@Bruce-1956]

When there was a navy.

[@jerrymccrae7202]

Im so sad to hear that. The RN was. A great power once. They didnt preserve some of their GREAT ships from WW2. I wish they were their former greatness.

[@topbanana4013]

@blackzed they had the 3rd biggest navy in the world in 77 behind usa and russia ????

[@gmansid3576]

@blackzed You're just talking numbers. The RN was probably at its zenith in the mid-sixties with 3 strike carriers and a significant fleet containing 3 commando carriers, assault ships, cruisers, numerous destroyers, frigates and submarines.. It was all downhill from there. High tech Navy now, but miniscule. Be interesting to see how long it is before we offload those new carriers.

[@rogermoss8377]

Interesting very interesting !

[@조금성-c8n]

해전이거든 지혜가 많이 필요하지요. 덩치만으로는 어렵지요. 이기면 당연 승지이자 제패가 가능하지요.

[@조금성-c8n]

시기 충전의 모습.

[@조금성-c8n]

필립공과 좋은 모습입니다.

[@조금성-c8n]

옛 모습이지만 참 좋은 때렸어요. 여왕님 필립공 어른 황태자님 해군 시민 모두 좋아하던 시절. 다시와야지요. 하하.

[@Mmoorishmoore]

true that.

[@조금성-c8n]

모두 좋아하세요.

[@dinizklein950]

God save the Queen !

[@derekowen9638]

Sorry, it was not England's fleet, it was Britain's

[@gmansid3576]

Was originally England's, he was making an historical reference.

[@lilboy3102]

Nope

[@MrDBSV8]

sounded like it was commentary by John Noakes