My Father was on that.ship John Arthur Doudle , I’m very proud of him wish he was still here RIP DAD.
@warrendoudle79274 жыл бұрын
Hi but can you tell me your name please if you don’t mind thankyou. Do you know my Dad. ?
@manujohnblatchford61194 жыл бұрын
(81 -82) having been in the Navy for nearly 11 years and seeing the MELBOURNE tied up alongside in GI over the years I always looked at her as being the filthiest , dirties ship in the Fleet and felt sorry for the crew. When my posting in the WLSP in December of 80 came out I was very upset and threw a hissy fit. My! how impression can change. Like a good sailor I joined Melbourne, yes she was dirty and filthy, and I learnt several reasons for this during my time in Her. Although glad to leave Her in 1982 I came to realise what a great ship She is. The Ship's Company was the best I ever served with especially when it cam to playing war games the unity that kicked in and working as one was fantastic, I consider to this day that she was the Best Ship I ever served on and really get frustrated and hate it when people call her a jinxed ship
@KJs581 Жыл бұрын
Good onya mate, my thoughts exactly.
@brucewoods93774 жыл бұрын
I served 6 months on the old girl in 1967, picked up the first batch of Skyhawks and Trackers from the USA. SHE WAS A GRAND “OLD LADY”
@Nibby122 жыл бұрын
My mate (a handler) told me a story about 4 or 5 Sailors who were adrift (AWOL) from the Melbourne, and fronted the Captain later. They each made up a story about no taxi's available so they got the horse and cart but each time the horses ended up dropping dead, for various reasons, at an inter section so they had to walk back to the Ship, thus the AWOL charge. (Captain was very suss and frustrated at this point). Anyway, the last Sailor to front the Captain stated that he had no trouble getting a cab but was late because they got stuck at an intersection that was full of all these dead horses and carts. (Story via Alex Dalgleish).
@HMASJervisBay2 жыл бұрын
Whenever one sees these old films, one always remembers - well, for me, the twenty-year holiday sailing around the world. I served on 9 ships from 1975, aged 17 - 1995, and everyone from Barbette to the JB, Supply, Darwin, Adelaide, Torrens, Yarra, Hobart, and Perth was filled with great mates and great runs.
@peterbradley36803 жыл бұрын
She was my first ship. I did the Jubilee trip in 77 and the USA trip to San Diego to pick-up the new Grumman Trackers. Good ship, had some great times on her.
@nickatkinson56922 жыл бұрын
Was in the RAAF and landed on the Melbourne as part of an exchange to promote inter service operability, swapped flight caps (CVS 21), now a very valued possession.
@allgood67604 жыл бұрын
A bit of history there.. thanks for visiting NZ in 1979👍🇳🇿
@KJs581 Жыл бұрын
The press loved the "jinx ship" bullshit. Yes, it was old. Yes, it was hard Yakka keeping her going, but you take what you have and do your job. Whenever I was at sea with her, and all the blokes I joined with who were posted to her, most enjoyed their time onboard. But the gloom and doom press ONLY ever focused on anything negative. The thousands of hours of flight deck ops, with the exemplary safety record? Pffft, that doesn't interest the media. We may have had a laugh about her now and then, but she served us well.
@douglaswalsh96294 жыл бұрын
Seeing The Grumman doing circuits and bumps reminded me of days long ago
@darwinstubbie8608 ай бұрын
I saw HMAS Melbourne sitting in Sydney Harbour when I first arrived in Australia in April 1983.
@philstabler21 күн бұрын
Can’t even look after this one .back in the day.
@davidwright87403 жыл бұрын
Worked with her during my time in nz navy. Always had lookout posted just to keep eye on her! Her pendant number 21 - two down - one to go! We didn't want to be the 'one'
@stevenobrien5573 жыл бұрын
Wow posting a lookout to avoid running into another ship. How novel.
@waynepickering1295 жыл бұрын
I was onboard for that trip, and the previous one.
@PeterBacich Жыл бұрын
On Melbourne 1973, best ship I ever served on.
@tullioscarsi69494 жыл бұрын
T. Scarsi. I served on the melbourne as m e. 1 from1959 t0 end of 1960 great time
@davidhargreaves37842 жыл бұрын
Did you service with Leo villes booger aircraft engineer
@michaelsharongiles37014 жыл бұрын
Mick Giles ABRO back then. Terrific ship, my first, long time ago now. RIP
@briananthony40446 жыл бұрын
Didn't China buy her for scrap then went over her learning everything they could about building a carrier and how the catapult is built etc.
@markprance63515 жыл бұрын
Actually that is correct, now look at China’s carrier, FYI labor party decision
@eddybulich33094 жыл бұрын
They sold it to a Singaporean company that was supposed to scrap her in India, but China bought it from the Singaporean company. Which was probably a CCP tentacle company. There was supposedly quite a bit of tech still on board. The Chinese tried to reverse engineer the catapult system and even contacted the Australian Govt. to see if they would release the blueprints. Australia politely ignored the request.
@Andy07704 жыл бұрын
Not many countries carriers have catapult system, even the mighty Soviet Union. At times steam catapult is one of the toughest system to maintain and calibrate the strength output ratio. Now China is developing its own EMAL system, its more future proof system.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
@@markprance6351 Liberals unwisely deferred the decision on replacement until after the election - Labor cancelled the plans for a replacement as soon as they won the election. Crazy, crazy stuff. Political incompetence and dereliction of duty on one hand, and traitorous behaviour on the other. Apparently the flight deck was still in existence for training purposes, somewhere in China for donkeys years after.
@robertchinnock80177 жыл бұрын
i reckon it would of been good for a mesuem ship like hmas vampire
@Harldin4 жыл бұрын
Robert Chinnock They struggle to find enough money to keep the 3500t Vampire in decent condition, so where would the money have come from to maintain a 20,000t Carrier? She was laid down in 1943 for 3-5;years of war service, nearly 40 years later. New Carrier by 1985 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@robertchinnock80174 жыл бұрын
@@Harldin the meseum been looking at millions on a whole new building.. so they must having trouble
@devonlord993 жыл бұрын
@@Harldin We had HMS Invincible on order from the British for delivery by 1983 although that plan went down the drain when the Argentines attacked the Falklands
@Harldin3 жыл бұрын
@@devonlord99 The Invincible was offered to us 2nd Hand, originally we were going to order a modified Iwo Jima off the Americans which in all honesty would have been more useful anyway. The Invincible would have been virtually useless for most of the next Decade The RAN had about 8 Sea kings all up, so that's about 4 Aircraft deployed at once. The new Hawke Government would have tried to cancel the deal anyway. Within days of coming to power they announced the cancellation of the Carrier replacement project. We would have been lucky to get Harriers by the early 90s and they would have been AV-8Bs. Did you know that the RAN held a competition for a new Carrier in 80-81, the contenders were the US Sea Control Ship(design sold to Spain and was built as the Princepe De'Asturis), the Invincible design, the Italian Garibaldi and a modified Iwo Jima. It was won by the Iwo Jima,
@f18_lovermacdonald-doaglau694 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked on the HMAS Melbourne’s sister ship the HMAS Sydney.
@russdority629511 ай бұрын
Those were the days, we had 1 carrier and a few aircraft. Now we have 2 carriers and NO aircraft !
@philipdavis27554 жыл бұрын
My old man was a Chief petty officer on the Melbourne. Colin George Davis was his name. Passed away now rip.
@astsmith30182 ай бұрын
The best ship I served on, maybe old but the old girl worked like clockwork.
@derekyuen47733 жыл бұрын
0:30 ahh back when Heart of Oak was the march....shame it isn’t the march anymore.
@dkoz83212 жыл бұрын
I though U.S.S. Oriskany attack carrier and same class CVA's were way too small for aircraft operated. But this ship makes Oriskany look like Enterprise. It is so tiny. S-3 Tracker ASW is almost as wide , with wings spread, as the flight deck at the crotch. A-4 looks huge sitting on its deck. The smaller the carrier , the bigger the balls (of aviators), I gather.
@chaptermasterpedrokantor16232 жыл бұрын
Considering that Phantoms could operate from RN carriers and Trackers from Melbourne and Karel Doorman I suspect that the US Navy's argument that their Essex class carriers were too small for modern aircraft was an excuse to pressure Congress into building new ones, instead of upgrading the old ones.
@dkoz83212 жыл бұрын
@Wolfman Australia turned down a Mustang and opted for MGB.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 Probably more to do with the size of the air wing the Yanks were used to.
@chaptermasterpedrokantor16232 жыл бұрын
@@iangodfrey4518 It depends. HMS Ark Royal could operate 12 Phantoms and 14 Buccaneers plus support aircraft with her weight of 43.000 tons and she looks small compared to a modified Essex which was only 3000 tons heavier and 21 meters longer. And a modified Essex carrier carried 2 F8 Crusader squadrons and 3 A4 Skyhawk squadrons plus support aircraft. Which is a lot more bang for the buck. USS Oriskany even operated 2 squadrons of A7 Corsairs in the 70's. So it's not like an Essex carried that small an airgroup. Although she would probably carry less Phantoms then Crusaders. Like she carried less Corsairs compared to the Skyhawk. I think the reason why British carriers carried less aircraft for similar tonnage is that they were cramped as f*** and hard to modify with their armored decks and hangars. The refit of HMS Victorious after the war was so difficult and costly they decided to scrap the refits of the rest of her class. I suspect the main reason for ditching the Essex class for the super carriers was bigger is better, the one shipyard capable of building them needs to stay in business with new orders and they figured that if Congress was going to give them X amount of carriers, they better make them bigger to get more bang for the buck. The downside however is, put all your eggs in one basket and if you lose one in battle, that's going to be a major loss with major political fallout. If you got 24 medium sized carriers and you lose like 4 of them, you have enough spare capacity to continue the war. If you only got 11, like now and you lose 1, or god forbid 4, your fleet is going to be crippled and chances are Washington is going to panic. Like with everything, there are advantages and disadvantages to everything. 1 carrier that can do the job of 2 offers economic savings. quantity however has a quality of its own too.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
@@chaptermasterpedrokantor1623 Also A4 was tiny compared to Phantoms and Buccaneers. The Phantom was arguably too big for British carriers I'd say. They had extra long nose wheel strut to get some angle of attack going on launch. Probably should have gone the A4 route and had a larger air group, with some loss in capability probably. But yes, British boats of the period never had the best ergonomics nor layout.
@vietvet5 жыл бұрын
I spent 2 years of my Naval career on this lady.
@warrendoudle79274 жыл бұрын
Ian Wilson hi mate do you know my father ??
@vietvet4 жыл бұрын
@@warrendoudle7927 Unless he was in the Aviation Branch, I wouldn't know him.
@warrendoudle79274 жыл бұрын
No he was a Lieutenant Commander ??
@nathan-ck3je3 жыл бұрын
Must of been some morons sailing it. The ocean is massive. Yet they still managed to crash it into an American warship
@JB-qw2jk3 жыл бұрын
nathan 007 Speaking of morons.. You should do some research before running your mouth off, so you don’t look like a fool. In fact the US destroyer turned in front of the carrier and was cut in half. I believe it happened at night. God rest their souls. All sea operations are dangerous, having multiple warships operating in proximity more so.
@xr88yu3 жыл бұрын
Did it say a new Carrier in 1986? 2021 still waiting😔
@jbw6015 жыл бұрын
kiwi on 5d std loved my time loved my aus brothers all the best from johnboy
@lauraf3614 жыл бұрын
My husband served on it as well, 2 and half years. Did Queen Jubilee on it 😊
@JP-fw5jd6 жыл бұрын
Don’t cross my path, nothing wrong with that she’s a carrier not a Destroyer
@Hey_MikeZeroEcho22P3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the post!!!! I DO plan on building a 1/700 scale HMAS Melbourne for my fleet of carriers...maybe this year of 2021P!!! It is a resin kit that I plan to put together, was wondering if you have Any Other info on her...mostly her guns, numbers, and radar sets. Thanks!! USN Veteran 84-05.
@danentwisle88853 жыл бұрын
I suppose by 1985 they hoped to have HMS Invincible refitted and in service. It wasn’t to be, and the UKs offer of Hermes in her place didn’t impress.
@Harldin3 жыл бұрын
The new Hawke Government had no interest in Australia having a Carrier they would have scuppered the deal in 1983. And to be an Aircraft Carrier you need to have Aircraft to carry on it, a 20,000t Carrier is a very expensive way to take 4 Sea Kings to sea, because that would have been her Air Group into the early 90s, she may have finally got AV-8B Harriers by the mid 90s.
@chaptermasterpedrokantor16232 жыл бұрын
HMS Hermes not impressing the Ozzies is kinda deliciously ironic though as she survived the three Invincible class carriers that replaced her while in Indian service. That ship served whoever owned her very well.
@Nibby122 жыл бұрын
I've seen her with her bows underwater in Bass Strait.
@nathanroberts3553 жыл бұрын
I been on hmas Melbourne and went on a Australian tiger cruise with my dad he was in Australian army reserves special forces and he took me aboard on hmas Melbourne and hmas Onslow submarine
@rolandjaycutter35043 жыл бұрын
1:33 Dose anyone know the name of the song that starts playing here?
@derekonxbox Жыл бұрын
"Sailing" By Rod Stewart
@fishernz3 жыл бұрын
Two RNZN frigates in company at one stage.
@kinchegayowie61674 жыл бұрын
Got an idea that is Dave Duel on throttles fwd machinery space with Chief Finnucine , I started there but ended up aft machinery space , punching sprayers and T3 generator , small boats and lived in 2 Delta Stb Mess , served on her from mid 80s till 82 great ship and greater ship mates
@waynesissing80065 жыл бұрын
Melbourne was to be replace by Illustrious or Invincible as the RN was down sizing then the Falklands War happened and the RN needed two carriers. Australia agreed too forgo the purchase which left Australia carrier less really to this day.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
You can thank Labor ... they cancelled the plans to buy one from the Yanks. Typical commie socialists, haven't changed a bit. Although to be fair - the Liberals (unwisely) deferred any plans for purchase in 1983 until after the forthcoming election. Labor cancelled when they won it. In hindsight, Libs should have signed a contract for replacement ship and planes before the election, so if they lost Labor would have been stuck with it. In reality, their heart probably wasn't in it either - tight budgets, inflation, etc.
@artistjoh4 жыл бұрын
It is criminal that the Melbourne as not replaced. Considering we operated 2 carriers for so long, this capability should never have been allowed to lapse. Unfortunately both the Sydney and the Melbourne were scrapped by Labor governments who saw no value in them. Whitlam and Hawke were to blame. They both thought that defense could be done on the cheap. Of course coalition governments share some blame, by not investing in carriers while they had the chance. The current white paper defense strategy, while imperfect, has at least put defense back into long term planning mode and both parties have supported a steady build up of defense spending. It needs to go higher still, and getting back to a 2 carrier navy needs to be an urgent goal. Large carriers are not necessary, and ships similar in size to the America Class at around 45,000 tons and a mix of F35, and helicopters including a naval attack helicopter capability are needed. If a military crisis happens while someone like Trump is in power, we cannot rely of American assistance like we once could. The US has become unreliable and self-interested. Defense spending should increase as needed. The way China has been very aggressive in recent years means it is time to get more serious about defense and accept that it is expensive, but necessary.
@davidcarey91353 жыл бұрын
Hard to see what two aircraft carriers would do against an "aggressive" China. Reality is it would probably be too dangerous to deploy them in a a high-level conflict. Question is basically opportunity cost. Buying two large aircraft carriers, lots of expensive carrier aircraft and helicopters comes at the expense of something else eg. air force, army, other ships, submarines etc.
@artistjoh3 жыл бұрын
@@davidcarey9135 Australian defence spending was at too low a level for a long time under the idea that we ride on American coattails. It is only recently that it has reached 2% of budget. To make up for the years of neglect it should rise to close to 4% for several years. That is how it should be paid for.
@davidcarey91353 жыл бұрын
@@artistjoh Even then would be better off using the money to invest in other capabilities eg. submarines, aircraft, cyber security, army, mine countermeasures, fuel security etc. It would simply be too dangerous to deploy an aircraft carrier to a high-level conflict in this day and age due to advances in missile technology, submarines etc. Doesn't really serve any defensive purpose as long as you have air bases to take off aircraft from. Only really useful against a low-level opponent a long way from Australia. Not sure what would be achieved by sending an aircraft carrier to bomb some third world country a long way away.
@kingofaesthetics94073 жыл бұрын
@@davidcarey9135 Well a lot of nations out there disagree with your take of "it is simply too dangerous to deploy an aircraft carrier in a high level conflict in this day and age". More and more countries are pursuing fixed wing aviation capabilities for their fleets. So maybe consider letting go of this dead "carriers are obsolete" talk.
@killbot864 жыл бұрын
Thanks to the Falklands War, there was no replacement for the HMAS Melbourne....
@henryvagincourt4 жыл бұрын
killbot86 + I was in that war HMS Plymouth, Australia could have bought a full price Invincible class carrier, but they wanted a cheap give away cost carrier.
@killbot864 жыл бұрын
@@henryvagincourt Well that was the thing, Australia in the 1980's had a very shaky economy, so they wouldn't have the budget for a brand new carrier. So when they couldn't get a discounted, used carrier then they had no choice but to say goodbye to having a blue-water navy
@alexandermakrianis4 жыл бұрын
Wasn't there some talk of Australia buying the Hermes from the UK?
@killbot864 жыл бұрын
@@alexandermakrianis That was the alternative choice, but the government decided to just not buy a carrier at all
@alexandermakrianis4 жыл бұрын
@@killbot86 too bad you couldn't get a surplus carrier from the US. You could've operated your F-18s from it.
@Deevo0373 жыл бұрын
And we never did get that replacement carrier.
@nnoddy81615 жыл бұрын
The 'refit' never happened.
@alanlane36702 жыл бұрын
I did the USA trip in 1967.......
@ianrobinson89743 жыл бұрын
25/09/2121 Interesting comments from viewers. Yes, our political leaders have left us "neutered". We certainly do still require ships with Melbournes' potential. The two ships we have have the capability to work with F35's and I believe should be upgraded to do so. We are not in a good situation with our "wonderful" northern neighbour and should do everything to give us some "PULL". The AUSUK idea of nuc subs is just a start.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
Its the internal configuration of the Canberras that make them not able to be efficiently converted apparently.
@andreasbimba65192 жыл бұрын
They can't last forever but the basic ship would still be very useful today and quite frankly a small catapult launched jet fighter is better than a ski jump VSTOL aircraft all other factors being equal. Similarly the Grumman Tracker is also better than any helicopter at ASW.
@45641560456405640563Ай бұрын
Oh please.....
@pwil30584 жыл бұрын
G'day, Phil.
@valenrn86573 жыл бұрын
Australian Labor party sold HMAS Melbourne (R21) to China just as the UK Labour party sold Rolls-Royce Nene jet engine to the USSR (which aid the development of MiG 15).
@michaelbates25753 жыл бұрын
sorry she was scraped
@456415604564056405633 жыл бұрын
Yeah, for scrap dude.
@steveghanbari3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the information mate, just wondering why the Australian people spoke with a British accent back then unless all the crew were British.
@geoffreymowbray67893 жыл бұрын
Australia still had the last vestiges of a cultural divide between the upper class going very English style private schools and the rest going to Government and religious schools.
@Will_CH13 жыл бұрын
We should build a pair of slightly enlarged versions of the Majestics.
@45641560456405640563Ай бұрын
We should ignore suggestions from people who aren't that bright.
@Sandman2533 жыл бұрын
I server in 1980 was one of the Medics.
@bonnypop57644 жыл бұрын
Totally expecting another ship to crash in from the side of the band and wreck everything
@DavidOlver6 жыл бұрын
thanks
@darrelbautista90387 жыл бұрын
ooohhhh HMAS Melbourne
@Francom19844 жыл бұрын
Thanks👍👍
@josmo13632 жыл бұрын
Reporter: "She's *OLD* nearly geriatric, she should have been *scrapped* years ago" Sailor: " *HEY* man" Reporter: "wait, wait, I'm going somewhere with this" Sailor: "You *better* be man"
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
Leftist traitors in the media back then as well.
@gregaussie52544 жыл бұрын
The yanks wouldn't even try to land on it , way to small they reckoned , lol I seen her at GI , in dry dock being torn apart , sad days
@Don-sq9tu4 жыл бұрын
Probaly the same with the brits imagine ark royals f4 and buccaneers trying land or take of or even with the 3 invincibles the hot harrier exhaust would damage the deck
@pwil30583 жыл бұрын
Bullshit. USN and USMC pilots flew off of Melbourne while on exchange duty with VF805 (A4s) and VS816 (S2s) over many years. We also cross decked with USS Ticonderoga in 1971 i.e. some of our aircraft operated off of Ticonderoga and some of their aircraft operated off of Melbourne for periods of 3 or 4 daya.
@marklongley57384 жыл бұрын
I was in the RNZN during the early 80*s. Wasn’t there video of a piano being flown off the deck of HMAS Melbourne as a decommissioning ceremony?
@flaggnerd3 жыл бұрын
There is a video of a piano being catapulted off the deck. But that's from HMS Ark Royal in the autumn of 1978 i believe.
@davidbroadbent40093 жыл бұрын
Was on her in 66, LME, took Sydney into Vung Tau twice, great trip, 3 Mike Mess..
@badpossum4405 жыл бұрын
Neither God nor the Defence Dept came through.
@andrewallen99933 жыл бұрын
And amazingly enough didn't sink a friendly destroyer!
@richardprice77633 жыл бұрын
Weren't they supposed to buy HMS Invincible in 1985?
@Stansman633 жыл бұрын
The Falklands War put an end to that.
@richardprice77633 жыл бұрын
@@Stansman63 that was three years earlier!
@BryanM633 жыл бұрын
@@richardprice7763 The falklands war convinced the UK to keep HMS Invincible so they could maintain a 3 carrier force. Malcolm Frazer allowed them out of the sale contract.
@thealvatar61813 жыл бұрын
All this talk about Australia getting a new carrier. The best option we have is buying an America-class Lightning carrier from the US. But then we would need the 26 F-35 B’s to operate off it. I think a better investment would be into more Agis destroyers. We only have three. Practically nothing compared to our future enemies.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
Honestly, in this day and age, I would prefer long range stealth bombers, or even more nuclear submarines.
@jecos19666 жыл бұрын
We should get a new built most likely cost 3 billion dollars depends were it gets built but not Australia it would most cost 5 billion and with new technologies you would a crew of 700-750 maybe
@Mishima5055 жыл бұрын
jecos jecos you could get an ex USN Carrier for a third of that
@jecos19665 жыл бұрын
@@Mishima505 Australian navy don't have the man power for type of ship
@jecos19665 жыл бұрын
@Jamie Lee Who you talking to Mark Atkins or me
5 жыл бұрын
@Jamie Lee The US will help train. The US would be MORE than happy to see Australia will a full Carrier battle group, even a downsized Carrier for F35-B. The US Navy is trilled to see the UK introduce 2 new Aircraft Carriers. If Australia could pony up just one it would be GREAT! I've given up on Canada. They are less than worthless. The Canadian Navy has just 29 ships, 12 Frigates, 12 coastal defense vessels, 4 Submarines (all old and obsolete), and 1 aging destroyer-soon to be retired. Canada is a joke. They know they can depend on Uncle Sam for defense.
@jecos19663 жыл бұрын
@@Mishima505 And that carrier would very old and we don't take nuke ships
@markjmaxwell98195 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure this ship was sold to China. A bit of a leg up for Chinese carrier studies. 😉😉😉😂😂😂
@yimmeistaryimmeistar72394 жыл бұрын
Once decommissioned. She sat in Sydney harbour for a couple of years, next to Taronga zoo. From memory was then towed to South Korea for scrapping. During that last journey i think a south korean worker fell to his death inside the ship.
@mathewanderson47303 жыл бұрын
The Melbourne arrived with intact launching and retrieval systems. Saved the Chinese a lot of work in their carrier development.
@chuckygobyebye3 жыл бұрын
Wasn't sold to China but ended up there via the old switcharoo. They took the deck off and put it on land to practice landings for development of their own carrier. If memory serves they also bought a Russian carrier that was incomplete for similar development purposes.
@charlieroberts77752 жыл бұрын
Back when we had a real Navy
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
Not exactly. They ships and their weapon systems were not particularly capable.
@charlieroberts777511 ай бұрын
They were for the time @@iangodfrey4518
@45641560456405640563Ай бұрын
Wow, did you think that comment up ll by yourself? Or did you just mindlessly parrot some stupidity you learned from someone else? Actually don't answer, it's obvious.
@df00163 жыл бұрын
An Army gunnery officer is not a "grunt". Grunts are infantrymen.
@steveghanbari3 жыл бұрын
I am bemused and ambivalent as to is an Australian aircraft carrier or a British? Someone can help me to understand it will be great.
@michael__n92073 жыл бұрын
Previously British bought by Australia in the Mid 50's
@Jungle_Studio3 жыл бұрын
ah yes, floating coffin, the worlds most dangerous ship ever
@rohanahern50535 жыл бұрын
This ship managed to sink/severely damaged 2 friendly ships, while never actually being deployed into combat.
@terryirons19665 жыл бұрын
These were accidents definitely NOT the fault of HMAS Melbourne but the fault of the TWO Destroyer crews ...
@elenaestrella12484 жыл бұрын
@@terryirons1966 Yes that is true....but not all the crew,mate...just the OOW's and lookouts.
@pwil30583 жыл бұрын
@@terryirons1966 The second one was due to our Admiral being an arrogant arsehole and our failure to learn any lessons from the first one. PS I was there.
@iangodfrey45182 жыл бұрын
@@terryirons1966 And the Voyager captain was apparently drunk at the time.
@scootergeorge95764 жыл бұрын
I heard she sank 2 ships!
@andrewallen99933 жыл бұрын
Yes, both friendly destroyers.
@scootergeorge95763 жыл бұрын
@@andrewallen9993 - Picky, picky, picky! ; )
@miltonfarm7 жыл бұрын
the good old offal barge
@dannygayler904 жыл бұрын
It was and still is "Foolishness", not to have another aircraft carrier ( Australia actually needs 2 ) , :Lets hope future Governments will look at this in a more serious manner , we cannot go on relying on our allies !
@iamasmurf11223 жыл бұрын
So it really did not have strike capability ; no wonder they got rid of it what an inefficient pile of junk
@Skippy-id9yt3 жыл бұрын
Then we gave it to China to. Scrap.....oh wait they kept it and stripped it and learnt all they could from the former British carrier !!
@456415604564056405633 жыл бұрын
Something tells me that wouldn't have been much. She was made when? And China got carriers when? Honestly, scrap was just about all it was worth at 40 or so years old.
@moneymandan62174 жыл бұрын
I had a poo on that ship
@dylandettorre3 жыл бұрын
Jesus how negative is this news piece
@SpecialK8866 Жыл бұрын
My grandpa Alfred “ Rusty” Marquis was on this ship. Did anyone here know him?