Life at sea: On board one of Canada's largest navy ships

Members of the Royal Canadian Navy regularly spend months at sea, but sailing the Arctic Ocean is unlike anything most have experienced because it's so remote.
They’re far from home, almost entirely cut off from the outside world as they patrol the far north of the country.
Jeff Semple reports from the newly commissioned HMCS Margaret Brooke, with a look at the small comforts aboard this big navy ship.
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[@mikeangelle1406]

I want to thank you all on the ships. May the sun shine when you need it..REAL Canadians respect t you and thank you for your service....you are the strongest ones we know,.. our country is better with you dedicating your lives to serve it. Be safe. love and bagpipes from little PEI.

[@Parksy87]

Canadas “largest” ship. There’s like 80 people on it

[@AveTrainOnDaTrack]

Yea very odd choice of words since our largest would be the Frigates

[@collinplays1823]

Only does 17 knots and has only ONE 25mm autocannon on the front, it's defenseless and I seriously just see it as a pointless investment, its more of a coast guard ship than anything else which is probably why the Canadian Coast guard is buying them too.

[@AveTrainOnDaTrack]

@@collinplays1823 The coast Guard is not armed, the ship is not supposed to be heavily armed since it’s not a warship but a patrol vessel

[@Joe3pops]

@dudemccool2991 this is exactly why NATO is upset with Canadian ideals. In reality we have the 2nd longest coastline in the world. Hence our coastal defense should reflect something of a higher standard. Example the Thetis class Danish patrol vessels, fleet of four specifically used for patrol the Faroe Islands and Greenland sport a 76mm Oto Melara, 11 machine guns, a Lnyx helicopter, ability to launch torpedoes and depth charges. It's "merely" a patrol vessel too. We should act accordingly, with a war in Europe and the Russian north so close to ours. A single 25mm varmint gun shouldn't be it's only cannon. And it should have a 20mm Phalanx aft or a SAM system as well. Only for self-presrvation 150 miles off Thule in March. All alone. It's no wonder why the navy has a very hard time reaching recruitment needs. Big ship, yet one tiny gun doesn't compute. The navy has lost its steerage since 1991. That year five vessels were retrofitted for real world threats. Now everyone pretends you only need a pair of WW2 machine guns for our "minesweepers" in Baltic & Pacific. I'm okay and you're okay hippy mentality.

[@alpearson9158]

makes no sense but 6600 tons is bigger than the frigates but not the new ones coming at about 8400 plus tons

[@JohnSmith-xc1nk]

2:09 most exciting part of the video lol

[@DarthVanDuke]

Good editing! putting the bong bongs at the beginning of the video made me jump a little. haha

[@ianarchibald1423]

I know what you mean about the alarms, however, those weren't "BONG BONGS". The ones I heard back on the old steamers from the 50's, they made a sound that just cut through everything, something I can't explain.

[@asokt4931]

Yes - that must be difficult and not for everyone to go out to the arctic with little communication for months.

[@wally7856]

That's our largest Naval vessel? What does it do? Spot check canoes and kayaks?

[@JohnSmith-xc1nk]

pretty lame as hell compared to the us nuclear sumarine tour video

[@hairydude1950]

Canada couldn't even provide its own soldiers with air support in Afghanistan; Canada had plenty of mefloquine for them though...

[@Recce17th]

It's the largest patrol ship by tonnage at over 6600 tons

[@JusticeAlways]

Very pretty looking ship...should have a ribbon bow tied on top. 😄

[@alpearson9158]

6600 tons bigger than most older vessels as the frigates are slightly smaller.

[@hairydude1950]

Canada couldn't even provide its own soldiers with air support in Afghanistan; Canada had plenty of mefloquine for them though....

[@alpearson9158]

try comprehending allied effort

[@SaHlGood]

Food makes the Trip 100% if the food is bad it all goes to ship

[@mandeepyadav3982]

pistols do more damage than cannons on Canadian ships. the only way to damage something with those cannons would be to somehow shoot those cannons with a pistol.

[@rogerclemmons8652]

So pretty much its pointless because they do not travel with a larger force so if they make contact with the enemy they have to retreat, unless canada's plan for them is a suicide ship in which its a great ship for that cause.

[@kevin-yv1ig]

Do you actually understand what a patrol vessel is intended to do?

[@Fred-vy1hm]

Anywhere they sail in the Arctic they are under Norad air cover which is why no enemy surface forces would dare to be there anyway.

[@mikeoconnor5059]

Lets be quite clear, the newest breaker really had no weapons of any worth. Maybe they could shoot polar bears, certainly not Rusdians

[@philcharles238]

It was pretty dumb not to name Arctic Patrol ships after Arctic communities.

[@pull-my-finger-1]

no soup at stand easy ??

[@mandeepyadav3982]

reality: life on board the largest navy ships of a weak naval force

[@Mark-fh5lp]

HA HA HA. How many ships does Canada have in its fleet? lmao

[@hairydude1950]

The Canadian navy is a joke; you should watch their boarding party perform.........

[@Mark-fh5lp]

@@hairydude1950 I was a military officer in our navy...yessss i know it's a joke LOL.

[@Recce17th]

28 combat vessels and a bunch of auxiliary units

[@JusticeAlways]

The minimum number to qualify as a navy....2? 😁

[@AveTrainOnDaTrack]

@@JusticeAlways We have 30 combat vessels bro

[@bonsang1073]

The clotshot seems t obe rough on these peepsbut then again thats well deserved. id rather be castrated in public, cold turkey than to sign in on stupid stuff like that

[@davidway4259]

I COMMAND IT TO THE BOTTOM.