Massive aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales looms over city en route to Scotland for munitions 🇬🇧

[@Mopsyboy]

Glad to see she’s finally been fitted with her CWIS

[@raywhitehead730]

CIWS made down the street from me in California. Has never in 35 years shot down an attacking craft of any kind. But it did shoot a friendly ship in the Persian Gulf.

[@problemstube7266]

she?.................prince its called hermione.

[@discipleaj]

​@raywhitehead730 that's because missiles and (to-be) directed energy weapons are used for aircraft platforms. CWIS forms part of the most inner defence in close proximity to the ship of a few kilometers, as opposed to the stand off range the fleet air defence missiles offer up to a hundred miles +.

[@raywhitehead730]

Retired USN officer, with combat time and Seven years at sea. PhD, electronics. The US both the Navy and Air Force have pretty much given up on directed energy weapons. They spent Billions trying to make it work and over a 30 year span. The Navy built the Zimwalt class destroyer hoping to put lasers on it. It has a ton of electricity generation ability. And the rail gun didn't work out. Now they are putting cruise missiles on them. The CIWS, is not a good weapon for defense against fast cruise missiles. And it has a poor, real world at war record.

[@discipleaj]

@@raywhitehead730 Thanks for the insight.

[@CobraEmergency]

Apologies for the audio. Not sure what happened there. Sounded like a microphone issue but it did not reoccur during testing.

[@RonnN-gf8tm]

Still a good turn-out...87 thousand views...that's not too bad. Right On Man!!!

[@1960dave1960]

Thanks for the heads up, thought my iPad was on the way out….😮

[@barbarak6199]

I just assumed you were eating a pack of crisps 😂

[@CobraEmergency]

@barbarak6199 That's what I thought it waa at first! Someone eating a packet of crisps. 😂

[@markoVTX]

Could it have been interference from the radar(s) on PoW?

[@GHOST5663]

I just realised, since when do capital ships enter port to collect ammo, do we not have an auxiliary supply fleet for this work anymore?

[@Craig-wp3pz]

Staff shortage combined with reduced Aux Fleet capability and budget cuts over last twenty years, mothballed equipment and a reliance on third party logistics.... 📦 🚢

[@BucksBlueLightVids]

Great video mate

[@flyship]

Great video !!

[@midengineZ06]

Its a beautiful carrier

[@johncrook7705]

Lets hope these two great ships last longer!!

[@ENGBriseB]

Magnificent site. : )

[@DogSerious]

It's a beautiful ship!

[@anthonyfeeney1210]

Good luck Anthony

[@hostile177]

Beautiful ship.

[@JuanJDumeP]

I like the giant spinning tv on top

[@discipleaj]

Equipped with the latest dolby surround sound for the birds.

[@JuanJDumeP]

@@discipleaj 🤣

[@BillS-b1g]

No, just an American who wishes the sailor of the UK well.

[@lordbyron3603]

Beautiful ship !

[@garysutherland2369]

Nice to see at least one of them not in for repair. Just needs a bit of rust on her now to say she’s been at sea for a while. 👍🏻

[@prof1982]

@@garysutherland2369 neither are "in for repair"

[@jackmidd123]

Imagine that docking in Monaco

[@BillS-b1g]

Hope they got them fixed this time!!!

[@sgtted7580]

Is it still working.

[@1960dave1960]

☎️ Hello, is that Lord Nelson? We have a new ship for you to command….☎️

[@receptorpol]

When are we going to see some jets on the thing.

[@paultwyman7821]

A fine looking ship although the size of the ensign flying at the arse end doesn't do it justice!!

[@BobTheBlue]

Wow!!!! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@robertcameron2808]

The navy once ruled the seas with hundreds of ships only a handful now could they protect the carriers and the country? have the carriers got any fighters?

[@HowM771]

@@robertcameron2808 yes

[@buntybeau]

Could it bring some of the summer heat from Portsmouth - I,m frozen up here! 😂

[@CobraEmergency]

Looks like they forgot it and left it behind! 🙃

[@b21raider27]

Very nice UK!

[@marcusroberts7709]

That boat would put fear in any country if it could get there

[@Ysq21aCk_user]

There's a floating treasure trove of spare parts! At night, it's dance night on deck to the funky tunes of Wham!

[@derekgibson3904]

Has it got a decent toe rope?..

[@hardy21ish]

Interesting the Police and SERCO are in close formation.

[@barbarak6199]

06.40, a hovercraft, nice!

[@joanne26]

@@barbarak6199 WOW. Someone is still making them I remember travelling to Calais from Dover on holiday in 1984 It was great and not as long as ferry I’d love to travel on one again ❤️❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@paggerd3210]

Going to Calais for enrichments.

[@julieholien3681]

Wow

[@trevorpeacock4563]

Why has it got two islands?

[@andy.robinson]

Redundancy

[@ciaranReal]

Venator class star destroyer

[@drscopeify]

@@andy.robinson Well, one island manages the ship operations and the other is flight control. They both have smoke stacks so I guess there is a little bit of redundancy but to what level can the ship can operate with losing one smoke stack and not the other, I am not really sure.

[@sidscrote7570]

Blimey ! you could here that ship from Moscow. !!

[@AWMul]

These would be better suited for cruises ! Put a big pool on the top

[@richardthomas6890]

Question. Don’t royal naval personal line the sides when leaving port? Has standards dropped so low?🙄

[@drscopeify]

Yes they do so when they head out for operations you can watch plenty of videos on youtube from both carriers

[@christinaharper1847]

a sight for sore eyes,

[@anniekin4401]

Where is this?

[@CobraEmergency]

Portsmouth, UK

[@brundebrauc2208]

Play up Pompey!

[@Thechoppersofcardiff]

Something that big needs a police escort? 😂 Seriously its about time 617 got some jets on that thing. BTW 0:58 that's a very good looking police boat. Nice catch

[@Kakarot64.]

The police escort is there to keep the various civilian ships knocking about the harbour away from the ship so they don't get sprayed with machine gun fire for getting close enough to be considered a bomb threat.

[@GHOST5663]

Sorry, when was this ship launched. Now its getting ammunition. How about some aircraft (British). Maybe they are just collecting scuttling charges the try to block the port of Dover to stop small boats?

[@zamstig66]

the planes land on it went its at sea

[@discipleaj]

Planes will be stationed/dispersed at RAF bases to reduce the chances of multiple critical assets being sunk and destroyed whilst the ship is supposed to be in safe waters. When the carrier departs, the aircraft will join it at sea.

[@drscopeify]

@@discipleaj It's not becasue of risk of being destroyed at all it has to do with the draft or weight of the carrier and the depth of the waterways and home port. The carrier will sit too low in the water and risk making contact. Also the fighter jets need to return to base for training and easier maintenance.

[@paulmorgan6269]

Everyone loves an Elephant.

[@archiebald4717]

Only when it is white.

[@patriciavelazquez325]

This is Ruben,🙏✌️✌️👍👍🛐✝️🙏❤️🌍🌎AMEN!!! PEACE!!! WOW!!! 🙏💪🙏❤️🌍🌎

[@robwilton9539]

Israel must be so proud of her.

[@jamesrickerby2756]

Dont know who ordered the 2 carriers. But as the war in Ukraine has shown, they are sitting targets for drone and missle attack! And as such a complete waste of money! Pity they are tromendous bits of work and beautiful to see!

[@Vixtorz]

@@jamesrickerby2756 It’s good to know that there’s a true expert here.

[@nicktecky55]

That's odd, the Queen Elizabeth has been on active service in the Eastern Med, drones and all the rest haven't bothered her. In the Red Sea, destroyers from many fleets have been perfectly capable of dealing with them,.

[@Kakarot64.]

The Russians don't even have their own Carrier in the Black Sea to test that theory and the Russians aren't exactly the shining beacon of Naval competence in the first place.... hell they can't even make combined arms warfare work properly for Ground invasions on a neighbouring country and Ground based warfare is supposed to be their strong point.

[@deejay-su7uf]

All that money can't stop the immigrants...?

[@travelinben1966]

Not when you have politicians who hold the gate open for them.

[@Aubury]

The UK needs people. Without “ immigration” the elderly population increases, a top heavy unsupportable economic prospect.

[@bonasperry8747]

Same here

[@garyb5998]

Get a life and get a job

[@thecurlew7403]

Not fit for purpose like its government. 😅😅😅

[@LewiH9]

Probably last time you'll see it once Vlad gets 'eyes on'.

[@favesongslist]

It will not go anywhere near Russia or China and their hypersonic missiles.

[@DavidWoodleyTravelshorts]

No planes available or pilots

[@MidlandsAviation]

All that technology and its beaten by rubber boats 😂

[@michaelperkins5746]

Going for electric catapult convertion

[@ciaranReal]

Project ark royal

[@Kakarot64.]

that would be a classic MOD fqck up do a catapult conversion before purchasing catapult capable fighters rendering the existing F35B's less effective while not having anything to launch from the catapults for years after the conversion.

[@colinjohnpack3105]

It needs to be longer and only one island at the back end more room for plans Americans have better ones with only one island at the back mutch better idear

[@jamesrickerby2756]

Should be named KING Charles!

[@Kakarot64.]

Never name a ship after a living monarch its considered bad luck the only reason one of the carriers is called Queen Elizabeth is because its named after Queen Elizabeth I not Queen Elizabeth II

[@jonathanland2218]

Is it built out of Lego?

[@willscarlet3620]

Should be called fresh air carrier the deck needs filling with sun lounges

[@hotgarlicbread]

@@willscarlet3620 The sun loungers are taken off before entering port then then back on after leaving, same as all aircraft as he mentioned in the video 😄

[@styal5]

As usual, completely empty of craft!

[@markrushton1516]

@@styal5 aircraft carriers usually embark their aircraft at sea as you have a lot more room and the ship can manoeuvre into the wind

[@MasterCheeks-2552]

If this was an american carrier nobody would be saying "where are the aircraft"

[@markrushton1516]

@@MasterCheeks-2552 would be empty of aircraft if steaming into or out of its home port or going to/from repairs. Aircraft are embarked at sea.

[@styal5]

@@MasterCheeks-2552 - Because you have plenty of aircraft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@drscopeify]

​@@styal5 The UK should be getting large numbers of F-35 next year. The Chip shortage during COVID and some issues with the F-35 production had to be resolved first and then the Ukraine war I assume lead to some changes in terms of which countries received jets first but things should be good in 2025. Over 1,000 F-35s have been made so they are pumping them out quickly now.

[@Celticsamuraiblue]

Joke tinpot PONCE country 👉🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joke FINISHED UNION👎🏻🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿☮️🇪🇺

[@WestwickKnightley-t1x]

I would classify the two carriers they already have as “temporary on station naval surface/aviation assets.” They are not true long range, blue water, naval assets. They do not have nuclear power and power autonomy. The United States switched to all nuclear power with the Nimitz class carriers because of autonomy of power generation during all operations. They did not need 5,000,000 gallons of fossil fuel for primary propulsion. That saved a lot of space for aviation fuel, more aircraft, weapons storage, crew accommodations, workshops, etc. Nuclear power is the closest thing to renewable energy. Filling up a Kitty Hawk class carrier with 5,000,000 gallons of fossil fuel was quite a headache. Nothing like having unlimited power at see. They can even air condition the hanger bays down below with so much power to spare!

[@HowM771]

Fossil fuel was used because the UK doesn't have a Reactor dump site big enough for a carrier of that magnitude, also it's just cheaper in the long run

[@jacquelineuchong8243]

What has that got to do with immigrants

[@bevsputler5455]

No wonder William is growing a beard wants to be not so noticeable!

[@MusMulyadi-k6s]

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[@gordonbritton3215]

Ah it’s not being towed wonder how long that will last sadly a vanity project by Johnson and we hav neither the aircraft or crew to man them we will probably end up selling them at a huge loss to India

[@bungfupanda8936]

The Queen Elizabeth class carriers were ordered under Tony Bliars labour government in the noughties, both were in commission well before Bojo got anywhere near being PM.

[@B-A-L]

Don't blame us for not having any F-35Bs onboard blame the US government for giving priority to the USMC despite already having loads of Harriers, F/A18s and even F-35Cs and the UK supposedly being a Tier 1 partner!

[@discipleaj]

Biden being Biden. Then again, the stupid gov here should never have sold off the harriers until the replacement F-35's were built and ready to be flown back to the UK.

[@xbm41]

waste of money passing by, lol

[@jamesaustralian9829]

What have these vessels got two towers - second one a mobile mosque? what a waste of deck space, carriers are meant for planes not bums in the air.

[@Benjd0]

They take up no more space than needed, most conventionally powered aircraft carriers just have one long island. The two main gas turbines are placed directly below the islands so their exhausts/intakes can go directly up, taking up as little space as possible. The older class these replaced had a lot of space taken up in the hangar because their engines had to be directly connected to the prop shafts, and gas turbines require fairly large ducting. Since this uses an electric propulsion system they can place the engines wherever needed. Splitting them gives additional survivability and also allows navigation and flyco to be better positioned for their respective roles, if one is damaged then the other can perform both roles if needed.

[@Vixtorz]

James, you just know everything!

[@fordpopular8792]

These carriers robbed the RN of money and manpower

[@ciaranReal]

Its not a waste of money, it really cheap for its size compared to other countrys aircraft carriers

[@billy4072]

criminal waste of money. thanks Gordon.

[@peterjames9610]

@@billy4072 that’s paying the insurance bill for your country, the premiums are always far too much, but when the cover is needed it is the best money ever spent.

[@drscopeify]

When you realize how much British manpower, manufacturing, wages, advanced skills and demand for steel and component went in to this baby you will realize what a great boost to the UK economy it really is. Much much better investment compared to handing out welfare alone.

[@Ryzen-s6y]

waste of money for fuck all

[@drscopeify]

Building war ships is not a waste of money it leads to a boost to manpower, wages, skills, manufacturing, steel production, advanced component manufacturing, the list is endless of how it boosts the economy.

[@merrybolton2135]

Massive waste of tax payers money

[@lifter98]

What a waste of money and resources. Millions of kids living in poverty whilst this useless toy sucks out billions… They cost trillions to build and equip, yet are highly vulnerable to submarine weapons systems. Ridiculous waste…

[@lifter98]

@@0QualityOverQuantity Nooo It’s largely due to the globalists and when they decide to start a war..

[@Benjd0]

Trillions? Yeah not quite that much.. All ships are vulnerable to submarines, but you can't just not build a Navy because of that. These things are needed in the hostile world we're living in, and you can't wait for things to kick off before you decide to build them and train to use them.

[@user-ei3dq2dw6i]

Here you dropped your dummy out on floor 😂

[@JLswatchthis]

@@lifter98 millions and millions more would be in poverty without military, unless you have the peace plan figured out

[@BillS-b1g]

​@@0QualityOverQuantityamend !!!

[@kend6956]

Can you imagine what it costs to operate that beast?, and for what good reason humans need to wake up and quit fighting each other

[@mickrap6001]

Yer you tell them mate but will they listen, will they f**king hell as eck, so we have to make do with what we've got tough isn't it.

[@RonnN-gf8tm]

Well done once again 👍 your the best Cobra...the paints melting off the walls over here😢♨️🌡️..looking at 81* currently