Sailor 10of12-1.Back.Home.

[@TheChickenLine]

What a baking hot summer that was!

[@JRJunior8624]

Love this series

[@ayokopeke2182]

discipline is a Must in the navy, I'm actually learning from this video

[@colingooch8841]

The very series that inspired me to be want to be part of it all

[@curtdog0616]

Good ol' Tinks; 18 years & he's a Killick already.

[@postie9434]

and low and behold we needed her a few years after she was scrapped

[@GrahamWalters]

She would never have made it down there,

[@thomassneade]

Me carrying the stretcher , 10.13 to 10.29.....Oooops !

[@oldesalt10310]

Tom Sneade oh woops indeed. crazy you're on a film series bro

[@mikemanners1069]

Feel sorry for those sailors going into the brig.

[@simonroyle2806]

That wallpaper! a different age.

[@Mishima505]

3:44 those sideburns wouldn’t be allowed today

[@markosborne8784]

Why not? They were regulation length in my day.

[@Mishima505]

@@markosborne8784 wasn't it no lower than the ear lobe? Unless you had a beard...

[@markosborne8784]

@@Mishima505 yup. No lower than the lug hole.

[@Cous1nJack]

Bottom of the ear and still is. Big Pompey joss mans

[@mikemanners1069]

This was filmed in 1976...a lifetime ago to some. I wonder how some of those lads have fared over the years.

[@GrahamWalters]

I was on the "Ark" for this trip, a young Junior Stoker, 17yrs old, this was my first real trip, away from home for 6months. I'm now 64, and living in Andover, I look back on my time spent on this ship with very fond memories. It's probably worth noting that a lot of us are still in touch with each other through Facebook.

[@mikemanners1069]

@@GrahamWalters I am glad to hear it. You were lucky to be able to experience that.

[@CaroleOconnor-s6s]

David O'connor leaving Ark Royal age 16 ❤

[@CaroleOconnor-s6s]

David O'connor age 16 leaving Ark Royal ❤

[@Brecconable]

How come HM Customs officers wear RN insignia?

[@Jeffybonbon]

customs officers are not commissioned like RN officers they are civil servants

[@mjspice100]

Late response I know but back in the day HM customs vessels were “officered” by RN officers who were on half pay which is why they to this day have naval style uniforms and officer rank insignia. There has always been a close association with HM Customs and the sea. They are a civilian force, their rank badges don’t necessarily correspond to naval ranks. In terms of police ranks, a single gold ring (Sub Lt in the RN) corresponds to a Police Constable, two gold rings (Lt in the RN) to a Police Sgt, what looks like to Lt Commander rank badge corresponds to an Inspector etc.

[@Brecconable]

@@mjspice100 Fair enough.