American Couple Reacts: UK's Building A New Submarine UNLIKE ANY Other On Earth! FIRST TIME REACTION
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- American Couple Reacts: UK's Building A New Submarine UNLIKE ANY Other On Earth! FIRST TIME REACTION! Well this was crazy cool!! We weren't aware of the new Subs being built by the United Kingdom! There was a lot of information here and fast! We did our best to slow it down and take everything in. We love all of our allies and it's exciting to see the new modern equipment being built! We hope you enjoy this episode everyone. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support! *More Links below...
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We weren't aware of the new Subs being built by the United Kingdom! There was a lot of information here and fast! We did our best to slow it down and take everything in. We love all of our allies and it's exciting to see the new modern equipment being built! We hope you enjoy this episode everyone. Thank you SO much for watching! If you enjoy our content, please consider subscribing to our channel, it is the BEST way to support our channel and it's FREE! Also, please click the Like button. Thank you for your support!
If I remember correctly those names are mostly from old Royal Navy battleships. The original HMS Dreadnought was a pre WW1 vessel and arguably the world’s first modern battleship, made to be fast, heavily armoured and have a load of big guns. A relative tiddler by later standards but it set the pattern for what a battleship should be for half a century. Valiant and King George V were WW2 battleships, and King George VI is perhaps named both as a nod to that ship as well as to honour Queen Elizabeth’s father.
The current RN missile submarines that the Dreadnought class will replace are the Vanguard class.
PS, it’ll also be interesting to get your reactions to the plans for the US Navy, Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy to collaborate on nuclear propelled attack submarines in the near future.
@mike c s Beveridge???
I agree with you Natasha & Debbie, we don't want war at all and it's a shame these massive weapons are necessary. But hopefully they will act as a deterrant to any potential aggressors and will stave off WWIII.
They are certainly impressive machines though! Despite their size, I agree they'd be a little claustrophobic! Good on the submariners who do operate these boats - we certainly do thank you for your service!
As I have said before, and I will say again ... uk false advertising rules require a "probably" for your #1 americans ;)
@@Dasyurid yes.. there will be hundreds of Aussies in our town in the near future learning the ins and outs of crewing nuclear subs we will be building for Australian navy. Massive accommodation building etc going on at the moment!
To give you an idea of how stealthy British submarines are , there was the story of the Aircraft Carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth that was being tracked by 2 of the best Chinese submarines and according to intelligence they thought they did very well and weren't spotted.
Slight problem !
If they'd looked behind them they would have found a British attack sub that had followed them for 2 weeks, quietly analysing their sound signatures and practicing firing drills on both Subs and the Chinese never knew !
😂 👍
As an Australian I am very interested in the technologies being developed here because they will feed into the nuclear AUKUS Class which will follow and be built both in the UK and Australia, and the way the UK is developing this submarine, AUKUS Class is going to be incredible.
I believe that the nuclear reactors, which will power the AUKUS Class, will be built by the Rolls-Royce nuclear facility in Derby, England. They have been supplying the reactors for the Royal Navy for many years.
Personally i think the Aussies should have just straight up purchased the Astute class nuclear hunter killiers, They are the best on the planet fir the role they perform and frighten the crap out of China but if the RAN are aquiring a strategic nuclear deterrent then AUKUS will likely be a combination of technologies from Dreadnought and Columbia and that's no bad thing
not sure "nuclear" means armed for you ozzys, more to do with the powerplant. Only the USA, France and the UK can have nuclear weapons among the allies
@@philhebden374 No one has ever suggested that the Australian submarines will be nuclear armed. The plan is, and always has been for nuclear propulsion only.
@Michelle Clarke Yeah I was reading about that, they want to bould small modular reactors on land too
While there's many areas of military development in which the US is the world leader, when it comes to submarines, the UK actually has the most advanced and capable subs of any nation, currently. British subs have followed so close to Russian and Chinese anti-sub ships it was thought impossible to get that close by any other country, and during exercises they've evaded detection by US forces and slipped past defences in times thought impossible.
Stealthier than the Swedish Gotland Class subs or the new A26 subs, not nuclear or armed with nukes but possibly the hardest to detect of any sub out there or currently being built
I live in Barrow in Furness where these are being/to be built. The shipyard here has helped to build nuclear subs for many years and the recent being the Astute class sub, one was 'launched' in February HMS Anson, the first nuclear sub back in 1960 was built in Barrow was also called HMS Dreadnought. Barrow has over 100 years of ships an subs built here but more recently predominantly submarines.
I am also in Barrow in Furness and as I have elements of the shipyard where the subs are built at virtually every compass point I can claim to live in middle of the shipyard where the subs are built.
@@davidross5331 Millom here, used to work in DDH early mid 90s
I couldn't be in a submarine, but those navy officers are brave,to be in one,and proud of everyone who works and protects our country's uk/USA.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤. ❤
That was a great one Girls and sorry about the missing memo I could have sworn I posted it. The names of the subs are all famous Battleship names with the exception of KG VI which as a battleship was KG V. Submarines are known as boats as when they were first put into service with the Royal Navy the first crew were transferred from ships for being "awkward" and as Royal Navy insisted that they all sailed ships the "awkward" sailors called the subs boats to annoy the Admiralty. Check out the history of HMS Warspite, she was at Jutland in WWI and also served in WW2. Even when she was being sailed to be scrapped she wasn't going quietly. She slipped her moorings and beached herself in Portsmouth Harbour. Love, hugs and prayers from Sussex, UK EDIT:- My bad it was HMS Vanguard that ran aground in Portsmouth Harbour. HMS Warspite, whilst being towed to her final port for scrapping, ran aground at Prussia Cove, Cornwall and, despite best efforts, had to be broken for scrap in situ. Sorry my bad.
Thanks Tim!! ❤️
I believe Warspite also holds the record for the longest ship on ship gunnery hit on a moving target against the Italian battleship Giulio Cesare during WW2
@@ianwilkinson8664 An excellent video on Warspite: th-cam.com/video/t-_ExMo0g-s/w-d-xo.html (only the intro is AI voice)
Boats bank inwards when they turn - like a motorcycle. Ships lean outwards - like a car.
As a recenttly retiired RAF pilot.. i wish to convey my gratitude and honest pride in seeing your pride in our special alliance. You both speak with such passion and sincerity. Our bond is unbreakable. I made my last salute over 18 months ago, but this one is for you🫡
God bless you! And Thank YOU for your service!! ♥️♥️
Back in the 80s when i was a kid there was a US family who stayed in my street in Scotland and the men of the family were in the US navy and organised a bus trip for all the kids in the the street and visited the US base in Dunoon, we got to go in a submarine. It was an amazing day, seen 10 tin bowling for the first time and the portions of food at meal time were massive. Great memory 😊
nobody wants to hear your life story 😂😂😂😂
Can I just add as a proud northerner. My grandad, uncle and great uncle all worked at the shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness and all three like many of the towns population contributing to the design and building of some of the UKs submarine fleet!
My uncle was a Commander on a UK Nuclear Submarine in the 70's. He said most of his missions were sailing to the Artic, going under the edge of ice sheet, park the sub on the sea bed and sit there for 3 months at a time monitoring other subs. He said the specifications that you read for ours and the enemy subs are all wrong. They can all go much faster and stay submerged far longer than they admit to.
Yes absolutely correct the specs are generally released for the Russians and Chinese to copy, knowing that the allies have better equipment
Course we don't want to spoil the surprise if they need to go hot.
I lived in Gosport, opposite Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. One day I looked out of my window and saw, an absolute beast of a submarine, the sailors looked like Ants, it was an American Nuclear Submarine. It was massive, my heart dropped I thought it was the end times . Thank you as always girls. Be safe.
Thanks ladies, great video. Terrible that we have to have these but it is a nation's duty to protect it's people.
Great video girls! it's fantastic to see the wonder that submrines still can bring people. Having served in the Royal Navy Submarine Service for over 12 years (mostly Trafalgar Class boats(H.M.S Trenchant was my home)) it is great to see these proud Forces working together to create better technologies to keep us all safe. Many thanks to all the still serving men and women of our slient service!
I was on Swiftsure, Splendid, Trafalgar, Turbulent and Tireless
My maternal grandfather volunteered for subs during WW 2 but he was turned down because he had flat feet.
He ended up as a fire watcher, spending air raids on high roofs looking out for fires. A dangerous job.
He lived into his nineties!
The new subs are named after iconic British battleships of the last century (apart from HMS King Geaorge VI). HMS Dreadnought was a gamechanger prior to WW1; HMS Warspite and Valiant were Queen Elizabeth class battleships built just prior to WW1 but saw service until the end of WW2 and HMS King George VI is named after the late Queen's father.
Dreadnought was a class of battleship, not an individual ship, before and during ww1
@@andyb7963 Dreadnought was an individual ship. It was so influential that every new battleship built afterwards was described as a “dreadnought”, and later developments as super-dreadnoughts.
In fact, Dreadnought was the only ship of her class, the next ships built were the Bellerophon class. Dreadnought was built in record time in 1906, and overnight every other battleship in the world was obsolete.
@@andyb7963 HMS Dreadnought entered service in 1906 and was a radical change from what had come before so the class of battleships was named after it.
There was another Submarine named HMS Warspite, she served down in The Falklands alongside HMS Conqueror. When the conflict ended, she came to visit my home port of Liverpool and I had the privilege of going aboard on an open day.
@@stephensmith4480 and previous Dreadnought and Valiant submarines too
I love seeing you ladies react to our country, it's fun to see my world from a different angle. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Have you tried looking out your window if your in London cause the white person is in the minority
Dreadnaught was a revolution in battleship design in the early 1900's. It made everything before it instantly obsolete. That's were the name comes from.
The other names are also from other previous battleships, used because they have the most destructive power in the fleet, much like the battleships they were named after.
They'll replace the Vanguard class of missile submarines, that have been in service since the early 90's.
I used to work for a company that developed equipment for submarines. It's still covered by the official secrets act (25 year rule) and there are two things I can say. Firstly you just cant get your head round how big they are when you first look at them, and how cramped they are on the inside, The amount of kit hey have shoe-horned into them is mind boggling. Just the high pressure and low pressure compressed air systems (used for trim etc) are pretty big. Then there is the air processing system and the backup. Then of course water processing. Just food storage for 130 guys for 3+ months is loads of space. Even if you get it down to the equivalent of 2 liters a day per person that's 35,100 liters but they usually have more just in case. Also some is in cold store so the fridges/freezers take extra room. To put this in perspective if your submarine has an internal useable diameter of 12m that's about 30m of submarine just stuffed with food assuming a 1 month reserve. Then of course you need spaces to sleep and eat.
Really interesting, I could never be a sub mariner as the thought of being under water terrifies me.hats off to all service personnel who do this .
We also Launched 5 Rowing Boats ,in Plymouth Harbour, 2 Sank immediately, 1 went Round in circles there seemd to be a problem with the propulsion system, the left side Oars were shorter. 1 never got into the water ,said it was to cold .One shot off like a Rocket, straight across the Harbour to the Jolly Roger Pub .The Sailors were Last seen disappearing into the Pub .
Re the historical significance of the ship names: HMS Dreadnought was the early 20th C battleship that famously was so far technologically ahead of every other warship that it practically made all other warships obsolete. This led to a frantic shipbuilding program by all other major powers to catch up. Her design included such innovations as steam turbine propulsion, and a main armament of 12 inch turreted breech loading cannons, each with their own advanced fire control systems. HMS Warspite and HMS Valiant were Queen Elizabeth class ships, also designed pre WWI. Nicknamed "Super Dreadnoughts," these were the first ships armed with 15 inch guns. They served throughout WWI and and WWII. HMS Valiant was also the name of a nuclear submarine that served form the 60s to the 90s. King George VI was the name of Queen Elizabeth IIs father, who served in the Navy and Air Force in WWI, and was King during WWII.
The first Dreadnought was from Queen Elizabeth 1st in 1573 and named to show her lack of concern regarding Spanish threats. When Admiral "Jackie" Fisher designed and ordered the new dreadnought class in 1906 he named it for this - a ship so large and powerful that it literally dreaded nought. Interestingly the first new dreadnought battleship had her traditional ram removed to lower her length and by the onset of World War 1 was considered almost obsolete herself and the only ship she sank was a German U boat by ramming
@@chrisdavies9821 still the only battleship to sink a submarine I believe!
@@michaelfoster5577 Was it? Didn't know that
@@chrisdavies9821 According to further research, HMS Dreadnought is the only battleship “confirmed” to have sunk a submarine. Others are possible but unproven.
The British Dreadnaught class was a battleship during WW1. They were huge and armed to the teeth.
HMS Dreadnought was a Royal Navy battleship whose design revolutionised naval power. The ship's entry into service in 1906 represented such an advance in naval technology that her name came to be associated with an entire generation of battleships. So the new class of Sub is to revolutionise them as well
Us British are into stealth 😊 i definatly believe in having the deterrent. Its being built in my county of Cumbria
Looking forward to watching this one, my grandad was Head of Testing on the pump systems for the British Nuclear Submarine programme from the early days
Hats off to all that work and living on submarines! Just the thought of being sealed in one of those gives me anxiety!
So agree!!!!
There is a film das boot that is renowned for its accuracy in its portrayal of life aboard U96 during ww2
are you ok with our taxes going towards things like this? i know im not
@@phreshkandy478🤔 didn't say that I was did I?
As allies we've adopted your idea, " Peace through superior fire power"
This brought back so many memories I worked for Bae or Hawker Siddeley as it was when I was an apprentice.. I spent some months at Barrow on working fitting control panels..I loved working for that firm and I worked on many platforms.. Missiles, Test and aircraft...I worked on the first MRCA Tornado variant .. and it got to retire before me 😂😂 Brill vlog again btw .
The next class of subs to be built after the dreadnoughts currently have the code name SSN-AUKUS and will be built for both the UK and Australia. That's part of the AUKUS program which involves the US and UK arming Australia with nuclear submarines, first with the US is selling Australia some existing Virginia class subs and then the UK is replacing them with the new SSN-AUKUS subs.
I wonder what they'll be like. Probably as advanced or more so than the Dreadnought
The next generation of subs will be so advanced that they will not only be _literally_ invisible, but will also be able to fly.
To Mars.
And they'll all have Chuck Norris clones as captain.
😂
As the UK and US (and Canada) invented the nuke together during Manhattan Project. We’ve always shared nuclear tech and information since. We made a deal many years ago.. that the UK would allow the US to use the British Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean as a forward operating base for B-52 (and other) bombers - so that the US could get strategic nuclear bombers to anyway in Asia quickly… in return, the US gave the UK limitless access to the Trident 2 ballistic missile. The Trident is used in the UK’s subs as it’s nuclear deterrent… but… it’s only the missile (the delivery vehicle) that the UK takes from the US.. the nuclear warhead in the British missiles is completely British designed and different to the US warheads.
Worth noting, that whilst the UK sub holds 12 missiles… each single Trident missile holds 3 or 4 100KT British designed warheads onboard.. each warhead can be directed at a separate target upon atmospheric re-entry. Consider that the nuke that landed on Hiroshima was 15KT).. that makes each UK warhead 6 times more powerful than the bomb that flattened the Japanese cities.
12 missiles = 36 100KT warheads.
The Dreadnought class is special but the really sexy British subs are the Astute class Attack subs.
They ae frighteningly silent and their technology is amazing.
They have microphones that are so sensitive that if the Astute class was underwater in the English channel it can listen to ships propellors in New York harbour !!
I’m currently serving in the Royal Navy but I remember when I was in basic training and we got to visit a submarine one afternoon. After the visit all I can say is I’m glad I joined up as surface fleet! Living on submarines is insane compared to ships
Skimmer! 😅😅
Nozzer!
My dad was in submaries from 1947 to 1953. When I asked him about escape procedure he just said, two bits of cotton wool for your ears, take a deep breath and hold your nose. It was the start of the cold war, so when they went silent the worst place to be was on the toilet.
I also will lay a poppy for your fathers and grandfathers on remembrance day.. together we unite.. together we hurt mourn and lose our fallen.. lest we forget.. love you ladies
Intro deserved an automatic like. Let's get that algorithm going for these beautiful souls!
This was very interesting thanks, it’s the cosford air show this weekend so it’s been a very noisy practice afternoon over my house today, just heard a roar and saw the red arrows fly over 💕
I honestly believe you when you say thank you to USA allies, my Dad was in the military like your 2 dad's, mine was a paratrooper he served for 25 years, so as a Brit I tank all of our allies too. Xxx
Point to note a submarine is not a ship, it is a boat! The UK has an order for a third for Austrtalia. By the time it is launched it may have the very latest in navigation, The now in trials by the Royal Navy, Quantum Navigation System which would it is hoped, permit it to know exactly where it is under any sea at any time. The names of the boats Have all prevouisly been used by the RN for ships some date back the the age of sail, Warspite in particular has the most battle honours of any British vessel.The only vessel to have been sunk by a nuclear powered submarine in war time was sunk by the HMS Conqueror, using a WW2 torpedo, it was the Pearl Harbour veteran light cruser the USS Pheonix, at the time the ARA General Belgrado in 1982.
I literally watched this with the units of the Dreadnought and a couple of the Astute class subs right outside my door, I’ve worked at the shipyard for 35 years, as usual a great piece ladies.
The UK sub has a better balance of nuclear deterrent and anti sub hunter killer abilities via heavyweight spearfish torpedos that can better 70mph. These torpedoes are impossible to jam and are powerful enough to break the back of a large warship as used by the UK's Astute class nuclear hunter killer subs also used by the Royal Navy, so absolutely lethal if they target another sub. The detection suite(electronic warfare) and listening tech is said to be so sensitive it can distiguish between ships leaving harbour in new york all the way from the south west coast of the UK. It is the most advanced of any nation. All these boats are awesome and will help keep the peace for the next 50 years.
The UK and the USA have been friends for a long time I have been to the USA many times and I love the people and country god bless the UK and the USA
Well said and thank you!
the 4 British Vanguard class are probably somewhere deep around the Baltic, our nuclear defense is sub based as we are a small country and mobile and silos are not possible. Our Trident system is not an attack system, it can never be used as first strike
Have to watch this from the beginning. I hate being late
i have been in a sub it was a long time ago now. we went to Chatham docks on a day trip and one thing we got to do was go on board the sub they had there at the time.
from what i remember it was very cramped and you had to swing thou the door ways inside. Launched in 1962, HM Submarine Ocelot was one of 57 submarines built at Chatham between 1908 and 1966. She served during the Cold War in the Arctic, Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean and Baltic Seas. and from what i see she is still there so maybe next year a visit to chatham kent might be a great day out
It's interesting in the UK, for a small island they certainly punch above their weight. A lot of currrent technology has been pioneered by the Brits, but due to lack of resources, has been taken over by the Americans.
Indeed, the Victorians were pretty much World leaders in developing new technology.
These machines look amazing and should act as a deterrent for years to come. My only hope is they actually work and by work I mean they actually do what they are supposed to do. Our new aircraft carriers have had nothing but problem after problem and they are taking parts off one to keep the other operational at present. Fingers crossed for less teething problems.!! Keep up the good work ladies, loving the content in your channel.!!
My brother was in the Royal Navy and did a stint on a submarine. The only two things he ever said was it’s smelly as aerosols aren’t allowed so no deodorants and don’t stand too quickly when climbing through a hatch (door) as he did this and needed 17 stitches in his head as he hadn’t cleared the header! NOT a mistake he ever made again… lol
usa and the uk do actually keep us safe because the firepower we have is insane
Love your reaction. Thing is we all come from a generation that would rather have had peace but didn't have a lot of choice. Lessons have been learned, our family have come together and it seams this is the best way to keep the peace for us all in the face of those who would rather inflict harm and subjugate. God bless our forces.
Strange that the 'narrator' says that the Dreadnought double hull is a new idea! All submarines for decades have used this principle, the inner hull is the pressure hull which keeps the crew safe in a watertight environment, the outer hull is a free flood area called the casing which covers over the natural extrusions on the pressure hull, ie, hatch entries, torpedo tube outer doors, sonar suites, capstans, fair leads, anchor and all the other paraphernalia that has to penetrate the pressure hull. This casing is constructed of steel less than 12mm thick whereas the pressure hull is up to 150 mm thick.
I joined my first RN Sub back in the late 70's and long before that all subs had casings right back to those in WW2.
Valiant and Warspite were also the names given to a class of RN submarine from the 60's and Dreadnought was the first RN Nuclear sub. These submarines are replacing the Vanguard class which comprised Vanguard, Victorious, Vigilant and Vengeance.
If you want to visit and tour a sub, the USS Albacore is a revolutionary teardrop design and is located in Portsmouth NH. A truly special craft.
With regard to looking out for our friends, the UK and US have signed a deal with Australia to design and build the Aussies first nuclear powered sub. This did however upset the French who had apparently assumed the gig was theirs.
Except the French were converting their existing Nuclear design to a Diesel Electric.
@@AJS86 and now the Aussies are getting nuclear powered subs from the UK and US. My understanding is our antipodean cousins had indicated to the French they wanted diesel powered subs but before the contract could be agreed, they decided to take the superior nuclear offering instead.
@@grantmason740 it was the whole anti nuclear anything view here. They only chose nuclear after change of government and the US/UK got involved.
We in Australia let other countries dump their waste here but god forbid we use nuclear power ourselves
The Dreadnought class is replacing the Vanguard class of submarines.
The Dreadnought Class will replace the existing Vanguard Class subs.
Dreadnought is named for HMS Dreadnought that was launched in 1906 and was the first true modern battleship - so much so, the name Dreadnought was adopted for the new types of battleships. Everything that came before were referred to as pre-dreadnought battleships
Always found submarines interesting so enjoyed this quick look with you at the lasted Technology being used in the making of this one
If you visit the UK we have a WW2 era submarine, the last of it's kind. HMS Alliance, which you can visit if you feel so inclined.
Love this video Natasha and Debbie it’s is nice to hear that we are cousins my country untied kingdom and the USA it make us stronger together and that we will always have each other backs in a time of war, I know we don’t want war but it’s best to keep both our countries safe and love your support to our Royal Navy keep making more videos like those stay safe from jamie in the untied kingdom x
In a straight line (across Morecambe Bay) I live approx 7 miles from Barrow, The submarine dreadnought shares its name of a WW1 battleship class (my grandfather served on a Dreadnought Battleship HMS Bellerophon at the battle of Jutland.
WW2 I had 2 uncles serving in Subs (1 in atlantic and one far east )
Post WW2 I had 1 uncle then myself in the surface fleet.
My stepson works on the IT systems of all vessels being built in Barrow. So I reckon that's full circle
One of the most humbling experiences for the American Navy was When their biggest and Newish Aircraft , USS Ronald Reagan was sunk repeatedly in exercises by a small Swedish diesel sub - the Gotland.
This Sub was so quiet ,even though the escorts and the carrier knew it was around, it still made numerous hits.
It did this 2 years running!
Submarines running on electric motors are of course quieter than any larger nuclear submarine, but they can only run on electric for so long. They may be great for coastal defence, but would be sunk as soon as they start the diesel generators to top up their batteries in open water.
Horses for courses, the Gotland would have got no where near an American carrier group, had the exercise area included her trip there in wartime conditions.
I live right next to the huge building for Bae systems in Barrow in furness. I watched them move it out. it was amazing : o
The Royal Navy really does have some good capital ship names.
HMS Dreadnought is named after the dreadnought class of battleships the Royal Navy commissioned prior to the first world war, they instantly rendered all other battleships obsolete overnight.
Thankyou from an old brit. vet. GBA
Thank YOU for your service 🫡
That's why the Government department responsible for the Military is know as The Ministry of Defense (MOD).
Not Ministry of War.
Sending heartfelt thanks to you lovely ladies ❤
At 17,2000 tonnes the Dreadnought submarine is almost the same as it's namesake the 18,000 tonnes 160m long HMS Dreadnought battleship of 1906, the one that started the all big gun battleship race.
To answer your other question, the Dreadnought Class will replace the current Vanguard Class which have been in service since 1993.
My favourite aircraft is old but a beautiful looking craft and when the sky's go dark on a summers day then you know that the B52 bomber is above you with it's amazing appearance and size it is just a piece of art and not to be messed with, I had the great experience of seeing one take off and it will stay with me for the rest of my life, the size is scary and close up it off the scale big a beautiful craft. 🇬🇧🇺🇸
If and when you ladies come to the UK, you must visit Portsmouth naval base. It has a public section that houses the Royal Navy museum, and part of that is , the magnificent HMS Victory, the 1st ironclad warship HMS Warrior and the piece of driftwood HMS Mary Rose. There are also other ships/boats in dry docks and old workshops with various displays. If you want to know about subs, you can go over the harbour to Gosport, to the submarine museum. The Portsmouth area has a number of naval and military museums that I'm sure you would love. Also, not too far away, there is the Tank museum, which has one of the finest collections of tanks (surprise, surprise) in the world, with the worlds only working/running, Tiger tank.
If you get to Portsmouth, you may be lucky to see the Navy's aircraft carriers, which are home based there.
So, story time...
My late uncle was an civilian engineer who worked for a while designing and building military training simulators for a variety of platforms including submarines. This meant that he had to go to the joint UK/US submarine base at Faslane in Scotland a lot. One day he showed up there to find that there was a whole lot more security than usual and lots more MoD police and US military police knocking about than normal. Once he got inside he asked one of the RN officers he'd got to know what was going on.
The officer could barely suppress a grin as he told him. Apparently, a few days before, a British sub had parked itself on the sea bed just off the US ballistic missile sub base at Holy Loch, and waited, dead silent, for a USN SSBN (nuclear ballistic missile sub) to sail out. The US sub had sailed right over it, oblivious to it's presence, at which point the British sub had risen silently in it's 'baffles' (the area behind a moving sub where it can't hear anything due to the noise of it's own prop) and given the American a huge active sonar 'ping' at point blank range. In submarine terms, this is the equivalent of sneaking up behind someone and shouting "BOO!" right in their ears, and the message it sends is basically, "if that'd been a torpedo, you'd be dead, mate".
Just to rub it in further, the US sub was one of their latest (at the time) super-high-tech Ohio class, while the British sub was a 30-year old Oberon class SSK. That's a _diesel-electric_ hunter-killer sub: not even nuclear*. The reason for all the extra security was that a load of US Navy "Brass" (Brit slang for high-ranking officers) had shown up that morning demanding every detail of how it was done...🤣
In fairness to all the US forces, I've heard/read of a number of these "let's show the Yanks up" events across all kinds of warfare (and not just by the Brits), and they ALWAYS come back to learn all the lessons from it and USUALLY implement them. The US defence-industrial establishment can be a bit arrogant and dismissive of anything not-made-here or not-done-here sometimes: it seems that giving them a shock is a good way of getting them to listen.
*Well-designed diesel-electric boats can actually be quieter than a nuclear sub because they can go _completely_ silent whilst a nuclear boat has to keep it's reactor cooling pumps running all the time or bad things happen. Some nuclear boats (including Ohios) have a reactor that's tall enough to use natural circulation, with the pumps turned off, at low power levels. It's usually only ballistic missile boats (SSBNs) though, because they have much larger diameter hulls than hunter-killers (SSNs) in order to house the missiles.
Yes Natasha, you correctly pronounced 'Derby'. The pronunciation is such, because in Anglo-Saxon times, the town was called Darbye and we have pronounced it with an 'a' for a thousand years !!! The City of Derby is right in the centre of England. Rolls-Royce is a very big business in the City. The first Merlin engines, for Spitfires and Hurricanes during WWII were designed, tested and mass produced here. Today, large aero engines are built here to power all types of continental flying Boeing and Airbus aircraft. (I noticed recently that even Donald Trump has Derby-built Rolls-Royce engines on his personal airliner). In addition, Rolls-Royce has its nuclear facility in Derby where it produces the nuclear reactors which power the submarines of the Royal Navy. It will be producing the reactors to power the new Dreadnought Class of submarines.
You should also look into the UK Apache helicopters, the USA built the Apache and it was awesome. However, been British we decided to improve on the design with our own engineers so we just bought the shells. It's a fascinating helicopter because there's also a minimal number of people who can literally fly them. Since you need to be able to use each eye independent if one another, from what I recall it's less than 5% of the population can actually do this. Try watching two TV programmes at the exact same time without missing anything from either show, insane.
I believe Australia will be buying about 6 of these submarines in about 5 to 10 years, but will be leasing 3 American Virginia class subs in a couple of years time.
Great video ladies. I have been on a submarine, when I was at school (loooooooong time ago) I went on a school trip and spent 3 days with the Royal Navy during which I went aboard HMS Alliance, which became a museum piece in 1981, and claustrophobia aside there's no way I could volunteer to serve aboard a ship that is designed to sink on purpose.
Those 3 silhouettes one each country could take out most of the world truly frighting.
My late father was the only person I knew who was on a submarine. It was a German one in WWII. His ship had blasted it to the surface, so a boarding party had to take over and search the sub.
My uncle is a nuclear submariner, he was based in Faslane then moved South to a base in England. He told me that the people on submarine (except the top officers) know where they actually are. The could literally be off the coast of Scotland or North Korea and wouldn't know.
Ships or Submarine names go back centuries, I believe somewhere in HMS Nelson is a storage facility which holds all the memorabilia from previously named ships, when a new ship is named, then commissioned its displayed on the newest shop bearing the name. Often in the literature you find that this the 3rd or 4th ship to bear this name and a brief description of the previous ships back hundreds of years.
The Dreadnoughts will replace the Vanguard class. As for the names, HMS WARSPITE is the most decorated warship in RN history! Fighting in and surviving both world wars. It was a Legendary battleship!
If you ever make it to the UK drop down to Portsmouth and visit the National Museum of the Royal Navy. Home of HMS Victory, HMS Warrior, The Mary Rose and HMS Alliance (submarine). I'm a tour guide there and would happily take you round.
I was on a decommissioned French ballistic missile submarine (Redoubtable) a couple of months ago. Absolutely fascinating. She weight 8,000 tonnes, so less than half the size of Dreadnought, but still seemed huge compared to other subs I've been on. All SSBN's are designed as a weapon of last resort - in the hope that they will never need to be used. They make it too dangerous for any potential enemy to consider attacking us directly. You might think of them as weapons of peace rather than weapons of war. The Dreadnought Class will replace the Vanguard Class as the UK's nuclear deterrent.
Problem with that is if you have a nut case (or religious gibberer) on the other side!
Much of the technology that is used on both UK and US warships and submarines, such as the ducted propulsor and sound isolation rafts within the hull for machinery was developed by the UK and shared with the US. This is part of the reason UK and US subs have been and remain quieter and harder to detect than their Soviet/Russian counterparts. Going further back in time, the angled flight deck used by US Navy aircraft carriers along with the steam catapult and deck landing light system originated in the UK. There is a long history of the UK and US sharing military technology as well as training to operate together.
I've just mentioned this above, one of the problems that the UK has is lack of resources to further develop various technologies that they pioneered.
Just discovered these two lovely ladies and they've cheered up my day. The Turing video 👍
Hi Girls.
If you like RN ships and submarines, in London you can visit HMS Belfast (WWII cruiser) permanently moored next to Tower Bridge, Portsmouth for Victory, Warrior and the Mary Rose, Gosport for the submarine museum.
HMS Dreadnought is named after the 1906 Battleship. In 1906 the battleship HMS Dreadnought was a revolutionary battleship with an 'all big gun' armament and steam turbines. It had twice the firepower of any battleship of the time and was for the time a lot faster. HMS Valiant and HMS Warspite were both Queen Elizabeth class battleships completed in 1913. They were the first battleships armed with 15in guns, which fired shells weighing over 1900lbs, which are considered by many to be relatively the best or one of the best heavy naval gun ever made. They were also the fastest battleships in WW1. Both ships fought at the battle of Jutland, with Warspite surviving many large shell hits. Both Valiant and Warspite were heavily rebuilt for WW2, along with class leader, Queen Elizabeth. Warspite fought at the Battle of Narvik in 1940, actually in Narvik Fjord, Norway, leading a force that wiped out a German fleet of 10 destroyers and other ships. Warspite also fought the Italian battleships Guilio Cesare and Conte di Cavour at the battle of Calabria, where she hit Cesare at over 26000 yds range, which is a joint record hit for longest range hit on a moving ship by another ship with guns, all without radar too. The Italians retreated after that hit. Warspite fought the Italians again at the Battle of Cape Matapan, where she was the fleet flagship. Warspite and sister ships Valiant and Barham, caught 3 Italian cruisers by surprise, at night, demolishing them at approx 4000 yds range, this time detecting the Italians with radar. Warspite also served in the Indian ocean than back to the Med, where she was hit with a German air launched Fritz X guided bomb, during the Salerno Landings in Italy She was severely damaged by this and never fully repaired. Despite this, she took part in the D-day landings, firing 15in shells at German positions and a few months later did the same off the Scheldt estuary. She is considered by many to be the most successful battleship and certainly the most active in both world wars. Valiant as mentioned was at Cape Matapan, where HRH Prince Phillip (a Lieutenant at the time) was commanding the searchlights, this was before he married Queen Elizabeth II. Valiant and Queen Elizabeth were part of the British Eastern fleet in the Indian Ocean in 1944, with QE as fleet flagship. Also serving in the same fleet was my late Grandfather, aboard the destroyer HMS Relentless and later other smaller ships. USS Saratoga was also briefly served in the fleet too - there is a colour video on youtube of USS Saratoga being passed and saluted by many of the Royal Navy ships - check that out. There has never been a King George VI in the Royal Navy but there was a King George V, which was the lead ship in a class of brand new fast battleships built for the RN in WW2. KGV was famous for her role in sinking the German Battleship Bismarck, hitting Bismarck with many 14in shells. If you like military stuff, check out the histories of the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth class battleships
The current subs are the vanguard class. This carries fewer trident missiles than the vanguard (12 vs 16.) Countries are required to reduce the size of their nuclear arsenals hence we've decided on fewer missiles per sub.
Any potential enemies of the UK only have to get worried if one of the Dreadnoughts... Say the 3rd boat in the line, is given the name HMS Warspite 😂
If you'd ever like to hear stories about one of the most gangster Warships to ever put to sea, look up HMS Warspite. Queen Elizabeth class Battleship, veteran of both ww1 & 2, fought at the Battle of Jutland and was so keen to get stuck in she took the opportunity to go round for a 2nd pass when the crew lost control of her rudder...and that was the beginning of her very long career.
The exploits of Warspite are crazy and if there's any ship that proves ships have souls, she's the one to look at 🤗
what can I said that's not all ready been said in the comments, thank you ladies for your interest and input to all our allies ,you bring together us all. the history of the submarine in RN, is it self a history of the submarine, very fascinating check it out
Very interesting. I spent 25 years Australian Navy and 5 of those on the older Oberon class submarines. Very different to the new boats!!
There's a mistake in the video. It says that the French sub carries 16 Trident missiles. This is incorrect: it carries 16 all-French M51 missiles. France has always insisted that it's nuclear deterrent be entirely French in origin, unlike the UK which has always been happy to co-operate with, and depend upon, the United States.
The subs they're replacing are the Vanguard class: four boats which also carry Trident missiles. Before that we had the Resolution class (also four boats) that carried the Polaris missile. Four boats is the minimum neccessay to keep at least one at sea on patrol at any one time. It's basically one on patrol, one in refit, one doing training, and one spare (on patrol some of the time) in case any of the others has a problem. France had five for a while but have now gone down to four as well.
Dreadnaught was previously known as "Successor" in the early planning stages and is due to replace the Vanguard class of SSBN missile boats. These provide the UK Continually at Sea Deterrent (CASD) capability. Dreadnaught will carry the current Trident SLBM, but will no doubt be able to carry its replacement whenever that comes into service. UK boats carry US built missiles but fitted with UK manufactured warheads. UK nuclear release process is entirely separate from the US chain of command. This separation is to the benefit of both countries as it makes the opposition's problems more complex (... which is a good thing!)
The US-UK links in submarine building go back to 1901when the RN first submarine was a US designed Holland class submarine built in Barrow under licence from the Electric Boat Company of Groton, Connecticut. There is a long standing technical and personal connection between EB and Barrow that continues to this day.
What is interesting about the Dreadnaught class is that it will be the first in the water, before the US and French builds. This is to some extent being forced by the age and number of the existing CASD fleet, however this will be the first time Barrow has been the lead yard in the process.
The new class is to replace the Astute class sub. The Astute class sub is almost undetectable by any of the worlds navy's. The new Derdnaught class is the most advanced sub in the world. By the way when the Astute class sub came out the first one was just of the cost of Washington DC for two months and the US navy did not find them. That is how silent the Astute class is. Now how quite will the new sub be
It's worth noting despite the Pics if The Dreadnought Class outside of official circles, no one actually knows what They will look like, and some features most notably their propulsion system is still a secret
These are all built in my home town..All submarines( and a lot of surface ships) in UK have been built here since the late 1880`s. Seen this video lots and always enjoy it. i have worked on a few of ships/sub in the yard.We used to be called Vickers Armstrong a family owned yard before the giants of BAE took us over.
Don't forget Vickers built a lot of Spitfires too
Not quite true, Barrow has always built the lead boat of each class, but submarines have been built in other places such as the Clyde, Forth, Tyne and the South Coast up until the 70s.
Barrow became a centre for shipbuilding on the back of the Iron and Steel industry that was based in Barrow mainly because of the charcoal and ironstone that could be found in the Lake District. When ships became made of iron, then it made sense to build them near to where you smelted iron...
@@felixthecat265 Talking Nuclear subs.. no probs or disrespect to other yards ...👍
The Port of Blyth used to have subs coming in years ago. I've seen the hanger where this is being built and it's huge, we're p[planning on going back when it is finished and sets sail.
I have just watched Mark from the states watching a short on the largest war cemetery at Tyne Cot. I think you would find it very moving.
I loved this too ladies..Dreadnought was a group of battleships that were built in the early 1900's..they were kind of new specification because they used turbines..HMS Warspite was one of them and is known for being the most decorated battleship..at a Royal Navy show at Portsmouth yrs ago you could go aboard battleships and subs..they were both exceedingly small but the subs were absolutely ridiculous..I'd have gone stir crazy...yes I'm glad us 3 countrys are working together..we need to support each other and other countries like Russia and China are doing the same
.but I think Russia don't have much of anything left let alone submarines
Hello girlies, Great video again, my brother worked for a company who built radio and radar for the Navy and was asked to go on a submarine to fit and test radio, I'm not aloud to say who he worked for but now retired. Love your enthusiasm girlies xx
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Great video again ladies. I was in the RN for a while and my sub was HMS Sovereign (Swiftsure class) love to go onboard to see a modern sub compared to the one that I served on (which was as old as I am)
Apart from King George VI (it's a new name, their were though two classes of battleships named for King George V, four ships that fought in World War One and five ships in World War Two), all the names have a long history and many ships of the Royal Navy have used the name previously. The original HMS Valiant was built in New York in 1755, so the name has an American connection. The name Dreadnought and Warspite both date back to the 16th century.
I’m from derby uk and it always makes me laugh how people pronounce it. 😂😂.