Joined my first ship in Liverpool and 2 others to follow ! never forgotten as a young man sailing out and around to London and off on voyage to New Zealand with a full cargo and number 2 hold filled with ammuntion for the NZ defence force. My first time home to Auckland having been away 3 years. Home is the sailor home from the sea said my Dad! 40 years in the RN/RNZN for Dad and 6 years of war included. Happy days at sea and we returned to Liverpool to pay off, the one and only time i paid off there a good run ashore in the city, the old docks will all be gone now but that is progress for you.
Thank you each and everyone for your service and keeping us all safe, our thoughts and prayers are for your safety and safe return to your loved ones and home life. So proud of all or Armed personnel, At land, Sea and in the Air and our Emergency Services in the UK.
How are you responsive when you have nothing to be responsive with , like actual weapons or assets....???? It's amazing how logic is never part of the British curriculum, my word.
@@alanmcmillan6969stand by for them to compare us to the US, failing to appreciate the difference in budgets and the obvious capability differences that brings.
@@ianphillips9455 I shall help you then my comrade fool! I was taking the urine about the fact this ship is in Liverpool, famous at one time for fancy cars being left on bricks after having their alloy wheels stolen. But to thee I say "whoosh"
Very interesting: I hope not too many sensitive matters are on display to visitors-some of whom may be less than benign in their allegiances to other states.
Oh dear how is lfc new ground coming on? you know the one with the "shovel in the ground" in Stanley park started 2014 should be better than that KFC ground they have now 😂🤣😂🤣
Euan McSporran with an English accent😄😄 That will confuse the hell out of the Russians or Chinese!!! Perhaps a psyops operation😊 I'm Scouse and like virtually all Scousers, there's sailors in my family tree, one didn't come back. A fair wind to all on HMS POW
Good to know daniel that all is well with the defence forces of the UK , i hear that the stealth aircraft are cheap to fly no pilots are needed to start with and the planes fuel consumption is negligible . Smart folks down in London who are in charge of our safety keeping folks safe.
@@duncancallum Not sure the sarcasm works any more Duncan. You people being too clever by half are always gobbing off on the carrier videos about 'no planes'. Its all rather tedious now.
yes all very 'clever Daniel'. No they are doing other things (like training) as no UK carrier has aircraft on board for home port visits and aircraft join at sea. Especially when the public will be all over the ship.
You don't come into your own country's ports with the jets. They are away back to a naval air station . They probably will have a couple on board to show the visitors.
@@1chish they haven't broken. Anyway aircraft carrier is totally different compared to how a frigate or destroyer are crewed. My ship had a crew of 550. But we had room for a total of 900. 450 marines. All the aircraft mechanics and fitters move around with their squadrons. There not really part of the ships company.
Why would they be embarked on this carrier, when it's not the one involved in the current air wing work-up? What a pointless waste of resources that would be, just to appease the "hurr durr no aircraft" crowd.
I guess either this trip wasn't good enough to show off even one aircraft on an aircraft carrier, on a special town visit , or maybe the UK only owns a very small number of F35s that have to be shared between the Royal Navy and the RAF, so little that we unfortunately don't have enough to even fully compliment one carrier without borrowing additional F35s from America. We have a great Navy, but if you don't have the tools to do the job, it'll just adds more controversy to the already damaged reputation of these beautiful carriers. Shame, but I'm glad the crew have a good captain
@@barryward5897 Why do you nuggets write this nonsense?? The UK owns 37 operational F-35s (after 1 crashed). That will rise to 40 early in 2025. They are not 'shared' the are jointly operated as the Harrier Strike Force operated. We paid for 48 but Biden has been playing stupid politics as he hates the UK. Him being 'Irish'! we have funded a further tranche of 30 F-35s. Aircraft numbers and types on board are decided by the exercise or operation. But we could put 3 Squadrons of F-35s on a carrier if needed. The last time US aircraft were assigned to a carrier (apart from cross deck certification) was in 2021 when 8 were attached. This is a rather tired old Chestnut you people re still peddling. Try reading more and writing less Barry ....
@@1chish I base it on their operational availability and the readiness of their air wings. On the way to the Falklands Invincible did an engine change. The teeny weeny carriers were highly efficient and never let us down. If every thing drops into place these vessels are great, it has not happened yet.
@@canopus101 Well I am not sure quite what has not dropped into place given the distances they have travelled, the seas in which they have operated and the number and types of aircraft they have operated (including foreign aircraft). So their operational ability is as good as it gets. Yes yes yes I know PoW had a coupling fail but it was fixed while she was upgraded. And those three carriers weren't exactly bedrocks of reliability. So to say the "carriers were highly efficient and never let us down" when the first one had a failed GT on its way down South is a bit contradictory. The two QEs have also not let us down as one covers the other if necessary as was needed the once.
Beautiful ship! (get rid of the ski ramp already and put in the EMALS) REALLY surprised by the terrible video quality. Should have been in low-compression rate 4K as the subject deserved.
EMALS are still in testing and are currently very expensive. The only disadvantage of the F35B over the C variant is it can't take off with a full load when doing a short take off. The ski ramp negates that.
@@7stormy334 In fact the F-35Bs go off regularly with 22,000 Ib of weapons (there is video on YT) while the F-35C can only go off a CATOBAR with 18,000 Ibs of weapons. According to LM's website. So for me we avoided the unproven and hugely expensive (still) EMALS and delivered a very effective strike capability. Especially as UK F-35Bs were going off at 20 second intervals on CSG21.
When and if EMALS ever works reliably at an affordable price the QEs are already passively engineered to fit those catapults. But why would we when the F-35B is an equally capable fighter as the F-35C? In fact the 'B' goes off with 22,000 Ibs of weapons and the 'C' goes off with 18,000 Ibs of weapons.
You have to laff. Can't even build a island hopping ferry in Scotland. The shipbuilders directors get thousands in bonuses. The SNP get mobile homes. A disgrace to shipbuilding heritage in Scotland.
The Prince of wales! , apparently it constantly leans to the left, lol. Wear the uniform out on the razzle lads, guaranteed to Make the ladies go all clucky.
@1chish Petty officers in our military are required to lead from the front of those they are in charge of. I don't know how that that dynamic works in your military, but that could be why your military is so stagnant and impotent. But, hey, best of luck to you.
Pardon my impertinent Yankee ignorance, but when did the Royal Navy begin anointing a single ship as “the flagship?” I was under the impression that any warship which carried an Admiral’s (or Commodore’s) flag and retained tactical command of other ships was a flagship.
Is it not embarrassing having a carrier still without F35s seriously though, sharing a handful with the RAF. I can’t figure out why senior navy personnel just don’t kick off about it. I find it very odd in all honesty ☹️ and to have to rely on other countries to make a carrier group in just the icing on a cake. Very disappointing
Ooops! Someone's noticed! Shhhhhh! Before you have every British PM this century squealing out shrill lying excuses. Starting with Tony B-liar and also featuring particularly, greasy 'call me Dave' Cameron, Boris the affable con artist and ending with Woke Cult droid, Starmer.
@@Orbital_Inclination "such exquisite whit" Nice turn of phrase! After all, it'd take the arrival of the Holy Ghost to convince the lying mediocrities of our London establishment elite, how many advanced fast combat platforms we really need and how the QE Carriers must be genuinely reconfigured as per 'Project Ark Royal' to operate them effectively!
Go and watch it again. He was making the very valid point that when sailors are doing the same things day in and day out, to be treated as 'special' for a few days is great motivation and shows appreciation. Maybe stop looking to be offended by everything?
@@1chish Not really, it's the neverending list of MoD projects that are either years behind schedule or have serious mechanical flaws. Astute - behind schedule, AJAX - causing deafness and hearing damage, Type 26 Frigate - severely behind schedule....full list on .gov, it's bad.
@@jamesknight3070 Well those some exaggerations grabbed out of nowhere James.... 1. Military projects are by definition all prototype projects and will have issues at the start and will certainly need changing as threats change. Its always been that way regardless of which Navy. Ask the Yanks about the Ford Class carriers ..... 2. The Astute programme is a game of two halves: Pre Boat 4 and post Boat 4 when serious upgrades were put in place since that Boat it has been pretty much on schedule. We have just launched Boat 6. Its so good the Aussies are buying it. 3. Your comments about Ajax are years out of date. You refer to issues from the first planned prototype testing. The pre-production vehicles passed all required tests and standards as planned and its now in full production for service next year. 4. T26 was always a long schedule (too long IMHO). Ship 5 is now in build and the year's delay overall was down to COVID. Certainly erecting speeds are better with each ship as expected. I would rather wait and get the best than rush and have 2nd best. Its always easy to throw shade from outside looking in but there are many reasons none of us know about why schedules slip. I accept the argument that once a design is settled do not change it but then we would not have had the major improvements to Astute from Boat 4 on. Then of course COVID caused delays on every ship / boat build.
The most important question is whether this carrier is equipped with a full squadron of aircraft and if so, how many F-35Bs are aboard. AFAIK, only 34 have been delivered so far...
No one outside a small group in the navy higher ups and the government really knows the answer to that question. That information will always be kept secret. They don't want to advertise the aircraft carrier's capabilities to the enemies that are always watching and spying.
@@chillout1109 They don't advertise it, but number of aircraft isn't something that's deliberately kept secret, although it might be under reported, to mislead.
@@GonzoTehGreatthey've had aircraft embarked previously, they just don't need them for this training period. The ship has been in normal refit and maintenance recently so this kind of shake-down is standard stuff.
Currently the UK has received 34 F35s in total between the RAF and RN. Each of the two aircraft carriers support thirty-six F-35s and four helicopters, but with a theoretical surge capacity of up to 72 aircraft. So the RN is wasting tax payer money sailing the aircraft carriers when they cannot be staffed by a full complement of aircraft.
Training the ships crew is not time wasted. The air wing are doing their own work-up on the other carrier, as this one shakes down any mechanical snags before CSG25 next year. The theoretical capacity is exactly that, theoretical. Only the US ever deploy with that kind of air wing. It also doesn't take into account deck and hangar space being used for other aircraft or storage. The French, probably a good comparison to the UK in this regard, usually embark between 15-25 jets on actual ops, and less for training or exercises.
If they doubled the aircraft order and doubled the destroyers and frigates then two aircraft carriers would be sensible. At best we will have one with insufficient protection.
That's not even the worst of it. The RFA is a shambles and the RFA Fort Victoria - the only ship in the RFA capable of solid stores replenishment at sea - is permanently out of action. This ship can't sail without the US or some other navy providing solid stores support. The situation is nuts.
@shsh-he5qg thats a basic need when a problem occurs. There's a big difference between getting towed on a single occasion when a failure occurs and having to be permanently escorted by a tug boat
Exactly right. No Specsavers for you Soft Lad. Because no carrier has fixed wing aircraft on board for home port visits. Aircraft join / leave the ship at sea.
@@1chish The only fixed-wing aircraft that the ship can operate is the highly unreliable, desperately complex, very short-legged and low payload F-35B. It operated probably eight of them during exercise Steadfast Defender earlier this year, (the same aircraft that QE operated) but has never operated anything approaching a full air group. Given the F-35B's known availability and sortie rate, PoW would have difficulty even keeping a CAP up.
A scouse war ship is a thing of terror. Imagine typhoons and Royal Marines being deployed to scouse matic and then all your copper and wheels getting nicked when the fightings done
Ive got a tear in my eye here your a credit to all your family's and the people of the country!
"Born in Liverpool, made in the Royal Navy", with reference to the excellent recruiting advert that ran a few years ago.
So glad these men and women are on our side looking out for us!. Very proud. Hoping you all have a peaceful xmas with your familys.
Yeah so proud,yet the invasion of rubber boats continues,it's been built to escort oil🙄
Thank you for standing on the front lines. Success in battle and following seas, sailors of the Royal Navy.
Commanding Officer seems really well-spoken and confident. I fully trust in him!
@@Вивсівідстійcould possibly be, especially when you realise,they'll not stop the invasion of rubber boats,they'll be escorting oil tankers
Joined my first ship in Liverpool and 2 others to follow ! never forgotten as a young man sailing out and around to London and off on voyage to New Zealand with a full cargo and number 2 hold filled with ammuntion for the NZ defence force. My first time home to Auckland having been away 3 years. Home is the sailor home from the sea said my Dad! 40 years in the RN/RNZN for Dad and 6 years of war included. Happy days at sea and we returned to Liverpool to pay off, the one and only time i paid off there a good run ashore in the city, the old docks will all be gone now but that is progress for you.
I saw this arriving on sunday on crosby beach looked really nice
Awesome handbrake turn 🫶🏻
That is a Big ship, I think a football match should be played on her , Everton v Liverpool perhaps.
That would be a great spectacle my friend 👍
Thank you each and everyone for your service and keeping us all safe, our thoughts and prayers are for your safety and safe return to your loved ones and home life. So proud of all or Armed personnel, At land, Sea and in the Air and our Emergency Services in the UK.
The important part is, be ready, be responsive.
How are you responsive when you have nothing to be responsive with , like actual weapons or assets....???? It's amazing how logic is never part of the British curriculum, my word.
You have a poor view on the ability of our armed forces.
@@alanmcmillan6969stand by for them to compare us to the US, failing to appreciate the difference in budgets and the obvious capability differences that brings.
@@alanmcmillan6969 While you clearly have no idea of the power of your military even when the evidence is right there in your face.
@@frank-ko6de facebook posts are not evidence.
Great job.
If you ever get a chance go out on a little boat until all you see is sea ,it's the most free I've felt
I'll be on there this Sunday. I cannot wait, first time on a grey liner since leaving the Rn a lifetime ago
Nice report!
Hope everyone on board enjoys their time in our city! 🇬🇧
Thank you
🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴☠️🏴☠️ The UK’s finest. God speed.
God Bless you mariners
Great heritage and naval city
Gutted! Missed out on the tour before COVID and got tickets for this weekend and it was cancelled. Fully understand but hope I get another chance
0:05 yeooo they got the carrier drifting 😂
Looks like they've got a brilliant commanding officer running things.
British flagship. Soon to be Britain's only ship.
This ship needs to be in the English Channel stopping daily invasion
Congratulations Commander Blackett and to all your superb crew. MOST IMPORTANT celebrities!!! Thank you.
He is a captain not a commander. I In fact he is aCommodore. The captain's of these British carriers have all been commodores.
@Rondon68 How did I get Commander!! Thank you so much.
Very good and interesting. It is amazing what you can cram in, in such a short time slot.
Going to be a lot of state of the art aircraft up on bricks soon :P
Prince of Wales? Lob lots of gold and medals on it to match the London fella.
"It is better to remain silent and let people think you are a fool than to open YOUR mouth and remove all doubt"
@@ianphillips9455 I shall help you then my comrade fool! I was taking the urine about the fact this ship is in Liverpool, famous at one time for fancy cars being left on bricks after having their alloy wheels stolen. But to thee I say "whoosh"
Darren Till joined the Navy
How do modern flagships function if I may ask?
Well, you have a big old engine which turns the prop shafts which make the props turn and that propels the ship through the water. You're welcome.
@@RichardMontgomeryYT aside from that and the obvious.
its a sad site to see a aircraft carrier without any aircraft
Very interesting: I hope not too many sensitive matters are on display to visitors-some of whom may be less than benign in their allegiances to other states.
those lads are all reds, so don't be surprised if the new Tesco is "accidentally destryed" when the ship leaves
Oh dear how is lfc new ground coming on? you know the one with the "shovel in the ground" in Stanley park started 2014 should be better than that KFC ground they have now 😂🤣😂🤣
like most reds they don't live in liverpool
Decent space for a rave I'd say. Plenty toilets, fresh air.
Incredible..keep safe! Since ive paid for it can civis visit it?
Yes, the RN advertised public tours whilst it is in port. You can probably still find tickets online.
Euan McSporran with an English accent😄😄
That will confuse the hell out of the Russians or Chinese!!! Perhaps a psyops operation😊
I'm Scouse and like virtually all Scousers, there's sailors in my family tree, one didn't come back.
A fair wind to all on HMS POW
I miss the RO5.🏴
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I just wish I could see jets on the deck..everytime it's filmed it looks like a floating empty car park.
To everyone wondering where are the jets....They are all in the background but you can't see them. They're stealth planes. Thats the idea.
Good to know daniel that all is well with the defence forces of the UK , i hear that the stealth aircraft are cheap to fly no pilots are needed to start with and the planes fuel consumption is negligible . Smart folks down in London who are in charge of our safety keeping folks safe.
@@duncancallum Not sure the sarcasm works any more Duncan. You people being too clever by half are always gobbing off on the carrier videos about 'no planes'. Its all rather tedious now.
yes all very 'clever Daniel'. No they are doing other things (like training) as no UK carrier has aircraft on board for home port visits and aircraft join at sea. Especially when the public will be all over the ship.
No jets on it then...
John Meacock, has either messed up badly or joined late. Looks a bit old to be a PO in this days Navy.
Absikuteky beautiful
Mc sporran, Mc kilt and Mclongwooliesocks.
Can't carry a full compliment and no support vessels 😂
Be nice if you protected our borders
Where were the planes ?
You don't come into your own country's ports with the jets. They are away back to a naval air station . They probably will have a couple on board to show the visitors.
Not AGAIN 🤦♂
@@1chish they haven't broken. Anyway aircraft carrier is totally different compared to how a frigate or destroyer are crewed. My ship had a crew of 550. But we had room for a total of 900. 450 marines. All the aircraft mechanics and fitters move around with their squadrons. There not really part of the ships company.
So it's artwork for a CHAV city now?
Correct, doesn't she look beautiful on our waterfront 😘 we'll have them sailors in trackies in no time
How about telling the world we have a 12th generation stealth ship as flagship, but never show it ever. (Or indeed ever build it! 😁)
High readiness carrier with no planes?
Look at all those planes and helicopters on of course there on the other carrier
Why would they be embarked on this carrier, when it's not the one involved in the current air wing work-up? What a pointless waste of resources that would be, just to appease the "hurr durr no aircraft" crowd.
Never onboard when in port, off doing other duties.
I guess either this trip wasn't good enough to show off even one aircraft on an aircraft carrier, on a special town visit , or maybe the UK only owns a very small number of F35s that have to be shared between the Royal Navy and the RAF, so little that we unfortunately don't have enough to even fully compliment one carrier without borrowing additional F35s from America. We have a great Navy, but if you don't have the tools to do the job, it'll just adds more controversy to the already damaged reputation of these beautiful carriers.
Shame, but I'm glad the crew have a good captain
@@barryward5897 Why do you nuggets write this nonsense??
The UK owns 37 operational F-35s (after 1 crashed). That will rise to 40 early in 2025. They are not 'shared' the are jointly operated as the Harrier Strike Force operated. We paid for 48 but Biden has been playing stupid politics as he hates the UK. Him being 'Irish'! we have funded a further tranche of 30 F-35s.
Aircraft numbers and types on board are decided by the exercise or operation. But we could put 3 Squadrons of F-35s on a carrier if needed. The last time US aircraft were assigned to a carrier (apart from cross deck certification) was in 2021 when 8 were attached. This is a rather tired old Chestnut you people re still peddling.
Try reading more and writing less Barry ....
So what's happened to H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth?
docked in fairlie as of 4 hours ago..
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I have an uneasy feeling that these carriers will not be as effective and useful as Invincible, Illustrious and Ark Royal. I hope i'm wrong.
On what basis do you suggest that given they are each 3 times the displacement and deliver 5th Gen fighters?
@@1chish I base it on their operational availability and the readiness of their air wings. On the way to the Falklands Invincible did an engine change. The teeny weeny carriers were highly efficient and never let us down. If every thing drops into place these vessels are great, it has not happened yet.
@@canopus101 Well I am not sure quite what has not dropped into place given the distances they have travelled, the seas in which they have operated and the number and types of aircraft they have operated (including foreign aircraft). So their operational ability is as good as it gets. Yes yes yes I know PoW had a coupling fail but it was fixed while she was upgraded. And those three carriers weren't exactly bedrocks of reliability. So to say the "carriers were highly efficient and never let us down" when the first one had a failed GT on its way down South is a bit contradictory.
The two QEs have also not let us down as one covers the other if necessary as was needed the once.
i agree its a white elephant were in the missile drone age now
@@martinwilby8942 So China, the USA, India, Italy and Spain are all wrong as well as us?
Whatever you say Admiral.
And the US have 11 of these 😂 how the mighty have fallen
McSporran......nahhh, really?
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Why isn't the queen elizabeth the flagship?
It switches between the two carriers
Because Prince of Wales was the first one to pass drone trials.
Great ship, but how many British planes.........
None. They won't be embarked while in port. The air wing joins at sea.
Football the Newcastle Liverpool
How many of these small boats will this big beauty turn around😂😂built to escort oil tankers and freight ships past pirate hotspots😡😡
Beautiful ship! (get rid of the ski ramp already and put in the EMALS) REALLY surprised by the terrible video quality. Should have been in low-compression rate 4K as the subject deserved.
EMALS doesn't work for the F-35B, and is far less reliable than a ramp.
EMALS are still in testing and are currently very expensive. The only disadvantage of the F35B over the C variant is it can't take off with a full load when doing a short take off. The ski ramp negates that.
@@7stormy334 In fact the F-35Bs go off regularly with 22,000 Ib of weapons (there is video on YT) while the F-35C can only go off a CATOBAR with 18,000 Ibs of weapons. According to LM's website.
So for me we avoided the unproven and hugely expensive (still) EMALS and delivered a very effective strike capability. Especially as UK F-35Bs were going off at 20 second intervals on CSG21.
When and if EMALS ever works reliably at an affordable price the QEs are already passively engineered to fit those catapults. But why would we when the F-35B is an equally capable fighter as the F-35C? In fact the 'B' goes off with 22,000 Ibs of weapons and the 'C' goes off with 18,000 Ibs of weapons.
@@1chish Its even better than I thought and I was already convinced the MOD did make the best decision.
Part time aircraft carrier,
It'll end up being blown out of the ocean if they keep poking the Bear !
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Yes super !!! GB very good 👍
BeSafe people enjoy your leave and Christmas at home with your loved ones HOPEFULLY
You have to laff. Can't even build a island hopping ferry in Scotland. The shipbuilders directors get thousands in bonuses. The SNP get mobile homes. A disgrace to shipbuilding heritage in Scotland.
drone bait
The Prince of wales! , apparently it constantly leans to the left, lol.
Wear the uniform out on the razzle lads, guaranteed to Make the ladies go all clucky.
Navy with 60 year old petty ofgicers, my word.
And?
@1chish Petty officers in our military are required to lead from the front of those they are in charge of. I don't know how that that dynamic works in your military, but that could be why your military is so stagnant and impotent. But, hey, best of luck to you.
I'm surprised she made it as far as Liverpool without breaking down and needing a tow.
Pardon my impertinent Yankee ignorance, but when did the Royal Navy begin anointing a single ship as “the flagship?”
I was under the impression that any warship which carried an Admiral’s (or Commodore’s) flag and retained tactical command of other ships was a flagship.
In the RN, it usually refers to the most prestigious ship in the fleet, usually a carrier
@@Orbital_Inclinationis it usually the Queen Elizabeth?
A waste to tax payer money
Until it's not.
Couldnt help but notice that there didn't seem to be a single aircraft on the UKs "flagship" aircraft carrier?
Just seems daft.
When she is in port in the UK all the aircraft go onto land at the bases besides the odd few.
Is it not embarrassing having a carrier still without F35s seriously though, sharing a handful with the RAF. I can’t figure out why senior navy personnel just don’t kick off about it. I find it very odd in all honesty ☹️ and to have to rely on other countries to make a carrier group in just the icing on a cake. Very disappointing
It's not without F-35s, they're just embarked as required, which isn't the case here.
Something is missing on that Ship. I can’t see any aircraft
Ooops! Someone's noticed! Shhhhhh! Before you have every British PM this century squealing out shrill lying excuses. Starting with Tony B-liar and also featuring particularly, greasy 'call me Dave' Cameron, Boris the affable con artist and ending with Woke Cult droid, Starmer.
They're on the other carrier doing their pre-deployment work--up, whilst this one does a shakedown and conducts this port visit
@@Orbital_Inclination ....what? BOTH our F35s????😁
@@squirepraggerstope3591such exquisite whit
@@Orbital_Inclination "such exquisite whit"
Nice turn of phrase! After all, it'd take the arrival of the Holy Ghost to convince the lying mediocrities of our London establishment elite, how many advanced fast combat platforms we really need and how the QE Carriers must be genuinely reconfigured as per 'Project Ark Royal' to operate them effectively!
I lived in Liverpool for a few years when the ship leaves it will have no tyres or hub caps I guarantee it.
Do ships have tyres and hubcaps?
@@Graeme726Not after visiting Liverpool
@@Orbital_Inclination😂
Moronic comment.
"It is better to remain silent and let people think you are a fool than to open YOUR mouth and remove all doubt"
Shave the beards
Time change flag on carrier after all paid by tax payers of uk and should be represented by union flag not old version
It's a RN ensign. The Union Flag forms part of it's design.
Its the Royal Navy flag. It's been in service for centuries.
I see no aircraft as usual
A commander of a military asset shouldn’t be concerned or even want to be a “celebrity” what the hell is that weakness
Go and watch it again. He was making the very valid point that when sailors are doing the same things day in and day out, to be treated as 'special' for a few days is great motivation and shows appreciation.
Maybe stop looking to be offended by everything?
@ no he was saying what he said and how he said it, you’re projecting silly child. Me taking offence? That’s what you think it’s about?
Like a new car that leaves the factory, it starts to wear out & rust & costs a fortune in maintenance 😢
When will it be heading to Scotland for repairs ? 😂
Change the CD Dufus. Its all getting rather boring ... 😏
@@1chish Not really, it's the neverending list of MoD projects that are either years behind schedule or have serious mechanical flaws.
Astute - behind schedule, AJAX - causing deafness and hearing damage, Type 26 Frigate - severely behind schedule....full list on .gov, it's bad.
@@jamesknight3070 Well those some exaggerations grabbed out of nowhere James....
1. Military projects are by definition all prototype projects and will have issues at the start and will certainly need changing as threats change. Its always been that way regardless of which Navy. Ask the Yanks about the Ford Class carriers .....
2. The Astute programme is a game of two halves: Pre Boat 4 and post Boat 4 when serious upgrades were put in place since that Boat it has been pretty much on schedule. We have just launched Boat 6. Its so good the Aussies are buying it.
3. Your comments about Ajax are years out of date. You refer to issues from the first planned prototype testing. The pre-production vehicles passed all required tests and standards as planned and its now in full production for service next year.
4. T26 was always a long schedule (too long IMHO). Ship 5 is now in build and the year's delay overall was down to COVID. Certainly erecting speeds are better with each ship as expected. I would rather wait and get the best than rush and have 2nd best.
Its always easy to throw shade from outside looking in but there are many reasons none of us know about why schedules slip. I accept the argument that once a design is settled do not change it but then we would not have had the major improvements to Astute from Boat 4 on. Then of course COVID caused delays on every ship / boat build.
The most important question is whether this carrier is equipped with a full squadron of aircraft and if so, how many F-35Bs are aboard.
AFAIK, only 34 have been delivered so far...
No one outside a small group in the navy higher ups and the government really knows the answer to that question. That information will always be kept secret. They don't want to advertise the aircraft carrier's capabilities to the enemies that are always watching and spying.
The air wing is on the QE for a work-up. POW has no jets on board for this training/shake-down period
@@chillout1109 They don't advertise it, but number of aircraft isn't something that's deliberately kept secret, although it might be under reported, to mislead.
@@Orbital_Inclination The PoW has been in service for 5 years, yet they're still training without aircraft.
@@GonzoTehGreatthey've had aircraft embarked previously, they just don't need them for this training period. The ship has been in normal refit and maintenance recently so this kind of shake-down is standard stuff.
Currently the UK has received 34 F35s in total between the RAF and RN. Each of the two aircraft carriers support thirty-six F-35s and four helicopters, but with a theoretical surge capacity of up to 72 aircraft. So the RN is wasting tax payer money sailing the aircraft carriers when they cannot be staffed by a full complement of aircraft.
Training the ships crew is not time wasted. The air wing are doing their own work-up on the other carrier, as this one shakes down any mechanical snags before CSG25 next year.
The theoretical capacity is exactly that, theoretical. Only the US ever deploy with that kind of air wing. It also doesn't take into account deck and hangar space being used for other aircraft or storage.
The French, probably a good comparison to the UK in this regard, usually embark between 15-25 jets on actual ops, and less for training or exercises.
If they doubled the aircraft order and doubled the destroyers and frigates then two aircraft carriers would be sensible.
At best we will have one with insufficient protection.
In the event these carriers have to go into combat it will be along side allies many of whom also operate f35s
That's not even the worst of it. The RFA is a shambles and the RFA Fort Victoria - the only ship in the RFA capable of solid stores replenishment at sea - is permanently out of action. This ship can't sail without the US or some other navy providing solid stores support. The situation is nuts.
She is expected to embark 24 F-35s when she is on operations next year, so that's definitely a step up from the usual 8 -12 aircraft.
Make sure you keep a tugboat nearby just in case it breaks down.
Sure it will be tugged to Scotland for repairs before any action 😂
Its not a Russian carrier it doesn't need a tugboat escort on every journey
It’s not the Admiral Kopenetzov
@@ricardosmythe2548 oh the coping can be felt 🤣 the prince of wales and the QE both had to be tugged just this year 🤣
@shsh-he5qg thats a basic need when a problem occurs. There's a big difference between getting towed on a single occasion when a failure occurs and having to be permanently escorted by a tug boat
Anyone else think all of the racks in the hanger. Stacked with boxes/ crates may be a bit of a fire hazard 🤷♂️
... and not an aircraft in sight.
Excellent observation skills. They're on the other carrier for a work-up
Exactly right. No Specsavers for you Soft Lad. Because no carrier has fixed wing aircraft on board for home port visits.
Aircraft join / leave the ship at sea.
@@1chish The only fixed-wing aircraft that the ship can operate is the highly unreliable, desperately complex, very short-legged and low payload F-35B. It operated probably eight of them during exercise Steadfast Defender earlier this year, (the same aircraft that QE operated) but has never operated anything approaching a full air group. Given the F-35B's known availability and sortie rate, PoW would have difficulty even keeping a CAP up.
The navy trying to hide it's lemon.
spot the bot ! lol😎😎
Maybe they should try hiding it under a dock crane, like the Russian one
Bit difficult to hide a 70,000 ton ship in the Mersey River. Not that its a lemon ... 🤣😂
A scouse war ship is a thing of terror. Imagine typhoons and Royal Marines being deployed to scouse matic and then all your copper and wheels getting nicked when the fightings done