Josh Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) I should take a walk that way to see her. How long is she in port? Edited October 22, 2018 by Josh
DB Posted October 22, 2018 Posted October 22, 2018 Apparently a week from the 20th, but that's suitably vague in the article that I saw that it could mean 4, 5 days.
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 Depends whether they overstay their welcome or not, like they did in Florida. It does show the immense soft power of having big warships though. Its like a floating embassy. Or maybe a floating drinks cabinet with a sharp end and a blunt end.
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 23, 2018 Posted October 23, 2018 https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/defence/hms-queen-elizabeth-warship-s-outgoing-captain-would-love-an-extra-10-000-royal-navy-personnel-1-8677615 The outgoing captain of HMS Queen Elizabeth has said it would be lovely if the Royal Navy had an extra 10,000 personnel.Captain Jerry Kyd, the £3.1bn warship’s first seafaring commanding officer, is set to be replaced by Captain Nick Cooke-Priest this week – while the aircraft carrier is in New York. Speaking as HMS Queen Elizabeth was anchored off the island of Manhattan for a week-long New York visit, Capt Kyd said he would like to grow the size of the navy over the coming years. With more than 32,000 people making up the full-time force of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, he explained that retention and recruitment is a ‘constant battle’. Capt Kyd added: ‘This again is why we are looking at innovative manning.‘It is a constant battle – you have to have a strategy which balances your ends, ways and means. ‘It would be lovely if we had another 10,000 people in the navy... we are okay, we are balanced, we are getting back into balance. ‘What is probably the most challenging is making sure there is balance across the different branches of the navy.‘It is not numbers as such, it is the right quality of people in the right numbers in the right areas.’ He said retention rather than recruitment is more of an issue, and that they are constantly looking for ways to make it more attractive as a career.Commodore Mike Utley, the commander of the UK Carrier Strike Group, said the armed forces need highly qualified, highly motivated people – and they are also usually attractive to industry. ‘We are in competition, it is a marketplace,’ he said, but added the global deployments on offer, as well as new ships, aircraft carriers and F-35 jets, are a draw. Capt Kyd also revealed that the sister ship of HMS Queen Elizabeth, HMS Prince of Wales, is ‘on the gradual build up’ with more than 500 personnel forming the ship's company so far. And for the last bit, you will need some music. Hankys at the ready chaps, but keep that upper lip stiff. With HMS Queen Elizabeth due to enter operational service in 2021, he said the combination of aircraft carriers, cutting-edge jets, Type 45 destroyers and astute class submarines will probably mean it is the ‘most potent a military task group we will have put together since 1982’.He added: ‘It is a strategic and political tool... it is all about deterrence.’ Discussing the two new aircraft carriers which cost £3.1bn each, Capt Kyd said they mark a ‘truly profound change for the Royal Navy’.He added: ‘And I think very much signposts the future for the Royal Navy for the next 50 years. It is transformational for us in so many ways.’This sentiment was mirrored by defence secretary Gavin Williamson, who visited the ship on Saturday and said it is a 'clear sign and clear demonstration' of Britain's capability Britain.‘It is quite obvious to me that she is going to be an enormous asset to the Royal Navy, and really is an outward sign of rebirth of the Royal Navy, and actually a much more global navy,’ he said.‘You can see so much of that happening already in the last year, with HMS Sutherland and HMS Albion playing an important role in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.‘This is the clearest demonstration that we are back in the league of being a great global navy that is able to project power, project influence and make a difference in every sea and ocean.’ Seriously though, I thank God we have a defence secretary whom actually knows what he is doing. If they actually gave him a budget increase to play with, Id be even happier.
Nobu Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 (edited) The Japanese Navy truly needs 4 of those at minimum. 6 would be preferable, should Japanese interests dictate the deployment of 2 to the South Pacific. Interference with free research whaling in international waters would come to a halt very quickly I suspect. Edited October 24, 2018 by Nobu
Panzermann Posted October 24, 2018 Posted October 24, 2018 Akagi, Kaga, Soryu..... Yamato and Musashi are also free. How about naming them after the tennos that beat the mongols and koreans back?
JasonJ Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Should name them after pokemon. Pikachu, Raichu, Charizard, Blastoise..
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Or films, Gozilla, Mothra, Battle Royale...
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Dutch to contribute warship to QE Carrier Strike Group.https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/our-region/portsmouth/dutch-warship-to-deploy-alongside-hms-queen-elizabeth-from-2021-1-8679997
JasonJ Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 Dutch to contribute warship to QE Carrier Strike Group.https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/our-region/portsmouth/dutch-warship-to-deploy-alongside-hms-queen-elizabeth-from-2021-1-8679997That's a very good development. A very formidable carrier group can be made on a moment's notice if protocals for syncing up with ally destroyers can be made.
Nobu Posted October 25, 2018 Posted October 25, 2018 How about naming them after the tennos that beat the mongols and koreans back? I'd settle for the Koreans re-naming their Dokdo-class amphibious assault ships to something slightly less offensive to Japanese sensibilities
Rick Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 Or films, Gozilla, Mothra, Battle Royale... Personally I always thought the Royal Navy had the best ship names.
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 So do I, and happily we have refused to go down the road of naming them after politicians. Apparently the RN shit a brick when Churchill tried to get them to name a ship after Oliver Cromwell.
JasonJ Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) How about naming them after the tennos that beat the mongols and koreans back? I'd settle for the Koreans re-naming their Dokdo-class amphibious assault ships to something slightly less offensive to Japanese sensibilities It's a controversial topic. Because of that, it doesn't work in light humor since light humor doesn't work well without a consensus that is well established to a knowledgeable level and is close to interests. So it just looks bad instead. Additionally, on the practical side of it, it is important for Japanese interests to recognize that it is good for the US to keep ROK as an important ally thus compelling a better approach in expressing concerns about what could be described as excessive anti-Japanese by ROK. Being stupid about it reinforces stupidity. That is why it should get a new thread or be posted in an existing thread that is on topic. Of course (as usual) I did make a lengthy post about it, but in the interest of not leaking the contents of other topics into different threads and causing temporary yet major derailment which can be abused by trolls even though going off topic is a good TN tradition and recognized as such for its potential to open up more discussion and breath life into the site, I won't link to it. Edited October 26, 2018 by JasonJ
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 Good video, if you can get beyond the Gay Volleyball music.
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 Big Liz meets big Jim.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9uMwnYrzm0
Panzermann Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 Good video, if you can get beyond the Gay Volleyball music.www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIpVXLZaZqs Gay volleyball music is mandatory since '86 for all flight operations on all carriers, mate. On a more serious question: did the RN copy the USN system of colorful jerseys for the deck crew?
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 Nah, they copied us. Ive no idea. We were using colour coded gear as far back as 1960. Ive no idea if we copied the Americans, or it was our own system.
Panzermann Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) What a lavish luxury! Technicolor instruction films! But they only seem to wear white? this one has colourful jerseys: love the briefing officer's beard. those British planes are really comlicated to hook up to the catapult. Tensioning several ropes, tilting the nose up. Edited October 26, 2018 by Panzermann
shep854 Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 (edited) Color-coded jerseys go back to WWII at least for the US Navy.----When will British Lightnings start coming aboard? Edited October 26, 2018 by shep854
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 What a lavish luxury! Technicolor instruction films! But they only seem to wear white? this one has colourful jerseys: love the briefing officer's beard. those British planes are really comlicated to hook up to the catapult. Tensioning several ropes, tilting the nose up. If you think thats good, you should look at how they fired a fairy swordfish off the cat when it was carrying a torpedo.
shep854 Posted October 26, 2018 Posted October 26, 2018 What a lavish luxury! Technicolor instruction films! But they only seem to wear white? this one has colourful jerseys: love the briefing officer's beard. those British planes are really comlicated to hook up to the catapult. Tensioning several ropes, tilting the nose up. If you think thats good, you should look at how they fired a fairy swordfish off the cat when it was carrying a torpedo. Until the A-7 with its nosewheel cat hookup in the mid-'60s, USN aircraft also had a bridle system.
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