Stuart Galbraith Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 There was a visit by a Japanese cruiser to Portsmouth in 1935 IIRC. The guy who eventually sank it, Lt Cdr Hezlett IIRC, found a copy of the photograph of the ship visiting in a Portsmouth shop, and sent a copy to the commander of the combined submarine forces in the pacific. Sad, but there we are. We have all grown up from the idea fighting over Empires is a good idea. Sadly China and Russia have not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Perhaps this has been answered in a previous post or topic, but why does Britain, or the French for that matter, need an aircraft carrier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 8 hours ago, Rick said: Perhaps this has been answered in a previous post or topic, but why does Britain, or the French for that matter, need an aircraft carrier? Power projection, both countries have overseas interests and defense needs that don't line up with the US strategic goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 Because Falklands and Suez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, Colin said: Power projection, both countries have overseas interests and defense needs that don't line up with the US strategic goals. 25 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said: Because Falklands and Suez. I fully admit to not following foreign affairs much, but what vitally important, or maybe just important overseas interests do Britain and France have that require an aircraft carrier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rick said: I fully admit to not following foreign affairs much, but what vitally important, or maybe just important overseas interests do Britain and France have that require an aircraft carrier? France has a lot of colonies in the Pacific. Tahiti, New Caledonia, etc. Those are not only important because of tourism - New Caledonia has 25% a significant proportion of world nickel reserves. Have a look here, for instance. Edited March 22 by sunday Fine tuning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 1 hour ago, sunday said: France has a lot of colonies in the Pacific. Tahiti, New Caledonia, etc. Those are not only important because of tourism - New Caledonia has 25% a significant proportion of world nickel reserves. Have a look here, for instance. Thank you. Did not know New Caledonia was still French. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucklucky Posted March 23 Share Posted March 23 France is the world country with more time zones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Colin Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Shaft repairs are never simple things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 You will see some reports in the media about how she is effectively a 'scrapyard'. Its not true. There is some parts recovery going on to help keep QE operational, but its far from a scrapyard. As said, its going to take time. Hope the guy in MOD who was monitoring this stage during build gets fired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 Story now is that port and starboard props need work. Scavenging parts from PoW for QE is acknowledged, but primarily for items that need a tender process to replace, allowing for continued ops for QE. There is no suggestion that parts removed are not being replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted April 24 Share Posted April 24 I've read an account that says she will be back up for summer exercises, but we will see how that works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 My guess is that the support for the shaft bearings or the seals were misaligned or inadequate. They all need to be cut out, replace or realigned. It also depends on the damage to the shaft. If a new shaft(s) are required, then that is a long lead item and will take time to make, transport, inspect and install.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 https://twitter.com/Gabriel64869839/status/1659637116144439296?t=smK9MAT-A5i7mEmHrvLBmw&s=19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 Your loss, our gain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 While the real treasure is his experience, I first thought the video was about Canada getting Nimrods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futon Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Per Hiroshima Accord, a second British carrier force is to visit the Pacific in 2025. Sooner than I would have guessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Posted May 22 Share Posted May 22 On 5/20/2023 at 4:42 AM, shep854 said: While the real treasure is his experience, I first thought the video was about Canada getting Nimrods. Canada is being arm twisted into getting P8's which hopefully we are forced to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bfng3569 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 U.K. planning, or wanting, to add catapults and arresting gear.... https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/royal-navy-wants-to-refit-its-carriers-with-catapults-arresting-wires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 Just another example of the RN taking a Canard, the desire to operate UAV's, and others trying to turn it into a full deck carrier. It wont work, because we cant afford it, but I can see the utility to operate UAV's makes sense. Just as long as they dont get carried away and try to turn her into the Ark Royal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 I remember one video that claimed that the QEs still had CATOBAR capability baked in, kind of a 'for but not with' idea. I thought that was a stretch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 They had room for it designed in, but as others have said, is probably been reutlized for other things. A small system for landing drones? Can entirely see that. Cant see the value in butchering a perfectly good carrier to land F35C, when we struggle to buy F35B anyway. Its pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shep854 Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 More detail and insight from a former USN aviator: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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