HMS Queen Elizabeth

[98elise]

Phud said:

98elise said:

It's a shame if the modern navy doesn't do much in the way of life firings these days. I've stood on the flight deck of Ark Royal during a live seadart shoot, and it's a great thing to have experienced.

It gets beaten by watching a broadside by the USS New Jersey though!

You on Outback then?

Yes I was

[Phud]

98elise said:

Yes I was

oh now scared, was on 820 wafu, Do you recall white fang 801? I left in Hong Kong, missed the fun part of the trip, Supic or Septic bay was fun.

[mikal83]

Phud said:

98elise said:

Yes I was

oh now scared, was on 820 wafu, Do you recall white fang 801? I left in Hong Kong, missed the fun part of the trip, Supic or Septic bay was fun.

Orient '92 here!

[Phud]

mikal83 said:

Orient '92 here!

I was unlucky got that too. 814, was in the ditching in 91

[98elise]

Phud said:

98elise said:

Yes I was

oh now scared, was on 820 wafu, Do you recall white fang 801? I left in Hong Kong, missed the fun part of the trip, Supic or Septic bay was fun.

I was one of the Phalanx team. Subject Bay was epic. Had a couple of great nights in Subic City

[Phud]

98elise said:

I was one of the Phalanx team. Subject Bay was epic. Had a couple of great nights in Subic City

You where one of the gits who targeted us on return, without warning, apparently it was funny if you were not in receipt of the lock up!!!!!!!

change of underware required in the cab.

[98elise]

Phud said:

98elise said:

I was one of the Phalanx team. Subject Bay was epic. Had a couple of great nights in Subic City

You where one of the gits who targeted us on return, without warning, apparently it was funny if you were not in receipt of the lock up!!!!!!!

change of underware required in the cab.

It's fully auto and has no IFF input...so if you're in the air and heading for the ship it doesn't care who you are

https://youtu.be/6AO6Ed_WkvM

Edited by 98elise on Friday 31st August 17:25

[Phud]

Yes, nice one side we were not the friendly side of it and it was rapid..

[mikal83]

Phud said:

mikal83 said:

Orient '92 here!

I was unlucky got that too. 814, was in the ditching in 91

Unlucky...……….wtf I had a whale of a time

[Phud]

mikal83 said:

Unlucky...……….wtf I had a whale of a time

you must be mistaken, it was very very hard work all the time, no fun was had at all

[silverfoxcc]

aeropilot said:

98elise said:

It gets beaten by watching a broadside by the USS New Jersey though!

Now that is something I would have loved to have experienced.


When I was growing up back in the late 60's/early 70's, a friend of my Dad had served on HMS Duke of York in the pacific, so I grew up fascinated by big-gun battleship tales.

Just reading a book about the KGV class. by V E Tarrant ISBN 1-85409-524-2 published 1991
Your library could well have it,or get it.
Got some descriptive tales from those on board during the Bismarck battle, and the sinking of the Repulse and PoW

[silverfoxcc]

For more tales on board i recommend this chappie

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/pull-up-...

[98elise]

silverfoxcc said:

For more tales on board i recommend this chappie

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/pull-up-...

I knew what that would be without even clicking on it. "Ravers" memoirs are brilliant, and very much how I remember my RN days (certainly the good memories).

For anyone that's not read it please do. If you can get past the forces lingo it's a hilarious insight into life in the Royal Navy. It will take a few hours to read, but it's so worth it.

It's should be a book, or at the very least compulsory reading for anyone thinking of joining

[donutsina911]

98elise said:

I knew what that would be without even clicking on it. "Ravers" memoirs are brilliant, and very much how I remember my RN days (certainly the good memories).

For anyone that's not read it please do. If you can get past the forces lingo it's a hilarious insight into life in the Royal Navy. It will take a few hours to read, but it's so worth it.

It's should be a book, or at the very least compulsory reading for anyone thinking of joining

^ This, 100 times over just spent an hour on the way to Bournemouth Air Show in stitches! Good times. Vaguely on topic, T45 anchored off here, looking smart:

[HarryW]

FourWheelDrift said:

When a French cruise ship entered Portsmouth 3 years ago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_FpYLnNhVw

Vnever seen that before, splendid stuff.
I wonder if there any other films of the event, can't see them on the tube.....

[321freeflow]

silverfoxcc said:

For more tales on board i recommend this chappie

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/pull-up-...

Oh my Lord - those tales brought back a lot of memories. He has a nice line in drollery. Anyone who served in the mob will relate to the jolly japes, the madness, the camaraderie. The sheer insanity that happens when you're released after weeks at sea. How the hell did I survive in one piece?!
A separate thread for some tales? Swing the lamp

[eccles]

321freeflow said:

silverfoxcc said:

For more tales on board i recommend this chappie

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/pull-up-...

Oh my Lord - those tales brought back a lot of memories. He has a nice line in drollery. Anyone who served in the mob will relate to the jolly japes, the madness, the camaraderie. The sheer insanity that happens when you're released after weeks at sea. How the hell did I survive in one piece?!
A separate thread for some tales? Swing the lamp

Sadly things seem an awful lot tamer these days. I was in the RAF in the 80's and we worked hard and played very hard!

I currently work on an Army base and quite a few of my work mates are fairly recently ex forces (of all varieties), and things seem very tame these days.

[Kccv23highliftcam]

eccles said:

321freeflow said:

silverfoxcc said:

For more tales on board i recommend this chappie

https://www.arrse.co.uk/community/threads/pull-up-...

Oh my Lord - those tales brought back a lot of memories. He has a nice line in drollery. Anyone who served in the mob will relate to the jolly japes, the madness, the camaraderie. The sheer insanity that happens when you're released after weeks at sea. How the hell did I survive in one piece?!
A separate thread for some tales? Swing the lamp

Sadly things seem an awful lot tamer these days. I was in the RAF in the 80's and we worked hard and played very hard!

I currently work on an Army base and quite a few of my work mates are fairly recently ex forces (of all varieties), and things seem very tame these days.

The RAF run a Banter or Abuse course these days...

[IanH755]

Kccv23highliftcam said:

The RAF run a Banter or Abuse course these days...

Joined in '95 and had some stuff pulled which nowadays would be hugely frowned upon. TBH by the time I left the vast majority of new 18 year old lads were either Maxi-Muscle shaking drinking gym bunnys or xbox/playstation types with very little hardcore drinking etc going on whereas it was a daily ritual when I joined. but I suppose each has it's benefits

[Speculatore]

Joined in 75 and left in 2010. I remember when Gib was Gib and we played 'Chicken on a Fist' on the way back to the dockyard...