HMS Queen Elizabeth
Discussion
El stovey said:
whilst officers were swanning around the swankier bars trying to score some expat girls and impressing them with their stories about being RN helicopter and fighter pilots.
hahaha to be fair nothing changed when i was in during the late 90's and noughties. Although I wasn't aircrew so early on i could only do sad dits on how i was critical to flight safety (started life as a AE officer) and later on the virtues of being a Warfare officer. Just big up the fact that as OOW you are in charge of the driving of the ship on Captains behalf. Lines like, the safety of 180 crew is in my hands, life and death decisions blah blah blah. Of course any sailor knows that although technically you could make life and death decisions, its based on a rigid set of rules so its not a decision and in reality you would be getting an arse kicking if you got the ship into that mess in the first place without calling the Captain to get you out of it. But it helped get me laid on a few occasions. So no complaints.
Gazzas86 said:
You genuinely believe lads and lasses join up to do their duty??
I was one of those idiots at 18. Sure I also joined up for a career, travel the world, learn new stuff and other reasons.But yes I was sad enough to believe in Queen and Country.
But then I was the guy who asked so many questions in basic training that the "no question is a stupid question" rule got revoked for my division.
Piginapoke said:
She's leaving twice?
If you read it carefully its two parts of the sailing, jetty to OSB, OSB to nab tower. Because The Solent is restricted waters for bigger ships and very crowded they would often split it up in that sense. Also might be split into two phases as they may well reopen the small boat channel once she gets to OSB to allow the Isle of wight ferries to carry on. Psycho Warren said:
Piginapoke said:
She's leaving twice?
If you read it carefully its two parts of the sailing, jetty to OSB, OSB to nab tower. Because The Solent is restricted waters for bigger ships and very crowded they would often split it up in that sense. Also might be split into two phases as they may well reopen the small boat channel once she gets to OSB to allow the Isle of wight ferries to carry on. VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
Cold said:
Yep, exactly as above.
VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
Thanks Cold. I’m not familiar with those abbreviations. VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
Piginapoke said:
Cold said:
Yep, exactly as above.
VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
Thanks Cold. I’m not familiar with those abbreviations. VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
saaby93 said:
Piginapoke said:
Cold said:
Yep, exactly as above.
VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
Thanks Cold. I’m not familiar with those abbreviations. VJ (Victory Jetty - home berth in the harbour),
OSB (Outer Spit Buoy - which is a marker in The Solent, about halfway between the two closest forts to Southsea seafront),
NAB (Nab Tower - an old anti-submarine/lookout post on the easterly tip of the Isle of Wight)
All very much standard operating stuff. The ferries to France follow a similar route from further inside the harbour, but with less public interest and fewer personnel with guns buzzing about in black RIBs.
Grab your favourite viewing spot for about 4PM or earlier - it will be busy.
Don't you know anything?
Lovely send off, with lots of people making the journey to wave her off. You could hear the piper as she got closer, then the two bursts of the horn whereby various private/commercial vessels joined in sounding their own good wishes.
Both events brought on a round of spontaneous cheers and applause from the shoreline.
Edit to add: Filmmaker/camerman Chris Terrill from Uppercut Films will be on board for the full seven months of deployment making another series for the BBC.
You can find him on Instagram at: chris.terrill or Twitter: @ChrisTerrill if you want to follow any of his updates.
Both events brought on a round of spontaneous cheers and applause from the shoreline.
Edit to add: Filmmaker/camerman Chris Terrill from Uppercut Films will be on board for the full seven months of deployment making another series for the BBC.
You can find him on Instagram at: chris.terrill or Twitter: @ChrisTerrill if you want to follow any of his updates.
Edited by Cold on Saturday 1st May 16:35
After a successful couple of weeks bombing and invading Scotland, she's due back in port tomorrow afternoon at around 5PM (police midgets) for what I can only imagine is a quick splash and dash before leaving for her main voyage next week.
She'll have her F35s and helicopters on deck so will be a good photo opportunity for those who have an interest.
The rest of the strike group was intended to anchor in The Solent for the few days QNLZ is in harbour, but the prospect of poor weather might alter those plans.
She'll have her F35s and helicopters on deck so will be a good photo opportunity for those who have an interest.
The rest of the strike group was intended to anchor in The Solent for the few days QNLZ is in harbour, but the prospect of poor weather might alter those plans.
Seems a bit strange (and actually unplanned) after all the razamatazz of the recent departure and the media reporting - without correction from the RN - that she would not be returning for seven months? So are we having another big "pre-deployment" fanfare departure in a few days time? Bet the helo crews pop home for a quick cup of tea, or whatever.
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