RE: HMS Prince of Wales: PH Meets
Discussion
Wildcat45 said:
ninja-lewis said:
Europa1 said:
Indeed - it's not a personal gif:; it goes with the office, not the individual that sits in the office. I seem to recall that Jaguar provided a car to the captain of at least one of the Invincible class carriers.
Where it may differ from other civil servants is that this looks like a pure PR play by JLR, as opposed to a civilian civil servant who may have a contractual entitlement to a vehicle from the motor pool.
If the captain of a gigantiuc, shouty, in your face aircraft carrier gets a roughty-toughty Range Rover, what do we think would be appropriate for the captain of a Trident or hunter killer submarine?
Indeed.Where it may differ from other civil servants is that this looks like a pure PR play by JLR, as opposed to a civilian civil servant who may have a contractual entitlement to a vehicle from the motor pool.
If the captain of a gigantiuc, shouty, in your face aircraft carrier gets a roughty-toughty Range Rover, what do we think would be appropriate for the captain of a Trident or hunter killer submarine?
For this deployment, they supplied a F Type:
https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/lifestyle/motoring/j...
https://www.savetheroyalnavy.org/hms-queen-elizabe...
Jaguar also supplied the Captain's chair for the bridge of HMS Queen Elizabeth.
https://twitter.com/HMSQnlz/status/978948505816502...
The Navy has always played a role in promoting international relations and trade.
As it was effectively a JLR lease car I guess it was eventually sold on. There is someone running round in a ten year old Jag right now who has no clue that it's been all over the world - including very briefly my driveway! (Long story.)
This car has been all over the world. Genuine low mileage example Piginapoke said:
Hashtaggggg said:
Syria, as recently demonstrated.
My take on the logic is the threat is against smaller rogue nations
The recent Syrian action did not involve any aircraft carriers, we had none at the time and the planes flew from land bases.My take on the logic is the threat is against smaller rogue nations
It all seems a bit imperialistic to me. I recall a documentary on HMS Illustrious and it was clear that ship lacked clear purpose and, as a result, didn't seem to have much to do.
I'm not trying be negative, I'm just genuinely puzzled what these two ships will do apart from burn diesel oil across the seven oceans for the next 40 years.
Construction/completion work continues with the more significant shipwide event being the computer systems are now awake and ready for the crew to log on.
Meanwhile various team-building exercises have taken place recently with Affiliate Day, charity bike rides (Rosyth to Portsmouth), Field Gun and firefighting training at Culdrose.
Meanwhile various team-building exercises have taken place recently with Affiliate Day, charity bike rides (Rosyth to Portsmouth), Field Gun and firefighting training at Culdrose.
Other on isn't due back yet I don't think, is the delay to her sailing today weather related (it looks quite pleasant outside at the moment) or tech?
Also, for anyone who missed my post last week [I think] PoW will be in Liverpool for "open ship" on 29th Feb, so the public can go on board.........if she sails in time that is.
Also, for anyone who missed my post last week [I think] PoW will be in Liverpool for "open ship" on 29th Feb, so the public can go on board.........if she sails in time that is.
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