Warship - the 2008 TV version
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Strange, or perhaps refreshing, that 2 people can watch the same program and come away with opposing opinions. I felt desperately sorry for the Subby PWO-to-be. She had the nous to get a degree, a commission in the Royal Navy and survive x weeks at BRNC only to find her professional training as dull as a wet Wednesday in Skegness. I am sure she’ll be a loss to the service.
Baby warfare officers do a term at BRNC, fourteen weeks at sea, and another term back at BRNC, so I'm surprised she found life as a watchkeeper such a shock.
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Good or bad, whatever we service personnel think about how accurately Warship paints service life, DCC(N) (or whatever the weekly title appears to be) will, undoubtably, tell us that any PR is good PR - and, to an extent, they are right. If those of us old enough to remember the programme about BRILLIANT hark back to its airing I'm sure we will recall that it was panned by the service but very well received by Joe public - in fact recruiting figures showed a positive increase as a result.
Yes it would have been great to see an 8-ship launch and recovery, yes it would be good to see well motivated Seaman Officers under training (stopped myself from using Candidiates Under Naval Training) telling the programme how great life was in the Andrew - but that wouldn't make good telly (in the eyes of Ch5). It's never going to be totally representative but it did demonstrate that Toby does do some work (Paddles: "Power!") for which we should be eternally grateful.
At least htey don't seem to have CTK as a steward.............
Yes it would have been great to see an 8-ship launch and recovery, yes it would be good to see well motivated Seaman Officers under training (stopped myself from using Candidiates Under Naval Training) telling the programme how great life was in the Andrew - but that wouldn't make good telly (in the eyes of Ch5). It's never going to be totally representative but it did demonstrate that Toby does do some work (Paddles: "Power!") for which we should be eternally grateful.
At least htey don't seem to have CTK as a steward.............
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Suez Transit
Francopile said:
Must admit to a chuckle on the Suez transit....
When the sun condescended to rise everyone could relax as now at a lower state of readiness as less risk of attack?
erm why not transit during daylight?
We always managed to. Now if even our deck officers could manage it then it really can't be that difficult to arrange......
erm Francopile...........I seem to remember that on a Southern Transit of the canal warships usually lead the convoy and depart around 2300 (funny old thing its usually dark then). This is planned so that the Southern bound convoy can anchor in the bitter lakes to allow the Northern bound convoy to pass them. Once past they continue South. A routine that has been operating for many years.
Three cheers to your deck officers but life on Lusty is a tad different to a Cruise ship (and I've done both). So wind yer t*ts in there's a good lad.
Must admit to a chuckle on the Suez transit....
When the sun condescended to rise everyone could relax as now at a lower state of readiness as less risk of attack?
erm why not transit during daylight?
We always managed to. Now if even our deck officers could manage it then it really can't be that difficult to arrange......
erm Francopile...........I seem to remember that on a Southern Transit of the canal warships usually lead the convoy and depart around 2300 (funny old thing its usually dark then). This is planned so that the Southern bound convoy can anchor in the bitter lakes to allow the Northern bound convoy to pass them. Once past they continue South. A routine that has been operating for many years.
Three cheers to your deck officers but life on Lusty is a tad different to a Cruise ship (and I've done both). So wind yer t*ts in there's a good lad.
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Hear, hear. I look forward to the next time Monsieur Francopile has to conduct a CASEX in ****e weather, in the dark, in close formation with some other idiots in waterspace not designed for that kind of george, whilst simultaneously conducting a procedural FLYEX and talking to the CO, PWO, NAAFI manager etc.
Must be difficult driving from A to B and not spilling the passenger's G&Ts........ or maybe we just have 'capacity'
Hear, hear. I look forward to the next time Monsieur Francopile has to conduct a CASEX in ****e weather, in the dark, in close formation with some other idiots in waterspace not designed for that kind of george, whilst simultaneously conducting a procedural FLYEX and talking to the CO, PWO, NAAFI manager etc.
Must be difficult driving from A to B and not spilling the passenger's G&Ts........ or maybe we just have 'capacity'
"It has to be said that the Subby PWO-to-be was about as dull as a wet Wednesday in Skegness. A good example of a graduate having had an easy-ish three years at university and not being able to get her head round Service life. She may have lasted longer in a smaller ship, perhaps? The little steward has more going for her, and that's saying something"
I always understood that the "less robust" YO's were sent to Carriers for fleet time as it gave them more supervision and less chance to screw things up. The fact she was there suggests there may have been concerns about her...
I always understood that the "less robust" YO's were sent to Carriers for fleet time as it gave them more supervision and less chance to screw things up. The fact she was there suggests there may have been concerns about her...
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Definitely. In my day your fleet training was split into two. If you were slightly suspect, you served both in a frigate/destroyer or larger.
I got a Ton Class Sweeper. Bin bags on the bridge wing anyone.
I got a Ton Class Sweeper. Bin bags on the bridge wing anyone.
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He cried.
Pretty sad really, all that was left of the Ark was a big lump of the stern he couldn't recognise..
He said at the time that she should have been towed out to sea and sunk intact.
He cried.
Pretty sad really, all that was left of the Ark was a big lump of the stern he couldn't recognise..
He said at the time that she should have been towed out to sea and sunk intact.
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I got a Ton Class Sweeper. Bin bags on the bridge wing anyone.
When I was medically timed out and had to wait to re-start 705, I went to HMS Sabre. Frickin marvelous, though the wardroom was a tad small
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KELLINGTON is still at Stockton-on-Tees, I think. There's a bit of problem with moving her out for disposal in that the bright s*ds on the Council have built a bridge down river of her...
KELLINGTON is still at Stockton-on-Tees, I think. There's a bit of problem with moving her out for disposal in that the bright s*ds on the Council have built a bridge down river of her...
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HMS Sheraton
mlc: I went to Simrishamn (Sweden) on an SCC familiarisation trip in her in 1961 - long before you were born - my mate was so seasick he joined the Army...
I think she was then one of VERNON's tenders - she had a bl**dy great V on the funnel, anyway.
I think she was then one of VERNON's tenders - she had a bl**dy great V on the funnel, anyway.
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Carrier queens to muppets?
Easy fellas, how did we get from flat-tops to fish boats? Talk about cheese and chalk. Certainly don't recall chair racing and running up a bar bill the size of Botswana's national debt in the mighty MIDDLETON. Do, however remember having an absolute laugh and giggle in one of the best jobs in the RN, working with some great blokes who were certifiable.
Whereas minehunting at 4 knots........................the weekends just FLEW by.
Whereas minehunting at 4 knots........................the weekends just FLEW by.
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Back to Warship then. Seems to me it was the story of two lovestruck teenagers having extreme difficulty keeping their hands off each other due to the nasty no touching rule, nod nod wink wink, I wouldn't do such things cos I'm a good girl.
Nice she chose to publicly humiliate her boyfriend waiting dutifully at home.
At least we had Rod Stewart
Nice she chose to publicly humiliate her boyfriend waiting dutifully at home.
At least we had Rod Stewart
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fighter pilot
As far as I know, McCrea is a trainer at Cranwell on Tucanos, Oxborrow has retired and has a b & b in Ceredigion, Smart went on to be a nav and still is, unless he has retired too, and god knows what happenned to the others. would be nice to find out though. I have the series on DVD if anyone is interested.
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Oh dear somebody has been at the brandy cupboard this evening.You pick on a three year old random thread about boats to post about fighter pilot. Obviously not the good brandy either.