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by clivestonehouse1
28 Jul 2020, 01:53
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
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Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

Btw, I suggest you grow a thicker skin before you stand toe to toe with someone that actually might know what he's on about.

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by clivestonehouse1
28 Jul 2020, 01:50
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
United Kingdom

Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

So it was no to the questions then? [emoji38] Before you even have the temerity to lecture on what should or should not happen at Devonport may I suggest you get out in the real world where rose tinted spectacles don't work? Nobody like an armchair quarterback [emoji2958] Sent from my SM-G965F using...
by clivestonehouse1
28 Jul 2020, 01:01
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
United Kingdom

Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

Do you work at Devonport? Have you ever been in Devonport? Do you live near Devonport? Can you even find it on Google Maps? What is the airspeed velocity of an unladed swallow? If you answer other than yes to the first three questions then don't even try to justify your points (fyi - questions 4 &am...
by clivestonehouse1
28 Jul 2020, 00:36
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
United Kingdom

Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

Devonport has the only licence for nuclear defuelling / refuelling which Faslane could not take on due to size and location (plus a fair bit of bitching from the Scottish Mafia).
It's a fact of life- get over it and yourself while you're at it.

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by clivestonehouse1
28 Jul 2020, 00:33
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
United Kingdom

Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

Do you own a crystal ball? Didn't think so, neither do I. The frigate complex was built well before any t22/t23 ships were even on the draft board so how the hell could they predict the t26? How can you plan for a unquantifiable thing? Your argument was moot before you started it. The frigate sheds ...
by clivestonehouse1
27 Jul 2020, 23:53
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
United Kingdom

Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

Is it sensible to maintain an area of a dockyard that has limited industrial capacity and crumbling listed buildings that soak up shrinking defence budgets and can't be modified for different purposes / demolished to make space for modern facilities or better to release the land to commercial uses a...
by clivestonehouse1
27 Jul 2020, 18:39
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: HMNB Devonport (RN)
Replies: 49
Views: 6991
United Kingdom

Re: HMNB Devonport (RN)

It's more the fact that 8 dock is not ideally positioned to allow for the infrastructure required to install a sliding defuelling housing as used in 9 dock. 8 dock is way too close to a main traffic route and also the rail system for flask movements is in that area too. 10 dock has plenty of space e...
by clivestonehouse1
23 Jun 2020, 05:48
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]
Replies: 5461
Views: 1464903
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Re: Type 26 Frigate (City Class) (RN) [News Only]

For example, in T23 case, why not rebuild the Devonport frigate complex? Surely, because the cost benefit of making T23 larger is smaller than rebuilding the complex, I guess. You know quite well this is irrelevant to the discussion and doesn't change the fact a larger Type 23 would have been cheap...
by clivestonehouse1
19 Jun 2020, 20:53
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Civil Servants
Replies: 3
Views: 344
United Kingdom

Re: Civil Servants

Please in future do not lump all Civil Servant into one box!! If you are levelling criticism at the Civil Service for not want to make decision that may effect their careers, aim it at the SENIOR CIVIL SERVICE, aka the Mandarins at the top who are all looking towards their Knighthoods, getting a cu...
by clivestonehouse1
28 May 2020, 12:09
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
Replies: 5411
Views: 1420482
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Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)

The thinner plating was a direct result of experiences from the Falklands war. It was found that bombs and missiles caused far less damage if they just punched through (of course unless they hit critical areas) rather than detonating against thicker plates. HMS Plymouth took four bomb strikes which ...
by clivestonehouse1
28 May 2020, 11:44
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4409646
United Kingdom

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Apaches work well off ships (proven in strikes on Libya) but do have the problem of being high risk over water due to very poor ditching dynamics. Their high effectiveness once over land is of course beyond reproach and extremely useful in support of opposed beach landings. Sent from my SM-G965F usi...
by clivestonehouse1
20 May 2020, 09:57
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4409646
United Kingdom

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

rbw91 wrote:What’s that big puff of black smoke at 2m15?

Is that QE hitting the accelerator hard or something?
As long as it's not another barbecue [emoji6]

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by clivestonehouse1
19 May 2020, 15:12
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4409646
United Kingdom

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Any details? When will she be in sight of the breakwater, if at all? She'll be close in enough for boat transfers so seaward side of the breakwater is the most likely anchor point for her. Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk Great, thanks. Any idea when? Will try to get a look at her from Bovisand...
by clivestonehouse1
17 May 2020, 15:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4409646
United Kingdom

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

dmereifield wrote:Any details? When will she be in sight of the breakwater, if at all?
She'll be close in enough for boat transfers so seaward side of the breakwater is the most likely anchor point for her.


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by clivestonehouse1
16 May 2020, 23:22
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15445
Views: 4409646
United Kingdom

Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Aye, she's coming to Plymouth this week.

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by clivestonehouse1
03 May 2020, 17:49
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: RAF Regiment
Replies: 9
Views: 1118
United Kingdom

Re: RAF Regiment

Primarily light role Force Protection / field Squadrons (after SHORAD was transferred to the army during the 90's) but still retains one squadron as a parachute capable unit to allow for airfield attack if required (II Sqn) and one squadron for ceremonial duties (QCS / 63 Sqn). Many RAF basic recrui...
by clivestonehouse1
27 Mar 2020, 17:07
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Joint Helicopter Force
Replies: 145
Views: 70970
United Kingdom

Re: Joint Helicopter Force

In 1996 a Puma squadron was Boltholed to RAF Honington and two blew over within a week of each other.

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by clivestonehouse1
27 Mar 2020, 16:49
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: Joint Helicopter Force
Replies: 145
Views: 70970
United Kingdom

Re: Joint Helicopter Force

They also had a nasty habit of blowing over on runways in high winds.

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by clivestonehouse1
25 Mar 2020, 15:59
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Should the royal navy have a real hospital ship?
Replies: 284
Views: 152288
United Kingdom

Re: Should the royal navy have a real hospital ship?

Has anyone taken into consideration the number of Military Nurses, Medics & Doctors that work at NHS hospitals on a regular basis?

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by clivestonehouse1
24 Mar 2020, 20:36
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Should the royal navy have a real hospital ship?
Replies: 284
Views: 152288
United Kingdom

Re: Should the royal navy have a real hospital ship?

serge750 wrote:Argus inbound to Devonport via save the royal navy twitter page , Got that one WRONG...2 + 2= 3 [emoji38]no:
Ah, I'll be seeing her tomorrow then.

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by clivestonehouse1
17 Mar 2020, 01:35
Forum: British Army
Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
Replies: 193
Views: 62179
United Kingdom

Re: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)

The Jackal has a V hull and sacrificial axles, not totally blast resistant but still a whole lot better than the repainted Snatch coffins that were initially used and cost many squaddies lives & limbs. The Jackal were technically an interim measure until more suitable vehicles were available and...
by clivestonehouse1
12 Mar 2020, 15:35
Forum: British Army
Topic: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)
Replies: 193
Views: 62179
United Kingdom

Re: Jackal and Coyote MWMIK (Army)

Watched them being built and tested in Devonport NB, also have ex colleagues who used them on deployments.
They seemed to think they were just fine.

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by clivestonehouse1
15 Feb 2020, 19:26
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: General UK Defence Discussion
Replies: 1842
Views: 184041
United Kingdom

Re: General UK Defence Discussion

That watch is designed for Walts only.

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by clivestonehouse1
12 Feb 2020, 09:15
Forum: British Army
Topic: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)
Replies: 2802
Views: 714923
United Kingdom

Re: Boxer / Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV)

That "Gift", only manifests itself once one reaches the lofty perch of he Senior Civil Service. Below that most Civil Servants are treated like and expected to act like Drones for the aforementioned. Very true. Every Civil Servant above a D band seems to think they are a god. We lowly E g...
by clivestonehouse1
29 Dec 2019, 11:32
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5981
Views: 1500533
United Kingdom

Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

47 Commando has taken over the boats and the existing raiding squadron as well as the boat / landing craft training squadron and the deployable boat support base package, plus the LCAC hovercraft. This is where reorganisation will be interesting to see. Is "47" a typo? https://en.wikipedi...