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- 02 Nov 2023, 12:58
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Departing on a Friday is just asking for more bad luck..
- 31 Oct 2023, 18:54
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
I do know that QE can accommodate 470 double decker buses, or 1234 Rolls Royce Phantoms on her flight deck if that's any help?!
- 30 Oct 2023, 15:51
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Eight more takeoffs from Portsmouth pretty please...?(!)
^ 16th December 2019
^ 16th December 2019
- 30 Oct 2023, 15:03
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
- 30 Oct 2023, 10:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Don't forget steam catapults and arrestor gear...
John Bowen (1932-2021) passed away on 10th January 2021 aged 88.
John Bowen (1932-2021) passed away on 10th January 2021 aged 88.
- 29 Oct 2023, 00:10
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Wasn't the Dauphin II one of them? https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/status/1706673996417085759 Correct! But the Yanks don't know what "Dauphin" means (the eldest son of a French King), so they call the "Dauphin" a "Dolphin" instead. :lol: See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
- 28 Oct 2023, 17:20
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Ranger Regiment (British Army)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 393
Re: Ranger Regiment (British Army)
Ranger Regiment soldiers have a blast with plastic explosives training https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c54nvgITaNY (Forces News) 24th October 2023 Soldiers from the Ranger Regiment have been having a blast in Somerset as they undergo training and practice to sharpen their demolition skills. Manoeuv...
- 28 Oct 2023, 17:19
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Ranger Regiment (British Army)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 393
Ranger Regiment (British Army)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Ranger_CapBadge.jpg The Ranger Regiment is a special operations-capable unit of the British Army which was formed on 1 December 2021 under the Future Soldier reform and is part of the Army Special Operations Brigade. It is intended to be used prim...
- 28 Oct 2023, 17:12
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Royal Engineers (British Army)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 369
Re: Royal Engineers (British Army)
How British Army gets drinking water to frontline troops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvGd6tWq5dA (Forces News) 21st October 2023 The Royal Engineers have been testing a Combat Water Supply System in the River Monnow in South Wales. Water is sucked out of the river and treated as it would be on ...
- 28 Oct 2023, 17:11
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Royal Engineers (British Army)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 369
Royal Engineers (British Army)
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/RE_grad.png/800px-RE_grad.png The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army. It provides military engineering and other technical support ...
- 28 Oct 2023, 16:59
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: Gazelle Helicopter (RN & AAC)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 12626
Re: Gazelle Helicopter (RN & AAC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnM_kqo48fE (Forces News) 26th October 2023 The Gazelle helicopter began its British military career on 6 July 1974, and after nearly 50 years of service that spanned all branches of the Armed Forces this trusted aircraft is set to retire at the end of the month. But ...
- 28 Oct 2023, 16:47
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Royal Marines
- Replies: 205
- Views: 34157
Re: Royal Marines
Knight's Stoner 1: The Royal Marines (and British Army) new rifle explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVakt4vEEqc (Forces News) 8th September 2023 British special operations soldiers and Royal Marines will soon be more lethal on the battlefield thanks to a £90m contract to deliver a new moder...
- 26 Oct 2023, 22:53
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
^ 1:47 "Fartygschef"
(Swedish for "Ship Commander")
"hangarfartyg" = aircraft carrier
(Swedish for "Ship Commander")
"hangarfartyg" = aircraft carrier
- 21 Oct 2023, 20:18
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
First F-35B Shipborne Rolling Vertical Landing on HMS Prince of Wales https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpfPBW-z-Q8 (Royal Navy/NavyLookout) 21st October2023 The first SRVL was conducted in benign conditions off the east coast of the US during the Westlant 23 deployment. Also flying operations in hig...
- 20 Oct 2023, 00:57
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xIthtkEldk (Navy Lookout/Swedish Armed Forces) 19th October 2023 HMS Queen Elizabeth made her first visit to new NATO partner, Sweden, arriving in Gothenburg on 13 October for a week of defence diplomacy as part of the UK Carrier Strike Group deployment. Welcomed by ...
- 18 Oct 2023, 12:01
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
- Replies: 8470
- Views: 2143109
Re: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsatwFoH6q4 (Babcock/Navy Lookout) 16th September 2023 CGI Animation shows a Mk4 Commando Merlin helicopter landing on the flight deck, launch of sea boat (using twin davits), a Sea Ceptor missile launch (unclear if quad-packed in Mk41 launcher.) Naval Strike Missile ...
- 17 Oct 2023, 19:01
- Forum: Defence Elsewhere
- Topic: Taiwan
- Replies: 23
- Views: 1846
Re: Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyvBjvuz-rc (Forces News) 9th October 2023 To bolster its defences against a possible Chinese navy attack, Taiwan has unveiled its first domestically-made submarine. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has made its submarine programme a key part of an amb...
- 17 Oct 2023, 18:57
- Forum: Joint Service
- Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
- Replies: 488
- Views: 211289
Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upXv4JTmZgs (Forces News) 3rd October 2023 Wildcat is the latest generation of multi-role helicopters specifically procured to operate from the frigates and destroyers of the Royal Navy. Forces News was given a tour of the helicopter embarked on Type 23 frigate HMS Ir...
- 17 Oct 2023, 18:55
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: FV4034 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank (British Army)
- Replies: 2323
- Views: 1032273
Re: FV4034 Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank (British Army)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dASU3K-wrZY (Forces News) 9th October 2023 Getting the UK's heavy armour from A to B takes a handful of specialists and kit. Heavy equipment transporter (HET) vehicles and their seven-axle trailers are used for transporting armoured vehicles, like the Challenger 2 tan...
- 17 Oct 2023, 18:51
- Forum: UK Defence & Aerospace Industry
- Topic: JFD Shadow Seal (Special Forces Submersible)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 469
JFD Shadow Seal (Special Forces Submersible)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN_1yiVfXQw (Forces News) 11th October 2023 A four-man submersible that could deliver special forces personnel undetected to mission locations has been launched by defence company JFD. Shadow Seal is lightweight and portable, electrically powered, and can travel 80 na...
- 17 Oct 2023, 18:45
- Forum: British Army
- Topic: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)
- Replies: 349
- Views: 65057
Re: RBSL Challenger 3 (Future) Main Battle Tank (British Army)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnN-pIcgErM (Forces News) 10th October 2023 Could Challenger 3's weight be preventing it from being as effective as it could potentially be? Doctor Jack Watling, a Senior Research Fellow for Land Warfare at the defence and security think tank Royal United Services Ins...
- 17 Oct 2023, 18:25
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: River Class (OPV) (RN)
- Replies: 5411
- Views: 1420835
Re: River Class (OPV) (RN)
3 minute version of video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcucfW1NFnI (Royal Navy/Navy Lookout) 17th October 2023 During her second deployment to the Gulf of Guinea, HMS Trent is working with coastal West African nations to disrupt illegal activity and promote security along busy shipping lanes. Tr...
- 17 Oct 2023, 18:23
- Forum: Royal Navy
- Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
- Replies: 15445
- Views: 4410259
Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsKNEzcLuxU (Royal Navy/Navy Lookout) 17th October 2023 HMS Prince of Wales has crossed the Atlantic to begin a series of developmental Flying Trials (DT-3) off the eastern seaboard of the US. Aircraft embarked include Chinooks, Merlin Mk2, Wildcat, USMC V-22 Osprey a...
- 16 Oct 2023, 17:18
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: UK Shipbuilding
- Replies: 236
- Views: 29114
Re: UK Shipbuilding
Portsmouth's shiphall is 200m long and 60m wide...
- 12 Oct 2023, 14:24
- Forum: Personnel and Units
- Topic: Littoral Response Groups North & South
- Replies: 32
- Views: 1911
Re: Littoral Response Groups North & South
We already have an HMS Argus and Merlin threads.
Groups should be in the Deployments section. Groups are not a specific Equipment section thread.
Please merge or delete this thread.
Groups should be in the Deployments section. Groups are not a specific Equipment section thread.
Please merge or delete this thread.