Now that it is on the official Twitter feed I can confirm that nipper is manning the mini gun in this video. He liked it, very much. :D As he has moved from boat party to gunners party, live firing is part of his domain, no more cleaning pigeon shite from his boat bay. https://twitter.com/HMSPWLS/st...

Amd oh yes, she sailed on 6th June... Any rumours on what delayed her? Has the shoreside power situation been resolved now? Plenty of them but none substantiated I'm afraid. They always seem to be hooked up to the shore side system but also have the normal hum of their generators on most of the tim...

Took this during afternoon tea break when I thought PWLS was sailing. Apologies for the end zoom fest but pressed the wrong button.

PWLS sailing has been delayed, no news on future time/date as yet.

Will have a peek this morning to see if any Apaches on her, that twitter may have been from the previous day when they were having a play on PWLS. Rain may have sent them below to the hangar to keep nice and warm as well I guess. Nothing up top this morning, but there is definitely one come up for ...

Will have a peek this morning to see if any Apaches on her, that twitter may have been from the previous day when they were having a play on PWLS. Rain may have sent them below to the hangar to keep nice and warm as well I guess.

Tempest414 wrote:Picked up some new toys will the Apache's be going with them

Didn't notice them on the flight deck this morning, unless they were in the hangar I'm assuming not.

Now on QHM so must be true, nipper back out with PWLS tomorrow 2100.

A couple of pictures of the back of my nippers head, not sure if this means he has to restock the mess fridge or not.

As it's on the QHM website, I can now confirm that PWLS is coming back to Pompey tomorrow, 1200 passage into the harbour.

cannot reason with some twitter warriors with explanations as to why. Why on earth would/ should you? All that drivel (the first half dozen or so entries) is just paraphrasing the tabloid front pages; from this year, or the last... or the one before. If I was still sat at my laptop 7+ hours a day I...

Every (other) time I click on these Twitter links I get immersed in these deep and thoughtful conversations ... luckily as most of them (contributing) cannot put a sentence together, not many seen here Having a personal connection with PWLS I must admit to having to step away and even delete respon...

Magpie64 wrote:Please share if you can, my lad is on the QE and despite repeated requests he sends me diddly squat

Will do, probably from twitter but I'll wait until the official announcement or more flood social media so as not to jump the gun...so in about 2 weeks then!?!

Indeed, my nipper has bombarded me with pics and videos of QNLZ from PWLS. If I knew how to get them on here I would.

...2 HMCS smaller ships coming in from 1500 before QNLZ as well.

Tempest414 wrote:Where is HMS POW right now will they get this long awaited for photo

rumour has it PWLS is around the area where a very famous game of bowls was supposed to have taken place.

And some PWLS ones to keep us busy. Loving the 40th anniversary Chinook paint scheme.

Ron5 wrote:does the lighter blue helmet signify anything or is it just a fashion statement?

only that it's an older one that has faded he thinks.

dmereifield wrote:Hope you've got his autograph, now he's a movie star

don't give him ideas! To be fair, if you're caught on camera talking then his warfare dept have a rule that you need to replenish the mess fridge with beer! He tends to hide from most social media opportunities for this reason.

Nipper in light blue hard hat at about 18 secs in lowering his boat for Man overboard training.

SKB wrote:Somehow, I don't think they're south of the IOW anymore....

I've heard nowt since the early 0830 phone call (on a bank holiday Sunday no less) from nipper so no idea where PWLS is or if any pics taken with her sister, but QNLZ seemed to be off Cornwall earlier.

Just spoke to nipper whilst he is on his IOW sight seeing cruise, he reckons there might be a certain photo being taken today.

Anyone live on the IOW? AIS for both carriers appear to be off but there is an abundance of warships congregating in that area.

Didn't see that coming... :wtf: Might be a two carriers at sea photo op coming, although theres no sailing day listed for QE... yet? QNLZ is sailing on Saturday from what I've heard in the dockyard, likely around an hour later as it coincides with high tide. QHM website confirms 1500 departure on S...

SKB wrote:Didn't see that coming... Might be a two carriers at sea photo op coming, although theres no sailing day listed for QE... yet?

QNLZ is sailing on Saturday from what I've heard in the dockyard, likely around an hour later as it coincides with high tide.