Queen Elizabeth on the move

[swindonseagull]

I keep picturing that thing we had to do in training, im sure all ex matelots remember it, where they stick you in a ship compartment set up... throw a thunderflash into it, and start flooding it whilst you had to use bits of wood and mattresses etc to bung the holes up

Should have joined the RAF......the only water we had was in the hotel swimming pools.

 

[daveinprague]

Should have joined the RAF......the only water we had was in the hotel swimming pools.

I did. Did my training at RAF Hereford, and was told towards the end of my training that I was going to RAF Stafford. Left whilst I still could and joined the RN The thought of a couple of years in Stafford really didnt appeal.

 

[swindonseagull]

I did. Did my training at RAF Hereford, and was told towards the end of my training that I was going to RAF Stafford. Left whilst I still could and joined the RN The thought of a couple of years in Stafford really didnt appeal.

Stacker?

 

[daveinprague]

Stacker?

Yep Saw a good chunk of the world in 2 years in the RN. Much more appealing than Stafford... to me anyway.
The only downside, was my papers didnt turn up from the RAF during the RN inoculation stage, and they made me have the whole lot again. Which worried me a bit

 

[Cheshire Cat]

The first episode of "Sailor" in 1976 with the old old Ark Royal, virtually nothing was working properly when they took it out after a major refit.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Found the pic I was looking for earlier in the thread.View attachment 92114

What ship is that?

 

[AmexRuislip]

Should have joined the RAF......the only water we had was in the hotel swimming pools.

Living the life of a high roller techie

I did. Did my training at RAF Hereford, and was told towards the end of my training that I was going to RAF Stafford. Left whilst I still could and joined the RN The thought of a couple of years in Stafford really didnt appeal.

Stackers are down with the well trodden trades of this world, like mine...AKA a cabbie

 

[Thunder Bolt]

What ship is that?

Ark Royal.

 

[AmexRuislip]

Ark Royal.

Cheers, I thought it was HMS Vengance, where my uncle served, way back.

 

[Thunder Bolt]

She's on the move again.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms...-support-multinational-air-transport-mission/

 

[sjamesb3466]

Oh I'm under no illusions. Just as long as we're not handing over billions every year to that undemocratic, corrupt capitalist club I'll be happy.

I'm not sure we give the House of Lords that much but I agree with the principle...

 

[Albion my Albion]

The first episode of "Sailor" in 1976 with the old old Ark Royal, virtually nothing was working properly when they took it out after a major refit.

Which answers the age old question--

What do you do with a drunken sailor, what do you do with a drunken sailor, what do you do with a drunken sailor,earlie in the morning?

Shave his belly with a rusty razor, shave his belly with a rusty razor, shave his belly with a rusty razor, earlie in the morning.

 

[Albion my Albion]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGyPuey-1Jw

 

[vegster]

She's on the move again.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms...-support-multinational-air-transport-mission/

So our prized, airplane free aircraft carrier is doing a Christmas drink driving prevention exercise ?

 

[Thunder Bolt]

So our prized, airplane free aircraft carrier is doing a Christmas drink driving prevention exercise ?

Whoosh.

 

[alfredmizen]

She's a big bugger, think of all the cleaning for Skippers rounds

Lawro you dont know the meaning of swabbing (cleaning) till youve experienced a guards inspection

 

[alfredmizen]

Yeah we heard of muggings on the Forrestal haha...Having said that, there were parts of the Ark that I never saw..

the showers ?

 

[alfredmizen]

I got my nose broken playing football against the JFK in 76, got a call round though, it was segregated then, blacks up forrard, hispanics midships, and whites aft.

Really ? I remember talking to some matelots.en route to.the falkalnds in 1985 , they told me that but i did t really believe them , i sailed down on the SS Uganda , i remember sailing into san carlos water as morning broke , penguins swimming alongside , the contrast in weather to ascension island was amazing , god i feel.old now

 

[alfredmizen]

Apologies Smudge, I of course meant Aircraft Handlers though I believe the posh term is wedge technician.

@Smudge was in charge of deckchairs !!

 

[daveinprague]

the showers ?

You do know the navy nickname for the Army yeah?