@@mikevoisine2886 You are in for a treat that will last you for years; I must have read each one four or five times...you thought the movie was good? (which it was), wait until you start reading them..in sequence of course
I served 24 years in the Royal Navy. My first ship was a Frigate which took me as far as the South Pacific. Our average age I would guess was about 20 to 22 years of age (I joined the ship as a 17 year old junior). What a great bunch of lads. Still in touch with many of them from all my different areas of service over that time. The Navy educated me to Honours Degree and pays me monthly to this day. A career I would fully recommend to any youngster seeking a worthwhile job with ample prospects and good pay.
In Peace time, aye a great life, until you stop believing in it all! Then tis time to get out! The food tends to be good, the only time tis bad is when the weather is too otherwise tain't bad tain't bad at all! Compared to shoreside food that is!
Had a bunch of sailors from H.M.S. Ark Royal come into the enlisted club in Roosevelt Roads, when I was on a Det. with VP-16, back in the seventies. They danced centuries old dances and sang the songs handed down from long ago. Very animated and great fun to watch.
Thanks for the response, don't know if you've heard Jim Croce but in the song "Don't mess around with Jim" one of the characters has the same name, thought it might be a funny coincidence. On the topic of model ships, I have a model of USS Constitution but it has some damage to the rigging so I'm saving up to get it fixed. I think it is an Old Modern Handicrafts.
Great presentation. Sometimes, it'd take hours for ships to come into range of one another - a few hundred yards, at most. A flurry of activity, in preparation. Double, triple check everything. Then, you wait.
My Great Great Grandfather was Richard Bolitho from Polperro in Cornwall..he served on HMS Winchester as Admirals cox'n on the China station..they were tough folk then
Superb video, and the presenter is second-to-none! ( I LOVED his Scottish accent!) I enjoyed every minute, and they even followed the old show-biz rule: "Always leave 'em wanting more!"
Very interesting and inspiring video.Im ex- RN and I can understand the need for a sense of duty and perpose ( although the conditions are a little better) Thanks for an informative and interesting tale
You'm right there me handsome, I'll ive 'e that . . . . . . . but why did the British fire at the hull (thus making big holes in it, lets in water see) whilest the French fires at the masts - to disable the ship? So she can't escape, more prize money - funny lot the British! Mind you if they can and often do capture the other ship why then tis prize money for all - especially the Admiral (who bain't be anywhere near the action) and the Captain. Mind you a good prize will give a mere AB enough money to set him up for life - as long as he gets home of course!
@@mikewalrus4763 That's me Looking at you from the Sonar Shack of a SSBN Nuke Submarine 40+ days under,1972. But on with the story line. Not to "Hull" them, but shoot out the guns and bodies. Then simply board . And money all around. Way better for a lone ship, than squadron/fleet action as there were less hands in the pot. And to think they then gave the prize to a 15 year old "Midshipman" to get it home. The French fired at the masts so they could run away. There "Sailors" didn't have a lot of OJT on kicking butt, as they sat in port a lot.
You gotta hand it to the Scots... If there's a way to describe anything as pure misery the Scotsman will always rise to the challenge, if he's not chewing off his own leg to avoid a suffer an ingrown toenail of course.
Rather spoiled by all of the pictures used to illustrate the talk were of big two or three decked ships of the line rather than the classic frigate which carried most (or all) of its armament on the open upper deck
A Frigate was a 1-gun-deck ship, that means one ENCLOSED gun deck, ships that had "most or all" of their armament on an exposed weather deck were far too small top be classed as Frigates of the 5th and 6th Rates. A 1-gun-deck ship has TWO levels of guns, one ENCLOSED gun deck, and one EXPOSED weather deck, 2 deck ships have 3 levels of guns, 3 deck ships have 4 levels of guns.
@@TomDestry A warship was very very different from a merchant vessel, much larger crew, and most of them LIVED on the enclosed gun-decks, that's why a crew would "clear for action", stowing hammocks, tables, all the things they'd have lying about in normal use, the removable partitions for the officers cabins at the rear of the decks, etc. Don't mistake "Romanticised for Lubbers" tales of a warship's decks from somebody who served on an unarmed tall ship, with a fraction of the crew numbers. A merchant ship might have less than a quarter of the crew of a similar sized warship...
Felons in royal navy, pressed in piece time. Ye, sure. It could be the presenter is a sailor, but surely not an historian and does not know much about the royal navy of the period.
@@eifionjones559 did ye not listen to his narrative - seems he made bosun, you don't get many bosun stewards! (a bosun is and was the foremost seaman on the ship - both in the Royal and Merchant Navies)
Confirms once more that the movie Master and Commander was truly epic and a masterpiece.
Have you read the books?
@@theart8039 No, not yet. Looking forward to, though.
@@mikevoisine2886 You are in for a treat that will last you for years; I must have read each one four or five times...you thought the movie was good? (which it was), wait until you start reading them..in sequence of course
And deserving of many sequels.
The best historical fiction ever made in film. Nothing comes close to it’s authenticity
Commander Riker's been hittin' the Scotch pretty hard while on Holodeck.
You're killing me mate.
Kept waiting for him to drop the accent..now I know why. Argh!
Never should have left him alone with Scotty.
I served 24 years in the Royal Navy. My first ship was a Frigate which took me as far as the South Pacific. Our average age I would guess was about 20 to 22 years of age (I joined the ship as a 17 year old junior). What a great bunch of lads. Still in touch with many of them from all my different areas of service over that time. The Navy educated me to Honours Degree and pays me monthly to this day. A career I would fully recommend to any youngster seeking a worthwhile job with ample prospects and good pay.
In Peace time, aye a great life, until you stop believing in it all! Then tis time to get out! The food tends to be good, the only time tis bad is when the weather is too otherwise tain't bad tain't bad at all! Compared to shoreside food that is!
I would join up for the subs.
Had a bunch of sailors from H.M.S. Ark Royal come into the enlisted club in Roosevelt Roads, when I was on a Det. with VP-16, back in the seventies. They danced centuries old dances and sang the songs handed down from long ago. Very animated and great fun to watch.
@@mikewalrus4763 .😊 7. 😅87
Looks like I'll be watching Master & Commander again.
Read the series, it is great!!!
@@badgerattoadhall I would agree.
@@blvp2145 I have made the full circumnavigation twice.
@@badgerattoadhall it's worth reading just for the immortal line: "Jack, you have debauched my sloth!"
Stumbled upon this video after watching Master & Commander. Have now started listening to the (audio)book series
This is the guy I always get stuck talking to at parties
You say that like it's a bad thing.
This is the guy I LOVE to talk with! I'm blessed to live with one just like him.
This man delivers! Love his narrative
This is pure awesomness
Lively now n be quick about it!!
great video
Thank you that was awesome. I build wood ship models and these types of clips keep me motivated.
is your nickname 'Slim' by any chance?
@@noblereflex8332 NO SIr
Thanks for the response, don't know if you've heard Jim Croce but in the song "Don't mess around with Jim" one of the characters has the same name, thought it might be a funny coincidence. On the topic of model ships, I have a model of USS Constitution but it has some damage to the rigging so I'm saving up to get it fixed. I think it is an Old Modern Handicrafts.
Great presentation. Sometimes, it'd take hours for ships to come into range of one another - a few hundred yards, at most. A flurry of activity, in preparation. Double, triple check everything.
Then, you wait.
Thank you sir, more please 🥺
LOVED IT!
My Great Great Grandfather was Richard Bolitho from Polperro in Cornwall..he served on HMS Winchester as Admirals cox'n on the China station..they were tough folk then
Very much loved his books about him
@@frederickgates4349 Me too, it's just a coincidence that we have that Family name, ..I also love the Patrick O'Brian books
Superb video, and the presenter is second-to-none! ( I LOVED his Scottish accent!) I enjoyed every minute, and they even followed the old show-biz rule:
"Always leave 'em wanting more!"
I must go down to the sea once more , to the lonely sea and sky , all I ask is a tall , tall ship and a star to steer her by .
Good interesting doco
I got seasick watching this video! Lol 😂 Landlubber!
How a guy this height gets about do easily below deck is hard to fathom. What's he, like 6 foot 4?
Excellent Video, and with just the right tone...Well Done That Man
Great video, removes the romance and replaces it with reality.
What glory and romance? Only in imagination.
An excellent presentation sir.
Wooden ships and iron men...
Sounds effin terrifying.
good video yeah
Sobering.
Good video! Good job 👍🏻
Arr!
Haharr!
Jim, lad!
Aye matey
Wow cool video
Very interesting and inspiring video.Im ex- RN and I can understand the need for a sense of duty and perpose ( although the conditions are a little better)
Thanks for an informative and interesting tale
Excellent video!
Can someone please tell me what the music is at the start?
would you add the names and artist of the painting used in this video?
Every manjack one of you, grab your Unicorn.
Nah: Second rule is 'One hand for the ship, one for yourself.'
Where can I visit the preserved unicorns?
Dundee
You’ll get cake up there too
Did he say Lootenant????
I’m getting sea sick !
Yarrrrr!!
Q. Why are pirates called pirates?
A. Nobody really knows, they just arrrrrrrh.
Time 7:51 "Send them to the bottom" WRONG, Board and Capture, Prize Money.
You'm right there me handsome, I'll ive 'e that . . . . . . . but why did the British fire at the hull (thus making big holes in it, lets in water see) whilest the French fires at the masts - to disable the ship? So she can't escape, more prize money - funny lot the British! Mind you if they can and often do capture the other ship why then tis prize money for all - especially the Admiral (who bain't be anywhere near the action) and the Captain. Mind you a good prize will give a mere AB enough money to set him up for life - as long as he gets home of course!
@@mikewalrus4763 That's me Looking at you from the Sonar Shack of a SSBN Nuke Submarine 40+ days under,1972. But on with the story line. Not to "Hull" them, but shoot out the guns and bodies. Then simply board . And money all around. Way better for a lone ship, than squadron/fleet action as there were less hands in the pot. And to think they then gave the prize to a 15 year old "Midshipman" to get it home. The French fired at the masts so they could run away. There "Sailors" didn't have a lot of OJT on kicking butt, as they sat in port a lot.
_It's Stormship.. Scotland's answer to extreme weather (which Beggar Prince WILL NEVER STEAL!!)_ *(they'Re nOt sMarT enoUgh)* ✓✓
You gotta hand it to the Scots... If there's a way to describe anything as pure misery the Scotsman will always rise to the challenge, if he's not chewing off his own leg to avoid a suffer an ingrown toenail of course.
Ooh argh! A salty tar! Not a phony, but the real thing! Splice the Main Brace!
Rather spoiled by all of the pictures used to illustrate the talk were of big two or three decked ships of the line rather than the classic frigate which carried most (or all) of its armament on the open upper deck
A Frigate was a 1-gun-deck ship, that means one ENCLOSED gun deck, ships that had "most or all" of their armament on an exposed weather deck were far too small top be classed as Frigates of the 5th and 6th Rates.
A 1-gun-deck ship has TWO levels of guns, one ENCLOSED gun deck, and one EXPOSED weather deck, 2 deck ships have 3 levels of guns, 3 deck ships have 4 levels of guns.
@@aestheticdemon3802 What do you make of his point about the gun deck that "humans only put in an appearance here when it's time to do battle."
@@TomDestry A warship was very very different from a merchant vessel, much larger crew, and most of them LIVED on the enclosed gun-decks, that's why a crew would "clear for action", stowing hammocks, tables, all the things they'd have lying about in normal use, the removable partitions for the officers cabins at the rear of the decks, etc.
Don't mistake "Romanticised for Lubbers" tales of a warship's decks from somebody who served on an unarmed tall ship, with a fraction of the crew numbers.
A merchant ship might have less than a quarter of the crew of a similar sized warship...
No thanks seems men were forced into serving for petty crimes or many times just shanghaied
most pressed ganged were merchant navy sailors whos main job was to teach the royal navy guys how to sail
The narrator looks like an older Ewan McGregor
So the new Ben Kenobi basically
It’s his dad!
But on the brite side ? ARRRH,, there were no brite side ! Unless your a fish lover mate !
Good content... a bit over-acted perhaps, (were we going for an Oscar here?). But: Good and Informative.
No its not over acted, all he said is historically accurate
Was over the top.
Idiot.
@@resentfulandvengeful2193 I play sea of thieves, can confirm
Laid on rather thick.
This guy can sure spin a story. Mostly made up of course.
Felons in royal navy, pressed in piece time. Ye, sure. It could be the presenter is a sailor, but surely not an historian and does not know much about the royal navy of the period.
I doubt he is a sailor , a ships steward perhaps
@@eifionjones559 did ye not listen to his narrative - seems he made bosun, you don't get many bosun stewards! (a bosun is and was the foremost seaman on the ship - both in the Royal and Merchant Navies)
@@mikewalrus4763 rubbish
Wooden ships and iron men. Just saying.