many thanks for hosting all episodes. I think the Capt. is great: who'd strip to their Y-fronts in front of the BBC? Any ex-crew aboard? What's the score with the whaler? I expect waves did the damage but wasn't it lashed down tight enough?
Wilf Graham was a great Captain, he would often don his white overalls and appear in the machinery spaces during the middle watch (12 - 4am) and enjoy a cup of tea made from a steam drain
See, I've been in discussion with fellow cold war aviation nerds and a few ex-Navy types on Aircraft of the cold war group... The consensus seems to be the Phantoms would have been stonkers but due to saltwater they were almost rotten by the end! Also the ship was on her last legs hailing from late WW2. Do you think, that Hermes could have been refit with CATOBAR? Could the FGR2s from Wildenrath then have been aboard? I'm just an enthusiast so I don't know the technicalities.
@@SPiderman-rh2zk You're probably right in what you write: seems pretty sensible: Phantoms (or rather absence of them) being the key weapon I thought of when I wrote my first comment. I'm sorry I'm not really qualified to give an intelligent answer to the pertinent questions you've asked. If you get any more feedback from 'nerds and ex-Navy types' I should be glad to read about it.
@@SPiderman-rh2zk The original plan was to refit Eagle for Phantom operation too. She'd operated them on trials, and enough had been bought for the FAA (48) to equip two embarked squadrons plus training and reserve. When the plug was pulled 20 of those aircraft were diverted to the RAF and used to enable 43sqn to convert from Hunters.
Amazing that the Brits were still using wooden boats aboard their larger capital ships in the 70s. Most of the other navies had gone to boats of heavy rubber/aluminum (USA, Russia, Canada) or reinforced fiberglass construction.....of course the Ark's days were numbered when this documentary was made, so the MOD probably didn't care to appropriate the money to replace them.
Dr Wolfgang Chausser What happens to ribs or alloy boats in fresh water? Asking cos I use a rib on a lake and my parents have an alloy boat on a canal...
Know that sea state well.
The officer in training is Chris Parry who went on to sink a sub in the Falklands war and on to REAR ADMIRAL CHRIS PARRY
Perhaps not a good idea to reveal that even now, someone back in Argentine may still carry a crunch against him.
Its on Wikipedia. And if the Argentines had any sense thry would have kept their carrier deployed instead of in port.
Too bad the Ark didn't get a chance to see it.
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Rear Adm. Chris Parry: Falklands War and the Importance of Naval Corporate Memory
@@uniquejyllinge In the end of the day they didn't believe the UK would go to war over the Falklands. More fool them!
yea, my brother lawrence in this episode
+MrFredSed - I believe that was the case... Bad waves hit the ship, slammed into the boat and destroyed rotten wood
many thanks for hosting all episodes. I think the Capt. is great: who'd strip to their Y-fronts in front of the BBC?
Any ex-crew aboard? What's the score with the whaler? I expect waves did the damage but wasn't it lashed down tight enough?
Wilf Graham was a great Captain, he would often don his white overalls and appear in the machinery spaces during the middle watch (12 - 4am) and enjoy a cup of tea made from a steam drain
O Boat at the beginning
Not having Ark Royal in the 'Falklands War' resulted in unnecessary casualties.
See, I've been in discussion with fellow cold war aviation nerds and a few ex-Navy types on Aircraft of the cold war group... The consensus seems to be the Phantoms would have been stonkers but due to saltwater they were almost rotten by the end! Also the ship was on her last legs hailing from late WW2. Do you think, that Hermes could have been refit with CATOBAR? Could the FGR2s from Wildenrath then have been aboard? I'm just an enthusiast so I don't know the technicalities.
@@SPiderman-rh2zk You're probably right in what you write: seems pretty sensible: Phantoms (or rather absence of them) being the key weapon I thought of when I wrote my first comment. I'm sorry I'm not really qualified to give an intelligent answer to the pertinent questions you've asked. If you get any more feedback from 'nerds and ex-Navy types' I should be glad to read about it.
@@SPiderman-rh2zk The original plan was to refit Eagle for Phantom operation too. She'd operated them on trials, and enough had been bought for the FAA (48) to equip two embarked squadrons plus training and reserve. When the plug was pulled 20 of those aircraft were diverted to the RAF and used to enable 43sqn to convert from Hunters.
Amazing that the Brits were still using wooden boats aboard their larger capital ships in the 70s. Most of the other navies had gone to boats of heavy rubber/aluminum (USA, Russia, Canada) or reinforced fiberglass construction.....of course the Ark's days were numbered when this documentary was made, so the MOD probably didn't care to appropriate the money to replace them.
Limiting the Arks days was the biggest mistake the british government made.
Dr Wolfgang Chausser
What happens to ribs or alloy boats in fresh water?
Asking cos I use a rib on a lake and my parents have an alloy boat on a canal...
Still have wooden boats.. Nothing old fashioned about that
That’s just a toy boat for recreation.
" so the MOD probably didn't care"
You got it spot on here
Poor 'Graduates', at least they got proper jobs back in the 80s!