Below deck on the Royal Navy's tiny P2000s

Engineering Technician (Marine Engineering) Kai Hitchcock, at just 18 years old, is proving his mettle as the youngest sailor aboard HMS Biter during Exercise Tamber Shield in Norway.
HMS Biter is one of four of the UK's smallest warships, alongside HMS Blazer, HMS Trumpeter and HMS Exploit.
Exercise Tamber Shield marks ETME Hitchcock's first deployment with the Royal Navy, and he's already handling significant responsibilities with aplomb.
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Пікірлер: 69

  • @abrahamdozer6273
    @abrahamdozer627319 күн бұрын

    I always liked small ships.

  • @dad_jokes_4ever226
    @dad_jokes_4ever22619 күн бұрын

    The Peel P50 of the Royal Navy

  • @teecee1567
    @teecee156712 күн бұрын

    The caption says the stoker is aboard HMS Biter...The ship pictured at the start of the video has a pennant number of P167. P167 is NOT HMS Biter....it's HMS Exploit. HMS Biter's pennant number is P270. Biter was my old ship! 😉😉

  • @Cous1nJack

    @Cous1nJack

    7 күн бұрын

    Spotter

  • @Mark.G475
    @Mark.G47519 күн бұрын

    Cool video! Cheers from Milwaukee Wisconsin 🧀🍻🇺🇲

  • @adrianbanks2089
    @adrianbanks208919 күн бұрын

    Thanks for The Update ! I miss the P2000s 😊 ( i Was The Ships Cook )

  • @007JHS
    @007JHS14 күн бұрын

    Great clip... and I learnt a new item to prepare for lunch.

  • @jackcade68
    @jackcade6813 күн бұрын

    The best thing a young man can do is to join the services.

  • @user-zb6el4ks2b

    @user-zb6el4ks2b

    13 күн бұрын

    to right , am an old man now with a pension .........

  • @richardwillson101

    @richardwillson101

    13 күн бұрын

    It's really not "the best" these days, but it's a VERY smart move for many people with little alternative. They don't get a recruitment and retention problem by being "the best thing" do they? It could be MUCH better, like the past.

  • @pevebe

    @pevebe

    11 күн бұрын

    Lol no chance.. My recomendation to all young British lads is get in, extract what skills and resources you can and then get out as fast as possible. Do not give your life for a system and government that wants the worst for you and yours

  • @williewonka6694
    @williewonka669418 күн бұрын

    Naming error should be "HMS Nipper"

  • @michaeldowd8422
    @michaeldowd842212 күн бұрын

    Great respect to the young lad. But I wonder if he was hoping for a better posting.

  • @nocode1603
    @nocode160316 күн бұрын

    Free scran... result 👍😊

  • @pbmltd9023
    @pbmltd902316 күн бұрын

    Soon to be the flagship...

  • @chrislye8912

    @chrislye8912

    16 күн бұрын

    Yawn.

  • @user-whu

    @user-whu

    15 күн бұрын

    The only ship

  • @pbmltd9023

    @pbmltd9023

    15 күн бұрын

    @@user-whu Yeah, and in dry dock for repairs all the time. And still with a multi billion pound budget and you can't figure out where all the money goes (or which back pocket!)

  • @jamesknight3070

    @jamesknight3070

    14 күн бұрын

    Logically, that would go to the Batch 2 River Class; HMS Forth, Medway, Trent, Tamar, and Spey. ;)

  • @billkingston4402
    @billkingston440219 күн бұрын

    Didn't expect to make a bacon butty after viewing

  • @Mike_Salmons_Socks
    @Mike_Salmons_Socks18 күн бұрын

    Small Ships Routine! 😍

  • @gregw4303
    @gregw430311 күн бұрын

    Get the poor lad an embroidered work uniform, a sticky label isn’t good enough is it? 😂

  • @drandrewallan
    @drandrewallan13 күн бұрын

    They should be in the Channel defending us from the invaders!

  • @richardwillson101

    @richardwillson101

    13 күн бұрын

    No, no they shouldn't. That's the job of border Force, NOT the Royal Navy. If the RN were there, they would be pulling drowning people out of the sea, and you lot just wouldn't stop moaning about that. So very boring. Why don't YOU go and stop them? I bet you have never even seen a boat arriving. I bet you never will either. All mouth and no brains or willpower.

  • @mattg5878

    @mattg5878

    10 күн бұрын

    Do they really need a warship for a bunch of civilians, women and children in an inflatable raft?

  • @robertmclellan3658

    @robertmclellan3658

    8 күн бұрын

    @@mattg5878There’s no women and children.

  • @johnnunn8688
    @johnnunn868812 күн бұрын

    Britannia waives the rules.

  • @kungfooslap2983
    @kungfooslap298319 күн бұрын

    Why do you keep doing vids about this canoe…??

  • @kungfooslap2983
    @kungfooslap298319 күн бұрын

    Jackie what you cooking????? MERMAID….lovely fresh mermaid..

  • @williammurray1346
    @williammurray134619 күн бұрын

    When were the caterpillars fitted?

  • @ElectroRiderSN

    @ElectroRiderSN

    13 күн бұрын

    When she was built, C18 ACERTS, 1150 HP each engine.

  • @Sunburn2007
    @Sunburn200717 күн бұрын

    The only ships the RN can fully crew.

  • @pm1104
    @pm110416 күн бұрын

    OMG ……..you won’t be expecting anything too fancy on board then ! 😂

  • @Cous1nJack
    @Cous1nJack19 күн бұрын

    What’s the NSN for an air fryer?

  • @allanxxxxxxxx

    @allanxxxxxxxx

    17 күн бұрын

    Ninja 99 You be lucky to get one from the stores

  • @user-ui9mg2xq4o

    @user-ui9mg2xq4o

    12 күн бұрын

    I remember looking up nsn's as a USAF contractor. Ta. That brought back memories!😅

  • @geoffreylee5199
    @geoffreylee519915 күн бұрын

    What is this ship used for?

  • @pingu255

    @pingu255

    15 күн бұрын

    maritime security/coastal protection and training for URNU students

  • @billyboy-mc7xn
    @billyboy-mc7xn19 күн бұрын

    what a life lucky kid :)

  • @simongray8019

    @simongray8019

    19 күн бұрын

    Any young person with a bit of gumption who is prepared to get off there phone and put there mind to it can do the same

  • @billyboy-mc7xn

    @billyboy-mc7xn

    19 күн бұрын

    @@simongray8019 yea but to hit the jackpot on a lil boat must be fun

  • @clevermusicbox3630
    @clevermusicbox363016 күн бұрын

    HMS Tasty Biter HMS Seaman Biter HMS Bitey McBiteface

  • @jacobmoss6830
    @jacobmoss683017 күн бұрын

    All vessels are vital part of the RN.

  • @ging93
    @ging9311 күн бұрын

    I’m hungry now

  • @malcolmglover10
    @malcolmglover1017 күн бұрын

    Weren’t these run by the RNXS in the 80’s?

  • @adrianbanks2089

    @adrianbanks2089

    16 күн бұрын

    Yes ! Axed By The Tories 2 Save The Treasury 6 Million a Year ! 😊

  • @Cous1nJack

    @Cous1nJack

    16 күн бұрын

    Those with names Ex.. were. Had black hulls well into this century.

  • @adrianbanks2089

    @adrianbanks2089

    15 күн бұрын

    @@Cous1nJack Coming Back In The North Sea a Fishing net Fouled The Engine ! ( X,S,V Example }😊 1992 !

  • @ECECECECEC
    @ECECECECEC16 күн бұрын

    So 5 crew and some yts

  • @anthonywarwick6090
    @anthonywarwick609018 күн бұрын

    Nice little video of the little boat. Seriously RN get these excellent sailors some larger boats. They shouldn’t have to work and live like that. It’s going get seriously cramped in that thing in rough weather.

  • @Wakey585

    @Wakey585

    18 күн бұрын

    From what I've heard, the guys who sail P2000's who aren't URNU absolutely love them, because it's a small family and everyone does a bit of everything. So it's a bit of an eye opener.

  • @cgi2002

    @cgi2002

    13 күн бұрын

    From my understanding bigger boats tend to not really give more personal space, everyone is still living ontop of each other as the crew compliment expands at a faster/equal rate than the quarters size grows on most ships. Better to have a small tight nit group that gets along than a much larger one were working out issues is so much harder. You also tend to have a bit more freedom on a smaller boat than a larger ship, fewer senior officers and the few that there are here also all muck in on the tasks like cooking, builds better comadare.

  • @teecee1567

    @teecee1567

    12 күн бұрын

    @anthonywarwick6090 Ask any matelot that has served on big ships and small ships.... 99% of them prefer small ships.

  • @petersmith4455
    @petersmith445514 күн бұрын

    looks like a toy boat..

  • @user-whu
    @user-whu15 күн бұрын

    Britannia doesn’t even rule 1 wave

  • @friktionrc

    @friktionrc

    13 күн бұрын

    Doesn’t need to. This isn’t the 1500s 😂

  • @user-zb6el4ks2b
    @user-zb6el4ks2b13 күн бұрын

    one thing a miss , cheesy hammy eggies .................. and babies heads

  • @dinola3268
    @dinola326819 күн бұрын

    No cannon?

  • @AtheistOrphan

    @AtheistOrphan

    19 күн бұрын

    Of course. The nine 16” guns are not shown in the video.

  • @i.jwilson2885

    @i.jwilson2885

    19 күн бұрын

    No, just a gym.

  • @asuspicioustype12classfrig80

    @asuspicioustype12classfrig80

    19 күн бұрын

    They can be fitted with a 20mm-30mm as needed but generally their main role is harbour patrol, special operations insertion and training

  • @daviecrocket9160
    @daviecrocket916018 күн бұрын

    God help us. Those kids are clueless

  • @iangascoigne8231

    @iangascoigne8231

    16 күн бұрын

    Your evidence for that claim is?

  • @ekspatriat

    @ekspatriat

    15 күн бұрын

    Stupid statement based on this video.

  • @johnmunro4952

    @johnmunro4952

    14 күн бұрын

    You'd best get out there and show them how it's done.

  • @kevg3320

    @kevg3320

    11 күн бұрын

    Why don't you join and show them how it's done?