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Inside the UK military's 'hospital ship' with 100 medical beds on board
RFA Argus is the 'hospital ship' of the UK Armed Forces - with around 100 hospital beds on board, she acts as a floating medical facility during times of crisis or war.
Other than the United States there is no other country that can bring the same level of medical capability out to sea like RFA Argus can, according to Commanding Officer, Captain Richard Davies.
Forces News went on board the ship during a training exercise.
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Seeing these doctors, medics and nurses doing what they do so well reminds me of the amazing work they did on MERTS and at Bastion and of course what they did off the Falklands on Uganda
Reece speaks very well for a private and I’m not sure 4 Armoured Medical Regiment is a reservist lot (which would explain it) - either he’s starting from the bottom up to get a better grasp before looking to lead (admirable) or he’s just falling short of Sandhurst requirements - eitherway, he certainly expels confidence and knowledge.
Thank You so much
That combat medic sounded a bit posh for a Private😄
@victornewman9904
Жыл бұрын
Reservist.
@alonsocushing2263
Жыл бұрын
@@victornewman9904 But he certainly sounded like a posh officer.
@TheMVCoho
Жыл бұрын
Not being British I have no clue between the nuances and accents but, even I could tell this dude had a way of speaking about him. If only he were a minority or gender fluid or a trans-unicorn or something he would have a good shot at Parliament one day.
@sebby324
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMVCoho I’m British from a posh part he’s got a posh accent
Thank you !!!!!!!!!!!
Respect
I actually saw this ship docked in Falmouth whilst visiting Cornwall, absolutely massive ship.
@jamienorman2622
Жыл бұрын
Falmouth is it's homeport
@frazzle6713
Жыл бұрын
@@jamienorman2622 I see.
With the state of the NHS,we should station it off the closest city or town with the greatest need.
@gregs7562
Жыл бұрын
The NHS is a bottomless pit that would suck in every single penny generated in the UK given the chance. Leave Argus to the military to run thanks all the same.
@grahamellis6029
Жыл бұрын
@@gregs7562 I see no point in a hospital ship sailing around the Med on exercise when the ship's crew could be put to service of the British public,who are paying the bill for this hospital ship,as of the NHS being a bottomless pit, that's a political question,the British people will have to decide in the near future.
@Weresosorry
Жыл бұрын
@@grahamellis6029 They are already serving the British public. What they're doing is also important.
@HistoryForYouOfficial
Жыл бұрын
The NHS is only in such a state because of the incompetent idiots that run it. We need fewer directors & diversity officers & more frontline nurses, doctors & paramedics. Also, the NHS's MASSIVE budget needs to be spent correctly rather than throwing it around. The NHS doesn't need more money, it just needs the money it has to be spent better.
@thetruthhurts7675
Жыл бұрын
@@grahamellis6029 That is NOT a question we have to decide. We have paid more in National Insurance which pays for the NHS. National Insurance raises 12% of GDP, and the NHS costs 9.3% of GDP.
It's a shame there was no mention of the interesting history of this ship. Italian built and launched in 1980 as a container ship, the MV Contender Bezant.
A great workhorse.
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@thegoldeneagle9890
Жыл бұрын
Yep we do
It would be interesting to know if working on that ship you volunteered to donate blood, or wether you are “politely asked”
@Weresosorry
Жыл бұрын
You've obviously never been in the military. If an oppo needed blood there'd be people queueing out the door to give it.
@ianmurray4081
Жыл бұрын
Perhaps “voluntold” 😊😊😊. Regardless, respect to all involved.🇨🇦🫡🇬🇧
@samfraser3448
Жыл бұрын
I can assure you it is only voluntary. You cannot force someone to give blood.
Not a hospital ship. Would be with a Red Cross. IIRC it’s a casualty receiver.
@isobelvince8183
Жыл бұрын
Yes it’s a PCRF (Primary Casualty Receiving Facility) and Aviation Training Ship. But when personnel are embarked it can run up to a 100 bed hospital.
I think it's about time we had the military run the country for a while
@sebby324
Жыл бұрын
Martial law
Yes, it's a fantastic ship and we should be grateful that we have such facilities, but we need more of them. The size of the Royal Navy is embarrassing beyond belief and leaves me red-faced. If a major conflict was to break out tomorrow say WW3, then we would need dozens of these ships. Yes, it's currently peacetime, but how long will it take us to build more ships if needed at a moment's notice? The MoD doesn't do anything quickly anymore, except spend our £55bn budget and have nothing much to prove for it. The majority of the UK defense budgets should go towards the navy as it once always did as we are an island nation.
@southern_poacher688
Жыл бұрын
most of the defence budget can be found in Eastern Europe at the moment
@righteousbyfaithinChrist
Жыл бұрын
Im sorry, I hope you do not consider any uk resources towards ukraine untraceable? I would have to consider your intent treasonous.
@1chish
Жыл бұрын
Why do you people like using the word "embarrassing" so much? It seems its become the latest written meme 🤦♂🤦♂ How anyone can call any of our military 'embarrassing' beats me and winds me up no end. Then you gob off with: "The MoD doesn't do anything quickly anymore, except spend our £55bn budget and have nothing much to prove for it" Really? We run the 2nd largest defence budget in NATO and the 3rd globally. We have the only blue water navy in Europe, and the largest CSG outside the USA. We operate 5th gen fighters off those carriers. We have one of the most capable air forces in Europe and maybe 2nd only to the USA (I discount putative enemies here) in capability and experience. The British Army and Marines are deployed globally and we are the first call the USA makes when an ally is needed. Then this: "The majority of the UK defense budgets should go towards the navy" Well a bit of research would show you that in fact it does. 2 new carriers, 8 new T26, 5 new T31, 4 new Tide tankers, 3 new FSSS ships, 7 new Astute and 4 new Dreadnaught subs? The budget calls for £38.1 billion in the Navy equipment plan over the next ten years compared to £30.6 billion at the end of the previous planning period. And if we need more ships for a war we will do what we did in '82. Its called STUFT - Google it I can't be arsed to explain.
@davidmoule3067
Жыл бұрын
There are so many more appropriate places for a comment like this. Write to your MP if you care so much, then at least your sentiments would have more value than to parrot the complaints made under every video on the internet even peripherally related to defence.
@AsteroidM749A
Жыл бұрын
@@1chish terrific response! It grates on me that the default comments are usually that defence isn't as "big" or as "good" as it used to be. War has become more expensive, and whilst we don't have the same in size as we did perhaps 20+ years ago, our spending overall and even proportionally per soldier is the highest it has ever been in history. Yeah we could have an army of 500,000 but they'd just be armed with a rifle and grenade!!
I had to check because all I can hear was **Argos** this, Argos that... 🙄🙈🤯🤣
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Is the ship operated (actual ship's operations) by civil or military mariners? The USNS Comfort and the USNS Mercy are operated by civilian mariners from the Military Sealift Command.
@Weresosorry
Жыл бұрын
Civil. RFA ships (basically floating hospitals and RAS ships) are operated by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (civilians) and HMS ships by the Royal Navy (military).
@lauramitchell1924
Жыл бұрын
@@Weresosorry Thank you.
@hannymcfee
Жыл бұрын
They're operated by both The RFA provides the Ship Crew Royal Marines, British Army and Royal Navy provide the Medics Royal Navy provides the crew for the Armaments The Fleet Air Arm provides the Air Wing
@lauramitchell1924
Жыл бұрын
@@hannymcfee Thank you. That's similar to the Comfort and the Mercy.
Captain Richard Davies is wrong about the fact that only the US and the UK have this hospital boat ability! But isn’t it an British symptom not being able to see what non English-speaking do?
@deaconviljoen8208
Жыл бұрын
So what other countries do? Just asking not attacking
@dallasyap3064
Жыл бұрын
@@deaconviljoen8208 China has it, and it's bigger than the UK's RFA Argus.
@matteomartin131
Жыл бұрын
@@deaconviljoen8208 the French with the mistral class
@hannymcfee
Жыл бұрын
@@matteomartin131 It's capable sure but in the end, they're Amphibious Assault Ships, they're never gonna be at the capability of an equipped Casualty Receiving Ship
Need more than that pal
@Tax-Evasion-As-A-Sport
Жыл бұрын
do we?
@Allegedly2right
Жыл бұрын
@@Tax-Evasion-As-A-Sport The damage is done on the Clyde they are still working on a navy ship 4 years and about a few million out of budget.We don't produce steel can't repair the ships nevermind build them I built ships plus steel works had a few mates right enough.Most of our yards are full of Romanian Welders.Going home now nothing getting built
The Captain was wrong though, China has this kind of medical ship too.
@RR-us2kp
Жыл бұрын
They have a normal hospital ship. They're quite different. It's the difference between an army 8x8 armoured ambulance and a normal city ambulance made from a van. US also has 2 hospital ships.
Its not a hospital ship
Only 100 beds. What are they using that’s so small? Rubber dinghy rapids, bro? To put this into perspective… A small(ish) cruise ship can have 3000 passengers and the biggest cruise ships have just under 7000 passengers.
@RR-us2kp
Жыл бұрын
You can't have hospital beds on the helipad. Or in the fuel tanks. It's a warship. It has other equipment
No longer painted white with prominent Red Crosses, etc?
@davidmoule3067
Жыл бұрын
It's not a proper hospital ship by Geneva Convention standards (because it carries weaponry) which means it would be a war crime to paint it as a non-combatant. Proper hospital ships like the US Mercy class are still painted that way.
@whya2ndaccount
Жыл бұрын
@@davidmoule3067 Ah sorry - I was sure in the opening moments it was called a Hospital Ship (0:16), plus the title, plus the description. More "journalist" inaccuracy, not to worry.
@davidmoule3067
Жыл бұрын
@@whya2ndaccount Yeah it's strange that they used those exact words so many times to describe it, even putting them in quotation marks in the title. I don't know who they're quoting, because the RN calls it a 'Primary Casualty Receiving Ship' to avoid falsely claiming the very legally-charged term.
@whya2ndaccount
Жыл бұрын
@@davidmoule3067 Agreed. LOAC requirements "too hard" so we'll just use a label. Thanks for clearing it up.
Genuine question could we allow Ukrainian helicopters land on this
@AsteroidM749A
Жыл бұрын
We could. But it's slightly more tricky as it's not technically a 'hospital ship' and protected under international law as such - it's roled as a primary casualty receiving ship and therefore technically a warship. And would therefore be viewed as a combatant providing support. Hope that makes sense.
@sebby324
Жыл бұрын
@@AsteroidM749A so the evil Russians would sink it
in the times of crisis or war. ummm isnt a war a crisis then?
@tomsoki5738
Жыл бұрын
They mean humanitarian crisis
@johnmcclainejriii5829
Жыл бұрын
Every war is a crisis but not every crisis is a war. Hope that helps pal.
Can they not go to the Black Sea and help Ukraine??
@1chish
Жыл бұрын
Turkey would not allow passage of a warship through the Bosporus into the Black Sea
@AsteroidM749A
Жыл бұрын
It could... But it's slightly more tricky as it's not technically a 'hospital ship' and protected under international law as such - it's roled as a primary casualty receiving ship and therefore technically a warship. And would therefore be viewed as a combatant providing support. Hope that makes sense.
What are they preparing for? worrying
@Weresosorry
Жыл бұрын
Funnily enough the military actually prepare themselves for this thing called "War".
@chilli943
Жыл бұрын
@@Weresosorry Okay but why is this the only time they've done a drill with the hospital ship (as mentioned in video)? Sounds like they are preparing us for something. It's scary
@nightowl3218
Жыл бұрын
@@chilli943 not really they are adapting and training for any future possible events that’s pretty normal
@Weresosorry
Жыл бұрын
@@chilli943 It's not first time they've done a drill with the ship. It's the first time they've done this specific scenario. It's nothing out of the ordinary. We are constantly training so that should the real scenario happen, we're prepared and know what we are doing. The threat of Russia is no secret either. But basically, don't take this as a "they know something we don't" sort of thing. It's just business as usual and it's a good thing.
@RJM1011
Жыл бұрын
They train ALL the time in case of the ship being sent into an Earthquake or Hurricane area !
Its a shame this ship will be scrap soon with no replacement in sight
@JammyDodger45
Жыл бұрын
She's not getting scrapped she's getting a refit for another role.
@jamienorman2622
Жыл бұрын
Soon? Her service has been extended well past 2030.
@stevenmartin6473
Жыл бұрын
@@jamienorman2622 last i heard scott /dilligence and argus where destined for scrap so i stand corrected