Epic synth action

Really enjoyed my time as a EW Rate

@Hants_Prints

10 күн бұрын

Who knew the EW branches nickname would become so inappropriate 😂

@johnredfern1973

10 күн бұрын

@@Hants_Prints I know lol the G’s

@Matelot123

10 күн бұрын

Enjoyed your Sega game gear on the Lancaster more though :)

@johnredfern1973

9 күн бұрын

@@Matelot123 😂

These are so interesting. I was in the army. I know so little about our sister service. In 1982 I was on South Georgia after the Argentine surrender. We’d sailed on a chartered freighter, St. Helena (superb crew), from Ascension, hit a F11 near Shag Rock and lost most of our perishables. The survey ship HMS Hecate, ‘The Happy Hec’, was diverted to SG to replenish us (Recce Pln, Royql Hampshire Regt). It was weird because there was a Russian spy ‘trawler’ in the area, so we were still on a war footing. We had a fantastic time with the lads from HMS Hecate. It was like a floating supermarket 😊. We had a sod’s opera near the old disused Grytviken whaling station. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so much. We all paired off to do a turn on stage. Plenty of beer. I’ll never forget that and was sorry to see ‘The Happy Hec’ départ. Shortly after, the Soviet ‘trawler’ (bristling with antennae), was given permission to come alongside KEP. There must have been some high-level political discussion about that. They weren’t allowed ashore. Three of us (not me) went aboard. A section of us was standby with one-up-the-spout. The Santa Fe sub had been towed out to the other side of the harbour. In my 12 year stint in the British Army infantry I had little occasion to interact with Jack. But South Georgia 1982 more than made up for it. Unforgettable experience. ⚓️ 🗡️.

@Hants_Prints

10 күн бұрын

🫡🫡🫡⚓

@jackoates6418

10 күн бұрын

I love these sorts of comments!

“Make intelligent use of the information “ Absolute paradox

I never served on a 21 and now I've seen one close up I'm glad.

@Hartley69

9 күн бұрын

Ironically that 21 in the video was the ship they took us too during training for a look around, I only served on several 42’s

@DockyardTiger

8 күн бұрын

Nothing wrong being part of the 21 club 😊

@carlstratford2228

7 күн бұрын

I was in a 21, that's why I volunteered for the Fishery Protection Squadron asap..

@Matelot123

7 күн бұрын

@@carlstratford2228 lol

@user-yf8ln9gn9l

5 күн бұрын

best ships at the time, best deployments too,

That "entitled" git who kept pestering for the victuals during Scran needed an word in his shell like, must of been the leading Reg.

Seacat. Like a blunderbuss compared to todays kit.

My first rate S(O) at Raleigh then S(R) then AB(R) then they tried to turn us in to WE’s 😂

@Matelot123

10 күн бұрын

My first rate JS(O)2 then S(O), S(M) AB(M) and finally LS(M) before discharge. Almost kept the original JS(O)2 ID card all the way through. :)

@Hartley69

9 күн бұрын

@@Matelot123 Good old HMS Cambridge I wanted to be a missileman but the Wren Lt gave me a bunch of BS at Raleigh about Radar is where it’s at

@Matelot123

7 күн бұрын

​@Hartley69 Well, I was originally being packed off to HMS Vernon with my oppo to do Sonar, but sadly, at the last minute, they discovered that my hearing was terrible so decided to completely ruin it by sending me off to Cambridge instead. 😅😅😅