Had my fair share of being in front of the commander and Tom Wilkinson, he was a fair man and treated you with respect.. the best years of my life serving on HMS Ark Royal 1975 to 1977 , now aged 65 and I still think about my days in the Navy

@jonathanlegg4308

11 ай бұрын

I served 88-98 and like yourself I look back to those days with pride, the people the places..just great.This documentary is a delight to watch. When he sees the Ark being dismantled I feel for him. Do you imagine what it's like on today's carriers? The equivalent of the Type 42s seem quite spacious and rating friendly.

I crossed uncle Toms path on many occasion,good and bad,and found him to be a fair and honest man.He was well liked and respected by most on his "war canoe".I had the privelage to attend his funeral service and pay my respects.

“You’re not coming aboard my war canoe with hair like that”. Quality line !

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

You look like a Party!

@JRJunior8624

3 жыл бұрын

what was with the hair? I didn't see anything

@crabbyj

3 жыл бұрын

Those lines were positively brilliant! LOL 😆

@crabbyj

3 жыл бұрын

@@JRJunior8624 - He looked like a bird, didn't you listen? LOL 😂

@gregrudd6983

3 жыл бұрын

What a boss!

I never served in the military but served as a police officer. This man’s style of enforcing discipline (a little thing called common sense) was what used to be expected of a police officer and indeed still was when I joined in 1981. Knowing when to give a verbal warning, knowing when it was necessary to report or arrest were the day to day skills of a copper. I saw and worked with lots like him and aspired to be like that. It’s not easy and only the school of hard knocks and learning from your mistakes makes you that way. Now it’s all policies, ticking boxes and woe betide any copper that dares to use common sense. Modern day police officers are more like automatons following an algorithm. We desperately need a return to these old fashioned common sense values, I’m sure the world would be a better place for it.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your words.

@teecee1567

3 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more. A lot of coppers get crap for what they are doing, but all they can do is what their senior officers tell them to do. Most officers are great people.

@mjspice100

16 күн бұрын

⁠@freebeerfordworkersI was in the BTP (railway police), after 20 years transferred to Essex Police, didn’t get on with it at all, exactly the same thing, it was all domestics and neighbour disputes and chasing around after latchkey kids. I stuck it out for 5 years then went back to BTP, I dealt with far more interesting work with BTP, some decent meaty stuff. The county forces get involved with crap that they shouldn’t be dealing with and get used by the public as tools in their personal vendettas with each other.

@junglie5055

12 күн бұрын

​@teecee1567 they're not told to take pictures of victims or to have secret WhatsApp groups or to sexually assault victims by their command.

@markwestwood9730

6 күн бұрын

That and some firm but fair discipline.....Our World would be a better place. Also 2 to 3 years National Service for school leavers that had no further education or an apprenticeship lasting 18 months or more. Our youth would do a 180°.

I’m 64, and a US Navy veteran. I have a great deal of respect for the Royal Navy. Fleet MAA was the kind of man that set the example for others to follow.

@teecee1567

3 ай бұрын

@B1900pilot I remember a run ashore in Gib back in the late 80's where my Minesweeper was docked. A Yank Destroyer was just down the basin from us. We were drinking in the "Captains Cabin" pub...you guys came in and started taking the piss out of our tiny ship. We weren't going to take it and a fight ensued. We kicked the crap out of you guys but we ALL ended up getting locked up for the night....lol. Back on board we all got trooped...but it was worth it. Three weeks later (ish) we were out and about in Rotterdam and met up again! This time we had a fantastic time with the same lads from the Destroyer. Aren't sailors weird!?

@williampatrickfagan7590

13 күн бұрын

Leadership like respect, is earned, never shown. Huge difference between authority and Leadership. Using authority is like Leading from behind. Respect is leading from the front.

Tom Wilkinson. British navy legend.

Watching the Sailor series in 76 drove me to join the RN. Watched one episode and went to the recuiting office the next day. Joined 6 weeks later and had the time of my life. I never met Tom Wilkinson but what a top man.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to be on board when Sailor was filmed, made friends with Patrick Turley the cameraman. Tom was there too. I am fortunate to have his wife on facebook as a friend.

@jonathanlegg4308

8 ай бұрын

I joined a few years later, and watching this brings back such fantastic memories, Tom is so likeable, sad he has passed now. I wonder where Twinks is these days.

13:30 my favourite part when he tells off that Lieutenant for being late. The lieutenant may outrank a warrant officer and he still calls him sir but everyone knows who has the real authority. You can see the PO grinning in the background gotta love it.

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

Uncle Tom's rank gave him absolute power

The “ Dad” to “ sons “ of his ship ! Great guy. Discipline combined with understanding! As a FMA he was very very good. RIP !

What a decent chap. I watched the whole of the series a couple of years back and it makes me sad that our armed forces have been treated so badly by bean counting tossers in Whitehall. I was born in 1977 and worked as a civil servant for the Navy up near the Isle of Skye. When I was 17 I was an admin assistant and met some really lovely RN officers. They were like Mr Wilkinson, they cared deeply about the men/women they were responsible for. Mr Wilkinson was a truly nice guy - he didn’t punish for the sake of it, he wasn’t mean and he wasn’t a bully. I wish todays bosses were half as kind and led by example like he did. Thank you to everyone who served in the RN, the Army and RAF. The Royal Marines too. Thank you for keeping our waters and our country safe.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that, Tom a proper man, He is survived by his widow, who I am friends with, and what a pleasure that is.

A real sailor’s sailor, and always put the crew and ship before himself. He often had to administer discipline, but with an eye toward getting a man on the right track.

It was a sad day for me when after two commission's onboard the ark, the day I left to go on draft from her, went to Toms funeral and met his wife Sheila, a lovely lady she is . Only went to the Captains table once and that was to get promoted.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I was with 892 from 76 to the end. A sad day for all of us. I am in touch with Sheila in FB which is nice. I only saw the table up at RAF Leuchars while home with 892. 3 days adrift back off of leave...

Tom cares about his men. Tough but fair. Acting in their interests every moment. Backbone of the Royal Navy.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

He used to call me Michael, which was very nice. He could have called me all sorts of names....

Tom Wilkinson is legendary to those who knew him in both the Royal Navy and US Navy. The old Ark was always a welcome friend into Mayport and Norfolk back in the 70s.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I loved my time in Mayport, I almost got arrested in Norfolk!

Tom Wilkinson, he was a great Jossman. Not many like him.

Piece of Naval history thanks for sharing .Tom was a fair man indeed respect to him may he rest in peace

Guys like Tom were what made England great and the RN the best in the world, he shaped the lives of many young men, a true "Son of the Waves",

Tom Wilkinson Legend, a lager than life character who we are still watching almost 50 years later, to see him get so emotional when he see the Ark Royal at the breakers yard "Its People that make ships" and War-Canoe a line and half..

Uncle Tom. Firm yet fair. RIP Sir

The last scenes with the remains of ARK are so poignant. Unless youve served youll never understand how much the men and women of the armed forces give to the nation. Its not just a job. It's literally blood, tears, sweat. It's anger, frustration, love and joy. It is a wholly unique feeling to be part of it and to feel at one with your Ship, aircraft or team. There is no feeling like it in the world.

@Thunderer0872

9 күн бұрын

My Father served on Ark in the 60s he was upset when we watched that back in 76, None of the old carriers survived which I know money is made in scrap, but there could have been one museum ship to those glory day, nothing remains but a few planes in buildings of a museum but no full carrier saved is sad to me. Not even the Harrier jet ships. Yet they have saved a handful in the states of theirs.

That man is a good example of a Senior NCO.. He is tough and fair!

Men like this gentleman - and those that he mentored - are what made this island of ours the finest in the world! Look at your history you 3 ney-sayers and be humbled by what people such as these did in days gone by, so that you have the freedom to say what you say today!

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

I wonder what he would make of today's snowflakes.

had a few run-ins with Uncle Tom when he was MAA on HMS Eagle but he was always fair and did,nt hold a grudge,I can look back now and smile though I did,nt when I was awarded No 9 punishment

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

A real gentleman, survived by his wife Shiela who I often speak to online.

This guy was a legend. You can't not respect him

Absolute quality 👍

Lock a copy of this documentary in the vaults for all time...a piece of tv platinum.

Tom was Master at Arms at HMS Heron (Yeovilton) When I was there from 1969 until 1971. (No WO's or Fleet Chiefs then) I gained a big grin out of him one day! The Master being the only non comissioned officer on a ship or establishment to carry a sword! I enquired as to whether his was a "Wikinson Sword"! :-) He Had been posted (as FMAA) to Ark Royal when I joined it with 892Sqdn in 1973 :-)

@barrytipton1179

3 жыл бұрын

I was ground radio 766 767 892 at Heron joined ark trafalger day 1972 and left a year later at Leuchars we might have met .... I can confirm Tom was a truly fair man and a gentleman..... he should have been knighted if he wasn’t..

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I spent many happy hours at Leuchars in 76/7

@barrytipton1179

3 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue do you remember when the ground crew swapped the plaster/poly filler for white chalk powder when bricks and works department were painting aircrew kitchen.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I don't. I never was allowed the near aircrew galley. Main Galley for me.

Love this and also how he could smoke in front of a senior Officer. Nowadays, you'd be arrested. Looks like the 90's and previous decades were the best to be serving the RN.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

the late 70's for me on Ark, so much fun.

What a ledgend ..top bloke.

Respect to a firm but fair man. RIP.

i left the Ark just after the last deployment in 78. I remember the Fleet MAA very well. Especially on pay day. But he did give me a kit muster once for wearing my red football socks at action stations. Lesson learned. This man had the utmust respect of all onboard. They broke the mould with Tom.

@TallChap2

2 жыл бұрын

As a teenager I worked for Colin Renwick (RIP) at his Kite shop in Wandsworth, and after building kites in another of his ventures. Great bloke. Strict, but fair. I understand he was the jaunty on the final sailing. He must have learned a lot from this guy. He actually gave me his peaked cap. I wore a similar one for school, and his was so much better than mine. Change of band/badge, and I was styling!

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

Pay Day was a mixture of fear and excitement

@jonathanlegg4308

11 ай бұрын

Red socks at action stations😅 I got a kit muster for have a cheese roll under my pillow for captains rounds😅.

I was on the Rusty 'b' at this time. (R08). This vid brought back memories. 64 now..........swing that bloody lantern.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

Pass me another tinnie skin, I'm only a year behind you

@goldenlabradorskye

2 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue If I could throw snake eyes I'd do it all again in a heartbeat.

I had several meetings with the commander at Portland. One of them was the MOD Police tried to charge me to speeding through the dockyard at 60 mph in a VW beetle and they collared me on the hill going up to the accommodation area. I was at the table and pleaded guilty to speeding but no way near 60 mph. I expressed to the commander that I would have been astonished if my car would have done that speed. The commander agreed and I was admonished. Happy dayz. 😁😁😁😁😁

@colcot50

15 күн бұрын

And it was a steep old hill

I am ex army officer and I met senior ranks like Mr Wilkinson and they are the glue that holds the service together I still go to my reunions and still call them Mr Smith Mr Jones out of the respect i hold for them Long service Senior NCO or rating are in general gems that will always sparkle even after service I salute you Sir

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

cheers Sir.

@walboyfredo6025

3 жыл бұрын

I could imagine Tom saying to you " ....now now, you got the Commission from her gracious majesty, Sir. You can address by my rating or by my formal salutation "Mr Wilkinson", Sir".

@Jeffybonbon

5 ай бұрын

I had so much respect with chaps like Mr Wilkinson they have dug me out of a few holes in my time @@walboyfredo6025

@Jeffybonbon

17 күн бұрын

@@walboyfredo6025 Its an odd thing I still get to regimental reunions and i still call my old Sgt Majors Mr They call me now by my first name which is great I lost one of my old WO2 ,s a year ago and it took some getting over Senior NCOs make the services what they are god bless them

Good memories of a great man, once seen never forgotten.

In memory of Alan (Sam ) Barnett who served in Ark Royal during the making of "Sailor" in 1976. He was my best man's Dad, and a lovely bloke. I remember seeing Tom Wilkinson on the programme at the time and he was a decent, decent man. A quick look around the internet seems to show that Tom passed away in April 2015 with his funeral having been on the 21st of that month. Fair winds good sir !

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

Respect

Father to us all,kind,compassionate,,everything a parent would be

I clearly remember Sailor when it was first broadcast in 1976, and what seems a lifetime ago. The FMAA, Tom Wilkinson, was the stand-out character from the series, old school firm but fair, forming the backbone of the Royal Navy. I would love to have met him during his lifetime and bought him a pint. I am though aware that he died back in 2015 but he, and all the very best traditions that he represented, will live on with this compilation from the series.

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

cheers Mark. I have his wife Sheila, on my FB. She loves my cat videos and says hello often. A very dear friend indeed. Tom is a legend without doubt. He was the only chap to ever address me by my first name. I knew him 1976/8

@markrowley1223

2 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue Thank you for your reply to my post. My late father served in the Fleet Air Arm between 1950 and 1963, so it is possible that he and Tom Wilkinson crossed paths at some point; one never knows! Obviously I have never met Sheila and know of her only through the television series where Tom played a starring role. I am though pleased to learn that she is still with us and I would be happy for you to pass on the best wishes of a complete stranger like me, and to say that even after 45 years her late husband's decentness still shines through in spades. Best wishes to you and yours. Kind regards Mark Rowley

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

I will certainly send your kind regards to Sheila

Tom comes across as real father figure to the lads. Strict but his primary goal is their well-being and safety. The very epitome of a Senior NCO. RIP It must be a comfort to his family that he is here in the prime of his career.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

His wife Sheila often says hello to me in Facebook, which is a delight. She has these clips on her facebook.

@johnd5699

3 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue Are they both still alive? My Grandfather was a Fleet Chief on the same vessel and I'm trying to find people who would have known him.

@georgebuller1914

3 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue Please - if you feel it is right and proper - convey my condolences to this man's widow. As I stated above, I never served - (something I truly regret!) - but my late father did and; like this gentleman, his heart truly was of BRITISH Oak!

@michaellocking5926

2 жыл бұрын

@@georgebuller1914 hi George if you are in touch with sheila could you please pass on my regards and condolences to her i knew them in Singapore when tom was on hms forth regards mike locking

Utter legend...

I say that to my own boy now .. self pride my son self pride .. what i seen in the series Sailor.. fmaa Tom Wilkinson was a great man

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

A great man, I am still in regular touch with his wife Sheila

What a great watch. Been up Pen Y Fan today and chilling in my YHA bunk. My late brother served on HMS Andromeda in the 70’s. I still remember going to see him, think we did a tour of his ship. How the world has changed since and not all for the better. Simon.

I joined the ANDREW !! ROYAL NAVY !! because of an old WW2 Fleet Chief !! I served 15 years good and bad at the end of the 70s to 93 !!

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I joined the Royal Navy because my Mum said it would be a good idea, I was good at baking cakes, "why don't you join the Navy" I am pleased she did push me, it was a good thing. it certainly made me the man I am today.

Very much the same in 1982 when I joined at 17, hard men but watched your back.

@Super8Rescue

4 жыл бұрын

of course they watch your back, happy days, wouldn't trust anyone else with my life.

I was on Ark V R07 for just under 2years, The joss was WOMAA Legs Diamond, he was firm but fair. The reggies were mostly ok and they got me out of the rattle a couple of times with a warning. Much appreciated.

A true Naval man of Honour.

found the DVDs on eBay definitely going to buy it thanks for uploading these clips

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

you're welcome

I am well aware of the feeling made by this gentleman whom i served with on the ship. Like him i think that despite her size, this ship should have been kept as a bit of history, having served the U.K. for many many years.. I was still on this ship when shen ended her service, and had the job of dismantling the wardroom and captains quaters, it should at least be remebered for being the ship of which the documentry was made that captivated for many peoples hearts with the song "We are Sailing" Sadly my job was as a member of the S.M.A. and as such helped to create the fate of this vessel, and many others, usually conducted by these ships last trip, such as the Diamond class destroyers plus many others which really ment that i did a lot of sea time, plus a lot of special visits to some unusual ports, there are many things i remember of these trips.

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

At least my three war canoes are at the bottom of the sea, where they should be. A true man of the Royal Navy, Remember my Fleet Chief (Tas) gave me a bollocking once, he never got another chance, to much respect for him.

Sad to see a beautiful ship who served her country for so long and who looked after her crew and always brought them back home being cut up for scrap. My father worked on her when she was being built and we were always so proud of her. 🥺 Very sad . They could have done as the Americans do . Turn her into a museum.

A rare man of quality

I seem to remember my father being his messman on the Albion 1964. My brother and I went exploring where we shouldn't have during the commision service after lunch in a ward room. Brown for Archie!

Very moving at 23:08 just that glance back from the previously jovial ship breaker. The sudden realisation that his day job of scrap metal can bring a hard-as-nails fighting man to tears.

14:54 Gave good advice to a man who later became a Vice Admiral. Every leader needs to be mentored like what Tom has done.

@kevinlynott309

3 жыл бұрын

The best YO, no matter the service were the ones who listened to the senior non-comms. He seemed a decent YO as well.

@catcherintheair

3 жыл бұрын

So who is the officer?

@docdr7199

2 жыл бұрын

@@catcherintheair It might be Chris Parry, mentioned in despatches for his actions in the Falklands conflict and subsequently promoted to Rear Admiral.

@bertv.374

2 жыл бұрын

15:30 ghe ghe ghe.

@twotone1a

2 жыл бұрын

@@docdr7199 It is indeed Chris Parry. He mentions the experience on Ark Royal and the associated documentary filming in his book "Down South" (which is well worth a read).

legend

Great memories of the Ark. 1971-1975.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

shiver me timbers skin

What a lovely man, thanks for uploading. 🙂

Aaahhh what a blast from the past......I knew the young steward in trouble,he was a lot tougher than he looks.He got the chance of the job of his dreams but couldn't get out of the navy to take it.His only option was to apply for the royal marines and had to pass the training course ( the hardest in the world) so that he could resign in time to get the job.......... One of my personal experiences with the JOS master at arms was coming down a ladder from the heads and bathroom, just as I got to the bottom he was there and didn't move an inch.....I backed up to the top and he followed me step by step... At the top he looked directly in my face and said " am I hurting you son"? " No sir" I said " I should be I'm stood on your bloody hair.....GET IT CUT"...... he was as tough as they come and would make sure you get a fair punishment for any offence you had committed. I'm proud to have been part of the same navy he was a principal player in....... the days before the love boats we have today,..... like the old saying " when ships were made of wood and the men made of iron" hahaha 🤣 The best years of my life,

my late dad David Edmund george LAMO, served on the Albion, Eagle, Victorious,Ark Royal,between 1957until 1974 when he took voluntary redudanicy as the fixed wigs were phased out, thank you so much for this video, he would have definately have encountered this legend Master at Arms

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Tom was very well known and loved by just about everyone. His wife is still with us and often makes comments in a facebook group where he is remembered with great affection.

If you go to Fleet Air Arm Museum they have a mock-up of this ship. I was 12 or 13 and lucky enough to go to sea on her for a family day. Still feel this was one of the best days i ever had. She was moored off Torpoint/Millbrook for a while before being towed away for scrap. I watched her go. So sad.

The final scenes were filmed at Cairnryan breakers yard at Loch Ryan. In all four carriers were dismantled there, the first was HMS Centaur in 1972. I grew up in Stranraer (opposite side of the loch) and remember HMS Eagle being broken up, then came Ark Royal, she was gone by the end of '83 (as seen here) eventually to make way for HMS Bulwark. Cruiser HMS Blake can be seen at 26:20 top left which arrived in-between the two carriers. The breakers yard lasted into the 1990s, contracted to dispose of old Soviet diesel-electric submarines.

@goldenlabradorskye

2 жыл бұрын

I served on the Bulwark (R08) Rusty 'B' from 74 -76, 5C mess. Great memories and mates on her.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

As someone else commented, when the tide came in Ark floated higher in the water and cut off the tv signal for the locals...

@dcanmore

Жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue true as the TV transmitter was on a hill above Stranraer at the opposite side of the loch at the time.

Real discipline, takes me back 👍

14-54: I've never served myself (my late father was 21 years Royal Navy - including 6 years during WWII!) but in my lifetime, I have known managers like this gentleman. Hard but fair! By the book - but able to flex! Man management is a skill! Some can learn it; some are born with it - ALL the best are blessed with it!

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching george, Uncle Tom is a legend

Respect. Sadly a different navy now.

How sad to see your ship being dismantled. 😞 At least you can keep your memories.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

and we have lots of film to look back on

I remember the Ark in Gibraltar in 78 visited it what a privilege as an airman at GiB.

Got trooped by him in 1971 on HMS Eagle for retaining a can of beer in my locker overnight. Punishment 14 days 9’s. Just having a wet before dinner, having afternoon watch.

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

BZ

@SimDeck

3 жыл бұрын

What does 9’s mean?

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

Punishments. They came in different shapes and sizes 9's 10's 14's From the jackspeak site: No 9 punishment was basically stoppage of leave and 2 hours extra work. Normally awarded as either 7 or 14 days. If ashore to prove you were on board you had to muster at the various times of the day. Normally first muster would be 0600. Last muster 2200 plus lots in between. The two hours extra work was normally carried out in the dogs. Worse bit was you were also banned from using the NAAFI so couldn't get a beer. If you missed a muster more days 9s could be added.

@SimDeck

3 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue nice one. Thanks for taking the time to reply. Cheers.

I had the chance to watch defaulters on board a RN ship once. Exactly the same as this more or less. Interesting to see the process again.

@Super8Rescue

4 күн бұрын

I had the chance to be a defaulter, much more fun than simply watching it

Discipline and courtesy will bring you far in life. That is what the boss was teaching. The men may not have realised it, but given an education when speaking to the man. Song at the end is an Irish drinking song

Im ex raf but its the same . The level headed caring snco.s keep everything working . And all the youngsters need to know theyve been there and done it . Much respect to a very decent man . Id salute you sir but that would be wrong and id get shouted at .

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I spent some time at RAF Leuchars while I was with 892 Squadron. 76/8

Trooped me when on the eagle good old Tom

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

BZ

He died 2015 aged 86 MBE BEM

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I am in touch with Sheila his widow, she is fine and well but getting on a bit these days. She posts on facebook often.

@barrytipton1179

3 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue I was only in fleet air arm from 68 to 76 Tom was an inspiration too us all .... I was a REM(A) but for getting married I would still be in the Andrew

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

I was a wafu cook with 892 Squadron 76-78 on R09 and Tom was an inspiration to me. He was the only man in the Royal Navy to call me by my first name

@nealc9230

3 жыл бұрын

@super 8 hi, I used to know Tom and Sheila when I was the Prudential rep for their area near Evesham.... please say hello to Sheila for me, I hope she remembers me from the mid 90s. I Used to pop in and see them any chance I could, love listening to Tom and all the stories.... I was in my 20s then , my name is Neal

Nine pints of Scrumpy....... "Good Lad"!!!

@michaelhunt4445

3 жыл бұрын

Drunk and refusing to fight?

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

just a quick DTS then

Dear god...I know this was many years before my time in the Andrew, but the Defaulters scenes put the chills of the damned into me. Only had defaulters in HMS Ark Royal once myself, for absence from place of duty (due to assisting the flight deck crew to offboard the equipment of an RAF squadron beyond the end of my watch, which was recognised as a 'fine example of teamwork' by the Captain) so I missed morning muster, with charges dismissed with 'admonishment only'... ...and as for not deserving the scrapman's axe. Agreed. TOTALLY agreed. If the crabs can keep their old stuff flying, we should have kept one or two of our old carriers around as museums.

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

From memory I got trooped twice in 12 years. Not too shabby.

If only we had that in 82.

“Drink a man’s drink and act like a man” - a lesson I learned as a cadet in the MN aged 17!

@Super8Rescue

Күн бұрын

a lesson I am still trying learn....

War Canoe!!! 😂 Classic

Great days and great people.

Ah, Uncle Tom and his war canoe

Marvelous 🇬🇧🇬🇧✨✨🤲🙏🙌🙌👌👌 Much Greatful

I hope he had a happy retirement. Looks like he did.

As a cadet in the MN I was paid £5 per month including danger money for serving in tankers.

I know I can't be the only one who got choked up when he saw what remained when she was at the breaker's.

This is priceless

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

priceless moment in my life for sure

The good old served 76 to 90 on subs awesome time

Drunk on a tenner.....The good old days !

Imagine if they kept her a couple more years. Falklands would of been a walk in the park

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

Given the state of her hull I doubt she would have made it there and back

@2sqnbandit379

2 жыл бұрын

@@Super8Rescue was it really that bad. Surely they could of gotten another 10 years out of it with refitting her.

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

10 years? impossible. She was on her knees so to speak.

It's a totally unique job where everyone above and below you has to call you _'Master,'_ and one or two did indeed let it go their heads. That said, you were more likely to come across an a-hole Regulator. If you were in the yard at Devonport and a flag officer was visiting, they'd provide an escort for him in one of their RN LR Defenders and look for sailors who didn't stop, come to attention and salute the flag on the car. Me and my mate were nabbed coming back from the CISCO one day, but to be fair we walked out from between two containers as the entourage passed, and we both had multiple coffees and bags of stickies in each hand. Back came the Defender, and out popped one of the Regulators. Then he flipped open his little notebook - *_"Neither one of you saluted. I want your names and your ship."_* Frowning deeply, we tentatively raised our filled hands in protest, but he repeated his demand. *_"Name and ship...?"_* So, I quickly took the initiative and gave him a false name and the name of the ship in the next dock to ours, and my mate followed suit. Ship-borne Regulators tended to be a bit more genial, but they knew it wasn't best practice to get too chummy with anyone,. It was rare to have one refuse you an extra crate of beer if you asked for one because there was a birthday in the mess. Not an easy job aboard ship, the naval Regulator, but they're not there to turn a blind eye and make friends.

13:30 Even the junior officer receives the rath Fleet Chief Master at Arms.

@Super8Rescue

Жыл бұрын

No one is above the law.

It makes you realize what went on behind the scene and that generally they did look after you. I got away with a lot more than some of these guys did because I had personal problems for a while and after a gigantic bollocking from the joss that I was in deep shit...nothing more was said.

My stepfather was chief petty officer onboard this beuty.This man was loved by his crew .

@Super8Rescue

3 жыл бұрын

He certainly was loved, and always will be.

A bloody good and fair Master at Arms, Mind I never got on his bad side. Hahahahaha.

Basically he's what the USN would call the Command Master Chief or Chief of the Boat in the case of a Submarine. Liason between the enlisted sailors and officers, guides junior officers and answers only to the Captain and/or 2IC, first officer, first mate, first lieutenant, XO, which title applies for the appropriate navy for the appropriate nation.

where can I get the full series ? this is amazing

he was my Joss 75-78 legend rip

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

Proper gentleman

Backbone of the Navy

I watched this on yv as a small boy

@Super8Rescue

2 жыл бұрын

excellent. I knew him when I was 17yo

Yeah ah good Skipper and Boat.

"returning onboard drunk" 🤣 most of us entire 925 ratings of HMS Tiger C20 1972 to 1975 we're highly skilled in the arts of coming back drunk !! In fact father rutter came back one night in Pompeii walked up the gangway collected his station card went across the deck and straight into the oggin on the other side and the lifeboat crews were actually scrambled to save him tied up alongside and that is a fact. Father Rutter was a Stoker who had been in the mob forever in the 70s and was part of the ship itself. There's a racy 9-minute tribute on my channel but hey regardless of anything else I wouldn't change those years for all the money in the world !

@Super8Rescue

2 ай бұрын

BZ skin

Wow, smoking onboard in the flats when the captains about!!

@georgebuller1914

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt rank - and experience - had its privileges!... ;-)