I joined the RN two years after this film was made. Worked on a Wessex 5 Helicopter Squadron 845 and served on HMS Intrepid , HMS Danea, HMS Manchester, HMS Liverpool, HMS Birmingham, HMS Beaver on the Lynx flights. I also worked on the Sea Harriers. A very varied career where I sailed the world on 🌍 86. Arctic and Antarctic deployments. Gulf and Caribbean trips. Everything is sadly all scrap now.

The Leander Class Fregate was marvelous fregate class

Classic, i was 2yo when this was recorded, yet served on 2 x Leander class frigates 1990-96 in the RNZN, good times.

Toured one of these frigates when we (my US Navy ship) went to Roosevelt Roads Puerto Rico. Not sure which one it was but we had a great time visiting with the British Navy guys. We traded caps and lighters and other things. Wish I could do it again! It was so hot there and they looked so relaxed in shorts and offered us beer in the mess hall. I was thinking I joined the wrong Navy.

The Grid Iron formation shown at the end of this film was formed by the ships of TG317.1 and TG317.2. 317.1 was the first Group Deployment and was returning to the UK at the end of their time away. 317.2 had just left Gibraltar and was heading out to the Far East for nine months. I was in HMS Diomede and remember watching the crossover from the Flight Deck. We had a film crew onboard and they were filming what they called Shoot Bravo! 317.2 was made up of Blake, Leander, Diomede, Falmouth, Achilles, Lowestoft, Warspite, Olna and Stromness

In 75 we used to think the Navy was paired down to the bone, who could have imagined we would strip it to its current force.

As a kid in the 70s ,I used to see Royal naval ships ,the Hydrographic ships the diesel electric submarines ,the Nuclear ones and the Royal fleet Auxiliary's and along with the Royal Maritime Auxiliary service ships come to Gibraltar. The Port of Gibraltar was a hive of activity as were ports in Uk. I remember the annual spring train Naval exercises the ships filled up the port ,with some berthed 2-3 abreast. Good old days. We still have visiting ships but its a far cry of what the Navy was. Now a days we have good ships ,technologies and good crews, but low vessel numbers, to my mind, but we wont unfortunately see these large fleet exercise with only Royal Navy ships. Now we form part of a coalition. Salute to past and present service personnel from Gibraltar.

23:08 Nobody could have foreseen, when this video was made, the fate that would await the Sheffield.

Enjoyed that. I left the mob in 1973 but knew all of those ships during my time 1962-1973. Good old days.

The sky line of Sydney changes every time we visit. First 1974,1999,2020😀

Excellent video! Brings back proud memories of serving. Thanks for positing!

In the 1950s we REALLY did have a navy! AND BEFORE THAT During WWII, the Royal Navy had a total of 29 aircraf We fielded 4 carriers for Suezz in '56!t carriers of all types and goodness knows how many other ships. We fielded 4 carriers for Suez in '56!

The County Class Destroyers armed with the Slug Missiles is nothing less than AWESOME!!!!!

'We're expecting great things from Seaslug in seven years' time.'

sad times indeed Barry..Plymouth is in Birkenhead as well...rotting away...once the finest navy in the world...now look at us

Hms bronnington - now rotting away and listing in Birkenhead docks...sad times

That's so great. Thanks for sharing!

Sheffield. Good God. Admiration, gratitude and condolences to everyone who did their time on her on her last trip.

Love the 'Bal-ham - Gateway to the South!' music.

I was on RFA Tidespring during the 60's, was my first ship in the service. Great memories

Really enjoyed that thanks. Very interested in buying.

150 ships??h how times have changed!

Narrating officer at the end: 'Was that alright, loves?'

right, thanks for replying.

Enjoyed that, thanks.

Thanks for sharing great video

US NAVY HERE. That frigate is one sleek looking boat! I bet it would clean house when weapons were fired in anger. When? You might ask?.....NOW..NOW..NOW!

So many memories.

I was a bit confused by different footage - it was not consistent. First we see a Leander class frigate (F47 HMS DANAE), but the shooting and the orders during replenishment are a Conty class destroyer (D20 HMS FIFE) - first footage of a boiler then the order to run up gas turbines; the Leander did not have gas turbines, and only one forward turret.

Just seen at 8:40 what looks like a rather young looking Rob Davies, my first skipper on HMS Newcastle in 1989 and blow me at 15:17 we see Hugh Dagleish who took over from Rob after we got back from the South Atlantic late summer 1989.

I remember this news on TV！

HMS Fife was my second ship

F47 was my last ship. HMS Danie

The Navy's most powerful ship the Ark Royal was left out of this film for some reason.

I joined in 1973.....Rusty B was my first draft

More ships in this film than the whole of the current fleet!

Why is it easier to get lost in older films versus all movies post 2000.

0:11 I was kayaking around this coastline just yesterday

HMS Fife, remember her visit to Sydney. About 1967??

What's the theme music?

Is the OOW AT 09:17 the same guy that went on to Command HMS Nottingham that was the subject of a series about FOST in 1985?

Yes Sir, she is a Man-o-War

Hello David where is the film Hms Sheffield 1975..its over?.. that was is wonderfull. Please can be looking for that ..i wish see them..thanks very much. Regards!!!

The "enemy" aircraft was a RAAF F-111C.

Travelled the globe with some of these dodgy buggers! (F107 - Rotheasy)

My sadly late uncle was on HMS Scarborough anti-submarine destroyer late 60's and know he went to Hong Kong at some point unless while serving on HMS Ark Royal

at 13.26 are those manually loaded guns?

I had lunch on the Devonshire, my Dad sailed on her for an exercise. He was based at Dryad.

we didn't have piped music down arethusa's boiler room

Bugger, I've got a lazy watching this.....

Old day's, when the MOD was interested in the defence of the UK.

I kept thinking that Admiral was sending Morse code with his rapid blinking.😉

150 ships!!!

IT WAS GREAT FUN I WAS ON F109

i was on hms kent when we went to sanfransisco.

Is the 'Leander' The most "cost effective" ship ever built for the UK...?

How depressing! I served from 1954 to 1963 - I saw Suez and the Brunei campaign. Even then we said we were nothing compared to the 1940s navy. Now look at it.! Yes I know about firepower of one ship being so much greater than it used to he. But all it takes is a couple of tinfish or an Exocet from the enemy, and goodbye new aircraft carrier!

Barabara Barabara Barabara There are strange missions and strange understanding of certain men who dispute Thier country men Would they abuse thier own kith and kin ? Daring men .......abuse abuse ?? Is that true sea ......

Action navy

if you look closely, you can see me 40' below aft stack of snakey blakey, in aft unit boiler room

Thursday war anyone ?

What's with all this showing off

'Stand by to take on pornography.'

NFL FILMS soundtrack

Wow this is the first time I've ever seen the British Army paint their rifles in camo to fit in with the area they're operating in.

Goddamned haircut standards back then was quite sloppy. What did you have on board? A "beauty" salon?