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@@victornewman9904 But he certainly sounded like a posh officer.

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.

@@TheMVCoho I’m British from a posh part he’s got a posh accent

Falmouth is it's homeport

@@jamienorman2622 I see.

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.

@@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.

@@grahamellis6029 They are already serving the British public. What they're doing is also important.

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.

@@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.

Yep we do

You've obviously never been in the military. If an oppo needed blood there'd be people queueing out the door to give it.

Perhaps “voluntold” 😊😊😊. Regardless, respect to all involved.🇨🇦🫡🇬🇧

I can assure you it is only voluntary. You cannot force someone to give blood.

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.

Martial law

most of the defence budget can be found in Eastern Europe at the moment

Im sorry, I hope you do not consider any uk resources towards ukraine untraceable? I would have to consider your intent treasonous.

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.

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.

@@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!!

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).

@@Weresosorry Thank you.

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

@@hannymcfee Thank you. That's similar to the Comfort and the Mercy.

So what other countries do? Just asking not attacking

@@deaconviljoen8208 China has it, and it's bigger than the UK's RFA Argus.

@@deaconviljoen8208 the French with the mistral class

@@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

do we?

@@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

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.

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.

@@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.

@@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.

@@davidmoule3067 Agreed. LOAC requirements "too hard" so we'll just use a label. Thanks for clearing it up.

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.

@@AsteroidM749A so the evil Russians would sink it

You can't have hospital beds on the helipad. Or in the fuel tanks. It's a warship. It has other equipment

Turkey would not allow passage of a warship through the Bosporus into the Black Sea

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.

They mean humanitarian crisis

Every war is a crisis but not every crisis is a war. Hope that helps pal.

Funnily enough the military actually prepare themselves for this thing called "War".

@@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

@@chilli943 not really they are adapting and training for any future possible events that’s pretty normal

@@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.

They train ALL the time in case of the ship being sent into an Earthquake or Hurricane area !

She's not getting scrapped she's getting a refit for another role.

Soon? Her service has been extended well past 2030.

@@jamienorman2622 last i heard scott /dilligence and argus where destined for scrap so i stand corrected