What it's like serving on a state-of-the-art Royal Navy destroyer

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HMS Defender is a state-of-the-art destroyer whose main objective is to defend the UK's Carrier Strike Group from air attack.
Forces News was invited on board during HMS Defender's visit to Liverpool, to learn more about the Type 45 destroyer's role in the modern-day Royal Navy, as well as to gain insight into the sailors' experiences in supporting its mission.
Life on board is busy and varied, this year HMS Defender has already sailed to Norway twice, conducted weapons trials in the Outer Hebrides and escorted several Russian units near UK waters.
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@TheBubbRubb Жыл бұрын

US navy veteran here sending my respect and regards to the royal navy and everything you guys do we’ve fought many wars together you guys are our brothers in arms politics be dammed you guys will always have the Yankees support. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇨🇦

@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 Жыл бұрын

We don’t have a navy anymore.

@slavacernarus7083 Жыл бұрын

I visited HMS Defender during her Liverpool visit last week and I got a good glimpse of life on-board. I'm also in the Navy myself, currently in Phase 2 training so hopefully I'll get my ship for real soon.

@Jones40-sy2fg 3 ай бұрын

Good look and thank you.Remember never turn on your own people.

@Jarod-te2bi Жыл бұрын

Love UK 🇬🇧 from Canada 🇨🇦

@Jones40-sy2fg 3 ай бұрын

We love you too.❤️

@cameroncumming8959 Жыл бұрын

Was on board for family day last year. What an amazing ship and atmosphere

@alimazimmer3819 11 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your video. My deepest respect to the Royal Navy.

@antonycollins22 Жыл бұрын

Stay free stay safe🇬🇧

@ph00z00 Жыл бұрын

keeping it running. best for all of us.

@garyproffitt5941 Жыл бұрын

State-of-the-art Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender and HMS Reliant and my dad was a Royal Marine Commando.

@andrewdaniel1053 11 ай бұрын

Greatly appreciate captain

@ghostwriter2031 Жыл бұрын

😂 look for the golden rivet. Touch ya toes and up it goes. I jest. My Grandad served on a strike carrier with the British Pacific Fleet.

@Matthewer90 Жыл бұрын

Defender seems to do the work of all 6 T45s. Was fascinating to be onboard in Liverpool.

@dabtoe48 11 ай бұрын

Was on proper destroyer, HMS Defender, D114 in 1956, sent to the Suez, sorted that then to Cyprus to sort out!!

@ThatCarGuy Жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work guys

@adrianbanks2089 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 4 The Update ! ( Stay Safe 2 All The Crew ] EX R,N.X.S

@Olleetheowl Жыл бұрын

Just a technicality… R.N.ships don’t have “Crews”. They have Ships Companies.

@acheung666 Жыл бұрын

Can’t even stop a few dingy crossing the channel 😂

@grahamkearnon6682 Жыл бұрын

I here new updates for the 6 Defender class ships includes oars for when the engines fail again.

@JusticeAlways Жыл бұрын

Sails.

@gaius_enceladus Жыл бұрын

Nice ship! They mentioned air-defense and that's all well and good but what about *sub*-defense? Surely they must have the ability to defend against submarines as well as aircraft!

@scottwhitley3392 Жыл бұрын

She’s an air defence destroyer specifically. Hence the wide beam to give her a stable platform at the expense of noise and drag. The 23s and 26s are the sub hunters.

@AverageAlien Жыл бұрын

There are these things called frigates bud

@sparkiegaz3613 6 ай бұрын

@@scottwhitley3392type 26 are larger and fatter ..

@stevie01159 Жыл бұрын

Biggest regret of my navy career was not leaving sooner.

@lakzerk2344 11 ай бұрын

Why

@averagejoe8358 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, why?

@Jones40-sy2fg 3 ай бұрын

Why?

@Vodaph0ne Жыл бұрын

1:24 Isn't that the guy from Sailing Home?

@Music5362 11 ай бұрын

If this ship came across a Chinese Type 55 destroyer, which then used all it's 112 VLS to launch 112 anti ship missiles at this destroyer, how would it deal with that?

@jayhollyoake9419 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@criostoirashtin11 Жыл бұрын

Do you wear those berets in tropical waters?

@matiullahhakimi-bq1xt Жыл бұрын

Officer 👮‍♀️ any advice to be come royal navy?😢

@intothemultiverse1033 Жыл бұрын

Mix of new and old rigs says it all

@apu_apustaja Жыл бұрын

Thank you for not parading transvestites in front of our faces in this video.

@VanderlyndenJengold Жыл бұрын

Grow up, petal.

@razgriz380 Жыл бұрын

Sorry darling, you're in the minority with this mindset. Clearly on the wrong side of history.

@apu_apustaja Жыл бұрын

@@razgriz380 You are deeply deluded if you think that the current insane push from the MSN and government represents anything even close to a majority view.

@amrenaudio460 Жыл бұрын

@@apu_apustaja They know it too. That's why they disabled comments on the tranny video.

@Jarod-te2bi Жыл бұрын

@@apu_apustajaif a person won is transvestite wants to serve their nation in the military who cares power to them

@jamiehaggo6584 Жыл бұрын

You serve "in" a ship, not "on" it!

@johanberglund6240 Жыл бұрын

Americans use to name their navy ships after independence war battles they won over the British. Like: USS Lexington, USS Ticonderoga, USS Bunker Hill, USS Yorktown. Shoudent Britain name their ships after battles they won over the USA like HMS Camden, HMS The Cedars, HMS White Plains?

@hippopotamus86 Жыл бұрын

Nope, not at all.

@furiousscotsman2916 Жыл бұрын

Nah Royal Navy ship names are some of the best out there, let the yanks have their naming scheme.

@johanberglund6240 Жыл бұрын

@@hippopotamus86 Why?

@VanderlyndenJengold Жыл бұрын

No, no one seems to care about the US revolution in the UK. There's a few places, like roads on military bases, named after the Crimean war 1853-56. I guess people remember clobbering Russians more fondly. Slightly more recent too.

@1chish Жыл бұрын

Of course that war was the second British Civil war fought between honourable British citizens on both sides on British territory. History is written by the victors. Yorktown is a bit of a liberty given there were more French than rebels or British army. Its why Cornwallis surrendered his sword to the French General Comte de Rochambeau and not Washington. It was a French victory especially given the French Navy shut out the Royal Navy from entering the fight and cutting off Cornwallis' escape route.

@phucknuts.7065 Жыл бұрын

Walk around with a tin of grey paint and a brush.

@fightforaglobalfirstamendm5617 Жыл бұрын

These are far from ‘state of the art’. They have less missiles and vls cells, shorter range, slower and is smaller so less ability to be refit than any of its equivalents in the USN, PLAN, Russian Navy, JSDF, Korean Navy and even the Indian Navy. They lack supersonic and long range anti ship missiles, they only carry very few missiles of all type let alone AAW, ABM and ASUW individually. It’s a disgrace that the Korean, Japanese, Indian and Russian navies have newer, faster, larger, longer range, better armed, more heavily armed and numerically greater ships than us!

@rats2864 Жыл бұрын

State of the art like 10-15 years ago yeah

@splatoonistproductions5345 Жыл бұрын

Same how the arleigh burke is older and still considered it’s nations own state of the art, I wouldn’t act like it isn’t if I were you

@sovkhan4359 Жыл бұрын

Didn’t know you were such a logistical engineering officer. By your logical by the time a warship is built it is already insufficient 🤦🏽‍♂️🤣🤣

@VanderlyndenJengold Жыл бұрын

Yeah, bin it! Construst a whole new class... then bin it straight after commissioning. Continue ad nauseam.

@marcusjackson2874 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I wouldn't say state of the art now 14 years old

@splatoonistproductions5345 Жыл бұрын

@@marcusjackson2874 you can say that to EVERY ship over 15 years old or so, regardless of who made it or who possesses it

@scottwhitley3392 Жыл бұрын

Defender seems to be the only type 45 that actually worked

@hardatak Жыл бұрын

This thing can’t even surpass the HMS dreadnought

@georgegeorgakopoulos5956 Жыл бұрын

Poor taxpayers in UK...

@1chish Жыл бұрын

Why so George? The Royal Navy is money well spent. Oh and we are not 'poor' 🤭

@splatoonistproductions5345 Жыл бұрын

How delusional are you? These are needed for national security and defence, if you think defence is a waste of money, then by all means, when the next war comes rolling in, have the nhs, Royal Mail, education sectors and all them with their new lump sums of salary increases fight for us. Oh wait. THEY CANT! defence first and foremost

@SaorAlba1970 Жыл бұрын

how does it feel knowing the Scottish Work force is openly sabotaging new RN ships from the QE2 class right up to the new type 26 class, Scotland cannot be kept in the UK against our will ... the UK is finished

@metaljewelgaming Жыл бұрын

How does it feel knowing the total number of braincells sabotaging your ability to think is exactly the same as the amount you actually have?

@pompeymonkey3271 Жыл бұрын

I don't agree with your position, but I replied to say: Everything you ever post on the internet WILL be trawled through by some government AI-supercomputer in the near future. Take that as you want, but mainly keep living and having fun while it lasts! :)

@SaorAlba1970 Жыл бұрын

@@pompeymonkey3271 and that is why i want my country out of this corrupt and vile union and become a neutral country

@pompeymonkey3271 Жыл бұрын

@@SaorAlba1970 The irony in in the drive to keep the "UK" together for "mutual benefit", at the same time as alienating our best business/peace/allies/buddies ever, is not lost on me. :(

@chadthundercock5641 Жыл бұрын

@@SaorAlba1970ask your wife's boyfriend for permission before posting again