Losing My Dog:-Getting Through It I’ll pen this now, as it’s the last twenty four hours before the little lad crosses the bar. We will do it here at home and it’s going to cost a fortune but, I owe him that. The first thing is put them before you. You’ll know when it’s time /1

Messy burgers and mess deck bants. Both watches and dwarf cleaners. Riding a cherry picker drunk and flour curry. Just your average day in Pompey dockyard. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

In the 1990’s the Royal Navy took a perfectly good system of specialist branches in operations, communications and weapons engineering, and combined them in a catastrophic experiment that arguably gutted professionalism. Learn about it and more here with Tom! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

One from the archives here and a real favourite of mine. Signatory edition again. I think the official bottling strength has gone up from the 40% it used to be as well, and ofc both are non-chill filtered and no added colour.

Vickers range clock, Dreyer Table, and Dumaresq plot. All coming to you soon in a gunnery extravaganza episode. Once I work out how they worked.

Really good interview. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Listed as NC135 (laser testbed) or equally rare TC135 supposedly OCU aircraft

My sort of experiment. A box containing core components to Black Tot rum which I’ll endeavour to give tasting notes on. If you like that sort of thing? www.patreon.com/posts/147338...

My best guess ME. Unless you’ve been at sea there it’s impossible to describe how difficult it will be to keep the Straits open. The SSM and FAC threat alone is enormous and there simply aren’t the surface assets in theatre to counter.

From Fishboats To Frigates is now available on Apple finally! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

Portland Bill ‘The Races’. A mad bit of sea.

If I’d been in back then, and was happy with the very poor living conditions? I’d have had a TBD. They were the space shuttle of naval warfare, and they pushed engineering to the limits in the quest for speed.

I think it’s this hit:/ “From 250 Station to the Stern a large elongated hole (shewn in the accompanying illustration) was torn in the side plating Starboard between the Main and Middle Decks. The length of hole was some 20 ft. and the adjacent cabins were wrecked and flooded.” HMS Warspite 1916

Trump can take his ‘clarification’ about HM Forces, and shove it up his ass the noncing dog worrying pony fondling wank puppet. Thank you for your attention.

Apologies if you’re trying to access our latest episode via Apple. There’s a technical issue but we are still up on YouTube and Spotify!

Some cancellations of flights showing. BA, Air France and Lufthansa, all to ME. Nothing concrete yet but wait out. No diverts commercial traffic seen.

Our Battle of Jutland primer, An Introduction To Dreadnought Gunnery, will be out soon. Spare a thought for your host who is attempting to wade through mathematics to bring this baffling subject to life!

This is what hanging back from the front lines means Trump:- youtu.be/ACA8wJ6dRWM?...

Now on general release! From Fish Boats To Frigates-An Interview With Tom Sharpe OBE Join us as we chat source branch sailors, the USV menace, the Dabbers Mess menace, and how he and his ships company saved HMS Endurance. Available on Apple:- podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

In terms of Anti Submarine Warfare, Iceland is actually far more important than Greenland. Particularly if you don’t want Red Fleet SSBN’s sneaking up to the US Eastern seaboard. Rantings of a loon? Freudian slip maybe?

As we are no longer using names for countries, but are calling them what we perceive them to be like (Greenland is Ice Land) I move that the Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia be hence known as:- Sandy Camel Place

Hmmmmmm

Ahahaha I remember this. Everyone was so disgusted hardly anyone went up to the hanger and they sent the Reggies round each mess kicking people out😂😂😂 I hid in the Force Ops Room with a book.

x.com/sentdefender... Winning at life here.

Cigars don’t have to be expensive. After a long afternoon and evening at Lord’s Lounge in Gosport chatting to people in the know, the consensus was these are three great bang for your buck smokes. lordscigarlounge.com

Thank you to EVERYONE who has taken time out to enjoy our podcast. It’s a labour of love, there’s been some struggles but I think we are doing a good thing and are entertaining and educating. I never dreamed we’d get beyond a few hundred. It’s down to the team alone. I’m just here for looks😇

Really great YouTube Channel and this episode particularly interesting as it goes into marksmanship training for The Rifles. Having spent many a miserable day at Chilcomb or Longmoor as coach, couple of things stand out /1 youtu.be/lrzuGxkCk7c

HMS Blake (‘Snakey Blakey) Portsmouth 1979. Reputedly a good ship to serve on. Despite her losing a six inch and three inch mount aft and her looks being ruined by the addition of the hanger, she would be sorely missed in 1982.

Iranians have just been dropped into the void. Now we enter the handwringing stage as the IRGC carry out retribution.

When someone sees a carrier going West and thinks she’s automatically going to the ME because they’ve never heard of a flying course …

Fast review Organic Lucido White wine. Nose-very very light. Citrus and vanilla. Not an awful lot going on in the glass. Palate:-Took a while to grow on me. There’s a bitterness that I think is pineapple. Lots of lemon. Vanilla. It’s got a lovely mouthfeel. There’s an almost malt background /1

Well that’s your indication.

Caught my eye. AAR for fast air. Who were they escorting I wonder and why did the tanker seemingly pop up so far east?

Isn’t that in the vicinity of the STS equipment again? Interesting…

Hitting the Kilo in Nov didn’t force them to start putting out surface ships as AAW and AsUW pickets. Maybe this will.

Join me for my account of the war at sea during Desert Storm. Memories of a rather scared eighteen year old who’d been onboard a mere twelve weeks. Anthrax and Plague jabs, mine strikes and the last engagement by battleships! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... open.spotify.com/episode/6SNI...

Going as well as can be expected. Oil companies very wary of investing in the country due to poor state of infrastructure and security concerns. And now a reiteration of the 2019 warning for everyone to bug out despite the country being under US administration. ve.usembassy.gov/security-ale...

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s... Join me for an introduction to whisky. This will be a great primer for our upcoming interview with Scotch Malt Whisky Society global ambassador John McCheyne on the industry and how to enjoy a good dram!

A personal low and possibly final straw was at anchor Plymouth Sound, at 0200 hrs, and being sent over the side in the Gemini in the wind and rain, to paint the boot topping by torchlight ready for day one BOST.

Why are warships grey and not black? Well once the Royal Navy had started to realise the peacetime paint scheme of buff funnels, white superstructure and black hulls whilst pretty, wasn’t exactly good for warfighting, it started experimenting on best colours/1

Given the uptick in USAF tanker ops in the region, and continuing strikes by US, French and RAF a/c, I think Iran is distracting us from an equally important event in the ME. Daesh and affiliates seem to be back in the game.

Always loved Victorian cruiser designs and particularly how they built into the hull and masts fighting positions for three and six pounder anti torpedo boat guns. However it did involve compromise/1

Who let him have access to the laptop again😂 x.com/johnkonrad/s... “Hello, I’m a British admiral and I’d love to talk secure comms and EW with you, even though I hear you’re a complete spoon”. In this scenario he missed out the flying dragon, wizard and possibly the Pope applauding.

Interesting footage of Bristol. Never got to go onboard her except for Ships Protection Organisation (SPO) trng when she was training ship alongside. www.facebook.com/share/v/1BpD...

youtu.be/LFqPHv7nh1A?... Sat and watched this probably down the mess on HMS Illustrious. Hard to believe we once had a sense of humour.

X has some crackpot armchair hot take tea leaf sifting loons when it comes to maritime stuff. This mong however really does excel.

Betrayal.

It’s legal to do this if ship is determined to be a Stateless vessel. If a nation , whose flag it was flying, confirmed it was not registered with the country, under UNCLOS the Navy of any country can board any stateless vessel for an inspection, and to seize it if they have reason to do so.