HMS Queen Elizabeth New York

[SaladDodger]

 

[superpom]

Flight deck looks a little sparse...just three choppers, no fixed wing aircraft...bit like a whorehouse with no whores..... Lads will be looking forward to a memorable run ashore or six! Just hope Jimmy's and Captains defaulters is not too busy, post weekend..... jossman and crushers will be rubbing hands in anticipation....

 

[Seadog]

Just hope Jimmy's and Captains defaulters

QNLZ has a Commander. The Jimmy is 3 I/C.

 

[superpom]

QNLZ has a Commander. The Jimmy is 3 I/C.

Picky, picky.....
Irrelevent to the defaulter doffing his lid...off caps is off caps.....

 

[Seadog]

Flight deck looks a little sparse...just three choppers, no fixed wing aircraft...

It does look naked but although I have no operational carrier experience but I’m pretty sure that it’s SOP for fixed air rob fly ashore before the carrier enters harbour.

 

[superpom]

It does look naked but although I have no operational carrier experience but I’m pretty sure that it’s SOP for fixed air rob fly ashore before the carrier enters harbour.

Possibly, but looking back to my time on the Big 'E', remember their always seemed to be a few Buccaneers, Scimitars, Sea Vixens, Gannets etc cluttering up the flight deck, as was the case in visit to the US, late '60's....though stand to be corrected, was not yesterday!

 

[Wightsparker]

QNLZ has a Commander. The Jimmy is 3 I/C.

You raise an interesting point, and one which I'd never really thought about. Would the Jimmy ( a lieutenant commander) automatically take command in the event that the Captain and Commander were incapacitated? I appreciate that engineers, supply etc are not of the Chosen Branch, but Wings would be a seaman officer with three stripes.

 

[Seadog]

Possibly, but looking back to my time on the Big 'E', remember their always seemed to be a few Buccaneers, Scimitars, Sea Vixens, Gannets etc cluttering up the flight deck, as was the case in visit to the US, late '60's....though stand to be corrected, was not yesterday!

You are correct and I’m going astern. I’ve just seen a photo of an RN carrier from back in the day in NY with a a lot of jets lined up.

The F35Bs being used for trials don’t appear to belong to the RN/RAF.

 

[superpom]

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You are correct and I’m going astern. I’ve just seen a photo of an RN carrier from back in the day in NY with a a lot of jets lined up.

The F35Bs being used for trials don’t appear to belong to the RN/RAF.

Doubt MOD even has the deposit yet.....

 

[northern-matelot]

The F35Bs being used for trials don’t appear to belong to the RN/RAF.

You’re correct, the F35’s we’re flying from the deck are American ITF jets with a load of extra sensors and equipment installed. They flew back to Pax River while we’re here in NY. The British jets are at RAF Marham.


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[Seadog]

You raise an interesting point, and one which I'd never really thought about. Would the Jimmy ( a lieutenant commander) automatically take command in the event that the Captain and Commander were incapacitated? I appreciate that engineers, supply etc are not of the Chosen Branch, but Wings would be a seaman officer with three stripes.

Wings may be busy doing WAFU stuff. Even if he or she is not, embarked WAFUs don’t usually know much about their host ship. Mess, bunk, scran hall, Air compartments, sick bay. Wings may not be in date for driving. Best left to the Jimmy, just my take.

 

[northern-matelot]

Wings may be busy doing WAFU stuff. Even if he or she is not, embarked WAFUs don’t usually know much about their host ship. Mess, bunk, scran hall, Air compartments, sick bay. Wings may not be in date for driving. Best left to the Jimmy, just my take b

Wings is ship’s company, not embarked.

The way I understand it there’s Military command and Naval command. If the CO is taken out, under Naval command, the next Warfare branch officer takes charge and it goes down he pecking line like that. So in (extreme) theory a S/Lt could have command of the ship even if there was a Cdr Logistics onboard.

If the ship was sunk and survivors made land, then Military command kicks in and the highest rank there takes charge.


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