Shipwreck Ark Royal

[Navaleye]

BBC1 is running a programme called Shipwreck Ark Royal on Sunday at 8pm. The first public pictures of the 1941 wreck. Should be good viewing!

 

[guest_in_the_mess]

Saw some previews on Richard and Judy - does indeed look good - they had a couple of old hands from Ark Royal who were actually on board when it was torpedoed.l

 

[Taytos]

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[andym]

Bloody marvellous film!Very good camera work,the old crew members were astounded.one even got to "land" the ROV on the filght deck!

 

[LancashireHussar]

Yes, the "Sailors Story" is on BBC 4 now.

 

[Rincewind]

Just finished both parts.

Fcuk me i was moved.

Splendid stuff - remarkable how they got the guy who damaged the bismark, the last man off and others who had tales to tell.

was welling up when i saw them let that old poridge wog "land" the remote robotic camera on the flight deck!!!

Rincewind

 

[Jolly_Jack]

A fantastic documentary. At the very end Dan Snow says the Captain was court marshalled but i dont understand why?

 

[Old-sea-dog]

Yes wondered too why he was Court Marshalled, unless it was for a cock up after the torpedo hit, is there any way to find out?

What a wonderful experience for those old shipmates, sad but unforgettable.

 

[SailbadTheSinner]

In the good ole days all Captains were court martialled over the loss of their ship for any reason, even if they were not at fault and were honourably acquitted

One reason, I suspect, was that it was a formal way of establishing what had happened

I don't know when this practice stopped - perhaps it still happened in WW2

 

[janner]

I thought it still happened, can any of the Falklands Vets. update, I read the story of the Ardent? a while ago and my failing memory tells me that the Captain was subject to a Court Martial.

 

[Discipline]

Marvellous , riveting I take it a souvenir for the old sailors was out of the question?
Could they of got into the Ark?

 

[polyglory]

Excellent and very well handled indeed

A classic.

 

[PompeySailor]

Because there is one body down there, it's classed as a war grave, so they can't just take souvenirs.

Also, teaching the old buggers to use deep-diving equipment may not have been a good move, unless you wanted more bodies down there! I think they were just chuffed to be able to see the ship.

 

[Reservist-Monkey]

I thought it still happened, can any of the Falklands Vets. update, I read the story of the Ardent? a while ago and my failing memory tells me that the Captain was subject to a Court Martial.

Could be worse he could get a C126.

I can see the SA now...
"Right shippers, you signed for it, so you had better find it. I don't care how you lost it"

 

[PompeySailor]

And when JPA comes in, they won't even need your approval to take it out of your wages. Why do you think they have increased the debt recover time to 12 months.....