Posted on 06/06/2017 6:18:40 PM PDT by sukhoi-30mki
The Navy's delayed new aircraft carrier is facing a morale crisis, it has been claimed, as sailors 'abandon ship' because they are bored.
In the last few weeks, around 21 sailors have quit aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth - the largest and most powerful warship ever built for the Royal Navy - amid claims morale has dropped "to an all-time low".
A "continuous line" of personnel are reportedly resigning from the £3.1 billion ship - which has not yet begun sea trials originally planned for the spring - because of "dull" conditions onboard.
Around 21 sailors are reported to have quit the HMS Queen Elizabeth in recent weeks CREDIT: ANDREW MILLIGAN/PA WIRE
It has been claimed sailors are being forced to work longer hours and weekends without rest and people aren't being released to go on resettlement courses prior to leaving the navy as they can't be replaced.
Sailors wishing to change jobs within the navy have also had applications to leave the ship declined and are therefore resigning from the force entirely to pursue careers elsewhere.
A retired commander said setbacks to projects onboard have impacted morale and said sailors' lives would be be "dull" and they will be "getting fed up and depressed" while living onboard in Rosyth, Scotland.
The resignations have led to senior officers on the ship, which has had a crew of 700 on board since May 2016, speaking with those quitting to find out why and what lessons can be learnt.
The impressive 65,000-ton carrier, capable of carrying up to 40 aircrafts, is due to begin sea trials this summer before it completes its first voyage to its home in Portsmouth, Hampshire, in autumn. It had been due to undertake sea trials in the spring.
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That is in the realm of theory. A nuclear A/C has never been damaged in combat. So you are speaking theoretically, not based on actual experience.
Perhaps he could tell an officer that “the floor and the wall” look dirty. Boredom ends.
One missile hit mid ships and the sensitive reactors auto scram. A conventional carrier has 8 boilers and knocking out a few the ship keeps going on 2-3 props instead of 4. Additionally there is no radio active water sloshing all over the place.
again theory. USS Yorktown at Midway went DIW after three 500 lb. bombs. She was able to get underway again then hit by two torpedo and went DIW again. Conventional ships can be seriously damaged by conventional ordnance. A large missile hit amidships on conventional carrier will probably render her DIW as 3 bombs did on Yorktown.
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