Posted on 02/04/2024 7:17:05 AM PST by leopud
From: Navy Lookout - Independent Royal Navy news and analysis 2/3/2024 During last-minute checks ahead of sailing for NATO exercise Steadfast Defender, it has been discovered that HMS Queen Elizabeth has a significant issue with her starboard propeller shaft. The ship will not sail on 4th February as planned and instead, HMS Prince of Wales will be readied to replace her.
The RN has instituted additional checks on the aircraft carrier’s shaft lines as a result of the painful lessons learned from past experience with HMS Prince of Wales. In the course of an inspection, concerns have arisen around one of the couplings on the starboard shaft. It should be noted that this is not the same problem that afflicted HMS Prince of Wales. Although the ship remains in class (ie. technically seaworthy), it has been decided as a sensible precaution, to withdraw her from the exercise until the issue can be thoroughly investigated and remedied. The Fleet Commander said: “Routine pre-sailing checks yesterday identified an issue with a coupling on HMS Queen Elizabeth’s starboard propeller shaft. As such, the ship will not sail on Sunday. HMS Prince of Wales will take the place of HMS Queen Elizabeth on NATO duties and will set sail for Exercise Steadfast Defender as soon as possible.“ Demonstrating the value of having two aircraft carriers, at very short notice the ship’s company of HMS Prince of Wales have been told to prepare to sail. This process will probably take a week or so and will involve rapidly accelerating existing maintenance tasks, the transfer of equipment from her sister as well as storing and fuelling ship. HMS Prince of Wales was due to take over as flagship from her sister later this year but will now have to work up much more rapidly than planned as she has yet to embark more than a couple of jets or a full air group. 2024 continues to be difficult for the RN but being able to adapt and overcome is a core value of the service.
Yemen has greater operational effectiveness than does the UK.
Dear Lord...
Don’t fret, the HMS Diamond has got this...
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/01/27/british-warships-lack-firepower-attacks-houthi-red-sea/
Is that one of the ships with a gym where the missiles should be?
Somebody screwed up.
This is because it is easier to cheer-lead than to actually prepare for war. The size of the actual fighting force would not fill Wembley stadium.
Grant Schapps is rather like Josep Borrell and Jens Stolenberg. Lots of talk, as long as someone else does the work and does the paying....
Please recall that that same UK intelligentsia urged the lockdowns during Covid, much to the detriment of whole economies.
If somehow, someway, if the US was being assaulted,say a Chinese attack on Hawaii and Alaska, does any rational person really believe that the other NATO nations would come to our aid?
Some additional context:
Maybe Australia would, but how much could they do?
Props and prop shafts for large ships have been routine engineering for over 100 years. This is unforgivable.
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Does it seem that HMS PoW can’t join the scheduled meet with USN in Red Sea.?
Shaft problems yeah that’s the ticket...
The Admiral Kuznetsov crew needs some good news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb6W61bpZrc
Can The Propeller Shafts (And the Screws) of the Battleship Still Spin?
Gave the NATO games the shaft, eh?
I read an article several years ago that said the US Marines had more planes, ships and men than the UK in all its services. The UK, like other European powers has been funding its socialist policies off the military budget for a very long time. This is why they never meet their agreed NATO spending target of 2 percent. And, why they can’t. Any government that cuts the food stamps, fuel support or Viagra supply to the public will be out of office by the end of the week. If the Russians were on the border of each country and ready to invade, you’d see surrender negotiations as each country sent a delegation to Moscow to see what kind of deal they could make. Every socialist country runs into this issue. Only having police willing to beat and kill people would hold them together. Several countries have apparently floated proposed arms deals should Trump get into office... where they up their support of Ukraine but still don’t hit the 2 percent target. This, to maintain the US umbrella that allows them to remain socialist freeloaders on the US taxpayer.
Also, props to your bolt! 🙂
Still haven’t ironed out the kinks??? Saw a documentary on her maiden cruise. They had a few problems to iron out then.
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