I bet you lot simply adored Hunt for the Red October
Especially Connery's fine Russian accent.
Similarly, would they have an SOP to allow a civilian to be allowed to lead in a disaster recovery situation ahead of the obviously much more highly trained submariners
She didn't.
She was going to investigate the crime scene before the evidence would be destroyed by the bleach spray.
Meanwhile, last night on the Channel 5 program about a real nuclear sub, they had a much more serious emergency: the heads were blocked.
I take it we’re just to assume that Russia would attack any navy ship/boat in international waters in peacetime, and that the RN have no surface vessels that could’ve made way to the area already.
So how do we all reckon she’s going to get out of the tube in time?
So how do we all reckon she’s going to get out of the tube in time?
One huge sneeze'll shift 'er.
She was going to investigate the crime scene before the evidence would be destroyed by the bleach spray.
Ahh okay, I was clearly bored stupid not concentrating by that point.
So how do we all reckon she’s going to get out of the tube in time?
As I said up there, flooding tubes is fairly noisy so one of the sonar ops could hear it and hey presto, one soggy detective is dragged out in the nick of time. Or in Vigil world, she takes a deep breath, clambers out as the outer door opens and (despite the sub cruising at many knots) swims to the conning tower where she opens the outer hatch and gets let back in. Oh and while she's out in the sea she spots a Russian sub behind Vigil.
Able Rating Random Lady knows morse code remember.
One huge sneeze’ll shift ‘er.
Fair play, I'll give you that one.
sub, they had a much more serious emergency: the heads were blocked.
Bleach spray you see! Authentic.
So how do we all reckon she’s going to get out of the tube in time?
Isn't coxon with dragon tattoo still alive? Presumably he'll mutter something about the villain and they'll all come running. Im guessing the XO will be the unlikely hero who runs into the contaminated area with no hazmat.
Line of Boaty
I have a fiver on Silva being a mermaid. I'm coming into the last episode confident.
Surely Trident subs have a SOP for disposing of secreted Sarin
There is actually a trash disposal system if you could fit it in, everything gets bundled into a small cannister and fired at the sea bed.
everything gets bundled into a
small cannistertorpedo tube and fired at thesea bedRussian sub.
Line of Boaty
tea spilled.
🙂
tea spilled.
Not to be confused with Line of Booty.....
Watched the last episode (that was enought) after the first C5 submarine episode. I thought it was terrible. And the actors are clearly too thin to be submariners.
coxon
Coxn or coxswain if you please.
Coxn
Cox’n actually. 😉
Have we done.... Is the line about morse code an in joke for Evans?
It's so crappy that it sort of becomes compulsive viewing to see how much worse it can get.
In the opening credits the torpedo is spinning az it exits the tube
I thoight it was a blast of compressed air to get them out, then the on board peroxide motor takes ovet. Witj fins to keep them stable
I think the opening credits show a trident missile being launched, not a torpedo. I guess they spin when launched.
Haven’t been paying much attention to it, but why have a nuclear launch drill while in the middle of an onboard situation, and why not just surface to be greeted by a flotilla of friendly surface vessels?
And it has to be the roomiest sub in the fleet!
Just been catching it in the passing.
To make it more authentic they did need more fat folk walking about and their uniforms are far too smart for real RN!
My moneys on the Morse Code as well.
But not sure what she will bang against the wall? None of these programs are realistic, when I was in the military Soldier Soldier was the go to TV series, and that was about as removed from Army life as you could possibly get.
In the latest episode did I catch the fact the the Rear Admiral chappy was telling the Captains of another 2 Trident subs to hop in their boats and go and find Vigil?
With Vigil at sea and providing the UK's nuclear deterrent aren't the other boats undergoing refits etc so it would take weeks / months / years to actually get them out to sea?
morse code an in joke for Evans
Brilliant!!!
With Vigil at sea and providing the UK’s nuclear deterrent aren’t the other boats undergoing refits etc so it would take weeks / months / years to actually get them out to sea?
I think we've had 5 pages illustrating that this is a fictional show and is not supposed to be realistic, it's just entertainment.
morse code an in joke for Evans
I will properly LOL if instead of using SOS she tries to send "Help" but only gets as far as the H....
But not sure what she will bang against the wall?
Her nose?
In the latest episode did I catch the fact the the Rear Admiral chappy was telling the Captains of another 2 Trident subs to hop in their boats and go and find Vigil?
No it was a replacement missile sub and two destroyers (do we have two destroyers? I did a harbour tour of Portsmouth last year and we had more aircraft carriers than destroyers).
do we have two destroyers?
The RN have 6 Type 45 destroyers.
That gives them 2 on service, 2 refitting/maintenance and 2 training/working up.
Of course, if you’re looking for submarines you don’t do it with a Type 45.
No it was a replacement missile sub and two destroyers
You know on reflection I think hey said Audacious and Arsewipe or something else beginning with A, which according to wikipedia are fleet submarines (no ICBMs but plenty sharks with lazerbeems)
Her nose?
Banhammer for sure
The RN have 6 Type 45 destroyers.
Although currently they only have one actually available to deploy, see
Of course, if you’re looking for submarines you don’t do it with a Type 45.
BITD you did it with a Type 42! Some photos I took from the deck of HMS York during an ASW (anti-submarine warfare) exercise. A nimrod provided the rough location and a sea king dropped a sonar 'thingy majig' to find it. A Lynx then did the business with a torpedo, look closely and you can see it the splash.
Banhammer for sure
Did she take one of those into the tube? I didn't see it if she did.
Yeah
Morse code girl handed her a banhammer before she entered the silo room
Prob hid it up her nose, and will now use it to chisel her way out of the torpedo tube, like Andy Dufrane, kinda.
Whats the point in sending other subs to look for your own undetectable sub?
Gene Hackman would know what to do
Whats the point in sending other subs to look for your own undetectable sub?
I'm sure they'll run into a French sub or sandbank and get pointed in the right direction.
Anyone taking bets on how she'll escape from the torpedo tube? Gonna have to be something totally unbelievable given the water level so far 🤣🤣
Anyone taking bets on how she’ll escape from the torpedo tube?
The Bobby Ewing solution - it'll be a dream she wakes up from like the car sinking flashbacks.
In the latest episode did I catch the fact the the Rear Admiral chappy was telling the Captains of another 2 Trident subs to hop in their boats and go and find Vigil?
With Vigil at sea and providing the UK’s nuclear deterrent aren’t the other boats undergoing refits etc so it would take weeks / months / years to actually get them out to sea?
The party line is there is normally one out on deployment, one recovering from deployment, one prepping for deployment and one in deep maintenance/refit - one of those in recovery/preparation should be ready to deploy at short notice - but that isn't always the case.
Of course, if you’re looking for submarines you don’t do it with a Type 45.
agreed - from our current fleet you'd use a T23, eventually being replaced by T26.
you know on reflection I think hey said Audacious and Arsewipe or something else beginning with A, which according to wikipedia are fleet submarines (no ICBMs but plenty sharks with lazerbeems)
The A-boats (Astute, Audacious, etc) are 'attack' subs, nuclear powered, not nuclear armed.
They are slowly replacing the Trafalgar class (T-boats)
I think the Navy have 4/7 so far - with Boat 5 on the way shortly.
Well that was crap.
I know there has been lots of love for it, but I thought it was utter tosh.
It was really bad - all those who could've been guilty were, of course, good guys. And the Russian patsy had a character as thin as. Almost like he was invented after episode 3.
Really it was just a filler for a lesbian love story.
~Can I have my 6 hours back?
