Hunter-Killer Submarine HMS TRENCHANT Ends 35 Years In 'Silent Service' 🌊
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Britain's oldest operational submarine HMS Trenchant has reached the end of its operational life after 35 years in the so-called 'silent service'.
Forces News has been speaking to the former captain of sister submarine HMS Tireless about the end of an era after the return to Devonport.
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I was a young electrician when we built her and all the others in her class in Barrow in Furness- - and like her It won’t be too long before I’m decommissioned 🤣
That is so cool. What was it like building a submarine like her back in the day? I can’t imagine what it’s like for the lads now who are building our current Subs.
I was a test and commisioning engineer on some of the class, 1983 to 1986, its just really strange to see them going.
@@danielwhyatt3278 It’s mostly the same but updated electronics and warfare systems.
@@markmckinnell2204 I bet its a nightmare with all the wiring in such cramped conditions
@@davidm3maniac201 you get used to it after 45 years but my eyes have definitely suffered from working in less than ideal lighting 🤓
"Britannia rules the waves..." 🇬🇧 💗 RIP Trenchant . 🎖
And under them haha
Here here. Goodbye Trenchant.
Really? 🤮
Back in the early 1950s, I went to sea for a day in the previous "T" Class HMS Trenchant and I was certainly no more than 10 years of age. My brother went the day before and he was 13 years old, our father was the Chief Stoker (Mech) on the boat. Sorry to see the current one leave service because now at 78 I would like to have been and seen her but Covid stopped trips out.
Good to see you on screen again Ryan my old skipper from Turbulent, great words and very fitting to the end of Trenchant's time.
Beautiful boat! Reminds me off the US STURGEON CLASS and the LOS ANGELES CLASS... Yes, the boat is your home and you will NEVER forget her.
She did us proud 🥲
How sad but she has certainly done her country proud and all the crew who served on her too. Shame they couldn't make her into a floating museum like HMS Belfast.
I love that idea. Once they take the reactor out and it's arsenal. I would visit this beautiful sub
Saw it being built! Gosh I'm getting old
@Johanne Baker
Aren't we all?
😌
Served on her during the build and for a few years after that , good boat good people and lot of memories, goodbye old girl.
its comforting to note. the Royal Navy hasnt lost a nuclear submarine. There are however, about two dozen or more deactivated nuclear subs stored at Rosythe and Devonport awaiting a properly funded decommissioning programme this challenge cant be forgotten.
Hope the hulls last enough half-lives. ☢️
No matter how much people moan about the Royal Navy, they always omit one truth. The royal navy and all armed forces have kept our little island safe since for hundreds of years.
I served on Torbay in the 90's.. Loved the T-Boats.
Don't forget to leave your adventures in paper.
Correct me if I’m wrong but we now have more submarines waiting for decommissioning & dismantling than we actually have in service.
About 9 sitting in devenport
And how much money & resources are they going to cost to decommission?
About .5 billion per boat to build. Christ knows how much to decimation.
The reason there are so many in decommissioning and dismantling is because they are nuclear powered. They can’t just decommission it like they would a normal ship.
@@veryrevrufus It's no different in the US and in Russia.
Very sad. Am watching the documentary series on channel five atm and gosh what an insite! Credit is due to the crew and that amazing boat 🇬🇧
Shame she couldn’t be fitted out for special forces ops like the US have dedicated subs for.
they have more money
@@mrpusser0348 We just print more money, we don't have more money than anyone else does.
@@boondocker7964 that’s not how economics works
@@Dan-zc7ut Actually he is somewhat right the dollar bill only has value because the US government says it does.
@@Dan-zc7ut : I think he already knows that mate ;-)
The new boys on the block replacing this are out there so dont worry
Always sad day when a ship/sub is decommissioned. Could the Aussies lease her now?
The Submarine is the most Deadliest Weapon ever created, Outside the Internet.
Is Indonesia still in the second hand sub market ? Good chance of a sale?
Give us it here then
35 years is a ripe old age for a sub
what is going to replace it anyone know
The current A Boats coming out of Barrow
Rubber dinghy armed with 303 rifles
Brave men who keep us safe from all the evil regimes around the world.
Can we Buy that? 😊
Yes how would you like to pay
Are they going to preserve one of the subs for the nation I think they should definitely do this they can find the right place for one I'm sure it will pay its way over time we have lost so many that could have been preserved scrapping is not the only option
I know it saddens me that we can't keep one as a museum like H.M.S Belfast
You can go hms courageous in devonport
Steady boys Steady. ..
@Gareth Whittaker
"🎵We'll fight and we'll conquer, again and again.🎶"
😉
You could probally still sell it to Canada
Good old plymouth sound there
If it’s old and worn out I’m sure Canada will buy it. That’s what our govt does.
The Submarine was first yoused in Combat during WW1.
Well it too Malaysia
Well, well, that's an idea.
Money well spent. Especially compared with Jeff Bezos's yatch.
And the RN is going to be left with 5 attack submarine! it makes you weep!
Even when all 7 Astutes are in service it won’t be enough.
What I cannot figure out is the U.K . Defence spending is third after China,& USA in the world, and we have sub( pardon the pun) standard Forces.
Why ?
@@seancorrigan IF they all get built! bear in mind as well two are likely to be in dock for service/upgrades etc. at any one time.
@@skylongskylong1982 I think India and Russia spend more but either way it's a lot! Lack of long term planning I think, the carriers took so long and cost so much because governments kept cutting the budget, even now they will only have half the escorts originally considered necessary.
@@johnallen7807 india is third and the UK is fourth, Russia cut spending this time around and so did the saudis.
What is the fashion to emerge from under the ice? What is the need for a non-cruise missile submarine? Okay, the Russians - they have underwater mastadons - you can crush ice a meter thick.
Even 2.5 meters did before by Akula TK-20 project 941 Lol..
T Class submarines can launch tomahawk cruise missiles from the torpedo tubes.
@@_John_P T class subm have vertical torpedo tubes?
@@slavaslava4821 Nope, conventional.
Nothing new, just drama
Let’s get rid of them all total waste of money.
cheers dits
Fool
Big boy- your post needs a little clarification. In your opinion, what could the money be spent on? Is it that Submarines are a waste or is it about defense spending in general? Or is it that the deterrent value of the submarine is just not important enough to burden the taxpayer? Anyways look forward to the discussion. Have a great day
@@chad6080 I had to google the CASD ( being retired Airforce and all- I'm not the swiftest) After confirming the term I will freely admit that the discussion around deterrence is worth having. But, alas I suspect that's not happening. And that is a darn shame.
Serious question, and not meant to be confrontational, but why do we (the UK) need nuclear powered attack subs.
If the cost is correct - mentioned in vid at .5 billion, I assume that doesn’t factor in how much they cost to decommission? Have any of our nuclear powered subs been properly decommissioned yet?
Why not just invest in conventional subs?
Is it just us desperately trying to hang on to the ‘Big Boys’ coat tails?