HMS Prince of Wales (R09) - Liverpool Open Day!
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For this class of UK aircraft carrier, this was the very first time the public have been invited onboard. For the 2 days it will be open for public viewing, about 13,000 free tickets were issued - all of them were claimed within 1 hour of the ticket office opening!
Public were invited into the forward hanger deck and were able to wonder around the various displays, and equipment. All of the rest of the ship was locked-off to the public.
Even so, it was very interesting. A variety of service personnel were represented - lots of different uniforms, including different actively armed personnel! Every member of staff who attended this event made themselves available for chatting with the public and answering technical, personal, and stupid questions!
Look out for the unfortunate member of staff who had the role of being the sparring-partner for the children to hit him with sticks!!!
[All video, sound was recorded "as-is" at this live event - some display stands had background music playing.]
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Vessel Information:
Name: HMSQNLZ
Pennant number: R09
IMO: 4907907
MMSI: 234564000
Vessel Type - Generic: Military Ops
Vessel Type - Detailed: Military Ops
Status: Active
Call Sign: QNLZHT
Flag: United Kingdom [GB]
Ordered: 20 May 2008
Christened: 8 September 2017
Commissioned: 10 December 2019
Displacement: DWT 65,000 tonnes (64,000 long tons; 72,000 short tons)
Length: 284 m (932 ft)
Beam: 39 m (128 ft)(waterline) 73 m (240 ft) overall
Draught: 11 metres
Decks: 16,000 square metres
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h)
Range: 10,000 nautical miles (19,000 km)
Capacity: 1,600
Troops: 250
Complement: 679
Home Port: HMNB Portsmouth
Twinned Cities: Liverpool and & Bath, UK
Colour: Battleship Grey!
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My nephew is serving on board. God Bless her and all who sail on her.
I didn't go on board, but wow what a sight, had me in tears!. May god bless her and all who sail on her xx
Many thanks for your comment Beer Monster - Yes, I was very lucky to be 1 of the first visitors to board the ship. As yet, I've not found any other videos documenting the hanger deck of the ship. Hopefully this video does it justice and that you were crying happy tears!
Apologises for the slight strobing on some of the scenes.
Of course I agree, may God bless her and reassure all those who sail on her.
I would of cried too amazing and proud it came to see like carpool even though I was unfair the tickets were allocated in a weekday morn when in work or school no chance to get on it,biggest sadness for me
Yes Chris Jones, I agree that the tickets where allocated awkwardly - I know I was very lucky to get on board. Even though 13,000 tickets were allocated (limited to 6 per request) I get the sense that many were wasted by people requesting more than they could use. Followed by not returning what they couldnt use. While there were a lot of people there, I didn't get the sense that there would be 13,000 over the 2 days.
That is exactly what I though,your clip of the road along the front didn't look like masses of people,shame on those who were selfish,some of us were gutted about that,the ship whether a war vessel or not is a remarkable achievement,the wonder of how it can be possible to be so graceful on the water whilst being so high would of brought a tear to my eye with pride,the people who didn't turn up have no respect from me.liverpool is very lucky to be on the list for this visit.
I moved to the wirral 30 years ago and went to liverpool one day with my son and granddaughter we just happened to go on the front and I think the name was mark royal was there,a free queue,we joined it and it took 3 hours to get on board,it was worth the wait,amazing,still high in my mind of memories,up to that point I had never been a liverpool city fan,and now I am very proud of all the buildings and their history,
Thankyou for your excellent film much appreciate that,the view of the runway was amazing,although I wouldnt of thought that open to public thanks
Chris Jones - many thanks for sharing your memories with us. Similarly, this isn't my neck-of-the-woods either!
Yes, in making any videos like this, it always seems impossible to decide what to keep in, what to edit out, have in mind a target run-time, etc. Some little tricks such as speeding up the walk along the road on the way to the ship, and doing "picture-in-picture" during a discussion of other exhibits all help reduce the overall length.
Merseyside does indeed have many interesting locations, static buildings, visiting ships, spectacular events, and so on. Where it has been possible, I've done my best to fly my drone to get more perspectives - perhaps, if you have time or the interest, have a look at some of my other videos, such as the Anderson Oak maybe?!
Looks like everyone had an amazing day on board. She’s certainly a beautiful ship, thanks for sharing
Many thanks for your comment Audra Rivera ! Yes, during the hour or so I was there, almost everyone had a good time. Unfortunately, while I was queuing to get onboard the Chinook helicopter, a lady fell out of the back of it as she didn't notice the gaps in the lower part of the rear ramp. She was quite startled but seemed unhurt. For the sake of her dignity, I edited that part out of this video.
Great bit of PR from the Navy. There will have been a lot of starry-eyed kids and some proud parents of the local lads and lasses who serve on her.
Many thanks for your comment Graeme Hill. Yes, indeed, I have read some comments saying exactly that.
Looks like Liverpool did us proud like they all ways do feel so proud well done to all Diane 🥀🌏🌍💂🏼🎉🎊🙏🙏🌈🥇
Many thanks for your comment Diane Dyer
Yes, indeed, it was a great event - I feel very lucky to have been able to attend and be one of the first to video it.
As we all had to go through metal detectors and security, with there also being quite a number of armed personnel around, perhaps that also added to us all being on our best behaviour!
Many visitors who attended had accents from all over the country, as did some have foreign accents.
Previously I mentioned, but I will mention again, all of the personnel who attended this event - military, civil and agency ushers - where all without fail very friendly, open and accommodating towards us who were visiting. No doubt, there has been weeks of cleaning and tidying involved prior to this and it looked fantastic!
L' ouvrir au public c'est une opération de com géniale! #bravo Je n'ai pas souvenir que la marine française ait fait la même chose....
A lot of Merseysiders skill and sweat went into a lot of this ship and the QE. In fact you were walking under the modules that formed the hangar 'ceiling' and the flight deck that were built at Cammell Laird.
Terrific ship and great to see the Navy giving back to the people ....
Many thanks - 1chish . Many thanks for explaining that, I would not have known which parts were made where.
@@RiverMersey Most welcome mate. Here is the last block on its way to Rosyth
www.clbh.co.uk/cammell-laird/cammell-laird-completes-centre-blocks-uk-aircraft-carrier
Oh, very kind, 1chish - any and all info and links such as that can only add to the understanding of how such a ship can be produced.
Hope to see that people can be more thankful and patriotic about their country and to see such machines and what the uk is capable of. Rule britiania
Many thanks Tribute Videos - from what I've noticed of the UK, anything that is a tax-payer's capital spend always causes some sort of controversy!
God bless HMS Prince of Wales and all that will sail in her 😘😘.
wow great footage and pictures its hard to Believe you are on board a ship the size of it is a amazing thanks for sharing with us cheers
Many thanks RODPIKER DRONES UK ! Yes, even though this is on a river, The River Mersey is often quite turbulent particularly at this location. All the while being on board this ship, there was no noticeable movement or swaying of the surroundings. Many of the camera shakes were due to bumping into other guests on board!
Thanks for a lovely video from someone who not get to experience this great day,surprised not that many views since it seemed so many people desperate to get on ship
Many thanks Chris Jones - you are more than welcome, I'm pleased to learn that you enjoyed this video. Actually although this video has yet hasn't had many views, together with my external walk along the ship, these are my most viewed videos. Even more viewed than my Liverpool Giants videos. Perhaps people generally don't like my videos!
I also thought if all the tickets went so quick I was finding it strange not as many views,maybe it the senior of our peoples not got media equipment,and the younger say been there done that,
Chris Jones, many thanks. Yes, perhaps people aren't specifically looking for this video, it isn't being recommended, maybe I've not titled it with words that match what would be searched for, any number of things. Even so, the viewer numbers are still slowly increasing - perhaps in a year's time there would have been tens of thousands of views!
Looks like everyone enjoyed it shame unlike with previous visits of other carriers (ark royal) people weren't allowed more access and to look around flight deck etc
Many thanks Andy H. While I appreciated and enjoyed being able to visit the ship, I did hope to be able to see more areas of it than the exhibits in the hanger deck. At the time, we - the general public - were lead to understand that other parts of the ship couldn't be visited for security, privacy, grounds. So, it was additionally disappointing to later discover that various "media" have indeed be allowed access to other parts of the ship. Great videos that they are, I'm disappointed that some people have profiteered out of this ship visiting by either selling the tickets that were free, or selling video footage just because access was randomly selective on the basis of profession.
And that’s only the tender😀
Beautiful ship but I wish they'd put more thought into the name
Many thanks Auto culto - perhaps this is the boat that should have been called, "Boaty McBoatface"?!
Agreed, Auto; name it after someone deserving.
@@DokktorDeth it's not named after the current holder of the title but after the title itself.
I know this is a bit out of left field.... but I’d have liked to see HMS Thunderchild.
DokktorDeth it’s not named after Prince Charles lol, it’s named after the title he holds, he’s got nothing to do with it
Wow. I wish I knew about this. Any update on any other public open days?
Many thanks for your comment UnseenSpirit
Not sure if you are asking about public open days for this ship, ships in general or public open events in Liverpool. Ships visiting Liverpool are now generally cruise ships and almost all ships are closed to the general public visiting on board. Liverpool in general does have a variety of other open public events. Finding out about these events before they happen can be difficult though as there are a number of different websites that don't always list everything that is upcoming. #cultureliverpool is one of the better sources.
Nice video. I hope you don't mind me asking but did you notice if there was wheelchair access? Thanks.
Many thanks for your kind comment and question Paul Mitchell.
Prior to the event, the T&C of the tickets listed a number of things:
- that we would have to be able-bodied
- that we would have to climb and descend a number of flights of stairs
- that push-chairs would not be allowed
- that only small hand bags would be allowed
From the video, it isn't clear that the link-span between the top of the first stairs tower and the ship was very uneven - similar to -^-^-^-^-^-^-^- each pointy bit was difficult to balance on, each flat bit was too small to step into, and the link-span was very narrow. Leaving the ship, the matching link-span was flat.
While in the hanger-deck, though, I did indeed notice that there were children in push-chairs, adults with wheeled zimmer-frames - although I didn't see any wheel chairs. Perhaps it could be possible to provide alternative access as required.
A media access video of the ship, where personnel travelled through corridors etc., shows that the ships stairs are very steep, the walls have exposed services (wires, pipes, equipment, etc.) throughout, and most doorways are raised/stepped to prevent water.
@@RiverMersey Thanks
How long is it there for? Would like to see it.
Many thanks for your question richard marsh. My understanding is that it is due to leave Liverpool around 4pm Friday 06th March 2020 - there have been caveats to this saying it could leave sooner without notice should there be any reason for it to be put into service.
River Mersey bugger! I didn’t even know this visit had happened till I saw the UA-cam clips! I’d definitely have gone to see her! 😕
Where were the fast jets
brioche o'leary - I believe they are still being built
They will be delivered later this year. Maximum payload is 60 jets.
Pfft, come on Liverpool, make an effort! Where are the crowds?
Many thanks Gazza Boo - yes, I agree. When the Liverpool Giants event and the Cunard 3 Queens event occurred, the estimates where a daily attendance of around 200,000+
Lucky it didn't have wheels , or all those scousers would have nicked them 😂😂😂😂 .
The Seventies want that "joke" back 🙄