Navy workers' fears over RFA jobs

Published Date: 06 November 2009

THOUSANDS of navy workers are fighting for their jobs as the force prepares to cut its auxiliary staff, The News can... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Zx81) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11519 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:06:06 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11511/t/HMS-Clyde-where-did-they-cram-them-all-in-below-decks-.html RN news item struck me. I thought Clyde had a ships company of 36 and room for a couple of dozen embarked troops. I'm a bit surprised they were able to cram in 82... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Dewey101) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11511 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:08:55 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11459/t/OT-Tower-of-London-Beefeaters-suspended-for-Bullying-.html To think that they recently started allowing women into their ranks, IIRC:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091102/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_beefeater

LONDON - Women faced their share of trouble at the Tower of London, including three queens who were beheaded there.

But treachery has long been considered a thing of the past at the notorious 11th century fortress. At... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (San Mao An) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11459 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:12:10 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11458/t/River-Class-Frigate.html feeds@yuku.com (drittal) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11458 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 23:10:10 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11446/t/Defence-Aquisition-Review-The-Grey-Report.html Acquisition Review as PDF

This calls for a complete rebuild of the procurement structure.

I feel particularly vindicated by:

No person, civil or military, to be appointed to a post of 1* or above
without extensive programme management experience.

It goes well beyond... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (perfectgeneral) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11446 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:16:13 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11445/t/Future-choice-of-role-for-Britain.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8326876.stm

Britain 'faces world role choice'

feeds@yuku.com (perfectgeneral) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11445 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 09:30:30 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11394/t/HAPPY-BIRTHDAY-ROYAL-MARINES-345-YEARS-YOUNG-TODAY.html Per Mare Per Terram ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Per Mare Per Terram) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11394 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:21:03 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11387/t/Piracy.html Guardian: piracy-attacks-somalia-2009 The taking of the Chandler's yacht illustrates a gaping hole in the insurance model of piracy. That it is cheaper to pay a ransom than hire a patrol. They (Mr & Mrs Chandler) have no means of paying a ransom. There is no cost benefit equation here. It is navy patrols or nothing. ]]> feeds@yuku.com (perfectgeneral) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11387 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:09:10 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11382/t/Von-Spee-II-ARA-battles-RN-in-Port-Stanley-Harbour.html Assuming the Argentinians can barely maneuver, and won't leave harbour because of RN submarines, without enough Harriers to sink them in harbour, do the British have no... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (mifletz) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11382 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:27:09 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11379/t/A-more-balanced-view.html Resources Limit RAF Ops for Years U.K. Air Official: Iraq-Size Event Out of Reach By andrew chuter Published: 26 October 2009 LONDON - Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) will be unable to conduct operations on the scale of the 2003 invasion of Iraq for years because the resources aren't available to mount such a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Anthony58) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11379 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:08:58 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11367/t/F35-order-being-cut-to-50.html Navy surrenders one new aircraft carrier in budget battle Michael Smith The Royal Navy has agreed to sacrifice one of its two new aircraft carriers to save about £8.2 billion from the defence budget. The admirals, who have battled for a decade to secure the two new 65,000-ton carriers, have been forced to back down because of the soaring cost of the American-produced Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) aircraft due to fly off them. The move is a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Pyxis) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11367 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 00:51:51 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11349/t/HMS-Hood-question.html feeds@yuku.com (drittal) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11349 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 06:23:46 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11342/t/Ludovic-Kennedy-dies.html Pursuit: The Chase and Sinking of the Bismarck, and was present at the battle as a junior officer aboard HMS Tartar. He also was author of Sub-Lieutenant: A Personal Record of the War at Sea, Nelson and His Captains and Menace - The Life and Death of the Tirpitz. Away from naval matters, he was a prominent campaigner against the death penalty until it was ended in Britain, and then a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Smoky Stoker) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11342 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:51:23 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11339/t/Clyde-O-P-V-s.html feeds@yuku.com (jock) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11339 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:34:12 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11333/t/Churchill-class-image.html Dear gentlemen, I have a serious request for you. Does any one of you have a blueprint of the Churchill class nuclear submarines for me? This does not... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MihoshiK) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11333 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:44:07 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11330/t/Specification-O-8-38-any-alternative-airframes-.html Surely it had to be a 2-seater given the thinking of the time ... and an existing design was preferred in interests of saving time, so any consideration of: 1. Hawker Henley (which won the light bomber competition over the Fairey entry and was 20mph faster) 2. Boulton-Paul Defiant or Hawker Hotspur (converted to fixed-gun fighters,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (DonnieBaseball23) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11330 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:30:45 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11326/t/HMS-Defender-launched.html http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/glasgow_and_west/8317027.stm the fifth Type 45 destroyer is in her element... only one more to go. At the end of the video at the BBC-site linked above, is that already Duncan's bow module waiting at the end of the video (about minute 1:20) ? ]]> feeds@yuku.com (ViribusUnitis) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11326 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:03:06 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11320/t/21-October-1805.html ]]> feeds@yuku.com (HMS Troutbridge) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11320 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:51:43 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11303/t/Naval-ancestors.html Agincourt (laid down as Rio de Janeiro, for Brazil, sold to Turkey after launch & renamed Sultan Osman I)... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Bledlow) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11303 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:44:04 GMT http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11294/t/HM-S-M-E49-and-Other-Wrecks.html http://clidive.blogspot.com/ ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Mikey) http://warships1discussionboards.yuku.com/topic/11294 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 11:44:09 GMT