I served in the U.S. Navy in the early 1970s. I can tell you that this is very different from what I experienced. I'd like to make 3 points. 1) I can't believe that no one on that ship knew to turn the gun in heavy seas in order to protect it from waves coming over the bow.. 2) Was there no redundancy backup for the sonar? For the sonar to go down while tracking an enemy submarine is unpardonable. 3) There were huge areas of rust on the focs'l. On every ship I was on, the bos'n mates would have been working around the clock to remove the rust and put on a fresh coat of paint. Every old chief bos'n mate I ever met would have his men working non-stop if he even saw one speck of rust. They would have had cardiac arrest if they had seen that much rust. I really enjoy these videos about the British Navy, but it was very different when I was in. (Yeah, I know I sound like an old man saying, "Well, back in my day....) :)

Not a big confidence builder here. Equipment failures and some crew who lack motivation. Yet thank you for serving UK men and women. Appreciate your service to country and peace. 🌊

They’re so young and have so much responsibility just to keep us safe. God Bless Each and everyone of them.

The training of that crew leaves a lot to be desired. Wow

Been there, but when my Ship encountered heavy Sea states we swung the Gun to face Aft to avoid such damage, surprised the Northumberland didn't.

One can only hope that the condition of this boat is either an isolated case or a deliberate feint to obfuscate any opponents... ❤

I can't believe that they do a bucket brigade by hand! Everyone has portable water pump for this!

I found our Officer trainees (3rd year Academy students) that were assigned to us over summers was a great experience. I think for everyone. I was a CW4 and UH-60 Instructor/Examiner, and I made it a point to involve ours in almost everything possible. They were appreciative and helpful it made them better Officers and leaders

The stock footage of HMS North Umberland showed her at a liesurely pace, hardly rushing anywhere.

27:32 hats off to you man. Even though I’m American I can still appreciate the sacrifices you make for your country 🫡🫡

This old sailor enjoyed the vid a LOT. Thanks for your service 👍 Salute from the Netherlands 🇳🇱, T.

Been there done that in the North Atlantic 1967-68 tracking Russian submarines aboard a Destroyer Escort. We sonar pinged them for days with our pings bouncing back inside our hull driving us nut's alongside the Russians.They finally surfaced next to us and we greeted them with a three finger salute !

Cannot say I'm terribly impressed with the state of this warship and the least said about the crew the better.

On my mom's side of the family, they have been mariners as far back as the 1600's. My mom and I crossed the Atlantic on a merchant vessel when I was 4 years old. I love boats and I never get seasick. Just looking at them walking below decks puts me in a different state of mind. I need to watch more videos like this.

"Welcome aboard Ma'am and welcome to the CIC. Here we have the sonar display" "Whats a sonar?" 😳😳😳

All that history of naval dominance and this is who they are now. That looked more like a cruise ship instead of a warship. Admiral Nelson would be pissed.

I find it appalling that they failed so miserably in finding and stopping the water Ingress. My dad and my uncle were both navy. They both said that it is very important to keep all the bunks dry at all times. That means you keep the ocean out no matter what happens with the weather .

We had to RAS during my time in the RN sometimes during an exercise at night in " darken ship" routine ( no lights except on each lifejacket) and a thin line of coloured lights between the bows for the bridge to judge if we were closing up

6:15 Nothing like a woman's touch. I think she'll be fine on the ship. In the early 70's my ship made a trip to the Arctic Circle to chase after Russian subs. They were fairly easy to follow because they were so noisy; I was the lead sonarman so it was quite an experience to track them. Maybe the new Russian subs are quieter.

The state of readiness of this warship leaves much to be desired. This is not a white glove cruise to show the flag at Singapore, in the early 1930's. The Northumberland is going after a Russian nuclear sub, in North Atlantic and Arctic waters. She has no escort with her, either. The commander of this vessel, and the Royal Navy itself, have some soul-searching to do.

The big seas were the fun and relaxing part of my many years at sea but I can honestly say I never had to worry about the ship flooding, maybe need to consider retiring this bugger and replacing it with something a tad more seaworthy or at least waterproof. I would do another deployment in a heartbeat no matter how long

Damn, the ship is taking on water with a little heavy weather. Interesting.

Does everything constantly break on all ships? I thought it was just my father-in-law's bass boat! 😂 🌊🚢

A warship that floods to the point of risking an explosion. A main gun rendered inoperative because of the elements it was conceived to work amidst. A post-pubescent junior sailor that looks like she would be ill-fitted even for a children daycare. A sonar system that goes kaput at the most crucial of times. Suddenly, all the Russian armed forces incompetence and clowning don't seem so egregious anymore.

@21:27 when you realize you forgot the, "As seen on TV Flex Tape" back at port.

The training officer acts as if she’s on a cruise ship instead of a war ship. This is serious business , she needs to learn that!

Using buckets to remove water reminds me of the days we were on tiny boat escaping VN. So funny!😅

A final result would have made this into a SUPERB docco! --- Even if it was a return to Port and some Leave for the personnel!!

Imagine, the current Royal Navy barely mans 70 vessels, in WW2, with a fraction of the population, they had 430+ massive vessels plus about 1/3 of the world’s merchant marine!

The unspoken part to all this, great documentary by the way, is how did the Northumberland know where to look to begin with? SOSUS or an Astute class lurking? Maybe an Los Angeles class trailing? (All the above) The surface warship tells the Russian "We know you are there" while the true threat to the Russian is right in behind it.

Sonar working again hey. Thanks for showing us the radar screen. BTW, the towed array is passive and does not search in a circle, it's a listening device.

Ellis recording bedtime stories for his kids brought me watery eyes....

Training prior to deployment appears to be insufficient.

Really good documentary! The thing to remember here is that this is dramatized to keep people interested and it’s not as hair raising as it may seem. I was a submarine sailor on the USS Richard B Russell SSN 687 fast attack submarine and U.S. subs are very hard to find, we did exercises with surface ships and we always got them before they found us.

Making your living space much more like home by putting a bunch of stuff out that could impede the crews ability to fight a fire or flooding in that space. That stupid stuffed animal, will clog a pump. A string of lights could get tangled around equipment or the feet of damage control personal. WERE IS THE DISCIPLINE!!!!!!! WHERE IS THE EMOTIONAL MATURITY!!!!!!!

Lot of rust on that ship.

Olivia gets lost? Don't the Brits put a bulkhead number, deck, and corridor on every corner, like the US has for 80+ years?

We are so screwed if all navy ships are like this one leaky,sonar breakdown wth.

The Umberland’s seaworthiness is a joke… can we pause for a moment we have a slight leak. Oh yeah and our gun doesn’t work. Aside from that we’re good.

The Captain of the Northumberland should have known the capabilities of the Russian sub's tactical towed sonar array. To allow the ship to get within 7000m of the sub and not follow it's every change of direction and separation distance goes to demonstrate how inexperienced the Captain was. That 20 year old sonar operator should have been better trained to focus on the subs every move. This is a real eye opener.

Godspeed to all of you sailors and thanks from Oklahoma USA for your service to us all. Democracy has no shortage of enemies.

it's worrying there is no hot redundant system for that sonar

i love this i enjoyed this video can't wait for the next one !!

I see UK is in good hands, wow May God protect you all, no chance against Russia

I'm surprised that the British ship can sail at all.😂

Thank you to all the free world's military members for trying to keep the peace.

Hard time stopping a leak doubt they could take on a Russian sub

LOL A magazine detonation will not blow a hole in the ship, it will blow up the whole ship!

Wtf , a trainee officer that don’t know what sonar do?

I’m surprised the new girl didn’t ask what a dolphin is

Loving the series!

Wait, I want more!!! I was on the edge of my seat.

Unless they completely strip the gunmount and remove the salt that gunmount is going to be trashed. Our mounts are able to be rotated facing aft to alleviate this from happening.

This ship would have never sailed in Churchills navy!

last but not least, check with the ship's Chief Electrician and see what the options are to shut down electricity near the ordnance, to minimize risk of short circuits and fire near the ordnance lockers.

Olivia has the inspired demeanor of a high schooler.

A Royal Navy source referred to the North Atlantic collision as "unfortunate", followed by an official statement from the Ministry of Defence. The source said: "In late 2020 a Russian submarine being tracked by HMS Northumberland came into contact with her towed array sonar. You can´t make this up at all hilarious :)

If you think about it why would they put this on you tube. What should have happen is they didn't lose track of the Russian sub. They made it like they had a malfunction in the sonar and they lost the sub. Because that would be top secret. So if that is infact what happen then they did the right thing. They put on a good show and ended it with hardware failure of the sonar and ended it there.

Can feel for the Bridge crew calling a pod of dolphins as a possible periscope - long ago in the Pacific while flying off a US Frigate - I caught a radar pop-up on my screen - we flew 60+ miles to ID the small 10 knot target - a knot of 50 gallon barrels and a pipe being moved by the current .

40:00 so there's 0 backup to rely on when a vital system fails?

I guess I am just an ancient mariner having entered the Navy in '57 just after "rocks & shoals" was discarded, but I contend that there is no place for a female to serve on a "man of war" ship of the line. I served on diesel subs, FBM subs & as electronics technician in the Naval Air branch. I retired after 20 years' service ending during the cold war.

according to the graphic most telecom traffic from the UK to North America is not through the Arctic Circle. I doubt that line cuts within the Arctic Circle will effect telecom traffic that much.

Ex navy (not British, but experienced with Arctic operations), and I have to say there are a few things in this video that are really quite concerning, especially if they reflect the overall state of seamanship and hardware of the Royal Navy.

I find it surprising that the critical equipment wasn't configured as n+1 so thier no single point of failure at the card level. Then if heat is a issue on the board level then Close Coupled Cooling should have been implemented or liquid cooling the backplane of the electronic or at the card level. Next im surprised the gasket around the deck gun appears to be just a single layer and as the ship spends all it time outdoors the sunlight will degrade over time all rubberised material. I see lots of lesson levered from this video. As another viewer mentioned why weren't the deck and walkways given names to help anyone navigate the ship.

Well done Olivia!! You get them, girl!! 💪

Now we know why the Royal Navy can’t defend its borders .. This explains many things..

5 years Merchant Navy 10 years British Royal Navy. Do5 HMS Daring Chief Petty Officer Ivor Laggan R.I.P. DA!😢

Godspeed and Good Hunting from your brothers in America.

Seemingly, it's more Love Boat than Hunt for Red October...

Smart Captain. I don’t know how the Navy life is but all great leaders constantly keep an eye on everyone. Never know when someone is struggling mentally or not doing a job. Just smart to be on top of everything you can. He’s a real leader

This was interesting! What I really enjoyed was the Nortern Lights!!! It is always a spectacular experience in person, for the show!!!! Montana Rick.

The Skipper is the real deal, for the 21st century !

21st century ship. "More buckets". Could have been 500 years ago.

Been there done that back in the 70's

4:53 the face of British military ‘strength’

Enjoyed. Cheers from 🇨🇦.

A bucket brigade? One would think that there would be pumps of a portable nature that the damage control team would have available to use.

Olivia, sorry I can't do anything more. I just need to lay here.........FOR SEASICKNESS!!!!!!! REALLY!!!!!!!! LIABILITY!!!!!!!!!! You would get LAUGHED out of the USN asking for Sea Sickness medication!

Why are pictures just hanging on the wall and loose items around the place? On my narrowboat everything is screwed to the wall. I also keep on top of the rust and have multiple layers of redundancy in my systems. What I've seen here doesn't fill me with confidence in the RN

I remember my days in the navy! 🚢

Great documentary 🔝

The Brits sure don't threaten much on the ocean like they used to. I'm sure the Russians aren't worried about you tracking them since you wouldnt dare fire a cannon.

Im an ol' Army Yank. However when I watch this I choke up. These servicemen are good kids. Good Kids!!

Deployable sonar on a modern warship? It should be built into the outer hull like the Burkes

So much for a battle ready warship

We used to go up to the Bering Sea underwater. It's much smoother. What happened to their sonar array mounted on the ship hull.? They surely must have more than a towed array sonar.? And it's got a helicopter than can "sonar dip." 😉

Dose a vessle like this carry dept charges or only the front mounted Guyn for defence .I have to check up on this vessele

Flooding and buckets (!) because of some bad weather. Well.... interesting.

Nothing tests your ships weak points like a Storm!

also, in the future, if water is believed to be coming in through the bow end of the ship, you bring her down on way-on only and get someone out there to look at it. It is absolutely vital to ascertain if the leak is from ABOVE the waterline or BELOW the waterline. Hopefully the ship carries a small assortment of cone-shaped wooden plugs for emergency leak situations, and those can wedge in bunched up plastic sheeting and be lashed in place, possibly with a screw eye set in the large end of the plug. If water is coming in below the waterline, that has to be ascertained asap. Hull plates can work loose in heavy seas, (above or below the waterline) it's not common but it can happen. A seam could open up, or a whole plate could come off, which would obviously mean a lot of water. Water can also come in through vents obviously, which need to be securely shut and/or dogged down when green water is coming over the rail. And, last but not least, command on the bridge has to have their plan ready to go if watertight bulkheads need to be closed. If the ship is the only line of defense against the Russian sub, and it's about to get disabled or sink, you need to destroy the Russian sub BEFORE that happens.

God bless you all family ❤

I watched hms cumberland razzing from RFA Wave Knight (or wave ruler) 14 years ago.....got some nice pics, fine looking ship, hard working crew and proud too, I expect they will use it for missile tests and it will join HMS Sirius in DJ lockerroom as a result. I worked with BAE CYSTERNS as a subcontractor for 20 years none-of this surprises me its an appalling non-war ready school of fools, the poor Navy, My ancestor was Admiral Sir William Wynter he'd have gone berserk at this mess, most of which is BAE CYSTERNS doing I am writing a book on it right now as I am retired.

Tensions are not between Russia and the UK but between Russia and NATO. Unity, please

It appears that this Captain has the same management style as one of my old civilian bosses. He said he practiced MBWA, Management by Walking Around. We would see him out and around anytime, anyplace.

Looking at the multiple problems of this ship, UK navy really need... a new fleet.

"yay, here we are submarines". I hope the enemy does not watch British TV.

Guys please be more ferocious, love from France in difficult times

Has the Captain never heard the phrase, loose lips sink ships? The crew doesn't NEED TO KNOW what your mission is, where you are going. All they need to do is obey your orders as if they came from the All Mighty himself!

I don't know if they still do, but the Canadian Navy celebrated crossing the Artic circle at which point you can proudly proclaim yourself as a Blue noser, much as the same as calling yourself a Shellback when crossing the Equator. Chuffed to see the RN recognizing the importance.

Let’s forget about that Russian sub and enjoy the “good times”! Glad to see the crew enjoying their cruise.