This is brilliant, I'm ex RN from 1976/83 and I'm amazed that nothing has changed ( except the technology and women on board). The tasks and operational routines are no different at all. If you put to one side the obvious advance in technology and modern systems for a moment you could transfer a member of a type 21 frigate crew to the Northumberland and have no problems integrating.Everything , such as keeping the PEEWOW mentioned several times ( which is actually PWO principal war officer) fully informed about every single movement of the ship or submarine or aircraft under surveillance and the SCC ( ships control centre) closed up...... is exactly the same. Of course the film producers have built up the tension and drama a bit to keep the viewers watching, but in reality the Russians have always tested the fence at sea and in the air to test our reaction........I remember having a Russian " trawler" following every ship I served in........ and the nearest thing to fishing they did was fishing out any garbage disposed overboard ( yes in those days we dumped garbage overboard 😮). This also reminds me of how stupid I was to leave the RN thinking this grass in civy street was greener..........

My great uncle fought alongside the British in ww2 and said they were very tough and blessed to be fighting with them against the axis, no bull

Let's hear it for the civilian helicopter pilot. He landed like an old pro.

I used to live in Trinidad and Tobago and occasionally, a British or American warship would pay us a visit. My friends and I would take our speedboats out to where they were anchored and chat with the sailors on deck. Sometimes the Brits would toss a couple of beers overboard to us and we'd have a good time hanging out with them! The Americans never carried booze on board and so we were out of luck on that point but both were always friendly and were fun to talk to! I was always a bit surprised that no liquor was allowed on American ships at all! I also got to hire a boat in Singapore and would go cruise the harbor to try and talk to merchant sailors there but most didn't speak English and so it was mostly a lost cause. I used to go to Singapore on business after I moved back to the States.

That Russian plane in the last episode wasn't a maritime patrol aircraft, it was a TU95 BEAR nuclear capable bomber that was simulating an attack run on the ship

Vice Admiral Kulakov is a Udaloy Class Anti Submarine Warfare Guided Missile Destroyer.

An obvious distinction, with them knowing they're being observed, and the main mission continues undetected in the dark&cold watery deepest of DEFENDING US .

Having Covid, no where to go and breathing in the same air. Don't know how they do it. Tough gig.

Indian nuclear sub was around the UK recently as well - something is cooking

I am wondering, if there is a real reason to publish documentaries with such content. In one of the previous episodes we saw how the Russians disabled the towed sonar on Northumberland. In this episode we see them throwing out some objects nearby one of the major UK submarine bases, and there seems to be little we can do about it. I like this series, it is really well made, but it shows obvious weakness of Navy in relation to mentioned actions. Is this really the message we want to share? Greetings from PL, stay safe.

Great series of videos documenting there journey.thank you for sharing this 👍

Love the whole "sell medication" at the naffy, when the is a medical facility onboard. lol

I betcha its not the Flag Ship Moscava! 😂😂

COVID on board : Capt ...'we all just need to draw a breath'

Loved this series!

Great documentary, compliments from NL 🇳🇱🇬🇧

Some nice put together this series

GOD BLESS THE UK. Thanks

Good episode

without watching the video and with my limited knowledge of the russian navy, i'm going to guess that they were lost.

Udaloy 1? Holy 1990's Batman...

Staying away from the Black Sea so it doesn’t become the latest artificial reef lmao.

Spark should also do a documentary about the British shops that were to participate in nato exercises steadfast defender. Maybe tells more anout those F35S that keep plunging into the sea.

I'm a little curious about what they threw in the sea. garbage or reconnaissance equipment

My guess would be for a safe drone free location of sail in.

Any idea how old these episodes are? I’m guessing 2 years but not sure

I'm surprised that these frigates have only a single main ventilation system. I hope they get each compartment, a separate ventilations system, as modern frigate does

It’s called a whiskey run, cause vodka just ain’t whiskey 😊

two can play that game, put also your warships near their ports. lol

Have their Aircraft not Transmitted the Location .

Good thing they didn't have any ventilators onboard lol

CoVid. When was the last time that Northumberland was in port? How long has the ship been at sea? And CoVid ‘just appeared’? Something doesn’t smell right.🤔

Staying away from the Black Sea danger zone! 😄😄

Same reason advanced british and yank warships (and surveillance aircraft) are in the Black sea region.

Does anyone know if this show was originally aired on TV in the UK? Also, can anyone recommend good documentary UKposts channels that focus on the UK, similar to Spark? It's frustrating being in Canada and not having access to such channels unless they are on UKposts. Sky, BBC, and Channel 4 all have amazing content, but they only put about a third of it on UKposts.

In the early 60s im lookout on HM Submarine Cachatot heading south in the irish sea i reported a large fishing boat green 4zero and its covered in masts and antenas the control room just lowered all masts and antenas and we just went on ower merry way it was a russian spy ship i never understood why we didnt intersept it and send it home .

Freedom to navigation in sea, why do you worry!

Looking For You Maybe you cannot handle which is the trith

I thought Ukraine sunk russian warship admiral gorshkov like 18 months ago in the black sea. I google it Ukraine sunk the corvette Sergei Kotov. The second ship Ukraine sunk was on February 14, 2024, the heavy assault ship Caesar Kuznikov near Alushka, a Crimean resort town

COVID is hardly a “worse fear” for a young man on board a Royal Navy Ship? Paxlovid and rest is the best care you could give on ship or on shore and surely the Royal Navy has Paxlovid on board?

Fishing.

port to port sir

@24:45 Oh buddy, you were lied to.

Knowing Ireland is the easest country to visit without visa or passport . No money needed to take a beer after the landing in local pubs . You are always welcome for a Guinness free.

While this is happening on the seas what doesn't make sence to me is the shared satellites how does that work for the cosmonauts from different parts of the world sharing the same space how can there be piece in space when there is close to war on the ground

it is finding the nemo

They are looking for what's left of the Black Sea fleet.

Probably assessing , analysing and charting communication / shipping parameters of Norwegian oil and cable bottlenecks. Something equivalent to what the " West" did before sabotaging Nord pipeline.

Мы всегда ходили в этот район последние 50 лет. Я тоже там был. Этот район мы хорошо знаем. Все дело в фаслейн. Как много у вас людей на мостике. Женщины на борту к беде. На русских кораблях женщин нет

Are these sailors speaking english? If they are, am I? Thank goodness for the subtitles. How ironic. What the heck is going on with Russia?

Idk about advanced but it’s definitely a ship

Tempting Fate

If this was a secure/secret mission how come it's on utube???

SERIOUSLY, didn't detect it until it was 10 miles away?????????????? Bismarck's main battery as mounted could probably reach around 19.5 nautical miles, or 22.5 statute miles.

The Russia just jam the trident missile that why it flap like a duck.

because that is the passage from the north russa port to the rest of the world..

Hummm, Film crew shows up, highlights the new medical officer, sudden outbreak of CV19. Interesting.

Same that british/us ships were doing in the Black Sea, nothing, right ?

British Navy over here acting like the coast guard doesn't have similar ships to land their choppers on too.

Sailing, obviously, because there is too much water to drive.

4:20 in. youve lost me. i think this video has the wrong title

The Irish Sea isn't international waters so why didn't a UK sub sink it?

ho illy can people be asking a foolish question like this.... wow....

Those Russian are constantly looking for trouble, everywhere. What are they really up to ?

Freedom of navigation.

Pretty much whatever it wanted to.

Russians are assessing Kh-47M2 Kinzhal in providing British royals beach front properties, since UK and subjects shall be submerged.

Wouldn't a ship full of corna virus be considered bio chemical warfare?

I don’t know if you can call any Russian ship advanced, considering they keep losing naval battles to a country that doesn’t even have a navy

What do you mean by Advanced Russian Warship. Did it have an Automatic Washing Machine and Coffee Maker?

old 1155 UDALOY class is not advanced one .

Admiral Kulakov ships also has a super advanced submarine mode.

Looking for American submarines .

This is clearly not "TOP SECRET"

JUST VISITING RELATIVES IN IRELAND 🇮🇪

Just checking that it is true that all Irish wear dresses.

Because its mom reached 10,000 degrees in a matter of seconds. You know how crazy that is if you REALLY know who said that

looking for weak spots ?

first / second

russian ships are so advance that it cant afford to defend itself to drone! 😂😂😂

An advanced Russian warship is in the Irish Sea because it is a much healthier environment than the Black Sea.

'you don't get to be near the uk without being followed'? that is the stance? how about you don't get to be near the uk period.

england a crumbling old paper empire that still thinks its a major empire 😂

What the hell is going on. Is this a tv series lol on real life warfare lol. Like is Russia and the uk Sign a broadcasting license agreement lol

I wouldn’t call that Cold War relic advanced lmao. The Udaloy class is no match for its NATO or Chinese analogues.

pops Not doing good

Russia has something advanced ?! Woww.

Russia do the same it is not acceptable but english but do the same it is ok What a double sanbard Russia has the right to carry out military operations if it does not violate international laws

The British Empire is no more, Russia is stronger than ever before Britain is no match for Russia military from Australia 🦘

Brits came to India for spice but stayed for curry!! lol

Nothing burger...

Isn’t there freedom of navigation around uk sea!

So the Udaloy was being tracked long before it entered the Irish Sea area.

What are western war ships doing all over the world...????

Staying safely out of ukraines reach?

They were looking to liberate Ireland 🇮🇪 from the United Kingdom

They have modern ships?

The Russians have never possessed an advanced ship

Was that Russian surface ship one of their fleet who've decided to be a submarine instead?

🛑in my opinion this video is not complete !!! 🛑shouldn't those stuff that had been put in the water from the Russian ship be taken up to figure what are they ??? since those stuff are closer to your water border!!!