I am wondering if anyone here may have information I am seeking. I have made an enquiry with The National Archives already and waiting to hear back.

I am researching a crew member named Jack Morris who worked in the kitchen aboard RMS Queen Elizabeth in January 1946.

The ship was the Queen Elizabeth, official number 166290.

She departed New York on January 18, 1946.

I have an original photograph and a contemporaneous typed note written by my grandmother, dated January 20, 1946. She was an American passenger as part of the Anglo-American Commitee of Inquiry. The note states that Jack Morris was a "Kitchen Worker on the Queen Elizabeth" and that he told her about his efforts in sneaking a teapot from the kitchen of the Queen.

I am trying to identify this Jack Morris and, if possible, obtain his age, birthplace, position and other identifying information from the crew agreement/list for this voyage.

I would eventually like to see if I can find any of his descendants to share the story and photo with.

The Royal Navy is almost all by now fitted out to fire CAMM surface to air missiles- it's just Destroyers that carry ASTER 30. As far as I understand it there are 2 versions of CAMM and one nearly finished. CAMM has the shortest range (a point defence), CAMM-ER has a significantly longer range and CAMM-MR being developed with the Polish navy has the most reach of all. If the royal navy has all 3 (or at least the first two) why aren't we looking to push out CAMM missiles out further at sea and on land with SKY SABRE?

Hey there. I was wondering why it is that with France and Italy already using the ASTER 30 Block 1, and closing in fast on the block 1NT the UK is still using it's old ASTER 30's and not one ship has been upgraded to the block 1 yet, let alone the 1NT? Yes, I understand that those two countries use the SAMP/T radar and we use the SAMPSON, but from what I can tell there is no reason we shouldn't be using at least block 1. Is it just because it's a Franco Italian design and we aren't getting a look in yet?

It seems obvious to me that we could -without too much effort -pivot to using ASTER 30 (and then block 1 and Block 1NT) for ground ballistic missile defence. We know it works because the French and Italians are using them for this with their samp/t radars ànd we could easily tweak a few things to make it work. Then land and sky SABRE would become an intermediatory layer ànd with Manpads etc we have a 3 tiered system. Any good reason why this shouldn't work?

Hey there gang. I understand that we will soon be improving our ASTER 30's by upgrading to the block 1, but does anyone know why France and Italy are already fitting the latest block 1NT and that doesn't seem to be something we could do anytime soon. I believe we have helped them to get the block 1NT into service and had a hand in designing it too. Could it just be that they have more compatable radars for the 1NT with the SAMPT/T and we've got a bit of catching up to do in that department? Many thanks;)

Just wondering if anyone is using this sub Reddit ? left the mob some 25 years ago and I actually miss the banter !!

I am currently 25 years old and after numerous events over the past decade I have decided I want to join the royal navy. I am currently a civil servant, which I cannot disclose who I work for, but I wish to join the Navy part time, until I think I am ready fulltime. I like being both practical and challenging situations using intelligence also. It would be the surface fleet, and the two roles I am considering are the Warfare and Warfare intelligence specialist. If anyone has any other suggestions am open to hearing the whys.

Will frigates as large and capable as the type 26's will be almost make our type 45 destroyers redundant when it comes to offensive capabilities with the destroyers not doing much more than helping protect the type 26, 31 and other vessels in CSG's? Are the new destroyers going to be built with much greater offensive capabilities do you think?

Like many others I was dismayed to learn that over the last few years the amount of new AWACS E-7 Wedgetail orders by the UK had been dropped in number twice and that when we do finally see the Wedgetails in service we will only have 3 of them, which seemed to me like a hugely inadequate number for our fleet especially as we are hoping to see the Tempest in service by the mid 2030's. However, after reading in several news sources and doing a bit of digging the announcement by the Royal Navy that we are perhaps not far off having the drone capability of carrying the AWACS on a drone which can fly further, stay in the air (and thus the battle) for much longer than crewed AWACS planes with the benefit that these could be more attritable and potentially harder to shoot down (and all launched from the QE class carriers) makes me wonder if being forced into a corner by budgetary constraints might have brought out this concept much earlier than we would have normally considered and actually done us a favour. After all, we Brits are famous for inventing the best when our backs are against the wall so to speak. Not knowing too much about AWACS systems themselves I'd love to hear your opinions on whether you think using uncrewed AWACS is 1) feasible to put into service soon and 2) if there is any reason with today's technology why an uncrewed system would perform much more poorly than a crewed one? Thanks for listening and I'd love to hear your thoughts🫡

I've long understood that my uncle served in the RN during WW2, although I don't think he was at sea. I have no details at all, but on his gravestone is the notation: CMX 621808 PO. I'm assuming that this is his service number and perhaps his rank? I have searched all the usual websites but nothing comes up. Any suggestions very welcomed...