Comments by "the truth hurts" (@thetruthhurts7675) on "Royal Navy's smallest ships on epic journey across rough seas to Arctic" video.

In the UK anything with TWO decks permanently above water is a ship, anything else is a boat, thus submarines are boats. What is so difficult to understand here? The edited bit I spelt Permanently incorrectly/and UK!!
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The QE has left port what are you on about? It may be to go to a repair port, but it is doing so under it's own steam!! Unlike the Russian carrier (OH, OOPS, they don't now have one it destroyed itself in yet another fire!!) hahahaha
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@FinsburyPhil They are OFFshore patrol vessels you know the kind of things that do the North sea, and the Channel. The navy has inshore boats but calls them rescue vessels.
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@ChayMiddleton It does what it says on the pack. I think is what you mean. A double decker bus would be a boat by the way because they don't float, thus a submarine, and they are boats!!
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@ChayMiddleton I know you were that is why I replied sarcastically. So to give you the official RN definition : Not just two floors (decks), but TWO DECKS permanently above the waterline. This is how the RN officially assigns ths name ship, or boat. Henvce submarines are boats because they don't have two decks permanently above the waterline, whilst patrol boats have just one deck above the waterline, and fisherires protection vessels have two decks above the waterline. Honestly it is a very simple idea, and the US navy use the same nomenclature. OK? Simple stuff really. As for the RN, it is always getting the wrong end of every deal, the RAF are NOT hoarding the F35's the first RN squadron 809 formed this year, and they are NOT RAF. All F35B's will eventually end up in the Royal navy, though it may take some time. We currently have 3 squadrons though the third is not fully equiped. Patrol boats cannot take more than 30 mm canon because of the weight. Honestly this is all very simple stuff here. So storm shadow is F35 cleared and we have enough ammunition for both carriers at full strength at sea for a year. The RAF knows they cannot keep the F35's theRAF are in the military sense the "Licensing" people for fixed wing aircraft, whilst the RN is for rotary aircraft. This is why the F35's have to be cleared through the RAF. The rAF squadrons are commanded by RAF personnel, but havve RN pilots in the main. Those wishing to remain in the RAF will stay there, but all of the others are Royal navy.
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@ChayMiddleton So are you the kind of loon who thinks 20,341 spitfires were built in a week or so just for world war 2? We presentlu have 31, enough for two and a half squadrons, This isn't because of how they are bought the UK government HAVE commited to ALL of the F35's and this will take several years to get. So do you think the Uk should have ALL of it'd F35's before the USA? Or as they are built to a specific order schedule? people like you I pity to be honest. The Martlet is an anti ship missile. The plan is NOT for a patrol baot to take on a battle cruiser. Come on here show a tad of common sense. Why have martlet missiles on a patrol boat when they only face other boats used by Iran? This is NOT cost effective at all, amnd only idiots think missiles designed to disable shipping shouuld be used on ALL RN ships. The wild cat helicopter carries Marlet missiles not the Patrol boats. This once again is a design issue, and don't forget sea water erodes most things left outside, so permanent mountings for Martlet missiles are not happening on ALL patrol vessels. Plus the martlet weighs just 13kg. so is suited to say red sea patrol vessels.
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