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Royal Navy: Have you ever thought about being infantry?
Sailors: No, why?
Royal Navy: Variety is the spice of life.

It's crazy that, between this ship and the HMS Dreadnought, there are less than 50 years

So they needed to engrave enchantment circles in the deck, so that magic could be used to move the 110 pounders around

Drach: Whoops. I don't know how my drone got over to the Queen Elizabeth...but while we're here, mind if I film a bit?

"If you get hit by half a kilo of flying molten iron... that's not going to be good for your health." Or as the Chieftain would say, that sailor would have a significant emotional event.

Finally I found out why the freaking command post on a warship is called the BRIDGE.

Man this is crazy to see!!!
Short story time:
I'm from australia, last month i had the incredible luck and opportunity to go across the world to iceland and the united kingdom.
Ive always wanted to see victory, Cutty sark and warrior (and recently of course, mary rose)
it was a highlight of my trip, i even sat chatting with one of the historians onboard for about an hour.
And now i get to see Drach infront and ontop of the ship i was recently exploring myself.. and not only do i see and learn from drach. but i KNOW where he is, i dont need to consult a map or guess, i can actually pick out out from memory

Thank you drach for this video that makes me smile and happy about this all over again.

P.S one thing me and the historian talked about and actually got us thinking... They apparantly made a live fire test ship with armour exactly like warriors to fire at and see the result... was this the first time that was done? atleast on wooden ships you'd not bother because all you end up doing is damaging the merchandice..

I had the pleasure a few months ago of seeing this ship in person. It is a wonderful hybrid of new and old technology. Breach loaded cannons on wooden decks with metal boilers down below. Such an old odd hybrid.
Also it was a fun that the staff on the ship were in character. I spoke to an Officer, a prestigious lady and an engineer. These encounters where in areas of the ship that you expect them to be.

Sailing ships were steered by the wind, the helmsman was watching the sails, to keep their angle to the wind the same, called by the OOW,  steering a compass course came with steam engines..

I went to go see Warrior eight years ago. It was a slightly wet day, and they were planning to host a wedding or some such on the vessel - but nobody was there to set things up, meaning I was literally the only person I saw touring her for an hour. I had her all to myself and could just soak it all in. It was almost the ideal way to enjoy a museum ship.

HMS Warrior's paint scheme is just... chef's kiss**

Ah, HMS Warrior — my main reason for siding with the red coats in (Total War:) Shogun 2: Fall of the Samurai .
She was an absolute ⁽ᵒᵛᵉʳ⁻⁾powerhouse, yet playing with her never got old; simply pure fun.

Good thing she got preserved instead of the usual "scrapped"

Dudes getting big enough to have major museums let him do awesome stuff!

Pretty cool of the RN to let you use the drone that close to other ships. Props to them where due. I have a hard time believing the modern USN would allow the same.

Can imagine being the low rung on the matelot totem pole that had to polish all those brass gun slides every day?

I visited the Warrior in 1990 and in 2010. After seeing your video I swear some of those small boats anchored around her haven't moved.

You can hear how giddy Drachinifel is throughout this video!  Always a joy to see someone loving what they do!

Thank you for the video Drach, can't believe they let you fly all around the HMS Warrior with your jetpack, but gotta say those aerial angles you recorded it from are perfect.