All I Want For Christmas - HMS OCEAN

After lots of time away last year (214 days) -- planned for 7 week deployment exercise with other nations

Diverted to Libya and further operations

Back 9 Dec after 7½ months away - 225 days with 176 at sea

400 people onboard (at peak during the amphibious exercises just under 900 onboard but approx 650 during Op Ellamy)
Steamed just over 40,000 miles
Burned approx 6,000 tonnes of fuel
Operated 16 different type of aircraft off the deck

Realities of deploying:

15 babies born while the ship has been away (fathers did get home to see mum and baby)
5 people were sent home so they didn't miss their own weddings.
1 sailor whose son's third birthday is on homecoming. Family meeting ship

Ships company have missed:

Summer holidays.
Children's exam results
Children finishing school and starting university
The Padre missed his daughter's graduation.

The ship's company made a Christmas DVD when they heard they would be home for Christmas.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• You
• Want
• All
• Song
• Film
• Know
• Want You
• Short
• Need
• Merry
• Naval
• Service
• Royal
• Navy
• HMS
• Ocean
• want
• for
• Christmas
• ship
• Deployments

[Helldorado2008]

So was müssten die als Werbevideo für die Bundeswehr machen XD

[sakrotan111]

very good and a very good idea. Best wishes from Germany

[Textilkleber]

best part 0:00 - 8:06

that´s right, i listened it TWICE!!

[TheVampirFreak1]

welche idioten haben neben den dumen hoch button gedrückt.?!

[TheVampirFreak1]

Merry Xmas from Germany.

[imdan49]

bello, muy emotional, best wishes for u guys!

[waveman200]

Thanks for that smile on my face ...

[PartyHouse93]

MERRY XMAS TO ALL :D :D <3

[Shredderhand]

die leute einzeln sicher alles menschen wie du und ich. AUFS MILITÄR WIRD ABER GESCHISSEN!

FRIEDE FÜR DIE WELT.

[TheMalou024]

Thanks for getting me in the best Holiday Mood!!

[zacho6661]

So how's the war going?

Happy Christmas!

[hossadel]

Happy Xmas HMS Ocean