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  • Tom Scott Sinking Ship Simulator: The Royal Navy's Damage Repair Instructional Unit (Season 5, Episode 50)
  • TV Episode | 8 min | Documentary

Tom Scott

Sinking Ship Simulator: The Royal Navy's Damage Repair Instructional Unit (Season 5, Episode 50)
TV Episode | 8 min | Documentary
How do you train sailors to save a sinking ship? Sure, you can teach them the theory, but there's no replacement for having to hammer softwood wedges into deck and bulkhead splits that are spraying cold, high-pressure water in your face. ...See moreHow do you train sailors to save a sinking ship? Sure, you can teach them the theory, but there's no replacement for having to hammer softwood wedges into deck and bulkhead splits that are spraying cold, high-pressure water in your face. At HMS Excellent in Portsmouth sits Hazard, a Royal Navy Damage Repair Instructional Unit (DRIU). Every Navy recruit who's going out to sea will have to go through something like this -- and on a much harder level than we did. But then, they'll have had months of training and teamwork beforehand. See less
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Matt Gray
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Updated Sep 7, 2015
Release date
Sep 7, 2015 (United Kingdom)

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