This afternoon the Royal Navy hosted a ‘live Twitter chat’ with Captain Simon Petitt from HMS Queen Elizabeth.
Live Q&A session with Capt Simon Petitt @RoyalNavy from 1400-1500 #askQnlz pic.twitter.com/VOuJuwghix
— HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) October 7, 2015
Questions raised from the trivial to the very interesting including this gem from yours truly;
#askQnlz Will there be a reference card for working out deck length in double decker buses and fuel tank capacity in swimming pools issued
— Think Defence (@thinkdefence) October 7, 2015
Am on holiday, don’t expect anything too serious!
Social media engagement is an important strand of the MoD’s engagement strategy and I thought this was done really well.
Many of the questions were not answered within the hour and of course, there were questions that were difficult or impossible to answer within the bounds of policy compliance and security, but on the whole, they were answered with humour and openness. The hash tag search page took a while to update which meant that it looked like most of the questions were not answered within the hour but tracking the individual questions revealed a range of answers.
.Good question, well asked. To be honest I dont know – its not been laid yet. sorry.#askQNLZ https://t.co/IQIQpci1Uu
— HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) October 7, 2015
.We sail late 2016 for sea trials. Vessel acceptance late 2017, in Portsmouth earlier that year https://t.co/5kIYSxZ551
— HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) October 7, 2015
We have operating theatre, ward, high dependency beds, dental surgery, GP and pharmacy. Role 2 plus capable.#askQNLZ https://t.co/tl4XaHdZ8e
— HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) October 7, 2015
Not at the moment but I have no doubts that we will look at this very soon – we have the space. #askqnlz https://t.co/h8uVQLvRVg
— HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) October 7, 2015
We are a lean manned ship, so it will need to be short words! #askqnlz https://t.co/13IqTpuAYe
— HMS Queen Elizabeth🇬🇧 (@HMSQNLZ) October 7, 2015
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All good stuff I think.