10 Days Aboard Canada's Largest Warship That Can't Go to War

Published at : 12 Dec 2025

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Chapters:
00:00 10 Days aboard Canada's Largest Warship that Can't Go to War
01:29 Why is HMCS William Hall under-armed?
02:41 What is the Mission of the AOPV?
05:24 How Arctic Geopolitics have changed?
07:20 I Participated in a Multi-National Rescue Exercises
09:03 How I Dealt with Information Overload (Plaud AI)
10:36 Why AOPVs Carry up to 4 Months of Food?
13:36 HMCS William Hall's Icebreaking capabilities
15:50 How AOPVs Deal with Brutal Arctic Temperatures
18:38 How Come AOPVs Don't Currently Operate Helicopters?
21:44 HMCS William Hall Accommodations & Crew Comfort
24:21 Issues of AOPV Class (what went wrong?)
26:40 Replenishment At Sea (RAS) & How Steering Works on AOPVs
30:56 William Hall's Engine Room & Automation
33:25 How Does AOPV Compare to other Offshore Patrol Ships?
36:19 Waste Management on Arctic Patrol Vessels
37:36 Why AOPV is essentially a Base of Operation

Music:
Fatal Attraction (Instrumental Version) - Vicki Vox
Where the Air Is Thin - Jay Varton
Aural Imprints - Frank Jonsson
3 AM - Lennon Hutton
Nobis Ipsis - Craft Case
Informal Parameters - Charles Holme
Inbound - Brendon Moeller
I Can See Better From Here - Jay Varton
Sidelined - Dip Diet
The Light from Within - Howard Harper-Barnes
There Is No Sequel - Philip Ayers
Virginia Highway - Tigerblood Jewel
Displaced - Robert Ruth
Leaps - Jay Varton
B Positive - Jules Gaia
Checked In - Jay Varton
Particle Emission - Silver Maple
On the Trail - Tigerblood Jewel
5 Finger Discount - Mo Stacks
Keep Them for Me Until It's Over - Marten Moses
Thyone - Ben Elson
Head Games - Max Anson_2
Concealed Room - Marten Moses
Annashuwa - DEX 1200
Fun While It Lasted - Emil Axelsson

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Footage:
Royal Canadian Navy
Wix work
Irving Shipbuilding
Eltorque