{"id":62366,"date":"2025-12-12T23:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T22:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=62366"},"modified":"2025-12-21T09:45:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:45:42","slug":"silent-night-a-short-film-inspired-by-true-events-about-christmas-on-a-destroyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/12\/12\/silent-night-a-short-film-inspired-by-true-events-about-christmas-on-a-destroyer\/","title":{"rendered":"'Silent Night', a short film inspired by true events about Christmas on a destroyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, the Ministry of Defense and Aviation has remembered every Christmas those military personnel who are far from their homes serving their country.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/02\/28\/raid-an-excellent-short-film-about-a-royal-marine-commandos-operation\/\">'Raid', an excellent short film about a Royal Marine Commandos operation<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2025\/10\/23\/the-daring-attack-by-argentine-a-4-skyhawk-aircraft-that-sank-a-british-destroyer\/\">The daring attack by Argentine A-4 Skyhawk aircraft that sank a British destroyer<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>Service in the Armed Forces is something that deserves recognition every day of the year<\/strong>, but especially at this time of year when families gather to celebrate Christmas together. The United Kingdom understands this as well. <strong>On December 3rd, the Royal Navy released an excellent video entitled \"Silent Night: On the Frontline\"<\/strong>. The short film features the English version of the world-famous Austrian carol \"Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,\" written in 1816 by Joseph Mohr, alongside <strong>images of a battle station drill on a Type 45 destroyer<\/strong>, interspersed with footage of one of its crew members' families at home on Christmas Day:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Silent Night: On the Frontline | Royal Navy Christmas Advert 2025\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L82JuLTmjSA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Royal Navy explains this video as follows: <em>\"<strong>Christmas is a time associated with being with family and friends, but every year our people miss nativity plays<\/strong>, decorating the tree, or even speaking with loved ones. <strong>Inspired by true events, Silent Night: On the Frontline follows a Royal Navy Type 45 Air Defence Destroyer on active operations on Christmas Eve.<\/strong> This film depicts the real threat of a drone attack, where the ship\u2019s company\u2019s imminent action shoots down the target with their Sea Viper Ballistic Missile system. <strong>Sometimes, you sacrifice the moments that matter the most\u2014so others can hold on to theirs.<\/strong>\"<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54980633939_360ee96bfb_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk4MDYzMzkzOSwiZSI6MTc2NTU4MTM3MCwicyI6Ijg5OTZiNjBlYTU5MTM5NjFmZTc0ZmYwNDkxMjIzN2YxM2Y0ZGZjYTkiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54980633939_24d7406949_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The destroyer HMS Duncan during Exercise Breeze 17 in the Black Sea (Photo: Royal Navy).<\/div>\n<p><strong>This video is an excellent reminder that we live in peace thanks to the men and women who watch over our security<\/strong>, making many sacrifices and spending a great deal of time away from home for a greater good: the defense of their nation. <strong>In free countries, we can never be grateful enough to these people<\/strong>, of whom we can truly say that they are the guarantors of our peace and our freedom.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54980568608_db844c6e07_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk4MDU2ODYwOCwiZSI6MTc2NTU4MTQyMiwicyI6IjFjM2ZkZjM0NzNkOTNlNzhiM2JmODg2Y2IxZTQyZWIzODI5MDJiZjMiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54980568608_faea65f977_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The destroyer HMS Darin in 2012 with a US Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter on its flight deck (Photo: Royal Navy).<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Royal Navy has six Type 45 destroyers, also known as the Daring class:<\/strong> HMS Daring (D32, in service since 2009), HMS Dauntless (D33, 2010), HMS Diamond (D34, 2011), HMS Dragon (D35, 2012), HMS Defender (D36, 2013), and HMS Duncan (D37, 2013). <strong>These ships have a displacement of 7,500 tons, a length of 152.4 meters<\/strong>, a beam of 21.2 meters, and a draft of 7.4 meters.<\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54979504132_3b5c07d2cc_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk3OTUwNDEzMiwiZSI6MTc2NTU4MTU0MSwicyI6IjExZjBiMGMyMGZlNDhhMzYxNzI5ODM3YTRlMGRiMGZhOGU3MzJlNWEiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54979504132_41f3709afe_b.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">The destroyer HMS Defender (Photo: Royal Navy).<\/div>\n<p><strong>Type 45 destroyers are specialized in air defense and heavily armed.<\/strong> Their primary defense is the Sea Viper missile system, capable of launching up to 48 MBDA Aster surface-to-air missiles from six launchers with eight cells each. <strong>Their main gun is a 4.5-inch (114 mm) BAE Systems Mk.8 mod 1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"foto_piedefoto\"><a href=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54980387281_0e1ccf96a6_o.jpg?s=eyJpIjo1NDk4MDM4NzI4MSwiZSI6MTc2NTU4MTU3NCwicyI6IjAwZTViZWRkMmE2MWEyYWI5NTVkZTdhODJjZjI1NjQ1MjI1NzgzZTkiLCJ2IjoxfQ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54980387281_b9e41b64c6_c.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"piedefoto\">A Sea Viper missile launch from the destroyer HMS Diamond in May 2017 (Photo: Royal Navy).<\/div>\n<p><strong>In addition, these ships have two 30mm Oerlikon cannons<\/strong>, two M134 Minigun rotary machine guns, two 20mm Phalanx close-in weapon systems (CIWS), and six light machine guns. <strong>At the stern, they have a flight deck and hangars capable of accommodating and operating two Westland Lynx helicopters or one AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin HM1 helicopter<\/strong>, both models with anti-ship and anti-submarine capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>---<\/p>\n<p><small>Main image: Royal Navy.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, the Ministry of Defense and Aviation has remembered every Christmas those military personnel who are far from their homes serving their country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[19534,11545],"tags":[3097,25938,10678],"class_list":["post-62366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-portada-eng","category-navy","tag-royal-navy","tag-type-45-destroyer","tag-united-kingdom"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-12 07:07:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}