The Drydock - Episode 305 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 305

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - In the period that the channel covers, at what range does hitting a target with a torpedo go from "probable" to "throw enough at a wall and some of it will stick"? 00:03:50 - Has there ever been a ship built that ended up being able to steam faster than her hull could physically handle? 00:08:26 - How did submarines with jury-rigged armaments store munitions for them? 00:10:53 - Why weere american pilots allowed to serve in Eagle squadrons while the country was neutral. But Prince Philip wasn't allowed into combat? 00:14:53 - When Philip was on the convoys to Greece, as he was second in line to the Greek throne, did his ship fly a Greek royal ensign as well? 00:16:32 - Of the ships named after prominent monarchs of various countries in the period the channel covers which one do you think honored it's namesake the most? 00:18:45 - Why did the navy choose Dahlgrens over Parrott rifles? 00:21:01 - In the 1870s, would there have been any benefit to creating a hybrid of a Whitehead and a Howell torpedo? 00:23:29 - Why are Submarines referred to as Boats? 00:25:13 - Do you think that a cone shaped solid shot at one end could have penetrated the confederate ironclad with the same amount of powder? 00:28:36 - How effective could Greek fire have been in the post-byzantine era, and into the age of sail? 00:32:02 - What was the biggest contribution to the loss of USS Hornet? 00:35:47 - Did the IJN in WW2 operate with smaller destroyer screens, by percentage of their task force size, than the RN or USN? If so was this a force size or operational policy issue? 00:39:03 - Wing turrets or wing engines? 00:42:33 - Who do you think had the better plot armor, Warspite or Enterprise? 00:44:30 - Covering 1950-1960 history? 00:52:00 - Did older guns get more effective in the interwar period? 00:53:53 - Why were the IJN so thorough in destroying Yamato documentation? 00:56:43 - How would other navies have handled the kamikaze threat?