The Drydock - Episode 308 (Part 1) (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 308 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:33 - Drop in boiler numbers in WW1 designs? 00:03:16 - What would you say are the advances in technology that moved ships into what we think of as the age of sail? 00:10:24 - Would turbo-electric drives have fallen out of use without the naval treaties? 00:17:30 - What letter grade (A,B,C,D,F)do the major navies of World War Two receive on a report card? 00:29:45 - How did the US Frigates in the War of 1812 cause so many problems when the British had ships of the line? 00:34:23 - KGV's with 15"/42's? 00:40:35 - A-150/Super-Yamato sources? 00:43:11 - Are there other types of submarines other than the Holland type? If so, how do they differ? 00:45:29 - Canadian battleships in WW1? 00:55:00 - What is an 'F-Lighter'? 00:57:54 - Midway with only 2 US carriers? 01:03:35 - What were the downsides of the Italian 12" rebuild to 12.6" other than accuracy? 01:07:03 - Why did the Imperial Japanese Navy refuse to take possession of the German dreadnoughts awarded to them by the Treaty of Versailles? 01:09:49 - Cruiser/Carriers? 01:16:27 - Endymion/President chase? 01:20:38 - What is the difference between a dreadnought and a super-dreadnought? 01:23:26 - Was USS West Virginia's gunnery at Surigao Strait the best battleship gunnery ever? 01:28:27 - How did the Japanese transport the Russians warships back to Japan after they captured Port Arthur and defeated the 2nd Pacific Squadron? 01:29:48 - Superposed/Two-Story Turrets? 01:34:21 - Kongo class aircraft carrier? 01:40:56 - How important were Krupp and Armstrong? 01:44:50 - Considering your background in engineering, what is from an engineering quality perspective, your favourite ship? 01:49:33 - Was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935 a triumph or a tragedy? 01:56:24 - A-150 20" guns? 02:00:59 - Had the US Army 120 mm Gun M1 been navalized, do you think it had made a good naval gun? How might it have fared against 5"/38 mark 12 and 5"/54 mark 16 guns? 02:04:13 - When a ship was using forced draft, how much of a pressure difference was there between the engine room and neighboring spaces? 02:07:39 - Evaluation of Admiral Tryon? 02:12:09 - Overgunned ships in the Age of Sail? 02:19:16 - How were bronze cannon originally made, did this change in the age of sail, and how did it differ from the construction of early iron cannon? 02:22:00 - Quality of Italian Engineering in WW2? 02:27:07 - How hectic was a battleships plotting room/CIC in action? 02:30:53 - Why was Eagle successful and Bearn was not? 02:35:39 - Could you please explain the differences between the “Yarrow boiler”, “Babcock&Wilcox boiler”, “Admirality three-drum boiler”, “Japanese Kampon boiler” in the first half of the 20th century, especially post WW1? 02:40:56 - How did the smoke from the coal powered ships affect the sails when applicable? 02:43:20 - "Obscure" nations taking part in Operation Neptune? 02:46:40 - When did the combination of floating dock and selfpropelled came about? 02:48:10 - In all 300+ episodes of the Drydock, is there a question you’ve been waiting for someone to ask because you know it has a cool answer? 02:50:10 - The story of HMS Newport at the Suez Canal opening? 02:54:00 - What caused French millitary thinking in the late 19th century? 02:59:32 - Even bigger IJN carrier than the Shokaku's?