The Drydock - Episode 050 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 050

00:00:18 - Channel Admin 00:02:05 - Sources for Galena and Leitha videos 00:03:20 - Parrott or Dahlgren? 00:06:17 - Kirishima vs South Dakota without Washington? 00:08:24 - How to fix Galena? 00:11:08 - Gradual decrease in liferafts and boats on US ships in WW2? 00:14:49 - Who had the best monitor in the 1860's and the World Wars? 00:19:07 - Did you like hungarian food? 00:19:50 - What were the limiting factors which prevented air power from becoming the decisive element in naval warfare in these early years, and how were they overcome? 00:26:36 - Who scored the longest range hit in naval history, Warspite or Scharnhorst? 00:27:51 - Long barrells = bad for AA? 00:32:03 - With the advanced anti-aircraft batteries on the Bismark, how is it that they were unable to shoot down any of the swordfish torpedo bombers? 00:33:28 - 16" rounds passing through Bismarck? 00:35:57 - What if Yamato survived the war? 00:40:09 - Was the increased cost and production time for ironclads and then battleships the principle reason Navies seemed so reluctant to engage each other after the age of sail? 00:46:40 - Would it be legal/possible to turn a modern barge into a warship by simply putting a brick that contains missiles/sensors/most of the crew/ etc.? 00:49:03 - Mutual-kill Denmark Strait? 00:53:21 - What would have happened if Tirpitz had been available and had sortied instead of Scharnhorst for the battle of North Cape? 00:55:34 - Washington Treaty-only what if? Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt Music - https://youtu.be/1Zzqio6jPRQ Want to get some books? - www.amazon.co.uk/shop/drachinifel Drydock Episodes in podcast format - https://soundcloud.com/user-21912004