The Drydock - Episode 114 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 114

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:32 - Kriegsmarine fire support in the Baltic in 1945 00:05:24 - Knots / Nautical Miles / Miles / Kilometers 00:08:48 - Japanese Army aircraft carriers? 00:12:35 - Have the wrecks of Glorious, Acasta and Ardent been found? 00:13:36 - Post-1860 successful boarding actions of fully ready warships? 00:15:33 - Any other relatives served in the world wars apart from on Royal Oak? 00:24:31 - Fresh water supplies in the Pacific and combat auxillaries 00:28:22 - 19th century RN plans for war with the USA? 00:35:12 - Shooting off your own guns? 00:39:09 - Turret armour vs Belt armour 00:46:56 - Italian fleet at Crete? 00:50:54 - Outside of direct combat, has a battleship ever been accidentally sunk by the crew failing to take appropriate measures to address a problem? 00:53:34 - Can you describe the geography and man-made defenses of your “perfect” naval base? Which historical ports came closest to this ideal? 01:02:32 - Best websites for naval discussion? 01:08:32 - King Neptunes Court and other traditions? 01:12:58 - Belt fed 40mm Bofors? 01:15:11 - Naval expansion in WW1/WW2 and the effect on crew quality? 01:21:25 - Weird 19th propulsion methods? 01:25:51 - The Otranto Barrage 01:30:19 - Mega-dreadnought? 01:33:02 - HMS Barham's badges and warship heraldry 01:36:05 - Battleship shell hoists 01:36:34 - Which major WW2 navy had the best gun in the 6” and 8” ranges? 01:44:26 - Long distance navigation feats 01:46:16 - Neutral merchant navies in WW2 01:51:48 - French vs German navy in WW2 without the British? 01:57:34 - Torpedo vs gun range 02:01:44 - HMS Incomparable, possible? 02:07:31 - Ships chaplains 02:10:49 - Dye in naval shells 02:14:13 - Most unusual/improbable naval engagments? 02:20:30 - How much information did non-combat engaged crewmembers (engine room personnel for example) get about what was going on in an engagement during the 1st and 2nd World Wars? 02:25:50 - 40mm vs U-Boat? 02:27:33 - Wichita AA cruiser? 02:32:52 - Merchant ship vs Warship sizes 02:36:47 - What are names given to decks in the UK and US? 02:38:56 - Torpedo battleships? 02:41:10 - RN and AH gunboats 02:45:20 - Message transmission in the Dreadnought era? 02:49:22 - What happened to the Roman fleet? 02:52:09 - USS Arkansas in WW2 02:54:45 - Captain Miles Browning, USN 02:57:52 - Frigates vs a ship of the line 03:02:39 - Why do I rate Beatty so badly? 03:09:14 - Royal Marines and the USMC 03:12:22 - Overrated warships in the early 20th century 03:18:04 - Damage to USS Yorktown at Coral Sea 03:23:11 - Grand Fleet flagship and the loss of HMS Audacious 03:28:25 - The Royal Navy and Manning the Rails 03:30:43 - Data analysis in WW1/2 03:33:40 - Most efficient machinery of WW2 battleships? 03:35:58 - Why did transom sterns not catch on much earlier in modern warship design? 03:39:13 - IJN cruisers forward turret layouts? 03:43:00 - What exactly goes into the selection of a gun caliber/bore? 03:47:40 - Damage control procedures in submarines in WW2? 03:52:20 - What do you call the fancy whistle that gets blown to call the men to attention? 03:56:10 - Damage to ships shot head-on 04:02:41 - Loading/unloading ships from the left-hand side? 04:06:21 - Operations stopped because of good weather? 04:10:00 - What is the most underrated part of the a ship that most people overlook? 04:12:59 - Emergency stop effect on ships gearing 04:18:50 - How do the very diverse class of V Boat Submarines of the US compare to other nations interwar submarines? 04:22:23 - When it was evident that France was going to fall in WWII why did the French just not send their naval assets to UK or US ports? 04:28:48 - Channel Admin and Website Update An archive of Drydock Questions and free naval photos - www.drachinifel.co.uk Model ships of many periods - http://store.warlordgames.com?aff=21 Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt Want to get some books? www.amazon.co.uk/shop/drachinifelDrydock