The Drydock - Episode 136 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 136

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:39 - Why did guns on protected cruisers often have no protection? 00:05:01 - Why did the New York class battleships use triple expansion engines when the Floridas and Wyomings had already switched to turbines? 00:10:09 - Which nation of the Free Navies had the best names for their warships? 00:14:16 - Why is the Union Flag flying in many of the pics of Russian warships? 00:16:22 - Did the en echelon turrets of ALL dreadnoughts(that had them) caused damage to the all of the ships? 00:19:14 - In regards to cross-deck fire, were there technical difficulties in designing ships with many centerline turrets, or was it a matter of doctrine? 00:25:35 - What year, outside of during a major war, did the British spend the most as a percent of GDP on the Royal Navy? 00:27:24 - Suppose the Austrian Fleet had sortied in early 1915 (before Italy joined the war) to try and disrupt the Anglo-French operations at the Dardanelles. Could they have achieved anything, or would it just have been a suicide charge? 00:30:21 - Why do cruisers exist? 00:34:17 - Did the 50 US destroyers sent to Britain in the ships for bases deal materially contribute to Britain's fight against the U-boats? 00:36:49 - How would you rate Hipper and Scheer's effectivness as commanders at Jutland? 00:43:12 - Considering how close to the coast the major battles of the Western Front in WW1 often were (Passchendaele, Ypres, Ostende etc) was their ever use of naval bombardment to break through the German lines in the north? 00:46:44 - Which civilians would you say have contributed the most to naval technology and development? 00:50:06 - Was there more nuance to the Roman naval strategy to defeat the Carthaginians, other than hybrid naval-land warfare? 00:52:49 - What was the RN submarine with two twin turrets? 00:57:13 - What part did navies take in the Boxer Uprising? 01:00:45 - Was there any realistic chance in the 19th and 20th centuries of China developing a sufficiently powerful naval force to deter invasions? 01:04:02 - Channel Admin / USS The Sullivans 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