The Drydock - Episode 144 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 144

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:34 - Grillo class tracked motor torpedo boat 00:04:25 - Why are funnels and masts sometimes raked? 00:08:11 - What actually killed Chokai? 00:11:32 - Counter to proximity fuses? 00:14:23 - Warships disguised as civillian vessels? 00:18:29 - The Royal Navy was in the habit of using biblical quotes in messages sent between ships, just how common was the practice? 00:21:54 - How large were the strips of armor plate for a battleship’s main armored belt? 00:23:54 - Why was the Duke of Medina Sidonia chosen to command the Spanish Amanda and were there any better alternatives available for Spain? 00:27:17 - Was there ever an instance of a warship with a hexagonal, wing, or en-echelon turret arrangement engaging multiple targets to port and starboard sides simultaneously as envisioned by their designers? 00:32:05 - What were the RN and USN perspectives on anti-submarine warfare with WW2 hunter-killer groups in the Atlantic? 00:34:39 - With the full benefits of hindsight, if you were given control over Vanguards' construction what modifications would you have made to make her a more suitable/useful unit for the post-war world? 00:43:21 - Were the Barbary Pirates state sponsored or independent? 00:45:00 - Differences in operation between MTB's and PT Boats? 00:49:54 - Was Guy D’Oyly-Hughes the most incompetent naval officer of WW2? 00:51:54 - Were the British Uncle Toms, Triplex and Red Angel rockets effective against shipping during the War? 00:52:58 - If SMS Blücher was somehow only badly shot up and not sunk would it have still been with the battlecruisers come Jutland or would it have been with the fleet screen? 00:55:09 - The role of the Faroe islands in WW2? 00:57:00 - Aside from the Iowa’s what was the last battleship or gun armed cruiser that actually had a realistic chance to be reactivated? 00:58:26 - With radar being put all over the place on ships, was there any concern about radiation back in WW2? 01:00:54 - 70 calibre naval guns? 01:03:31 - Museums and the direction they are taking The_Chieftain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TqgxALKaBs German Tank Museum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Yiaf8o7vTs Forgotten Weapons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO6F9CfgMg4&t=0s 01:43:31 - What damage control methods were used by the Royal Navy during the age of sail? 01:47:58 - Improvements to armour in the WW1/WW2 period? 01:55:57 - How did navies go about finding enemy naval minefields so they knew where to send minesweepers or where to avoid sending ships? 01:58:30 - What was the standard procedure for a ship when it had to weather a storm while at sea? 02:02:04 - Why were ships often finished off by torpedos? 02:06:41 - Battlecruisers - Bad idea/philosophy or badly utilised (at Jutland)? 02:13:17 - C S Forester vs Master and Commander 02:16:59 - Explosive welding for armour plate? 02:20:27 - Japanese officers training (ref Guadalcanal) 02:25:44 - Blocking the Suez Canal? 02:28:43 - Dr Lind's clinical trials on board HMS Salisbury? 02:34:56 - High speed photography of battleship shells? 02:37:07 - How common were mutinies in the age of sail and how effective were they? 02:42:05 - Death notifications in the Age of Sail? 02:45:36 - Seaborne recoiless rifles? 02:48:15 - What if Admirals Gensoul and Godfroy were switched? 03:01:22 - Was the German use of Schleswig-Holstein to assault the Westerplatte at the begging of WW2 excessive? 03:03:00 - Did Derrflinger or Lützow sink HMS Invincible? 03:05:01 - Who bears the most responsibility for the Exercise Tiger disaster and why? 03:09:56 - Tell us some more interesting facts about smokescreens! 03:15:13 - Would the Japanese type 3 shell would have been more effective if it was developed for smaller calibers like 20mm or 40mm AA guns since the density of gunfire would be much higher? 03:18:00 - Battle of the Philippine Sea tactics? 03:24:10 - Port/Starboard islands? 03:27:44 - RN Culinary traditions? 03:29:11 - What is your “british” opinion about scuttling of H.M.S. Implacable? 03:31:57 - How did the RN battleship's 1945 radar suite differ from the 1939 version? 03:35:33 - Could Morocco have been used to control the Gibralter Straits? 03:40:04 - Effect of V1, V2 or Ohka missiles on warships? 03:44:44 - What are, in your opinion, the most successful protected cruiser and armored cruiser of their time? 03:48:43 - Were the Panamax restrictions worth it? 03:54:53 - Would the Range Clock system used by the USN in the 1920s and 30s would have been helpful at Jutland?