The Drydock - Episode 153 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 153

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:47 - Beards in the navy and WW1 00:05:07 - Which ship would you raise from the depths? 00:08:44 - If Glorious had been sailing with her standard compliment of aircraft, do you believe she would have stood a chance against the Scharnhorsts if she had spotted them closing in time? At least enough to get away. 00:12:07 - What is the best layout for the main armament for a capital ship? 00:16:44 - HMS Belleisle target practice 00:21:32 - Any word on your trip to America? 00:22:37 - Biggest sub killers in convoy operations? 00:24:50 - How were US Army ships/boats used during WW2? 00:27:23 - Why the Allies won and the Axis lost? 00:33:48 - Refinement of radar fidelity in WW2 00:36:52 - How was the royal navy organised at the start of WW2 and how did it differ from WW1? 00:39:55 - WW2 carrier based aircraft vs land based aircraft? 00:47:35 - Role of Malta and comparison to Gibraltar? 00:50:54 - Rotary cannon in WW2? 00:55:23 - How were main battery guns on battleships cleaned? 00:57:11 - Are submarines itegrated or seperate to the rest of the navy? 01:02:16 - Project CADILLAC 01:07:47 - Tanaka at Leyte Gulf? 01:10:34 - KW45 and KW50 warships 01:12:51 - During WWII was it possible for aircraft to carry rockets with a warhead that could badly damage or sink a capital ship? 01:16:31 - 'Crash boats' 01:22:59 - 'Chaff' at sea 01:27:58 - Warships the US built for other countries in the early 20th century 01:33:20 - How did navies decide on the number of screws in their naval designs, and why did some choose to use the triple screw layout? 01:38:35 - How long were ex-German WW1 ships kept operational? 01:46:44 - Iowa-class and nuclear shells? 01:49:03 - Why did the Germans not seek outside technical help in building up their navy in the 1930's? 01:50:00 - Why the code name USS Robin for HMS Victorious? 01:55:46 - The Polish government seemed to know by the 1930s that it faced imminent threats from the Soviet Union or the Germans, did the Polish ever have plans for a 1940s navy that involved heavy surface units or capital ships? 01:57:34 - In the movie "Master and Commander" they make a big deal about American design of the enemy ship. Is this grounded in anything? Were there American advances in shipbuilding at that time that would have impressed someone in the Royal Navy? 02:01:01 - Which WW2 capital ship had the best torpedo defense system? 02:12:39 - Ships carrying small torpedoes for their own torpedo boats 02:17:41 - Why did ironclad battleship gun calibre decrease towards the end of the 19th Century? 02:21:38 - In 1938-39 how did the French navy prepare for war with Germany and Italy? 02:25:37 - SHP, IHP, BHP, what? 02:29:45 - WW2 fleet balances with more construction capacity? 02:36:30 - Boatswain, coxswain, fill-in-the-blank swain... What the fill-in-the-blank is a swain? 02:39:42 - In the WWII era, at what ranges were the primary and secondary battleship batteries able to shift focus from just trying to hit the enemy ship to targeting specific components of the enemy ship? 00:43:48 - Who made up an average bridge watch on a warship and who was on the bridge during general quarters. And where did they put them all! 02:47:43 - Plan Orange and fleet oilers 02:53:06 - New York class and submarines 02:57:16 - What were the limitations of naval communications in WWI? 03:01:47 - Postal system in the Age of Sail? 03:04:26 - Could Amagi have been salvaged? 03:06:14 - Why were convoys resisted in WW1? 03:11:26 - How much emphasis was placed on training in personal close combat for sailors in the age of sail? And was there any PT as in modern navies, or did the hard work take care of that? 03:15:14 - How does ships machinery and armour etc cope with the ship flexing? 03:17:56 - US Armoured Cruisers 03:24:46 - Who sank more tonnage in WW1: Lothar von Arnauld de la Perière of U 35 or the entire Royal Navy? 03:26:52 - HMS Refit and Repair. Did Renown and Repulse deserve their reputation for unreliability? 03:29:03 - German WW2 decoys for U-boats? 03:32:26 - How many Allied ships were put out of action or sunk escorting the Mediterranean Convoys? 03:35:09 - How effective do you think aircraft carriers would have been in a hypothetical Anglo-American war of the late 20s/ early 30s? 03:39:28 - Was there any contemporary opposition to deploying the Invincible and Indefatigable classes of battlecruiser into the battlecruiser squadrons of the Grand Fleet, where they would reasonably be expected to encounter German battlecruisers? 03:47:57 - Burial at sea 03:50:51 - Was the sinking of the RMS Lusitania a legal act and was it justified? 03:59:33 - Why not more mines and subs between Savo and Guadalcanal?