The Drydock - Episode 163 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 163

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:37 - Would the Tillman designs and other 20' armed ships actually have become a legitimate ship built and used had it not been for the Washington and London naval treaties? 00:03:16 - What is your favorite warship that served in WWII that is NOT from the 5 washington treaty signers (including RCN and RAN as kinda "part" of RN) nor from Germany? 00:05:27 - Can you sum up the damages HMS Vailant received when her drydock collapsed in 43? 00:07:46 - Were armored conning towers ever a good idea? 00:12:23 - When did it beome generally illegal to mount military grade wrapons on a private vessel? 00:18:02 - Is it possible to convert a distributed armour scheme to an all-or-nothing scheme? Were all-or-nothing schemes considered by Britain and Germany for their Dreadnoughts/battle cruisers pre the launch of the Nevada class? 00:22:39 - What is you favorite heroic act of an individual serving on a warship? 00:25:16 - In the run up to WW1 Germany decides not to try to match the British Grand Fleet and instead just builds a small costal defense fleet. Is there anything the Royal Navy could do to significantly impact the outcome now that it doesn't have a large enemy fleet to worry about? 00:28:23 - Why did nations not just totally cheat or just walk away from The Washington Naval Treaty - who was going to say you cheating and enforce the rules? 00:34:30 - What under the treaties counted as disarming/decommissioning/rendering no longer war like, a ship? 00:36:55 - Who do you think would win and arms race determined by number of hulls between the U.S. Navy at its peak (late WW2 era?) and the Royal Navy at it's peak. (build up to WWl era?) 00:41:13 - Fuel for ships galleys 00:44:12 - Upgrades/Modernisations that did not work aesthetically? 00:47:20 - Given the penny-pinching character of Congress in the late 19th century, did the USN consider adopting a jeune ecole fleet mix in the 1890s as a strictly coastal defense force? 00:49:08 - What does CV mean? 00:53:33 - Out of all the ships the Allies and Axis deployed to Southeast Asian/Indian Ocean waters in 1940-41, which did the most damage to the opposing war machine? Was any ship/crew/captain able to effectively replicate what von Muller did with the Emden in 1914? 00:56:32 - How did all guns forward shorten the belt? 01:07:05 - Channel Admin / Tankfest / Upcoming Book 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