The Drydock - Episode 168 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 168

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:44 - Did India have a separate navy like Australia or Canada? 00:02:48 - Preferred qualities of ship captains? 00:11:23 - Are Kongo's battleships or battlecruisers? 00:17:07 - Why did the Japanese lose the Guadalcanal campaign when it seems to be the kind of fighting the IJN was designed for? 00:24:52 - What did the Russians gain from their post-WW2 prize ships? 00:27:38 - How do you salvage a ship like Leonardo da Vinci? 00:30:18 - Were the Italian battleship rebuilds a waste of time and money? 00:35:30 - Why so many battleships randomly exploding? 00:41:30 - The theory was that large 6-inch gun cruisers could match large 8-inch gun cruisers (assuming they were all roughly Treaty-bound cruisers) through higher rates of fire and more numerous shells per salvo. Do you think this theory held up in WWII, or was it never proven one way or another? 00:44:59 - What are some good/authoritative sources for ship paint schemes and appearances through time? 00:49:09 - What are the best/funniest instances of naval bureaucratic warfare among the European powers? 00:54:00 - Is there a realistic alternate history where the French win or draw at the Battle of the Nile? Was the "floating fortress" strategy so flawed that it couldn't have worked, or was Nelson's victory less assured that has been assumed since? 00:57:45 - When did private warships die away? 01:02:04 - Why did the German's persist with sliding breech blocks on warships? 01:05:05 - Channel Admin 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