The Drydock - Episode 171 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 171

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Would using ship biscuit as a form of armor work? 00:02:26 - Out of all of the food related technology/nutritional advances, which was the most influential/important? 00:05:36 - Is it true that grog and rum weren’t ubiquitous, being replaced by things like wine when it was what was locally available? 00:07:52 - Where was the mic when you were eating the salted beef and the hardtack/glass? 00:09:18 - The importance of saltpetre in preserving meat 00:11:42 - How would local time affect ships meal times? We're they eaten at meal times compared to local solar noon, or kept at meal times in the UK? 00:14:21 - How did turret crews on the larger main batteries prevent serious injury from blast effects? 00:18:15 - If you were in charge of German ship design what would you do make German naval anti aircraft defense up to par or superior to their allied contemporaries? 00:21:14 - What would the outcome have been if the Bismarck had gone against the Richelieu in battle? 00:23:42 - How does a nation justify a ship that can only fire 4 shots per hour and what use does that abysmal rate of fire have in a conflict? 00:26:11 - When, and why, did the terminology used for identifying naval weapons change? 00:34:21 - How protected are strategic waterways in times of war? 00:38:51 - How formidable would the Vasa have been if her stability issue had been addressed and solved before her ill-fated and all-too short maiden/only voyage? 00:42:51 - Why was it so hard to get speed over thirty knots? 00:48:25 - How did submarines and aircraft identify enemy submarines as foe as opposed to friend? 00:52:37 - You mentioned that Nelson was considered for a post war refit, what would this have looked like, can you guess what her post refit service would have been? 00:59:26 - How were battleship guns fired? 01:00:41 - Was the Spanish 140 gun 1st rate Trinidad to much ship to be combat effective? 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