The Drydock - Episode 173 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 173

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:44 - Which navy had the best pre-dreadnought designs? 00:06:22 - Why go through the trouble of raising a sunk ship just to shoot it. I understand the importance of training. But wouldn't a nice patch of jungle work? 00:08:38 - How would you rank the super dreadnought classes on their quality and their effectiveness both on paper and in practice? 00:16:49 - What happens if a ship (preferably talking about a capital ship) fails it's sea trials? And also, would the outcome/reaction to a ship failing sea trials be different between a lead ship of a class and a subsequent ship of the same class? (So between KGV and Duke of York for example) 00:22:45 - Why do you think the evolutionary process from casement to turret took so long, when turrets have such an obvious advantage on arc of fire? What other pros and cons were at play between the two systems? 00:27:02 - How useful were the secondary turrets in the centreline as on the Yamato class and on some American classes such as Des Moines class? Why were they so rare? 00:31:15 - What was the biggest possible Ship Of The Line? More than three gun decks, more than four masts, and so on. 00:34:41 - Why was there so much difference in armor for the treaty cruisers? 00:41:30 - Boiler/Funnel Descaling system 00:46:18 - Was there any talk between the Pacific and Atlantic theaters in regards to submarine warfare? 00:50:07 - USN inter-war rebuilds? 00:53:50 - The Battle Cruisers under Beatty took various measures to increase their rate of fire, these measures were quite dangerous and resulted in the destruction of the Queen Mary. My question is, did those actions actually increase their rate of fire, and if so, was it a significant increase? Were there safer ways of improving rate of fire? 01:02:27 - WWII electronic warfare. US carriers had homing beacons (model YE) to help planes find their way back to the carriers; and I doubt they were the only navy with such a device. During WWII did other nations ever spoof or jam these beacons in an attempt to cause aircraft to get lost and ditch; unable to find their way back to a friendly carrier? Alternatively do you know of any instance where anyone was able to use direction finding on an enemy's homing beacon to help track down their carrier? 01:08:13 - Battleship Guns video data / US Trip Meetups 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