The Drydock - Episode 183 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 183

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:33 - How significant was Admiral Suffren's Indian Ocean campaign? 00:05:41 - Poor communication to the RN in WW1? 00:13:08 - Was the High Seas Fleet offered passage to Canada? 00:17:19 - HMS Vanguard - Royal Yacht 00:19:46 - Best armoured cruiser? 00:25:00 - What is the maximum size the Royal Navy could grow to before HM Treasury yells enough and goes no more during the 20th century? Say around 1914 and 1939 respectively? 00:32:19 - Being buried with your ship? 00:34:58 - What ship or class would you consider to be the last true gunfighter? 00:37:33 - Do arms limitations treaties work? 00:45:10 - How many depth charges to sink a submarine? 00:47:23 - WW1 AA instalations 'for morale purposes'? 00:51:40 - What were the factors going into the decision of whether or not to razze a warship? 00:58:02 - How effective were the various and unusual non-ferrous armours against increasingly deadly shot and shell fire in the 19th and early 20th centuries? 01:03:15 - Automatic 3" AA as a secondary anti-surface gun? 01:05:12 - Why did it take so long for stockless anchors to become widespread? 01:09:57 - Warship horns and signals 01:13:52 - Who paid for merchant ships that were lost during WW1 and WW2? 01:16:50 - Have you noted a change in the way questions are asked over time? Have people learned or adapted to have their questions answered the 'way they want it' or to forestall certain answers? 01:19:34 - Would you and/or Mrs Drach consider participating in some kind of firearms match like USPSA with one of the firearms you will be exploring in the naval small arms special during your trip to the colonies? 01:20:51 - Were the Japanese able to conduct underway replenishment in ‘41 or did they have to find a nice, protected inlet or atol for the the ships to transfer supplies? 01:23:13 - In 1939/40 could the FAA have launched a attack on the main german fleet strength, Taranto style. 01:26:48 - What in your opinion are the wacky tactics that were dreamed up (e.g jamming monitors turret with a metal bar, anti-submarine Hanmers and the use of the Unrotated projectile launcher to name a few) would/might have been somewhat effective despite their wacky nature? 01:35:22 - What emphasis was given to the speed/range of merchant marine/fleet auxiliaries during naval history? 01:40:02 - Were all the compounds used in the bursting charge equal? 01:44:37 - Drydock practices 01:51:58 - Did a coal bunker fire sink RMS Titanic? 01:56:25 - Railway tracks on ships? 02:01:15 - What would the Kido Butai use as escorts if the Kongo's were actually refitted as battleships? 02:03:39 - Protection of steering/propulsion in the inter-war period? 02:08:16 - IJN Yukikaze and long lived warships 02:11:30 - Which version of the German navy had the most strength compared to its peers, the Imperial German Navy of WWI or the Kriegsmarine of WWII? 02:14:40 - What was the state of the Soviet Baltic fleet in the late 1930? 02:20:24 - Where and how were the ACACIA class sloops of the WW1 emergency programme most often deployed and in what roles? 02:22:44 - Why did the US keep using the super-heavy shell? 02:31:23 - Theoretical British Empire retaining the USA 02:39:13 - When did navies recognize the importance of onboard recreation for sailors and implement it systematically? 02:43:23 - With the switch to steam, what became the most difficult "rank and file" job to fill on shipboard? 02:47:02 - Which Admiral, if they died prior to WW1, would have had the greatest effect on their navy? 02:50:47 - Metal fatigue on ships? 02:59:41 - ould you talk a bit about the distribution of known oil reserves in the late 30s/early 40s, and Japan's options in that regard? 03:06:05 - What chose the 4 Essex class that are preserved over the others? 03:09:08 - How effective were the anti-shipping units based at Malta? 03:15:08 - How would each of the US standard classes do against a Bismarck or Scharnhorst? 03:21:16 - How fast do ships sink once they slip beneath the surface? 03:24:51 - If the QE's and R's had been built with small tube boilers so their speeds are 28ish knots and 25ish knots respectively how do you see this effecting future designs. For example do you think the Nelson's would still be 23 knots and what about kg5's and other nations designs. How could this change WW2?