The Drydock - Episode 205 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 205

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:35 - Given the Mersey was designed and built to counter the Merrimack, which ship would have won in a fight between them? 00:02:27 - How buildable and how practical to operate would a angled deck Midway be in 1942/43? 00:07:31 - US intel at Guadalcanal? 00:11:18 - There's many examples of Land based aircraft taking off from carriers. Are there any land based aircraft that have landed on carriers? And if so, how did they do? 00:14:45 - Why did none of the other powers involved seem to take any issue with given as you said 'the hilariously over the limit' HMS Hood’s existence? 00:18:00 - Did the IJN have tanks and vehicles and such? 00:19:12 - Was the sinking of the soviet submarine ShCh-305 by finnish submarine Vetehinen by ramming, the only time in history when one submarine sank another by ramming? Or did this happen more than once in history? 00:20:29 - How would the IJA have fit into the London and Washington naval treaties? 00:24:11 - Are there any facts about a certain class or ship which we’ll never know because all records were destroyed? 00:27:13 - How relevant was the Russian Navy of Peter the Great? 00:30:22 - The magazine detonations and subsequent sinkings of USS Arizona and HMS Barham were both famously caught on tape. Are there any other magazine detonations caught on film, even of smaller ships? 00:31:36 - Why did the US continue to build battleships with a top speed 21 knots when other nations had at least started to move on from that? 00:36:47 - Broadly speaking, it seems the Allies adhered to the naval treaty system right up to hostilities actually being declared. Was that actually the case and was there any formal "we're abandoning now" from the US, UK, and/or France? 00:39:43 - How effective were the Corvettes in their ASW role? 00:43:41 - What are the best books for information on HMS Tiger (1913) Battlecruiser? 00:45:10 - Was the limitation on new construction a mistake in the Washington Naval Treaty? 00:54:44 - Could it be said that while Hannibal was a good general he was a bad admiral? 00:55:57 - Are there any examples where you can visit both a museum ship and something it has shot? 00:58:12 - What is a Wellerman? 01:00:06 - IJN carrier designs and the effect on doctrine? 01:03:41 - Channel Admin / Personal Matters