The Drydock - Episode 218 (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 218

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Did the French Navy, for all of the resources placed into it, actually DO anything during the wars? 00:06:51 - Did Navies ever use or consider using shrapnel/fragmentation shells for defense against torpedo boats? 00:10:31 - Why did Drach study Civil Engineering? 00:12:01 - How exactly does one build a Sea Canal? 00:15:27 - What was the contemporary name for pre-dreadnought ships? 00:19:28 - The design process for HMS Hood? 00:20:36 - To what extent was the limiting factor of battle ranges the precision of ranging, as opposed to precision of aiming devices? 00:24:55 - What were the things that went wrong with the earlier British breech loaders? 00:32:54 - Could the Cerberus and the rest of the RVN squadron and fort Nepean have successfully done their job and defend Port Phillip Bay from a "russian squadron" ? 00:35:53 - Value of relative gun calibre? 00:39:16 - Captain Robert Fitzroy of HMS Beagle? 00:46:58 - Why are the IJN Kongo class sometimes called battleships and sometimes battle cruisers? 00:56:28 - Interwar battleship armament value? 01:02:58 - Why did BuOrd act like they did? 01:10:52 - Dunkerque/Strasbourg split?