The Drydock - Episode 223 (Part 2) (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 223 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:25 - A more naval second Punic War? 00:05:48 - Would a USN heavy cruiser sink to the same attacks that sunk Helena and Phoenix? 00:10:20 - Where did the Japanese obsession with divided forces come from in the 1920s and 1930s? 00:14:30 - How did the admiralty keep track of its ships during the later age of sail, for example during the Napoleonic wars? 00:18:30 - The sinking of UB-68 00:21:33 - Where would Yamato’s 41 cm gun outside the Yamato museum hit if fired? 00:23:29 - Recessed gun in British triple 6" turrets? 00:24:52 - Imperial Germany building to a Franco-Russian Two-Power Standard? 00:28:53 - How economically viable are large museum ships in the future? 00:36:18 - At their current range, could any of the USS Olympia's guns penetrate USS New Jersey's belt? 00:38:24 - Who was the first admiral in the Royal Navy to have a ship named after him? 00:40:57 - In hindsight, would the Nelsons have been better ships if they had been armed with nine BL 15-inch Mk I naval guns in three turrets? 00:44:48 - Build times of CV-8 and CV-9? 00:49:37 - Torpedo boats for the Philippines? 00:51:48 - AA Omaha refit? 00:56:21 - What role did Nemesis and her sisters ordered by the secret committee play in the development of British ironclad? 01:01:07 - Which one of your videos so far makes you feel proud the most? Which one has surprised you the most in terms of its success and which topic that comes up repeatedly irritates you most? 01:11:44 - HMS Duke of Kent 01:17:33 - Given that the 700 ton sloop HMAS Yarra was designed to crew a maximum of 160, and given that the average weight of a WW2 soldier was 150lbs (probably closer to 200 kitted out)… how on earth did the Yarra not sink or capsize after she rescued 1805 troops from the SS Empress of Asia? 01:20:28 - Was HMS Hood the best ship in the interwar period? 01:25:25 - The last days of the war for Nagato? 01:27:45 - What would have happened if the royal navy had attacked the Russian second pacific squadron? 01:32:37 - Where there any other surface units who theoretically could have made it to the Battle of Samar? 01:34:36 - Have you played or do you intend to play the PC game Battlefleet: Gothic Armada 2? 01:37:01 - Thoughts on a book on the WNT? 01:42:05 - The HMS Amphitrite mutiny and the Admiralty's response? 01:47:21 - How were WW2 Royal Navy pilots and aircrew berthed? 01:52:14 - Can you talk about the shift of best aircraft carrier by year from 1920 to 1940? 01:57:03 - Anchor cleaning? 02:02:36 - When doing research, what process do you use to determine a source's credibility? Also, what types of sources do you most enjoy reading? 02:11:33 - Was there a period where the underdog outbuilt the major power in the 1900-1930 period? 02:15:23 - By 1945 what were the best radar sets (in terms of power, range, resolution, accuracy etc) for each type of radar - surface search, air search, fire control?