The Drydock - Episode 232 (Part 1) (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 232 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - Why did breech-loading take so long to transistion from small arms to ships guns? 00:05:14 - What do you consider the most promising naval project sunk by admirals (or possibly generals from other branches) trying to get those resources for their own pet projects? 00:10:05 - John Jellicoe and his burshes with death 00:16:05 - Ancient curved stern-posts? 00:20:33 - CORRECTION TO PREVIOUS DRYDOCK - Ancient building techniques 00:22:36 - What typically happens to a ship and its crew when it is interned by a neutral power, such as the Imperial Russian cruiser Aurora when it arrived in U.S.-controlled Manila following the Battle of Tsushima? 00:27:31 - What's on the main mast of a WW1 German battleship/cruiser? 00:29:47 - New battleship penetration tables by Bill Jurens 00:37:07 - In the eras when visual sighting were dominant for spotting and gunnery, could a crafty time-travelling captain make use of Vantablack in any creative ways for concealment or camouflage? 00:40:45 - Small or unusual items with an impressive feat or quite the story? 00:44:02 - How well would aircraft from various nations operate on foreign carriers for example Japanese aircraft operating from U.S carriers and so on? 00:48:10 - Naval wargame of Operation Sealion? 00:50:54 - Movable dockyard cranes? 00:55:37 - Was Penang in then-occupied Malaya the only port in World War Two shared by all three major Axis navies i.e. the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Kriegsmarine and the Regia Marina? 00:57:18 - Did navies ever consciously design destroyers/cruisers/battleships to look similar to each other to confuse visual identification? 01:01:39 - What happened that changed the relationship between France and England? 01:09:49 - In the early Cold War would it have made sense to keep one of the Oakland subclass of the Atlanta class in USN service to serve as a floating test bed for new weapons development? 01:12:45 - How much time would be needed to prepare Pearl Harbour for attack? 01:17:16 - What difference could high speed cargo ships make in WW1 and WW2? 01:21:51 - Fleet organization over time 01:28:30 - Do you believe that alternate history has a place in the historical world with the understanding its more of a bridge to expand the historical community or should be snuffed out? 01:41:05 - Sails going one way, flags another? 01:45:14 - Broadside on and citadel penetration? 01:50:38 - Besides code breaking, did the American and British military conduct any sort of intelligence gathering in Japan pre WW2? 01:53:24 - What is your favorite battle of the Anglo Dutch wars? 01:54:39 - Yamato AA shells? 01:59:19 - Tell us about Maurice Thompson? 02:07:30 - Ratio of crew lost per merchant sunk in WW2? 02:11:33 - In storms, how much is the speed loss and how does it affect ships of different sizes? 02:17:29 - Range in WW1/WW2? 02:22:42 - Many WWI-era battleships had secondary batteries housed in casements. Experience showed that the casements were often flooded and inoperable in a seaway. The designers were smart, so what unexpected factor led them to adopt this design approach? 02:27:21 - What do we know of the Chola invasion of Srivijaya in 1025 and the shape of Naval Warfare in the far east before the arrival of Europeans? 02:30:44 - Just how much could a crew do to repair an age of sail frigate by putting ashore, say in South America and cutting down trees and such? 02:34:02 - If Japan had agreed to the 2nd London Naval Treaty, what do you think a treaty compliant Japanese battleship design would have looked like? 02:37:52 - Film of Admiral Nelson? 02:41:26 - Who do you think put more post-war effort in attempting to white-wash some of their more questionable wartime decisions, Admiral Beatty or Admiral Halsey? 02:45:16 - If the Interwar navies had access to modern Diesel engines (50-55 % brake efficiency and 30-100 W/kg depending on size), would these have been a workable alternative to steam turbines and if so for what ship classes? 02:48:49 - What would the likely outcome have been if the Germans had stood and fought in the action off Lofoten? 02:53:26 - Unusual tactics to counter unusual weapons? 02:58:07 - Could you talk a little more about the incident where 6th Battle Squadron (with US battlewagons) nearly led the Grand Fleet into battle against the High Seas Fleet in WWI?