The Drydock - Episode 232 (Part 2) (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 232 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - Why do British naval officers have loops on their uppermost rank bar on their dress coats and US officers do not? 00:02:54 - Consequences if the British continue construction of the rest admiral class to Hoods Improved Design? 00:10:32 - In the Royal Navy during the age of sail who was the "Sailing master", what were his duties and how did someone become one? 00:14:38 - During WW II how advanced was the understanding and measurement of metallurgy? 00:19:42 - Did the other navies aside from the USN use as many diverse camouflage schemes or change them as frequently? 00:24:38 - Potential concentration of fire technique? 00:31:44 - How exactly do you do quality control for charge bags and shells? 00:36:00 - Why are Royal Navy pennant numbers so confusing? 00:40:39 - Do you think that Bismarck and Prinz Eugen should have disregarded the explicit order given by naval commend and should have gone after Prince of Wales after Hood has been sunk? 00:45:56 - Why are ships generally held to be female, named after women and have women as figureheads, but it was considered bad luck to bring a woman aboard a ship? 00:50:37 - Was the Long Lance worth it? 00:53:58 - If the war in the Pacific had lasted into 1946, what is a reasonable date for HMS Vanguard to be completed, fully worked up, and fit for service in the Pacific? Could she have arrived in the Pacific in time to take part in Operation Coronet? 00:56:20 - How did they cut planks / timber for age of sail ships? Were different sawing methods used depending on where the wood was to be used in the ship? Was quarter sawing actually used? 00:58:34 - In hindsight, should fleet destroyers have been split into different types for different roles, or was it feasible to make them truly multipurpose for anti-aircraft, anti-submarine, and anti-surface? 01:01:15 - Safe places to hide on a battleship? 01:03:02 - Are there any programs like GUPPY done on other nations submarines? 01:04:13 - What explanation did Admiral Halsey give for his reaction to the "The World Wonders" signal? 01:06:22 - Impact of a second 'scrap the lot' order? 01:10:30 - What was the difference between Action Stations and General Quarters in the Royal Navy? 01:12:16 - What would Colorado have looked like if full modernised? 01:14:38 - Were rifle caliber machine guns ever fitted on capitol ships as anti-boarding weapons? 01:16:15 - How were radio controlled target ships used during the interwar period? 01:19:03 - The Russian Navy in the Black Sea in WW1? 01:22:04 - How would an uninterrupted South American Dreadnought Arms Race has worked out? 01:28:31 - There is the reasonably well known Christmas Day ceasefire and game of football in WW1. Are there any similar naval Christmas truces, gift exchanges or similar that you are aware of? 01:30:49 - Logistics craft as the largest craft in a navy? 01:32:58 - RN ships with 'super-charges'? 01:38:16 - Naval Attachés taking a combat/leadership role in a time of need? 01:42:10 - Why was "Arkhangelsk" in such poor condition? 01:45:31 - Some of the early US pre-dreadnoughts used 13" main guns, but then the US moved down to 12" guns in their later pre-dreadnoughts and early dreadnoughts. Why go with a smaller caliber? 01:49:43 - Prize money if you aren't on a ship anymore? 01:52:23 - Relative values of the QE's and Renown's vs Fuso's and Kongo's? 01:57:16 - Would the RN have used the SIGSALY system if WW2 had continued? 01:59:01 - Where would the pub gun in Portsmouth land?