The Drydock - Episode 249 (Part 2) (Patreon)

The Drydock - Episode 249 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:29 - By the dreadnought era for capital ships, where is the tipping between "this ship is sinking" and "this ship has sunk"? 00:02:00 - How did the maximum effective engagement range change over time? 00:11:15 - Effects of an underweight ship? 00:16:10 - What is the decision making process when deciding to increase shell calibre or increase gun length, and how did this lead to the procession of guns from the dreadnaught period onwards? 00:22:49 - Have you heard of the Spanish submarine the Ictineo and its inventor Narcis Monturiol? What are your thoughts on his submarine that was decades ahead of its time? 00:27:19 - 12-gun HMS Vanguard? 00:29:50 - After the invention of internal combustion engines, did any ship try to combine them with a producer gas generator? 00:32:37 - Had Admiral William Fisher lived to lead the Royal navy during WW2 what kind of impact would he have had on the Royal navy? 00:35:09 - The physics of ships vs boats leaning into and out of turns? 00:40:35 - Purpose-built Japanese torpedo cruiser? 00:42:47 - Replica's of historic ships? 00:49:04 - Which warships besides the CSS Hunley sank with all hands more than once? 00:50:59 - Why was Admiral Lütjens so hesitant to open fire at the Battle of the Denmark Strait? 00:58:35 - Kantora Shimoda and constantly getting torpedoed? 01:00:40 - Are there any Kilted naval units within the Royal Navy? 01:01:36 - Discrepancies in listed armour for ships belts? 01:07:50 - Reusing the 'Arizona' name? 01:10:15 - How big a gun to disable Yamato or Montana with HE/CPC only? 01:14:28 - Why did the British not use the 14 inch gun developed for export? Is the 13.5 inch gun significantly better? 01:17:48 - Warships 'riding the wake' of other ships? 01:20:42 - Why didn't Titanic's bulkheads include a horizontal component? 01:23:34 - Floating net to recover floatplane? 01:25:39 - Props in the bow? 01:28:39 - What's the difference between a 'quick firing' gun and it's non quick firing counterparts? How did they become quick firing? 01:31:58 - Ship expansion joints and the citadel 01:35:36 - In Muppets treasure Island, all of a sudden there is no wind and everybody is trapped on the ship. Did that happen in real life? What happened if there was no wind on sailing ships. 01:37:59 - Did any nation think of making depth charge shells? 01:40:39 - Curved hull plates on an IJN DD?