The Drydock - Episode 127

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:33 - Was Operation Rheinübung doomed to fail from the beginning?

00:08:28 - Assessing WW2 in light of Axis war crimes

00:19:23 - After producing some of he best sailing warships in the world, what happened to the French design process that they mismanaged so many steam warship?

00:28:27 - "Splice the Mainbrace"

00:31:17 - Preferred postings in the Age of Sail?

00:38:06 - Fastest ship in WW2?

00:40:11 - Interwar cruiser and destroyer designs?

00:51:18 - Can you give a brief overview over the anti-submarines tactics developed in the interwar period (especially the 1920s)?

00:53:39 - Have their been any warships that spent more time in refit/repair than actual service by a significant margin?

00:55:58 - How were guns aimed and fired when central fire control was used?

00:59:45 - Top 5 most obnoxious efforts at stretching treaty requirements during the treaty era?

01:08:11 - Major naval battle in 1914/15?

01:16:10 - How much technical information exchange was there between the USN and the RN as compared to the Axis?

01:20:26 - What was the relationship between Oliver Cromwell and the Royal Navy like?

01:22:38 - USS Sable and Wolverine

01:26:29 - F2A Buffalo, not as bad as first thought?

01:32:26 - What’s the deal with the word “Caliber”?

01:41:19 - Why didn't battleships get lower and lower freeboards as turrets became more heavily armoured?

01:46:27 - Largest naval shell loaded by hand?

01:49:12 - Why not the Jeune Ecole?

01:56:51 - What ship had the best chance at surviving if it was put in the place of the cruiser Blücher?

01:59:30 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of exotic fuel?

02:05:06 - Shell storage

02:07:32 - Why Incomparable?

02:15:28 - WW2 large ship boarding actions?

02:22:32 - Battle Damage resistance of ships powerplants?

02:25:34 - Ships propellors

02:33:08 - Ratio of different ship types?

02:43:23 - Battle of the River Plate tactics

02:47:30 - IJN torpedo 'turrets'

02:49:15 - What makes a 'good' or 'bad' naval gun?

02:55:48 - Salvaged gold and shell speeds

03:06:23 - What would be your shortlist for best peacetime admirals?

03:10:26 - The legend of HMS Cockchafer

03:19:15 - Smokescreens

03:23:35 - Fuzeless shells?

03:27:26 - Kantai Kessen and defensive naval war

03:32:09 - Age of sail gun trunnions

03:34:48 - Risk of losing the Doolittle Raid carriers?

03:39:10 - U-Boats on the Great Lakes?

03:42:31 - What was the most important factor in CVs surpassing BBs as the primary striking power of the fleets?

03:49:56 - What happened to steel from warships that were broken up?

03:53:57 - Crane Ship No.1

03:57:02 - Torpedos and Devastators at Midway

03:58:53 - Mass of bunker fuel

04:02:36 - Why is Tirpitz not a war grave?

04:09:24 - IJN destroyer flotillas

04:15:16 - Post-service used for materials used in warships?

04:20:24 - Swedish gun-sloops of the 18th century

04:24:20 - Covert-ops subs of WW2

04:33:26 - Fluyt's

04:36:42 - Raw bows and bow waves

04:39:42 - The Polish battleship 'Paris'

04:41:58 - Teach me to be a pirate

04:48:42 - HMS Hood loss/refit

04:53:27 - British purchases of foreign ships in British yards

04:57:51 - USN crew training in WW2?

05:00:39 - Where there any battles where fleets had to retreat because they run out of ammo not from damage?

05:03:13 - Age of Sail arcs of fire

05:07:13 - Freidnly fire and AA guns in WW2

05:12:08 - Legendary ships and their reputation in WW2?

05:16:25 - The Russian 45mm AA gun

05:21:58 - Channel Admin





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