The Drydock - Episode 140

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:39 - Markings on turrets

00:03:09 - If the domestic enemy for the IJN was the IJA and USN's main enemy was US Congress what was the RN's main enemy that wasn't a foregin power?

00:07:22 - How would you rank the torpedoes of each Navy in WW2?

00:14:31 - Age of Sail ship ratings

00:23:19 - What classified documents are you most looking forward to be being declassified and further to that will any controversial information come to light in the sinking of HMS Glorious?

00:28:26 - The B-Bomb

00:34:47 - The 'start' of the Russian Navy

00:39:22 - If the RAN had operated an Ark Royal class aircraft carrier in World War Two, what engagements would it have been involved with and what aircraft would it have operated?

00:44:28 - Where exactly did the term “Frigate” originate and how?

00:47:58 - Can you explain the main changes made to HMS Dreadnought that made it worthy of considering it the start of a new era of warships?

00:49:50 - Pro's and Con's of triple vs 3 gun turrets?

00:53:04 - Bismarck class vs. Yamato class. Which country got more use or value out of these two classes of ships as compared to the other class between Germany and Japan?

00:59:19 - Could the Habakkuk ice ships been useful in the Pacific in the later stages of the war ?

01:02:04 - At what point does it make sense to use an HE shell against a target over an (S)AP shell?


01:06:14 - Channel Admin


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