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The Drydock - Episode 334 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2025-01-25 09:00:06 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:34 - Who would you say are some outstanding leaders outside the last three great naval powers in the time the channel covers?
00:05:35 - As impressive a feat as the capture of U-505 was, how significant was the Enigma machine found aboard it?
00:07:42 - Which nation would have benefitted most from a US-style rationalisation of types?
00:13:24 - In the movie “Sink the Bismarck” during the Battle of the Denmark Straits sequence, what is the turret crewman saying as the shells and charges come up the hoist?
00:15:39 - Would the WW2 German Capital ships have been more useful if they had been coal fired?
00:18:27 - How did the implementation of the cure for scurvy affect recruitment in the Royal Navy?
00:20:32 - In the 20th century specifically, how extensively were overseas Royal Navy bases such as Gibraltar, Malta, Alexandria and Port Said, Singapore, etc., built up in comparison with bases in the UK proper?
00:25:56 - Define a 'light battleship'?
00:31:21 - Are the Nevada's twin and triple turrets the same size?
00:32:31 - The Battle of Lake Tanganyika?
00:37:31 - Multiple shell hits to the same section of armour?
00:41:34 - What class is this 'not-Lego' model based on?
00:43:48 - Hawke's resupply at sea system?
00:49:32 - What if the French reinforcements sent to Mers-El-Kebir reached the British fleet?
00:56:26 - Why all the confusion over the shape of the Hunley?
00:59:28 - How was damage control conducted/trained for in the early days of the electrification of capital ships?
01:02:00 - Admirals in WW2 going down with their ship?
01:05:10 - How powerful were the 11" Dahlgren's when the charges were uprated?
01:09:05 - Could the Japanese have refitted Ft. Drum with guns removed from the conversion of Ise & Hyuga to try and delay the US forces recapturing the Philippines?
01:12:41 - How were spar torpedoes deployed?
01:15:07 - Most Fenwickian naval victory?
01:21:51 - Of the major navies, what is each country's largest warship that never engaged an enemy in any manner?
01:24:58 - German code-breaking in WW2?
01:30:04 - Could con Ingenhol have brought the British to battle after the Raid on Scarborough?
01:36:48 - What were Beattie and Jellicoes criticisms of each other, what criticisms of each were fair, and which were not?
01:40:37 - Destroyers as part of a fleet screen?
01:45:20 - Rudder hard over?
01:48:25 - Fun naval facts?
01:52:41 - Could a close blockade work against Germany much after 1900 or so?
01:58:29 - Why was the RN so much more aggressive going after the Kriegsmarine than the Regia Marina?
02:05:59 - Could USS Maine have detected and fought her coal bunker fire?
02:11:12 - True battlecruiser Iowa's?
02:17:32 - Why there is so little knowledge of the Estonian submarines from the interwar period?
02:19:52 - In the RN how would midshipmen learn all the different specialties (gunnery, carpentry, sails, etc.)?
02:23:02 - How long did the British plan to starve the Japanese out in their interwar planning?
02:26:09 - The most heroic exploits of Axis ships during WWII?
02:30:00 - Diesel-electric plants on warships?
02:34:26 - Why do battleships get faster and faster?
02:41:19 - Are there ship types of either World War that were unsuccessful or unneeded in the intended role but an unexpected success in another role entirely?
02:44:17 - Boring but important battles?
02:47:36 - Why wasn't the all forward layout revisited when designing the King George V class?
02:52:10 - Which was the first warship to receive an electrical generator?
02:54:13 - How effective were armor belts once battle ranges increased?
03:00:20 - Are there any occurances of ships running completely out of fuel?
Comments
Allen Parmet
USS R-14 didn't actually run out of fuel in 1921. She was sortied for an emergency search and rescue operation without her commanding officer aboard. The boat's diesel fuel was contaminated with salt water. The acting captain saved his batteries for the final run and with 3 jury-rigged sails, 64 hours later arrived off Hilo, Hawaii with the last short leg under electric power. Naval History Magazine, August 2004 https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2004/august/r-14-under-way-under-sail
Allen Parmet
Drach's South American adventure may refer to the Chaco War (1932-1935) between two land-locked countries: Paraguay and Bolivia. Fighting was with gunboats along the Paraguay River, an important supply route for the Paraguayan forces, but also interfered with civil activities by Brazil and Argentina.
Nick Brodar
Q&A - given how easily the Kreigsmarine surface fleet was neutralized, would the Kreigsmarine been better off not building anything heavier then the Hipper class Cruisers, and instead building more U-Boats with the resources?
Ted M Jones
Here's a weird variation on a ship that performed an unexpected role: While the Independence class CVLs were important for providing extra flight decks before most of the Essex carriers arrived, they also provided the fire control equipment (intended for Cleveland class CLs) for many of the Standard battleships. Which paid dividends at Surigao Strait.
Ted M Jones
The real advantage of the battle Cruiser version of Iowa would be that she should be cheaper to operate. And post WW2 the difference between 9 and 6 16" guns would not be significant.
Ted M Jones
Has anyone else noticed how hilarious the Closed Captioning is at times. So many words the CC has no idea about.
Ted M Jones
I think you overlooked the Dutch on that first question.
