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The Drydock - Episode 308 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2024-07-27 11:30:07 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - Drop in boiler numbers in WW1 designs?
00:03:16 - What would you say are the advances in technology that moved ships into what we think of as the age of sail?
00:10:24 - Would turbo-electric drives have fallen out of use without the naval treaties?
00:17:30 - What letter grade (A,B,C,D,F)do the major navies of World War Two receive on a report card?
00:29:45 - How did the US Frigates in the War of 1812 cause so many problems when the British had ships of the line?
00:34:23 - KGV's with 15"/42's?
00:40:35 - A-150/Super-Yamato sources?
00:43:11 - Are there other types of submarines other than the Holland type? If so, how do they differ?
00:45:29 - Canadian battleships in WW1?
00:55:00 - What is an 'F-Lighter'?
00:57:54 - Midway with only 2 US carriers?
01:03:35 - What were the downsides of the Italian 12" rebuild to 12.6" other than accuracy?
01:07:03 - Why did the Imperial Japanese Navy refuse to take possession of the German dreadnoughts awarded to them by the Treaty of Versailles?
01:09:49 - Cruiser/Carriers?
01:16:27 - Endymion/President chase?
01:20:38 - What is the difference between a dreadnought and a super-dreadnought?
01:23:26 - Was USS West Virginia's gunnery at Surigao Strait the best battleship gunnery ever?
01:28:27 - How did the Japanese transport the Russians warships back to Japan after they captured Port Arthur and defeated the 2nd Pacific Squadron?
01:29:48 - Superposed/Two-Story Turrets?
01:34:21 - Kongo class aircraft carrier?
01:40:56 - How important were Krupp and Armstrong?
01:44:50 - Considering your background in engineering, what is from an engineering quality perspective, your favourite ship?
01:49:33 - Was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935 a triumph or a tragedy?
01:56:24 - A-150 20" guns?
02:00:59 - Had the US Army 120 mm Gun M1 been navalized, do you think it had made a good naval gun? How might it have fared against 5"/38 mark 12 and 5"/54 mark 16 guns?
02:04:13 - When a ship was using forced draft, how much of a pressure difference was there between the engine room and neighboring spaces?
02:07:39 - Evaluation of Admiral Tryon?
02:12:09 - Overgunned ships in the Age of Sail?
02:19:16 - How were bronze cannon originally made, did this change in the age of sail, and how did it differ from the construction of early iron cannon?
02:22:00 - Quality of Italian Engineering in WW2?
02:27:07 - How hectic was a battleships plotting room/CIC in action?
02:30:53 - Why was Eagle successful and Bearn was not?
02:35:39 - Could you please explain the differences between the “Yarrow boiler”, “Babcock&Wilcox boiler”, “Admirality three-drum boiler”, “Japanese Kampon boiler” in the first half of the 20th century, especially post WW1?
02:40:56 - How did the smoke from the coal powered ships affect the sails when applicable?
02:43:20 - "Obscure" nations taking part in Operation Neptune?
02:46:40 - When did the combination of floating dock and selfpropelled came about?
02:48:10 - In all 300+ episodes of the Drydock, is there a question you’ve been waiting for someone to ask because you know it has a cool answer?
02:50:10 - The story of HMS Newport at the Suez Canal opening?
02:54:00 - What caused French millitary thinking in the late 19th century?
02:59:32 - Even bigger IJN carrier than the Shokaku's?
Comments
Peter Navarch
My (low) understanding of turbo-electric drives was this enabled the steam turbine to be used without a gearcase. I believe this is why turbo-electric drive was developed for the WW 2 T2 tankers, while the Liberty ships were fitted with the relatively low-tech triple expansion engines, fed by Scotch boilers.
Peter Navarch
Steam turbine propulsion, enabled by the development of high-power gearcases, was regarded as an attractive form of machinery, "if it wasn't for those bloody boilers". Gas turbine, and later nuclear reactors, banished the fuelled boiler from marine propulsion.
