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The Drydock - Episode 305
🕑 Added 2024-07-06 07:00:02 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - In the period that the channel covers, at what range does hitting a target with a torpedo go from "probable" to "throw enough at a wall and some of it will stick"?
00:03:50 - Has there ever been a ship built that ended up being able to steam faster than her hull could physically handle?
00:08:26 - How did submarines with jury-rigged armaments store munitions for them?
00:10:53 - Why weere american pilots allowed to serve in Eagle squadrons while the country was neutral. But Prince Philip wasn't allowed into combat?
00:14:53 - When Philip was on the convoys to Greece, as he was second in line to the Greek throne, did his ship fly a Greek royal ensign as well?
00:16:32 - Of the ships named after prominent monarchs of various countries in the period the channel covers which one do you think honored it's namesake the most?
00:18:45 - Why did the navy choose Dahlgrens over Parrott rifles?
00:21:01 - In the 1870s, would there have been any benefit to creating a hybrid of a Whitehead and a Howell torpedo?
00:23:29 - Why are Submarines referred to as Boats?
00:25:13 - Do you think that a cone shaped solid shot at one end could have penetrated the confederate ironclad with the same amount of powder?
00:28:36 - How effective could Greek fire have been in the post-byzantine era, and into the age of sail?
00:32:02 - What was the biggest contribution to the loss of USS Hornet?
00:35:47 - Did the IJN in WW2 operate with smaller destroyer screens, by percentage of their task force size, than the RN or USN? If so was this a force size or operational policy issue?
00:39:03 - Wing turrets or wing engines?
00:42:33 - Who do you think had the better plot armor, Warspite or Enterprise?
00:44:30 - Covering 1950-1960 history?
00:52:00 - Did older guns get more effective in the interwar period?
00:53:53 - Why were the IJN so thorough in destroying Yamato documentation?
00:56:43 - How would other navies have handled the kamikaze threat?
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BEAUSABRE23
amazing animation of howell torpedo https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?&q=howell+torpedo&&mid=1076947A9E6E342F9EDE1076947A9E6E342F9EDE&&FORM=VRDGAR
