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The Drydock - Episode 304 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2024-06-29 07:00:01 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - School groups spending the night on a museum ship?
00:03:15 - In the movies ship captains often order "Right (or left) Standard Rudder" What is standard rudder? Is it based on the handling of that specific ship or is it a fleet wide standard...or just Hollywood speak??
00:07:22 - Did France actually plan to invade the UK in the 19th century?
00:11:54 - What would you consider the most critical or dynamic naval theater of WWII that isn't well covered or mentioned in popular history?
00:17:09 - A brief rundown of famous events involving ships named Sparta or Spartan?
00:20:08 - Creative loopholes in naval laws used to help people?
00:28:09 - The loss of HMS Blenheim in 1807?
00:33:00 - Growth of ships displacement without naval treaties?
00:40:59 - Smallest calibre main guns that would be competative in WW2?
00:45:58 - Razee equivilant in the age of steam and steel?
00:48:52 - In a fight between all British battleships of all time and all United States battleships of all time, who would win?
00:55:38 - Why was 'bottlenecking' not widely used on large caliber naval guns?
01:00:18 - The USN Standards all had four turret designs. The modern fast BBs that were built all had three turret designs. Was the change made for any reason other than to save weight after the Naval Treaties?
01:03:19 - Did battleships and monitors use reduced charges for shore bombardment?
01:05:28 - How do torpedoes work?
01:12:14 - How was splinter-proofing specified?
01:15:14 - How many times can a WWII carrier send out a maximum effort strike before they ran out of torpedos, bombs, or AV fuel without resupply?
01:19:32 - In the Age of Sail which countries timber supply was hit the hardest by a foreign power coming in and destroying everything?
01:24:17 - Who do you think transformed his navy more; Nelson or Ernie King?
01:27:00 - How would ship designers have gained experience and knowledge in reality?
01:33:35 - How fast could a ship of the line use up gunpowder?
01:37:08 - Can you elaborate on U-boat/other WW2 submarines counter measures?
01:40:20 - Can you describe the advantages and disadvantages of having a shell that is very heavy for its caliber, as well as a shell that is somewhat lighter for its caliber; assuming the same quality of construction for both?
01:43:05 - Was HMS Indomitable sabotaged?
01:51:51 - For nations trying to beat treaty limits by building non-warships with the intention of converting them to warships, would an icebreaker have been a good starting point?
01:54:16 - How does a slipway launch work?
01:58:46 - Did the Allies ever plann to attack the Kiel Canal?
02:00:46 - Can the SS Kyle be saved?
02:03:36 - On warships, how did they balance the load and the generators output to be in equilibrium?
02:07:34 - Would proximity to the seabed and/or a sunken wreck confuse ASDIC?
02:09:22 - Could HMS Warspite have been saved?
02:14:42 - Nautical terms and their land-based equivilants?
02:18:49 - What are the various positions on Yamato's superstructure for?
02:20:25 - What was the Naval reaction to the "Four Stackers"?
02:23:29 - What is hanging in the rigging in this model of Achille? Hammocks?
02:24:01 - What do you think a modernisation of HMS Vanguard would look like if she was kept in reserve?
02:26:15 - Why is water over a ship's bow "green"?
02:27:47 - In the Royal Navy in the Second World War, where is the safest station on a ship?
02:31:00 - As merchant shipping was sunk during the war and replaced, were slower / older ships redeployed to less dangerous parts of the world and did the replacement shipping allow speeds of Atlantic slow convoys to be increased, and efficiency improved?
02:35:20 - Why is a brig called a brig?
02:37:44 - How did the incorporation of material science influence the cost of shipbuilding regarding design, raw materials and the building (labour and building time) itself during the era of steam and steel until the korean war?
02:40:20 - In the steam and steel Era, why was the battle line the standard formation?
02:45:06 - Can you recommend books specifically devoted to warship armour in the period 1880-1905?
02:47:31 - How did some crews get so good at naval gunnery?
02:53:54 - What was the "Gin flag" in the Royal Navy?
02:56:07 - Did Jellico have any knowledge of the fact that Beatty was having the flash protection system disabled on his ships before the battle of Jutland?
02:59:42 - How much weight would the 1920's South Dakota's have saved with 1930's welding technology?
Comments
Jellicoe Cats
One of the reasons the wreck of the USS Monitor was in bad shape when it was discovered is depth charges had been dropped in the vicinity of the wreck during WW2. It may have mistaken for a U Boat contact and attacked. https://nmsmonitor.blob.core.windows.net/monitor-prod/media/archive/publications/general/monitor_chronology.pdf
Allen Parmet
One can spend the night on a submarine. The Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc on Lake Michigan has the USS Cobia (SS-245) a Gato-class boat, can bunk up to 65 people overnight. See: https://www.wisconsinmaritime.org/visit/stay-on-the-sub/
