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The Drydock - Episode 284 (Fixed!)

00:00:00 - Intro00:01:50 - Now that you have seen a number of different maritime museums from different countries which ones would you recommend that people go to visit?00:06:03 - Diesel/Turbine Hybrids?00:11:32 - Admiral Scheer wreck access?00:14:41 - HMS X1 turrets00:17:16 - Just how much does a s...

The Drydock - Episode 284

00:00:00 - Intro00:01:50 - Now that you have seen a number of different maritime museums from different countries which ones would you recommend that people go to visit?00:06:03 - Diesel/Turbine Hybrids?00:11:32 - Admiral Scheer wreck access?00:14:41 - HMS X1 turrets00:17:16 - Just how much does a s...

Testing New Patreon Feature

So, dear Patron's, if you've seen any of the Fun Friday videos where I upload an album you'll know Squarespace has a 40MB limit per photo on uploads. Whilst I will get around to downscaling the oversized photos eventually, the photos in question are 600DPI scans of larger pictures and so...

The Drydock - Episode 293 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:28 - Hedgerow modified landing craft?00:05:08 - Roughly how much of the budget of a navy went to personal, supplies, acquisition of new ships, refits of ships, etc?00:10:43 - SS Stockholm ramming SS Andrea Doria00:18:16 - To what extent did the Japanese Navy make use of the nav...

The Drydock - Episode 283 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:34 - Why do USN Fleet and Light Carriers, as well as Light and Heavy cruisers, share hull number sequences, when Escort and Large cruisers have their own?00:04:25 - How long did it take nations to catch up with other nations armour technology?00:10:34 - Smaller ships of the Sou...

Tabletop Warming and Model Kits Giveaway

Just quick reminder that at 1400 UK time today the Victuallars Yard on the drachinifel.co.uk website will have an array of tabletop wargaming kits, models etc made available for the grand old price of nothing except postage costs. Have fun!

The Drydock - Episode 282

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:49 - Updates to previous questions on mines!00:03:40 - ABXY 15" ships with triple turrets?00:08:31 - Between World War I and World War II, did the Swedish Navy ever fire their guns in defense of their Homeland, or to defend themselves?00:09:27 - Difference between Swedish c...

The Drydock - Episode 281

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:41 - When the US was in the middle of their prohibition against alcohol from 1920- 1933 what would the Royal Navy do if they had to visit the US at the time?00:04:19 - Under what circumstances could one realistically end up with a WWII-era battleship or fleet carrier's crew...

The Drydock - Episode 280

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:54 - Do you plan on doing a video looking into the loses of the British Battlecruisers and Armoured Cruisers at Jutland?00:06:27 - The role of lighter than air craft in naval applications?00:11:34 - Format of burials at sea?00:14:25 - What would the theoretical advantages and d...

The Drydock - Episode 279 - Part 2

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:32 - Airborne attack on the High Sea Fleet on 1st November 1918?00:11:03 - Royal Navy Turret naming?00:18:25 - How many navies observe the crossing of the equator tradition?00:24:07 - Half Pay in the 20th century?00:29:18 - 'Losing' a ship to get around naval treaties?0...

The Drydock - Episode 279 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:45 - Naming conventions and how good various navies were at following them?00:10:08 - In the United States Navy in World War Mark E Stille confidently proclaims that the US Navy produced the best submarines of the war in the Gatos, the best destroyers of the war in the Fletcher...

The Drydock - Episode 278

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:45 - What is the difference between the Triple Expansion engines used in ships and the "triplex" steam locomotive? Why were triple expansion engines successful in both warships and civilian vessels while every attempt at a triplex locomotive failed?00:06:36 - How effect...

The Drydock - Episode 277

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:52 - How effective would the Union and CSA ironclads be in other wars?00:07:34 - What real differences would have come from the USN being better supported and financed in the years between the Civil War and WW2?00:15:25 - Why were the Italians allowed to retain the two Andrea D...

New Poster - Advanced Release

Hello everyone! You may be aware of a rather grainy set of footage from 1922 showing HMS Victory going into Drydock, well, a good friend of mine with a lot of artistic talent took a series of stills and turned it into this wonderful pencil-art drawing. It shows Victory coming into her permanent home...

The Drydock - Episode 276

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:42 - Ships that sank easily when they really shouldn't have?00:05:48 - Was Force Z the RN's worst defeat in WW2?00:11:38 - Why didn't the various navies in the World Wars hire privateers to help raid enemy commerce?00:16:42 - Differences between both design and thei...

The Drydock - Episode 275

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:57 - Why did so many battleship armour belts end up below the water?00:07:13 - How would the process of rearmouring the ship to a new type of plating take place?00:11:48 - In your opinion Drach, what would need to be changed, either on the Japanese side, or the Russian side, fo...

The Drydock - Episode 274 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:44 - Could you please describe briefly at least three incidents where a naval officer went “This is stupid!” and then did the logical/sensible thing?00:04:51 - The USN Expansion of the late 1800's that never was?00:08:31 - How did PT109, commanded by Lieutenant John F. ...

The Drydock - Episode 274

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:47 - Who, if anyone, saluted USS Johnston as she sank?00:10:37 - Was Gneisenau's fatal damage due to unusual dockyard practices?00:16:12 - How did mail work in the Age of Sail at great distances?00:22:14 - Of all the "real" personalities from the age of sail, who ha...

The Drydock - Episode 273

00:00:00 - Intro00:01:13 - Ibuki class cruiser carrier conversion?00:05:12 - Was suspending aircraft from a carrier's hangar ceiling a common practice among other navies, and was the idea ever utilised to its full potential?00:13:34 - Could you explain why turret balancing is important and how i...

The Drydock - Episode 272

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:49 - Have there ever been efforts by navies to salvage fuel from enemy vessels that were sunk or otherwise significantly damaged as opposed to captured?00:04:02 - How many ships of the same name were lost during WW1 or WW2?00:05:58 - Given that Germany's Naval plans in the ...

Patreon Alt-History Livestreams - Where are they?

A few have been asking where the livestreams went, the answer is, they haven't gone anywhere, they're just a little behind. Here's why:During September is was obviously not possible to do them as I was mostly in the US, however, on the 3 flights I took to get back, I caught something, no...

The Drydock - Episode 271

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:49 - Correction on shell weight for 5"/38 and 4.5"00:01:48 - Reaction to the No.13 Battleships if built?00:08:02 - You've often mentioned that converted carriers were far less efficient than purposefully designed carriers. Considering the Hiyos were purposefully des...

The Drydock - Episode 270 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:32 - How effective would a battleship be against a container ship?00:02:34 - How do submarines estimate their targetting solution?00:08:44 - How did the galley on a Uboat/Submarine evolve during the period the channel covers and what are/were the implications on the food that w...

The Drydock - Episode 270 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:32 - At what point in ship design do you invent a new class?00:06:25 - If Naval Codes were changed while a ship was underway, how would the ship captain know what the new codes to use were?00:11:18 - How did the freedom of action granted by steam change battle tactics?00:17:18 ...

The Drydock - Episode 269

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:52 - Convoy rescue ships and chain of command?00:06:36 - HMS Shannon vs USS Chesapeake?00:13:09 - When did turtleback armor scheme fall out of use with the major Nations, and why did Germany continue using it?00:21:29 - Which Alsace turret was the least problematic?00:25:20 - H...

The Drydock - Episode 268

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:53 - Were flat-side first rates a bad idea?00:04:47 - How do you replace the guns on a ship of the line?00:07:29 - Had America lost the revolutionary War, what impact would its resources have on the British Navy during the Napolonic wars?00:12:04 - In the 1830's/1850's,...

The Drydock - Episode 267

00:00:00 - Intro00:00:58 - Do any other intermediate designs for UK light cruisers with 6 inch guns exist between the Leanders and the Towns?00:05:31 - What would the crew or operator of landing craft do after unloading troops or supplies?00:08:00 - We always talk about what happens when a Naval she...

Where's the Patreon Drydock?

Apologies! Due to a combination of PC issues, Microphone issues and catching some virus or other on the flights back to the UK, I've been bogged down getting the Patreon Drydock finished and uploaded.Final rendering finished a few moments ago and the videos are now uploading, but obviously this ...

Working Dakka!

The Drydock - Episode 265

00:00:00 - Intro00:01:04 - Did the English govenment leave its sailors to die?00:07:13 - The scuttling of HMS Implacable00:12:42 - How did the boilers get air when the ship was locked up for battle?00:14:45 - Could the spanish fight the french republic/empire on equal footing at sea if things had be...