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The Drydock - Episode 295 (Part 1)
🕑 Added 2024-04-27 11:00:08 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - Other navies Enterprise's?
00:07:06 - What are sailors watches?
00:12:18 - Given the relatively size parity between the Queen Elizabeth’s and the Colorados why did the QEs require and additional 50000ish HP to reach a speed only 3 knots higher?
01:15:34 - Ships that won but sank?
00:20:56 - How lethal is HE fire compared to AP fire against battleships?
00:29:32 - Did the French over or underachieve in the Carribean during the American Revolution?
00:35:43 - If you could decide the focus of a USN centered series by the “Band of Brothers” “Pacific”, “Masters of the Air” producers, what would you focus on?
00:41:27 - Was the PQ17 decision a mistake?
00:44:06 - Firing a broadside to free a ship?
00:50:28 - Did the Allies try to send false signals to lure U-Boats into a trap?
00:56:16 - In the Age of Sail, how did someone become a shipwright?
01:00:48 - Tons vs barrels of oil?
01:02:45 - When the settlers reached the west coast of the US and saw the giant sequoia trees where they thinking "Wow, we are going to make the biggest ships ever!" or was it more like "These trees are way too big to use, practically speaking!"
01:04:54 - How are gun diameters determined....why go from a 5 inch to a 5.25 instead of to a 6?
01:10:55 - Fun naval wagers?
01:12:56 - How long ago in warship history did they decide to cut ships in two to lengthen (or shorten) an existing hull?
01:16:30 - What are the chances of getting a video on the Battle of Lake Baikal for it's anniversary later in the year?
01:17:44 - When a foreign ship is operating with another navy for long periods of time, how do supplies, fuel, repairs get controlled and paid for?
01:21:43 - Admiral Yamaguchi's tactics at Midway?
01:26:09 - If the Kriegsmarine had developed an effective radar fire control system by 1940, would the lighter/outnumbered surface fleet pose a serious threat to the RN's ability to blockade Germany?
01:29:59 - Could you discuss the British Battleship 1929 Design 16A and compare it to Admiral Hiraga’s potential Treaty compliant battleship design with 10 16-inch guns and contemporary US designs of the same period?
01:36:57 - Why wasn't polygonal rifling taken further?
01:42:04 - Inter-wawr Japanese problems in ship construction?
01:47:51 - At what point in time was angled “armour” first deliberately used?
01:50:43 - How was potable water stored and/or generated in lifeboats during the 20th century, and how has it improved over the years?
01:54:38 - How quickly could age of sail ships change and maintain speed?
01:59:24 - Why did the US Marine Corps become more of a self contained army instead of most other countries using them as Protection or Special Forces?
02:03:53 - How long is a ship in the slipway before getting pushed out to a drydock?
02:09:32 - Were there any noteworthy examples where such a seaplane was successful such as providing spotting for over-the-horizon main battery fire?
02:12:59 - Disesel vs steam power in a race?
02:16:02 - If you can take the collected works of one naval historian with you to a desert island, including anything NOT naval history. Who do you pick?
02:17:36 - Soon after the contact of the High Seas Fleet & the Grand Fleet, Admiral Scheer ordered “Gefechskehrtwendung nach Steuerbord”. The signal must have been verbal or morse code. How would the signal been given using the flags of that period?
02:18:59 - How does Yamato stack up with regard to accuracy, supreme, average or sub-par? Or do we have enough data to even make such qualifications?
02:25:26 - Best interwar trade-protection type cruiser of any navy?
02:30:32 - In a car, the clutch allows the driver to switch gears. Was that the function of Belfast's clutch?
02:34:13 - 'Armoured deck' carriers in WW2?
02:42:23 - Did merchant vessels in the Age of Sail defer certain types of activities until they reached port?
02:46:36 - How common was it for uncomissioned warships to engage in battle?
02:50:17 - Diesels used in ships and subs. Did they have reversing gear or did you stop engine do some valve/timing changes and restart in the opposite direction. How long did it take to reverse?
02:52:37 - How would you rate the US crews during the War of 1812 in regard to training?
02:59:22 - Battleships and Battlecruisers or a single design?
Comments
Peter Navarch
Starting air, for slowing, stopping and reversing an engine, would have been a poor substitute for astern steam.
Peter Navarch
How long to reverse - highly dependent on the installation involved, and the procedures available and developed for slowing and stopping the ahead rotating engine, and building up the astern rotation. Note that the driving force on the propeller, shafting and engine from the ship's forward motion are quite substantial. Shaft brakes have been fitted to address this issue.
Peter Navarch
Royal Navy and derivatives traditionally worked the 5 x 4 hour + the 2 x 2 hour (dog) watches, plus day work for forenoon and afternoon off watch sailors. This with crews/departments split into 3 watches, plus non-watchkeeping day workers. The dog watches gave a day by day change of watches for the watchkeepers. I believe merchant marines commonly worked 12 - 4, 4 - 8 and 8 - 12, on 3 watches, non-rotating.
Peter Navarch
Boilermakers/platers worked alongside the shipwrights, on different areas of the vessel's structure. I believe there are/were shipwrights in the Royal Navy; branch badge crossed maul and adze. Shipwrights were also in small numbers in merchant vessels. These men were essentially shore trained before going to sea. Shipwrighting covered such a wide variety of work that skills and experience depended widely upon specific training and work experience. Shipwrighting was the lead trade for the construction of wooden vessels, with recent application into replica vessels. DUYFKEN and ENDEAVOUR are 2 examples of recent wooden vessels built primarily by shipwrights in Western Australia.
