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The Drydock - Episode 265
🕑 Added 2023-09-23 07:00:02 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:04 - Did the English govenment leave its sailors to die?
00:07:13 - The scuttling of HMS Implacable
00:12:42 - 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 been different?
00:18:15 - If the british had managed to tow Santissima Trinidad into a port and later commission her, would they have left her as she was or razeed her down to a more manueverable and thus feasible first or second rate?
00:19:21 - What was the design role of the Chester class cruisers?
00:22:45 - During the Guadalcanal campaign: When the Japanese were bombarding Henderson Field area. Was there night air fighting?
00:25:38 - USS Yorktown (CV10) flight deck material?
00:27:39 - What would be result of an engagement between larger ship of one era (say top predreadnought battleship) and smaller, but more advanced ship of later era (say treaty cruiser)?
00:30:47 - Did other nations apart from the British/French/Spanish build 1st rates?
00:33:11 - How would the Anglo-German Naval Arms Race go without WW1?
00:35:58 - USS O-Bannon and the Potato Incident
00:40:44 - Were merchant ships over-crewed?
00:43:31 - How would you make the F2A Buffalo a better aircraft, without basically just making its subsequent replacments?
00:47:15 - What was the French reaction to the Battle of Tsushima, given that much of the fleet that had just sunk was either built by them or based on their designs?
00:49:41 - How many Royal Navy submarines operated in the Pacific/Indian Oceans and how much tonnage did they sink?
00:54:25 - When did clenched nails become popular in ship designs, and why?
00:56:11 - British post-war carrier doctrine?
Comments
IRRITABLE BOWEL from BF 1942
Were there instances where naval prisoner exchanges took place at sea? The incidents where submarines took in more survivors than feasible comes to mind where the sub actually towed a lifeboat(s). This seems to be mutually beneficial for too many prisoners/survivors on a ship could obviously be problematic. **PS - I hope you are feeling better from last weeks illness.
IRRITABLE BOWEL from BF 1942
Were there instances during WW2 where the enemy naval forces were given the opportunity to rescue survivors that were afloat after an engagement and their vessel sunk? If so can you tell us about the scenario(s)? Was there a policy for this or was it based on individual Captains showing compassion/respect?
Paul Ancill
As I remember the toad was one Harold Wilson I wonder what happened to him?
