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The Drydock - Episode 235
🕑 Added 2023-02-18 09:00:02 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:49 - Were the C-class AA cruisers worth it?
00:05:25 - Was HMS Hotspur's scrapping anything to do with Jackie Fisher?
00:07:42 - Richelieu secondary battery guns in WW2?
00:10:35 - Would the RN would have been better off building more Arethusa's (alongside the later Town and Crown-Colony classes) and scrapping the older C and D class vessels, rather than curtailing the Arethusa's and modernising the WW1 ships?
00:14:10 - I've read in AoS novels of hauling a spare sail around the outside of the hull to slow the inflow of water and give the carpenter more time - was this actually a real thing?
00:18:01 - Are there some examples or any theoretical use of "all backwards" main armaments scheme?
00:21:50 - Why were the British slow to adopt all or nothing armour scheme? Was it because it was unproven or was there more to it?
00:29:23 - Could you lose your foot to a rolling cannonball?
00:33:27 - Would a WW2 sub have had difficulties picking up a sailing vessel on hydrophones?
00:37:05 - Headroom in HMS Unicorn gun deck looks much more generous than on Victory, though reducing height lower down. Why was this and why reduce headroom as you go down?
00:41:38 - What factors contributed to Nisshin surviving the Battle of Tsushima?
00:44:19 - Was any consideration made to rearming the County's with triple 6 inch turrets given the RN was looking more for volume of fire?
00:48:27 - Hitler and the Flanders Flotilla?
00:50:47 - In what ways did Royal Navy anti-aircraft tactics evolve during World War II as a result of combat experience?
00:57:43 - “Why do we do these things? I don’t know, but it is our tradition.”
01:00:24 - During your recent series on US prewar fleet problems you documented the US Navy’s habit of launching air raids on the naval base at Pearl Harbor. Was the US Army Air Corps involved in these exercises and if so why didn’t they take the hint?
Comments
Roger H
I understand the RN version was rum, bum and concertina (at least that was what George Melly said and he served as a rating)
Roger H
I hope so - or you could look at the SS Great Britian web site as they have a description/photo. But visiting the ship itself is a fantastic experience.
Grumman Cat
Drach will probably answer my Q before I can get to Bristol to see that LOL
Roger H
The SS Great Britain (now in dock in Bristol) originally had a lifting propeller. The display (but not on the ship) has an exhibit on the original lifting propeller.
Grumman Cat
Can you please explain how retractable propellers worked on combination sail/steam ships? For the life of me I cannot fathom how a screw propeller can be lifted out of the water or into the hull on a traditional counter-stern vessle for example.
Zain-FI
Is it possible to cover the different types of radios/communications in pre war warships-ww2?
Ted Jones
I still think that moving the fleet to Pearl Harbor was the right decision. If the fleet hadn't moved the facilities there would not have been as developed as they were when the war started. Not to mention that Pearl Harbor was the best place to lose those ships if the Japanese were going to attack them. About only having your main turrets aft, I would think that this would also save a lot of weight since the citadel would be much shorter.
John McDonough
The question on tradition reminded me of the NON-Churchill quote about Royal Navy Traditions being nothing but "rum, sodomy and the lash". Apparently, it has become something of a modern naval tradition to mis-quote Churchill with this. I think he would have loved the irony of that. Have a great day everyone!
