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The Drydock - Episode 372
🕑 Added 2025-10-18 08:00:05 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:04 - When did twin turrets become the norm for cruisers?
00:04:09 - Between cruisers, battleships and carriers, which one had it's development hampered the most by the Washington Naval Treaty?
00:10:15 - Given the large number of funnels on some armoured cruisers, would it have made any sense to try to cluster the funnels into a tighter grouping to save deck space for additional armor or weapons?
00:13:01 - For a short and concise video on a ship like this with a simple history, how long does it take you to do all the research and decide that this ship is worthy of a video?
00:19:44 - Modern maps in videos?
00:23:07 - Could the 27,000 Ton Yorktown you mentioned in your last drydock have survived Coral sea?
00:28:24 - Can you explain what Corn powder is? Is it corn dust/powder, or corned sized gunpowder?
00:30:20 - When visiting the Mary Rose Museum, there were quite a few crew remains who were believed to come from other parts of the world such as Spain or Africa. How common was this during the Tudor period?
00:36:20 - How important was it that the US carriers weren't at Pearl Harbor on Dec 7th?
01:41:48 - How would you make better refit for London and would it be any different from ideal refit for county class pre WW2?
00:45:11 - Do you plan to visit the Hunley in Charleston?
00:45:38 - Which was the busiest year for naval combat?
00:52:09 - What were lighthouses and lightships doing in wartime?
00:55:51 - How different would the Crimean War have been if all the fleets were made of ironclads?
00:59:18 - Why does the name of the WW2 'Town' class get used and where does it come from, when all are actually named after British cities?
Comments
Ted M Jones
I would think 1944 with all the S-boats, PTs, Submarines, Destroyers, and other random escorts must have resulted in more small actions. The problem is, can you count aircraft in this as they were doing some of the actions that would have previously been the role of ships/boats.
W. Osterberg
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