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The Drydock - Episode 142
🕑 Added 2021-04-16 22:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Billy Shakespeare
Certain documentaries proclaim the Enterprise, the Big E, as the greatest, most celebrated ship of WWII. Would you agree?
Could you please comment on the range and other issues associated with targeting specific points on a target enemy ship. Would it be fair to assume that at most any beyond ‘point blank’ that the ship’s midpoint would always be targeted, minimising the risk of a complete miss through unpredictable course, wind and shell variations? Given your previous comments on single digit percentage hit ratio, I guess ANY hit is a good hit!
Ian Kocur
What was the general perception of sailors regarding magazine explosions during the age of sail? i.e were they viewed as a tragedy, a victory for the ship's opponent, or a combination thereof? Do we have any primary sources describing reaction to a ship's detonation?
Andrew Dederer
Back in medieval days, there was a case where a little commotion was mistaken for the battle starting. Those who got dubbed during that mess were called "knights of the hare" afterwards.
Spencer DeRosier
Yeah
