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The Drydock - Episode 081
🕑 Added 2020-02-15 09:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Gregory John Murray
It is interesting pre WW1 Light Cruisers displace less than modern Destroyers and about the same as modern frigates
Gerald Gray
Understood.
Drachinifel
Dunkirk was more a combined armed forces event than a solely naval one.
Gerald Gray
Crete? Realy? And Dunkirk?
Matt Blom
Pretty cool to hear Drach mention my favourite jet fighter(s) the Mig-25 Foxbat/31 Foxhound. Fun fact about them, they used pure alcohol for cooling but the alcohol was consumable. Maintenance days where the alcoholic coolant was flushed were VERY popular on Russian bases.
John Hargreaves
Armour plate - some classified research has been done recently to armour "boats" ( I was involved) the armour plates now are not welded as this weakens the armour characteristics, the process will as on aircraft wings turn to adhesives and chemical preparation. The whole process is somewhat esoteric in its alloy mixtures. Just to let you know that work on the thoughts of armouring certain vessels in certain places is underway and being researched; Regards JohnH
Cruisers being narrow for speed were more susceptible to stability issues with high mounted guns, the armament at the rear did not need to be so high for sea keeping asas aopposed to those at the front smaking sulerfiring rear guns a better solution regards stability.
