The Drydock - Episode 139
Drachinifel
206,519 views
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - Best and worst Axis admirals?
00:08:25 - HMS Caroline. Now that she is a museum ship, what are future plans to restore her to WW1 configuration, if any?
00:10:25 - Longest time at sea in WW2?
00:12:50 - AA paddle steamers?
00:18:37 - The Psilander Affair
00:26:37 - Which crucial historical naval battle was the closest to being Wellington’s “Nearest run thing?”
00:33:18 - Italian operations at Gibralter
00:35:30 - Last stands that ended exactly as you would expect
00:37:53 - Ram bows effect on naval architechture
00:43:11 - Pirate ship Roebuck
00:46:45 - Excluding the British Commonwealth, has there ever been a warship operated by a crew drawn from multiple navies/nationalities? E.g. a mixed Royal Navy/U.S. Navy crew, or a Kreigsmarine/Regia Marina crew?
00:50:01 - Has a ship sunk or damaged more ships in one battle than the USS Massachusetts at the naval battle of Casablanca?
00:52:11 - What were some bits of tech various navies had that other navies really wanted?
00:54:50 - Japanese coastal defence guns
00:58:33 - How do rudders move?
00:59:08 - Destroyer main gun comparison?
01:00:50 - VTE use in high speed merchant ships and liners?
01:06:23 - Concrete vs HE and AP shells
01:11:04 - German split secondaries
01:18:39 - Steam vs Diesel
01:22:31 - Long serving warships
01:28:09 - How much 'passive radar' (or just detection of enemy radar) was used in WW2 at sea?
01:31:58 - Oddly specific ships?
01:35:45 - Did knights ever become pirates during the Middle Ages?
01:38:51 - Operation of island-less carriers?
01:41:01 - 'Why England Slept'
01:44:35 - What could Jellicoe see at Jutland?
01:46:11 - How much shorter would have WW II been in the Pacific if the Mark 6 exploder problems would have been resolved before Pearl Harbor?
01:48:30 - How effective were blockade runners in actually keeping a blockaded country in the fight?
01:54:38 - Why did composite/compound armour cease use?
01:57:57 - Naval formations and maneuvres
02:06:02 - What nation has the first navy in the sense of a standing force it used to protect its interests?
02:09:10 - Why centrally located turrets?
02:15:19 - Can you turn a ships funnel smoke on and off?
02:18:30 - Logitudinal vs Transverse Framing
02:22:02 - Long range submarines in WW2?
02:25:21 - Which capital ship in the era of steam and steel took the most devastating alpha strike of naval gunfire in a single salvo or multiple salvos received very closely together?
02:27:35 - Losing speed in bad weather
02:37:01 - Are you ever going to write a book?
02:40:34 - Salvage of HMS L55
02:46:33 - All forward armament ships?
02:49:45 - The Dover Barrage
02:53:01 - Were the Arethusa's of the 1930's a waste of money?
02:56:10 - USS Maine souvenir frenzy
02:58:33 - If there was a naval unknown/mystery you could obtain perfect knowledge of what would it be and why.
03:00:20 - Did the British blockade Russia in WW2?
03:02:56 - 1870's USN with Civil War era budgets?
03:12:57 - USS Maury
03:16:19 - Best shipboard accomodations?
03:20:01 - Alternative methods to re-float sunken ships in shallow water
03:26:48 - What importance (logistically or strategically) did Ireland hold for the Royal Navy, during the early/classical age of sail?
03:31:00 - What is an 'East Indiaman'?
03:35:05 - How did the galley (kitchen) change when navies started building iron/steel ships compared to age of sail ships?
03:37:37 - Is there any known connection between Nelson and Edward Pellew?
03:40:11 - How much down time is there in between ship launching and the keel laying of a new ship in the same slipway/drydock?
03:42:23 - Why did Britain (or anyone else for that matter) not build bigger cruisers in WWI?
03:45:56 - Max aircraft carrier capacity
03:52:15 - How different are shells for guns with the same diameter but different calibers?
03:55:10 - Why could the Iowa's main guns depress -5 degrees?
03:58:41 - Why don't sub crews being depth charged suffer similar injuries to people near artillery strikes?
20 Comments
Bless your soul Drach!
1- mammoth drydock episodes;
2- kamchatka;
3- mark 14s.
These are my top 3 anyway
Edit: Thinking about it I would probably tie the Dreaded Japanese Torpedo Boats with the Kamchatka for obvious reasons.
Also, while not really a running gag, during a question in a past Drydock where Drach was asked about a Polish crewed R class battleship he let out a cackle that had me in stitches.
The Drydock - Episode 139
Drachinifel
206,519 views
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - Best and worst Axis admirals?
00:08:25 - HMS Caroline. Now that she is a museum ship, what are future plans to restore her to WW1 configuration, if any?
00:10:25 - Longest time at sea in WW2?
00:12:50 - AA paddle steamers?
00:18:37 - The Psilander Affair
00:26:37 - Which crucial historical naval battle was the closest to being Wellington’s “Nearest run thing?”
00:33:18 - Italian operations at Gibralter
00:35:30 - Last stands that ended exactly as you would expect
00:37:53 - Ram bows effect on naval architechture
00:43:11 - Pirate ship Roebuck
00:46:45 - Excluding the British Commonwealth, has there ever been a warship operated by a crew drawn from multiple navies/nationalities? E.g. a mixed Royal Navy/U.S. Navy crew, or a Kreigsmarine/Regia Marina crew?
00:50:01 - Has a ship sunk or damaged more ships in one battle than the USS Massachusetts at the naval battle of Casablanca?
00:52:11 - What were some bits of tech various navies had that other navies really wanted?
00:54:50 - Japanese coastal defence guns
00:58:33 - How do rudders move?
00:59:08 - Destroyer main gun comparison?
01:00:50 - VTE use in high speed merchant ships and liners?
01:06:23 - Concrete vs HE and AP shells
01:11:04 - German split secondaries
01:18:39 - Steam vs Diesel
01:22:31 - Long serving warships
01:28:09 - How much 'passive radar' (or just detection of enemy radar) was used in WW2 at sea?
01:31:58 - Oddly specific ships?
01:35:45 - Did knights ever become pirates during the Middle Ages?
01:38:51 - Operation of island-less carriers?
01:41:01 - 'Why England Slept'
01:44:35 - What could Jellicoe see at Jutland?
01:46:11 - How much shorter would have WW II been in the Pacific if the Mark 6 exploder problems would have been resolved before Pearl Harbor?
01:48:30 - How effective were blockade runners in actually keeping a blockaded country in the fight?
01:54:38 - Why did composite/compound armour cease use?
01:57:57 - Naval formations and maneuvres
02:06:02 - What nation has the first navy in the sense of a standing force it used to protect its interests?
02:09:10 - Why centrally located turrets?
02:15:19 - Can you turn a ships funnel smoke on and off?
02:18:30 - Logitudinal vs Transverse Framing
02:22:02 - Long range submarines in WW2?
02:25:21 - Which capital ship in the era of steam and steel took the most devastating alpha strike of naval gunfire in a single salvo or multiple salvos received very closely together?
02:27:35 - Losing speed in bad weather
02:37:01 - Are you ever going to write a book?
02:40:34 - Salvage of HMS L55
02:46:33 - All forward armament ships?
02:49:45 - The Dover Barrage
02:53:01 - Were the Arethusa's of the 1930's a waste of money?
02:56:10 - USS Maine souvenir frenzy
02:58:33 - If there was a naval unknown/mystery you could obtain perfect knowledge of what would it be and why.
03:00:20 - Did the British blockade Russia in WW2?
03:02:56 - 1870's USN with Civil War era budgets?
03:12:57 - USS Maury
03:16:19 - Best shipboard accomodations?
03:20:01 - Alternative methods to re-float sunken ships in shallow water
03:26:48 - What importance (logistically or strategically) did Ireland hold for the Royal Navy, during the early/classical age of sail?
03:31:00 - What is an 'East Indiaman'?
03:35:05 - How did the galley (kitchen) change when navies started building iron/steel ships compared to age of sail ships?
03:37:37 - Is there any known connection between Nelson and Edward Pellew?
03:40:11 - How much down time is there in between ship launching and the keel laying of a new ship in the same slipway/drydock?
03:42:23 - Why did Britain (or anyone else for that matter) not build bigger cruisers in WWI?
03:45:56 - Max aircraft carrier capacity
03:52:15 - How different are shells for guns with the same diameter but different calibers?
03:55:10 - Why could the Iowa's main guns depress -5 degrees?
03:58:41 - Why don't sub crews being depth charged suffer similar injuries to people near artillery strikes?
04:10:38 - Winston Churchill and the Navy
04:16:45 - Mers-el-Kebir and Somerville
04:25:12 - Versailles era Germany Navy
04:29:06 - Warship fuel consumption & acceleration
04:34:51 - Is it possible to stabilize and preserve a steel wreck in place?
04:39:30 - What is the biggest practical gun for shore defense in 1945?
04:44:37 - Twin or Single 5" on US DD's?
04:50:56 - Were stabilizers ever used on big guns?
04:52:13 - Submarine deck gun ammo supply
04:53:23 - How did age of sail tactics differ between the European naval superpowers?
04:58:20 - HMS Defence at Coronel?
05:04:14 - Getting access to museums 'builders models'
05:08:05 - Was their any combined submarine, surface or air doctrine or action?
05:11:16 - Did US sailers on British warships get rum rations or did they have to make due with torpedo juice?
05:12:53 - How would you rate the Italian Navy during its active part in WW2?
05:22:32 - Ships built from other ships etc
05:24:05 - Are secondary turrets barbettes and Achilles heel?
05:28:34 - What classes of ships were the biggest improvement over their previous ones?
05:30:48 - 'Ching' Lee, nickname and skills?
05:34:08 - 'Career Value' of warships?
05:37:48 - Flying boat dogfights
05:39:22 - What was it like for men in a turret when it took a hit?
05:42:22 - Von Spee's attack on the Falklands
05:48:31 - In what ways did the results achieved by the various naval elements supporting the 1944 Normandy landings exceed expectations, and in what ways did they fall short of expectations?
05:51:00 - Given the limitations of being based at Rosyth, what could Beatty have done differently to achieve better accuracy or rate of fire for his battlecruisers without compromising their flash protection or survivability as at Jutland?
05:53:42 - Why did cruiser design lag so far behind capital ships?
05:58:57 - Was there any difference of quality between coal used by navy ships and civilian ships?
06:01:15 - When does a sub-class turn into its own class?
06:04:35 - From WW1 to WW2, did secondary battery emplacements recieve names/designations like the main turrets did, and what were the schemes used to denote what they were?
06:06:28 - Was there every any designs for battleships where they put more rear turrets on the ship instead of the more usual turret placements?
06:09:13 - On the list of epic admirals of the dreadnought era, where does Willis Lee go? Who's in your top ten (and why)?
06:18:57 - What was the opinion of the Royal Navy on the Austrian Navy after their joint operations under Admiral Stopford against Mehemet Alis forces in the eastern Mediterranean in 1840?
06:21:05 - Iowa in place of Bismarck
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