The Drydock - Episode 373 (Part 1)

Sorry for the delay!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:42 - What was the machining process used to machine a Welin breach?

00:04:37 - How much one could refit a wooden steam + sail ship if one was inclined to do so?

00:11:17 - Which of the never built ships from the 20th century (Fisher’s insane dreadnought up to A-150, H ships Lion class variants etc.) would be the most financially and strategically practical for each nation?

00:19:33 - Has there ever been a comparable weapon/ship that generated as much smoke with so little fire in the time period the channel covers as the torpedo boat?

00:23:51 - When did Allies understand the speed and range of the Long Lance torpedo?

00:26:32 - Favourite naval quotes?

00:30:17 - Would an "Age of Sail's" Ships Carpenter have a manual or schematics available to provide him the direction needed to, for example, build a gun carriage?

00:34:04 - Why weren't Howitzers used in naval warfare, or if they were, can you provide examples?

00:38:26 - How did navies determine what the optimal distance between battleships should be in the line of battle, and did different navies come to different conclusions?

00:42:44 - The US and some other allied forces celebrated the crossing of the equator with shellback and other initiations - did Axis navies or any other navies follow this same tradition?

00:44:39 - Implications for a the Washington Naval Treaty of a 1918 battle with the High Seas Fleet?

00:50:32 - Could you please discuss the French follow-up heavy cruiser designs after the Algerie?

00:55:03 - Why did WW2 battleships have so many more men than WW1 era battleships?

01:01:48 - Admiral Lee cheating eye exams?

01:05:27 - If the concept of the continuous rod warhead had been thought of in the inter war years, would it have been more effective or less effective than the AAA shells of WW2?

01:09:42 - How often were sails and rigging replaced in the Age of Sail?

01:13:44 - What happens to a torpedo that misses?

01:17:43 - What are your favorite images that define the essences of the big navies from World War 2?

01:20:19 - The Royal Navy, Empire and Timber?

01:25:00 - Was there ever a point in history where one Navy could conceivably fight all the other navies in the world?

01:28:30 - At what point did PPE as we know it creep in?

01:32:37 - What was the British Establishment and Royal Navy reactions to "the influence of sea power upon history"?

01:36:24 - Ideal late 19th century 'gunboat diplomacy' ship?

01:40:30 - Typhoon Connie/Viper?

01:44:18 - What was the long term impact of U-boats from WW1 besides the German tech line and doctrine?

01:47:32 - What were Winter quarters on board age of sail ships, if any?

01:50:31 - Do you think the damage control crew that saved the Franklin on March 19th, 1945 would have been able to save the Akagi at the Battle of Midway?

01:52:43 - Why was Krupp always behind in terms of large caliber Naval guns in comparison to the British in the lead up to WWI?

01:57:51 - All-carronade frigates?

02:04:00 - Operation Ketsu-gō?

02:10:37 - Could British naval shipbuilding have been saved without the WNT?

02:18:09 - USN inter-war fighting platforms?

02:22:37 - Preferred attributes for a chief gunnery officer?

02:25:48 - Ram bows on ASW assets?

02:32:15 - How common were mutinies on commercial ships?

02:35:41 - How effective were Type 3's vs HE shells on Henderson Field?

02:38:29 - 5"/42 submarine gun as a potential British DP destroyer weapon?

02:43:28 - Did anyone ever try to use Congreve rockets (or their equivalent) in a naval battle during the Age of Sail?

02:46:26 - What was the largest bore muzzle loaded weapon ever mounted to and fired from a naval vessel?

02:47:57 - What did a naval attaché do all day?

02:50:47 - Why isn't stainless steel used more for shipbuilding?

02:54:51 - How were Gneisenau's turrets moved to Norway?

02:56:58 - Cost of swapping out the Mogami's guns?

02:59:51 - In your opinion, what innovation in naval technology would have had the LEAST effect if it were somehow magically transported back in time a hundred years?