The Drydock - Episode 370

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:58 - Using 16" HC against more lightly protected WW2 era cruisers?

00:05:22 - Storms in the Med in WW2?

00:09:02 - What do you think was the most revolutionary individual vessel in naval history in terms of design concept from the period the channel covers?

00:12:40 - Why were the last Spanish ships of the line not built in Havana?

00:14:23 - Why didn't the Spanish or French commit any major naval forces to fighting in the Jacobite rebellions?

00:18:36 - What gun turret could you fit on a Deutschland class using a non-Krupp system?

00:21:54 - How do you plan which shots and from where you’re going to take them when touring ships?

00:25:30 - How many guns are too many guns on a destroyer like The Sullivans?

00:29:00 - Effects on naval careers resulting from the Battle of Barents Sea?

00:31:55 - Could Gneisenau have been refitted in time to join Scharnhorst without the fallout of the Barents Sea?

00:34:51 - River patrol craft agility?

00:35:48 - Danube Flotilla video logistics?

00:38:19 - Sources on fast battleships and the Fast Carrier Task Force?

00:41:19 - What can you tell us all about MGB 81 itself and the men who crewed boats like her and antics that they got up to during the Second World War?

00:45:20 - San-shiki shell effectiveness and method?

00:48:24 - What was the first fighter designed specifically for "fly on/fly off" type operations off flattop aircraft carriers and were any far reaching lessons learned from its development?

00:51:34 - How much of the debacle at 3rd Ypres can be attributed to Jellicoe?

00:56:53 - Was the term Kido Butai used by the IJN after Midway and what term was used by the IJN fleet during Philippines Sea and Leyte Gulf?

00:59:13 - What were the differences between "US neutrality" in the run up to American involvement in WW1 and WW2,and how did these effect the missions of the British and German navies in securing the Atlantic shipping routes?