The Drydock - Episode 355

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:38 - Despite her low freeboard, HMS Devastation is not considered to be a monitor. What characteristics are there that qualifies her as something other than a monitor?

00:03:37 - Warships at tropical anchorages are often photographed with large awnings covering their ends. How was the deck space below the awnings used? And are there use cases that probably would not have been considered if awnings were not available/deployed?

00:06:59 - How many roles can a single ship type take on before it becomes to much?

00:17:42 - Differences in age of sail ship classes?

00:19:54 - Relative to the displacement of 'winning' vessel, what’s the biggest enemy vessel ever sunk by a warship that wasn’t a minelayer?

00:21:08 - Why didn't Germany get any of their submarines out of the Mediterranean?

00:26:25 - Would Muntz Metal have worked on ironclads?

00:27:47 - 'Guns of Navarone' questions

00:30:10 - Would earlier Fritz-X's have been useful?

00:37:32 - If the wreck off Flamborough Head is confirmed to be Bonhomme Richard, who legally has jurisdiction over it?

00:41:05 - What happened to the ship's bells of the WW1-era HMS King George V and its WW2 successor?

00:42:20 - If the United States Navy hadn't been forced to severely downsize in the years after the Civil War due to Congressional financial recalcitrance, how do you think the Navy would have developed its fleets during the Ironclad Race?

00:46:22 - What drove the USN towards the 16" gun?

00:51:59 - Was there ever any thought given to upgunning the Tennessee class to 16” twins after the collapse of the treaty system?

00:55:06 - Ships pilots in the era of steam and steel?

00:59:01 - Are there any naval topics (pre-1950) you discovered are politically highly sensitive to this day and how do you deal with them?

01:11:26 - What happened to the other colonial navies?