The Drydock - Episode 347 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:33 - How were Tribal class captains selected?

00:06:01 - Were any ships blown up in battle due to coal bunker fires?

00:10:21 - Could the USA have demanded more from Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War?

00:15:51 - At what point, if any, during WW2 did the Japanese begin to regard the Allies as something other than cowardly and soft?

00:19:48 - The misadventures of interwar Thornycroft export destroyer designs?

00:24:18 - If the Kriegsmarine had the political power to do it's pre war navy and

have more U-boats and tech could they have achieved their objectives with the U-boats for the war up to and in 1944? Or was the strategic goals too optimistic?

00:27:17 - Were Casemate guns on dreadnoughts ever effective in battle actions against enemy combatants in WW2?

00:29:45 - Beer on USN ships in WW2?

00:34:33 - In a recent Drydock, you mentioned that you were fascinated by certain aspects of the sinking of HMS Victoria. Would you be willing to share a few of the most fascinating bits?

00:37:07 - Can you give a rough breakdown of the various costs of building a warship during the 1930s?

00:40:21 - How were small arms/bladed weapons issued to RN or other naval sailors during the age of sail?

00:43:14 - Great Eastern as a hot-air balloon carrier?

00:48:15 - Please tell us more about the 3 survivors from HMS Hood?

00:53:50 - Exactly how obsolete were the ships that Lord Fisher scrapped when he became 1st Sea Lord?

00:56:33 - Why is the 2 starboard / 1 port anchor layout so common?

00:59:58 - Cement/concrete use in ships?

01:02:49 - Which of the various camouflage schemes tested on ships in the 20th century were found to be the most effective? Which were complete failures?

01:08:09 - Why wasn't USS Lexington used instead of Hornet for the Doolittle Raid?

01:10:32 - Was Admiral Carden the best the RN could find for Gallipoli?

01:14:36 - When did cruisers get more, smaller, guns over larger but fewer weapons?

01:17:34 - Interesting equipment that foundered on cost grounds?

01:24:20 - Given the importance of seasoned wood for ship construction during the age of sail, how exactly was the wood seasoned and stored before being put to use?

01:27:51 - How much did the amount and quality of food differ between the low ranking sailors and the officers?

01:31:29 - At what point was it clear that the pre WW2 accords concerning the construction of new fortifications in Pacific had broken down to point where new construction could reasonably commence?

01:35:26 - Carriers using guns on non-aircraft enemies?

01:36:32 - Dumb naval engineering decisions

01:43:15 - Why did the Royal Navy use a 68 pounder smoothbore cannon in the mid 19th century when long before then navies learned that cannons with shot weights over 40 pounds were impractical?

01:45:55 - Can any WW1 battleship penetrate Yamato's belt at battle range?

01:49:28 - AA gun turrets protected by sandbags?

01:53:30 - What was the general size and structure of the Hanseatic Navy?

01:58:05 - Fort Queenscliff

02:02:51 - Were age of sail cannons typically cast/forged on site at the shipyards, or were they made elsewhere and transported to the shipyards?

02:07:58 - Nelson was shot by a sniper in the rigging of a French ship, how common was this type of tactic and did any Navy or Captain ever champion its use?

02:12:20 - What was the reason that Italian, French and German navies chose 15" guns for their last classes of battleships instead of 16" guns?

02:17:31 - The Belgian Navy?

02:21:13 - The U.S.S. Kearsarge (BB-5) is the only US battleship not named after a US state. Do you know why this might be the case?

02:23:54 - Portholes on capital ships?

02:27:34 - Technologies 'killed off' by the Treaty System?

02:31:39 - Just how significant were the differences in WWII propulsion technology between the competing nations warships?

02:39:39 - Coastline vs Fleet Size?

02:43:32 - Naval equivalent of the Montparnasse derailment?

02:44:53 - Fletcher with scout plane?

02:47:25 - How did the gun crews in battleship barbettes coordinate the delivery of the shells and powder bags to the turrets?

02:51:17 - Would any of the AA guns on Japanese Army vessels have been an upgrade over their contemporaries on Japanese Navy vessels in WW2?

02:53:13 - How protective were conning towers?

02:57:55 - When did the idea of the "ship's brig" become practical aboard a ship, and how were misbehaving sailors confined for offenses that didn't require corporal punishments?

03:01:11 - Better armed Indefatigables?

03:03:20 - HMS Resistance?

03:06:25 - What are some lessons that had to be relearned by navies in the period the channel covers?