The Drydock - Episode 328

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:47 - In hindsight were the modernised/rebuilt ironclads (Vasco da Gama, Numancia and Vitoria, IJN Fuso, and the Mesudiye etc.) ever a decent idea or should the money spent on them have been used on other smaller yet more modern ships?

00:06:16 - How long were 19th century fortress guns effective for?

00:13:26 - Why was grapeshot not used earlier?

00:19:26 - Wood framing and planking on a pre-dreadnought?

00:22:20 - Why does the French pre-dreadnought at 24:43 have Cookie monster eyes?

00:23:33 - Were French battleships of the era designed to charge the enemy?

00:28:29 - Just how frequently were charts updated in the Royal Navy during the period between the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and the beginning of World War One?

00:32:46 - What is the closest that Britain has ever gotten (during the time period this channel covers) to loosing it's status as a great naval power? How did they bounce back?

00:38:17 - If you were to construct a ship of the line, but you could source wood of every tree species from the world, which woods would you use and why?

00:42:40 - What would have been the most likely redesign to U.S. cruisers to have accommodated torpedo tubes, either in a pre-WW2 paper design or in a mid-war moment of clarity? Would it have just involved sacrificing a 5”/38 turret amidships?

00:45:39 - At what point did the UK become relatively secure against invasion by sea?

00:51:07 - How common were “procurement disasters” during the period the channel covers and did the rate change between age of Sail and age of steam and steel?

00:58:05 - How effective and widespread was the use of Greek fire at different points throughout the byzantine empire?

01:01:01 - Late 19th century innovations that didn't work out in use?