The Drydock - Episode 324

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:38 - Has any navy tried to build multiple small warships in one capital ship-sized drydock?

00:04:56 - Which of the V-boat classes, if it could have it's problems fixed, had the most potential?

00:09:57 - Advantages of single-screw escorts?

00:13:41 - On the M-Class submarines, what would have been feasible retrofits to alleviate the primary issues of the 12” gun and make the class Atleast somewhat viable for the Second World War?

00:19:00 - Why did the Porters and Somerses use single-purpose 5"/38s rather than the quick-firing version of the 5"/51?

00:21:56 - Would a ship in the Napoleonic era have all of its cannons sourced from the same one (or several) foundries making artillery, or was it simply a grab at whatever was being produced?

00:26:04 - Could the IJN have operated jets from their carrier fleet that existed, or were they developing carriers that could?

00:28:46 - During the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, why was the gunnery so poor?

00:32:01 - Is it possible to run a triple or quadruple expansion engine as part of a turbo electric drive system?

00:35:10 - Why was a special fire control computer needed for shore bombardment?

00:39:39 - Modern day monitors?

00:44:20 - The German ships of WWII had the famous Atlantic bow retroactively installed, how bad was the sea keeping on them prior to the flaring and additional buoyancy, and what were the hydrodynamic compromises that resulted from both the original and Atlantic versions?

00:51:30 - What is (to you) the least interesting or most tedious topic that the channel has or will cover, and why do you think it would be so uninteresting or tedious?

00:59:20 - For RN officers in the Age of Sail what were the rules and practices for picking up items during a commissioned voyage/deployment?

01:04:12 - How useful were the float planes launched from battleships and cruisers in WWII?