The Drydock - Episode 280
Added 2024-01-06 10:02:16 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:54 - Do you plan on doing a video looking into the loses of the British Battlecruisers and Armoured Cruisers at Jutland?
00:06:27 - The role of lighter than air craft in naval applications?
00:11:34 - Format of burials at sea?
00:14:25 - What would the theoretical advantages and disadvantages be if the King George Vths and Vanguard had followed the design profile of the Nelsons?
00:18:56 - Were usage policy for starshells similar to that for searchlights?
00:21:26 - It seems that all the Dutch submarines in the Far East had engine troubles. Were these Dutch engineered diesel engines, or were they licensed from another Nation?
00:25:37 - In the world wars, which was considered more important for submarines, sinking warships or sinking cargo ships?
00:30:05 - German 12"/50 vs British 13/5"/45?
00:36:32 - How angled armour works?
00:41:17 - Evolution of naval uniforms?
00:44:45 - Was the Washington-Treaty cruiser a really bad fit for the Kriegsmarine?
00:49:46 - IJN foreknowledge of losing the Pacific War?
00:56:12 - Did any navy or civilian ships ever experiment with geared triple/quadruple expansion engines in order to step up the speed of the prop shaft for higher speed running?
00:57:44 - What makes a good Block ship? Is a heavy armored ship better since its harder to blow away with explosives?
01:00:01 - At what point does the technological gap in design become so great in the age of sail that older ships can no longer compete?
Comments
The problem with the idea that the Japanese thought they could win a war is that they were aware of the Two Ocean Navy bills which meant that, with a few exceptions, the US Navy at sea was not the REAL US Navy. Even the IJA wsn't enthusiastic about defending the defensive perimeter the IJN was trying to win. I think the only way to look at the Japanese war against the "West" is that it was a desperate face-saving operation. The only alternative was to tell the IJA that the IJN couldn't do what it had been built to do. No one was going to say that, and if they had they would have been assassinated. Is anyone else listening to the audio version of "Japanese Destroyer Captain" on YouTube? I read it years ago but am finding listening to it again interesting. My guess -- with absolutely no evidence -- is that there was a ghost writer involved who added expected Japanese tropes. It reads almost as fiction. Still very interesting.
Ted Jones
2024-01-07 06:27:38 +0000 UTCOh man, you just keep getting hit with this virus stuff, get well soonest, and thank you for the effort getting out content for us. Your the best.
Jeff s holloway
2024-01-06 14:03:10 +0000 UTC
