The Drydock - Episode 255
Added 2023-07-15 08:00:04 +0000 UTC00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:52 - Why did the Ottoman navy stop winning battles after Lepanto?
00:05:52 - Upscaling/Restoring old film footage?
00:08:47 - Impact of a completed Borodino?
00:12:49 - Could any battleship survive the attack that sank HMS Barham?
00:17:19 - How effective were the German guided bombs?
00:22:47 - How might World War II have been different if the R class had been retained and developed in the interwar era?
00:28:52 - Was their any attempt to mount a flamethrower like device on an Age of Sail ship or was it just seen as easier and simpler to just use fireships?
00:32:46 - Knowing the technology and basic chemistry and elements that were known back in their time, what in your personal opinion was Greek fire made of?
00:39:57 - What’s the difference between Trafalgar night and Pickle night in the Royal Navy?
00:41:53 - Wheen Samuel B Robert's was down to firing Star shells, how did it go through so much ammunition so quickly? Rate of fire, low magazines, or something else?
00:44:03 - How where landing craft transported between operations?
00:46:32 - What strange "weapons" were used in the time this channel covers?
00:51:40 - Japanese commerce raiders?
00:57:17 - How would a warship of the 1912 era have faired in place of the Titanic?
Comments
In 1967, after being drafted (conscripted) and Basic the US Army sent me to school for Harbor Craft Boatswain. A good part of the hands on training involved the operation of LCM-8 and LCU styles of landing craft. An LCM-8 would normally be transported to the area of use on a cargo ship. An LCU is capable of sailing on it own for some distance. On an LCU there are crew quarters and a galley. The Navy also operates LSTs which can cross the ocean if needed - but I suspect that it would not be a pleasant voyage. After finished 3rd in my class of 30, I was never on an Army boat again and ended up spending most of 1968 working as a stevedore at the only munitions port in Thailand. Have you ever seen an old Victory Ship from WW2 loaded to the gunwales with bombs?
Michael A Klaene
2023-07-18 02:40:50 +0000 UTCSaturday night at the Drach vid, who knows what questions we'll hear ..
Graham William Kidd
2023-07-15 11:52:22 +0000 UTCThe noisy, grainy nature of the intro footage should remain - it's part of your signature style.
Rob Smith
2023-07-15 08:37:44 +0000 UTCOof! Drach it’s midnight here! I hafta go to bed lol
Chloe Delaney Sinclair
2023-07-15 08:01:16 +0000 UTC
