The Drydock - Episode 131

the Clock face you refer to is known as a range clock. there is one on the forward superstructure, and one on the aft superstructure. these enable ships ahead or behind the flagship, or squadron/flotilla leader to know the estimated range that the aforementioned ship is targeting. since most ships of the period would be in line of battle, the trailing ships would not be able to see the range clock on the flagship, assuming the Flag was leading the formation, so the range clocks were on all battleships, and would act as repeaters down the line, so that all ships in the line of battle would be roughly elevated to fire at the same range when the time came for the Flag to order commencement of fire. Also, the forward and after super firing turrets would have a scale marked on the sides which would give the ships ahead and behind an approximate indication of the bearing that the Flagships main battery was trained to, Thus giving the entire battle line the ability to train and elevate as a single homogenous unit without needing to use signal flags or other methods that might be observed by the enemy.

Chipster8253

Out of curiosity, I had asked about the differences between the Richelieu and Iowa. Later you said that after the Nelson class was entered into service many nations looked at all forward armament, including the US. Why did they end up not going in that direction, instead opting for the two forward, one aft configuration?

he answers the question about range clocks on the superstructure in DD 44 at time 1:15:24

I hesitate to suggest adding to your workload for your already excellent videos, but would it be possible to add captions to the photos? I know you often describe the ship concerned in the commentary, but not always. Also, on several photos I have seen what appears to be a clock face on the forward face of the superstructure top. What was this?

Moin Drach :-) Following question: Years ago I visited the destroyer (D 186) "Mölders" of the German Navy. There we were told of an incident in which a galley fire caused severe damage. Did a ship sink in a galley fire in different eras? Could you give a brief summary of the history of fire protection measures in galleys over the years? I'm already looking forward to your next content. Greetings from Germany

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Proudest American moments: Midway, Guadalcanal, and Taffy 3 in that order. We love a determined underdog that wins. There isn’t a USS Tokyo Bay.

Holy Shit!

Vintage Car History

Well for the good cup of tea or local equivalent I'll just have to say my tea is mostly whiskey with just enough hot tea to make it warm with lemon and honey.

I'm tired of these mfing snakes on my mfing ship

January Dry Dock question: What would you recall as being the Most Happy and Least Happy ships in the Royal Navy from the following periods? Napoleonic, WW1, and WW2?

Looks like it'll be a long night :D

5:52. Good heavens!

Don't know if you can fix it before it goes live, every question after the snake one is grouped together without the divides

You are an absolute beast! Thank you for your hard work my friend.

Kennit Lynch