Greetings to all! - The FAQ Post
Added 2021-01-25 14:35:59 +0000 UTCHello everyone, both long-time and new patrons. As there have been a number of questions and lots of new people coming aboard I thought I should have a 'pinned post' to answer the most frequent questions. If there are other similar questions please ask them here and I'll update the FAQ list appropriately:
1) Where do I put Questions for the Drydock - These go in the 'Patreon Rewards - <Month>' post, I then harvest them for the drydocks. You can post questions on the individual early-release Drydock posts or on the main page and I will try to collect them as well, but there is a chance I might miss/forget to grab those.
2) How many questions do I get? - If you can read this post, you have 1 guaranteed question per month. You can post more than one, but I will then pick just the one to answer. :)
3) I don't think my question has been answered? - In very rare cases I might forget to answer a question or otherwise miss it from the relevant thread. However, please bear in mind that Patreon questions are answered in every Drydock, not just the long one at the end of the month, and also in the monthly livestream. So it is likely that your question is in one of those, see the spreadsheet of all Drydock questions so you can check (many thanks to the kind person who updates this for me!) Additionally, if it's a question that has been asked and answered recently, it may be skipped. If none of the above apply and you think I've missed your question completely, please message me :)
4) Where is the list of upcoming ships? - I'll be linking that here <placeholder> although given than option where applicable is a popular vote, simply putting a forward a candidate is entirely fine, just remember I don't cover ships built after 1950 as a rule.
Thanks
Drach :)
Comments
When the Washington sank the Kirishima, it was noted that the entire Kirishima seemed to be glowing red - was this due to the Kirishima carrying thermite shells? And can you go more into depth on this type of shell as I don't recall any other navies using these.
Maximus Tillman the IV
2025-11-01 16:46:43 +0000 UTCQ&A The sailing of America's "Great White Fleet" around the world was a major contributor to US diplomacy, geopolitical footholds, logistical planning, ship stress-testing, military readiness, and more. Without starting a dozen timeline threads of alternate-histories, how much would the USA have been set back on the global stage if the mission had been a failure? Ships breaking down mid-Pacific, if the Japanese had not been welcoming or a social/cultural faux pas had soured US/Japanese relations, if an accidental explosion on board while anchored in nay of the harbors while anchored near any of the local navy's ships, etc?
Ash the Lego Guy
2025-10-20 16:50:26 +0000 UTCBased on what we know overall on the tech available at the time, as a hypothetical... What classes of warships could have built Canada into a world naval power a la the USA had we decided to go that route from 1939- to the end of the scope of the channel? Cheers, and thanks so much!
Capt. Wrecked
2025-10-12 00:53:44 +0000 UTChttps://www.facebook.com/share/p/177oYhZvmZ/
Clayton Bradish
2025-09-20 06:42:24 +0000 UTCWould the Atlanta class light cruiser have been better as a 10,0000 T light cruiser with AA guns? My idea is for a Cleveland or Brooklyn style with 4 corner twin 5-inch turrets along with the standard 6 twin 5-inch turrets. Going from a 12 or 14 gun broadside to a 16 gun broadside. It should also make the ship more stable having a wider beam as well.
Michael Piatkowski, JR
2025-09-20 04:20:52 +0000 UTCQ&A What impact would a Baltic Project that blockaded German Baltic ports have had on the post WWI world?
KillerRabbit
2025-09-18 17:54:46 +0000 UTCQ&A During WWII what would the Mediterranean Conflict look like if the Regia Marina had built aircraft carriers?
KillerRabbit
2025-09-18 17:54:40 +0000 UTCQ&A What would WWII look like if the RAF focussed on Coastal Command rather than Bomber Command?
KillerRabbit
2025-09-18 17:54:32 +0000 UTCThe IJN had a reputation for excessively complicated battle plans, often leading to those plans falling apart the first time anythng went south, as they were unable to adjust and adapt. Putting aside the manpower and equipment issues they faced later in the war, if you were playing the role of Isoroku Drachamoto, what would you have done to make these plans less fragile for battles like Midway, the Marianas, Leyte, etc?
Sam Signorelli
2025-09-15 18:25:56 +0000 UTCQ&A When ships used mix coal and oil firing some had coal with oil spraying and others had boilers that burnt just coal and others just oil what are the advantages and disadvantages of?
Shimmering Aurora
2025-09-15 17:23:34 +0000 UTCQ&A - How detrimental to the Royal Navy was the appointment of Hugh Childers as First Lord of the Admiralty, beyond insisting on the pushing for the construction of HMS Captain?
Elliott W James
2025-08-24 21:25:54 +0000 UTCQ&A: With the exception of the early Ironclad battles such as the first appearance of the CSS Virginia/Meramec during the Civil War, what other examples are there of 'outdated' technology facing off against 'modern' technology in the period the channel covers? I.E. Ironclads vs Battleships vs Dreadnoughts, etc? And has there ever been any that were particularly bizarre? Ironclads vs Dreadnoughts, for example?
Daniel Guyton
2025-08-24 15:32:49 +0000 UTCRe armoring against your own size guns...wouldn't it have been prudent to design to resist slightly larger guns? Or did weight and balance issues make that not really workable?
Sam Signorelli
2025-08-24 02:45:08 +0000 UTCI’ve always been facilitated with the phrase: “ships that held the line.” I consider it warships and their crews that made the difference in critical situations that affected an entire war. Enterprise, Hornet, Yorktown and Ark Royal have always come to mind with me. Can you give some examples from the periods the channel covers you think also fit this description.
Rodney McCoy
2025-07-29 17:00:40 +0000 UTCQ&A What difference does an inch make in battleship guns? Hitting power, design considerations, crew requirements, whatever else? Examples (up to you), the British progression from 12 to 13.5 to 15 inch in WW1 (ok, 1.5 inches) or the U.S. progression from 14 to 15 to 16 inch in WW2. KGV v Bismarck v Rodney. However you want to do this in a short Drydock.
Greg M
2025-07-29 16:53:34 +0000 UTCHMS Agincourt: Radio Communication with ALIENS? YOU Decide!
Maya Media
2025-07-28 02:09:28 +0000 UTCOK Drydock 360 and Operation Sealion. We all have had bosses that have given us impossible tasks with little or no resources. As planned this does look like something of a comedy skit. I prefer to think of a part where the British are waiting as the German ships and barges are heading for shore. And waiting , and waiting , waiting , breaking for tea and come back waiting , as the ships cannot beat the current and are just at best stuck out there. So to sounds like only ( slight ) chance for an invasion is to somehow a surprise capture of an intact port, not major one , but one that would allow for this caravan to just come into port. With the hope of also capturing desperately needed boats of any size , that have an engine. Also I think there would need to be confiscation of a significant number of the Northland, Danish, Dane and Norwegian fishing fleet to aide in this insanity. And of course it all hangs on the humble shoulders of Goring to achieve absolute Air Supremacy over the Channel and immediate coast of Britain . Ironically , in my job I have been given similar demands.
Clayton Bradish
2025-07-26 17:13:29 +0000 UTCWho built the 5"/38 guns? Was there a primary manufacturer or were plans provided to each shipyard for production?
Adam Ek
2025-07-12 13:44:22 +0000 UTCAfter the washignton naval treaty the US completed some of its battlecruisers as aircraft carriers. Was any thought given to converting any of the Royal Navy's extensive battlecruiser force from World War 1 into aircraft carriers? It strikes me that they could have resulted in some very big carriers that could have been very useful subsequently...
Thomas Riley
2025-06-01 22:46:56 +0000 UTCThe Japanese used modified battleship AP shells fitted with fins to convert then into bombs for the attack on Pearl Harbor, as well as modifying aerial torpedoes for the shallow depth of the harbor. Did they use these modified weapons in any other attacks, or were they specific to Pearl? Did any other nation use similar modified weapons during either world war?
Sam Signorelli
2025-05-24 15:25:55 +0000 UTCDuring the battle between HMS Lion and L’Elisabeth on July 9 1745, the Lion is said to have gotten within pistol shot of L’Elisabeth during the chase before opening fire. At face value both ships were evenly matched so I'm curious whether there was any other option the french captain, Pierre Dehau, had to change the course of battle.
IAmMakingThisUpAsIGo
2025-05-03 15:08:35 +0000 UTCIs there a time limit for commenting on this post? Sometimes the right questions don't come to mind just yet!
Alex Cheng
2025-04-27 08:11:28 +0000 UTCYou're at the Lieutenant level and you can make an SPN suggestion alongside the Drydock question :)
Drachinifel
2025-03-26 18:04:32 +0000 UTCMy apology if I just fail to comprehend the obvious, but at what patron tier am I permitted to post an SPN suggestion? Is this in addition or instred of ones a month question? (Ps. I really would like to see Drach make the all-forward-layout special).
HMS Implosive
2025-03-10 13:47:53 +0000 UTCI stumbled across a video of the "America's Cup Boat Races at Newport & Marblehead", 1937, Part 1 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7NSTFcNBPI at the 2:51 mark we see a US Navy Submarine - with C1 on the sail - joining the fun. Possibly the USS Presidential yacht Willimamsburg at the 3:11 and 3:42 marks?
Gregg Germain
2025-01-31 18:25:27 +0000 UTCAlignments of all the barrels were part of the base line assumptions in the system, so if one gun was known to be misaligned it could compensate for that to a degree, but if the gun was not known to be misaligned it wouldn't know to compensate.
Drachinifel
2025-01-02 12:29:57 +0000 UTCAre you still having the issue?
Drachinifel
2025-01-02 12:28:29 +0000 UTCAnyone else having a problem with patreon not giving access to videos.? I get a message to sign in, but I am already signed in. Waiting for patron to respond, but I thought I would post in case someone has a fix. I do not see a place to log out so I can log on again. ???
Avalon
2024-12-01 13:11:04 +0000 UTCOn the US Navy fire control video, did the fire control system adjust for a single barrel that may have been slightly out of alignment? If he mentioned it, I missed it. I was a boiler technician working in the oil and water test lab. Aft plot was right next to our office, but that was the extent of my knowledge.
BB63 Veteran
2024-08-05 01:04:07 +0000 UTCHave you considered an episode on HMAS Yarra?
Anders Sorensen
2024-07-23 21:29:20 +0000 UTCIt was inspired by the user ‘Fisher fishing for fresh fish Fridays’ that would keep on getting longer, about a year or two ago in the Patreon drydock episodes.
How many Blackburn Blackburns could a Blackburn Blackburn burn if a Blackburn Blackburn could burn Blackburn Blackburns
2024-07-20 19:39:46 +0000 UTCWhat the hell is that username
HMSVanguard46
2024-07-20 13:06:09 +0000 UTCI was researching the escalation between armor and armament, when I came across Stepan Makarov, the creator of the so called "Makarov tips." He seemed to be a polymath of naval matters, doing everything from pioneering the concept of counter-flooding to designing ice breakers, as well as designing armor piercing shell, only to be killed early in the Russo-Japanese War. Can you tell us more about him and have you considered doing a video on him?
Brian W
2024-07-06 02:40:18 +0000 UTCYes, DM me :)
Drachinifel
2024-07-04 06:31:10 +0000 UTCDrach, Do you have a mailing address?
BEAUSABRE23
2024-07-04 05:46:10 +0000 UTCQuestion: The Amphibious Assault ship was a type that mainly exists outside the period the channel covers. However, there were early attempts made such as the Akitsu Maru. Would it have been possible for the Allies to develop a similar design in the 1940s, with a flight deck plus facilities to offload troops via landing craft or other means?
mikelima777
2024-06-12 19:07:22 +0000 UTCWorking on a scenario where France fights on. The government evacuates to Algiers, the Army conducts a fighting retreat down the Rhone and the Armee des Alpes holds off the Italians anf a "Super-Dunkirk" occurs with as many troops being evacuated out of the Cote D'Azure ports as possible by the MN and RN to North Africa. . Merse el Kebir never happens. As in our universe, Jean Bart makes it to Oran, where she basically sits and rots. Until Pearl Harbor - the USN is suddenly interested. So in the Spring of 1942, she sails for Philadelphia. Here she loses her 15 inch gus to provide a reserve for Richelieu. So what to put in their place. Building a small batch of French 15 inchers is so uneconomic as to be a non-starter. So, could the following from USN reserve stocks be mounted in turret 1 - 14 Inch Mark 11 (Tennessee), 16 Inch Mark 8 (Colorado) or 16 Inch Mark 6 (North Carolina). I realize a lot of work is going to have to be done on the barbette and turret, but this is not a rush job. As her secondary and AA armament is not fitted, these positions are used to mount 4 US 5/38 twin mounts (on 152mm barbettes and 15 inch barbette 2) 6 US 5/38 single mounts (on 100 mm positions). Ass quad and dual 40mm and 20mm to taste. She is completed in Early 1944, does her sea trials and sails for the UK. She will provide fire support at Normandy and Southern France before joining Richelieu and Renown in the fast wing of the battle line of the East Indies Fleet. You thoughts?
BEAUSABRE23
2024-05-26 18:12:42 +0000 UTC(it is quite terrible but I have been advised it finds it's stride towards the end of the first series)
Olly Whitton
2024-05-11 21:31:03 +0000 UTCA random question - are there any saving graces of an accurate naval historical nature in the series Black Sails? It is based in the treasure island universe so is fictional but I'm wondering if they have given any thought to accuracy over story and action.
Olly Whitton
2024-05-11 21:30:08 +0000 UTCCongratulations mate
Bryan Stephens
2024-04-23 01:07:05 +0000 UTCThe battlecruiser HMS Queen Mary had 42 boilers to power turbines rated for 75,000 shaft horsepower using a mixture of coal and oil, while the Queen Elizabeth class battleships had 24 boilers to power turbines rated for 75,000 shaft horse power using only oil. How did the use of only fuel oil instead of coal or a mixture of both, achieve such a drastic drop in the number of boilers needed to produce the same power, despite the same boiler pressure of 235 psi, or was the change of fuel only a part of other technologies to achieve it?
How many Blackburn Blackburns could a Blackburn Blackburn burn if a Blackburn Blackburn could burn Blackburn Blackburns
2024-04-22 17:51:33 +0000 UTCHi I know you're very busy just wanted to say thank you for all the work you've done, I've been following you for a few years on YouTube and almost feel guilty that it's taken so long for me to join your patreon just wanted to say thank you for all the work you've put in and that it is very much appreciated. Regards Jordan.c.
Jordan Cousins
2024-04-18 13:20:47 +0000 UTCHaving trouble posting this to You Tube. Could you add it? Thanks! According to HT Lenton's British and Commonwealth warships of World War Two, the Bathurst Class was evolved from the RN's reciprocating powered Bangor class of small minesweepers (they were found to be too small to have the engines needed to power the Double L magnetic mine sweep gear and an acoustic hammer anti-acoustic mine device and were replaced by the larger Algerine class, which was similar in size to the RN's original series of 1930's sweepers. the Halcyons. As mine sweeping is largely a battle of numbers, the RN then went to the Bangors for war time production in VTE, geared diesel and turbine subclasses, which proved to be rather a misteak. Interestingly, many, if not all, RCN Algerines never streamed a sweep as they were either stripped of or not built with sweep gear in favor of depth charges. They were then employed as Atlantic Escorts as pseudo-corvettes). Like the Bathursts, they were always rated as minesweepers and calling them “corvettes” was local and unofficial. Twenty purchased by the RN were loaned to the RAN. Armament on the Bathursts varied – 4 inch DP, 4 inch LA, 12 Pounder AA – what ever was available. The use of stripped WW1 Lewis guns in the bridge wings was typical. I wonder if the “50 cal” was the US M2 or British .5 Inch Mark III. The primary use of light automatic weapons on escorts was really against subs rather than aircraft – to kill the bridge watch and keep the crew from reaching their deck guns. The Heavy Depth Charge was a standard charge with an added iron weight attached to make it sink faster to a given depth to give a sub less chance to esacpe,”Mark VII Heavy - This had a 150 lbs. (68 kg) cast-iron weight attached to increase the sinking rate. The British claimed this DC would split a 0.875 inch (22 mm) hull at 20 feet (6.1 m) and force a submarine to surface at about twice that distance. A minol charge introduced in 1942 increased these distances to 26 feet (7.9 m) and 52 feet (15.8 m), respectively” Navweaps Site. The Depth Charger “Holder” is called an arbor and is normally sent over the side with the charge. (Load propelling charge, load arbor, load depth charge on arbor, load vent tube (blank 303) into firing mechanism and Bob's Your Uncle See ASW Weapons of the United Kingdom / Britain - NavWeaps ) Radar Type 286 was an Air Search set and 272 (in the dustbin) was a Surface Search unit. The loop antenna is for Medium Frequency Direction Finding (MFDF). From dad's experience as a member of the bridge watch on a US carrier, flags were used entering and leaving harbor, with the signal lamp blinkering messages when under radio silence and out of contact. Voice radio (The Frequency Modulated TBS - “Talk Between Ships” - radiophone) was used when in combat.
BEAUSABRE23
2024-04-17 17:23:08 +0000 UTCTwo questions. I was paging through my fifty year old copy of HT Lenton's British Fleet and Escort Destroyers of World War II, when I was reminded to two mysteries 1) Despite the fact that the Wairs were Anti-Aircraft Destroyers (mounted two dual 4 inch AA mounts controlled by a High Angle Director mounting Type 285 Air Ranging Radar), none of them seem to have carried Air Warning radar. This seems to be a pretty bizarre lapse. Am I reading the records wrong? Is Lenton in error? Did they depend on RAF Chain Home stations to perform the warning function? 2. Some ships performing escort duties in areas subject to E-boat attack mounted 2 pounder bow chasers and others mounted the Army's Twin 6 Pounder mount, which performed great execution of Italian MAS craft when they tried to assault Grand Harbor, Malta. How effective were these weapons aboard ship? Did they sink any E-boats? http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNBR_6pounder_10cwt_m1.php & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_6-pounder_10_cwt_gun & https://ra39-45.co.uk/guns-equipment/twin-6-pdr-coast-gun
ROBERT NABORNEY
2024-04-15 13:39:23 +0000 UTCCan you speculate on what the purpose of the disintergrating (asbestos?) panel in the 'Rum Ration' introduction is and why it has happened?
Ian Carr
2024-03-30 19:40:50 +0000 UTCJust toured HMS Victory and in the display about the rebuilding of the ship it was said that the 1894 metal masts were the oldest in use of any ship. Is this true it seemed to me likely that HMS Warriors masts were older or did she have a later refit?
Andrew Moreton
2024-03-08 18:50:44 +0000 UTCim new but i am glad to support you
Doggo-Neet00
2023-10-05 07:36:00 +0000 UTCA while back, I ran into a report about the Battle of Kula Gulf that claimed that the Japanese Task Force was able to spot the Americans first at 0106 with the help of the radars of the destroyer Niizuki. What is the likelihood of this claim simply being the result of a statistical error with the timing?
Valhalla's crazy destroyer captain section
2023-06-07 17:50:56 +0000 UTCThank you Kevin, Interesting though. Depending on the distance, does it mean that a fleet can travel quicker than a solitary ship, or do they move ships within the fleet during peace times for any potential fuel efficiency.
Luke Atwell
2023-05-19 00:51:53 +0000 UTCWelcome aboard. Since you asked for input, I'll give it a try. A swimmer at 1.5M behind the lead swimmer is roughly 1 body length behind. That's awfully dang close for large ships to be, simply scaling up, which might not be valid. Kind of like driving close behind a semi. Yes, great benefits, but you need to be scary close to get those benefits. Just my first cut at thinking about it. There is a benefit in calmer sees between the wakes, depending on the seas, but I'm thinking you meant more along the lines of actual "pull"/decreased drag from the lead ship.
Kevin Weber
2023-05-18 11:24:24 +0000 UTCSorry tried to introduce myself. Does anyone know answers to the above question. Thanks
Luke Atwell
2023-05-18 10:09:10 +0000 UTCFor ships; is it faster or more effiecient to travel behind another wake, and, Swimmers gain a tow in the olympics from being 1.5m from the leading swimmer. Do smaller ships gain benefit from similar positioning to a larger ship if scaled up.
Luke Atwell
2023-05-18 10:08:25 +0000 UTCDrach, Two types of ships for your consideration 1) Bomb vessels - to nclude their use in the Crimean War and US Civil War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bomb_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_vessel#:~:text=A%20bomb%20vessel%2C%20bomb%20ship%2C%20bomb%20ketch%2C%20or,and%20projecting%20their%20fire%20in%20a%20ballistic%20arc.) and 2) Fire Ships - the RN actually had some designed for the purpose (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ship#:~:text=A%20fire%20ship%20or%20fireship%2C%20used%20in%20the,panic%20and%20make%20the%20enemy%20break%20formation.%20%5B1%5D) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fireships_of_the_Royal_Navy) Thanks!
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-10-24 00:05:59 +0000 UTCYup, I see in the community chat I was WAAAAYYYY late to the USS Texas Party! Take care to right your own ship Drach, hope you are feeling better!
Brilliantly Clueless
2022-09-04 20:51:02 +0000 UTCAlso, some great video of her in dry dock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4ySvXXpbI0
Brilliantly Clueless
2022-09-04 00:15:07 +0000 UTCSorry if already posted, but the USS Texas is finally getting a welcome refit: https://www.galvnews.com/news/free/article_6e66694b-b4f8-58ce-a4d3-5061f6a988ea.html
Brilliantly Clueless
2022-09-04 00:13:11 +0000 UTCRecognizing that the overall outcome of the world war II would probably not change, I would very much appreciate your opinion. Which of the following choices would have helped the Kriegsmarine most if introduced by December 1941? 1.) Instead of two Bismarck class, three more Scharnhorsts were built, and all five converted to three twin 15” guns 1941. 2.) Properly constructed and fully operational Type XXI's (Electroboot) were introduced by Summer 1941. 3.) Dönitz was made fully aware that his naval Enigma codes were positively compromised by the Allies in January 1941.
Capitano Lorenzo
2022-08-23 21:15:20 +0000 UTCDrach, after subscribing to the channel some time ago I finally broke down and became a patron although only at the Stoker level. I may up that in the future but I had to do it in honor of my maternal grandfather Herbert Emmett Bintz 1896-1951. According to family history he made 7 (of 8) round trip crossings as a member of the black gang on the troopship USS Antigone prior to the Armistice. Not clear how many if any, he made afterwards returning US troops. Here's hoping you do a session on the dirtiest job in the Navy, without which we'd still be in the Age of Sail.
Ned Kohler
2022-08-10 15:30:01 +0000 UTCHe has a video on room 40
FallT0Earth
2022-08-09 02:15:57 +0000 UTCDrach, I’ve been watching a 2016 documentary on the Battle of Jutland. Something they mentioned was “Room 40” in the Admiralty. Can you expand on this and some of the apparent controversies about it?
Rodney McCoy
2022-08-08 02:29:38 +0000 UTCQ&A: What is the lowest rank held by a serving sailor (not a politician or Royal) to have a (Royal Navy) ship named after them? Are any of the lowest NOT "Captain Class Frigates" (USN DEs)? in which case this is also a case of adopting a foreign naming convention for a "borrowed" ship (a pattern well-known enough that Montserant wrote about it in "The Cruel Sea"). Is there any more recent folkloric/fictional character to have had ship(s) named for them than Reuban James? (who was probably a real life Able Seaman, but is a bit tied up in the stories/legends of Stephen Decatur, and has been subject to "print the legend").
Andrew Dederer
2022-07-28 03:00:54 +0000 UTCI appreciate your input, but my question had three specific choices. It is inherently obvious that if Japan had not attacked the U.S. that the calculus of our shared history would have been dramatically changed. Admiral Yamamoto was prophetic in his pre-war assessment regarding war with the U.S., alas, he was speaking to politicians and the IJA. They got what they asked for, and a great deal more.
Capitano Lorenzo
2022-07-25 18:27:49 +0000 UTCI know military vessels are your forte, but I have a theoretical, non-historical technical question regarding R.M.S. Titanic. If, upon first sighting the iceberg, what if Titanic did not attempt to turn, but just reversed engines and stayed on course thereby ramming the iceberg basically head on, albeit at a reduced speed. Could she have survived?
Capitano Lorenzo
2022-07-25 18:22:15 +0000 UTCIf the USN destroyers and destroyer escorts of Taffy 3 had been equipped with the Mk-17 anti-ship torpedoes, would it have changed any of the tactics used by the American commanding officers?
Rodney McCoy
2022-07-25 14:30:55 +0000 UTCNot attacking the US. Americans were not going to to go to war to rescue Limey and Dutch imperialists in the Far East. The FDR Administration followed a distinctly anti-colonial line in WW2. For example, the US would not give Britain enough LST's to reconquer or enlarge its position in the Far East, forcing the RN to build its own, less efficient deshn
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-07-06 02:20:29 +0000 UTCRecognizing that the overall outcome of the world war II would probably not change, I would very much appreciate your opinion. Which of the following choices would have helped the Imperial Japanese Navy most in 1940? 1.) Introduction of Bofors 40mm and 10cm/65 Type 98 anti-aircraft guns along with allied equivalent anti aircraft fire control in 1940. 2.) That The IJN had American equivalent anti-submarine warfare capabilities from the start. 3.) Yamamoto was made aware that his naval codes were fully compromised by the Allies in January 1940?
Capitano Lorenzo
2022-06-22 21:51:10 +0000 UTCHave you considered doing a video about the 1944 Port Chicago explosion?
Brian Pickering
2022-06-19 03:17:10 +0000 UTCGlad to hear that the USS Orleck is in Jacksonville
David Stange Jr
2022-06-06 20:32:19 +0000 UTCGiven the seeming ineffectiveness of indirect naval bombardment on coastal defenses, was there any development of large caliber shells specifically for this task? And I would like to formally request a 5-minute guide on the New Mexico class ;)
Brilliantly Clueless
2022-06-06 14:44:40 +0000 UTCCorrection - Could you explain why this occurred? Was it a simple matter of supply and the east Coast was on the bottom of the priority list?
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-05-21 18:29:10 +0000 UTCA question. Many of the Hunt class escort destroyers served escorting convoys on the East Coast of the UK. The main danger to the convoys was aircraft and E-boats. Accordingly, all 19 surviving Type 1 ships mounted a 2-pounder bow chaser, yet only one (Cotswold) mounted surface search radar - something that would seem essential in the night battles against the E-boats. Could explain why this occurred? Was a simple matter of supply and the east Coast was on the bottom of the priority list? Or was it worries about the Type 1's notorious lack of stability (Yet Cotswold seemed to show that carrying Radar Type 272 was no problem)?
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-05-21 18:27:36 +0000 UTCI'd like to suggest the conversion of the V&W classes to "WAIR" Antiaircraft Destroyers (DDAA) and Long Range Escort Destroyers (DDE) as a topic for an episode. Oh, heck, throw in the Scott and Shakespeare classes, too, and the units converted to East Coast Escorts
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-05-06 15:09:38 +0000 UTC1. Could we have the capability to label our photos so people know what they are looking at? 2) Could you expand the categories to include Destroyers, Submarines, Escorts - maybe broken down further into convoy sloops, frigates, corvettes and subchasers, Patrol vessels - colonial sloops and gunboats, Coastal Forces - MTB's, MGB's. ML's, HDML's and SGB's, Minecraft - layers and sweepers, Trawlers - AS, MS and other. I'd like to post some shops I have of the RNZN's Bird Class minesweeper trawlers (actually employed as escorts and patrol vessels). Between them, three units sank two I boats for the loss of one of their own by bombing. Might be a good topic for a "Five Minute History" https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/bird-class-minesweepers Thanks!
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-05-03 02:34:58 +0000 UTCA pair of requests about the archive
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-05-03 02:15:27 +0000 UTCJust a heads up - drifting mines have been reported in the Black Sea. Three in Romanian waters and one in Turkish. Something to keep an eye on - I realize it's way past your cut off date, but maybe worth a mention in the Drydock?
ROBERT NABORNEY
2022-05-02 15:59:19 +0000 UTCDo like I did and start at Number One and work your way through. The Drydocks are timeless and will always be very interesting no matter which one you watch.
David S. Speaks
2022-03-16 20:14:26 +0000 UTCNowhere better to put this...It was on this day in 2020 we did the last Drach's Mikasa Royal Rumble on World of Warships. I still have some decent screenshots of the event including the famous game of us all spawning on mountaintops on the North American server. If you were there and would like me to email you those shots for your memories, please reach out: terarex92@hotmail.com
Matt Blom
2022-02-01 01:22:35 +0000 UTCJust joined up, adding Drach to WW2TV and Fighting on Film here at Patreon (makes me feel like a Medici). One burning question I have is what happened to the naval guns at Singapore after the surrender. The only reference I have ever seen to them is that they were sent to Tarawa, can't remember which book but it was a long time ago and I've never seen it repeated anywhere else.
Steve Oliver
2022-01-27 14:24:54 +0000 UTCThis isn't the section for Q&A related questions
Jonathan Welch
2022-01-26 04:05:47 +0000 UTCHow would the battle of Guadalcanal change had the IJN sent in the Yamato with the Kirishima to bombard henderson field (and meeting Washington & SD in the process)?
Richard Hsu
2022-01-24 18:11:19 +0000 UTCIs there a video about the Dogger Bank incident/battle? It is often mentioned but I can't find a video.
Bjarki Hilmarsson
2022-01-21 13:16:19 +0000 UTCUnfortunately not, as I can't predict when scripts will be completed that easily :(
Drachinifel
2021-12-20 11:15:05 +0000 UTCIs there a spreadsheet to show what specials (not individual ships) are in the queue?
Robert Hilton
2021-12-18 20:14:50 +0000 UTCcrazy (unspellable) Russian admiral level - benefits, a lifetime supply of binoculars
Greidiawl
2021-11-28 12:07:23 +0000 UTCMore tiers. I want a Villeneuve tier. Maybe a Tryon tier. I wonder what benefits that'd entail.
Brian Reddeman
2021-10-06 19:40:07 +0000 UTCGrazie mille George!!!
Capitano Lorenzo
2021-10-06 18:20:49 +0000 UTCOr there is the link above which I just saw, has questions from drydocks 1-137
George Newman
2021-10-05 23:50:05 +0000 UTCTowboat & Capitano Lorenzo I recommend you go to "www.drachinifel.co.uk" and look around, there are pictures he has uploaded on the site, he is intending to sell copies of most of these. There is also a link that takes you to a downloadable excel spreadsheet that has the question list for drydocks 1-110 (I know, he just posted video file for drydock 166) but most if not all of the 50 odd ones not listed in the spreadsheet have the question list posted on the drydock description/comment area ( I just posted the questions for the livestream from tankfest two weeks ago and the second half of the list for Saturday's livestream this morning), all the ones 151-166 are out there as are 111-127, not sure about 128-150 yet, haven't watched most of them yet. Just discovered his work about April of this year.
George Newman
2021-10-05 23:46:59 +0000 UTCThere's a listing attached to this post, although I need to upload a new version as its a couple dozen episodes behind :)
Drachinifel
2021-09-21 08:43:25 +0000 UTCTowboat - Drydocks are usually just Drach answering a jillion questions from members/patreons et al. I know of no listing, although on some of the Drydocks there are a series of links with associated times/topics of that specific Drydock. Quite frankly, I would love to see a “how to” regarding patreon use and more specifically how it applies to this channel. I’m guessing all that info is out there, but I’m struggling on pulling it together.
Capitano Lorenzo
2021-09-07 00:40:08 +0000 UTCThere usually is a timestamped index in the description.
Bjarki Hilmarsson
2021-07-24 11:48:58 +0000 UTCI am new to the business of supporting channels. I have been enjoying the videos and just looking to contribute to something that is informative and interesting. I usually look at the subject descriptions before watching, and I have no idea what is in any given Drydock. Is there a list somewhere?
Towboat
2021-07-16 01:58:14 +0000 UTC"Sink the Bismark" was also a beer of significant alcohol levels (~40%) having not read the ABV/Proof until I consumed the whole thing--it felt like taking a full spread of torpedoes to the bow. Now I read the labels of craft beers coming from the UK.
Brian Reddeman
2021-06-21 15:12:42 +0000 UTCAll questions in the Patron Rewards thread are answered by the end of that month. :)
Drachinifel
2021-06-13 21:57:34 +0000 UTCQuery to the community- how long does it take fora question to go from asked to answered, usually?
'General' Dipper
2021-06-13 21:17:10 +0000 UTCThank you for your excellent work. As a tour guide at the Naval Aviation Museum here in Pensacola, I use your videos to improve my understanding of the big picture in the Pacific War. One question for you that I have never seen mentioned anywhere is this: Why didn't the allies mine the Slot?
James Berry
2021-06-10 13:32:54 +0000 UTCIs it true that the Captain cook pine tree where planted through the pacific to be used in case Masts etc where damaged and these could be used for repairs
Ben Bregman
2021-06-06 22:16:43 +0000 UTCHey Drach , new Patreon. I thought I had asked this elsewhere but couldnt find it, so apologies if I missed it. What in your opinion is the biggest 'missed opportunity' in the period of Naval history you look at, i.e something simple that could have had massive consequences on history. **Notes that dont have to be read if you dont want** Personally I considered thinks like the British not noticing Scharnhorst and Gniesnau during Cerberus, or their shells at Jutland, but at the end of the day these dont seem to have actually done much to change history to me (I could be wrong) However something like fixing the MK14 Torpedo much earlier could have had serious consequences.
SPRNinja
2021-06-05 05:52:33 +0000 UTCIf there were three things Günther Lütjens could have done to make Exercise Rhine successful.
Rodney McCoy
2021-06-02 03:33:35 +0000 UTCQ&A: In lieu of an island, from where were flattop carriers commanded. Was there simply an equivalent number of rooms inside the hull? And what was that space used for once islands became the norm?
KassTheRed
2021-06-01 15:09:12 +0000 UTCQ&A I assume that most have heard the saying Between the devil and the deep blue sea or The devil to pay (and no pitch hot), but I'm not sure how many realise that these sayings are naval derived. What other day to day sayings are you aware of that have naval origins but where these origins go unrecognised in general use?
David Toyne
2021-05-26 06:26:11 +0000 UTCQ&A what was actual effectiveness of American and British post war submarine refits for their ww2 diesel fleets and in reality whose was better
Tristan Smith
2021-05-24 18:42:08 +0000 UTCQ&A: Elco Thunderbolt. Useful, or just the most "2nd Amendment" turret of WWII?
Ash the Lego Guy
2021-05-17 18:45:08 +0000 UTCQ&A WW2 torpedo attacks: were below periscope depth attacks by subs possible/effective? If so, what was the maximum launch depth? And did surface combattants ever attack by torpedo subs at or below periscope depth?
Tuizentfloot
2021-05-16 19:22:41 +0000 UTCJohnny Horton’s Sink the Bismark is surprisingly one of the only American naval songs of any real note, apart from Anchors Away. As a Brit, who has some passing interest in your nation’s participation in the naval aspects of WWII, I am really curious how you feel about this song -- historical inaccuracies aside? Are you insulted to your very core, oddly inspired or just deeply confused?
Arin
2021-05-03 18:27:12 +0000 UTCHow much more training did crews in the Second World War require compared to say World War One or conflicts during the age of sail?
Big Smoke
2021-04-22 03:30:38 +0000 UTCDrach, regarding your comment about the Vigilante if you take advantage of any of the cheaper flights from London to Sanford, FL there is a Vigi on display at the airport entrance since it used to be a Naval Air Station (WWII then reopened for Korea and the cold war) and they were based here. Considering NAS Sanford was also home base to the A3 Skywarrior it can claim to have hosted both the largest, heaviest, and fastest operational carrier aircraft in the world. https://mattylovescomics.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/plane02.jpg
Trigfur
2021-04-18 07:52:54 +0000 UTCDo you think that adding fire arrows to giant crossbows or ballisti would've made them effective on medieval warships or would it have been too much of a fire-hazard?
Johann der Jäger
2021-04-05 12:38:25 +0000 UTCI gladly shell out 15 bucks a month for information about pre-dreadnoughts. A fascinating 15 years.
Spencer DeRosier
2021-04-02 03:52:12 +0000 UTCFound it, took me a sec to figure out I need to filtered it correctly
Chris Bruce
2021-03-29 00:14:52 +0000 UTCThere are various threads appropriate to you level called 'Patron Rewards - (month)' for the purpose :)
Drachinifel
2021-03-28 23:45:09 +0000 UTCI have a bit of a question where exactly do we submit questions it say. Like do we put them in the community tab area or what. Sorta confused.
Chris Bruce
2021-03-28 23:32:04 +0000 UTCActually, one of them is nicknamed, 'Donuts'. His full name is Karl Doenitz. He is long haired and tawny-colored like a lion (which was the grossadmiral's nickname) and he tends to stiff- walk around the house like a goose-stepping Nazi. Even more reason to hate cats.
Vintage Car History
2021-02-20 02:49:50 +0000 UTCGood - my main and alternate queries for the coming month are both unasked, which shocked me, as I expected both to have been asked...
Theodore Kamis
2021-02-13 00:50:26 +0000 UTCAre any of them named Beatty? If so, do an exorcistic name change ceremony to Drachi, and you will love them much better :)
Theodore Kamis
2021-02-13 00:49:08 +0000 UTChttps://www.drachinifel.co.uk/the-channel see #3 at this link
Erik Van Dootingh
2021-02-09 14:57:22 +0000 UTCI have five cats in my house. This is why I hate them.
Vintage Car History
2021-02-07 23:26:23 +0000 UTCHEY!!!! ...I like cats.
Johann der Jäger
2021-02-07 04:36:49 +0000 UTCI hate cats.
Vintage Car History
2021-02-07 02:11:22 +0000 UTCI don't know if it was posted elsewhere but is it possible to get a link to the spreadsheet showing where various drydock questions have been answered?
thepandaman2000
2021-02-06 01:06:48 +0000 UTCSo I need to steal a Tardis to get my ship covered? Damn.
Wayne Borean
2021-01-27 05:46:19 +0000 UTCThat's what things like the Bilge Pumps podcast are for :)
Drachinifel
2021-01-25 18:53:06 +0000 UTCLook up "The Rocky Mountain Fleet". I just learned something new.
Brian Reddeman
2021-01-25 16:46:23 +0000 UTCAs a new sub to your patreon this post helped me out a ton.
Kennit Lynch
2021-01-25 16:09:28 +0000 UTCThank you for your work, Drach. I regret we can't hear your comments on the whole "Cruiser Gap" thing, and the US response to it. I suspect it would have been very entertaining. With many justified barbs directed towards Congress.
SendPenguins
2021-01-25 15:12:31 +0000 UTCThanks Drach. Keep up the good work. Sadly, we have no museum ships in Denver for you to visit when you finally get to visit so I won't be able to buy you a beer!
Colin Ware
2021-01-25 14:47:02 +0000 UTC
