The Drydock - Episode 061

I think Warspite will always be his answer to this question ;)

Matt Blom

which battleship, not counting the dreadnauht, wins the dracinifel engineering award for excelence, insught into the future of naval warefare, and ulilizing available technology?

jeffere a fradsham

(Note to self for this month when that thread happens.) Q&A: was there any advantage to having the more spherical bows on the older sailing ships that newer sharper/pointed 'Atlantic' bows didn't offer for ships of the line? stability in rough seas, simple buoyancy needs, or something else? I would think the more blunt bow would make the ship slower, for sail-powered ships anyway. (EDIT, this may have been answered in an early dry-dock)

ZarconDeeGrissom

I wanted to get some of the "superstructure of doom" merch, however, it vanished by the time I had funds in my account. The Drach mugs do look nice, and having a ship on the other side would be epic. Kamchatka, Bismark, Yamato, the Kamchatka, Hood, Sand-going torpedo boats, the Kamchatka again, "Enterprise vs Japan.", Black Pearl (Pirates of the Caribbean, joking), HMS Victory, I really am joking about the Kamchatka as well, lol. It would be sweet to have Drach mugs with random ships on the opposing side (including the Warspite).

ZarconDeeGrissom

I will guess, it's down to political reasons beyond the scope of this channel. yes, some names are retired and not used again, and yes, others are used again despite horrific outcomes of the former ships. Welcome to the realities of the world being a lot of shades of gray rather than cut and dry absolutes. Some just feel that some names should be retired, others have less reverence for such things, and even the 'bar' for what goes where depends on who you ask.

ZarconDeeGrissom

I have an Uncle Drach coffee cup. I would SO TOTALLY PAY a premium for another with H.M.S. Warspite on the obverse!

So if a spectacular crew killing loss of a vessel is a reason to retire a RN name, why were there at least two HMS Vanguards after the 1909 St Vincent class vessel of that name detonated in Scapa Flow in 1917? In particular it seemed a little tempting fate to give a Boomer sub the same name as a ship that blew up so spectacularly.

SendPenguins

In terms of Cursed ship names HMAS Melbourne (the Majestic class aircraft carrier) cut two destroyers in half

The new Astute class submarine which was to be called Ajax is now to be called Agincourt which I think may please your naming sensibility.

John Hargreaves