The Drydock - Episode 417 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - Wargaming at the Naval War College? 00:05:50 - Why was Royal Oak not raised and Repaired? 00:10:14 - Apparent vs actual protection 00:18:45 - Who did the USN learn damage control from? 00:24:41 - In a previous drydock you mentioned working on a game: do you need (or would you like) more play-testers, and will the game have an online version for play-testing or on release? 00:26:12 - Fire control in the late 19th century? 00:29:39 - Help me understand the Queen Elizabeth class? 00:35:05 - Droits of Admiralty? 00:40:58 - Naval graves and memorials? 00:55:25 - Why was the Jeune Ecole unsuccessful? 01:04:02 - Were diesel warships ever at risk of runaways? 01:08:24 - At what point were German capital ships at their best compared to contemporaries? 01:15:57 - Does CO2 really dissolve in water that well? 01:21:43 - The sinking and internment of the crew of HMS India? 01:28:31 - Was Pearl Harbor being a surprise a good thing? 01:31:38 - What is the most interesting or promising abandoned line of warship R&D, or* one that was thought of, ignored, but came back? 01:36:23 - Barents Sea details? 01:41:34 - If new tactics or methods were needed during war time (WWII) to react to new technology (own or enemy), the enemy doing things in a new way, etc., how did this work? 01:48:15 - Examples of ship types or naval technologies that just barely missed the window where they would have been maximally effective? 01:53:39 - You have been designated as chief engineer prior to Yamato's 1 way trip to Okinawa. What do you do to optimize your torpedo protection? 01:58:44 - Did naval shells in the time period that the channel covers contain backup fuses? 02:01:31 - Which British carrier came closest to matching Enterprise's service, and which American battleship came closest to matching Warspite's? 02:05:25 - What was the normal procedure for replacing prize crews during the Napoleonic Wars? 02:09:20 - What is the best purpose built ramming vessel for its time? 02:11:20 - How susceptible to spoofing was the VT fuze? 02:16:03 - Do you believe that there should be another HMS Hood? 02:18:11 - How common was it on warships of both sailing and steam and steel periods to have a large dog on board as a working animal, and what duties would they be expected to perform? 02:21:07 - Weather glass? 02:24:43 - Were float-plane pilots also carrier pilots? 02:27:13 - Are there any other examples of components or weapons from Czech manufacturers, such as Škoda, on warships? 02:29:35 - What are some lesser known naval history misconceptions that are bugbears of yours? 02:36:26 - How much of a threat was the German Fleet in the Agadir Crisis? 02:41:32 - In the Age of Sail, what was the average life of a bow ornament on military vessels? 02:44:30 - Modular construction on US fleet submarines? 02:50:20 - North Carolina class armour vs South Dakota class? 02:56:06 - Q-ship designations? 02:58:19 - Hull block construction? 03:01:43 - Shoring up the bulkheads? 03:05:23 - Which was the least battle ready ironclad at the time of it's commissioning? 03:09:41 - Did the royal navy have prohibitions on the use or ownership of things like opium? 03:11:55 - What might the Japanese navy have looked like in 1941 in the absence of any treaty restrictions? 03:15:24 - Split superstructures? 03:19:33 - Copper sheathing on ironclads? 03:22:08 - AA throw weight of an RN battleship in 1944? 03:26:38 - Can one argue that the Imperial Russian Navy would've been better off without Admiral Rozhestvensky's feat of getting the 2nd Pacific Squadron to Tsushima in fighting shape? 03:35:32 - What lessons were not learned post WW1 by the UK/France/Japan in terms of force buildup? 03:44:01 - Given that the Arsenal of Toulon was one of the largest shibuilding facilities in the French Republic, did the British gain any useful technical knowledge about French shipbuilding, fleet supply or the like during the Occupation of Toulon in 1793?