The Drydock - Episode 266

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:33 - How did the US early dreadnoughts manage all-centreline turrets and VTE's? 00:06:07 - How common a practice was keelhauling? When was the last time some unfortunate sailor was keelhauled? 00:11:26 - At the Hornblower movie tactics realistic? 00:15:52 - At what point in time did "sub spam" become a viable way of eliminating an enemy fleet? 00:20:23 - Design choices to make terrible ships somewhat better? 00:24:48 - Saluting the enemy in battle? 00:30:12 - The Dutch submarines sound like they were built by British-Leyland. What was the reliability of each major submarine force? 00:34:26 - What if the Germans solved their oil supply issues? 00:44:20 - In your opinion, which class or classes had the widest capability gap between the first and last ships of the class, assuming the ships are in their original forms? 00:50:04 - How much more speed could the US standard type battleships have made if the extra tonnage spent on turboelectric drive had been used solely on up-to-date boilers and turbines and modest hull changes? 00:54:21 - Do you think that the Anglo-German Naval rivalry of the pre-WWI era made conflict between the two empires inevitable? 01:00:48 - Had the Russian crews been actually trained and reasonably competent in sea warfare, how might Tsushima have gone? 01:05:56 - Armour scheme of the Spanish armored cruiser Emperador Carlos V? 01:11:16 - Was Tsushima a false predictor for major fleet actions to come? 01:18:23 - How superstitious were submariners as opposed to other sailors in general? 01:22:03 - Bow tanking in real life? 01:28:27 - What aspects of their naval training and careers would have given admirals an ability to lead and coordinate ground forces? 01:32:01 - Warship nickname origins? 01:34:08 - Differences between Littorio's? 01:37:10 - What three ship designs whether built or paper ships do you personally like but are either impractical, inefficient design, or completely crazy? 01:40:34 - Your thoughts on the definition of an aircraft carrier? 01:43:42 - Why did navies spend so much on searchlight technology when children with flashlights ("torches") could have figured out they were a bad idea? 01:48:22 - Do you have any recommended books about Admiral Philip Vian? 01:50:02 - What in your opinion is the most absurd or silliest-looking warship from the time the channel covers? 01:52:49 - Should Robert Blake have wider recognition as a naval commander of the highest renown? 01:56:33 - Toilets at sea? 02:01:58 - What was so dangerous about torpedo boats? 02:07:13 - The movie Greyhound shows a point-blank gun battle between the US destroyer and surfaced U-Boat. Did anything like this actually happen? 02:09:53 - What if Rodney's engines malfunction? 02:13:10 - Why was Copenhagen attacked again in 1807? 02:17:45 - How long to it take for the Royal Navy to establish a permanent presence in the Americas and what were the greatest challenges in doing so? 02:19:49 - How realistic are the naval tactics in the movie “Hansan: Rising Dragon”? 02:24:12 - Did any navy ever attempt to try to reduce/conceal wake for any sized vessel in the time before non-optical detection technology? 02:27:00 - Does scale rigging affect handling? 02:30:06 - Considering for how long a time period capital ships were fitted with torpedo launchers, how often did capital ships actually use torpedoes in battle? 02:32:40 - What happened to the sloop USS Saratoga? 02:37:37 - How were the officers in the French Royal Navy generally trained for command? 02:45:14 - Frames/Compartments and battle damage? 02:52:05 - How is downflooding angle calculated? 02:55:44 - Nomenclature of a repurposed vessel? 02:59:03 - Some large calibre warship guns have flared muzzles, why is this? 03:01:18 - In 1918, if constructing a drydock able to handle a navy's largest planned warship, what would the relative time and cost difference be between building a regular drydock and a floating one?