The Drydock - Episode 088
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 Published On Apr 5, 2020

00:00:45 - Had Germany managed to put significant numbers of Type XXI U-boats into service in the beginning of 1944, do you think it could have any significant effect on the timing of D-Day or the end of the war?

00:05:41 - Improve the High Seas Fleet's outcomes

00:12:02 - Did the Royal Navy in WW2 ever have fuel issues that limited its ability to deploy warships due to the U-Boat effort in the Atlantic?

00:15:06 - For steam turbine powered warships, is there a reliable, or usually good enough, way to predict the cruising speed from the engine power and maximum speed? And what sort of different is there in fuel consumption between the two?

00:23:02 - Jutland on film?

00:26:02 - In order to ensure safe passage of submarines over the years what type of systems were employed?

00:29:31 - What are the fundamentals for a well designed ship?

00:39:56 - What if the Japanese surprise attack on pearl harbor accidentally found the American carriers on their way to attack the harbor, assume the American carriers are in the flight path due to random chance.

00:43:17 - What would the penetration values on a 16/ 56 caliber look like?

00:50:33 - In which WWI era navy was every day life best and worst for a sailor, not taking into account the chance of getting killed in action?

00:55:05 - If I were planning a trip to the UK, which are the must-see museums for militaria that one must visit?

01:00:49 - INTERLUDE

01:01:13 - What were the offshore repair capabilities of the combatants during WW II?

01:05:09 - Is there some "WWI battleship fire control system operator's manual" available online/on paper?

01:07:15 - Some time ago, you have mentioned that you are working on video on possible causes of the Hood's demise. Any progress on that?

01:09:12 - Your opinion on the movie Midway and as many of your criticisms as your blood pressure can handle.

01:10:16 - What if the purges of the French Navy in the late 1700's hadn't happened?

01:16:35 - How common and successful were land based torpedo launchers?

01:20:24 - What were IJN and USN relationships like before 1940?

01:28:11 - If the actual causes of the destruction of the battlecruisers at Jutland was better known (say Beatty / Chatfield had been courtmartialed), does Hood still explode?

01:31:27 - How useful would a modernised Vanguard be in the Falklands War?

01:39:14 - Lion vs Iowa and other questions

01:50:48 - Battleships making a comeback?

02:01:45 - INTERLUDE

02:02:34 - Mission Kill a ship or Actually Kill a ship?

02:08:23 - Alternate Kirishima Final Battle

02:13:40 - Moving wrecks / Starshells / Sirens

02:21:57 - What would be the first battleship or battlecruiser built or refitted that would be a favorite in a duel against the 1945 USS Alaska?

02:35:41 - Is the war in Europe a prerequisite for the Japanese attacking the Americans and the European powers in the Pacific?

02:41:06 - Hospital Ships

02:48:56 - What if the the Pearl Harbour fuel tanks were destroyed?

02:59:00 - Bath Built is Best? / Hawke-Olympic collision?

03:03:16 - INTERLUDE

03:03:47 - HMS Canopus and the Battle of Coronel

03:10:44 - Why did the Russians keep building the Andrei Pervozvanny-class?

03:14:57 - Breech blocks on pre-dreadnoughts

03:19:06 - What was the first true ocean going US ironclad and how did it compare with the contemporary Royal Navy designs of the same time?

03:28:51 - Fort Drum vs the IJN?

03:40:16 - Lend-Lease Deal

03:46:33 - Ice Cream Barge and Floating Kitchens?

03:49:13 - What are your thoughts on the upcoming movie “Greyhound”?

03:53:43 - Landkreuzer P. 1000 Ratte VS any Battleship

03:57:25 - 'Brittania's Fist' Trilogy

04:09:15 - INTERLUDE

04:09:32 - WW2 Torpedo Fire Control for Submarines?

04:18:31 - Operation Ten-Go battleship duel?

04:24:19 - Admiralk King, USN

04:34:15 - What effects would WW2-era aircraft carriers have if they were somehow present at the Battle of Jutland on either sides?

04:42:11 - Naval fiction?

04:45:54 - What's the deal with airline food?

04:47:01 - Top ships in various catagories

04:53:58 - Torpedo Rooms and securing the ship against their flooding

04:58:24 - US and RN carrier formations in WW2

05:06:47 - IJN Naval Light AA Guns

05:12:39 - Were pre-dreadnoughts still viable battle units up to and during WW1?

05:18:19 - How did postal service in WW2 for sailor's at sea work?

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