Drach, consider making a video about _Pamiat' Merkuria_ and _Varyag_ too, please! Also, a vid about most devastating submarine attacks during two wars. (U-9, U-20, I-19, S-13, U-47, USS Albacore, et cetera). And lastly, a question: why cannons on protected cruisers had literally no protection?
@@ELCADAROSA an armored cruiser has an armored belt, while a protected cruiser has an armored deck below the waterline to protect the machinery spaces and magazines. The extreme angle of impact on the armored deck from incoming shots is intended to provide protection out of proportion to the weight from the sloped armor effect.
Two ships that clashed in the battle of Tsushima more than a century ago, Aurora and Mikasa, survived to this day and are open for visit. Both also feature exhibits of each other. Ain't that beautiful.
@@TocTeplv Nice little piece of useless inane propaganda there, keep up the good work. You'll remain enslaved as long as you keep your tsars, Putin being the latest one.
Thanks for the video Drach! Amazing as always. Avrora was also refitted in 1922, becoming one of the first fully operational ships of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. Her original armament was replaced with 10 130-mm B-7 guns (those were intended for Svetlana-class light cruisers), 76-mm AA guns were also fitted. These guns were uninstalled and used as land artillery during WWII. Avrora got her "original" 14 6" Canet guns only in 1946. Now Avrora is partly a ship of Theseus -- she undergone two major restorations, in 1984 and in 2014. During the first one, her underwater part was sawed off and rebuilt from scratch, hull was also restored using modern materials and technology. 2014 restoration was not that complex, but almost all electric systems and interiors were rebuilt. I visited the ship a week ago, she looks good, but not completely historically accurate. Gunshields from land-based Canet guns are the most disappointing feature.
@@letoubib21 nope. Canet guns that were installed in 1946 were actually land-based fort artillery. They have different mountings and different gun shields.
Ah...the Aurora. Possibly one of the only effective ships of the Second Pacific Squadron. Possibly helped save Admiral Rozhestvensky's sanity. Escaped a certain repair ship's curse (mostly). Escaped the Japanese. Hats off. She is definitely a warship that should have been, and thankfully was, saved for posterity.
I've shot one of those 6" guns. The type was a French (Canet) design that the Russians manufactured on licence, and they were also used on coastal fortifications, some of which fell in Finnish hands when Finland gained independence in 1917. The guns remained in use through WW2 and beyond, though they were rebarreled with slightly longer (50 cal vs. 45 cal) Finnish Tampella barrels in the 1950s. They were still the standard heavy guns of Finnish coastal fortresses up to the 1980s, when they were replaced by a domestic 130 mm type with autoloading, automatic laying etc.. The 152/50 T had a range up to c. 24 km (c. 15 miles) -- more than the Russian version, partly due to the Finns turning the gun upside down in its cradle to give it a higher maximum elevation. Shooting at maximum range was a weird experience: after firing, it took around a minute for the shell to splash down and even longer for the sound of the explosion to make it back.
Thank you for remembering those cruisers! I was on Aurora two weeks ago, for the first time since a recent renovation. The ship is simply beautiful, I have always loved being on board. The only pity is that it has been almost completely recreated, and not much historical parts survived. P.S. love your videos! Please go on!
Notmah Cuppatea, oh, unfortunately the boilers and engines have not survived. As far as I know, the ship is now equipped with two diesel-electric devices - for the supply of electricity. And visitors can only walk through a few halls in the superstructure, where the history exhibition is located. And the upper deck, of course.
Ah, so those old engines and steering wheels shown in World of Warship Naval Legend are gone. Hope they salvage those engines and made ready for display in the museum. Wargaming shot their footage back in 2013-2014, right before Aurora was being towed away for the refit. Still sad to know she will never sail under her own steam again, ever.
Man I remember seeing this on my flying visit through St Petersburg and being impressed seeing history in reality. Sadly there was not enough time to actually board but it was fascinating!
Also, when you someday run out of warships to review, i suggest going for transatlantic liners, which competed for Blue Ribbon. Not only Titanic and Lusitania but also QM, QE, United States, SS Bremen, France, Normandy, RMS Empress of Ireland, and so much more.
We are looking at at least 10-15 years of warship content and that list is growing by the week. But I would love to see the liners and I think The Grate Big Move channel would be of interest to you
@@joshuapasquale11 Thanks, i will check it out. But i must also point it out that i require copious amounts of drachisms like _unfortunately_ and _ironically_ which i somewhat suspect liners history is rich in.
@@mtumeumrani376 Well, i would like to see reviews on legendary clippers like _Ariel_ and _Cutty_ _Sark_ , american multi-mast schooners epitome of which were _Thomas_ _J_ _Lawson_ , and, of course, windjammers, like those "Flying P's", 5-masters, pride of their nations, and, for example, story about _Zeeadler_ .
Also worth noting that while she's a fantastic exhibit - Aurora is criticized by some as a de-facto replica more than a preserved ship. She has undergone massive refits as a result of deterioration and damage: for example, her entire lower hull was replaced in the 1980s, and nearly all riveted structures including funnels have been replaced with welded construction (simply because there's no longer the trained riveters or equipment for the job). As far as I'm aware, only one or two of her current 152mm guns had ever actually served on an original Diana-class of any sort - others being credible but much later replacements, and thus other-model guns. I don't think that makes a huge difference myself, and she's a great ship to visit if you ever get chance - but just something to be aware of!
I also like the longer format in information, but the 5minute guide name is almost comedy now.... 10minute guide to warships would at least be bracketed, rather than merely misjudging the range.
Interesting! Just two years later Aurora was in drydock having the entire hull below the waterline cut out and replaced with a new one welded in due to deterioration.
One of the more poignant exhibits on board is a preserved bit of wall with a shellhole, next to the portrait of Aurora's then-commander - reportedly, metal salvaged from the bridge where he was killed at Tsushima.
Ah, the after-dinner coffee break. The Aurora - as well as the French war-hotels - would be beautiful, if not a bit undersized additions to the WH40K battlefleet. As seagoing vessel they are like a good can of smoked Russian sprotni with ripe, seasoned camambert cheese. One have to develop a taste for them. :)
its tremendous that a ship of her historical significance can be visited today, she's actually quite stately done up in her gray and green paint scheme.
Could we please have a feature on HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra? Australia had a particularly interesting career and has been well described in "Flagship" by Mike Carlton
Aurora was mostly scrapped in the 1980s. The ship preserved today is a replica hull with superstructure and features from the original added on. Below decks almost nothing remains of the old ship.
Along with the wonderful thumbnail, the picture used at 3:00 is in awesome clarity! Was that taken after WW2? Or has it been digitally recreated? It looks so detailed.
What was the most successful of the US Standards in terms of service rendered when compared to the amount of damage sustained or casualties taken. Pearl Harbor not included.
Interesting that the Imperial Russian Navy flag of that time is very similar to the British Union Jack. Well, in black and white, anyway. Maybe that's why the RN White Ensign is slightly different, perhaps to avoid confusion in any theoretical punch up. Just wondering.
May be younger. They are the Navy cadets from nearby Naval Academy School. They used to be usually orphans (not as often nowadays for obvious reasons) whose parents gave lives as sailors. It always have been a good opportunity for the boys to get very promising start in their lives. So nowadays the competition is high (and you do not have to be an orphan any more ))).
Eastern Block schoolkids would know Aurora first. A distant second, already in adolescence, armoured cruiser Potëmkin. Third, only if you were into ships, you'd go to the naval section in bookshop or library, and find out about exotic foreign ships like Victory, before being conscripted for two years with AK-47, four cartridges, and your combat ration...
Do you have sources that detail the 1984-87 reconstruction of the Aurora? Wikipedia says the deterioration below the waterline was so serious that workers had to cut off the entire underwater hull and build a new one. I’d love to hear details on how that was done. I read in another source that that old hull was towed to sea and scuttled. Great videos btw.
Do you plan on doing a video on the Washington Treaty era Italian Heavy Cruiser like the Zara or Trento anytime soon? If not, i think it would be an interesting video to explore the Italian approach to heavy cruiser of that time.
Q&A I find the floating drydocks very interesting have you presented a Drydock episode I have missed? If not I guess they are not a warship but they sure saved a lot of them I am curious if they traveled as their own battle group with escorts or operated very stealthy. Keep up the great work really enjoy your work!
What happens when you come to the end of the list of ships in the description? Will you expand into the modern era, or is there more in the "steam and steel" era to cover, not on the list?
Can Someone please help me? What do you call the hull design of ironclads? Unlike the modern battleships that has straight sides. The ironclads has a curving upwards hull. What do you call that design?
Is the France-Russia alliance the reason the two became so similar? Neither seemed to b e able to resist the temptation to fiddle with a design. 6,000 tons does seem quite large for a protected cruiser of the period. An early form of the 'Large Light Cruiser'?
Thats the later red peoples fleet Aurora right? How does the boiler, steam engine and turbine room look like? One should make her seaworthy again! Sailing under own steam power would be fascinating, the last surviving WW1 cruiser left! Would be booked out by tourists all the times. (if Russia survives Corona)
This was interesting, but I was a bit disappointed as I thought this might be the HMS Aurora of WW2. I’ve been hoping that you would discuss her as she had a very interesting history. Could you add HMS Aurora to your list?
5:33 "...damage from friendly fire incidents..." Who said "Kamchatka"? 6:33 What is that flag? It looks like a combination of the Danish flag and the Confederate flag of the US civil was.
During the 80s there was a lot of controversy about just how much of the actual Aurora as t was during the WWI was there now, with some claiming that the Aurora now on display is actually newly-built ship that used salvaged parts from the hull of the actual Aurora rotting somewhere in the Gulf of Finland... But honestly it's a bit of the Ship of Theseus "when you repair so much it's no longer a repair" sort of thing (and unsurprisingly, the conundrum comes from the first known attempt to preserve a ship for posterity...)
If USS midway had been finished earlier would she have made a major contribution to the war efforts and would this had affected her career because of the mothballing of so many ships after the war had ended
Nothing wrong with the concept of fast ships with big guns - they are designed to beat fast ships with little guns. The problem comes when you let them fight slow ships with big guns, whereupon they are completely outclassed and trend to sink quickly. It's a bit like carrying a sword because you think your enemy has a knife, only to find he has a pistol...
"His Imperial Russian Majesty's Ship". It's not an official prefix, and never was. It's used by some authors to denote Imperial Russian ships. An analogy would be the "KMS" or "DKM" sometimes seen affixed to ships of the Kriegsmarine. That is also a post-war invention by authors. (edited for clarity)
Pinned post for Q&A :)
Do you plan on visiting the USS Kidd in Baton Rouge Louisiana, I live 40 minutes or so from there and it would be great to meet you.
What is the difference between “armored” and “protected” cruisers?
Drach, consider making a video about _Pamiat' Merkuria_ and _Varyag_ too, please!
Also, a vid about most devastating submarine attacks during two wars. (U-9, U-20, I-19, S-13, U-47, USS Albacore, et cetera).
And lastly, a question: why cannons on protected cruisers had literally no protection?
@@ELCADAROSA an armored cruiser has an armored belt, while a protected cruiser has an armored deck below the waterline to protect the machinery spaces and magazines. The extreme angle of impact on the armored deck from incoming shots is intended to provide protection out of proportion to the weight from the sloped armor effect.
Frank DeMaris, thank you. That makes a little more sense.
"With the rising threat of torpedo boats"
_The ghost of a certain repair ship suddenly appears_
I love how the Kamchatka’s become a sort of inside-joke
@@z3r0_35 ...i wonder if the Kamchatka's skipper's name was Sketinovic and his grandson became later a captain on a certain cruise ship...? ;-)
No fish were struck by pairs of binoculars during the making of this video.
The ship will always come if there are torpedo boats
This made my saturday!!! i laughed a lot
Two ships that clashed in the battle of Tsushima more than a century ago, Aurora and Mikasa, survived to this day and are open for visit.
Both also feature exhibits of each other.
Ain't that beautiful.
@TomisHoare Probably you needed to book a group tour. Or was it during her reconstruction?
Guess their BFF now lol
@@USSAnimeNCC- bruh
Man if only the ships can talk...
Wonder if _Aurora's_ in good enough shape to take a vacation to Yokosuka someday...
Those guns could be fired at the deck because of a Boarding action or...mutiny....this is imperial Russia after all.
......and then things got worse..... .
@@davidbrennan660 People usually underestimate just how much worse people can make things.
@@ericgrace9995 *purges in soviet*
@@davidbrennan660 I know you all would like russians to remain enslaved peasants till the end of times.
@@TocTeplv Nice little piece of useless inane propaganda there, keep up the good work. You'll remain enslaved as long as you keep your tsars, Putin being the latest one.
There is something beautiful about sea going vessels, even the ugly ones.
Functionality perhaps ? A refreshing lack of bullshit ??
Ugly, yet majestic at the same time.
Diana class in not ugly at all. Quite on the contrary. You should go to St. Petersburg to see Aurora with your own eyes.
Thanks for the video Drach! Amazing as always.
Avrora was also refitted in 1922, becoming one of the first fully operational ships of the Red Banner Baltic Fleet. Her original armament was replaced with 10 130-mm B-7 guns (those were intended for Svetlana-class light cruisers), 76-mm AA guns were also fitted. These guns were uninstalled and used as land artillery during WWII. Avrora got her "original" 14 6" Canet guns only in 1946.
Now Avrora is partly a ship of Theseus -- she undergone two major restorations, in 1984 and in 2014. During the first one, her underwater part was sawed off and rebuilt from scratch, hull was also restored using modern materials and technology. 2014 restoration was not that complex, but almost all electric systems and interiors were rebuilt.
I visited the ship a week ago, she looks good, but not completely historically accurate. Gunshields from land-based Canet guns are the most disappointing feature.
Didn't she get her old armament back?
@@letoubib21 nope. Canet guns that were installed in 1946 were actually land-based fort artillery. They have different mountings and different gun shields.
Thanks for the "ship of Theseus" reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_of_Theseus
I learned something new today!
A Russian warship that escaped the Japanese. Worth preserving just for that
Aye sir
Do you see torpedo boats?
Lucky escape the Pacific Squadron!
As if the Japanese were the biggest threat to Aurora. We all know the biggest threat to her was the Kamchatka.
Actually Japanese navy destroyed 10 Russian battleships in 1905 (real battleships armed 11'' and 12'' guns not a cruisers)
Aurora: the ship that went through so much crap she started drinking.
Ah...the Aurora. Possibly one of the only effective ships of the Second Pacific Squadron. Possibly helped save Admiral Rozhestvensky's sanity. Escaped a certain repair ship's curse (mostly). Escaped the Japanese. Hats off. She is definitely a warship that should have been, and thankfully was, saved for posterity.
Visited `Aurora` during visit to Leningrad in 1980
Grant Cullen i visited her two years ago. She looks great and I often wondered what it would be like to go out to sea with her
Aurora was hit by 5 shells during the Kamchatka incedent, the ship's priest lost his arm. So, Aurora did not escape that mess.
@@manichaean1888 Fair point. I was under the impression she was hit with one shell from the Kamchatka. Time to read more... Thanks for the correction.
The ship later played a role in the Russian Revolution and in WW2 in some capacity in the Soviet Navy as a training vessel.
Visited Aurora in Leningrad (Soviet era) as a school kid., one of the highlights of my trip.
I've shot one of those 6" guns. The type was a French (Canet) design that the Russians manufactured on licence, and they were also used on coastal fortifications, some of which fell in Finnish hands when Finland gained independence in 1917. The guns remained in use through WW2 and beyond, though they were rebarreled with slightly longer (50 cal vs. 45 cal) Finnish Tampella barrels in the 1950s. They were still the standard heavy guns of Finnish coastal fortresses up to the 1980s, when they were replaced by a domestic 130 mm type with autoloading, automatic laying etc.. The 152/50 T had a range up to c. 24 km (c. 15 miles) -- more than the Russian version, partly due to the Finns turning the gun upside down in its cradle to give it a higher maximum elevation. Shooting at maximum range was a weird experience: after firing, it took around a minute for the shell to splash down and even longer for the sound of the explosion to make it back.
Aurora 1905: Is the only sane man in the Imperial Russian Navy.
Aurora 1917: Starts the Bolshevik revolution.
My guess is that she just got fed up with the Tsar...
don't blame her to be honest
It was munity in the ship
Thank you for remembering those cruisers! I was on Aurora two weeks ago, for the first time since a recent renovation. The ship is simply beautiful, I have always loved being on board. The only pity is that it has been almost completely recreated, and not much historical parts survived.
P.S. love your videos! Please go on!
Are you allowed to go and see the engine and the boilers?
Notmah Cuppatea, oh, unfortunately the boilers and engines have not survived. As far as I know, the ship is now equipped with two diesel-electric devices - for the supply of electricity. And visitors can only walk through a few halls in the superstructure, where the history exhibition is located. And the upper deck, of course.
@@Александр-ъ2з7в oh right that's unfortunate, at least it's preserved in some way I suppose
Ah, so those old engines and steering wheels shown in World of Warship Naval Legend are gone. Hope they salvage those engines and made ready for display in the museum.
Wargaming shot their footage back in 2013-2014, right before Aurora was being towed away for the refit.
Still sad to know she will never sail under her own steam again, ever.
Some amazing black and white photos such as the three young crew members in heavy winter coats - with the cruiser behind them.
Man I remember seeing this on my flying visit through St Petersburg and being impressed seeing history in reality. Sadly there was not enough time to actually board but it was fascinating!
There is something beautiful about these steam punk warships.
Thanks...good work.
Love those 3 big funnels and the high belt line, typical of ships in this era.
Fantastic video as always Drach.
When I saw Aurora on the list, I was sort of hoping for HMS Aurora, the Arethusa class cruiser, but this is also cool.
Also, when you someday run out of warships to review, i suggest going for transatlantic liners, which competed for Blue Ribbon. Not only Titanic and Lusitania but also QM, QE, United States, SS Bremen, France, Normandy, RMS Empress of Ireland, and so much more.
We are looking at at least 10-15 years of warship content and that list is growing by the week. But I would love to see the liners and I think The Grate Big Move channel would be of interest to you
@@joshuapasquale11 Thanks, i will check it out.
But i must also point it out that i require copious amounts of drachisms like _unfortunately_ and _ironically_ which i somewhat suspect liners history is rich in.
He could also go after and cover tall ships; particularly the USS Eagle and Pride of Baltimore.
@@mtumeumrani376 Well, i would like to see reviews on legendary clippers like _Ariel_ and _Cutty_ _Sark_ , american multi-mast schooners epitome of which were _Thomas_ _J_ _Lawson_ , and, of course, windjammers, like those "Flying P's", 5-masters, pride of their nations, and, for example, story about _Zeeadler_ .
@@informationmimic9547 I would love to see a video on the Bluenose.
I just love to hear to those videos while traveling through the city by bus, just so pleasant
Nice that some of these great old ships survive. Thank you for posting this!
Thank you so much! I requested this a few times now and I’m so happy you did this video.
Dark roast this morning. Thanks as always, Drach.
...and some fine Cali. :)
Ahh drachinifel... highlight of my naval historical day.
Also worth noting that while she's a fantastic exhibit - Aurora is criticized by some as a de-facto replica more than a preserved ship. She has undergone massive refits as a result of deterioration and damage: for example, her entire lower hull was replaced in the 1980s, and nearly all riveted structures including funnels have been replaced with welded construction (simply because there's no longer the trained riveters or equipment for the job). As far as I'm aware, only one or two of her current 152mm guns had ever actually served on an original Diana-class of any sort - others being credible but much later replacements, and thus other-model guns.
I don't think that makes a huge difference myself, and she's a great ship to visit if you ever get chance - but just something to be aware of!
This is comment number 9 thanking Drach for my birthday present. I like this class. Good looking ships with a fascinating history.
My birthday too👍
The Auroras guns were dismounted in WW2 and mounted on railcars. And were used to shell german positions
Legend has it that Diana was the only ship in the Russian navy that never ever saw Torpedo Boats
At this point you could rename them "6 minutes to 1 hour and 30 minute guide to warships".
On a Saturday I like them to be about 30 minutes. Gives you enough time to drink your coffee at leasurely pace.
@@bigblue6917 O h I have no problem with the long ones...
I also like the longer format in information, but the 5minute guide name is almost comedy now.... 10minute guide to warships would at least be bracketed, rather than merely misjudging the range.
@@SheepInACart well it did say(in brackets) more or less, but just not how much more .
"To mostly warships" , i seem to remember an a6m2 incursion at some point
Its funny how the lower bow projecting design was actually ahead of its time.
5 minute guide on USS Kidd, Fletcher class destroyer that is now a museum ship in my town of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
My favorite channel on RUclips man, keep it up. What’s your favorite American battleship
He likes the New Mexico for its imposing looks.
I visited the Aurora in 1982. It appeared well tended at that time.
Interesting! Just two years later Aurora was in drydock having the entire hull below the waterline cut out and replaced with a new one welded in due to deterioration.
@@RobJaskula I must have missed that :-))
Excellent as always sir.
As soon as I heard the name "Aurora" I thought "I know what happens to **that** ship!"
One of the more poignant exhibits on board is a preserved bit of wall with a shellhole, next to the portrait of Aurora's then-commander - reportedly, metal salvaged from the bridge where he was killed at Tsushima.
So much ship for such little firepower, but looks really cool.
Thanks, Drach,
Love,
David
The image at 3:33 is literally just a low res copy of the one that came immediately before with the sepia tone removed.
Ah, the after-dinner coffee break.
The Aurora - as well as the French war-hotels - would be beautiful, if not a bit undersized additions to the WH40K battlefleet. As seagoing vessel they are like a good can of smoked Russian sprotni with ripe, seasoned camambert cheese. One have to develop a taste for them. :)
its tremendous that a ship of her historical significance can be visited today, she's actually quite stately done up in her gray and green paint scheme.
I always enjoy these podcasts.
Nice vid. I really like the videos on lesser known classes.
Thanks
Nicely done as always. Thanks. Keep them coming
Thank You Sir! Amusing and informative as usual.
Awesome! Drach, please make a video about Pamiat' Merkuria and Varyag too, please!
The Aurora, just when you think it can't get any worse it survives only to have even more bad luck.
Thanks Drach. Another great one
Fun ship to play with in World of Warships.
Could we please have a feature on HMAS Australia and HMAS Canberra? Australia had a particularly interesting career and has been well described in "Flagship" by Mike Carlton
I love these old ships, so steam punk.
That flag had me confused until I saw it in color. Now I'm just perplexed.
I used to be disgusted.
Now I try to be amused.
(your comment made me think of this lyric. name the song, win a prize.)
(PS: there is no prize)
Aurora was mostly scrapped in the 1980s. The ship preserved today is a replica hull with superstructure and features from the original added on. Below decks almost nothing remains of the old ship.
3:31
I like cutting to the same picture in worse condition
;p
Loving these videos!
Hunted for but couldn't find a guide to the SMS König. Any ideas?
Great video as always!
I built the Borodino 1/250. Interesting ship. What was she to the Diana class?
Very interesting.
Along with the wonderful thumbnail, the picture used at 3:00 is in awesome clarity! Was that taken after WW2? Or has it been digitally recreated? It looks so detailed.
The imperial ensign that looks a lot like a Union Jack in old black and white photos confuses me every time.
Ship video request: Any or all of the RN WW1 ASW purpose built escorts (Aubrietia, Arabis, etc). Love the channel.
I do love a Protected Cruiser.
What was the most successful of the US Standards in terms of service rendered when compared to the amount of damage sustained or casualties taken. Pearl Harbor not included.
Interesting that the Imperial Russian Navy flag of that time is very similar to the British Union Jack. Well, in black and white, anyway. Maybe that's why the RN White Ensign is slightly different, perhaps to avoid confusion in any theoretical punch up. Just wondering.
3 sailors walking down the foreshore walk looked as if they were no more than 15 years old.
May be younger. They are the Navy cadets from nearby Naval Academy School. They used to be usually orphans (not as often nowadays for obvious reasons) whose parents gave lives as sailors.
It always have been a good opportunity for the boys to get very promising start in their lives. So nowadays the competition is high (and you do not have to be an orphan any more ))).
Eastern Block schoolkids would know Aurora first. A distant second, already in adolescence, armoured cruiser Potëmkin. Third, only if you were into ships, you'd go to the naval section in bookshop or library, and find out about exotic foreign ships like Victory, before being conscripted for two years with AK-47, four cartridges, and your combat ration...
I'd love to see a video on the City Class gunboats of the American Civil War. You can visit one today, the USS Cairo.
Weren't the guns of the Aurora dismounted and used in the siege of Leningrad?
Old Imperial Russian flag could be mistaken for the union Jack at a not to great a distance.
Do you have sources that detail the 1984-87 reconstruction of the Aurora? Wikipedia says the deterioration below the waterline was so serious that workers had to cut off the entire underwater hull and build a new one. I’d love to hear details on how that was done. I read in another source that that old hull was towed to sea and scuttled. Great videos btw.
How about a podcast on the USCG Secretary Class of cutters that operated in WWII?
Hey drach, can you please talk about the Battle of Macau? fought between Dutch and portugal
Do you plan on doing a video on the Washington Treaty era Italian Heavy Cruiser like the Zara or Trento anytime soon? If not, i think it would be an interesting video to explore the Italian approach to heavy cruiser of that time.
Question, why was not a fleet for the Pacific. Ability to go around the world was not block
please do one about the U.S.S. Oregon/ Massachusetts class of U.S Battleships.
Q&A I find the floating drydocks very interesting have you presented a Drydock episode I have missed? If not I guess they are not a warship but they sure saved a lot of them I am curious if they traveled as their own battle group with escorts or operated very stealthy. Keep up the great work really enjoy your work!
What happens when you come to the end of the list of ships in the description? Will you expand into the modern era, or is there more in the "steam and steel" era to cover, not on the list?
There is more to steam and steel that's not on the list
Can Someone please help me?
What do you call the hull design of ironclads? Unlike the modern battleships that has straight sides. The ironclads has a curving upwards hull. What do you call that design?
Tumblehome
Did i hear scare of Torpedo boats?
The Russian Navy still says KAMCHATKA when they see a REAL torpedobpat !
Am I the only one with calculator at hand for converting imperial measures into metric ones ?
Is the France-Russia alliance the reason the two became so similar? Neither seemed to b e able to resist the temptation to fiddle with a design.
6,000 tons does seem quite large for a protected cruiser of the period. An early form of the 'Large Light Cruiser'?
Thats the later red peoples fleet Aurora right? How does the boiler, steam engine and turbine room look like? One should make her seaworthy again! Sailing under own steam power would be fascinating, the last surviving WW1 cruiser left! Would be booked out by tourists all the times. (if Russia survives Corona)
Aurora's hull below the waterline was cut out, scrapped, and a new one welded in during the mid-80s due to severe deterioration.
This was interesting, but I was a bit disappointed as I thought this might be the HMS Aurora of WW2. I’ve been hoping that you would discuss her as she had a very interesting history. Could you add HMS Aurora to your list?
Can you review the USS Silversides?
5:33 "...damage from friendly fire incidents..." Who said "Kamchatka"?
6:33 What is that flag? It looks like a combination of the Danish flag and the Confederate flag of the US civil was.
Did the Aurora ever have camouflage like how it's displayed in WoWs?
Achievement unlocked: escaped the Japanese.
Could you do a review on the battleship uss kansas or on the Connecticut class battleships?
has anyone ever heard of the Diadem Class british protected cruisers?
Yes.
The Avrora received so much shit from from the Imperial Russian government, that she decided enough was enough and started a revolution
During the 80s there was a lot of controversy about just how much of the actual Aurora as t was during the WWI was there now, with some claiming that the Aurora now on display is actually newly-built ship that used salvaged parts from the hull of the actual Aurora rotting somewhere in the Gulf of Finland... But honestly it's a bit of the Ship of Theseus "when you repair so much it's no longer a repair" sort of thing (and unsurprisingly, the conundrum comes from the first known attempt to preserve a ship for posterity...)
Sounds like Stanley Holloway's Headsman's Axe. 'Its 'ad a new 'andle, and p'raps a new 'ed, but its the real old original axe.'
Aurora got 130mm guns in she's last modernisation not a 6'' (152mm)
If USS midway had been finished earlier would she have made a major contribution to the war efforts and would this had affected her career because of the mothballing of so many ships after the war had ended
I guess that dozens of 3 inch guns really ward off those phantom japanese torpedo boats
If you want the Soviets to save a ship, make it the one which fired the first shot in the revolution.
Did Jackie Fisher’s ideas on speed over armor hold any merit? Was it bad usage on the part of Beatty or was the concept fundamentally flawed?
I am going with fundamentally flawed; taking catastrophic damage from what should have been a miss still ruins your whole day.
Nothing wrong with the concept of fast ships with big guns - they are designed to beat fast ships with little guns. The problem comes when you let them fight slow ships with big guns, whereupon they are completely outclassed and trend to sink quickly. It's a bit like carrying a sword because you think your enemy has a knife, only to find he has a pistol...
Can anyone share some light on what HIRMS stands for? Thanks
"His Imperial Russian Majesty's Ship".
It's not an official prefix, and never was. It's used by some authors to denote Imperial Russian ships. An analogy would be the "KMS" or "DKM" sometimes seen affixed to ships of the Kriegsmarine. That is also a post-war invention by authors. (edited for clarity)
Preobrazinski march increases in volume.
Not pined for q&a yet
Do you see torpedo boats captain?
No no one see torpedo boat and stop shooting at me!
For an in-depth review of Aurora’s experience during the Russo-Japanese War...do check out the video aptly titled “Voyage of the Damned”