The Drydock - Episode 078

00:00:18 - Channel Admin
00:02:08 - What if KGV and Rodney didn't catch Bismarck?
00:09:33 - Could the concepts of armored/protected/unprotected cruisers be considered a last gasp of the age of sail era, by still trying fitting as many guns as possible to each broadside, just in turrets or casemates instead of flat holes in the hull?
00:14:24 - If you could cancel any five warships in history which would you choose?
00:21:31 - H-class battleship skegs
00:25:59 - Why did the WNT nations scrap loads of ships instead of selling them?
00:31:15 - Why was the Littorio's aft turret so high?
00:32:51 - Was the poor quality of the inconsistent weights of the power and shells for the Littorio's due to the artisan manner of Italian manufacturing or sabotage from the royalist faction?
00:37:54 - Refitting the Lexingtons if they were still BC's?
00:42:22 - Are warship double hulled and what happens to torpedoes in a gale?
00:47:01 - Why are Soviet ships decks dark red or green?
00:48:27 - Yamato at Okinawa
00:52:34 - WW1, RN without pre-dreads
00:56:44 - Of the nations that did not sign on to the Washington Naval Treaty, who did the best job of planning, building and maintaining their navy in the inter-war years?
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