The Drydock - Episode 408 (Part 1)

Drachinifel Podcast 21 days ago

Description

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:28 - How do ships disguise themselves?

00:05:18 - Are there any other brushes between the Mob and the Navy aside from the alleged sinking of the Normandie?

00:08:52 - Was the High Seas Fleet an 'army at sea'?

00:14:06 - Philippine pre-colonial warships?

00:18:42 - What mix of cannon would you specify to outfit a late 17th Century frigate, long range guns vs. carronades?

00:24:54 - What did Soviet Neutrality markings look like in the Pacific Theater in WW2 and how effective were they at preventing attacks?

00:28:29 - Additional anchor chains?

00:31:26 - Why was Renown used for the Australia Royal trip, when a cruiser would have been just as fast but likely cost less to operate?

00:35:26 - The important differences between "clinker built" and "carvel built" wooden ships?

00:39:29 - If the US had entered WWII while the Bismarck had been operational and had need to deploy its available battleships to engage her, which ones do you think would have had the best chance?

00:43:14 - Factors in gun performance in naval battles?

00:57:12 - Building ships in WW1 to serve in WW2?

01:03:59 - HMS Hood's main mast changes height?

01:07:14 - Do you plan to do a special on Convoy SC 107?

01:11:38 - Casemates vs turrets?

01:18:17 - Hood vs Bismarck on paper?

01:24:11 - In the period the channel covers, was there a tactic, strategy, technology, technique or practice that wasn’t adopted. Because “it wasn’t honourable?”

01:27:14 - Admirals KIA in WW2?

01:29:33 - Surviving naval history that deserves more attention?

01:34:49 - How well did each of the major forces do with contested landings in the Second World War?

01:40:21 - Do the support staff for the aircraft (fitters, armourers, etc.) form part of the air group or do they stay with the carrier when the air group is rotated out?

01:45:17 - Which navy invented the role of LSO (Landing Signals Officer) aboard aircraft carriers, and who came up with the semaphore signals for those officers to use in guiding planes to a safe landing?

01:46:36 - Could you please compare and contrast the effects that the French and Russian Revolutions had on their respective countries' navies?

01:52:30 - Submarines on land?

01:55:00 - Where could you get a battleship in the 1920's?

01:59:49 - What would happen to Halsey if the Leyte landings were compromised by Kurita?

02:04:30 - Admiral Fyodor Ushakov?

02:08:19 - 'Exhaust steam turbine'?

02:13:33 - Difference in naval explosives?

02:15:56 - Ship most likely to beat any other ship of its era in 1v1?

02:23:25 - Did navies consider heavier secondaries justified?

02:26:52 - How realistic was the British "Singapore Strategy" for a conflict with Japan in the interwar period?

02:30:59 - Was there anything the British Navy could have done or wanted to do more in the Indian Ocean Theater if they had the necessary ships/supplies?

02:35:46 - Putting a submarine on the seabed?

02:39:50 - Would be possible to get some of lion class built if they were to be designed with Nelson class 16 inch guns?

02:42:17 - Can a smaller power successfully challenge a larger one?

02:51:02 - If Admiral Marschall wasn’t sacked and instead commended what would have been his career?

02:55:49 - Did the countries that built 40 kt+ capable destroyers/honorary light cruisers get value out of the speed, or would those resources or space on the ships have been better used on other things?

02:59:32 - During WW2, once hostilities began, did any of the combatant navies conduct their own espionage/spy operations involving covert agents?

03:01:51 - Armed tugs for naval battles?