The Drydock - Episode 409

Drachinifel Podcast 14 days ago

Description

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:44 - How realistic are 'chaotic battle' Age of Sail paintings?

00:05:49 - Could you do a video on early ship-breaking, as in the practicalities of when you read about a ship that was "broken up"?

00:12:31 - Which year or technological development finally made the Wooden Ship of the Line fully obsolete even as a second line vessel?

00:16:15 - French ships of the line with 48lb cannon?

00:18:48 - How much speed did the North Carolina's lost due to vibration?

00:23:01 - Thermal isolation in the age of steel and iron?

00:24:57 - What admiralty weirdness resulted in such oddly specific prices for prizes?

00:26:56 - When the Washington Naval Treaty was being created, what was the understanding of its intended duration?

00:29:22 - Did any other nation have anti-slavery squadrons?

00:32:23 - What if Pellew HAD brought 25 ships of the line to Algiers anyway?

00:36:51 - Are we ever gonna get a Drachinifel-designed naval grand strategy game?

00:40:53 - Jane Austen and the Navy?

00:46:08 - Was Midway or Guadalcanal the turning point of the Pacific War?

00:52:00 - Is there any record of a low class sailor performing exceptionally well, saving their prize money and move up the ranks of society?

00:54:56 - Please can you explain how the thinking of Mahan influenced the Naval race of ironclads, pre-dreadnoughts and pre-WW1?

01:01:36 - Size of ancient engagements?

01:11:07 - Something interesting?