Description
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - During the English Commonwealth (1649-1660) why was the rank of Admiral abolished and replaced with “General at Sea”. ?
00:04:26 - What if Drach was Nagumo?
00:10:26 - Could the Royal Navy have played a more outsized role in the fight against the Japanese?
00:20:58 - How did captains decide whether an unfamiliar coastline was safe enough to approach when charts were poor or nonexistent?
00:24:51 - Canvas plugs for hull breaches?
00:31:50 - How do you cold start a turbine without damage?
00:34:29 - What requirements or preparations were needed to attend the Royal Navy War College?
00:38:51 - Realistically speaking, would the Surcouf have gotten its 8-inch guns removed during WWII if its service had gone on longer?
00:41:32 - Expanded inter-war Dutch Navy?
00:47:48 - Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night traditions in the Royal Navy?
00:49:01 - What was the largest/most numerous class of ships that didn't lose any ships during WW2? And how close did they come to losing one or more ships?
00:50:46 - Logistics ships in the Pacific War?
00:56:15 - Air Force interference with carriers?
01:01:17 - How good is Richelieu's armour scheme?
01:06:40 - Did USS North Carolina sneak into the Pacific?
01:10:18 - SS City of Rome and inverted compound engines?
01:13:16 - What is the most unflattering picture of a battleship you can find?
01:16:36 - Convoy KMS-34?
01:20:51 - How well could WW1 battleships take torpedo hits compared to older cruisers?
01:24:49 - Italy not getting involved in WW2?
01:31:15 - What made it safe to transit the Drake Passage?
01:35:33 - After the disaster that was the Raid on the Medway, how much did the rebuilding of the Royal Navy cost England in economic terms?
01:39:36 - US Commanders removed from command due to clashes with Admirals?
01:41:50 - Armour on the Duquesne class vs the Pensacola's etc?
01:43:58 - Late war Axis navies vs early war Allied navies?
01:49:43 - What was the story with the giant lanterns found on the sterns of 18th and 19th century ships of the line?
01:53:08 - Big coal handling facility?
01:59:09 - What is the box on the back of many early 20th century warships?
02:01:11 - What was the greatest ship killer in WWII?
02:04:46 - How did they build Richelieu?
02:06:06 - What do you think should be done with the old liner S.S. United States?
02:12:12 - Bigger Dido class?
02:20:50 - Soviet convoys in the Pacific?
02:22:58 - For the 1890-1945 period how would the RN determine what ships to send on deployments?
02:29:18 - What are your three favorite museums to visit?
02:31:27 - Best Kriegsmarine Admiral?
02:37:44 - How effective would the US war plans have been in the early 1930's?
02:44:10 - How many Scharnhorst class could the German's have built?
02:48:57 - Why so many angles on Yamato's armour plate?
02:53:17 - Age of Sail ship layouts?
02:58:11 - Inter-navy discipline?