The Drydock - Episode 138

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:42 - How did submarines know the tonnage of their targets?

00:03:40 - Why the weird focus of kamikaze attacks?

00:10:19 - Courageous class as actual cruisers

00:16:05 - How did Laffey manage to survive that battering?

00:20:50 - Could SMS Emden have survived longer?

00:26:38 - Why did Warspite have chronic steering problems from Jutland?

00:29:44 - The Swordfish, how?

00:35:07 - If German DD torpedoes at Narvik worked?

00:38:14 - Are there any estimates of the amount of damage battleship-caliber HE shells would do if impacting on main belts of heavy cruisers or above?

00:40:42 - On a WW2 era warship what was the extent of spares that a ships machine shop could produce?

00:43:31 - Other roles of gun crews in the Age of Sail?

00:47:07 - In regards to carrier design and construction; Did the US navy take any lessons after WW2 from the Japanese carriers?

00:48:30 - What was the most effective form of torpedo defense?

00:55:46 - Was Cradock right to have engaged von Spee's East Asia squadron the way he did?

01:12:38 - Channel Admin

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