The Drydock - Episode 123

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:34 - What were the strengths and weaknesses between the gearings and the battle class?

00:05:00 - Differences between Twin STAAG 40mm Bofors and Twin Hazemeyer 40mm Bofor Guns?

00:08:14 - Given your criticism of the Bismarck class (i.e. inefficient use of available displacement), do you think the Germans would have been better of building 2 additional Scharnhorst-class vessels and fitting them with 3 twin 15-inch gun turrets (and retrofitting the first two as well)?

00:13:38 - Split roles for RN DD's in WW2?

00:19:44 - What ranges are we talking about for the different types and eras of guns?

00:27:11 - USS Chesapeake vs HMS Shannon

00:35:33 - Gun trunnions

00:39:17 - What is your opinion of the way Admiral Calder was treated after the Battle of Cape Finisterre? Is he the 19th century version of Admiral Jellicoe in that regard (i.e. unfair criticism after a good performance)?

00:43:41 - Austro-Hungarian Navy and languages

00:47:05 - Longest range cruiser hit in history?

00:53:43 - Pre-steam night fighting?

00:56:00 - Origin of 'Vultures Row'

00:57:44 - Battle of Peleliu shore bombardment

01:01:30 - B7A Ryuusei operational deployments

01:04:56 - IJN 8-8 Fleet in action?

01:07:41 - WW1 without German Naval Codes?

01:11:39 - Channel Admin

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