The Drydock - Episode 292
1,86600:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - If there hadn’t been the resistance to back and forth on accepting the concept, how much sooner could the Independence class have been built? Could one or two have been in service by Midway or the Guadalcanal campaign?
00:06:17 - Why did the Essex's arrive so quickly?
00:11:44 - During the Age of Sail we know the British were very pretty good at boarding actions (To the point some officer like Nelson and Cochrane were likely born with a cutlass in hand) and the French's abilities tended to wax and wane depending on the exact time and commander, but how good or bad at boarding actions were the Spanish and American navies?
00:20:46 - What if HMS Unicorn had been ordered and completed a couple years earlier?
00:26:35 - Would the Nelsons have been better off having A and B turrets at deck level and C turret superfiring over the other two, in the style of the Mogamis' forward turrets?
00:31:59 - In your opinion if the Guerriere had been up to date, would it have been a more equal battle between her and Constitution? And how do you think the battle would have really played out then?
00:36:07 - What would’ve been played on the Mary Rose drums they found?
00:40:31 - Accidental advances in naval design?
00:45:16 - Were the 18.1" guns in fact, the upper limit of plausible gun design during the period the channel covers?
00:52:13 - If Force A saw the special strike group on its way to hit Dorsetshire and Cornwall in it's radar, why was there no CAP or other fighter interception?
00:56:45 - The wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery?
01:02:19 - Why did the Royal Navy put such wimpy main guns on KGV?
01:08:41 - German WW2 aerial torpedoes?