The Drydock - Episode 096

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:41 - Wheelhouse position on the Black Swan's 00:04:26 - How do you end up in command of a destroyer etc in WW2? 00:10:19 - Aircraft carrier islands sizes 00:17:57 - Bismarck and the location of fire control cables 00:24:16 - What would have been the duties of a Royal Navy midshipman on a destroyer circa 1910? Also, would those duties have changed with the start of the war? 00:29:40 - Rudders and rudder damage 00:33:44 - How many and which navies maintained ships on the Yangtze River? 00:35:43 - How important were lend lease aircraft to the Fleet Air Arm? 00:39:30 - Also what's your opinion of the I-400 subs? Would they have been useful boats in a conflict or are they, like the Surcouf, just military white elephants? 00:44:03 - What (if any) special measures or precautions did the Royal Navy take during the Spanish Flu pandemic (1918 - 1920)? 00:48:17 - Impressive submarine feats not from the IJN, USN or KM. 00:52:37 - When the Russian ship Orel was taken into the IJN navy What modifications did they do? 00:55:10 - Please give a breakdown of command structure at the admiral level, such as fleet commander, theater commander, etc., with examples of good and bad performance at each level. 00:55:48 - WW2 battleships/cruisers equipped with sonar? 00:58:03 - Why were Goeben and Breslau in the Med and not the Far East? 01:01:06 - INTERLUDE 01:01:49 - What if the relief forces for Wake Island weren't recalled? 01:05:56 - Effect of fouled hulls

Published 2020-05-31 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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