The Drydock - Episode 171

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Would using ship biscuit as a form of armor work? 00:02:26 - Out of all of the food related technology/nutritional advances, which was the most influential/important? 00:05:36 - Is it true that grog and rum weren’t ubiquitous, being replaced by things like wine when it was what was locally available? 00:07:52 - Where was the mic when you were eating the salted beef and the hardtack/glass? 00:09:18 - The importance of saltpetre in preserving meat 00:11:42 - How would local time affect ships meal times? We're they eaten at meal times compared to local solar noon, or kept at meal times in the UK? 00:14:21 - How did turret crews on the larger main batteries prevent serious injury from blast effects? 00:18:15 - If you were in charge of German ship design what would you do make German naval anti aircraft defense up to par or superior to their allied contemporaries? 00:21:14 - What would the outcome have been if the Bismarck had gone against the Richelieu in battle? 00:23:42 - How does a nation justify a ship that can only fire 4 shots per hour and what use does that abysmal rate of fire have in a conflict? 00:26:11 - When, and why, did the terminology used for identifying naval weapons change? 00:34:21 - How protected are strategic waterways in times of war? 00:38:51 - How formidable would the Vasa have been if her stability issue had been addressed and solved before her ill-fated and all-too short maiden/only voyage? 00:42:51 - Why

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