The Drydock - Episode 196

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:58 - Greek capital ships in the late 1910's? 00:05:04 - IJN activity in WW1? 00:07:51 - Were there any attempts to protect range finders (and other fragile equipment like radars)? Was minimising damage to them a concern during the design at all? 00:11:43 - Technological advancements are rather obvious and rapid once we get to the iron clad era and beyond so what we’re some major technological advancements in the age of sail era and we’re any of them drastic enough to render older ships obsolete like dreadnaught did? 00:18:24 - How often did navy's train on the guns and fighting tactics? Did it change and become more/less common from the golden age of sailing too WW2? 00:23:54 - Could you tell us a little about the radio navigation system being introduced in the early 20’s, as referenced in the Honda Point video? Was the one of the first such systems or were they reasonably prolific by then? 00:27:13 - If HMS Ark Royal hadn't been sunk by U-81 in November 1941 then when would she have decomissioned? 00:31:42 - Gun/Armour sources for the late 1850's and early 1860's? 00:38:28 - Why did the British use 7 and 8 inch guns, or 8 and 9 inch guns, on the same ship? It sounds like too small a jump in shell size to justify the extra headache of using, supplying and maintaining multiple different weapons. 00:41:55 - Given that rangefinding is made easier with the more salvos fired, would it have been more effective for the North Carolina class to be

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