The Drydock - Episode 233

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:54 - How would you go about modernizing a ironclad? 00:06:24 - Was there any advantage of the paddlewheel compared to screw propulsion? 00:09:00 - More modern warships are nearly devoid of portholes. What triggered this change in design? 00:12:12 - Assume for a moment that either the 40mm Bofors, or the 20mm Oerlikon failed as an AA gun, what would be used as a replacement for it? 00:15:49 - Battleships with landing guns? 00:18:20 - Do you think it's more cost-effective to scrap old ships, or turn them into reefs? And what are the pros and cons? 00:22:15 - Just how is a ship's speed measured? 00:26:39 - In his autobiographical history of WW2, Churchill insists that he would have canceled the mission if he had known there was no carrier going along with the two battleships. Is this post-facto political backside covering, or was Winston just caught offguard by the actual deployments made by his actual fleet? 00:30:56 - Italian vs Allied fleet battle in 1943? 00:35:24 - What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Whaleback design? 00:39:45 - Any thoughts on the addition of combined arms and the practicality of combining multiple table top games as stated “[Combined Arms] is intended to allow players to incorporate Bolt Action, Blood Red Skies, Cruel Seas, or Victory at Sea for an epic continent-spanning wargaming campaign.”? 00:42:42 - Ships that were a self-fulfilling prophecy? 00:47:17 - Was the British Siege of Fort McHenry in th

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