The Drydock - Episode 255

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:52 - Why did the Ottoman navy stop winning battles after Lepanto? 00:05:52 - Upscaling/Restoring old film footage? 00:08:47 - Impact of a completed Borodino? 00:12:49 - Could any battleship survive the attack that sank HMS Barham? 00:17:19 - How effective were the German guided bombs? 00:22:47 - How might World War II have been different if the R class had been retained and developed in the interwar era? 00:28:52 - Was their any attempt to mount a flamethrower like device on an Age of Sail ship or was it just seen as easier and simpler to just use fireships? 00:32:46 - Knowing the technology and basic chemistry and elements that were known back in their time, what in your personal opinion was Greek fire made of? 00:39:57 - What’s the difference between Trafalgar night and Pickle night in the Royal Navy? 00:41:53 - Wheen Samuel B Robert's was down to firing Star shells, how did it go through so much ammunition so quickly? Rate of fire, low magazines, or something else? 00:44:03 - How where landing craft transported between operations? 00:46:32 - What strange "weapons" were used in the time this channel covers? 00:51:40 - Japanese commerce raiders? 00:57:17 - How would a warship of the 1912 era have faired in place of the Titanic?

Published 2023-07-16 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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