The Drydock - Episode 287 (Part 1)

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:00 - Why 283mm instead of 280mm/11" for Swedish guns? 00:04:46 - Which nations built navies, actual salt water navies, that wound up being more liability than asset? 00:09:48 - What was the deal with Kamchatka’s captain? 00:12:14 - Which WWII battleship fired the most main battery rounds at the enemy? 00:15:23 - How important was the "We want eight!" Campaign in readying the Royal Navy for the First World War? 00:21:01 - If Joseph Chamberlain and the imperialist faction had gotten their way and created a unified British Empire would it have had any effects on Britain's ability to build more ships in the lead up to the world wars 00:27:44 - Non German nations with sonar countermeasures in WW2? 00:30:48 - Would the US have entered the war if Pearl Harbor etc were not attacked? 00:33:52 - In the age of sail, what were sails made from and how much did it matter? 00:37:42 - IJN procedures for abandoning ship? 00:43:24 - What happened to Japanese troops on bases that were bypassed? 00:46:30 - What were the advantages and disadvantages for those ships that had more than two turrets in the front of the ship? 00:49:34 - Ships built for speed and firepower only? 00:53:04 - Did the Kriegsmarine have workable plans to refit the Scharnhorsts with a 38cm main battery? 00:55:47 - Changes to re-armament and WW2 British building policies? 01:02:47 - Why only one British battleship at North Cape? 01:08:11 - Smaller gun calibre limit at Washington bett

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