The Drydock - Episode 413

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00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:51 - Destroyer Angles of attack? 00:08:02 - Ship classes completely wiped out in combat? 00:10:02 - How and why were the ships of various navies organized in the period from 1900-1945? 00:16:55 - The first ship to sink a submarine? 00:18:17 - Under what strategic scenarios should a minor navy spend more money on a larger number of less capable vessels instead of buying fewer, but more capable hulls? 00:23:45 - When 'a number of officers' are referred to as contributing to ship armament design, is this design by committee, how senior would they have been and / or would they have been at least in part sea based? 00:27:04 - Question Medley 00:35:52 - Paddle-driven ASW ships? 00:37:50 - What if WW1 started in 1905? 00:41:11 - Is the risk fleet strategy unfairly maligned? 00:44:41 - Speed in combat? 00:47:30 - Weakness of HMS Captain? 00:50:45 - Changes for the next conference? 00:54:15 - According to Ryan over on USS New Jersey's channel, the Iowa-class battleships were designed with a 25-year lifespan in mind. How about HMS Vanguard? 00:57:30 - How much did the crew of steel warship know about what was going on around them in battle? 01:02:02 - What are your favorite nautical novels from the 19th century and why? 01:03:15 - Aside from Master and Commander, are there any instances in media where you were impressed with the use of naval terminology? Any particularly bad examples as well? 01:05:13 - Could having a Free French base at Dakar

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