The Drydock - Episode 288

Описание: 00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:50 - Why was Hiei's armor able to mostly keep out San Francisco's shells at Friday the 13th?

00:06:03 - Was the FAA lack of single-seat fighters at the start of WW2 an issue of budgets, doctrine, interservice rivalry (with the RAF), or a combination of some or all of above?

00:12:09 - Floatplanes on a carrier?

00:15:42 - SS Jeremiah O’Brien?

00:17:41 - Since the Lord Nelsons and Dreadnought are near contemporaries, was turbine power considered for the Nelsons?

00:20:10 - Elco Thunderbolt testing?

00:25:03 - Were some of the lower-ranking French officers and sailors stuck in Alexandria, who favored continuing the fight, able to defect to the Free-French/British?

00:27:01 - Do you think the Mers el Kabir tragedy could have been avoided if the officers (so to speak) on the ground were allowed to handle it, without the backseat diplomacy from the government?

00:32:24 - How much difference did armour thickness and gun calibre make in actual battle?

00:38:03 - British submarine operations in WW2?

00:41:50 - During WWII there were several speed build demonstrations of bomber aircraft and Liberty ships for propaganda purposes. Were there ever, in the period the channel covers, similar record attempts made with the construction of naval ships?

00:45:04 - Had Ark Royal survived past 1941. How would she be able to handle US Aircraft (Wildcats, Hellcats, Corsairs and Avengers). Compared to the Illustrious and Implacable-Class Carriers?

00:47:14 - How long did Age of Sail battles last?

00:49:26 - In the modern day, ship naming conventions are often subject to a complex and very committee-driven selection process, for a variety of mostly political reasons. How much did these concerns play into the names of ships during the period the channel covers?

00:52:58 - How effective were USN and IJN carrier escorts at assisting the capital ships when under air attack?

00:58:23 - In the Age of Sail how much choice did captains have over the choice of their senior officers?