The Drydock - Episode 266 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:38 - Axis codebreaking efforts in WW2?

00:08:11 - How are battleship turrets aimed so precisely?

00:13:37 - The RN post-WW1/pre-WNT cruisers

00:20:33 - General torpedo problems at the start of WW2?

00:26:57 - Voicetubes, how well did they work?

00:29:14 - Was Hitler responsible for the Operation Tiger incident?

00:32:05 - How often do shells explode when they hit things without being fired?

00:36:13 - Did boilers pre-heat feed water?

00:39:19 - Who took that picture of USS Washington firing on Kirishima?

00:44:30 - When selecting the name for the central ship of Star Trek Roddenberry obviously wanted a name with a distinguished lineage and selected Enterprise, which, I think is a good choice. Would you have made a different choice?

00:48:47 - HMS Amelia from 1796?

00:53:47 - Were warships modified for optimal performance in certain environments?

00:59:06 - Submarine modifications that made their way into civillian use?

01:03:41 - Sir John Isaac Thornycroft?

01:07:25 - What did the "kill chain" look like for USN shore bombardment in WW2?

01:12:09 - How much could the Kongo's citadel armour have been increased by if the citadel were shorted by removing Y turret and all weight savings put into armour?

01:17:18 - How classified was Hedgehog?

01:20:43 - When was the Italian Navy at its peak in the 20th century (both technologically, and numerically), and what was (in your opinion) their best surface action of that period?

01:25:22 - What plans did the US Navy have for Ostfriesland had it not been used in Billy Mitchell's exhibition?

01:27:11 - How much energy is contained within a boiler (and released if it explodes)?

01:32:30 - Can you provide a run down of the Harwich force in the First World War please?

01:35:40 - Under what circumstances would Japan have finished Shinano as a battleship, and how would this influence the Pacific War?

01:40:43 - How much inefficiency is acceptable for ensuring room for upgrades without making a design bloated?

01:44:39 - Where did the seasoned wood come from for the Great Lakes warships of the War of 1812?

01:48:56 - How did we end up with Calibre meaning the external diameter of the Projectile, and the number of those Diameters that make up the barrel length?

01:52:33 - Strength of oars and rowers in ancient ships?

01:57:28 - Was there ever a Ship planned or constructed that could have survived the onslaught that killed HMS Black Prince at Jutland?

02:01:35 - When the High Seas Fleet sailed to Scapa, was there a verification process to ensure the ships *were* disarmed before departure?

02:04:15 - What did Portsmouth dockyard look like at the times of the crusades and what infrastructure did King Richard build in Portsmouth?