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The Drydock - Episode 387

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00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:39 - WW1 Admiralty Whalers?

00:04:55 - Why were so many warships built for the Confederacy only completed after the end of the American Civil War?

00:09:01 - IJN floatplanes at night?

00:14:12 - Were there any attempts during the period the channel covers to build a "stormproof" ship?

00:19:06 - Why did the Germans and Americans seem to hope that Samoa's coconut farming would be a profitable and sustainable source of income?

00:22:16 - 'Medicanes' in the Med?

00:24:59 - Was Len West still on the Prince of Wales when it was sunk by the Japanese?

00:25:50 - How credible do you put this account?

00:35:56 - Does the sea state Len reported affect your theory on hood in any way?

00:45:57 - How long would it take to fuel a battleship the size of HMS Hood?

00:48:02 - So what was burning after the hit that made a flame from the blower like a "blowtorch?"

00:50:06 - Source of Hood painting in video?

00:51:28 - The smallest 40k tons Alsace design had 3 triple 15". Why even bother with a brand new turret type rather than just repeating Clemenceau or Gascogne design?

00:58:42 - Can you tell us about of the most uplifting/wholesome/everyone behaves excellently story from military naval history?

01:02:03 - Gustav Adolf class ships of the line?

01:07:37 - Were there any difference between the 5/38 guns that were on the various classes of ships in the USN?

01:09:26 - How many times (if ever) has a warships magazine been literally empty (i.e. every ounce of powder or shells/shot fired) as a direct result of combat?

01:12:32 - Assuming that Britain does not enter World War I and the Germans beat France and end up consolidating Europe into something similar to the United States, how would the royal navy react to suddenly having the continent under one person's or one country's control?

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