Sunday, April 26, 2020

The Drydock - Episode 091

00:00:38 - Did HMS Hermes 'armoured' deck help?


00:07:17 - Age of sail gunports?

00:11:14 - Small navies self-built warships?

00:18:27 - USS Forrestal fire

00:22:56 - IJN and rescuing survivors

00:25:59 - Turret placement

00:29:11 - 2nd Pacific Squadron with better crew and officers?

00:33:31 - Congreve rockets and potential future rocket developments?

00:43:28 - Harris diverting bombers to Coastal Command?

00:49:13 - Delayed start to WW2?

00:58:51 - Why didn‘t the admiralty take a look at the Great Eastern and order something similar (along with probably every gun in the UK)?

01:04:54 - Why did the allies even bother with the Arctic convoys after the invasion of Iran in 1941?  I know that the sea lanes were shorter and less congested but how could you justify that with a safe alternative via Iran located right next to India?


01:09:45 - Channel Admin

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