The Drydock - Episode 404 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - How did WW2 naval codes work? 00:10:40 - Other Asian fleets in the age of sail that should be better known outside of China? 00:16:18 - What is your personal favourite against all odds stories from the Royal Navy and can you tell us a bit about it? 00:20:44 - During the period that the channel covers, how likely is the Copenhagener to become the Copenhagenee? 00:24:53 - If the Japanese Center Force had not withdrawn at Samar, how much effect would this have had on the Leyte landings and how much would this have delayed (if any) the end of the war? 00:32:27 - What is the point of midships turrets? 00:40:46 - CVA-01 questions? 00:42:52 - Alternate 'razee' designation? 00:46:48 - Did all RN ships have a bell in WW2? 00:49:17 - How would Heavy Cruisers have evolved without the Washington Naval Treaty? 00:55:33 - Paying-off pennants? 01:01:39 - Would it be practical (or even possible) to build a diesel that can run on the same bunker oil used for the steam plant, or vice versa? 01:05:52 - Which aircraft carrier had the most powerful air group relative to what was possible at the time? 01:11:40 - Given that the simulated air raids on Pearl Harbor during Fleet Problems 13, 14, and 19 seemed to predict the events of the "Day of Infamy", how much did it change the opinions of the officer corps with respect to the validity of the Fleet Problems? 01:14:55 - Will we ever get a explanation of Warspite's 15" rapid fire order from the Operation Neptune video? 01:19:58 - Could the Kriegsmarine have been more careful with its use of the Enigma encryption? 01:28:19 - When did the era of stone anchors and ropes end, and metal anchors and chains begin? 01:31:18 - Why naval gun barrels weren't plated with Stellite or boridized to increase the barrel life? 01:33:43 - HMS Africa boarding Santissima Trinidad? 01:39:45 - Did the Germans ever attempt to enlist the aid of Illusionists, or magicians, in hiding Tirpitz? 01:41:05 - Can you please explain the difference between pre-dreadnoughts and semi-dreadnoughts? 01:45:39 - How many Royal Navy ships, say from Henry VIII have been named Prince of Wales? 01:48:36 - Have you witnessed the Naval Warfare at Peasholm Park in Scarborough? 01:49:51 - Alternate Deutschland propulsion system? 01:51:56 - One lesson of the US Civil War was that only fortifications on bluffs were of much use stopping ironclads from moving up and down rivers. Did this carry over to any other contemporary fortifications? 01:54:57 - How do the Italian modernised dreadnoughts compare with their intended adversaries? 01:58:04 - Which ship could have given more useful service but was scrapped before it reached its full potential. Conversely, which ship was held on to too long to the point it was a detriment to the navy? 02:05:54 - Does Corbett overrate Nelson? 02:11:34 - Narrative, experience focussed books? 02:14:19 - HMS Furious rebuild? 02:19:48 - In the WWI period the Royal Navy seemed quite content with gun barrel skirts on many of its turreted guns, yet by WWII most new builds dispensed with them. Is there a known reason for this? 02:22:56 - Could the IJN have updated its battleline? 02:30:07 - Alternatives to letters of marque? 02:34:11 - Could you cover some successful uses of shore based torpedo batteries and command detonated mines? 02:38:43 - Did all German ships at Jutland have their aft funnels painted red? 02:43:52 - How has coastal geography affected significant Naval Powers, such as Spain, Germany, the US, etc? 02:52:09 - WW2 defences of Gibraltar? 02:56:28 - Sveriges vs Deutschlands? 03:00:45 - While it's understandable why iron-hulled warships didn't quite take off with the world's navies, were there any commercial-use ships, other than Great Eastern, that used iron-hulled construction? 03:03:24 - In Das Boot, the sailors receive a bottle of beer after sinking a ship. Did that really happen, and did other navies do something similar? 03:05:26 - Why did the British press for 14" guns at 2nd London? 03:13:53 - What do you know about how the Victual Brothers were organised? 03:18:28 - What is the origin of the “stepped down” stern seen on many warships such as USS Arizona? 03:23:47 - US officers serving in the Royal Navy? 03:27:11 - How did you determine the construction standard for a ship of the line? 03:32:04 - How did ships during World War II avoid firing on friendly aircraft? 03:38:16 - Automation on warships? 03:43:49 - Do you ever care to go to airshows to see naval aircraft? 03:46:04 - How would the Japanese or Korean fleets at the time have fared against the Spanish Armada? 03:48:09 - You've visited a lot of museum ships of similar types. Can you name a few museums that stand out among their peers and have particularly interesting or unique features or exhibits?