I was watching The battle of the River Plate and was reminded of something I used to puzzle over. An order was given to increase speed to 28 knots, however the order given was to increase speed to 1400 revolutions. Why is this and is the conversion from one to the other the same for all ships in the class? I can understand it would be different for different ship classes but would slight differences in hulls or engines have a significant effect? (Edit) Also why does this conversion happen on the bridge rather than in the engine room
@thehandoftheking3314
Жыл бұрын
Hi drak, for Christmas my mother in law bought me a mix of beers. One of them, that I've just opened, is one called "Broadside! A beer commemorating The Battle of Solebay" is there any information you could provide on this event? And are there any other alcoholic commemorations of other naval engagements.
@Shipnerd194
Жыл бұрын
What was the worst effected (but still able to be rescued) ship attacked in Pearl Harbour?
@jefferyindorf699
Жыл бұрын
@@Shipnerd194 the WeeVee. The West Virginia was the worst damaged ship that was salvaged, and returned to duty.
@hughgordon6435
Жыл бұрын
Drach?, sir? Do you know if there was a naval version of operation paperclip? Did the allies target any naval "experts" , be they operational, design or theorists?
@livelurked4103
Жыл бұрын
What's up Drach?????? Thank you for the endless hours of calming entertainment over the years.
@thouseinthehouse
Жыл бұрын
Drach talks me to sleep most nights.
@tgmccoy1556
Жыл бұрын
@@thouseinthehouse yep , I aways finish- eventually.
@GEOHHADDAD
Жыл бұрын
@@thouseinthehouse weird, huh? I’m an amateur naval historian, find Drach to be an outstanding and hyper ptolific resource but usually takes me a few nights to get through a longer Dry Dock episode. Another fascinating but “sleepy” channel is Fall of Civilizations
@LlamaAirline
Жыл бұрын
@@tgmccoy1556us 59ia
@MonkeyJedi99
7 ай бұрын
I heard the first bit of your post in Bugs Bunny's voice.
@leonpeters-malone3054
Жыл бұрын
Jarrah? It's called ironwood for a very good reason. One time my grandfather made a little coffee table out of jarrah. He sharpened his tools, worked on the coffee table, had lunch, sharpened his tools, finished it up and sharpened his tools. Yeah, really. The stuff is solid, too solid to work easily for ships. I know exactly what you mean about tabletop games, there's games I enjoyed, then, but not now. There's games I enjoy now, it's snap shots, it's specific intervals, it's that edition of this thing, I liked.
@swingingvoter4309
Жыл бұрын
Jarrah: I can confirm from personal experience that it blunts chainsaws. Some people even use angle grinders to cut it. It is a wonderful timber that used to be used a lot for “tongue n groove” floorboards in the past; a floor that never wears out, even after a century of wear. I am surprised by the statement that it is rot resistant. Lots of WA farmers used to use Jarrah for fence strainer posts, but any that are more than 50 years old will usually be rotted at the base. In WA there is an even tougher wood called “WhiteGum” or “Karri” that is even heavier and stronger, and even white ants don’t eat it. Farmers will tend to use that, if they can get it.
@ricardokowalski1579
Жыл бұрын
About Comm-Ships. The value of signal inteligence should also be included. Multiple commships can triangulate enemy's positions better than one large (powerful) land station. Also, the detection range is much greater than the effective communication range Add interference and jamming of flight direction beams and radars from multiple ships. Also comm ships could act as ad -hoc navigation beacons during raids
@scottmason2557
Жыл бұрын
thanks for answering my question about Jarrah drach I can confirm that Jarrah does do a number on tools used to cut it my dad has to sharpen his chainsaw pretty much every time he uses it on Jarrah which is pretty annoying but it is good to know that it would make good warships even if the dockyard workers wouldn't be happy
@parrot849
Жыл бұрын
Regarding the length of the WW1 K-class submarine being longer than it’s actual test depth [ 28:23 ], I think you have to put yourself back into the mindset of the war fighters and submarine developers of that time period. Their goal was to design a fighting vessel that would, foremost not be observed on the surface of the battlefield during combat. In this, they achieved their goal. Undersea maneuvering at various depths to avoid whatever primitive ASW existed, if any, at that time was secondary. They could successfully conduct a torpedo attack unseen by the target and afterwards stay submerged, alter course and cruise away from the area with a good chance of avoiding any successful counterattack, all without necessarily having to dive deep.
@oldmangimp2468
Жыл бұрын
To simplify the results of swapping 16in shells (Iowa/Rodney): Your accuracy would become absolutely Italian.
@dougjb7848
5 ай бұрын
And your turrets might become absolutely Vesuvian.
@sicknote700
Жыл бұрын
Happy new year everyone, love what you are doing with this channel drac.
@davidharner5865
Жыл бұрын
'Solar New Year'.
@geoffhunter7704
Жыл бұрын
Another fine presentation Drachie and yes a full video on the K Class Submarines inc the M Class they morphed into as i have a relative on MI lying off the Isle of Wight leaving a Widow and an posthumous daughter plus an uncle who went to France in 1939 apart from Christmas Leave believed to be lost in action May 1940 left a posthumous daughter too and could you do a series on HM Submarine Service in WW1-2 and when can we expect the next part of US Navy The Dark years.
@drtidrow
Жыл бұрын
If I understand them correctly, the fire control "computers" had the ballistic properties for each type of shell encoded onto specially cut & shaped cams, so you'd have to replace those cams if you wanted to fire a new type of shell with any degree of accuracy.
@Crazyfrog41
Жыл бұрын
After walking into a fire control room for several different ships I can say with relative certainty that they either have a switch that can control which set of cams is engaged and/or they have a whole separate computer set up for each shell type they could be expected to load
@graveyard1979
Жыл бұрын
I think the biggest problem for the Ancients would be to find a propulsion for their new supership. Aside of all of their biggest ships having hulls probably too heavy for their own good (with the building technique available et all), they are not nearly close enough to having sailing rigs for a ship this big. There is practical limit to how much one can propel with oars. It's affecting hull shape and internals far more than lower parts of the mast running down to the keel. They'd need to somehow develop modern sailing rig well ahead of the time.
@wellwell7950
Жыл бұрын
33:50 the issue with Jarrah I can see from this image at least is that it's too straight, the reason Oak is preferred and the reason Live Oak was sort after (even before the 6 frigates) was because it's large twisting nature, this is useful for wooden ships of the time due to their Hull shape which means you want wood that contours to the ship well, this means you can use it to make one solid piece. This is good for the forepeak of a ship for example, as it gets battered a lot driving through the sea and waves, I have heard HMS Victory has a live oak forepeak for example.
@TandemTrainRider99
Жыл бұрын
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Bark_Endeavour_Replica#Construction The Endeavour replica *was* built out of Jarrah, for the reasons stated. And Jarrah was slightly cheaper :-).
@peteredmonds8069
Жыл бұрын
@@TandemTrainRider99
@peteredmonds8069
Жыл бұрын
Oops - "Reply" appears to have gone before I wrote anything. I have lived most of my life in Perth (for which Fremantle is the port), the capital of Western Australia, the home state for Jarrah and its close cousin karri. This since 1976, well and truly covering ENDEAVOUR's build and operation. Thanks for the reference to ENDEAVOUR's Fremantle construction, which I had not previously read. In the context of her building, and the financial constraints, cost effectiveness of construction was obviously important. I have not studied colonial (the Swan River Colony, later WA) ship and boat building. Jarrah figures widely in the folklore, mainly as a hull planking material. I believe this would have been on the basis of availability of material, and reasonable fitness for purpose. Yes, it is not a timber that is easy to work. Workability is much higher for green timber than for seasoned wood. Jarrah has formal high strength properties, but not a timber to use if you were chasing a lightweight construction. There are significant numbers of jarrah planked boats around our State. My wife's grandfather was a pioneer settler in Denmark, in WA's south west, and is reported as having built himself a jarrah rowing boat. I believe that jarrah's use as a shipbuilding timber was constrained largely by the remoteness of the jarrah forests from significant boat and ship construction. I believe jarrah blocks, for road building, formed a significant backload cargo to the UK for ships supplying the early Swan River Colony, before wheat and wool became significant cargoes for the northbound ships. Also I believe that some of the jarrah block streets are still in service. Peter Edmonds Naval Architect Perth, WA.
@larrymcgraw8469
Жыл бұрын
Expecting more power from a boiler by spraying oil on the coal can only happen if you can feed more air to the furnace. Some of the contaminants in the oil can change the ash produced by the coal that make it stick to the tubes in the boiler and reduce steam production thus reducing steam power to the shaft. Tried coal oil mixtures in a utility boiler in the eighties and air fuel balance was very important.
@peteredmonds8069
Жыл бұрын
Somewhat overlooked in the "fuels for steam engines" was one off conversions of coal firing to oil firing. This commonly took place for Scotch boilers. One instance known to me was the Sydney Heritage Fleet former pilot steamer JOHN OXLEY, 1400 IHP, built 1927, converted 1946. This involved fitting fuel sprayers, one to each furnace of her 2 Scotch boilers. This, with associated pipework, pumps etc would have been fairly straight forward. Conversion of the former coal bunkers to oil fuel tanks would have been more substantial. I understand that the boundaries of these spaces would have remained substantially intact. I know of no record of changes to IHP, speed, fuel quantity and range. These were pdobably not significant. Boiler room manning was probably simplified, and became much less physically demanding (no coal shovelling). I have no information of conversion of water tube boilers from coal to oil firing. The Heritage Fleet's one water tube boiler installation (ex VIP steam launch LADY HOPETOUN) has retained its coal firing, as has their Scotch boilered tug WARATAH. I have operational experience aboard all 3 vessels. Peter Edmonds Naval Architect Perth, WA
@mbryson2899
Жыл бұрын
Regarding swapping shells between nominally similar bores I recommend looking up small arms cartridges of nominally the same bore, .30 caliber in particular. Even when the projectile is the same diameter or very, very close the propellant and case sizes varied wildly. Though a .30-30 and a .30-06 propel a bullet of the same diameter the cases holding the propellant are markedly different and the projectiles perform _very_ differently.
@calvingreene90
Жыл бұрын
One of the advantages in the turbo Electric Drive is in disaster relief the ship can provide huge amount of electricity to get the lights back on.
@peteredmonds8069
Жыл бұрын
My understanding of what drove the wide adoption of turbo electric marine propusion in WW2 was technological and logistic expediency. At this time the USA was still in the early stages of its growth into a manufacturing superpower. I believe that this would have applied to the building of large gearcases. The architects of the Liberty cargo ship building program elected to go for a low tech and robust (also cheap) configuration of propulsion machinery - Scotch boilers and triple expansion engines. This avoided demands on the gearcase manufacturing. The smaller program for the T2 tankers went for turbo electric machinery to achieve the same objective. Turbo electric propulsion mas only a small player postwar. I believe its high point would be SS CANBERRA, P&O passenger liner and later cruise ship, 1961, of 2 x 42 500 shp. My understanding that a major limitation of this form of propulsion was its relatively low fuel efficiency. Peter Edmonds Naval Architect Perth, WA
@dougjb7848
5 ай бұрын
@@peteredmonds8069 My readings agree. US industry got good at turbo (and diesel) electric well before the power density of the Iowa power plant amazed the world. But turbo electric drive is super heavy for a given SHP, and less efficient, compared to geared turbines.
@whistlinginthewind4141
Жыл бұрын
Drach...maybe a video covering the gunboats that patrolled Chinese rivers in 1920s and 30s? ("The Sand Pebbles")
@davidbrennan660
Жыл бұрын
Hail the silliness of the K Class!
@simonwaldock9689
Жыл бұрын
I too disapproved of the change to the rules for Nova Cannons, for the same reason you did. My son was very good at it too.
@BishopStars
Жыл бұрын
Another masterpiece, thanks for the nonstop content.
@jackray1337
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great drydock.
@johnshepherd9676
Жыл бұрын
The Essex Class carriers that received the SCB 125 mod did quite well in the Vietnam era into the 1970s. They could carry A7 attack aircraft and F8 Crusaders. Carriers like the Orskany packed more punch than the Royal Navy's proposed CVA01 class. The F8 was the superior fighter through most of the era. It wasn't until the mid 70s that the F4 advantage at long range combat could be exploited by improvements in the AIM-7 missile. The primary role of the communication ships during the Cold War was nuclear C2
@sammybaugues1260
Жыл бұрын
Some folks as per myself are dependent on Drachs broadcasts ..thank you
@Cbabilon675
Жыл бұрын
Lmao. Interchanging the shells between Alliance ships would be like comparatively speaking the Italians with their standard shells firing. At least then maybe they'd had a chance in the Mediterranean theater😄
@Hendricus56
Жыл бұрын
I would also add, that a wider hull for US battleships would mean better torpedo protection. They didn't need it (for now at least), but the navy would have definitely used it like that
@paulthewall4764
Жыл бұрын
I’m sure the principal is the same as on railroad locomotives. When firing a cold locomotive you must use outside “Power” (IE., a steam line) to power the blower. Once your boiler has reached a certain pressure you switch to your internal blowers. In short they use blowers.I’m ASSuning ships use power from the dock, until they have developed enough internal power to run their own blowers, and other systems.
@Hendricus56
Жыл бұрын
@@paulthewall4764 and I'm sure you answered to the wrong comment
@Pusserdoc
Жыл бұрын
Interchangeable shells: can't recall the reference, but it's my understanding that HMAS AUSTRALIA could use USN 8-in bombardment (but not armour piercing) shells in the SWPA. This made things easier logistically, but did require calibration so the shells went where they were supposed to, and the barrel wear wasn't as good cf using RN ammo. Even so, the gunnery jacks apparently made it work (noting AUSSIE mostly did shore bombardment anyway...).
@frankbodenschatz173
Жыл бұрын
Drach, thanks for the picture of the Lexington. She is a very handsome Hoodesque looking ship. Not as good, but right up there. Still not an Iowa either or Newport News.
@AndrewPalmerMTL
Жыл бұрын
re operating Saipan-class in the cold war. I think the best comparison is with the RN Majestic class (Saipan: 600ft flight deck, 19,000t full load; Majestic: 19,500t, 690ft flight deck (Colossus as designed) ) Majestics did operate jets during the cold war, but struggled for anything much bigger than a Skyhawk. Argentina of course had acquirted Super Etendards for their Majestic, but as far as I know they mainly operated from land, and were very restricted if they tried to use the carier.
@richmcgee434
Жыл бұрын
Cripes, haven't heard Dystopian Wars mentioned in a while. For a good space combat game that isn't prone to constant change I'd recommend Full Thrust, originally from Ground Zero Games but pretty much a fan-community effort at this point. You can download the old official books from the GZG website, but the community has done expanded, clarified and compiled versions, of which FT: Project Continuum is probably the most comprehensive. The rules seem to have "settled" to the point where there's no new version on the horizon, and if Continuum doesn't suit there are earlier versions and loads of homebrew ideas floating around as well. All of it is free, you can (and should) use any miniatures you like to play, and while the print books have been sold out for decades now the player base is at least as lively as BFG. If the game has a real drawback it's that different groups tend to use different options (eg cinematic or vector movement) as the norm when playing, so if you get a random pick-up game at a con or store there usually needs to be a brief negotiation about what everyone's expectations and favorite rules are.
@ronaldfinkelstein6335
Жыл бұрын
Does the intro music for the Drydocks have a title?
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
Coffee at the ready, Suboxone injested, at model building station & Drydock on..... Driver ? Proceed. 🚬😎
@chloehennessey6813
Жыл бұрын
Isn’t that for like. Heroine addicts? 😮
@craigfazekas3923
Жыл бұрын
@@chloehennessey6813 or pain pill addicts, yes.
@BountyFlamor
Жыл бұрын
Cool. Thanks for answering my question :)
@paulpeterson4216
Жыл бұрын
YAY!!! Drach found the volume control! Huzzah!!!
@mkaustralia7136
Жыл бұрын
Regarding the Falklands, could von Spee have had one of his smaller cruisers scuttle itself in the entrance to the harbour, trapping the battle cruisers and allowing time to escape with the rest?
@patrickwhaley8397
Жыл бұрын
Always excellent.
@ross.venner
Жыл бұрын
12:55 - Clunker built? Clinker construction was used for the Mary Rose. I recall reading that at the time of her sinking she had been partially reconstructed to carvel. It was suggested that this work was undertaken to allow the flush fitting of gun ports.
@DeeEight
Жыл бұрын
The Spanish carrier Dedalo was the ex CVL Cabot of the earlier independence class and the only cold war jets it ever operated were a small detachment of AV-8S Harriers. The closest comparable size carrier to the Saipans which saw post-war service with non V/STOL aircraft would be the refit british Colossus and Majestic class carriers which got angled flight decks, and they never carried anything heavier than S2 Trackers with a maximum take-off weight of about 27,000 pounds. The A-4 and Super Étendard are both lighter than that which is why Argentine and Brazil selected them for their examples. But even with these relatively light aircraft their airgroups numbered only 21 each. An F-8 Crusaders, even as modified for the French Foch-class carriers would have likely exceeded the flight deck load limits for individual aircraft (which on Vikrant for example was 24,000 pounds take off but only 20,000 pounds landing).
@mtgAzim
Жыл бұрын
Almost 400k Drach!
@stevenhogan9724
Жыл бұрын
Love all your videos But was there a house alarm going of down the street when you recorded this
@bobfrye6965
Жыл бұрын
Was the use of the photo of the AGMR 2, USS Arlington a deliberate connection. In the previous segment was about the Saipans and interestingly the USS Arlington was originally CVL-48, USS Saipan
@Drachinifel
Жыл бұрын
Very much so :)
@jimsackmanbusinesscoaching1344
Жыл бұрын
Potentially a simpler way to explain the problems with exchanging ammunition between ships might be to point to small arms and the challenges of different ammunition of the same caliber. As an example, there is lots of .556 ammo. Just about any reasonable rifle will fire NATO standard ammo. It does not mean that every rifle can fire all possible ammo of that caliber. And it also points to your worst case. See Kentucky Ballistics and his experimentation with .50 caliber SLAPP rounds and subsequent visit to the hospital.
@joek6791
Жыл бұрын
How about an episode on the SMS Geier that became the US Schurz. It is an interesting story.
@robertslugg8361
Жыл бұрын
One also needs to factor in the availability of Oxygen to the coal and fuel oil. Unburnt fuel up the chimney is just waste. Did these ships use blowers or rely on natural aspiration?
@WALTERBROADDUS
Жыл бұрын
Going back to the Saipan question. A more likely post-war use is for Operation of helicopters, rather than fixed Wing aircraft.
@kemarisite
Жыл бұрын
That was my thought as well, especially given the use of some Essex class in the same role.
@AsbestosMuffins
Жыл бұрын
the Merimack was almost finished before the Norfork yards were captured and when it was clear they couldn't get it out of the docks in time they burned it
@dougjb7848
5 ай бұрын
39:00 I would love to see somebody develop a computer naval war game in the WE-GO turn style - think Naval Combat Mission. Perhaps use three minutes per turn rather than one, otherwise you’d very often have capital ship shots in air when a turn ends. The physics would be complicated but the engine would not have to deal with things like terrain elevation, ground conditions, fortifications etc. Morale would also be simpler because a warship’s crew might be poorly trained or become fatigued, but can hardly “panic and run away.”
@MemorialRifleRange
Жыл бұрын
Thank-You!@
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
I've always thought sailboats should have telescoping masts like a car radio antenna. Possibly with through bolts at joints. Raise or lower with hydralics. Lots of low bridges and overhead obstructions like power lines. Would no doubt add weight topside.
@MyMongo100
Жыл бұрын
My previous 30ft sailboat had a mast hinged at the base to get under the bridges and out into the ocean from the swan river in Perth, Western Australia. lowering/raising was a tricky process with motorboats racing past. You wouldn't want hydraulics in a mast because it would add weight high up and the stays and shrouds are what keeps the mast up, these would be reacting against any locking bolts.
@notshapedforsportivetricks2912
Жыл бұрын
Slightly OTT, I believe that the steam colliers that used to go up the Thames to supply London's power stations used to have telescopic masts and funnels, which must have been interesting to use.
@rogersmith7396
Жыл бұрын
@@notshapedforsportivetricks2912 I do remember various Civil War ships having the funnels. Monitor for one. Boats designed to transit Okeefenokee canal in Florida have hinged masts.
@DABrock-author
Жыл бұрын
Related to the 'folding masts' question. did anybody ever try having the the turrets concentric with the masts (I.E. the turret is effectively rotating around the mast)? It seems this would have resolved the issue of firing arcs.
@peteredmonds8069
Жыл бұрын
Folding masts - no thank you. Too much complexity for little benefit. I have a 30 ft Viking cruiser/racer, with mast that lowers aft and a small auxiliary engine. This is to go under bridges to allow us to access the ocean. With mast lowered she becomes a very awkward motorboat. For a real life example of a steam powered warship with full sailing performance see the RN's CALYPSO class 1884, name ship and sister CALLIOPE, on the Web. They had side deck guns on the upper deck; no turrets. Peter Edmonds Naval Architect Perth, WA
@chloehennessey6813
Жыл бұрын
Would it have been feasible to use the seriously hard woods for armor during the age of sail? Say desert iron wood or my favorite, Yew wood? I have a bunch of Yew in the shed seasoning. It won’t cut with a normal saw. You have to use a hacksaw. And even than you’re going to be sitting there for a few hours cutting just a 5-6 inch diameter piece.
@davidharner5865
Жыл бұрын
Yew is a bush, not a tree; have fun with that.
@chloehennessey6813
Жыл бұрын
@@davidharner5865 There are many different types of Yew. They’re trees here. But thank you for replying.
@WALTERBROADDUS
Жыл бұрын
It's not very practical to try and source exotic woods in the quantities required for shipbuilding.
@gwtpictgwtpict4214
Жыл бұрын
@@davidharner5865 Definitely a tree in the UK, grows to about 60 ft tall, it's what medieval long bows were made from.
@hisdadjames4876
Жыл бұрын
@@davidharner5865 This one sent me straight to Wikipedia! Apparently, the distinction between a tree and a bush is mainly a pragmatic one, to do with height and stem multiplicity, rather than a genetic/scientific one. Many trees can be pruned and trained to develop as bushes. Tea tree is a good example, most often existing as a bush. So, youre both right😂.
@polymathart
Жыл бұрын
You should play Naval Art! I would love to see how you would design the “ideal” battleship.
@ernestcline2868
Жыл бұрын
As far as emergency use of vessels under construction when their building point gets invaded, the example of _CSS Louisiana_ during the American Civil War seems worthy of at least mention, though probably not emulation considering the results.
@1982nsu
Жыл бұрын
00:41:58 I would consider IJN Shinano as an example of an incomplete ship that was rushed out to avoid air attack. IJN Shinano - Guide 315 kzitem.info/news/bejne/lI2wnKGiaphmkn4
@AndrewPalmerMTL
Жыл бұрын
re the interchangeability of shells: not naval shells, but there was at least one case in the Western Desert in WW2 whee allied guns used captured German stocks (as the German shells had better armour-piercing capability) and it was at least a semi-official thing.
@lenheinz6646
Жыл бұрын
I have heard (from a reliable source who I can't now recall) that the RAN cruisers in the Pacific in WW II used USN 8-inch shells on occasion, due to difficulties in getting the proper shells from British supplies. I don't know how bad the resulting ballistic problems were or how they were solved, but the USN shells used were apparently a fairly close match in weight and crh to the proper projies.
@bushyfromoz8834
Жыл бұрын
100% happened In the western desert, German 75mm AP projectiles from the snub nose Panzer 4s could successfully be fitted to the 75mm case in the M3 lee/grant. The German projectile have better penetration and less shattering when, ironically, fired at German face hardened armor.
@Exkhaniber
Жыл бұрын
14:00 Anyone else slightly put off by the googly eyes on the side of that ship?
@chrisangus7078
Жыл бұрын
Drac have you ever played full thrust.
@tomg3290
Жыл бұрын
Gaint old ships... I've always suspected they ..only sailed at ease . Daylight fair winds , no sign of storms...port to port. Used as displays of wealth an power , parade grade..vs. Assault ready as if a viking...got any data ?
@AsbestosMuffins
Жыл бұрын
ooh no even if Rodney and Iowa decided to try (and their captains weren't immediately mutinied for doing so) AND the guns were actually the same diameter on paper, the british inch was ever so slightly different from the US inch back then and you're talking about shells that have very tight tolerance
@sandrodunatov485
Жыл бұрын
Interchangeable shells? Haha 😄that's a practical impossibility (and a dangerous one) as , even if the size of the projectile and those of the barrels are compatible (and they are not, if not designed on-purpose) , you have no tables whatsoever calculated for e.g. British shells and charges but fired out of U.S. barrels. Calculating, field-testing and interpolating firing tables is a major task, and must be done again if the gun, the shell or the propellants are even slightly modified. The most probable outcome of such an attempt would be an exploded or ruined gun barrel (the barrel/breech are the weakest points along the firing chain, unfortunately, not the shell) .
@WALTERBROADDUS
Жыл бұрын
I think people are making the same sort of mistake as those who generalize about Firearms calibers. When a person says a rifle is a .30 caliber; there are a endless bunch of different chambering. People make the same mistake when they use the imprecise," 9mm. " there are a ton of different rounds in the 9mm class that are not 9 mm luger/parabellum. Naval shell ammunition is not some sort of NATO standard that you can just interchange.
@Solrac-Siul
Жыл бұрын
in regards to Hood/lexington, while there is indeed a huge increase in the amount of hp needed to reach the intended speed. Hood did had a considerable advantage in terms of hull efficiency . For comparison purposes Hood with a displacement of slightly above 45k tons could reach 22 knots using 40000 shp, the exact same amount required by Scharnhorst , some 7500 tons lighter, and used actually less shp to reach 31 than the german ship . it was estimated by the royal navy circa 1937, that with new machinery developing around180 000 shp Hood would exceed 33.5 kts .
@plasmaburndeath
Жыл бұрын
Number one thing I learned today from this video, Noah's ark was Quantum, the O.G. Quantum.
@elliottjames8020
Жыл бұрын
Ancient Mediterranean were not clinker built. The planks abutted one another. This means that they're actually quite light in construction, see the Olympia. Clinker building is a North European thing that comes in with the Saxons.
@craigplatel813
Жыл бұрын
Suwannee and Santee both took kamikazes in the Philippines and kept operating
@toddwebb7521
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Well with wood there are potential other factors than the easily measured hardness/strength type stuff. For example Red Oak is a good sturdy hardwood that makes good building timber and furniture but it's too porous for making barrels or ship hull planking
@robertbufkin5568
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A lot of those comm ships were used for spying on possible adversaries.
@bigsarge2085
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@chloehennessey6813
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Drop ship Drachinifel; All Systems Nominal.
@davidharner5865
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I Am unable to look Bach at 'Jackie' F. as anything less than one of the great clowns in History. One game-changing vessel in less than a year? How about eight 24+ kn, 13.5" armed hulls with armour of 13" belt, & 15" turret ships in three years?
@johnthomas7517
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I prefer Kiss Me Hardy by TooFatLardies for Age Of Sail.
@thevictoryoverhimself7298
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I had one grandfather on “Saipan” CVL-48 and a great uncle (grandmas brother) on the very “poked with holes with kamikaze” “Bunker Hill” CV-17 during the war. Dad was on the Forrestal class “Independence” “CV-62” during the Iran hostage crisis in 1980 and finally the nuclear powered “Enterprise”. CVN-65. So I’m from a flattop family. Sadly to my great and eternal regret I never enlisted or seek my commission, a process I had already begun, because when my time came I was very politically annoyed about the invasion of Iraq. Young men and their stupid politics…. Sigh. I wound up joining the peace corps to serve instead spending most of my time responding to storm disasters and repairing damaged homes. But I should have followed the family tradition.
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