00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - When were lifeboats first required for ships?
00:04:56 - How did the German escort ships compare to their British counterparts?
00:09:50 - Why no Germ...
2024-05-11 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - Space/weight implications of turrets?
00:07:58 - Why did Germany scuttle so many of their ships at the end of the war?
00:10:36 - Which "Lutzow" had a ...
2024-05-04 09:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - Why were battleship superstructures so different?
00:08:57 - Why were HMS Jellicoe and HMNS Beatty renamed to Anson and Howe?
00:13:03 - Could the Mk13...
2024-04-27 12:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:33 - Other navies Enterprise's?
00:07:06 - What are sailors watches?
00:12:18 - Given the relatively size parity between the Queen Elizabeth’s and the Col...
2024-04-27 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
For those of you who weren't able to make the livestream, a newly commissioned hull is with is!
2024-04-23 01:21:02 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:01 - The co-reign of William and Mary predates the label HMS, but what would happen if there were another such case of two monarchs in Britain? It's fortunate that both...
2024-04-20 08:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:52 - Between the Matsushimas, Kitakami, Shimakaze, the Tones, the refit Fusos and the refit Ises, which was the worst of the IJN’s “what the hell” designs?
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2024-04-13 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - If there hadn’t been the resistance to back and forth on accepting the concept, how much sooner could the Independence class have been built? Could one or two ha...
2024-04-06 09:42:58 +0000 UTC View PostSo, I've had a few questions about this and I thought I'd put it to a vote of you fine people!
There are enough 5 minute guides that some navies have had their whole 'run' of certain ship typ...
2024-04-04 10:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:25 - What were the biggest differences between the US Navy's Patrol craft and Sub Chasers?
00:07:49 - Was there any effort to salvage and repair the Royal Oak? 2024-03-30 11:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:30 - How much of a role would the Allied navies have had in Operation Downfall after the landings?
00:04:32 - How useful were torpedoes on cruisers in WW2?
Look out for a livestream later today, just about to watch the start of the flooding.
2024-03-27 11:06:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Converted from a somewhat questionable 'large light cruiser', the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious was, along with her sister Courageous, the most capable aircraft carrier in RN service for much of th...
2024-03-25 09:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:03 - I know that RMS Queen Mary and RMS Lusitania were both hit by massive rogue waves that destroyed Lusitania's bridge and made Queen Mary list very badly ...
2024-03-23 08:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Umpire was one of the later WW1 R class destroyers, as a class these were notable in being the first large production run of WW1 British destroyers with geared as opposed to direct turbines, partwa...
2024-03-18 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:04 - How much do scrap warships cost?
00:05:22 - Why did the IJN have so much difficulty designing the oxygen system for the Type 93 torpedo...
2024-03-16 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
One of three ships ordered as a an emergency response to the construction of CSS Virginia, the armoured frigate USS New Ironsides was the only one that ticked the boxes of both well protected and s...
2024-03-11 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:50 - Why was Hiei's armor able to mostly keep out San Francisco's shells at Friday the 13th?
00:06:03 - Was the FAA lack of single-sea...
2024-03-09 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
One of a two ship class and the lead ship, Calypso was built at the time that classifications were under change. Originally built as corvettes, the class was changed to third class cruisers not lon...
2024-03-04 15:20:50 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - Various questions about the Battle of Samar
00:09:20 - How were the Hawkins class conducting firecontrol?
00:10:56 - W...
2024-03-02 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
A somewhat forgotten class of ships, Jasuer was part of the Alarm class of torpedo gunboats, one half of the predecessors to the true destroyer, whilst the RN didn't have a huge amount of luck with...
2024-02-26 10:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:00 - Why 283mm instead of 280mm/11" for Swedish guns?
00:04:46 - Which nations built navies, actual salt water navies, that wound up being m...
2024-02-24 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
As the last pre-war armoured flight deck carrier design, the Indefatigable and her sister ship Implacable had a troubled career, poor choices regarding hangar height and wartime construction delays...
2024-02-19 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:08 - How did a County (Kent) class survive 5 (FIVE!!!) Kamikaze aircraft hits?
00:03:53 - How did the 8" guns on the County class ships like...
2024-02-17 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This weeks photo is a shot of the 1870's HMS Dreadnought in drydock, originally HMS Fury and supposed to be a third Devastation class (or a slightly modified version thereof), she was reworked enou...
2024-02-13 10:34:49 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:35 - RN sailors on US ships and vice-versa?
00:07:23 - Turret sizes vs number of guns?
00:14:40 - Do you think there are an...
2024-02-10 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post