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The Drydock - Episode 284 (Fixed!)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:01:50 - Now that you have seen a number of different maritime museums from different countries which ones would you recommend that people go to visit? 

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The Drydock - Episode 284

00:00:00 - Intro


00:01:50 - Now that you have seen a number of different maritime museums from different countries which ones would you recommend that people go to visit? 

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Testing New Patreon Feature

So, dear Patron's, if you've seen any of the Fun Friday videos where I upload an album you'll know Squarespace has a 40MB limit per photo on uploads. Whilst I will get around to downscaling the ove...

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The Drydock - Episode 293 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:28 - Hedgerow modified landing craft?


00:05:08 - Roughly how much of the budget of a navy went to personal, supplies, acquisition of new shi...

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The Drydock - Episode 283 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:34 - Why do USN Fleet and Light Carriers, as well as Light and Heavy cruisers, share hull number sequences, when Escort and Large cruisers have their own? View Post

Tabletop Warming and Model Kits Giveaway

Just quick reminder that at 1400 UK time today the Victuallars Yard on the drachinifel.co.uk website will have an array of tabletop wargaming kits, models etc made available for the grand old price...

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The Drydock - Episode 282

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:49 - Updates to previous questions on mines!


00:03:40 - ABXY 15" ships with triple turrets?


00:08:31 - Between World War I ...

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The Drydock - Episode 281

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:41 - When the US was in the middle of their prohibition against alcohol from 1920- 1933 what would the Royal Navy do if they had to visit the US at the time?...

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The Drydock - Episode 280

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:54 - Do you plan on doing a video looking into the loses of the British Battlecruisers and Armoured Cruisers at Jutland?


00:06:27 - The role...

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The Drydock - Episode 279 - Part 2

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:32 - Airborne attack on the High Sea Fleet on 1st November 1918?


00:11:03 - Royal Navy Turret naming?


00:18:25 - How many n...

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The Drydock - Episode 279 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:45 - Naming conventions and how good various navies were at following them?


00:10:08 - In the United States Navy in World War Mark E Stille ...

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The Drydock - Episode 278

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:45 - What is the difference between the Triple Expansion engines used in ships and the "triplex" steam locomotive? Why were triple expansion engines successf...

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The Drydock - Episode 277

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:52 - How effective would the Union and CSA ironclads be in other wars?


00:07:34 - What real differences would have come from the USN being b...

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New Poster - Advanced Release

Hello everyone! You may be aware of a rather grainy set of footage from 1922 showing HMS Victory going into Drydock, well, a good friend of mine with a lot of artistic talent took a series of still...

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The Drydock - Episode 276

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:42 - Ships that sank easily when they really shouldn't have?


00:05:48 - Was Force Z the RN's worst defeat in WW2?


00:11:38 ...

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The Drydock - Episode 275

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:57 - Why did so many battleship armour belts end up below the water?


00:07:13 - How would the process of rearmouring the ship to a new type ...

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The Drydock - Episode 274 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:44 - Could you please describe briefly at least three incidents where a naval officer went “This is stupid!” and then did the logical/sensible thing?

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The Drydock - Episode 274

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:47 - Who, if anyone, saluted USS Johnston as she sank?


00:10:37 - Was Gneisenau's fatal damage due to unusual dockyard practices?


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The Drydock - Episode 273

00:00:00 - Intro


00:01:13 - Ibuki class cruiser carrier conversion?


00:05:12 - Was suspending aircraft from a carrier's hangar ceiling a common practice among othe...

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The Drydock - Episode 272

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:49 - Have there ever been efforts by navies to salvage fuel from enemy vessels that were sunk or otherwise significantly damaged as opposed to captured? ...

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Patreon Alt-History Livestreams - Where are they?

A few have been asking where the livestreams went, the answer is, they haven't gone anywhere, they're just a little behind. Here's why:

During September is was obviously not possible to do th...

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The Drydock - Episode 271

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:49 - Correction on shell weight for 5"/38 and 4.5"


00:01:48 - Reaction to the No.13 Battleships if built?


00:08:02 - You've...

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The Drydock - Episode 270 (Part 2)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:32 - How effective would a battleship be against a container ship?


00:02:34 - How do submarines estimate their targetting solution?

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The Drydock - Episode 270 (Part 1)

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:32 - At what point in ship design do you invent a new class?


00:06:25 - If Naval Codes were changed while a ship was underway, how would the...

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The Drydock - Episode 269

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:52 - Convoy rescue ships and chain of command?


00:06:36 - HMS Shannon vs USS Chesapeake?


00:13:09 - When did turtleback arm...

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The Drydock - Episode 268

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:53 - Were flat-side first rates a bad idea?


00:04:47 - How do you replace the guns on a ship of the line?


00:07:29 - Had Am...

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The Drydock - Episode 267

00:00:00 - Intro


00:00:58 - Do any other intermediate  designs for UK light cruisers with 6 inch guns exist between the Leanders and the Towns?


00:05:31 - Wha...

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Where's the Patreon Drydock?

Apologies! Due to a combination of PC issues, Microphone issues and catching some virus or other on the flights back to the UK, I've been bogged down getting the Patreon Drydock finished and upload...

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Working Dakka!

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The Drydock - Episode 265

00:00:00 - Intro


00:01:04 - Did the English govenment leave its sailors to die?


00:07:13 - The scuttling of HMS Implacable


00:12:42 - How did the ...

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