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From Drachinifel at 2024-11-20 12:00:10
'Billy' Mitchell - Insufferably Right or just Insufferable?
Today we take a look at the circumstances of the notorious 'Mitchell' experiments against a series of ships in the early 1920's, were they a sign of things to come, or a barking up the wrong tree? Sources: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Mitchell-Crusader-Air-Power/dp/0253201802 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Mitchells-War-Navy-Interwar/dp/168247884X https://www.amazon.co.uk/General-Billy-Mitchell-Champion-Defense/dp/0313201706 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Billy-Mitchell-1903-2003-Anniversary-Commemorative/dp/1507823649 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-17 12:16:20
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Has any navy tried to build multiple small warships in one capital ship-sized drydock? 00:04:56 - Which of the V-boat classes, if it could have it's problems fixed, had the most potential? 00:09:57 - Advantages of single-screw escorts? 00:13:41 - On the M-Class submarines, what would have been feasible retrofits to alleviate the primary issues of the 12” gun and make the class Atleast somewhat viable for the Second World War? 00:19:00 - Why did the Porters and Somerses use single-purpose 5"/38s rather than the quick-firing version of the 5"/51? 00:21:56 - Would a ship in the Napoleonic era have all of its cannons sourced from the same one (or several) foundries making artillery, or was it simply a grab at whatever was being produced? 00:26:04 - Could the IJN have operated jets from their carrier fleet that existed, or were they developing carriers that could? 00:28:46 - During the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War, why was the gunnery so poor? 00:32:01 - Is it possible to run a triple or quadruple expansion engine as part of a turbo electric drive system? 00:35:10 - Why was a special fire control computer needed for shore bombardment? 00:39:39 - Modern day monitors? 00:44:20 - The German ships of WWII had the famous Atlantic bow retroactively installed, how bad was the sea keeping on them prior to the flaring and additional buoyancy, and what were the hydrodynamic compromises that resulted from both the original and Atlantic versions? 00:51:30 - What is (to you) the least interesting or most tedious topic that the channel has or will cover, and why do you think it would be so uninteresting or tedious? 00:59:20 - For RN officers in the Age of Sail what were the rules and practices for picking up items during a commissioned voyage/deployment? 01:04:12 - How useful were the float planes launched from battleships and cruisers in WWII?
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-16 12:01:08
The Lightning, first purpose built torpedo arm craft of the British Royal Navy, is today's subject. Read more about the ship here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conways-Worlds-Fighting-Ships-1860-1905/dp/0851771335 https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Destroyers-David-Lyon/dp/184560010X https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Destroyers-Earliest-Second-World/dp/1848320493 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-13 12:20:43
The British Pacific Fleet - Foundations to First Strikes
Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://sponsr.is/magellantv_drachinifel_0724 Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Worlds Greatest Ships and other fascinating documentaries! Today we take a look at the start of the British Pacific Fleet, an oft-forgotten aspect of WW2 in the Pacific. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - British Pacific Strategy in the Interwar Period 00:04:39 - Early WW2 for the RN in the Pacific 00:06:24 - The situation in 1944 00:19:22 - The fleet starts to form 00:26:57 - New carrier paradigm 00:29:45 - First operations Sources: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Pacific-Fleet-Powerful-Strike/dp/1526702835 https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Pacific-Experience-1944-50-Maritime/dp/0754668517 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Fleet-British-Pacific-1944-45/dp/B0BRZ1Q8CB https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Pacific-Fleet-1944-45-downfall/dp/1472856775 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sumatra-1944-45-British-campaign-Campaign/dp/1472862414 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Eastern-Fleet-Indian-Ocean-1942/dp/1526797763 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-10 13:31:23
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - How would you design and use surface ships in this role to improve their effectiveness and/or survivability? 00:07:36 - Will you ever go to Bermuda? 00:09:25 - What would you say is the most common type of british submarine in WW2? 00:12:28 - What was the operational performance of the original big gun variant of the M class? 00:18:23 - X1 or class of them against Japan in WW2? 00:22:22 - Why not take out convoy escorts first, then the merchant ships? 00:26:34 - Vibration issues on various battleships? 00:31:14 - Looking back at USN Fleet Problems, could you further describe the simulated damage system that is hit points, and not damage percentage? 00:40:32 - Would it be possible to do a refit of Bretagne class dreadnoughts similar to the Italian dreadnoughts and how fast and how useful would refited ships be? 00:45:44 - If the 1920 South Dakota class battleships were instead designed in 1918, allowing for some of them to be built before the Washington Naval Treaty was being negotiated and signed, what would be their fate? 00:51:43 - Why were Admiral Kimmel and General Short sacked after the attack on Pearl Harbor, but General MacArthur and Admiral Hart weren’t after the loss off the Philippines? 00:55:03 - How much power did MacArthur really have over 'his' portion of the Naval war? 00:58:20 - In the book "Escape from Davao" by John Lukacs, it was noted that prisoners of war were generally better treated by the Imperial Japanese Navy than by the Imperial Japanese Army. Was this really the case and if so, why? 01:01:22 - What would the Colorado class have looked like without the 'Standard' Type being a thing?
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-09 12:00:45
The Destructor, torpedo gunboat or early destroyer of the Spanish Navy, is today's subject. Read more about the ship here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conways-Worlds-Fighting-Ships-1860-1905/dp/0851771335 https://www.amazon.co.uk/First-Destroyers-David-Lyon/dp/184560010X https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Destroyers-Earliest-Second-World/dp/1848320493 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-08 14:00:17
How to make a 5-minute(ish) guide to just about anything!
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at the basic format of a 5 minute guide and how you could make your own. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - How to make a guide! Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-06 12:00:07
Walter and Electro-Boots - U-Boats of the Future, Today(ish)
Today we take a look at the development, design, issues and brief operational history of the last generations of German U-boats in WW2. Sources: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANATOMY-SHIP-TYPE-BOAT-Anatomy-dp-0851779220/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitlers-Wonder-U-Boats-Hunter-Submarines-ebook/dp/B09GPZ62Y4/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/U-boat-Evolution-Technical-History-Submarines/dp/0870219669/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/GERMAN-UBOAT-Schiffer-Military-History/dp/0764307878/ http://www.uboatarchive.net/Design/DesignStudiesTypeXXI.htm https://uboat.net/technical/electroboats.htm Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-03 12:28:13
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Why was Menetheus used to produce beer and not tea? 00:03:22 - Could the USN could have sold the Aircraft Carrier (Medium), aka the CVV, to foreign navies? 00:08:14 - What if HMAS Australia was back with Chicago and Canberra? 00:14:35 - Wooden cargo ships of WW2? 00:18:28 - Why was Santissima Trinidad called the largest warship in the world? 00:21:45 - Potential changes to the 2nd London Naval Treaty? 00:27:56 - Impact of humiliations of the EIC? 00:31:46 - Does Goteborg have any kind of engine or is she completely sail-only? 00:33:48 - Naval battle paintings often show ships' sails riddled with holes all the way to the top, at heights exceeding the depicted engagement range. Is this just artistic license or was the gun elevation really that good? 00:38:03 - Would you say that the reputation of the Regia Marina has swung too far in the other direction from previous? 00:43:03 - Rank the five ships in the Charles Martel class? 00:49:46 - Where is the RN admiralty building at what period? 00:52:29 - During WWI, how did the Royal Navy enforce its blockade against the Central Powers with respect to ships sailing to or from ports in the neutral Netherlands? 00:59:11 - What is a more challenging business, running a historic museum ship, or running a historical YouTube channel? 01:02:20 - Reaction of other navies to the Marine Nationale joining the RN in WW2?
From Drachinifel at 2024-11-02 12:00:56
The smaller of the 'Electroboots', last submarines of Kriegsmarine, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitlers-Wonder-U-Boats-Hunter-Submarines-ebook/dp/B09GPZ62Y4/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/U-boat-Evolution-Technical-History-Submarines/dp/0870219669/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/GERMAN-UBOAT-Schiffer-Military-History/dp/0764307878/ https://uboat.net/technical/electroboats.htm Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-30 12:01:09
Admiral Spruance - Marshall Islands to Philippine Turkeys
Today we take a look at the career of Admiral Raymond Spruance, from the Battle of Midway to Operation Galvanic and the preparations to take the Marshall Islands Sources: The Quiet Warrior: a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance - Buell, Thomas B. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN; A Study In Command - Admiral E. P. Forestel NARA Videos: 428-NPC-1567/1474/4434/12337/4393/4425/4580/4857/4858 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-27 14:56:03
The Drydock - Episode 321 (Part 2)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - If Japan somehow managed to take Hawaii, what's the best way to retake it? 00:08:12 - Best views for shipping in different time periods? 00:11:03 - Where do you sit on the scale of ULTRA solved everything and shortened the war by 3+ years, to, the impacts of ULTRA are given too much weight. And why? 00:14:27 - Why were the funnels on early British cruisers raked back? 00:17:05 - Inverting Leyte Gulf? 00:20:36 - Spanish Treasure Galleon San Jose? 00:22:22 - Can you tell us a bit about the WWI high speed lighters used by the Harwich force? 00:27:47 - Most serious obstacle to a fast battleship pre-WW1? 00:33:23 - Could a navy physically destroy an island? 00:39:59 - Did ships in the age of sail have full transom sterns? 00:42:51 - Who else considered quad gun turrets apart from the British and French? 00:45:39 - Most historically impactful swap? 00:52:32 - Can you go through a sample calculation for adjusting naval gunfire and show why you need that 4th data point so much compared to say a 3-shot salvo? 01:00:40 - Alternative QE battleship design? 01:05:02 - IJN and USN pilot differences? 01:07:12 - Yukikaze post-war? 01:10:08 - What is a torpedo bomber redux? 01:12:49 - How was the Naval Airborne Lifeboat Mk.1 "RN1" to be employed? 01:18:47 - What are the top five things that you have accomplished as a result of establishing your channel? 01:21:47 - Could HMS Dreadnought have been built in such a way with the constraints of the time to still be relevant in the line of battle and thus have her day in the sun at Jutland? 01:25:38 - Design differences between USN and RN cruisers and battleships in the late 1930's? 01:31:42 - Difficulties in identifying ships at night? 01:37:58 - Dented hull plating on USS New Jersey? 01:41:17 - History swimming naval troops? 01:45:48 - Would nitrous oxide (N2O) make for a good oxidizer for torpedoes in WW2 in terms of performance, safety and ease of use / price? 01:48:01 - What was the performance of the Vickers twin 6-inch turrets used on the Monmouth class armoured cruisers and Humber class monitors? 01:52:20 - How did the hp per ton of ship powerplants in the Dreadnought era up to 1950 develop. Was it linear or did it have spikes of rapid growth? 01:55:12 - How does Roosevelt's 'Naval War of 1812' hold up? 01:58:59 - Was HMS Renown still the world's fastest capital ship in 1945? 01:59:59 - In the Age of Sail did any non-Western nations build or have plans to build Ships of the Line? 02:03:21 - Why did the British overestimate the range at Jutland at the start of the battlecruiser engagement? 02:07:30 - What is your assessment of the Fairy Barracuda as an aircraft for the FAA and how was it regarded at the time? 02:11:28 - During the Classic Age of Sail, how were the Crews of Royal Navy ships stationed at distant foreign stations like India or China paid? 02:14:56 - How long was the galley/galleass firepower solution viable? 02:19:13 - How big does an aircraft carrier have to be to accommodate twin-engine fighters and bombers during interwar/WW2 time period? 02:26:25 - What is your favorite ghosty/spooky/supernatural tale from the Naval history for the period this channel covers?
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-27 12:25:28
The Drydock - Episode 321 (Part 1)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - Did the interwar German Navy try to retain surface ship design skills? 00:05:54 - 'Sink the Bismarck' film questions? 00:09:58 - Naval officers who accidentally sabotaged their own side? 00:14:57 - Influence of ships on standard equipment ID's? 00:18:50 - Had USS Olympia been built as an armored cruiser instead of a protected cruiser would she still have been sent to the Ppacific during Spanish-American War 00:21:28 - How were the West Indies squadrons/fleets of the RN actually organized during the classic 1750-1850 period? 00:25:19 - What is an Alpha Strike, and are there any other named strikes? 00:28:31 - Would auto-loading battleship guns actually be possible? 00:33:31 - Armies predated navies, so it would make sense that navies would try to adapt army tactics and maneuvers to the high seas environment. What examples of these can be pointed out, and did armies consider adapting any tactics and maneuvers originally developed by navies for their own use? 00:43:10 - How efficient were classic age of sail vessels? 00:46:51 - How many history books do you have? 00:48:42 - How much influence did the government finance departments have over wartime appropriation? 00:53:05 - Could you recommend a good English language book on both the Dutch Republic and Dutch East Indies Company? 00:54:12 - What if the IJN forced a battle at the Gilberts or Marshall Islands? 00:59:01 - During the 19th century, was there ever a large Royal Navy Force based out of India/Sri Lanka (comparable to Med Fleet)? 01:03:38 - Largest naval gun for a 'unity' round? 01:10:09 - Torpedo-tube launched depth charges? 01:14:11 - How would the Royal Navy have dealt with the Yamato if they had to confront the Japanese Navy after cleaning up Europe without United States help? 01:18:41 - Details on the IJN 'turret farms'? 01:22:49 - Who owned the various Liberty and Victory Ships and T-2 tankers, etc. produced by the US dockyards during WW2? 01:25:30 - Between 1850-1950, what naval inventions were written off as failures, but as technology developed were revisited 10-20-30 (etc.) years later and found to be successful? 01:31:50 - In the film Master and Commander, would lashing be the typical punishment for the level of insubordination displayed to Mr. Hollum by Nagle? Seems quite harsh for a captain like Aubrey. 01:36:37 - Old war records? 01:38:07 - Ddi anyone manage to pass the Gibraltar Straits unwelcomed in time of war and get away with it? (Without being a submarine) 01:41:03 - Could you please include metric measurements when talking about lengths of various objects and especially depths? 01:42:20 - Were anti-aircraft guns, particularly dedicated guns on ships that didn't have dual-purpose secondaries, ever equipped or used to fire on surface targets? 01:47:32 - How did firepower evolve from number of guns to weight of shot/shell? 01:52:57 - What were the biggest contributions of Malaya to both the Allies and Axis during WW2 from a naval standpoint, and based on this how important was Malaya in the Pacific theatre compared to say, the Philippines, Formosa or Hong Kong? 01:56:26 - How would sailor’s family know if the sailor is alive or dead in age of sail? 01:59:43 - The USS Turner DD 648 and USS Solar DE 221 were destroyed at anchor by separate internal explosions. Both by ASW ammunition. Why was this ammunition so volatile? 02:06:34 - If the Alaska’s had been able to keep their original design speed before they began to get weighed down do you think the US would’ve kept them around instead of the Iowa’s? 02:14:06 - What factors would make an admiral disobey a direct order and what determined how severely they were punished (if at all)? 02:21:43 - You've mentioned before that you consider the USS Galena one of, if not the worst, ironclads of the American Civil War. Are there other designs that came out of that war that you would consider to be as bad, if not worse, than the Galena? 02:24:52 - Were there ever reasons why sailors would be expected to climb into a gun barrel? 02:28:19 - Did the battleship Duke of York ever happen to be at sea within the range of an active V2 battery? 02:30:14 - Had Kurita recognized Taffy 3 for what it was, and barreled through them instead of engaging, could he have wiped out 7th Fleet? 02:36:41 - Victorian era RN 'spit and polish' officers? 02:39:59 - Is it really fair to compare G3 with Lexington and Amagi? 02:42:34 - Was there any cross pollination between the army and navy when it came to armour technology/production? 02:47:10 - Things BuOrd did well? 02:49:06 - Why did the British fight for but then abandon Newport in the American Revolution? 02:52:19 - Bias in the Jutland Naval Staff Appreciation? 02:54:41 - Why are only some German destroyers given a name rather than an alphanumeric designation? 02:57:45 - In your opinion, which of the world's navies represents the greatest waste of potential?
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-26 12:00:58
HMS King George V (1911) - Guide 411
The WW1-era King George V class, battleships of the British Royal Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-Oscar-Parkes/dp/0850526043/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-World-War-One/dp/1848321473/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleship-1906-1946-Norman-Friedman-ebook/dp/B019EJVJT8/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Fleet-Warship-Development-1906-1922-ebook/dp/B0CBNF2PJS/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-25 13:01:19
French Interwar Cruisers - The Best of Ships, The Worst of Ships
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at why and how the French heavy cruiser development line gave us both the best and worst examples of the type. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - French Heavy Cruisers Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-23 12:00:48
Battle Carpentry - Woodwork Under Fire
Today we take a quick look at what a carpenter might expect to do in order to keep his ship operational mid-battle. Check out the Sojurn here: https://www.thesojournaudiodrama.com/ In October 2024, check out the first three episodes for free here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABdML-kZl6E&list=PLLnNVFgDJ3vUXh15EHrNut5hHR9fxW-c3&index=1 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - Battle Carpentry Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-20 11:07:57
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:45 - Given the constantly changing nature of large capital ships even while under construction (as seen with examples like the North Carolina), just how likely would it be that USS United States would finish up as a more conventional carrier (much like how she appears in World of Warships) before she's even launched? 00:04:20 - Assuming that USS United States is either completed or quickly refited after a short period of time to a more conventional design, how long would her class's likely service life be? 00:07:27 - What were some of the Post WW2 designs from countries like France and the other Allied nations? 00:11:12 - Can you tell us more about the time that HMS Unicorn bombarded ground targets in North Korea with her own guns? 00:13:49 - What were in your opinion the best naval use cases for unguided rocket projectiles in the period the channel covers? 00:18:05 - Most daring submarine feat? 00:25:38 - Naval mercenaries? 00:32:13 - The Akagi and Kaga originally had multi flight deck plans when completed but later were refitted to have a single flight deck. Were there any plans to do something similar to the ships of the Courageous class? 00:39:10 - When did bre aking the line cease to be a viable fleet tactic? 00:44:45 - The tendency of the Imperial Japanese Navy to falsely claim that various American ships were sunk during the Pacific War leading to the ships in question being nicknamed as "Ghosts" is rather notorious nowadays. However, given the fact that the Americans avoided this tendency by decrypting Japanese radio communications, what Japanese ships could have been considered Ghosts without the help of these intercepts? 00:48:22 - What is/was the largest cast piece of metal on a ship and why was it produced that way? 00:51:12 - When did the first “frigate duel” occur and when did history’s last frigate duel happen? 00:54:27 - What might be some examples of ships with short active services lives, but with significant impact even in that short life? 00:58:14 - How many videos [on average] do you have as a work-in-progress at any one time (ie. initial research, script writing, script finalizing, recording, postprocessing, final export not counting) and how does this vary during a week and month respectively?
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-19 12:01:05
The Orion class, battleships of the British Royal Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-Oscar-Parkes/dp/0850526043/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-World-War-One/dp/1848321473/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleship-1906-1946-Norman-Friedman-ebook/dp/B019EJVJT8/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Fleet-Warship-Development-1906-1922-ebook/dp/B0CBNF2PJS/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-16 12:00:48
Naval Engineering - A Brief History of Turrets
Today we take a look at a the highlights of the development of turrets from the 1860's through the 1940's. Sources: International Journal of Naval History, October 2002, Volume 1 Number 2 - When the Monitors Came to Europe Warships International, Volume 42, Issue 3 - The Eads Steam-Powered Revolving Turret https://archive.org/details/ourironcladship01reedgoog https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naval-Firepower-Battleship-Gunnery-Dreadnought-ebook/dp/B00KTI0T0E/ https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780713709056/Naval-Gun-Hogg-Ian-Batchelor-0713709057/plp https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naval-Guns-Years-Coastal-Artillery/dp/1861762011/ https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Naval_Guns_and_Mounting_and_Working_Heav/XMQqP4KqxyUC?hl=en&gbpv=1 https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/library/online-reading-room/technology/evolutionofnavalweapons/The%20Evolution%20of%20Naval%20Weapons.pdf Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-13 11:31:56
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - G14 carrier vs Malta or Midway? 00:05:00 - Why weren't medium cruisers ever a thing? 00:09:35 - If flat deck carriers had never been a thing, what would seaplane "fleet carriers" look like? 00:14:20 - What would Grand Admiral Drach's doctrine be for fighting a naval war with one of the top naval powers, as a nation with a smaller fleet? 00:23:14 - In Drydock 303 you said you had found new information that made you change your stance on Rodney's torpedo attack from maybe to almost certain, are you planing to do addendum video this information and are there any other ships or battles you think need an addendum video might be good? 00:26:05 - If Rodney had aggressively pursued de Grasse's defeated force at the Saintes, a) how likely is it that he'd've been able to bag the entire deployed portion of the French battleline (as his critics afterwards alleged he'd passed up the opportunity to do), and b) if he had managed to bag de Grasse's entire fleet, what effects would that've had going forwards? 00:31:53 - The Japanese navy had plans to swap the turrets of the Mogami and other ships in the event of war, could the Americans could have had better torpedo blisters ready for ships like Wasp, Ranger or Saratoga? 00:36:02 - 16"/50 Mk2 vs Mk7? 00:39:56 - In the time period the channel covers, how common was smoking aboard warships? 00:42:07 - What special tactics, formations, precautions did fleets take when transiting choke points when potentially facing combat? 00:47:39 - Through the magical power of hand waving the negotiations for the Washington Naval Treaty are delayed by 3 years, how does this change the Treaty, the fleets, and WWII? 00:56:43 - Tubular vs tripod/cage masts? 01:00:03 - ASW projectiles for escorts main battery? 01:02:56 - Who was Japans Churchill/FDR/Stalin etc figure?
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-12 12:00:09
The St Vincent class, battleships of the British Royal Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-Oscar-Parkes/dp/0850526043/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-World-War-One/dp/1848321473/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleship-1906-1946-Norman-Friedman-ebook/dp/B019EJVJT8/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Fleet-Warship-Development-1906-1922-ebook/dp/B0CBNF2PJS/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-11 14:00:26
Wrecks of Melbourne - HMAS J7 and HMVS Cerberus
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look two historic wrecks that can be found in surprisingly easy reach of the city of Melbourne, Australia. 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Wrecks! Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-09 12:00:49
A Drydocked Battleship - What's below the waterline?
Today we take a look an exclusive look at what the underside of an Iowa class battleship looks like as we tour USS New Jersey in her drydock. Support the ship here: https://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-06 12:00:08
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:38 - Re-use of ships machinery in civillian roles? 00:04:48 - Is Yamato's fame ahistorical? 00:08:58 - Why so few twin/triple combo armament schemes? 00:14:34 - UK keeping battleships post WW2? 00:23:09 - 'Easy upgrades' for a frigate/DE design in the interwar period? 00:28:57 - USS Texas at Jutland? 00:33:38 - Why was almost everyone unhappy with almost every treaty cruiser? 00:38:23 - Do you have any strong opinions on how naval vessels are depicted in fiction? 00:42:28 - How did the 4-in shells on HMS Belfast get to the guns? 00:44:30 - Would any of the German battlecruisers have been useful for interwar carrier or 'supercruiser' conversions? 00:46:31 - Army at Sea vs Seapower State? 00:52:59 - What kind of coastal defences did the British isles have just before, and develop during, WW1? 00:58:32 - When someone is taking sounding with a lead, how do they know when they've hit the bottom? Especially for very deep leads, like HMS Challenger near Guam. 01:00:02 - Would the US have deployed battleships if they knew about Hiei and Kirishima earlier? 01:05:02 - US and Italy Visits in October
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-05 12:00:26
The bigger of the 'Electroboots', last submarines of Kriegsmarine, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/ANATOMY-SHIP-TYPE-BOAT-Anatomy-dp-0851779220/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hitlers-Wonder-U-Boats-Hunter-Submarines-ebook/dp/B09GPZ62Y4/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/U-boat-Evolution-Technical-History-Submarines/dp/0870219669/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/GERMAN-UBOAT-Schiffer-Military-History/dp/0764307878/ http://www.uboatarchive.net/Design/DesignStudiesTypeXXI.htm https://uboat.net/technical/electroboats.htm Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-10-02 12:00:58
Last Stand of HMS Edinburgh - Arctic Gold
Today we take a look at the last voyage and heroic last stand of HMS Belfast's sister-ship in the high Arctic Sources: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Call-H-M-Edinburgh/dp/0002166771/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Town-Class-Cruisers-Southampton/dp/1526718855/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Sacrifice-Arctic-Convoys-World-ebook/dp/B01DPPXF5I/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Convoys-1941-1945-Richard-Woodman-ebook/dp/B07FJM4CWY/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Convoys-Bletchley-Park-Seas-ebook/dp/B0CKS1QTK4/ https://www.forcesnews.com/feature/history-focus-story-hms-edinburghs-sunken-cargo-russian-gold Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-29 13:22:56
The Drydock - Episode 317 (Part 2)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:27 - How did Von der Tann manage to hit and destroy Indefatigable so quickly? 00:05:36 - If modern combustible case ammunition (like what we see on some attack aircraft) technology was made available and practical for naval caliber guns just after WWI, what would the likely impacts be on autoloader technology as it was being developed. 00:08:10 - What are some great naval examples of someone just saying 'no' to the best laid plans of their opposition? 00:14:24 - Could you, please, briefly review the four major Pacific carrier battles of 1942? At least for me, Coral Sea and Midway are more ingrained into the collective unconscious, however the second two battles, Santa Cruz and Eastern Solomons are less familiar. 00:19:23 - Could the Italians have successfully invaded Malta during WWII 00:23:02 - When Winston Churchill wrote his book about WW1, a scenario that he seems to have worried about a lot is the High Seas Fleet attacking the British troop convoys in the opening days of the war, and it seems that Tirpitz also thought post-war that this would have been their least-bad chance. How would it likely have gone for the German fleet if they'd tried this? 00:29:47 - How much HP to get QE up to her design speed? 00:36:00 - With hindsight, what was the last battleship that was "worth the cost" to build for its navy? 00:43:24 - What made the Scharnhorst's guns better than the Deutschlands? 00:46:36 - After the Soviet Union was established, did Japan's naval developments impact Soviet naval shipbuilding/warship design, especially when it came to the Soviet Pacific fleet? 00:49:20 - Regarding the formation of the Italian navy from the various naval traditions across Italy, were fleets and minor navies just gobbled up from the various Italian states? 00:51:06 - Battle of Cape St Vincent and the Levantar wind? 00:56:09 - Did any of the navies during the timeframe of the channel ever experiment with magnetic or other proximity fuses for depth charges? 01:03:40 - What is your take on Myers' argument that the defeat of Japan was not inevitable and that with a couple of smaller changes a different outcome would have resulted, such as a negotiated settlement? 01:12:15 - Enemy warships on display after a war? 01:14:50 - Nitro-boosted engines? 01:17:25 - Why in so many sources are Japanese Daihatsu-class landing craft referred to as "barges"? 01:19:31 - 'A Triple-F' or, 'Aqueous Film Forming Foam' has been a staple of DC Lockers in the US Navy for many decades. Who actually came up with the idea of fighting fires with soap and how did (if it did) spread to other navies? 01:23:38 - With hindsight: what could the USN have done better in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor in terms of recovery and repair? 01:27:37 - Cost of a drydock vs the cost of a battleship? 01:34:49 - Did the UK purchase merchant ships in WW2 to replace losses? 01:38:14 - British 74 vs French 80 gun ship of the line? 01:45:20 - Which WW1 capital ship would be most useful to the Germans if modernised for WW2? 01:50:11 - WW2 Japanese IR homing missiles? 01:52:45 - During the late 18th and early 19th century, the South China Sea harboured some of the largest pirate fleets in history, with crew numbers going into the tens of thousands, yet European Naval presence seems to have been quite limited. Why is that? 01:56:47 - What properties exactly ensure that “big” ships cope better with bad weather? 02:03:09 - Just how massive an advantage did geography grant to the US in the Pacific War? 02:10:29 - Obsolete weapons used during WW2? 02:13:12 - Carrier air group manpower requirements? 02:15:24 - A prominent returning theme of the channel is the lost opportunities caused by the treasury limiting naval spending. Are there any times, in your opinion, when the naval budget of the United Kingdom was too high? Particularly when there were other pressing non-defense budgetary priorities of the nation? 02:19:50 - How are the blocking plans for dry docking damaged ships amended?
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-29 11:55:52
The Drydock - Episode 317 (Part 1)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:32 - How did officer advancement boards/tests in the RN come about? How did standardization set in? Are they still administered in some form today? 00:06:27 - WW2 supply routes to the USSR via the Pacific? 00:10:45 - Anti-shipping stakes at the Siege of La Rochelle? 00:15:38 - What types of ships resupplied the British and Commonwealth forces garrison at Tobruk during their siege in 1941? 00:21:02 - Which hypothetical/prototype ship design are you most glad was never built, and why? 00:26:58 - Airships with sub-hunting sonar? 00:30:03 - Can you please calculate where a shell fired from the 11inch gun from the Dutch Pantserschip HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën on display at the Museum TNI AL Loka Jala Crana in Surabaya, Indonesia, would land if it were to be fired? 00:34:15 - It seems on naval history YouTube channels two ships that never served in a naval capacity, The Titanic and the Edmund Fitzgerald, are unspoken "fair game" for questions. What is your stance on questions from your viewers regarding civilian ships? 00:38:06 - Star Trek followup - Could Chief O'Brien have taken command of USS Valiant? 00:41:33 - Is there a place for the battleship in modern warfare? 00:52:07 - Late 1939 USN AA upgrades? 00:58:28 - You have stated that maximum theoretical rate of fire of battleships means little in practical combat ranges due to need to observe fall of the shells. Is this true even after advanced optical and radar fire control systems came into service? 01:04:25 - Battle of Midway 'colorful' pilot radio transmissions? 01:06:15 - What if Jellicoe never made it to the Grand Fleet? 01:10:20 - In the aftermath of the Washington treaty when a large number of battleships and battlecruisers were being scrapped, were any of the main guns reused by the signature nations for coastal defence? 01:13:25 - Degrading a modern battleships capacity to fight with HE shells? 01:17:51 - What part of Admiral Halsey’s problems in the latter part of WW2 was temperament, what was seamanship and what was a matter of an old dog not learning new tricks because he was behind a desk when the tricks where being invented? 01:23:19 - Most and Least important engagements that went unrecognised as such at the time? 01:31:58 - Carrier vs Battleship build times? 01:37:40 - What makes the perfect Q ship? 01:46:30 - Which nation's ship designers benefitted the most and which the least from the collapse of the treaty system? 01:50:46 - Did the Japanese know about HMS Victorious / USS Robin? 01:55:30 - Will you come and visit USS Intrepid? 02:00:04 - If the Italians had the budget do you think they would have built a dreadnought based on Vittorio Cuniberti's before any other nations did? 02:04:17 - Does hammering a cannon ball actually help? 02:08:14 - Were there any significant Allied war atrocities during WWIi which were papered over like My Lai in Vietnam? 02:15:22 - Mechanical fuse setting and delay in loading? 02:19:30 - How were ships maintained and cleaned before drydocks? 02:24:27 - What individual had the greatest and/or longest-lasting *positive* influence on their country's navy as a direct result of their poor judgment or incompetence? 02:31:36 - Could you please tell me about holystoning? 02:35:18 - Where were HMS Dreadnought and HMS Ramillies at the surrender of the High Seas Fleet? 02:38:49 - Admiral vs Captain responsibilities in battle? 02:42:44 - Why were twin gun turrets the standard for so long on battleships? 02:49:55 - Are there estimations of how many personnel, through the two WW, died not of disease, enemy action or sea catastrophe but out of exhaustion and stress? 02:53:07 - Raising propellors? 02:55:56 - How did second world war LCGs compared to the first world war monitors?
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-28 12:01:01
Holland-type submarines - Guide 407
The Holland type, early submarines of various navies, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conways-Worlds-Fighting-Ships-1860-1905/dp/0851771335 https://www.amazon.co.uk/ALL-WORLDS-FIGHTING-SHIPS-1906/dp/0851772455 https://www.amazon.co.uk/U-S-Submarines-Through-1945-Illustrated/dp/1557502633 https://www.amazon.co.uk/John-P-Holland-1841-1914-Inventor-Submarine/dp/0870212729 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Submarine-Boats-Beginnings-Underwater-Warfare/dp/0851772889 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-27 14:00:16
Frigate Duels of the War of 1812 - Final Fates
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at what happened to the ships and captains of the War of 1812 frigate duels after the dust settled... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - What happened next? Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-25 12:00:23
Naval Engineering - What happens when a shell hits a battleship?
Today we take a look at the basics of what happens when a shell hits battleship armour, and some real-life examples, illustrating additional effects beyond what you might otherwise imagine. Sources: http://navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-055.php Trials against Baden - Warship 2007 https://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Battlecruisers-World-War-One/dp/1848322135 https://www.naval-history.net/WW1Battle1501DoggerBank.htm https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-World-War-One/dp/1399096575/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Battlecruisers-Shipshape-John-Roberts/dp/1840675306/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jutland-Analysis-Fighting-N-Campbell/dp/0870213245/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Great-War-Sea-Naval-1914-1919/dp/184832183X/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-22 14:30:14
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:45 - Do you expect anything earth-shattering from WW2 declassification? 00:05:43 - Alternatives to the IJN 25mm? 00:09:49 - If your desired armor thickness is a bit more more that your steel industry can make and you are forced to use inefficient multiple layers, is it better to have each layer be half the desired thickness, or for one layer to be the maximum thickness you CAN make and the second to be thinner, just making up the remainder? 00:15:06 - It seems that the larger the gun system, the more complicated and demanding it becomes to construct and operate. What was the “sweet spot” in large naval guns, the best balance of hitting power and simplicity? Would larger numbers of smaller ships armed with more guns of a smaller caliber have been the better route than the drive towards ever larger and ever more complex guns? 00:22:20 - Difference between US and Japanese armour performance? 00:27:29 - Had British battlecruiser design sacrificed some speed for armour, roughly how much extra tonnage in protection could they have had while still being effective in the battlecruiser role, and was this feasible for RN ship builders at the time? 00:33:54 - Citadels, Buoyancy and Sinking 00:39:14 - How good was Vasco de Gama's refit? 00:43:17 - Ships badly damaged or sunk on trials? 00:45:38 - What did the Japanese think had happened to allow the Americans to successfully engage them at Midway, before the truth of CPT Rochefort's team came out? 00:52:17 - How much longer would the Swordfish have been in service, if the war against Germany had not been won in the actual timescale, ignoring nuclear events? 00:55:07 - What proportion of the Japanese fleet was the Combined Fleet at Tsushima? 00:57:35 - Deck-launched Ohka's?
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-21 12:00:00
The Plongeur, an early submarine of the French Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ship here: Entente Cordiale, 1865 - Warship 1996 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Plongeur-Lodyss%C3%A9e-technique-humaine-Editions/dp/B07HB7CJ8R https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Warships-Age-Steam-1859-1914-ebook/dp/B09C911WXH Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-18 12:00:43
Frederick 'Johnnie' Walker - U-Boats Flee & One Last Voyage (Part 4 - Jan to July 1944)
Today we take a look at the last months of the career of Captain Walker. Part 1 - https://youtu.be/Q601tmyBBkc Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KNXURu7GgT8 Part 3 - https://youtu.be/f3yrv3jgynk Sources: ADM555 Video - IWM Final Footage courtesy of Roland R Smith - https://www.youtube.com/@UChnPcPFJwi_iP4qAHoAU22w Walker RN - Robertson, Terence (1956) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-Captain-Alan-Burn/dp/1399077279/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-15 12:29:10
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:49 - We've never had a real ship called Thunderchild, but what are the closest names real warships have come to Thunderchild? 00:01:35 - How would Bearn compare to Eagle if she had been converted with only turbines instead of VTEs and turbines? 00:03:19 - Had USS United States been completed, how long do you think she would have been in service? Would she have outlasted the Midways or would she have been gone relatively soon? 00:09:23 - What is the sweetspot speed a carrier must achieve to best support flight operations? How has that speed changed over time? 00:14:44 - Operational issues for a Free French fleet in exile? 00:18:10 - During the WW2 time frame. Was any naval or land based bombing on shipping done with napalm or drop tanks filled with fuel? 00:21:16 - What were the major differences when it came to shore bombardment at Normandy vs in the Pacific campaigns? 00:24:58 - The close in fire support from three destroyers may have saved the Omaha Beach landings. Who were these extremely bold Skippers that drew the fire away from the pinned down troops. Was this ordered by Hewitt or someone up high, or improvised by the destroyers? 00:28:16 - When was the interview recorded & how old is Mr. Gardner? 00:28:54 - East India China Convoy's and the Empire's vulnerability? 00:33:09 - Please talk about drumming signals and what role musicians played on ships? 00:38:41 - What kind of decisions are made as to the placement of torpedo tubes on surface ships? Midship vs stern vs bow 00:42:44 - Dockyard cranes in age of sail? 00:46:24 - Instead of building Nelson and Rodney as they were historically, would the Royal Navy have been better off under the conditions of the naval treaties by building them as "improved Hoods", allowing these three fast ships to share flagship duties and rotate into the shipyards for refit on a timely basis prior to WWII starting? 00:52:20 - What are the protocols for flying flags on warships before they're commissioned? 00:55:50 - Why didn't the first attack group off of Midway radio back that they have spotted 4 carriers? That message could have been received by the 3 carriers and Hornet's attack group wouldn't just do a weather check? 01:02:16 - You frequently ask people to add additional information in the comments on topics in which you are inexpert. Which resulting discussions did you find the most informative?
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-14 12:00:07
The Turtle, an early submarine affiliated with the Continental Navy, is today's subject. Read more about the ship here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Changing-Hudson-Fight-American-Revolution/dp/0818405023 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Turtle-David-Bushnells-Revolutionary-Vessel-ebook/dp/B085B7CYQR https://www.history.navy.mil/research/library/online-reading-room/title-list-alphabetically/s/submarine-turtle-naval-documents.html Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-13 14:00:39
How fast did HMS Rodney go when chasing Bismarck?
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at what the evidence is for the speed of HMS Rodney during her famous chase of and then battle with, the German battleship Bismarck 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - A need for speed Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-11 18:14:05
Leyte Gulf at 80 - USNI (Annapolis)
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From Drachinifel at 2024-09-11 12:00:24
PQ-17 - A Convoy Scatters ... To Their Doom
Today we take a look at the absolute disaster that was the voyage of convoy PQ-17. Sources: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Arctic-Convoys-Bletchley-Park-Seas/dp/0300269447 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01DPPXF5I https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FJM4CWY https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/39041/supplement/5139 https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1942/atlantic/pq-17.html Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-08 13:04:49
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - What is the equivilant real-life ship to the USS Enterprise NCC-1701? 00:05:10 - If the purchase had been approved by the chiliean governement, would the Almirante Latorre have been of any use in the pacific campaign or would it have been a big waste of money? 00:09:58 - Had the South American economy not crashed and the dreadnought race continued, assuming the three countries get more involved in WW1, how would their fleets have impacted the war? 00:16:04 - Was there indeed an actual "Vickers 14 inch salesman"? Im aware it's a joke but there's often a bit of truth to them 00:21:12 - What is the worst warship CONCEPT you can think of? Not in the sense the design is bad but in the sense that the ship’s intended purpose makes no sense whatsoever. 00:24:15 - Opposite of the previous, what innovation is the biggest leap forward for warships? 00:26:33 - What gave an Age of Sail ship good sailing qualities? 00:33:07 - If the Austro-Hungarian empire had not done the sensible thing and collapsed, do you think it would have had any naval presence further throughout the first half of the 20th century? 00:37:27 - If we assume Jackie Fisher never became First Sea Lord, what would have happened to the "miser's hoard of useless junk" he ordered scrapped or placed into reserve? Would they, God forbid, have been pushed into service in WW1 and if so, where? 00:44:32 - Internal river patrol craft? 00:47:50 - When did ships become more expensive to build as opposed to maintain? 00:52:53 - Stairs on the sides of ships? 00:56:03 - During the Pacific War, technology for encrypting voice communications over radio quite simply did not exist but the language barrier and short-range nature of such transmissions made it difficult to interpret captured communications in a timely manner. Did the US Navy ever use Japanese-Americans to get past this language barrier or was this considered too much of a security risk? 00:58:18 - Candidates for the worst shots in naval history? 01:00:49 - Back before carriers were taken seriously was there any thought given/designs drawn up for putting torpedo battleship type numbers of torpedo tubes on a carrier to go with the 8 inch guns? 01:00:49 - Back before carriers were taken seriously was there any thought given/designs drawn up for putting torpedo battleship type numbers of torpedo tubes on a carrier?
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-07 12:01:00
The Zuikaku, fleet carrier of the Imperial Japanese Navy, is today's subject. Read more about the ship here: "The Aircraft Carriers of the Shōkaku Class" - Warship 2015 "Fighting Flat-tops: The Shokakus" - Warship International XIV https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warships-Imperial-Japanese-Jentschura-Al/dp/087021893X Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-04 12:01:04
HMNZS Kiwi & Moa vs I-1 - David vs Goliath at Sea!
Today we take a look at one of the slightly odder ship vs sub engagements, when the sub was bigger than its attackers, but still lost! Sources: https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-themes/world-war-two-by-themes/campbell-buchanan-and-the-i-1/ https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/bird-class-minesweepers https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210104000423/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH2Navy-c20.html#ftn1-307 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Japanese-Submarine-Force-World-Bluejacket/dp/1557500150 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pacific-War-Zealand-1941-45-Military-ebook/dp/B015O5JP88/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blue-Water-Kiwis-Zealands-1870-2001-ebook/dp/B00XXT9X5I Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-09-01 12:16:35
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - Could the RN have built two G3-based carriers like Lexington or Amagi? 00:07:41 - Had USS New Orleans and USS Chipawa been completed, would this have possibly resulted in an early attempt at building a proto-Weland canal to give the two first rates access to the sea? 00:12:12 - Did the 'nothing' in the all-or-nothing armour scheme ever come back to haunt a ship? 00:17:42 - Was HMS Hood an inefficient design? 00:23:31 - Trying to deploy submarines against carriers generally ended in failure due to the speed difference, as the Japanese found out the hard way with their flawed submarine doctrine. So what went into pre-positioning American submarines in the paths of much faster Japanese capital ship forces? 00:27:56 - Is there any record of a hedgehog being fired at a surfaced submarine, and would this have been effective? 00:30:30 - In a recent video Ryan (from USS New Jersey) listed museum ships that had recently been drydocked and I noticed that none of them were subs. Can you discuss the differences between drydocking a surface ship versus a submarine and what that might mean for museum subs? 00:35:47 - How did the Germans stay current with submarine technology but fall behind in surface ship technology in the interwar period? 00:39:01 - Why transport bricks from the Netherlands to Batavia? Was there an international trade of stolen maps and charts? 00:45:08 - South African Navy in WW1 and WW2? 00:48:08 - In the period covered by this channel. What tactical or strategic decision was based on (or approximately on) spite? 00:51:21 - 15" armed Panzerschiffe? 00:55:49 - Do we have any idea when sailors started being buried at sea? 00:58:47 - How many lost body parts before Nelson would have had to retire? 01:02:18 - For the nations that either partially or totally missed the first generation of dreadnoughts by being slow off the mark, would any have been better off centering their forces around battlecruisers rather than battleships?
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-31 12:00:06
The Magenta class, ironclads of the French Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/French-Warships-Age-Steam-1859-1914/dp/152674533X Our Iron-clad Ships - Their Qualities, Performances, and Cost. With Chapters on Turret Ships, Iron-clad Rams, etc - Reed https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cent-cuirass%C3%A9s-fran%C3%A7ais-Eric-Gille/dp/2909675505 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-30 14:01:11
French Pre-Dreadnoughts - Why Do they Look Like That?
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at why early French pre-dreadnoughts and later ironclads look so... distinctive... 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - French ship design Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-28 12:00:44
Operation Hailstone - Bringing down the thunder on Truk
Today we take a look at the neutralisation of Truk, sometimes called the reverse Pearl Harbor, as Spruance and TF58 take out the IJN's primary outlying fleet base. Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/about-us/leadership/director/directors-corner/h-grams/h-gram-026/H-026-3.html https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hailstorm-over-Truk-Lagoon-operations/dp/159752347X https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fleet-Flood-Tide-America-1944-1945-ebook/dp/B01BJSJMHI https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conquering-Tide-Pacific-Islands-1942-1944/dp/0393353206 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-25 16:03:36
The Drydock - Episode 312 (Part 2)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - What’s the worst / dumbest take on matters naval you have ever heard / read / seen? 00:05:09 - How was fire discipline maintained on a ship of the line? 00:08:29 - Why did the RN build so many 2nd rates? 00:15:12 - Did the US Navy escort Atlantic convoys early after the US entry in the war? 00:18:06 - The evolution of the turret? 00:24:30 - If Gorgon had been accepted back by the Norwegians at the end of WWI, could it have contributed significantly to the defense of Narvik? 00:28:10 - Consequences of a 12-gun KGV? 00:36:02 - Would it be possible/advantageous to use a Deltic-derivative as an engine powering a tank or an AFV? 00:38:11 - Kongo class sub-division? 00:42:43 - Age of sail French 'fire on the upswing' techniques? 00:46:49 - Would it be actually worth building 'gunboats' that you could quickly turn into fleet destroyers? 00:52:18 - How do base-fused shells work, and how is the detonation delay set and adjusted? 00:57:31 - Why did the the RN 'forgot or forgoe' convoys for most of WW1? 01:02:05 - Just how did the various companies go about peddling their wares? 01:07:40 - The manufacturing of blocks for age of sail ships was one of the early industrialized process. What other naval requirements drove industrialisation of manufacturing? 01:11:07 - Would reconstructing HMS Malaya along the lines of the modernized QEs in the second half of 1943 have been a better use of the ship than placing her into reserve at the end of 1943? 01:13:44 - The Lovell Telescope at the Jodrell Bank Observatory was built with turret drive gear sets from HMS Revenge and Royal Sovereign. Do you know of any other conversions of warship parts into scientific platforms? 01:16:13 - Was it common for foreign scrapyards to bid on scrapping a warship that did not serve in said foreign shipyards' nations, and were there any ironic or notable instances of ships scrapped in a nation the ship previous fought against? 01:19:20 - Why were IJN carrier islands so small? 01:23:51 - The B-52 Stratofortress has been in service for over 70 years, what are some examples of Warships that went to serve for a longer than expected? 01:27:35 - Are you better off building a few big ships with many guns or more ships with less guns? 01:33:17 - Logistics of an inland museum ship? 01:37:03 - Could the USN have hunted Bismarck? 01:47:44 - Did the Royal navy have any campaign plans for a war with France in the interwar period, and if they did, did these plans prove useful when France fell in WW2? 01:51:18 - When did the Royal Navy cease ordering sail-only ships, and when did the RN cease operating sail-only ships as active cruising warships? 01:53:50 - How did Henry V's navy work and how, if at all, did it differ from common practice? 01:59:11 - Who did spotting duty ashore for the Royal Navy? 02:02:11 - What if the Scharnhorsts forced the issue during Operation Berlin? 02:07:43 - Has Gibraltar been enough to prevent any nations navy transiting into or out of the Med? 02:10:50 - The testing and development of the W Mines used during Operation Royal Marine? 02:15:33 - How did the IJN so badly screw up submarine and ASW? 02:20:06 - In the age of sail how would you become a ship's Carpenter? 02:22:02 - Limiting yourself to countries that were *not* part of the inter-war treaty system, what ships do you most wish you could save to become museum ships? 02:23:33 - The length of a large naval gun is expressed as a multiple of the gun's (or perhaps the projectile's) diameter. In my experience the multiple is always an integer. Is there some law of physics or ballistics or ease of manufacture that makes this so? 02:25:52 - Magnetic detonators and torpedoes? 02:29:55 - How do you rate each of the Washington Treaty signatories first generation cruisers compared to each other, both as built and at the most modernized examples of each at the start of 1942? 02:32:53 - When they happened, how much did natural disasters affect the functioning of naval facilities and how did they recover? 02:36:58 - Was the radar able to pick out individual aircraft as opposed to broad enemy formations approaching the ship? 02:41:34 - Why don't we ever hear about a Belgian navy? 02:43:58 - The "Luxburg Affair" 02:48:06 - Why wasn't underwater form more emphasised in WW1/WW2 submarine design? 02:51:08 - Small Channel / YT Update
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-25 14:33:43
The Drydock - Episode 312 (Part 1)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:30 - In the Titanic movie, when Full Astern is ordered, they had to raise the steam pressure in the boilers to Reverse the engines, why? And how did shutting the dampers help? 00:04:57 - Can you give us a overview of the naval career of R. F. Scott? 00:09:03 - How did age of sail ships collect rainwater? 00:13:23 - If you were writing a book and had to plan the ideal rise of an officer in the Royal Navy in the age of sail, what would it look like? 00:21:52 -If Warspite had actually been saved as a museum, how practical would it have been to have kept her long term in her D-Day state? 00:25:13 - Let’s see that Bofors catalog you mentioned please? 00:28:18 - How effective were bow rudders? 00:32:30 - WW2 IJN pilots/plane ratios? 00:37:12 - How many of the RN Light Fleet Carriers were commissioned and in the Far East by the end of the war? 00:40:11 - What classes of ship were the right ship in the WRONG time, or the wrong ship in the RIGHT time? 00:43:36 - Taking command of another ship when you have rank? 00:52:24 - Production rates of various ports? 00:58:47 - Did Spanish Armada respond to the English style of race-built galleons and construct their own race-built galleons? 01:01:48 - During the Russo-Japanese War relations between the IJN and the army were cordial and cooperative. What went wrong over the next 30 years? 01:04:55 - Did contract building start with steam ironclds or earlier? 01:09:31 - What are cruiser submarines & how are they different from the WWII fleet boats? 01:15:02 - Is it correct, as a general statement, that the U.S. Navy usually concentrated its forces while the IJN often either held back assets that could have contributed to further shrinking the USN early in the war or divided its forces in complex battle plans? 01:21:04 - Why did the Kriegsmarine in 1941 not wait until Bismarck was ready before planning the sortie of Scharnhorst and Gneisenau? 01:24:22 - In recent Drydocks, you mentioned there were Japanese incursions into the Indian Ocean aside from Operation C, including a couple of big cruiser raids. Could you talk a little more about these? 01:28:47 - I've sometimes read about ocean liners which were not old by any means being described as worn out and probably worth scrapping after service in World War 2. Why was this? 01:34:00 - Is QUICKSINK an aerial torpedo? 01:36:09 - Why were USS Arizona's officers quarters right aft? 01:41:57 - 12" pre-Kongo design, modernised? 01:49:24 - HMS Ganges? 01:52:41 - What were some of the wilder trials that ships were put through that would’ve been very unlikely but not impossible to experience in action? 01:59:31 - Was there anything resembling a uniform for the Royal Navy (or English Navy) during the 14th-17th centuries? 02:03:15 - What if Canada spent a lot more on the RCN pre-WW1? 02:05:36 - Why are the positions of the two fire control systems swapped on the Baltimore class relative to every other USN ship built around that time? 02:09:10 - In multi-barrel turrets, was there a specific order in which each barrel was fired if the ship was firing in sequence or ripple firing as opposed to "simultaneously firing;" related, what nomenclature did each major navy (WWI/WWII) for designating each barrel in a multi-barrel turret. 02:13:58 - If in the aftermath of a battle a ship required more people for damage control (plugging holes, putting out fires etc) and they happened to have POWs in their brig how likely would they be to be recruited in those efforts if at all? 02:19:17 - How does one convert Builder's Old Measurement (tons burthen) to modern ship displacement? 02:25:23 - WW2 British AMC's, what was the plan? 02:29:32 - During World War II, when using torpedoes prepared to fire, was there a significant difference in launch times after the command to fire was given between the combatants and why? 02:35:14 - You have explained what Great eastern could look like as a warship but how effective would she be as a block ship? 02:39:27 - What happened to the Havana shipyards? 02:42:10 - Both the US and Japan believed in long range gunnery and invested in features to enable it. You have argued persuasively that an opponent can maneuver to dodge an incoming salvo. The Americans and the Japanese must have taken a different view. What was their logic? 02:48:59 - Caustic Soda engines? 02:53:45 - Is it possible to estimate how much of the us navy in WW2 was built using steel made in Pittsburgh , and could any of that steel have ended up in the USS Requin, the museum ship currently located in Pittsburgh? 02:56:50 - Was there another incident similar to how the Brazilian cruiser Bahia was lost and could her survivors ordeal be best compared to those who survived the loss of USS Indianapolis? 02:59:27 - How was Germany able to conduct sea trials of new and refit ships during both world wars?
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-24 12:00:40
The Mesudiye, an ironclad of the Ottoman Navy, is today's subject. Read more about the ship here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ottoman-Steam-Navy-1828-1923/dp/1557506590 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Conways-Worlds-Fighting-Ships-1860-1905/dp/0851771335 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Naval-Warfare-1815-1914-History-ebook/dp/B0BL5HFCTC Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-21 12:00:23
USS Silversides - Conducting more than one kind of operation!
Today we take a look at the highest scoring surviving submarine, the USS Silversides! Visit her here: https://silversidesmuseum.org/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-18 12:27:12
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:37 - Did anybody try to make a fast battleship (in the sense of a big-gun capital ship that doesn’t sacrifice either firepower or armour for speed) in the predreadnoughts era? 00:05:13 - Would it have made sense for the USN to forward deploy older battleships or second-line cruisers in the Philippines to deter Japanese aggression, especially as Japan ramped up their war in China as a show of force and as a deterrence/first line of defense against a naval invasion of the P.I? 00:10:06 - What was different about USS Delaware that allowed her to steam ahead longer than other dreadnought class ships of her time in the US Navy 00:14:09 - If Hitler had sent the first wave of V-1 Bombs against the invasion fleet at Normandy how effective would it have been? 00:18:56 - You mentioned that Delaware's turret 3 was unable to fire rearward for fear of damaging turret 4's sights with the blast wave. Why is this not a concern for other super firing turrets, are there preventative measures that could not be taken on Delaware's rear turrets for one reason or another? 00:22:17 - Torpedo head vs Fast Fish head? 00:25:51 - Drach will you at some point talk about the risks of transporting certain cargos such as grain and coal? 00:31:07 - You mentioned subs getting maintenance on a slip way, how was that done? A massive winch and rollers? Why wasn't this used for larger ships as an alternative to drydocks? 00:35:08 - If USS Yorktown was raised, could she be preserved? 00:41:31 - Is the early commander performance issues with the US Navy in WWII a result of no real sustained combat since the Civil War? 00:49:16 - Is there any particular reason why foreign-procured warships would have not only the ship name changed, but the class name as well? 00:52:25 - There is a quote attributed to Dwight D. Eisenhower: "The sergeant is the Army." Could the same be also be said of a navy's non-commissioned officers, in terms of their relative importance to both commissioned officers and ratings alike? 00:55:47 - Operation Wunderland? 00:59:13 - What was considered the worst generic, at-sea assignment for a RN Officer during the Napoleonic era? 01:01:53 - We see a lot of information about torpedo defense systems designed into Battleship hulls, and to a lessor extent Aircraft carriers. Were there any efforts to design some sort of mitigating defense into any other classes hulls?
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-17 12:00:24
The Kaiser class, central battery ironclads of the Imperial German Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preparing-Weltpolitik-German-Before-Tirpitz/dp/1557507457 https://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Warships-1815-1945-Erich-Groener/dp/0870217909 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kaisers-Battlefleet-German-Capital-1871-1918/dp/1848322291 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-16 14:00:38
Fletcher and Spruance - Who Won Midway?
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at some of the questions arising from the most recent video about the life of Admiral Spruance and his involvement in the Battle of Midway 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Midway and Credit where it is due... Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-14 12:00:23
The Rise of the Imperial German Navy - Coast Defense to Global Offense
Today we take a look at the origins of the Imperial German Navy, from its inception to the end of the pre-dreadnought era. Sources: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Preparing-Weltpolitik-German-Before-Tirpitz/dp/1557507457 https://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Warships-1815-1945-Erich-Groener/dp/0870217909 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kaisers-Battlefleet-German-Capital-1871-1918/dp/1848322291 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0CM87FTNX/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-13 08:55:10
The Drydock - Episode 279/283 (Live Segment) - 14th August 2024
The stream answering Patreon Alt-History and What-if's, then general questions
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-11 12:02:56
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:37 - Did the Japanese ever try coming up with something like the Fritz X, excluding use of human pilots as guidance systems? 00:05:51 - US Destroyer Doctrine for escorting a battleship? 00:11:54 - If you had to design a naval themed chess set, how would you represent the different pieces? 00:14:32 - Did the Germans have any viable designs for landing craft for operation sea lion? 00:19:53 - Inventions ahead of their time? 00:23:37 - Would it have been theoretically possible for a ship with a net to capture a submarine and receive prize money for it? 00:26:00 - When did air dropped depth charges get developed? 00:27:44 - Which effect of a depth charge's explosion causes the most damage and is the hardest to build against: the initial explosion's expansion, the post implosion, the combination of the two, other? 00:33:32 - Have you visited the 4 remaining WW2 U-boats as museum pieces? Any idea how many diveable WW2 wrecks exist? 00:37:34 - Please explain the somewhat quizzical practice of ice-bound ships dropping anchors? 00:40:35 - Can you tell us a bit about Graham Island (AKA Isola Ferdinandea AKA Île Julia) and its multiple flag raising ceremonies? 00:44:37 - How did Chinese ship construction allow for significantly larger vessels than Europe had in the 14th/15th century? 00:48:26 - Would you mind briefly talking through the real Operation Postmaster? 00:54:00 - If the Espana's and baby's first dreadnoughts, what would be baby's first carrier, cruiser, destroyer etc? 00:56:35 - What capital ship capable shipbuilding yards closed in the UK during the Anglo-German naval race? 00:59:46 - Do you have any resource recommendations for 19th century naval gun development, particularly concerning the Parrott rifles or Dahlgrens?
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-10 12:00:20
HMS Alexandra (1875) - Guide 401
The Alexandra, a central battery ironclad of the British Royal Navy, is today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.abebooks.com/British-Battleships-History-Design-Construction-Armament/18481857740/bd https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Battleships-Victorian-Norman-Friedman/dp/1526703254 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Black-Battlefleet-G-Ballard/dp/0245530304 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-09 14:00:33
Leyte at 80, USS Cod & USS Slater - Drach Goes to America! (September 2024)
A quick heads-up on where I'm going to be and when in September, come and say hi, listen to a whole panel of historians, or explore historic ships! 11th September 2024 - Pre-Register for the USNI Leyte at 80 event here: https://www.usni.org/events/leyte-gulf-80 (You can also view a livestream if you aren't physically in the area) 13th September 2024 - USS Cod, Cleveland, Ohio 15th September 2024 - USS Slater, Albany, New York Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-07 12:00:36
Admiral Spruance - Masterminding Midway to Taking Tarawa
Today we take a look at the career of Admiral Raymond Spruance, from the Battle of Midway to Operation Galvanic and the preparations to take the Marshall Islands Sources: The Quiet Warrior: a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance - Buell, Thomas B. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN; A Study In Command - Admiral E. P. Forestel NARA Videos: 111-ANSM-21 428-NPC-1961 428-NPC-4270 428-NPC-5382 428-NPC-15767 428-NPC-21954 428-NPS-22080 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-04 11:56:28
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - Had the US actually completed/retained their previous line ships up to the war of 1812, how would they have affected the Royal Navy's efforts? 00:09:53 - In general, how long would it take to build or upgrade a capital ship-sized drydock? 00:13:57 - The Royal Navy and the proximity fuse? 00:17:59 - What if CSS Pennsylvania was a thing? 00:21:39 - Throughout your videos, there seems to be a centuries-long continous thread that the nebulous "Admiralty" manages to conspire to make the worst possible decisions for admirals at sea. What actually is the Admiralty, both in British and non-British context, if applicable? 00:29:50 - The French Navy before the Armistice? 00:35:02 - In a previous drydock, you discussed how different nations may have different standards when classifying subclasses or separate classes, especially with changes in armament and structure. Could it be argued that the South Dakota was a subclass from her 3 sisters, given the changes to act as a flagship? Similarly, could Edinburgh and Belfast be considered as separate class from the rest of the Towns? 00:38:32 - What are your top 3 inventions from the Common British Back Garden Shed? 00:40:03 - People often describe ships in terms of the speed/protection/firepower triangle. Are there any examples that took one of those aspects to the absolute limit, at the expense of the other two? How well did they do? 00:42:35 - Jon Parshall has said that had Mitscher not sent Hornet’s Air Group off on the flight to nowhere. Akagi, Kaga, Hiryu and Soryu could be wiped out in one hit. Had this happened. How would the USN and IJN go forward for the rest of the battle? 00:46:16 - Are there any specific reason that the European navies seemed to focus on guns that were odd sizes, 13 and 15 inch, and the USN and IJN seemed to focus on gun sizes that were even in numbers, 14, 16 and 18 inch? 00:54:27 - Could you get a 3 triple turret 15" Scharnhorst? 00:59:03 - Could a ship trying to make a fleeting escape from an adversary point all of its main armaments aft (or as aft as aft as each turret will go), coordinate firing the guns, & gain any sort of a speed boost?
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-03 12:01:00
Town-class destroyers - Guide 400
The Town class destroyers, old Wickes, Clemson and Cadwell class vesseld of the US Navy, transferred to the British Royal Navy and others, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Destroyers-Great-Britain-History-Transferred/dp/0870217828 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Town-Class-Destroyers-Critical-Assessment/dp/1785004018 https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Empire-Warships-Second-World/dp/1853672777 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-08-02 14:00:58
The Kongo class in WW2 - Battlecruiser or Fast Battleship?
Today we take a look at the description used by the Kongo class in the Second World War, and if they really deserve the title of Fast Battleship? Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Warship-2012-Conway-Maritime-Press/dp/1844861562/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kong%C3%B4-Class-Battleship-Imperial-Japanese/dp/B09JBHYQ1T/ Capital Ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy 1868–1945: Ironclads, Battleships and Battle Cruisers: An Outline History of Their Design, Construction and Operations. Vol. I: Armourclad Fusō to Kongō Class Battle Cruisers Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-31 12:00:40
US Navy Fire Control Systems - How They Really Work
Today we take a look at the ridiculous complexity of the USN's WW2 battleship fire control systems with the help of internationally known expert Dr Scholes! Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-28 14:25:12
The Drydock - Episode 308 (Part 2)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:26 - What do you consider the least-known about / historically covered maritime theater in WWII relative to its strategic importance to the eventual outcome of the war? 00:04:54 - The Chilean navy requested spare boilers on Almirante Latorre to be able for a cleaning cycle while keeping a reasonable speed. Why didn't the Germans do the same knowing that, during a war they would have to use only poor quality coal? 00:10:40 - If, at the fall of France, Dunkerque, Strasbourg, Richeliu and Jean Bart form up together and sail straight to Alexandria or Gibraltar to keep up the fight alongside the Royal Navy, what would happen next? 00:18:49 - How did the idea of wire-wound guns arise? 00:24:26 - What was/is the importance of fair winds and following seas? 00:27:18 - In your opinion, do you believe that the Minesweeper HMS Bronington is significant enough to warrant preservation and, if so, do you think she'd be better as a static museum ship or perhaps restored to operability? 00:31:23 - Ignoring that WWII happens, with the completion of the Yamato Class, Montana Class, and the Lion Class, were all subsequent larger battleship designs effectively priced out of the market for all countries? 00:36:12 - 'Camp Followers' in the Royal Navy? 00:39:40 - Why do some sources rate the Daring's at 30 knots, others at 35 knots? 00:46:51 - Ottoman battleship Abdul Kadir? 00:51:40 - What causes certain speeds to be common for specific types of ships? 00:57:43 - British and Germans shipyards and bombing in WW2? 01:06:30 - Since it seems like the handful of guns on a merchant ship couldn't stop pirates or warships, what was the point of these guns and when would they have been used? 01:10:05 - Contents of WW2 bombs and shells? 01:14:57 - Hwo did the RN have details on German guns to use in developing the Nelson's guns? 01:17:28 - How well did steam machinery research for land-based steam engines translate onto ships? 01:20:57 - Names of Iowa's in UK service? 01:24:14 - How does the Torpedo Cruiser fit in with the development of the Destroyer, or as originally designated Torpedo Boat Destroyer? 01:28:33 - USS Ranger's movable funnels? 01:33:07 - In Drydock 303 you answered a question about raking bulkheads. You talked about stiffness being a problem, like the ships needed the ability to flex. Can you go into more detail on how an area of a ship being too stiff could be an issue? 01:42:39 - With the advent of angled deck carriers, doesn't this mean that all landings are a crosswind landing? 01:44:34 - Slava vs German Dreadnoughts? 01:48:09 - Dye packs in naval shells? 01:50:21 - Location of machine shops on battleships? 01:55:56 - If a ship struck its colours, what were the rules for when it was allowed to rehoist them if the enemy for whatever reason was unable to send a prize crew over? 02:03:48 - Could you please give a brief overview regarding the proper use of the terms "gun" and "cannon" in a naval context, and how that usage differs from the general meaning of those terms outside a naval context? 02:09:56 - What is a Seeteufel? 02:15:01 - Does pine make a good shipbuilding material? 02:18:00 - Video on USS Pueblo? 02:19:26 - What If Napoleon Invaded Britain? 02:33:29 - Why does SS Great Britain fly a White Ensign? 02:37:00 - Why did the IJN use flares instead of radio at Pearl Harbor? 02:41:28 - I’m visiting London in the fall. Any recommendations on less touristy/ hidden gem things to visit, naval or otherwise? 02:43:12 - What was the condition of HMS Ark Royal of WW2 vintage when sunk? 02:46:29 - Does Mary Rose have a figurehead? Did it sails have paintings/colors on them? 02:48:36 - At what point had the WW2 USN Pacific Fleet grown to the point that not everyone could fit into Pearl Harbor's anchorage? 02:53:45 - Why go with 16" on the Nelsons? 02:57:59 - How useful would the Maunsall Forts actually have been? 03:02:28 - Is there a realistic universe where new battleships would have been built post-1945? 03:05:53 - Did Newfoundland ever have it's own navy or ships? 03:07:20 - Would it have been feasible to design the Illustrious class carriers with the armoured flight deck extending all the way to the ends of the ship, rather than just armouring the portion between the lifts? 03:09:44 - Is it possible to work out which ship the young Sean Connery is standing on in this image taken whilst he was serving in the Royal Navy? 03:12:47 - Why so many boats on French pre-dreadnoughts? 03:16:27 - Was there anything Admiral Hart could have done? 03:19:02 - How did the different species of wood available affect the designs and construction of warships of different navies? For example, were the Spanish ships built out of primarily mahogany built substantially different than an English vessel built from oak? 03:22:22 - Records of troops in Operation Neptune?
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-28 12:00:47
The Drydock - Episode 308 (Part 1)
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:33 - Drop in boiler numbers in WW1 designs? 00:03:16 - What would you say are the advances in technology that moved ships into what we think of as the age of sail? 00:10:24 - Would turbo-electric drives have fallen out of use without the naval treaties? 00:17:30 - What letter grade (A,B,C,D,F)do the major navies of World War Two receive on a report card? 00:29:45 - How did the US Frigates in the War of 1812 cause so many problems when the British had ships of the line? 00:34:23 - KGV's with 15"/42's? 00:40:35 - A-150/Super-Yamato sources? 00:43:11 - Are there other types of submarines other than the Holland type? If so, how do they differ? 00:45:29 - Canadian battleships in WW1? 00:55:00 - What is an 'F-Lighter'? 00:57:54 - Midway with only 2 US carriers? 01:03:35 - What were the downsides of the Italian 12" rebuild to 12.6" other than accuracy? 01:07:03 - Why did the Imperial Japanese Navy refuse to take possession of the German dreadnoughts awarded to them by the Treaty of Versailles? 01:09:49 - Cruiser/Carriers? 01:16:27 - Endymion/President chase? 01:20:38 - What is the difference between a dreadnought and a super-dreadnought? 01:23:26 - Was USS West Virginia's gunnery at Surigao Strait the best battleship gunnery ever? 01:28:27 - How did the Japanese transport the Russians warships back to Japan after they captured Port Arthur and defeated the 2nd Pacific Squadron? 01:29:48 - Superposed/Two-Story Turrets? 01:34:21 - Kongo class aircraft carrier? 01:40:56 - How important were Krupp and Armstrong? 01:44:50 - Considering your background in engineering, what is from an engineering quality perspective, your favourite ship? 01:49:33 - Was the Anglo-German Naval Agreement of 1935 a triumph or a tragedy? 01:56:24 - A-150 20" guns? 02:00:59 - Had the US Army 120 mm Gun M1 been navalized, do you think it had made a good naval gun? How might it have fared against 5"/38 mark 12 and 5"/54 mark 16 guns? 02:04:13 - When a ship was using forced draft, how much of a pressure difference was there between the engine room and neighboring spaces? 02:07:39 - Evaluation of Admiral Tryon? 02:12:09 - Overgunned ships in the Age of Sail? 02:19:16 - How were bronze cannon originally made, did this change in the age of sail, and how did it differ from the construction of early iron cannon? 02:22:00 - Quality of Italian Engineering in WW2? 02:27:07 - How hectic was a battleships plotting room/CIC in action? 02:30:53 - Why was Eagle successful and Bearn was not? 02:35:39 - Could you please explain the differences between the “Yarrow boiler”, “Babcock&Wilcox boiler”, “Admirality three-drum boiler”, “Japanese Kampon boiler” in the first half of the 20th century, especially post WW1? 02:40:56 - How did the smoke from the coal powered ships affect the sails when applicable? 02:43:20 - "Obscure" nations taking part in Operation Neptune? 02:46:40 - When did the combination of floating dock and selfpropelled came about? 02:48:10 - In all 300+ episodes of the Drydock, is there a question you’ve been waiting for someone to ask because you know it has a cool answer? 02:50:10 - The story of HMS Newport at the Suez Canal opening? 02:54:00 - What caused French millitary thinking in the late 19th century? 02:59:32 - Even bigger IJN carrier than the Shokaku's?
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-27 12:00:41
IJN I13 / Type AM class - Guide 399
The I-13 / Type AM Mod2 class, aircraft carrying submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Japanese-Submarine-Force-World-Bluejacket/dp/1557500150 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Submarines-Imperial-Japanese-Navy-1904-45/dp/0851773966 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hybrid-Warship-Amalgamation-Guns-Aircraft/dp/1557503745 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Submarines-World-War-Two-Development-ebook/dp/B07QBCYYXM History of Japanese Submarines - Kaijinsha Senshi Shoho - Volume 88 Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-24 12:00:00
Admiral Spruance - The Forging of a Quiet but Deadly Leader
Today we take a look at the career of Admiral Raymond Spruance, from his birth to when he took a lead role in the Battle of Midway. Sources: The Quiet Warrior: a biography of Admiral Raymond A. Spruance - Buell, Thomas B. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance, USN; A Study In Command - Admiral E. P. Forestel Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-21 12:00:27
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - What wood types were typically used by the large navies of the world for shipbuilding? 00:04:48 - How did the Spanish crews compete to the British crews in terms of skill and experience? 00:10:19 - Was there a frantic rush to cancel ship-of-the-line that were being planned once ironclads and the steam engine had proven themselves? 00:14:11 - How do you rate the Santa Ana design compared to their contemporaries in both france and england? 00:19:45 - What are some never built ship designs that you think had the most potential to be good designs? 00:24:29 - Why didn't the Germans not produce anything larger then 11" prior to Bismarck and Tirpitz for the Sharnhorst class and the pocket battle ships when they obviously didn't care about naval limitations in the interwar period? 00:28:37 - How was WMD protection implemented on older steam-powered warships, where forced draft system might have proved a problem in case there's airborne radioisotopes or chemical weaponry outside? 00:32:02 - Why do some barrels have a more pronounced neck at the end of the barrels and some don't? 00:36:00 - RN deserters and the USN prior to the War of 1812? 00:42:45 - What if the Great Lakes had seen all 5 ships of the line completed? 00:48:03 - Is "demolishing fire" synonymous to "withering fire" so far as terminology of the era is concerned? 00:49:58 - In Master and Commander, Midshipman Calamy was promoted to acting 3rd lieutenant. Calamy would still have to pass his lieutenant's exam, right? Were such promotions common, and what significance did they have? 00:53:41 - Royal Navy plans for Operation Sea Lion? 01:01:38 - USS Minneapolis and USS Pittsburgh lost their bows, for different reasons, during World War 2. Is their survival as extraordinary as it seems? 01:05:51 - Middle Ages naval technology?
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-20 12:00:01
Barracuda class (1921) - Guide 398
The Barracuda class, the first three 'V-Boat's' of the United States Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ships here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/U-S-Submarines-Through-1945-Illustrated/dp/1682477606/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/American-Submarines-H-T-Lenton/dp/0385047614/ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fleet-Submarine-United-States-Navy/dp/0870211870/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-19 13:00:21
Rutland of Jutland - WW1 Hero & Japanese Spy
Head to https://www.squarespace.com/drachinifel to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using code DRACHINIFEL Today we take a look at the career of Frederick Rutland and how he went from a pioneer of British naval aviation to a spy helping Japan catch up. With special guest Ron Drabkin, more details can be found here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Beverly-Hills-Spy-Double-Agent-Helped/dp/0063310074 00:00:00 - Intro 00:01:55 - Rutland of Jutland Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-17 12:00:39
Frederick 'Johnnie' Walker - The U-Boat Purge Continues (Part 3 - July to December 1943)
Today we take a look at the latter stages of the WW2 career of 'Johnnie' Walker and the exploits of the 2nd Support Group led by HMS Starling. Part 1 - https://youtu.be/Q601tmyBBkc Part 2 - https://youtu.be/KNXURu7GgT8 ADM555 Video - IWM Sources: Walker RN - Robertson, Terence (1956) https://www.amazon.co.uk/Fighting-Captain-Alan-Burn/dp/1399077279/ Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-14 12:00:47
00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:42 - Gun-ports and water-tightness? 00:04:52 - Cruiser with mass 6" batteries? 00:10:56 - Acceptance trials: Did any fail so bad that, they were rejected for service. What were the consequences to the designers/builders? 00:16:52 - During pre-American Revolution Age of Sail times, in which navy could someone of the lowest social class make the most of their naval career rank wise? 00:20:41 - Modifying destroyers into convoy escorts? 00:24:06 - Who was manning and turning the deck gun while you filmed the Drone footage at HMAS Castlemaine? 00:26:01 - Just how hot did it get in the boiler rooms of a coal powered ship and what (if any) efforts were made to keep the stokers on their feet? 00:30:00 - Did WWII battles where both sides had cruisers or battleships ever include ships smaller than a destroyer? 00:32:22 - Have there been any instances of steel warships "catching" enemy main gun rounds? As in, the round penetrated into the armor belt, but failed to go through, and had to be dug out by the crew or dockyard workers later? 00:35:37 - What was the condition of MN in 1944-45? 00:39:54 - Desertion and rejoining the RN in times of war? 00:43:23 - How drunk were the crew of Pola? 00:47:36 - How would other navies react is the USN built 16" ships when they wanted to? 00:59:22 - US Civil War naval battles in the Pacific? 01:01:44 - How effective would the Lions have been if built in time for war service? 01:06:17 - Export ships better than those built for home navies?
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-13 12:00:50
The M class submarines, monitors/minelayers/underwater aircraft carriers of the British Royal Navy, are today's subject. Read more about the ship here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/British-Submarines-Two-World-Wars/dp/1526738163 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Grand-Fleet-Warship-Development-1906-1922-ebook/dp/B0CBNF2PJS Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and more - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want a shirt/mug/hoodie - https://shop.spreadshirt.com/drachinifels-dockyard/ Want a poster? - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au
From Drachinifel at 2024-07-10 12:00:15
Goteborg of Sweden - The Modern East Indiaman
Claim your SPECIAL OFFER for MagellanTV here: https://sponsr.is/magellantv_drachinifel_0724 Start your free trial TODAY so you can watch Worlds Greatest Ships and other fascinating documentaries! Today we take a look at the Goteberg/Gothenburg, an active East Indiamen replica based in Sweden. Become a friend of the ship here! https://www.gotheborg.se/en/support-the-ship/ 00:00:00 - Intro 00:02:00 - Historical Ship 00:10:11 - Touring the Replica 00:39:50 - Support the Ship! Naval History books, use code 'DRACH' for 25% off - https://www.usni.org/press/books?f%5B0%5D=subject%3A1966 Free naval photos and channel posters - www.drachinifel.co.uk Want to support the channel? - https://www.patreon.com/Drachinifel Want to talk about ships? https://discord.gg/TYu88mt 'Legionnaire' by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0. www.scottbuckley.com.au