The Drydock - Episode 409

00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:44 - How realistic are 'chaotic battle' Age of Sail paintings? 00:05:49 - Could you do a video on early ship-breaking, as in the practicalities of when you read about a ship that was "broken up"? 00:12:31 - Which year or technological development finally made the Wooden Ship of the Line fully obsolete even as a second line vessel? 00:16:15 - French ships of the line with 48lb cannon? 00:18:48 - How much speed did the North Carolina's lost due to vibration? 00:23:01 - Thermal isolation in the age of steel and iron? 00:24:57 - What admiralty weirdness resulted in such oddly specific prices for prizes? 00:26:56 - When the Washington Naval Treaty was being created, what was the understanding of its intended duration? 00:29:22 - Did any other nation have anti-slavery squadrons? 00:32:23 - What if Pellew HAD brought 25 ships of the line to Algiers anyway? 00:36:51 - Are we ever gonna get a Drachinifel-designed naval grand strategy game? 00:40:53 - Jane Austen and the Navy? 00:46:08 - Was Midway or Guadalcanal the turning point of the Pacific War? 00:52:00 - Is there any record of a low class sailor performing exceptionally well, saving their prize money and move up the ranks of society? 00:54:56 - Please can you explain how the thinking of Mahan influenced the Naval race of ironclads, pre-dreadnoughts and pre-WW1? 01:01:36 - Size of ancient engagements? 01:11:07 - Something interesting?