00:00:00 - Intro

00:00:31 - Shells of the same calibre in different guns

00:05:58 - The ballistics of shells in water

00:13:33 - Specialist Athlete

00:15:17 - Design teams you want to reach back through time and slap

00:20:00 - Why two dispacements for submarines?

00:21:37 - No guns larger than 5" after WW2?

00:25:07 - Alterations to shell charges for autoloaders

00:30:57 - Did navies ever run out of gun barrells?

00:36:32 - Examples of terrible leadership ruining an otherwise good ship?

00:39:43 - WW2 ship components underwater

00:42:48 - Of the retrofits and conversions that occurred after WW1 and before/during WW2 which would you have stopped and which would you have altered to create a better ship that the original conversion/retrofit?

00:47:06 - What would be the first class of warships (or approximate year) that were designed from the outset to incorporate future improvements?

00:52:24 - Was battleship machinery custom-designed for each ship class, or did designers select from what was readily available from commercial suppliers? And why?

00:55:45 - Which of the Navies involved in WW2 were the best at night fighting?

01:01:29 - Historically, which was more dangerous in the age of steel and steam, a hit to a gun turret or a direct hit to a magazine?

01:03:58 - Sperrbrecher anti-mine vessels

01:08:31 - Was PQ17 right to scatter?

01:10:55 - Large warships in enclosed bodies of water

01:15:29 - Manufacture of naval shells

01:22:42 - Official report into the loss of HMAS Sydney

01:27:45 - Could the North Carolinas or the SoDaks ever have been upgunned to the 16"/50?

01:31:25 - How is weather measured and forecasted for fleets?

01:38:00 - Which is worse for a navy. Lack of manpower, or lack of resources?

01:42:42 - What happens if a loaded gun tube is filled with water or fouled by ice?

01:45:51 - Lexington sailing through a smoke screen

01:46:49 - Did the adoption of naval boilers lead to ships having desalination systems to water their boilers and sailors?

01:51:55 - Aye vs Aye Aye and weighted plates

01:59:23 - Ericsson and the ships propellor

02:05:02 - Starter boilers?

02:07:53 - The Duke of Wellington twice described his army as "the scum of the earth". Could the same be said of the sailors of the Age of Sail?

02:11:03 - How much of an impact did the invention of smokeless powder have on naval artillery?

02:14:35 - What US presidential or congressional election had the largest impact (good or bad) on the US Navy?

02:19:21 - Portholes and ships armour

02:22:09 - Bismarck armour scheme, designed to fight the French?

02:26:01 - Dipping flags whilst in port?

02:28:28 - Did Polish naval forces ever attack Russian forces during WWII?

02:30:12 - Is being first in the line of battle suicide?

02:37:32 - Were Japanese operation names random or were they blatant references to their targets. MO being Port Moresby, MI being Midway?

02:40:44 - In your research, which admiral or officer have you found that possessed the best sense of humor?

02:45:15 - Why do USN ships have so many guns?

02:53:13 - Effectiveness of battleship/cruiser shore bombardment

02:59:39 - When (and why) did peacetime paint schemes stop being a thing in the major navies around the world?

03:03:15 - Why did some navies move away from the armoured conning tower sooner than others?

03:08:45 - RCN in WW2

03:12:50 - Iwo Jima vs Gibralter defences


03:19:31 - Channel Admin / Ship design competition winners


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