00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:43 - Would aerial mines be more effective than aerial bombs?
00:06:33 - Why did the Iowa's HC shell have a shorter range than the AP shell?
00:13:01 - Has there ever been any reluctance/opposition to the use of 'foreign' mythological names like Orion, Bellerophon, Hector, Hercules, etc to name RN ships? 2025-02-08 10:47:23 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:53 - Do we know if any dreadnoughts ever did fire a salvo dead ahead in either war? I.e did the disadvantage of having wing turrets and flat bows ever pay off?
00:03:53 - In terms of ship classes where a variety of designs were put forth and one was selected to be taken forward, which one do you think the Navy...
2025-02-01 08:45:01 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:27 - How are coastal defence battleships supposed to work?
00:09:55 - Why did Imperial Germany think it was a good idea to embarrass the US in 1917 with submarine attacks?
00:15:30 - Did navies have policies to push less-than-ideal Captains to 'safe' positions?
00:21:04 - "I am taking command of the...
2025-01-25 11:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:34 - Who would you say are some outstanding leaders outside the last three great naval powers in the time the channel covers?
00:05:35 - As impressive a feat as the capture of U-505 was, how significant was the Enigma machine found aboard it?
00:07:42 - Which nation would have benefitted most from a US-st...
2025-01-25 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:42 - What led to the development of the US Navy’s cage mast?
00:05:16 - Was the XXI the first submarine class to be built at different locations and then put together like a German version of IKEA furniture, or was that concept developed before?
00:07:40 - Were there ever any plans to use the advancemen...
2025-01-18 09:18:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
A couple of quick notes:
-As of today there is a new Patreon Tier, Captain, this had a limited number of slots but adds a few additional benefits, a naval themed calendar sent to you! The ability to request PDF's of the scripts for certain videos, and if you are subscribed at that tier for a while you'll also get a f...
2025-01-17 11:28:07 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:34 - What happened to any Kriegsmarine surface ships that survived WW2?
00:05:43 - Other than Holland's Hollands, and Armstrong's Elswick cruisers, are there any other cases of a particular type of warship becoming almost synonomous with a single manufacturer?
00:07:50 - Had war in europe broken out ear...
2025-01-11 09:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - Did Beatty and Seymour's poor signalling at the end of the Run to the South actually save the Battlecruiser Fleet from destruction?
00:08:02 - What is the earliest possible year a 'proper' U-boat like submarine could be constructed?
00:12:16 - How did the Victorious/Illustrious etc endure so many bom...
2025-01-04 09:22:48 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:29 - A brief overview of the developments of galley equipment from the first electrified galleys though to the end of WWII/Start of the cold war?
00:06:16 - US fast battleship magazine/secondary seperation from machinery rooms?
00:13:44 - Ships maximum speed in combat?
00:17:45 - How is it that even...
2024-12-28 10:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:40 - What is the difference between an "iron hulled" ship and an "ironclad" one?
00:05:23 - Concerning the Lexingtons, if the navy hadn’t been so determined on turbo electric and gone with steam turbines instead, what could they have done with the design in both their battlecruiser and carrier configurations...
2024-12-28 08:30:01 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - Why do some perceive the Shokaku's as useless?
00:05:29 - How did the IJN get its pilot levels back up again before Leyte?
00:13:16 - Re-enactment of Turtle's mission?
00:15:57 - Could you build a Hunley analouge in 1775?
00:18:35 - What is Tirpitz really did go after PQ-17 and it didn't ...
2024-12-21 10:13:33 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - In hindsight were the modernised/rebuilt ironclads (Vasco da Gama, Numancia and Vitoria, IJN Fuso, and the Mesudiye etc.) ever a decent idea or should the money spent on them have been used on other smaller yet more modern ships?
00:06:16 - How long were 19th century fortress guns effective for?
00:...
2024-12-14 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:47 - Any way for the ironclad era to have avoided so many missteps?
00:06:39 - Did anyone of the period when sails were still used try to get around the spark problem by placing the funnel in an unconventional spot?
00:10:39 - Did any navy of the era the channel covers keep records of deaths related dire...
2024-12-07 09:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:01:01 - Why did the IJN go with their 'subs as capital ship killers' strategy?
00:08:38 - Active sonar on WWII Submarines?
00:13:30 - Submarine camo in WW2?
00:19:07 - Where was the Marine Nationale going to deploy it's fleet if it was completed?
00:26:56 - Why was the US seemingly not concerned ...
2024-11-30 12:05:00 +0000 UTC View Post
To those of you who keep asking "When are you going to write a book Drach?", well, I wrote a book (hopefully the first of many), and you can pre-order it on the USNI website from today, release date is April 2025.
If you order this month you can (if not already a member) take advantage of my discount code 'DRACH' to get some money off, a...
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:38 - What if John Paul Jones remained in Imperial Russian Service?
00:04:29 - Why were cutting out operations often successful?
00:11:23 - Why shell vs armour penetration figures do you use?
00:20:28 - Could the Courageous class be modernised into useful gun-based vessels?
00:26:06 - What woul...
2024-11-23 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
00:00:00 - Intro
00:00:38 - Royal Marines in the Napoleonic Era?
00:08:58 - Why were Kitakami and Oi converted to fast transports so quickly?
00:12:21 - How many (percentage) sailors during the napoleonic wars were pressed into service?
00:19:03 - G3/Amagi/Lexington carriers at higher numbers?
00:23:01 - Sails on RN...
2024-11-23 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2024-11-16 09:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
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...
2024-11-09 09:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Santi...
2024-11-02 09:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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?<...
2024-10-26 09:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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 ...
2024-10-26 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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?...
2024-10-19 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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 nava...
2024-10-12 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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 Texa...
2024-10-05 06:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostHere is where you can vote on the Patreon-selected special video subject for publication in October 2024.
Highly-voted nominations that are not successful will be 'rolled over' once before needing a renomination, unless they receive no votes/one vote (these can be re-nominated for next month).
2024-09-30 15:42:46 +0000 UTC View Post
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 a...
2024-09-28 10:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
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 re...
2024-09-28 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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 th...
2024-09-21 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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 d...
2024-09-14 08:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post