Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "The Drydock - Episode 054B (2/3)" video.

  1. Chile for Almirante Latorre.
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  2. Gloire ("glory") and Warrior are both excellent names for warships, so I'm not sure what you're talking about on that point. But the fact is, "ironclad" is a single word that perfectly encapsulates what made the new type of ships revolutionary. As such, it was inevitable that this is what such ships would be called. I suspect that if Dreadnought hadn't been the first of her kind, we would've just ended up calling them "super-battleships" or something along those lines. Also, had Britain held off, the USS Michigan would've been the first, since she was completed 2 months ahead of South Carolina. (And one day ahead of Minas Geraes, but would that ship even have existed had HMS Dreadnought not already entered service to such great fanfare? Nassau would've also come later than in reality, because she was only even designed in response to the launch of Dreadnought.)
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  3. In addition to that, Satsuma's sister ship Aki had turbines and a 20 knot top speed.
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  4. You could probably flood the other side's pontoon to equalize the buoyancy.
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