Comments by "Ben Wilson" (@benwilson6145) on "The Drydock - Episode 172" video.

  1. From a quick look at the specs of wartime British and Norwegian Tankers the speeds are mostly in the 10 to 12 knot rang with a rare 15 knot speed/ The Altmark and her sisters as Kriegsmarine built supply vessels are quoted at 21 knots
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  2. King and MacArthur. Ego?
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  3. Skegs are used for many reasons other protecting than propeller shafts. They are a common feature in Voith Scheider tugs which have no propeller shafts.
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  4. Can you give a reference to Churchill saying that Australia could be sacrificed to the Japanese? MacArthur father General Arthur MacArthur was a great General, unlike his son, one of the conquerors of the Philippines. I agree there was no need to "recapture" the Philippines.
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  5.  @tominiowa2513  Strangely enough I have travelled to Darwin at least a dozen times. no surprise there. I suspect Brisbane might have been the target. The Japanese did send a party to the remote Island at Scott Reef and the Kimberly in Western Australia. Western Australia is a proper sized State, not a tiddler like Texas and Alaska.
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