Comments by "Kenneth Dean Miller" (@kennethdeanmiller7324) on "The Drydock - Episode 218" video.

Yeah, considering the tonnage of most warships ever since they changed from iron clads to steel, warships basically just weigh far too much for a sail, especially a "make-shift" sail to make much of a difference. Or so I would think. The only way I could see it helping is : say that the ship is also in a place where their is also a current going the same way the ship needs to go & a wind also going in the same direction. In that case a "make-shift" sail could possibly help. However, it would be extremely unlikely to be in such circumstances. And most Navies would simply send out a tug boat or two to try to get the ship to safety. And also probably send a couple of cruisers or what they may have near by, in order to remove crew if a gail blows up or to try to protect the ship best they can
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And yeah, I think it's kinda cool how Dunkirk was built one way & then Strasburg was built with armor 2.2" thicker because it's being built later & it gets thicker armor in case it needs to counter Scharnhorst. Even though it never has to fight that ship, it was being built to fight the best of what Germany had so they were trying to give it a better chance! Makes sense to me!
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