Comments by "Patrick Donnolley" (@ph89787) on "Inter-war ship designs - 5 Bad Ideas" video.

And why am I imagining Davy Jones from Pirates of the Caribbean doing just that.
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19:18: Taffy 3: You summoned us?
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Its why i'm a bit skeptical of Drach putting her above the Yorktowns as a capable treaty era carrier
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@paulsteaven Oh, definitely above those three.
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@the_undead Ark Royal may have the advantage in armour and AA fire power. The Yorktown's had better water tight subdivision. Which combined with better damage control procedures including auxiliary power resulted in Yorktown only capsizing after 4 torpedo hits compared to 1 to Ark Royal. The extra space Drach had mentioned due to the double Hangars would as later discovered on the Illustrious and Implacable-Classes severely limited the usage of larger aircraft later in the War. Especially the F4U Corsair and even with Deck Parks. I suspect Ark Royal could probably top out at about 80-90 Aircraft. The same as a Yorktown. Also, Yorktown has a higher top speed at 32.5 knots compared to Ark Royal's 30-31 Knots. The Yorktown's have greater range at 12, 500 Nautical Miles compared to the 7600 Nautical Miles for Ark Royal.
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@the_undead in his collab with Rex’s Hangar.
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@patrickgriffitt6551 a bit of further research on Ark Royal showed that her hangar deck had a height of 16 feet. So 2 feet more than the Illustrious and Implacable-Classes. But 1 foot less than a Yorktown or Essex-Class. Still you’re right in that the wings needed to be clipped anyway. Both to fit in said carriers. As well as the Royal Navy having learned that the clipped wings improved the sink rate. Reducing the Corsair’s nasty habit of floating before landing.
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