Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "HMS St Vincent - Guide 409" video.

  1. And what the heck has that got to do with the design and service life of a royal navy ship from 115 years ago?
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  2. Because it worked 😂
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  3.  @GrahamWKidd  but surely that all adds massively to engineering complexity at a time where not only are these ships state of the art. They are also the most expensive but of engineering not just in a single nation But on the planet. Not to mention that it would have taken more time to design and therefore meant the ships which the RN needed NOW might be better sure..but better.... Later. I just don't understand the argument. Maybe on a computer game..but surely not in the real world?
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  4.  @davidchambers8697  I imagine that's a very very complicated question. I'm an engineer and you'd be shocked by how these things cascade. For example it's not like saying "a triple adds a third more weight so 3 triples is way less than twins as your loosing 100% of 2 of your 5 turrets. You have to consider what's needed to support, armour, equip and staff each turret. Also liability which in this case would be how much more do you need to armour and flash proof the turret because of the bigger impact (no pun intended) of loosing one turret to shell fire. That's why I asked. What metric is "better" measured by. And what such comments often frustrate me on history channels. People seem to think it's obvious because they've played a computer game. But here's a thought. How much harder is a tripe turrets magazine to fill with powder and shot while in port? How much more difficult is it do make castings of a slightly larger size and is it even possible to cast and cool such a casting with the right malleability for a given hardness using current technology not to mention.... Given the current understanding of what we can do..what we would like to do and what might be possible... What can we reasonably accomplish within the stated time (deadline) and within budget. So. Yeh. That's my thinking
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  5. Based on what metric was it 'better'?
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  6.  @davidchambers8697  oh as for the older shorted gun thing. I imagine it would be more dependent on recoil than size. You could make a 15inch gun that's 200m long and have it fire using tissue paper and black powder and it would need a much smaller, lighter and less costly mounting and turret (and hull!) than a 8inch from late ww2 that's using all the current technology to supercharge the shells.
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