Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "Elswick Cruisers - First of the Class" video.

  1. This still happens at times. Usually with light patrol craft but generally the capital investment is too much for companies to risk now. Plus 120 years ago there generally was some sort of war on the horizon and the state of technological advances meant that a minor nation was usually shopping 😂
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  2. I only live down in Teesside. And here we say the w....
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  3. Because the whole point of this format of video is to be as concise as possible. If you go off on a tangent mentioning other random ships from other countries, you'd end up with an hour long video.
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  4. The numbered guides are supposed to be around 5min long. This is a more in depth look at a class and it's impact. This was back when the channel didn't really do videos that went longer than 10 mins very often
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  5. Lindy beige did a great video on tuebinia. I dare say the issue for Drach is she's so far north of him. Given the state of the trains it's probably less hassle to fly to the US to cover a ship lol
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  6. The thing about the guns not tracking slow moving swordfish I think is nonsense. I've never read about it and the accounts of the swordfish crew state the aa guns were very accurate. The thing about not being able to hit slow swordfish seems to track back to an old history channel documentary. It seems to be false. If anyone can offer evidence I'd be happy to be proven wrong.😊
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  7. Interesting. I live in teesside and we say Elswick with the W. So did my grandad who was born in trimdon in the 20s
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  8. What do you mean?
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  9.  @frankieascedo519  the short answer is no. Generally ship board weapons will be of a different design. Mainly due to weight and space considerations. Exceptions occur and some ship board guns have been adapted to be used on land. But rarely the other way around. If you want to know the technical differences between the gun you mentioned and xyz naval gun. You'd need to say which naval gun exactly and I could look it up if I have it in my reference collection.
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  10.  @frankieascedo519  as for capability. I'd expect in general a ship based weapon to be much more capable. Ie longer ranged and more accurate. Thanks to better mountings and range finders. Plus the fact that the gun will be served with a larger crew with better ergonomics
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  11.  @frankieascedo519  not sure what that means? Is it a typo
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  12. I don't know if Drach studied History at college, but at university he studied engineering. So isn't a historian by 'profession'. Just very very well read :) so don't be discouraged.
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  13. I think he has. They were good for moral. And as a symbol. But we're erm.... Of dubious use as weapons of war. They needed a lot of work and were out of date. The most effective and famous became HMS Glowworm and was blown up after being rammed into the st Nazair dock. Which gives you an idea of how useful they were as destroyers 😂
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