Comments by "Adam Bainbridge" (@AdamMGTF) on "The Drydock - Episode 171" video.

  1.  @CS-zn6pp  this interesting. Because I'm a nurse and the only TB cases we have had in my trust are white English middle class kids/young adults who's parents didn't vaccinate them. Because conspiracy theories
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  2.  @CS-zn6pp  also I'd say we've seen less the last 3 years. And the last cqc report before COVID showed numbers down but warned we can't stop recommending vaccines as health professionals as prevention is obviously better than treatment. One thing that is a huge problem about immigration is that since Brexit we have lost a LOT of good nurses. Especially from Portugal and Italy. Several excellent nurses I have worked with have went home and the same is true for HCAs and doctors. It really should be in the news more. I voted for Brexit. But if I'd known then what I know now I definitely wouldn't have
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  3. Why choose the plotting room of an Iowa class? Why not a Queen Elizabeth or Kongo? If he took the photo himself then that explains it. Always easier to use a photo you know isn't going to cause copyright issues
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  4. You'd need to post the question in the Q&A section if your asking drach this. I don't know of any merchant ships that were built using concrete? Concrete was definitely not used or considered for warships. It's a horribly inefficient way to waste displacement and of course is very difficult to repair, especially when you consider how thick the concrete would need to be to offer similar protection to armour plate
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  5.  @mrdasboot45  the allies didn't need to worry about steel. And realistically neither did the axis powers. At least not when it came to armour plate which is a small percentage of the total steel needed for a warship. The "cost" is in the time and skill taken to make true armoured steel. Once you have the technology to make armoured steel. Then your just looking at time The time to make the armour was still inconsequential compared to the time needed to make the guns and you still have to factor in the machinery etc. If you use concrete (even in a laminate way). Your just making the easiest, quickest and cheapest part of the ship (which is the hull). Much larger and heavier and still without any benefits. There are other reasons not to bother. But those I hope make sense. Something I always try and remember as a student of history when it comes to these things: The best educated, most intelligent and well informed people at the time a ship was designed were the people who designed that ship. So even with hindsight. Are we likely to be able to come up with something better? The same holds true to any "what if" scenario. The people who were in charge of the fate of nations. Were the best those nations had (or you'd hope so!)
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  6.  @mrdasboot45  your very welcome. I'm not a professional by any means. But I've enjoyed learning about history since I was young (going on 30 years). We are lucky to live in the time we do. Where knowledge can be shared on the internet. This channel is excellent. Easily one of my favourite places to learn :). Also Your question/insight was spot on. You'll never go wrong asking things like that :) the more I learn the more I realise I don't know yet! That's why history is so interesting (at least to me) All the best :)
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  7.  @mrdasboot45  oh And if you don't know much about the mulberry harbours. You will enjoy learning about them I am sure. Really they were a bit of a let down. But they also did have a heck of an impact on the early stages of the D-day landings (as in the 'break out' stages more than the actual landings) Without them it is possible that the allies wouldn't have managed to capture as many nazi forces before Faliese etc. Sadly they didn't have as big an impact as hoped due to the huge storm which raged a week after D-day. It's an impressive application of floating concrete in war time and one of them "English bloke in a shed" ideas that really became a moment in history. A fascinating story and on my last visit to Normandy 8 years ago, the remains of mulberry were still visible at arromanches (I will have spelt that wrong!). If you know about this already. I am not trying to be condcending. Just wanting to share interesting bits of history. :)
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  8. Fast food? 🙄
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  9.  @GasPipeJimmy  I have no interest in working in politics and I don't know what I do 40 hours a week then. ,😂 Because I don't do it for fun!
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  10. What these guys said. Bismarck had a lot of hype at the time and has since (I'm English and I admit that making Bismarck a invincible Uber ship really helped from a propaganda point of view). The reality is it was a terrible design that wasted any sort of tonnage advantage she had over other ships like Rich' a QE, KGiv etc
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  11.  @bkjeong4302  that's basically what I meant lol. You've hit the nail on the head. BK jeong. A fellow OG follower of drach :) I was just asking about Sar Jim the other day. Havent seen him post in ages
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  12. Dam, he must have missed your vote in the patron voting system. The one where you can bring a ship or class to the top of the list. Otherwise he goes by the order that ships or classes were requested. Going back 3+ years. And shock horror but the internet is full of people interested in naval history. They have requested ships from all over the world. So why cover one ship above another? I'm not normally a negative person on the internet. But your enjoying expert knowledge on a specialist subject for free and all you can do is complain that what you want hasn't been done yet!?! My 2 year old has more manners and understanding of others. Ugh
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  13. They did mix lime/lemon with the rum. That's part of the point of it. And it wasn't concentrated to save space.... Think about it. They couldn't dilute it with salt water from the sea 😂 Drachs done bits about grog etc. Not sure if he's done a special on it. But there is a long drydock about it. So I see where you logic took you. But not so much 😅. And no need to be surprised because they did do the lime thing lol.
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  14. Interesting. Any papers you can recommend on this?
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  15.  @keefymckeefface8330  curious. I'd love to learn more. Breakwaters make sense. Like the mulberry harbours
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  16. Yes. Must have had a werid issue in editing
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  17.  @GasPipeJimmy  any reply? I'd happily discuss any current healthcare initiatives or trust policies. I am proud of what I do and I am very proud to work in the NHS.
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  18.  @ineednochannelyoutube5384  You've lost me there. I'm not sure what you mean by gungary ... Also the vaccine isn't mandatory.
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  19. I think he's covered this a few times. The problem being. HOW did they survive as that has a huge impact.
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  20. What does DNO stand for? I can't find any reference to Jellicoe holding a post shortened to DNO. I'm also pretty sure this is false. RN ships actually suffered from the stipulation that the forward armemant had to be able to fire forward at zero elevation (from both super fireing turrets). I'm certain the QEs had this and they pre dated hood by half a decade or more. Always happy to be corrected and learn something though
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  21.  @davidwright7193  am I right in thinking that it didn't hurt that the colonies produced cheap rum?
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  22. I'm pretty sure he covered the answer to this. And the answer is there is no answer. The point being that caliber became a standard measurement once guns could be made with consistent tolerances.
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  23. The chart wasn't the answer to a question about a 16/50 gun tho :/
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  24.  @Drachinifel  hope u see this drach. Have you heard from Sar Jim recently? I enjoyed chatting with him over the last few years but I've not seen his comments in a while now :(
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