Comments by "" (@VersusARCH) on "The Drydock - Episode 108" video.

  1. 00:51:26 - Marat (Ex Petropavlovsk), the Gangut class battleship "blown up by Hans-Ulrich Rudel" (in fact he planted only one of the two bombs that blew up one of her magazines) was not repaired back into servive as a ship, but was sufficiently repaired to serve as a stationary floating coastal and AAA battery, so she continued to provide fire support to the Leningrad defenders even after she was "blown up".
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  2. 00:54:56 - One important change is that Japan abandoned extensive welding in hull construction - going back to tried and tested but heavier, and, (compared to proper welding) weaker rivets. Had they persisted in sorting out welding problems without a pause they might have reaped the benefits of it sooner.
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  3. 06:30 - It happened: Coast defense battleships of Sweden, Norway, Finland, Thailand...
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  4. 00:45:25 How come Georgios Averoff is not there? Quite a looker, won not one but two battles against supposedly superior fleets almost single-handedly and served in 5 wars (1st Balkan, 2nd Balkan, WW1, Greco-Turkish, WW2)... Checks in all categories. The only excuse that could be accepted is that the Hellenic Navy is not a minor navy :) Btw the Spanish cruisers Canarias and Baleares were just two British County class cruisers built for Spain.
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