Comments by "" (@VersusARCH) on "The Drydock - Episode 126" video.

  1. 45:46 - Carthaginians, even before the First Punic War had a standardized ship design made out of pre-fabricated parts. Romans copied the idea during the First Punic War (together with a wrecked Carthaginian ship) and expanded on it. Venetians later used the concept too in their shipyard/arsenal. But note that the Carthaginians are the first I've heard of as RECORDED to have used the concept, there could have been earlier examples I haven't heard of, or weren't recorded in history... Given how much benefit standardized design carries (faster and cheaper ship building as well as repair) I wouldn't be surprised it was around at least as early as Minoan, Early Kingdom Egyptian , and contemporary Phoenician navies...
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  2. Also: David Beatty (mostly unjustly) Seymor (mostly justly), HMS Captain (100/100 justly), the French pre-dreadnought Jaureguibbery (mostly unjustly), French ship design comittees (mostly justly), Marcel-Bruno Gensoul (mostly unjustly)
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  3. Russian navy was a very capable force at the time of Catherine the Great (Baltic fleet sailed around the Europe to the Mediterranean and devastated the Ottoman navy) and later during the Napoleonic Wars (Adm. Ushakov's brilliant campaign against the French alongside the British) and the Greek War of Independence (in alliance with the French and the British, again wrecking the Ottomans).
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  4. 12:29 There is also a gun from Mutsu preserved in Japan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/41_cm/45_3rd_Year_Type_naval_gun
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  5. 19:00 USN actually did it just before and during WW1, courtesy of budget...
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  6.  @notshapedforsportivetricks2912  It happened during the 1st Punic War.
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