Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 307" video.

  1. 1:02:16 “Jenkins!!” “Sir?” “Where’s the bow of the ship?” “Sir! Fell off, sir!” “What, again?” “Sir, yes sir!” “That’s twice, Jenkins.” “Sir, yes sir, sorry sir!” “Well, don’t let it happen again!” “Sir, yes sir!”
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  2. The real oddity of the decision to rearm Gneisenau is that, at completion, she would not have been suited to sail with her sister, when the key to their success was to have both together. Nor would she be a close match to sail with Tirpitz, and-also she would have been deemed too “valuable” to be sent off on merchant raiding missions (even assuming, by time she were recommissioned, any KM ship could get out into the Atlantic). KM would have then had three capital ships, each of a different design, only one of which was well suited to merchant raiding, and one of which was not well suited either to merchant raiding or directly squaring off against RN capital ships.
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  3. In this situations, ships often try to star stern-to the waves.
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  4. It looks like a museum reproduction of a small frigate?
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