Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 107" video.

  1. The rails were for reloading, not actually launching torpedoes. Whether at Dogger Bank or Jutland, Matapan, Barents Sea or Surigao, battleships fired 100s of rounds to secure a few hit; even the very highest-regarded battleships recorded a few hands-ful of hits over the course of a full engagement. 1 out of 8 torpedoes hitting is a much higher rate; if either fleet at Jutland had hit with 12.5% of shells they fired, the other fleet would have been annihilated.
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  2. New Zealand and India made enormous contributions in WW2 and shortly after the war ended each became an independent nation. Does this make their contributions in WW2 “sadly ironic?”
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