Comments by "Not shaped for sportive tricks" (@notshapedforsportivetricks2912) on "Battle class - Guide 187" video.

  1. Hi Drach. A couple of unrelated questions: 1- How did your splendid channel mascot manage to hang on to his splendid waxed moustaches given the RN's rather hostile attitude to such facial adornement? 2- How did various navies cope with the switch from imperial to metric measures, especially regarding construction and maintenance? Did they run twin systems or did everthing suddenly get labelled in fractions of a metre?
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  2. Good heavens, Drach. I was going to throw in a casual comment about how the Battles were, IMHO, the handsomest destroyers ever, then that colour photo came up at 6:18. What on earth is it. It looks like some benighted cross between a Type 81 frigate and HMS Endurance.
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  3. Aha. I just looked her up. Apparently she was converted to a trials ship. GUILTY!
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