Comments by "Stephen Rickstrew" (@stephenrickstrew7237) on "Drachinifel" channel.

  1. Thanks For the Tour Drach …. I live in Virginia but rarely get to Norfolk.. the coal train goes by real close which would be the most direct route .. but I insist on taking the James River Canal .. still planning that run out ..
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  2. Wow .... The Naval battle of King vrs Cunningham ... a clash of two great characters .... I would like to have seen that shootout happening ...probably some torpedoes as well
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  3. Well Done ..! 👍
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  4.  @paulhoppin5513  you must be from a generation that can afford to be blasé and tedious..
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  5. Thanks for another great episode and confirming my belief that the Merchant Raiders were the most cost effective Naval branch ... especially when you consider the capture of the Singapore Dossier .... I have heard it made the Japanese think that an invasion of Singapore was possible ...
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  6. Ah yes the Littoral Combat Ship … well in 2023 we are still working on that …just a few billion $ more
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  7. Yes indeed ... It would be interesting to have a large scale re-enactment of Jutland at a soccer pitch .... with moving models and fireworks , etc . Plus Cheerleaders ! And Beer ! That might hold me over till six nations Rugby starts ...
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  8. Has anyone done the math on the potential impact a working mark -14 would have had on the early part of the war…?
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  9.  @88porpoise  .. it’s tough to do a live shot .. but the weather did cooperate..
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  10.  @leftcoaster67  I just watched the Movie Battle Of Britain ..Classic Robert Shaw ..
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  11. Got Victory Disease ….? Just Try the Midway Cure … Take two thousand pounders and call me in the morning… from your life raft
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  12. Thanks for another get episode …!
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  13. Well I have rewatched this episode at least 10 times in the last four years … there is something about these little ships and their brave crews that speaks volumes … Thanks and Cheers Drach ….!
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  14. Gunnage per Tonnage…or GPT …. Would it be best expressed in broadside weight or inertia plus payload squared maybe cubed …?
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  15.  @charliezw3287  but what Kind of cheese was it .. ? Some aged Asiagos are pricey…
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  16.  @charliezw3287  Naval Cheese History.. it’s a niche subject..
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  17. Happy Birthday 🎉
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  18.  @rooksfoot1184  Rewatching Guide to Warships right now as well..!
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  19. The Time Warp of a Brand New Battleship vrs the Last generation Biplane .... threw off the Fire control computer... it was shooting 20 years ahead !
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  20.  @mindbomb9341  touché … flat earth is fir those who aren’t ready to go full blown Quanon
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  21.  @Aelxi  Richard Ballard is still hunting down every last pair of Admiral Roz’s Binoculars.. ..there are a lot of them scattered across the oceans
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  22. Destroyer battles in the channel yes ! ….…. This story is way better than that horrible movie anyway … !
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  23. Maybe just change the name from Destroyer to Saver or Evacuator…or Emergency Utility Vessel… The USS Ward was later converted into some kind of fast landing ship .. would it have worked well in that role ?
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  24. X marks this spot on Drach’s History Treasure Map 🗺….Thanks for the tour ..
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  25. Lord Cherwell … I’m not a big Fan … He told Frank Whittle the jet engine was impossible and Told R V Jones that Germany didn’t have any V weapons “ ironic because my then 3 year old Mom was evacuated from The London area because of them “ did he Foul up any progress in the Royal Navy as well .. like centrimetric radar …?
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  26. Wow !
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  27.  @georgesoros6415  Excellent Point …. I hope Drach does a E boat episode or episodes there is nothing out there about those fascinating craft ….cause pound for pound they and the u boats really did a lot of damage … if Germany had started the war with 300 E and 300 U boats … it might have gone somewhat differently….?
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  28.  @frankbodenschatz173  thanks
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  29.  @johnfisher9692  thank you
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  30. Bon Jour Monsieur Dranchinifel .. !
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  31.  @paulhoppin5513  when you Dis, you miss…
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  32. America Wishes the HMS Prince of Wales and crew a safe voyage and deployment on this side of the pond ..Hope you get some good port calls ..!
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  33. Guide # 350 … Wow ….! Thanks Very much Drach …!
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  34. Washington vrs Yamato .. that would have been the greatest shootout since Jutland .. Admiral Lee vrs Kurita ... Advanced Radar vrs Early to None ....
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  35. When you just got to get rid of that crabgrass ...
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  36. Audacity seems to be a character trait in Royal Naval Ships …. Call it a given….
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  37. I think this is one of the greatest examples of valor imaginable along with the battle off Samar !
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  38. The Glowworm set a high standard … but then so did the RN Destroyers at Narvik and the Mediterranean and everywhere else they sailed
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  39. Thanks for Another great episode .... About the Dolittle Raid .. “I could never get that lucky twice “ Jimmy Doolittle .... a good question is how did it affect Japanese Strategic thinking and or redeployment of defensive Air assets to the home islands ?
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  40. Had to rewatch this Milestone episode …. and what a pleasant surprise it was …Many Thanks to our Author for a channel whose shows are interesting from the 1st to 30th viewing ..
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  41.  @lukedogwalker  thanks
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  42. Cheap is Cheap..!
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  43. Thanks so much for the Christmas present 🎁 I very much appreciate your answering my questions about the Whitehead Torpedo.. Best Wishes to all ..!
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  44. That’s the first time I heard the story on how you started your channel … congratulations on being the source for naval history … And not having to commute daily in a sardine can …
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  45. HMS Neptune .. I hope she shoots tridents ..🔱
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  46. Methinks that perhaps HMS Eskimo Made Such Eloquent Use of Her Torpedoes it Waxed Poetic.... Thanks for another fascinating episode ...
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  47. After Watching episode 242 about the Colorado…. It did lead me to wonder if you are working on a Battle of Surigao Straight Episode…or Episodes ? Thank you very much …!
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  48.  @sonicgoo1121  Touché
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  49. Those Yamato AA shells were the worlds greatest special effect … must have been quite the show …and with some canister shot … the worlds biggest shotguns ….Pull
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  50. Paging “Doctor Drachifinel to the DryDock “ Doctor Drach to the DryDock..
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