Comments by "Ben Wilson" (@benwilson6145) on "The Drydock - Episode 122" video.

  1. Robert FitzRoy Royal Navy , later Rear Admiral, was the man who pioneered weather forecasting at sea and set up what was to become the Meteorological Office, he was a very interesting and very capable man who was as Captain of the Beagle was "Darwin's Captain". The Meteorological Office placed equipment on British vessel to record at set times ,any parameters including air Pressure, wind speed and direction, temperature of air and sea, cloud amounts and types, With the advent of Telegraph the information was passed to the nearest coast station at 6 hourly intervals.
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  2. Captain Burnett of HMAS Sydney was an experienced officer starting his sea service in 1917. He spent a great deal of time on various Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy ships. He returned to Australia at the outbreak of war. HMAS Sydney was his first command. The reason for the close distance to Kormorant will never be known as there were no survivors from HMAS Sydney.
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  3. Many many ships have a mast aft of the funnel
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  4. Metrological reports were made every six hours, the Officer of the Watch was responsible for recording the weather. The Coded Telegram was transmitted in Morse by the Radio Operator when he was on watch. The recording of the weather had been started in the early 1800's and was used by the Hydrographic Office to produce Weather Charts and Sailing directions
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