Comments by "Vikki McDonough" (@vikkimcdonough6153) on "Shipwrecks and Australia - The Dutch VOC, Batavia and SS Xantho at the WA Shipwreck Museum!" video.

  1. Why did the Royal Navy keep using open sighting hoods on their battleships for so long, given the serious limitations this placed on turret layout and firing arcs due to the need to avoid disabling other turrets with muzzle blast (for instance, why the RN was so late to adopt superfiring turrets) and the fact that these open hoods could allow the blast from a shell bursting outside a turret to nevertheless enter and wreck the turret?
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