Comments by "Jim Taylor" (@jimtaylor294) on "HMS Eagle - Guide 166" video.

Aye. When you're a Carrier with as many torpedoes as a Clemson class Destroyer, you know something's gone wrong somewhere.
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@carlscamino5844 Duh; but Foresight existed then too. Most in the Admiralty seem to have exercised it, as the torpedoes went.
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Not aware of any in depth info on the subject, but four Torpedoes was at the time enough to sink pretty much anything. In fact the only thing to surrvive that many, was Japan's "Battleship Island" ;) . (yes, the US took that thing's appearance for an actual Battleship... at least once)
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Nope. The UK wouldn't have sold them Eagle, and even if they had, the Chileans would've had no idea what to do with her, anymore than most countries of the time. (they also didn't have the industry to develop her further) As it was no S-American nation would have a Carrier - or even make an effort to obtain one - until well over a decade after WWII, niether of those to do so being Chile. Argentina also only possessed one for most of their period as a Carrier operator, which made all year round operations impossible.
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...and Torpedo ;) .
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^x1 Well that's not sanctimonious drivel or anything. (sarcasm)
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@dlegofan The UK - as pointed out by Drach' - wasn't prepared to convert the ship back at the price Chile was offering. It was Chile whom refused the UK offer of two 12" armed Battlecruisers as compensation for the (by then converted) Battleship. One has to remember also that the developments in Carriers were also vieled in secrecy. The IJN - back then a RN ally - asked to see Eagle several times, yet were refused. The RN was unlikely to consent to Chile not just looking, but having the entire ship. It's unlikely too that Chile - with a weak economy at the time due to market slumps - would've been able to afford the expense of what was at the time both new and underdeveloped technology, let alone all the add on costs of a pilot school, replacement aircraft (no type lasted long in service AtT), and the inevitable kneejerk response purchases Argentina and Brazil would feel needed to order, despite not actually needing such a thing or having a clue what to do with them. (Que S-American Carrier Race; naval bogaloo)
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^ ×2 Ri~ght, because adding guns to the insanity would make everything better. Also: "invader" is a moot jibe, as whilst most southern-Brit's have an Anglo-Saxon element, most northern-Brit's - including myself - have a Gaelic one :P . (the Gaels having come from Ireland)
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