Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "The Drydock - Episode 218" video.

  1. The Allied Forces in Salonika were primarily Serbian, French Empire and British Empire. They were led to victory in 1918 by a French Commander in Chief, Franchet D'Esperey (which the Tomiies, in classic fashion, turned to "Desperate Frankie") "Louis Félix Marie François Franchet d'Espèrey[b] (25 May 1856 – 8 July 1942) was a French general during World War I. As commander of the large Allied army based at Salonika, he conducted the successful Macedonian campaign, which caused the collapse of the Southern Front and contributed to the armistice."
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  2. Yes, two French advisos (sloops). The Free French ship won. "On 9 November 1940 there was a rare case of fratricide between two ships of the same class when Bougainville, lead ship of the class and loyal to the Vichy government, fought her sister ship Savorgnan de Brazza, who served in the FNFL.[2] This battle happened off of Libreville, during the Battle of Gabon. After a short exchange of fire Savorgnan de Brazza had reduced Bougainville to a wreck and forced her to beach to avoid sinking. Bougainville later foundered in March 1941 during a re-floating operation.["
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  3. Drach, Two types of ships for your consideration 1) Bomb vessels - to nclude their use in the Crimean War and US Civil War (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bomb_vessels_of_the_Royal_Navy) ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bomb_vessel#:~:text=A%20bomb%20vessel%2C%20bomb%20ship%2C%20bomb%20ketch%2C%20or,and%20projecting%20their%20fire%20in%20a%20ballistic%20arc.) and 2) Fire Ships - the RN actually had some designed for the purpose (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire_ship#:~:text=A%20fire%20ship%20or%20fireship%2C%20used%20in%20the,panic%20and%20make%20the%20enemy%20break%20formation.%20%5B1%5D) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fireships_of_the_Royal_Navy). Thank you!
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  4. Accuracy - don't forget there is a certain amount of variation in shell weight, shape, exterior finish, powder charge and gun manufacture and wear the inevitably produce dispersion. Are you shooting a hot or cold gun? What is the wind speed and direction? Barometric pressure? Even the Earth's rotation and Coriolis Effect. You may know the range precise4ly, but these and other items mean you have to apply some "aim off" from what the firing tables say is the book solution "at STP" (Standard Temperature and Pressure)
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  5. US "Superheavy" rounds were heavier, but as they were the same caliber, this was done by making them longer. This only works up to a point, as past a critical length to diameter ratio, a gyroscopically stabilized projectile becomes unstable. Hence the trend in tank guns to smooth bore guns firing drag (fin) stabilized long rod penetrators
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  6. The US Army had three models of 12 inch Sea Coast mortar, to drop shells down on to lightly armored decks. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-inch_coast_defense_mortar#:~:text=The%2012-inch%20coast%20defense%20mortar%20was%20a%20weapon,on%20mortars%2C%20not%20guns%2C%20to%20defend%20American%20harbors.
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  7. In the time period in question, what cutters might be of interest? Everything up to the 327 Foot Class were common variety gunboats/sloops/avisos of no particular distinction - useful but not notable. (The 255 footers barely made it into WWII) About the only exception I can think of is the USCGC Bear and the Bering Sea Patrol and maybe the McCulloch - which guarded Dewey's support ships at Manila Bay. During WW1 and WWII almost all cutters operated as patrol vessels, weather ships and convoy escorts - vital work, to be sure, but none (except maybe the Alexander Hamilton, torpedoed by a U-Boat off Greenland) of any particular note. I am not saying this to run down its contribution to victory, but this site is primarily focused on ships, not naval history and there is only so much time.
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