Comments by "" (@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684) on "HMS Rodney - Guide 146" video.

@richhughes7450 The Japanese did sign up to various naval treaties during the 1920s/30s but by 1934 along with their withdrawal from the league of nations, they also renounced the naval treaties they had signed up for as the militarist factions within their government were angry with the displacement limitations as well as the ratios of capital ships permitted to the various signatories, as well as the increasing number of ships that were being built in excess of the treaty limitations by various nations. But inspite of walking away from naval arms control the Japanese still carefully hid the displacement and design of their new super battleships so as not to pour further petrol on the flames of the burgeoning international naval arms race. So yes, Yamato was not subject to any naval arms limitations.
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That "Holiday training camp" was probably "HMS Royal Arthur" which was a shore training establishment that was actually Billy Butlins pre-war Skegness holiday camp. My own father did his basic training there in 1940 before being posted to HMS Dorsetshire and witnessing the sinking of the Bismarck.
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@hujjesb Great stuff. keep that family history safe mate, I've got a small "Introduction to service in the Royal Navy" handbook that was issued to my dad when he was sent there back in 1940. He said that winter was a hard one, and the east coast gets it worse from the east. He told me that two poor fellers from his intake died after they sneaked off to sleep in the boiler room to keep warm and were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning. Them old fellers had it hard, thank god it was them and not us. Bless em all.
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@upthebracket26 We're the same age group, we know classic humour when we see it... I still watch all the 70s-90s stuff, it still beats the shit they put out nowadays. Keep your chin up, there's blue sky behind those grey clouds... all the best.
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To place the third "X" turret in a superfiring position (that is stepped higher again than "B" Turret) would have involved placing a turret weighing somewhere around 1500 tons in a VERY high position above her waterline, causing massive instability and hugely increased the risk of the ship capsizing, but I have to agree that for me, the Nelson class is the most powerful looking leviathon of the seas.
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No, its only you that calls it "Dave" everyone else calls it "Rodney", and the reason they call it "Rodney", is because "Rodney" is its name.....
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If you want a menacing looking battleship that looks ready for a ruck with ANYTHING afloat on the seas, then think of HMS Rodney. Accept nothing less.
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@richhughes7450 A wider hull would have required thousands of tons more armour at a time when the Washington naval treaty was restricting the weight of capital ships. That is the reason that the Nelsons were so slow for a modern capital ship design, the weight restriction meant that if sufficient propulsion machinery to drive her at 30 knots was installed, the weight of that machinery would require her armour or firepower to be reduced to keep within limits. Something had to give, and in the case of the Nelsons it was their propulsion system.
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Don't forget that HMS Rodney also was carrying the "Elgin Marbles" at the time of the Bismarck epic, from the UK to the US for safe keeping during WW2.
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"The di-lithium crystals cannae tek it cap'n Dalrymple-Hamilton!!!"
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