Comments by "Todd Webb" (@toddwebb7521) on "The Drydock - Episode 218" video.

  1. Well Corium (the Latin word for leather) is ultimately the origin of the French word for leather, so it goes all the way back to Rome
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  2. While Linienschiff (equivalent of Ship of the line in English)is somewhat archaic it's still the name of the big bad ship of it's era so I don't feel like it would be that weird if the English speaking navies of the day had stuck with the name ship of the line after ships went to metal instead of coming up with battleship. Especially considering they still largely fought in line of battle till the Washington treaty cut fleet sizes down.
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  3.  @gokbay3057  yes as you pointed out Groß can also be"great " in addition to being large. I'm not sure which one was intended when they decided on it.
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  4. Well one potential modifier you didn't even get into on the barrel count discussion is "how many barrels do you have in forward arcs where you don't need to be broadside on in order to fire them?" An 8 gun, guns forward design like Dunkerque/Richelieu has 8 guns of forward firepower, a 4 on each end conventional 8 gun ship like Bismarck or Queen Elizabeth only has 4. 9 gun ships in triples have 6 forward as do 12 gun ships in triples as does the KGV 10 gun A Nevada layout 10 gun has 5 forward, a Texas/Iron Duke layout with a Q turret only has 4 forward like a 8 gun A 12 gun in doubles like Arkansas/Fuso only has 4 forward.
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