Comments by "Steve Valley" (@stevevalley7835) on "The Drydock - Episode 196" video.

  1. re Greek capital ship purchase after WWI, the first two alternatives that come to mind would be HMS Erin or HMS Agincourt. Both were new ships in 1914, and both were placed in reserve in 1919-20, so were surplus to the Admiralty's needs. Seems either would be an insult to the Turks. Another alternative would be Courageous and Glorious. They offered more speed than Yavuz, a state of the art powerplant with geared turbines and oil fired, small tube boilers, and their relatively shallow draft could be an advantage in the Aegean. Additionally, I don't see them listed in either of the capital ship lists in the WNT, implying that the WNT respected the RN's designation of the ships as cruisers, meaning the UK would not be prohibited from selling them after the treaty was signed. But then probably Greece's most generous benefactor would have been Basil Zaharoff. Zaharoff saw conflict of interest as a feature, not a bug. He was an agent for Vickers, and Vickers had built Erin. Having Greece buy Erin, bundled with a fat overhaul and modernization contract with Vickers, would probably sound like a good idea.
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  2.  @comeslittorissaxonici7395  if Yavuz was in good repair, it could run away from Erin or Agincourt. The Courageouses could crack 32 kts, a significant advantage over Yavus, and Yavus' armor could be penetrated by the 15" guns on the Courageouses.
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