Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "Dreadnought Modernisation - A tri-wire balancing act" video.

  1. Could the Big5 have been made to go faster? If so, what would have been the limiting factor? Hull form leading to excess vibration above X knots?
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  2. 46:10 Anybody else wonder why the Rodney had giant concrete lions atop her turrets? 😂
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  3. My guess? Either a sub tender or mine sweeping craft. It appears to be a very low-draught hull useful in those roles.
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  4. 41:00 and thereabouts Main armoured decking usually extended from the forward armored bulkhead to the after bulkhead, and from beam to beam, with openings only for barbettes, funnels, and access passages from below to above the deck. It may have been thicker over critical spaces like magazines and machinery, or a constant thickness, but it was not reduced under the superstructure. The large difference between the square area the belt covered /vs/ what the armoured deck covered explains why, when decking was increased, it was usually on the order of one, maybe two, inches of additional thickness. More often done was replacing original deck armor that might have been 1”, or a couple of decks totaling a couple inches, with a single thickness of newer-material armour steel.
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  5. 4:27 What would a battleship do while on holiday?
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  6. 20:35 36-24-36? Only if she’s 5’3”. BB GOT BACK!!
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  7. And all the calculations were performed using slide rules and scotch.
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