Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "The Drydock - Episode 266" video.

  1. On the subject of naval chivalry: I’ve read that, after capturing SS Clement, KzS Langsdorff sent a distress signal to Pernambuco giving the location of the survivors in the water, even though this signal was the first indication the British had that Graf Spee was in that region.
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  2. 43:30 Given how little the RN accomplished in the Indian and Pacific during 1941-42, would it have been that bad if they’d been forced to deploy these vessels to the Med as a counter to the Italians?
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  3. 1:05:15 Scheer ordered two 180^ turns away while facing the full broadside weight of the Grand Fleet.
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