Notable Point · 7:01:41 The U class lacked Far Eastern endurance, and removing treaty tonnage limits is expected to strengthen the Royal Navy's preference for larger Pacific boats.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:10:19 A technically sophisticated German breech could make a 15-inch conversion fit only tightly because the mechanism consumed valuable barbette and turret space.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:17:35 Shorter engagement ranges and a wider variety of naval powers make the ironclad era an appealing setting for a warship game.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:18:41 Argentina's decision to sortie depends on whether it learns that the hypothetical reinforcements have joined the British fleet.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:20:07 Containerized launchers offer rapid conversion and make an arsenal ship harder to identify, while container size, targeting, stability, and exhaust remain design constraints.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:22:13 A Royal Navy family of fast 9.2-inch station cruisers could create a new treaty category and spread a prestige design across rival navies.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:23:39 Increasing the hypothetical American cruiser gun beyond 9.2 inches risks crossing into shells that take too long to handle at cruiser rates.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:29:23 Available industrial capacity keeps 11-inch guns central to the hypothetical German response.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:30:45 Rapid 9.2-inch gunfire would force difficult choices between replacing older battlecruisers and rebuilding their protection or gun mountings.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:32:02 A high-velocity 9.2-inch cruiser gun could reach extreme range, but finding and maintaining a firing solution against a moving ship remains the limiting problem.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:34:54 A question about adequate protection leads to the 20,000-ton design limit and the possibility of a fifteen-gun Japanese cruiser.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:38:37 Modern wartime station cruisers could survive after 1945 as cheaper command ships and flagships.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:39:13 Soviet industrial continuity and a continuing need for smaller cruisers support retaining 6-inch guns.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:40:26 Taking advantage of longer gun range could require a more sensitive rangefinder higher in the ship.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:41:36 The hypothetical 9.2-inch requirement is expected to exceed the scope of a Mogami-style turret exchange.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:42:27 The follow-up separates individual ship limits from fleet-wide allowances and works through a hypothetical allocation for each category.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:45:00 U, S, and T classes served different combinations of confined water, Atlantic conditions, and Pacific range.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:46:34 The T class already supplied the long-range capability sought in a hypothetical enlarged U-class boat.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:47:16 U-class crews received the same pay as other Royal Navy submariners.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:47:31 Paxman Ricardo diesel generators remained the usual machinery choice through successive U-class boats.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 7:49:40 Cold War Baltic sea denial and modern air-dropped weapons complicate the comparison with Mediterranean patrols, while deep water and submerged endurance give modern boats different options.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:56:19 A strong inward current let submarines enter the Mediterranean submerged but made escape nearly impossible for German boats whose underwater speed could not overcome it.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:57:34 Aircraft density and the need to disappear below visual detection favoured a small, quick-diving submarine.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 7:58:25 Large uncrewed underwater vehicles are approaching U-class dimensions because similar range and payload demands lead back to a proven small-submarine scale.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:00:36 Removing the first London treaty's cumulative limits could permit larger British and American construction programmes, provided governments funded them.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:02:56 Additional escorts help, but timely aircraft reconnaissance is central to the proposed escape from Glorious's historical predicament.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:06:19 A combined air and destroyer attack narrows escape routes and can turn one damaging hit into an opening for follow-up attacks.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:08:54 Turbo-electric drive adds weight and conversion losses but offers rapid reversing, flexible power routing, shorter shafts, and valuable damage tolerance.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:15:24 Shared generating capacity and quieter machinery explain several operational attractions of modern electric propulsion.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:17:57 The November 2024 comparison weighs acoustic performance, crewing, existing Norwegian industry links, and proximity to British yards.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:20:17 A qualified account of growing Saudi requirements links hull limitations with possible disruption to work at a shared shipyard.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:22:39 The mounting and breech arrangement can matter more to turret-ring diameter than the difference between these two calibres.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:24:03 Better coordination of air reconnaissance and naval operations is judged more consequential than correcting Italian shell quality alone, with fuel and British countermeasures still affecting the result.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:28:01 A five-turret 9.2-inch autoloading cruiser spends too much displacement on excess firepower when nine guns already deliver an immense volume of fire.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:33:23 A converted Incomparable that sank two Japanese carriers before being overwhelmed would be remembered as successful, while its existence implies a wider alternate British carrier program.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:34:26 No detailed source is supplied; the technical answer is limited to a qualified recollection that the plant extended range while replenishment remained necessary.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:36:52 Changing the direction of breech movement trades lateral clearance against gravity, lifting machinery, and gun-elevation limits.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:40:32 A counterfactual leaves Warspite at Prussia Cove, where local protection is imagined as a route to preservation.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:41:49 Theatre scale, intelligence access, and delegation explain the case for Nimitz commanding from Hawaii.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:43:45 Recalled engagement orders prompt a brief consideration of the danger to carriers operating separately.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:45:55 The counterfactual distinguishes Roosevelt's existing naval writing from his later role as president and leaves competing paths for naval development open.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:47:49 Specialist books provide a starting point for warship plans, while original drawings are held in the Greenwich collection and at Kew.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:49:45 A researcher-funded scan prompts a proposal for subsequent free public access.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 8:53:11 Department-specific forms and invoice requirements add time to purchases in the participants' own workplace accounts.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:56:44 Training ships, shore facilities, and small warships supported Britain's distinct interwar reserve organizations.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 8:59:03 The RNVR's merger into the RNR is distinguished from the disappearance of its unit traditions.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Q&A · 9:00:40 The proposed 1948 cruisers gain a decisive sensor and firepower advantage, conditional on competent command and trained crews.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024
Notable Point · 9:01:15 Information synthesis and officers' willingness to use it are central to the improvement in night-action command.
From World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4 · 23 Nov 2024