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Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures
Study Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 6 Sept 2021, with 6 time notes. Topics include Battleship Design, Dreadnought Era, Naval…
Time notes
- 0:48Four-funnel liners before TitanicChapter
Titanic and Olympic entered an international four-funnel liner tradition that began with German ships in the late 1890s.
- 2:31Minas Geraes: armour and turret layoutNotable Point
The Minas Geraes class combined unusually extensive armour with a practical turret arrangement to deter stronger powers.
- 4:27Superfiring turrets for export before Royal Navy adoptionNotable Point
Minas Geraes shows that British yards built superfiring layouts for a foreign navy before the Royal Navy adopted them.
- 5:38Olympic-class hybrid propulsionChapter
Titanic and Olympic combined familiar reciprocating engines with a low-pressure turbine because relying entirely on the newer technology still looked risky.
- 8:14Delaware's centerline battery and missed speedNotable Point
USS Delaware shows the clean broadside offered by a centreline battery and the extra speed that might have been possible without the fifth turret.
- 10:55The dreadnought race beyond GermanyNotable Point
Royal Navy planners worried about Germany's numbers while watching American and Italian navies for technical ideas.