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Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane
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Study Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 13 Jun 2023, with 23 time notes. Topics include Destroyers, Interwar Naval Treaties, Naval Book Reviews.
Time notes
- 2:43QuestionWould you prefer roughly 4,700 capable aircraft or about 600 exceptional aircraft of the same period?AnswerQ&A
Roughly 4,700 upgradable Lincolns, because a widely dispersed empire needs the coverage that a much larger force can provide.
- 7:02HMAS Voyager and the limits of a hurried inquiryNotable Point
The oral-history collection opens onto the Voyager collision, its human cost, and the difficulty of judging rapid official inquiries.
- 10:46A destroyer officer's service memoirNotable Point
Destroyer Man follows John Allison's service from HMS Decoy to command of the Australian Tribal-class ship HMAS Warramunga.
- 12:25HMAS Diamantina's museum story and volunteer baseChapter
A book on HMAS Diamantina leads into the Queensland Maritime Museum's preservation work and the staffing pressures faced by volunteer-run heritage sites.
- 17:40QuestionWere eight-gun Tribal-class destroyer designs considered?AnswerQ&A
Yes, but the designers preferred extra torpedoes because the 4.5-inch guns were adequate and torpedoes provided the heavier blow against large ships.
- 24:01QuestionHow long would the Korean War last if the Nationalists had won the Chinese Civil War?AnswerQ&A
The familiar Korean War probably would not occur, because without Communist control of China the Soviet Union would struggle to establish and support a Communist North Korea.
- 25:14Fremantle as a multinational submarine baseChapter
Secret Fleets offers a guide to the British, American, and Dutch submarines operating through Fremantle during the Second World War.
- 29:48Reading the Darwin raids with careNotable Point
A detailed history of the Darwin raids prompts a warning against neat but implausible stories about radio warning and Japanese jamming.
- 32:11QuestionWhy is British postwar naval decline often reduced to debt when the Royal Navy expected Soviet threats?AnswerQ&A
Debt mattered, but rapid debt repayment was a political choice that limited funds even though Britain could have supported more shipbuilding at a slower repayment pace.
- 34:40QuestionIs there a list of warships that docked at promenade piers around the United Kingdom?AnswerQ&A
Not a single known list, but the evidence is likely scattered through surviving local and institutional archives.
- 41:38QuestionWhy did interwar navies keep sloops below the 2,000-ton treaty limit when other ship types were built to their limits?AnswerQ&A
Because the limit was only a ceiling, while sloops were meant to be cheap and did not need the size or speed that would justify using the full allowance.
- 43:30QuestionWhat could be done with the Blackburn Rocs before deliveries began?AnswerQ&A
Convert them into Blackburn Skuas if possible, or use the money to improve the Skua's engines rather than accept the Rocs as designed.
- 44:43QuestionWhy did the U.S. Navy adopt twin five-inch destroyer mounts later than other navies?AnswerQ&A
Because it was balancing gun power against torpedoes, ammunition capacity, and sustained rate of fire, not choosing mounts in isolation.
- 46:37QuestionCould a 2,000-ton diesel-electric ship be designed to accept extra engines later and reach 30 knots?AnswerQ&A
Yes in principle, but only if space, motors, shafts, and propellers are designed from the outset to handle the expanded generating power.
- 49:02QuestionWhy would a ship be kept within the limits of a naval treaty that did not directly bind its navy?AnswerQ&A
Because exceeding the limit could trigger escalator clauses for other powers and produce a broader, disadvantageous round of naval expansion.
- 49:19HMAS Castlemaine's second life as a training shipNotable Point
HMAS Castlemaine survived as a stationary engineering and damage-control training ship after her wartime service.
- 53:51QuestionCould a navy disguise oversized electric motors by claiming they were inefficient while retaining greater power in reserve?AnswerQ&A
Yes; it could offer such an explanation or install a governor that prevented the ship from reaching the higher speed.
- 58:26QuestionHow much electric-motor power might a Flower-class-sized escort need to reach 20 knots?AnswerQ&A
In a rough calculation, two T-class-scale motor units, about 2,900 horsepower in total, should be enough.
- 1:01:46A guide to Brisbane's wartime submarine baseChapter
Subs Down Under documents the wartime buildup at Brisbane and the American submarines that used the base.
- 1:04:42QuestionDid ships with a carrier-like concept exist before later support-carrier ideas?AnswerQ&A
HMS Unicorn was a forward aviation-support ship, and other vessels had similar support-oriented purposes rather than being standard fleet carriers.
- 1:10:42QuestionHow much control would Britain retain if a Dominion such as Canada rejected the Second London Naval Treaty and built beyond its limits?AnswerQ&A
It becomes a separate political and treaty question because a Dominion had to sign the agreement in its own right.
- 1:16:14QuestionWhy are ship's cats not counted among a cruiser's crew when the ship is sunk?AnswerQ&A
They were not official paid crew, and formally reporting their deaths could also provoke public pressure to stop carrying cats at sea.
- 1:17:09QuestionWhat is the value of 5.5-inch guns on French pre-war large destroyers?AnswerQ&A
They push a destroyer toward cruiser-scale capabilities; guns above five inches, especially 5.9-inch weapons, are a demanding fit for a destroyer.