Did the USN and MM have the logistical capability to sustain Operation Downfall? In my amateur opinion the real limiting factor for the Allies would have been manpower, not shipping. But I am an amateur.
Was there any reasonable way for the Kriegsmarine to retain their shipbuilding knowledge after WW1, and why didn't they ask the Italians or the Japanese for assistance?
With the Byzantines having a flame thrower on their ships, what is your top 5 favorite example of a historical factions having some ludicrous as a weapon on board?
What types of radar were used by the various countries of WW2? I know there is surface search and air warning systems but is there more I'm unfamiliar with?
One of my favorite scenes ever was in Clancy's book Red Storm Rising, where the Perry-class frigate USS Reuben James was queried by her convoy team mate HMS Battleaxe, "What the hell is a Reuben James?". Reuben James' captain had his signalman respond with, "At least we aren't named for our mother-in-law."
"Which ship was involved in a collision?" "The radar ship, sir." "The radar ship collided with another ship? "Yes, sir." "Tell me it was in broad daylight?"
Drach: "Working their way down the alphabet..." I was always glad that the war didn't last any longer than it did because after the Town, Country, and Tribal classes, then working industriously on the alphabet I figured they would end up with the Logogram class and then we would see things like HMS Ampersand!
Weirdly enough, the & was sometimes considered as a 27th letter, though that seems mainly to have let the alphabet be displayed as 3 rows of 9 letters.
Well "Scorpion" was originally to be "Centaur", then "Tomahawk" before being renamed as "Scorpion" allegedly at the request of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham, after his WWI command. It would have taken a particularly brave (or foolhardy?) ship naming committee to ignore such a "request"
Crossbow was the Harbour Training Ship for mechanics ( at HMS SULTAN ) berthed in Haslar Creek, Gosport. Until 71/72. Replaced by Diamond. We all used to play about on the Bofors at lunchtimes. Happy Days.
I was just recommended a video from Battleship New Jersey channel on "circumcising" the 16" barrels. I left a 👍 as my curiosity peaked when hearing about this in a previous video and I left satisfied with the information divulged.
Your channel is impressive to me. I don’t know a lot. But I have been reading extensively for a long time re military history with an emphasis on naval warfare. I claim no special knowledge. But it seems to me that you get as close to truth as we could expect. Well done. Carry on.
I am developing a bit of an affection for smaller warships lately. All the way back to age of sail, they show tremendous variety, but there is no denying that the plethora of destroyers that the first hundred years of iron and steel hulls produced is basically unmatched in terms of diversity.
These are good looking ships and they have really cool names. As an American I'm jealous of Royal Navy naming conventions-though I suppose as a New Jerseyite I shouldn't complain!
The change in destroyer designs and tactics really evolved quickly after WW2! Yet many of the bigger designs in the Royal Navy and US Navy built during the war actually continued in service longer then the ships that were supposed to replace them. Just goes to show you that sometimes the original ideas are the best ideas.
@CipiRipi00 I agree and where did this quote come from? "We did not fail, we just found a path we should not follow." BTW_Look up the USS Vesuvius for an example of a path less traveled.
@CipiRipi00 Okay, I remember that quote from Edison. Reminds me of Phil Harding on Time Team telling Tony "yes we found nothing but now we know that nothing is here which we didn't know before".
The IJN covered that angle already, with IJN Most Honourable Combat. Reference: this Drachinifel 5 Minute Guide: ua-cam.com/video/O50ebGo2Y48/v-deo.html
No. HMS Javelin was the type ship of the J/K/N classes and was still in service. A little more surprising (and potentially confusing) was the use of Howitzer, Mortar, Flintlock, Matchlock and Catapult in 1943 for coastal armament carriers.
Was hoping that one day you could tell us about the 327' Secretary Class Cutters of the USCG built just prior to WW2. What was their roll during and after the war and, why was their service life so long?
I keep asking , but Drach keeps ignoring us . Im guessing if your not a patreon member you can ask but your not going to get anywhere . You know how it works money talks .
I'd also love to hear shout out for the USCG Eagle. As for their long service? That's easy. Budgets. Coast Guard is at the bottom of the barrel. Just look at their ice breaker replacement program.
I would like to suggest that you cover some 2nd World War Pacific engagements between the English and the Japanese navies. After the sinking of the two English battleships off Singapore, did these navies ever meet again in significant force? Love the channel ✋🏻
There wer several major engagements in the eastern Indian Ocean. As far as I know, that was an exclusively British area and the Americans never ventured there after the ABDA era.
Amazing they didn't get more speed out of 40,000 shp in a 2,000 Ton ship. Well, I guess it couldn't be too long, and had to be wide enough to be seaworthy.
Thanks for this interesting channel. Would appreciate if you could dig up something on these three norwegian destroyers during ww2. "Stord", "Svenner" and "Eskdale". I know that the norwegian Captain on Eskdale later became Captain on "Stord". Stord was sailing with "Duke of York" when they chased and sank "Sharnhorst". Thanks.
Excellent as always. A suggestion - could we have titles to the pics? Would help knowing what variant we are looking at. Other than that, keep up the good work!
It seems that all the antennas on these warships needs a bit more comment. These ships appear to have a bigger role in fleet ops than just their guns and speed.
I asdked for that as well. Maybe they don't have big enough guns to be interesting to him lol. Even if he just did a run ration vid comparing the things of each combatant in WW II it would be something. But I'm not going to hold my breath while I wait tbh.
The issue seems to have been with the power plant, not quite enough engine (and maybe electricity generating capability) to be worth keeping them around. Also being a mini-fleet of just 4 (or 3 after the collision) probably didn't help. EDIT: It's worth noting that some of the C-class ('43) destroyers were kept around into the late 60s/early 70s after modernising as were other WW2 destroyers as part of the Type 15 frigate program.
Not really. They were made as emergency ships built intentionally small and cheap to get more hulls in the water. By default, they were less useful, with less everything including room for upgrade. Seems the main reason they were "kept" was they were not service-worn like most other destroyers of the Royal Navy in 1945. Proved mostly a waste of money as they never could do anything better than anything else, even older ships, because they just lacked the room and power.
For fun, I came up with the names for a notional X&Y class - HMS Xenophon (Greek general - commanded the 10,000 and wrote the Anabasis), HMS Xerxes (Persian emperor), HMS Ygraine (Duchess of Cornwall and mother of Arthur), HMS Yseult (Tragic Irish prIncess of the medieval tale Tristan and Yseult), HMCS Yukon (Canadian province and river). HMCS Yellowknife (Canadian City), HMS Yeoman (Iconic English soldier of the Middle Ages and the "Beefeaters" (Yeoman Warders of the Guard)) and Yearling (young horse). I'd have like to have replaced the last with the iconic British battle of the Great War - Ypres - but she was a member of the Battle class. Another possibility is HMS Youthful
And despite this, the Brits still managed to consistently have the best ship names of any nation (I'd give second to Japan, especially their destroyers).
Here, lazy Battleaxe G18/D118 Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun 22 April 1944 12 June 1945 23 October 1947 Broken up, 1964 Broadsword G31/D31 20 July 1944 5 February 1946 4 October 1948 Broken up, 1968 Cutlass G74 28 September 1944 20 March 1946 not completed Cancelled 23 December 1945, broken up at Troon, 1946 Dagger G23 7 March 1945 not launched Cancelled 23 December 1945, scrapped on slip Crossbow G96/D96 John I. Thornycroft and Company, Woolston 26 August 1944 20 December 1945 4 March 1948 Broken up, 1972 Culverin G28 27 April 1944 March 1946 not completed Broken up at Grays, 1946 Howitzer G44 26 February 1945 not launched Cancelled 15 October 1945, scrapped on slip Longbow G55 11 April 1945 Scorpion (ex-Tomahawk, ex-Centaur) G64/D64 J. Samuel White, Cowes 16 December 1944 15 August 1946 17 September 1947 Broken up, 1971 Sword (ex-Celt) G85 17 September 1945 not launched not completed Cancelled 15 October 1945, scrapped on slip Musket G78 not laid down Cancelled 15 October 1945 Lance (ex-Rapier) none allocated Carronade G82 Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock 26 April 1944 4 April 1946 Cancelled 23 December 1945, broken up at Troon, 1946 Claymore G34 not laid down not launched Cancelled 15 October 1945, scrapped on slip Dirk G02 Cancelled 15 October 1945 Grenade G53 Cancelled 22 November 1944 Halberd G99 Poniard G06 Rifle G21 William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton 30 June 1944 Cancelled 27 December 1945, scrapped on slip Spear G30 29 September 1944
@@jimtaylor294 I've got to think the Zumwalts were designed by Congress. Has no purpose, cost billions, defective construction, withdrawn from service after two years. And theres the Osprey, forced on the Marines over their objections, a death trap. Crashes every other time it goes up. I think some were killed a couple of weeks ago. I think its built in Chuck Schumers district.
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy... Broadsword calling Danny Boy, over" I wonder if they got the code name for Richard Burton's character Major Smith in the movie "Where Eagles Dare" from the ship of the same name???!!! To me personally, it would have been a better name for a carrier though... with its wide flat broad sword-like deck. Maybe England will build a new carrier and name it that. Probably not... chance lost.
Joking aside, and this could have gone on the US ship-building thread too, it must take a certain level of bravery to cancel ships before surrender. I mean you know you've got them beat, but do they know that...
Aside from that, for ships close to completion, it would seem to make sense to finish them even after the war, if only to cushion the wave of unemployment that happened after a total war as the armed forces are demobilized and war production winds down.
Pinned post for Q&A :)
Did the USN and MM have the logistical capability to sustain Operation Downfall? In my amateur opinion the real limiting factor for the Allies would have been manpower, not shipping. But I am an amateur.
Was there any reasonable way for the Kriegsmarine to retain their shipbuilding knowledge after WW1, and why didn't they ask the Italians or the Japanese for assistance?
With the Byzantines having a flame thrower on their ships, what is your top 5 favorite example of a historical factions having some ludicrous as a weapon on board?
What types of radar were used by the various countries of WW2? I know there is surface search and air warning systems but is there more I'm unfamiliar with?
Could you give us a brief and general guide to ships unit size, ie squadron, flotilla, division and task force?
One of my favorite scenes ever was in Clancy's book Red Storm Rising, where the Perry-class frigate USS Reuben James was queried by her convoy team mate HMS Battleaxe, "What the hell is a Reuben James?". Reuben James' captain had his signalman respond with, "At least we aren't named for our mother-in-law."
Seeing the names of these vessels, I’m kinda disappointed they didn’t go with the name “HMS Gun” 😂
Would have been good 😂
Thats what the RN would designate a lend lease Iowa class.
They were going to make Rifle and Grenade
Or HMS second Amendment
If anything deserved that name it was HMS Agincourt
Master Chief: I need a weapon
British naval Captain: Aye I have just weapon for you Chief.
Just the weapon and the crew needed to run it
HMS Pennies in a Sock and HMS Grandmother’s Hurled Slipper really should have been commissioned.
HMS Peach Tree Switch would have been the quickest ship in the fleet!
HMS Can-o-Whoopass
HMS Wet Towel!
HMS Cast Iron Skillet.
They needed to name one after the original weapon, HMS Pointy Rock.
"Which ship was involved in a collision?"
"The radar ship, sir."
"The radar ship collided with another ship?
"Yes, sir."
"Tell me it was in broad daylight?"
*HMS Troutbridge* is to blame again, no doubt ^_^ .
@@jimtaylor294 "Everybody down"!
Air Search, not surface search. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_965_radar
@@jimtaylor294 "Starboard lookout here sir. Hee hee heee!"
So glad to see Navy Lark in these comments.
My late grandfather was present for the incident. Apparently they thought ursa was driftwood...
I wonder if they considered a shore bombardment version calling it HMS Trebuchet. Now that would be old school.
Clever... 😏
Their support and ammunition ship would be HMS Rock Quarry
There was a planned HMS Scorpion in the class.
trebuchet would be a good name for a modernised nelson class in the 1940's
Or: *HMS Bombard*
(after the great Siege Cannons of old ~_^ )
Drach: "Working their way down the alphabet..."
I was always glad that the war didn't last any longer than it did because after the Town, Country, and Tribal classes, then working industriously on the alphabet I figured they would end up with the Logogram class and then we would see things like HMS Ampersand!
Weirdly enough, the & was sometimes considered as a 27th letter, though that seems mainly to have let the alphabet be displayed as 3 rows of 9 letters.
HMS Hyphen, HMS Apostrophe. HMS Windows Symbol.
Weirdly enough, a class of ships named HMS *Ampersand* , *Apostrophe* , *Bracket* , *Comma* , *Degree* , *Hyphen* , *Interrabang* , *Percent* , *Quotation* , *Slash* , *Squiggle* , *Star* & *Thorn* ... don't sound bad at all ^_^ .
These days we'd have an emoticon class. HMS :-), HMS >:-), etc.
@@RCAvhstape Don't give 'em ideas -_-
HMS "do you want some?", "What are you looking at?" and "did you spill my pint?"
Are you looking at me? Are you looking at me? Cause if you're looking at me. . . .
Those ships would definitely be built in either Scottish or Irish shipyards.
I dunno, I reckon the yards in East London might be in for it (assuming they have finished HMS "come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough"
HMS Millwall
HMS "do you feel lucky?"
This class has to be the one with the most badass names of all warship classes ever. "battleaxe", "broadsword", "scorpion" and "carronade", come on...
Well "Scorpion" was originally to be "Centaur", then "Tomahawk" before being renamed as "Scorpion" allegedly at the request of Admiral of the Fleet Lord Cunningham, after his WWI command. It would have taken a particularly brave (or foolhardy?) ship naming committee to ignore such a "request"
@@iansadler4309 There is a weapon called a Scorpion
No, the Flower class definitely had the most badass names.
@@TomLuTon Yes I know that
Battleaxe being compared to naming ship after mother-in-law in Red Storm Rising always made me chuckle (it was cold war era ship of that name)
Admiral: We need all possible weapons!
Chief of Staff: ALL FOUR, SIR?
HMS Board with a nail in it
USS Club.
HMS Sarcasm
HMS (whithering) Condescension...
Royal Navy: Let’s name this ship HMS Weapon, before the Americans get ideas and name a ship of their own like that.
US Navy: I quite like that name. USS Weapon it is!
Someone else in the US Navy: Think we can squeeze a few more guns on her?
@@alexsis1778 Give every crewman a BAR.
A man walks into a Bar.
He says "ouch" because it's an Iron Bar.
Calibre Class. USS 357, USS 44, USS 45-70, USS 38 Special, USS 380, USS 45 Colt....
@@leftcoaster67 *HMS 15"/42*
Crossbow was the Harbour Training Ship for mechanics ( at HMS SULTAN ) berthed in Haslar Creek, Gosport. Until 71/72. Replaced by Diamond. We all used to play about on the Bofors at lunchtimes. Happy Days.
Love some Drachinifel on a Saturday morning.
Personally I think this class had some very good names.
Master Chief, defend this island.
Yes sir. I need a Weapon
Master chief is the weapon. I have lost count on the multiple of times I have cleared the island
Handsome little ships.
I was just recommended a video from Battleship New Jersey channel on "circumcising" the 16" barrels. I left a 👍 as my curiosity peaked when hearing about this in a previous video and I left satisfied with the information divulged.
I don't care for the Battleship New Jersey channel. He has information that isn't correct and seems like he is confused at times.
Paging Admiral Molle, paging Admiral Molle.
Your channel is impressive to me. I don’t know a lot. But I have been reading extensively for a long time re military history with an emphasis on naval warfare. I claim no special knowledge. But it seems to me that you get as close to truth as we could expect. Well done. Carry on.
I am developing a bit of an affection for smaller warships lately. All the way back to age of sail, they show tremendous variety, but there is no denying that the plethora of destroyers that the first hundred years of iron and steel hulls produced is basically unmatched in terms of diversity.
So the ship "named after mother-in-laws" in Red Storm Rising had a ww2 version. Thanks for the info, Drach.
Yeah. Leave it to the British to come up with Cool Ship Names. _HMS Battleaxe_ at your service, Sir!
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These are good looking ships and they have really cool names. As an American I'm jealous of Royal Navy naming conventions-though I suppose as a New Jerseyite I shouldn't complain!
The change in destroyer designs and tactics really evolved quickly after WW2! Yet many of the bigger designs in the Royal Navy and US Navy built during the war actually continued in service longer then the ships that were supposed to replace them. Just goes to show you that sometimes the original ideas are the best ideas.
@CipiRipi00 I agree and where did this quote come from? "We did not fail, we just found a path we should not follow."
BTW_Look up the USS Vesuvius for an example of a path less traveled.
@CipiRipi00 Okay, I remember that quote from Edison. Reminds me of Phil Harding on Time Team telling Tony "yes we found nothing but now we know that nothing is here which we didn't know before".
An absolute weapon of a ship class, indeed.
Thank you, Drachinifel.
Amazing research as always, sharing with us the thinking of the time as well as the slip capacities that guided ship development.
In their original layout, they were quite fetching little ships. Thank you Drach.
I'm imagining the HMS Katana with a bunch of anime stickers on the transom.
The IJN covered that angle already, with IJN Most Honourable Combat.
Reference: this Drachinifel 5 Minute Guide: ua-cam.com/video/O50ebGo2Y48/v-deo.html
Looks to me like SPS-43 air acquisition radar antennae at 6:16.
Although I'm sure the Brits had their own so-called "Bed Screen" configurations.
Cousins of the lesser known Bandage-class
HMS MEDIC ⛑️
HMS Tornequet
HMS Bandaid
HMS Eyepatch
@@liberalsockpuppet4772 On the latter; having a Parrot & saying "Arr" all the time would be expected of all hands aboard ^_^ .
Hospital ships
Awesome 👌 channel 👏
Googling "HMS Dagger" - be a cool name for a destroyer
Looks like the product of a union between a black swan and a fleet destroyer
Good looking little ship
Broadsword to Danny Boy, Broadsword to Danny Boy, Has my wife kicked the booze yet? Urgent, over.
Fascinating stuff!
Awesome thanks 👍
Missed opportunity to have a HMS Stabby Thing or HMS Beer Bottle!
*HMS Glasgow Kiss*
I could see HMS Javelin as a weapon class destroyer
As it is British I assume we are talking about using surface to air missiles rather than having it for anti tank use.
It would certainly fit with a Battleaxe and a Broadsword.
If only we'd got *HMS Shotput* too ^_^
No. HMS Javelin was the type ship of the J/K/N classes and was still in service. A little more surprising (and potentially confusing) was the use of Howitzer, Mortar, Flintlock, Matchlock and Catapult in 1943 for coastal armament carriers.
@@iansadler4309, she could have sunk when she took the damage that required her to be towed back to the UK
great video
Fabulous.
HMS Battleaxe
Me: You named a ship after my mother-in-law?
Was hoping that one day you could tell us about the 327' Secretary Class Cutters of the USCG built just prior to WW2. What was their roll during and after the war and, why was their service life so long?
You may want to repost this under the pinned post for Q&A, to guarantee that Drachinfel will pick it up.
I keep asking , but Drach keeps ignoring us . Im guessing if your not a patreon member you can ask but your not going to get anywhere . You know how it works money talks .
@@garyjordan3914 Drach has a list of to do videos that should cover enough content for him to make in the next 3 years. He has to prioritize somehow.
Those are the treasury class you're talking about, secretary class is a post war design, 378' long.
I'd also love to hear shout out for the USCG Eagle. As for their long service? That's easy. Budgets. Coast Guard is at the bottom of the barrel. Just look at their ice breaker replacement program.
My late grandfather was on battleaxe when she rammed Ursa. My uncle was on a later version of battleaxe a few decades later
Squid Anti-Submarine Mortar, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid_(weapon) Geoff Who notes it replaced hedgehog.
Love your description..."Destroyers of the british Navy" can be read both ways. That boat could be my superyacht..nah like pilot cutters better.
Really missed out on a chance at HMS Blunt Object there.
HMS Knobby Stick or maybe HMS Pokey thingie ?
HMS Slightly Bent Piece Of Rusty Rebar
HMS Harsh Language, if made in today's world.
*HMS Cosh*
A bit late for the April 1st upload...missed opportunities.
Up there with HMAS ThrownRock
Never forget HMAS Harsh Language.
HMS Smashmouth.
*HMAS Boomerang*
(the politicians particularly hate that ship XD)
@@jimtaylor294 It's crew loves it - it always come back
And never forget the HMS Refined Spicy Rock Powered By Fire...
I find myself particularly disappointed that HMS Cutlass was cancelled.
HMS Catapult, HMS Cataphract, HMS Ballista
I would like to suggest that you cover some 2nd World War Pacific engagements between the English and the Japanese navies. After the sinking of the two English battleships off Singapore, did these navies ever meet again in significant force? Love the channel ✋🏻
There wer several major engagements in the eastern Indian Ocean. As far as I know, that was an exclusively British area and the Americans never ventured there after the ABDA era.
No, we left it up to the Texas Navy!!!!!!
Amazing they didn't get more speed out of 40,000 shp in a 2,000 Ton ship.
Well, I guess it couldn't be too long, and had to be wide enough to be seaworthy.
Thanks for this interesting channel. Would appreciate if you could dig up something on these three norwegian destroyers during ww2. "Stord", "Svenner" and "Eskdale". I know that the norwegian Captain on Eskdale later became Captain on "Stord". Stord was sailing with "Duke of York" when they chased and sank "Sharnhorst". Thanks.
Excellent as always. A suggestion - could we have titles to the pics? Would help knowing what variant we are looking at. Other than that, keep up the good work!
Broadsword calling Danny boy was the only thing I was thinking about after you mentioned Broadsword
Wow, that's a tough name to live up to 😄
HMS Execution would be a cool name
Aye, or Executor ^_^
(once the RN has an outer space division, that is)
HMS Pointy Stick
HMS Point-ed Stick
HMS Thrown Rock
@@blueblahaj HMS Fresh Fruit
@@MsTokyoBlue HMS Sixteen Ton Weight
@@liberalsockpuppet4772 HMS Shrubbery, and the more advanced variant, HMS Herring
It seems that all the antennas on these warships needs a bit more comment. These ships appear to have a bigger role in fleet ops than just their guns and speed.
@Drachnifel When are you going to review a (or more) Coastal Fleet (torpedo boat, gunboat, PT-boat, submarine chaser, etc.) warship in your channel?
Been begging for 3 years. He has done one video on those operations. But we have not done a whole class by class.
I asdked for that as well. Maybe they don't have big enough guns to be interesting to him lol. Even if he just did a run ration vid comparing the things of each combatant in WW II it would be something. But I'm not going to hold my breath while I wait tbh.
With several years worth of content planned out, who knows when you get it
I wonder what would happen if you were able to send him your research collated from the original sources?
@@zednotzee7 it's more they're only 52 weeks in a year. You can only cover so many topics. The fast attack stuff will come.
She’s got a sexy bow , I like her lines .. I’m surprised I’ve never seen that class before
review for IJN Yubari please :P
Nice looking class of ships, just bad timing for them coming out of the yards at wars end.
Could we have a video on HMS Codrington?
An interesting design. Too bad their in service histories are so short, they could have proven incredibly useful little ships.
The issue seems to have been with the power plant, not quite enough engine (and maybe electricity generating capability) to be worth keeping them around. Also being a mini-fleet of just 4 (or 3 after the collision) probably didn't help. EDIT: It's worth noting that some of the C-class ('43) destroyers were kept around into the late 60s/early 70s after modernising as were other WW2 destroyers as part of the Type 15 frigate program.
Not really. They were made as emergency ships built intentionally small and cheap to get more hulls in the water. By default, they were less useful, with less everything including room for upgrade. Seems the main reason they were "kept" was they were not service-worn like most other destroyers of the Royal Navy in 1945. Proved mostly a waste of money as they never could do anything better than anything else, even older ships, because they just lacked the room and power.
Perhaps; HMS boaty macboatface. And after a week ashore; HMS hitty machitface.
It seems the oversight of the century that there wasn’t an HMS Interrobang!
👍👍
these are like the equivalent of the Fletcher for the brits isn't it
4" vs 4.5" Was that to save weight? Seem like it would complicate munitions logistics.
Probably yes, 4 inch was better at AA work too which was what these ships were aimed at (along with ASW)
Back in the days when the RN struggled to find enough different names.
For fun, I came up with the names for a notional X&Y class - HMS Xenophon (Greek general - commanded the 10,000 and wrote the Anabasis), HMS Xerxes (Persian emperor), HMS Ygraine (Duchess of Cornwall and mother of Arthur), HMS Yseult (Tragic Irish prIncess of the medieval tale Tristan and Yseult), HMCS Yukon (Canadian province and river). HMCS Yellowknife (Canadian City), HMS Yeoman (Iconic English soldier of the Middle Ages and the "Beefeaters" (Yeoman Warders of the Guard)) and Yearling (young horse). I'd have like to have replaced the last with the iconic British battle of the Great War - Ypres - but she was a member of the Battle class. Another possibility is HMS Youthful
And despite this, the Brits still managed to consistently have the best ship names of any nation (I'd give second to Japan, especially their destroyers).
@@BleedingUranium HIJMS Kamikaze....
I have a dock yard question. Have you read I-Boat Captain. What did you think of it. How accurate is it. I enjoyed it a lot myself.
What's the hull thickness?
I'm guessing about 3/8" max.
Love that classical tune at the beginning of your excellent videos. What is the name and by whom?
My suggestion. Do you have anything on HMS Newfoundland ?
Newly uncovered documents from the Kreigsmarine have stated they considered naming the Bismarck the "Auf Weidersehen"
Is there going to be a celebration for the 300th episode? I mean it is quite a mile stone.
HMS Dakka. HMS Shoota. HMS Burna. HMS Choppa. HMS Launcha. So much potential :D
40k Orc Ships
@@martinpollak7039 Battle Barges?
Almost as cool of a name as Warspite.
Close, but no cigar!
NOTHING touches HMS Warspite, SIR!
@@dougerrohmer HMS Revenge
@@colbeausabre8842 HMS Revenge? Pfffft.
Hope to see Rn andrea doria soon
How do you ‘total’ a 7000’ton cruiser?
Up next: kittchen apliances class?
How about the French submarine Sourcuf.
Interesting
"War was declared."
I have it on good authority that it's "were declared". 😁
2:52 is this photo a pencil drawing or real?
Real.
If you zoom in far enough, there's a sailor holding a pencil in the photo.
HMS Curacoa
i wonder what they are were named?
Here, lazy Battleaxe G18/D118 Yarrow and Company, Scotstoun 22 April 1944 12 June 1945 23 October 1947 Broken up, 1964
Broadsword G31/D31 20 July 1944 5 February 1946 4 October 1948 Broken up, 1968
Cutlass G74 28 September 1944 20 March 1946 not completed Cancelled 23 December 1945, broken up at Troon, 1946
Dagger G23 7 March 1945 not launched Cancelled 23 December 1945, scrapped on slip
Crossbow G96/D96 John I. Thornycroft and Company, Woolston 26 August 1944 20 December 1945 4 March 1948 Broken up, 1972
Culverin G28 27 April 1944 March 1946 not completed Broken up at Grays, 1946
Howitzer G44 26 February 1945 not launched Cancelled 15 October 1945, scrapped on slip
Longbow G55 11 April 1945
Scorpion (ex-Tomahawk, ex-Centaur) G64/D64 J. Samuel White, Cowes 16 December 1944 15 August 1946 17 September 1947 Broken up, 1971
Sword (ex-Celt) G85 17 September 1945 not launched not completed Cancelled 15 October 1945, scrapped on slip
Musket G78 not laid down Cancelled 15 October 1945
Lance (ex-Rapier) none allocated
Carronade G82 Scotts Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Greenock 26 April 1944 4 April 1946 Cancelled 23 December 1945, broken up at Troon, 1946
Claymore G34 not laid down not launched Cancelled 15 October 1945, scrapped on slip
Dirk G02 Cancelled 15 October 1945
Grenade G53 Cancelled 22 November 1944
Halberd G99
Poniard G06
Rifle G21 William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton 30 June 1944 Cancelled 27 December 1945, scrapped on slip
Spear G30 29 September 1944
Cursed names for royal navy destroyers, go:
HMS Grenade
HMS Budget Cut
HMS Stabby-Stabby
HMS Quim
HMS Can't We All Just Get Along
HMS Boomstick
USS Designed by Politicians.
@@rogersmith7396 *USS Congress*
Hardly ever moves, and when she does it's either backwards or a short jerk forwards.
@@jimtaylor294 I've got to think the Zumwalts were designed by Congress. Has no purpose, cost billions, defective construction, withdrawn from service after two years. And theres the Osprey, forced on the Marines over their objections, a death trap. Crashes every other time it goes up. I think some were killed a couple of weeks ago. I think its built in Chuck Schumers district.
Danny Boy waiting for your call.
Habitation comes last.
It almost seems a waster of money when a ship has no real service life and is then updated, put into reserve and subsequently scraped.
Should have just donated the entire class brand new to Australia or new Zealand and built new hulls
Too short ranged for the Pacific
@COL BEAUSABRE
5000 nautical miles at 20kts
Fletchers only did 5500
The Australians built their own Daring class destroyers. They were a successor to the larger battle class.
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy... Broadsword calling Danny Boy, over" I wonder if they got the code name for Richard Burton's character Major Smith in the movie "Where Eagles Dare" from the ship of the same name???!!! To me personally, it would have been a better name for a carrier though... with its wide flat broad sword-like deck. Maybe England will build a new carrier and name it that. Probably not... chance lost.
Joking aside, and this could have gone on the US ship-building thread too, it must take a certain level of bravery to cancel ships before surrender. I mean you know you've got them beat, but do they know that...
Aside from that, for ships close to completion, it would seem to make sense to finish them even after the war, if only to cushion the wave of unemployment that happened after a total war as the armed forces are demobilized and war production winds down.
HMS Pepperbox
HMS Devastatingly Viscous Comment?
HMS HATE-SPEECH and her sister, ILL-JUDGED RE-TWEET.
USS VULCAN AR- 5