Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

12-inch Guns

Also searchable as 305 mm Guns, Twelve Inch Guns.

Related time notes

  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    49:41Why gun calibre alone cannot rank naval weaponsQ&A
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    54:41Testing the Jeune École against guns and destroyer screensNotable Point
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    53:23Could 18-inch battleships leave room for 12-inch cruisers?Notable Point
  4. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    9:55Why Alaska is a large cruiserNotable Point
  5. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    16:34Armament suited to a large carrier escortNotable Point
  6. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    18:54The cost of a bespoke large cruiserChapter
  7. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:56:09Gun limits for a standardised Scharnhorst hullQ&A
  8. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    43:46Would larger ASW rounds improve reliability or depth performance?Q&A
  9. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:08:45Lord Nelson's semi-dreadnought design studiesQ&A
  10. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    12:40A capable Connecticut still needs a screenNotable Point
  11. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:08:20Fifteen 9.2-inch guns versus six 12-inch gunsQ&A
  12. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    9:44Dreadnought's all-big-gun label still allows small gunsNotable Point
  13. Ironclads go Two Decker....
    52:25A different Dreadnought benchmark could push guns to 14 inchesNotable Point
  14. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    34:35Cruiser guns approach the practical limits of autoloadingNotable Point
  15. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    40:57Automatic six-inch cruisers screen fleets and hunt raidersNotable Point
  16. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    43:13Missile equipment could favour cruisers with smaller main gunsNotable Point
  17. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    7:53Why twelve-inch muzzle-loaders needed such large turretsNotable Point
  18. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    56:32Why loading speed did not determine the combat rate of fireNotable Point
  19. Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun
    24:03Why ten-inch naval guns miss the useful calibre stepsQ&A
  20. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    1:06:30Dogger Bank with more British battlecruisersNotable Point
  21. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    19:08Lion's broadside and the cruiser-hunting tradeoffNotable Point
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    7:58:26Where to look for early quadruple 12-inch gun proposalsQ&A
  23. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:14:18The Alaska class followed a heavy-cruiser gun pathQ&A
  24. Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships
    17:45Why large muzzle-loading guns persistedChapter
  25. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 6 Mikasa first look & hunt for Irn Bru
    1:30Mikasa beside the modern naval presence at YokosukaNotable Point
  26. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    35:42Which German warships were the real prizesChapter
  27. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    3:04:57Designing for Chinese cruisers and local maintenanceNotable Point
  28. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    8:29Dread Lantern and a more radical HMS DreadnoughtChapter
  29. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    11:41A fifteen-gun Dreadnought with centreline triple turretsNotable Point
  30. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    13:41The triple-turret St Vincent alternativeChapter
  31. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    18:00Kilkis and Lemnos arm Crete's coastChapter
  32. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    1:07:51Large railguns, deep VLS, and distributed lethalityChapter
  33. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    39:01Why a Washington-style treaty cannot work in 1909Chapter
  34. What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?
    1:54:33Would the gun choice make replacement cranes cheaper?Q&A
  35. What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?
    2:53:36Why battlecruisers carry the guns of their battleship generationNotable Point
  36. What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?
    3:11:01Why not simply keep the 12-inch gun?Q&A
  37. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    48:48Redoutable trades gun numbers for heavier weapons and armourNotable Point
  38. Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates
    0:14Why fourth rates struggled in the middle groundChapter
  39. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    2:48:43Designing a viable España-sized small dreadnoughtChapter
  40. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    3:01:11Testing a small dreadnought for long-range fireNotable Point
  41. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    14:26Why 10-inch guns sit awkwardly between cruiser and capital-ship rolesQ&A
  42. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    36:35Why 12-inch guns usually displaced 11-inch weaponsQ&A
  43. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 2
    2:01:33When technology and torpedo boats fail in battleNotable Point
  44. How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier
    1:13:23Peace settlement and dreadnought consequencesChapter
  45. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:37:08British and American battleship caliber stepsNotable Point
  46. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    3:08:25Refitting an obsolete battleship under weight constraintsChapter
  47. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    27:20Who can still make a 12-inch naval gun?Q&A
  48. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    32:18Could a 12-inch flak gun work?Q&A
  49. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:29:11Is an extra half-inch of gun calibre worthwhile?Q&A
  50. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:38:39An Alaska-inspired cruiser meets the game's hull limitsChapter
  51. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    37:32Small-gun treaty battleships face a fatal mismatchChapter
  52. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    46:00Design 12L hints at a fast battleship fallbackNotable Point
  53. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    2:40:47Why the ten-inch gun is an awkward cruiser weaponQ&A
  54. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    1:21:19The tradeoffs in 12,500- and 15,000-ton treaty cruisersQ&A
  55. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    2:18:46How might HMS Tiger have been modernized for reserve service?Notable Point
  56. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:32:57A cruiser with fifteen 10-inch gunsQ&A
  57. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:37:01A four-turret Alaska as a cruiser upper limitQ&A
  58. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:10:17A 12-inch/50 path carries longer guns into later British calibresQ&A
  59. The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri
    2:42Reconstructing Dante Alighieri's designChapter
  60. Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response
    14:04A hybrid gun-and-missile Stalingrad counterfactualNotable Point
  61. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    1:11:05A 12-inch Lexington would have a short useful lifeQ&A
  62. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    2:44:26Fourteen 12-inch guns would push a British design to a longer hullQ&A
  63. HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response
    18:10Gun availability made a 10-inch Dreadnought impracticalNotable Point
  64. HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response
    1:58Why HMS Dreadnought used ready twelve-inch gunsQ&A
  65. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    8:10Cuniberti develops the all-big-gun battleshipChapter
  66. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    12:10Dante Alighieri versus HMS DreadnoughtChapter
  67. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    19:38Italy's place in the qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
  68. Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    5:16An early battleship exposes stability and armament tradeoffsChapter
  69. Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 8
    50:50The ten-inch-gun compromise after AsahiNotable Point
  70. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    6:311890 technology constrains the first battleshipsChapter
  71. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    1:35:09New construction follows a proven refit designNotable Point
  72. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    1:27:54Retiring old battleships as the fleet's standards riseNotable Point
  73. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:53:59Soviet battleship and battlecruiser ambitionsChapter
  74. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    50:53An accelerated Alaska class could reach the Guadalcanal campaignNotable Point
  75. HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5
    5:01An insurance policy against Dreadnought riskNotable Point
  76. HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5
    17:43Procurement cover for Dreadnought's new gunsChapter
  77. HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5
    52:28If long-range fire control had failedNotable Point
  78. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    8:21Formidable’s twelve-round gunnery trialNotable Point
  79. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    14:19Protection, machinery, and endurance in the Formidable designChapter
  80. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    2:32:37How long 12-inch dreadnoughts might last without World War IQ&A
  81. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    1:38Ten 14-inch guns and an Adriatic battle-fleet fistNotable Point
  82. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    3:28:05What modern design tools might have meant for FisherQ&A
  83. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    35:06The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
  84. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    40:17Why Germany moved from 11-inch to 12-inch gunsQ&A
  85. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    40:12Larger guns and the limits of German naval lawsNotable Point
  86. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    1:17:46Borodino class as a German strategic problemNotable Point
  87. American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas
    42:11The real USS North Dakota versus the simulationNotable Point
  88. Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda
    29:00Radetzky class: powerful guns, limited elevationNotable Point
  89. Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda
    47:43Tegetthoff class: a leap to triple-turret dreadnoughtsChapter
  90. Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 7
    17:27Stalingrad's layered weapons and electronic suiteNotable Point
  91. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    15:07Calibrating a game dreadnought against South Carolina and DelawareNotable Point
  92. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    26:01Orion’s 13.5-inch guns reopened the calibre raceNotable Point
  93. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:41:42German torpedoes offset, but could not erase, gun disparityNotable Point
  94. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:24:51Building the Alaska class around speed and twelve-inch gunsChapter
  95. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:34:24Alaska-class firepower against an outnumbered raiderNotable Point
  96. The full quick gun calibre guide (10-18in) to Dreadnought style ships
    0:00HMS Dreadnought's 12-inch starting pointNotable Point
  97. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    1:42:02Why Dreadnought's 12-inch battery is surprisingNotable Point
  98. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    2:00:24Why ten-inch cruisers are not a close match for a 12-inch broadsideNotable Point
  99. HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 3
    16:06How quickly the Royal Sovereigns eclipsed BenbowChapter
  100. HMS Dreadnought: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 1
    3:00An all-big-gun ship built for salvo fireChapter
  101. HMS Dreadnought: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 1
    14:10Main guns, anti-destroyer weapons, and torpedo tubesChapter
  102. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    37:48Checking the Austrian design against the Radetzky classNotable Point
  103. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    12:15Early reliable shells could break off the battlecruiser actionChapter
  104. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    24:19Dreyer turns post-Jutland criticism into new shell standardsChapter
  105. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    54:21Which British ships get the new shells first?Notable Point
  106. Ruse de guerre
    17:19Wooden guns mask converted Japanese battleshipsChapter
  107. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    11:49The Florida class illustrates the scouting-force paradoxNotable Point
  108. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    23:18Graf Spee and the calibre ceilingNotable Point
  109. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    40:25Why Dreadnought's revolution stopped shortNotable Point
  110. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    39:32The Virginia class's turret-on-turret arrangementQ&A
  111. Some Sunday Naval Books
    29:54The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
  112. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    32:00Why larger-calibre guns rapidly lengthen a battleship layoutNotable Point
  113. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    15:45Lord Clive class and the logic of monitor accuracyNotable Point
  114. Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov
    2:48:39Could old battleship turrets arm new cruisers?Q&A
  115. 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol
    22:56German 12-inch guns provoke a British 14-inch answerChapter
  116. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    31:34Why Kawachi's twelve 12-inch guns were not uniformNotable Point
  117. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    47:16The Courbet class and France's slow dreadnought transitionNotable Point
  118. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    50:03Conte di Cavour and the Mediterranean production raceNotable Point
  119. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    25:16Why Kawachi and Settsu mixed 12-inch gun lengthsQ&A
  120. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures
    2:31Minas Geraes: armour and turret layoutNotable Point
  121. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships
    1:02Charlemagne's heavy but awkward designNotable Point
  122. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships
    8:20Oden's guns and the torpedo-boat problemNotable Point
  123. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:27:10Battlecruisers as a logical continuation, not a crackpot schemeQ&A
  124. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    6:09Derfflinger's uncertain return on investmentNotable Point
  125. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    17:20Andrea Doria and a navy built for its watersNotable Point
  126. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    22:23German gun calibre follows rather than drivesNotable Point
  127. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    0:24Why the Courbet class already looked behind the raceChapter
  128. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    4:51Wyoming combines a twelve-gun broadside with conservative designChapter
  129. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    8:39Conte di Cavour stakes an Italian claim in the MediterraneanChapter
  130. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    13:26Tegetthoff tailors triple turrets to the AdriaticChapter
  131. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    14:40Italy, Britain, and America pursue different innovation pathsNotable Point
  132. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    21:03Rivadavia pairs long range with a compromised gun layoutChapter
  133. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    2:54Kaiser-class armor, range, and Germany's responseChapter
  134. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    7:50Why Britain chose 13.5-inch guns for OrionNotable Point
  135. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    19:00The logistics of leaving the 12-inch gun standardNotable Point
  136. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    1:29The Danton class reveals France's dreadnought delayChapter
  137. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    6:09Helgoland repeats Nassau's costly turret geometryChapter
  138. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    17:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
  139. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    1:01Could the dreadnought revolution have waited until after 1945?Q&A
  140. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    9:58Dreadnought reset the type while Britain kept its industrial leadNotable Point
  141. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    19:12North Dakota brings turbine power to the American battle lineChapter
  142. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    22:51Minas Geraes brings British shipbuilding into Brazil's naval expansionChapter
  143. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    24:45Turret count does not determine broadside powerNotable Point
  144. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 1905
    4:59Why Dreadnought balanced on twelve-inch gunsNotable Point
  145. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    4:23:58Would a 25,000-ton, 12-inch limit produce cruiser killers?Q&A
  146. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    28:01Sanda and the drifters pay for a convincing feintNotable Point
  147. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    1:32Lord Clive-class design and armamentChapter
  148. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    12:56Lord Clive's BL 18-inch Mark I gun and retained 12-inch turretNotable Point
  149. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    23:04HMS General Craufurd carries heavy gun barrels to DunkirkChapter
  150. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction
    20:14HMS Hibernia shows the institutional cost of aviation trialsNotable Point
  151. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    6:10Alaska frames the scale of Britain's paper-cruiser studiesChapter
  152. Four Random Books 8: Churchill
    9:50Spee aborts the Port Stanley attackNotable Point