Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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13.5-inch Guns

Also searchable as 13.5-inch Gun, Thirteen Point Five Inch Guns.

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  1. What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?
    46:34Could extra time help the longer 15-inch gun?Notable Point
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:14:16Three guns in a British 15-inch twin turretQ&A
  3. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    0:37Tiger's beam leaves room to consider larger barbettesChapter
  4. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    0:23Why the Dominion battlecruisers looked second-classChapter
  5. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    2:54Pacific threat logic and the cost objectionNotable Point
  6. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    11:28Two Dominion Lions would make a four-ship squadronNotable Point
  7. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    14:47The crew and infrastructure bill for a Dominion LionNotable Point
  8. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    18:3613.5-inch guns as a status purchase and an industrial commitmentNotable Point
  9. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    20:27How a commerce-protection label narrowed the ship choiceNotable Point
  10. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    28:24Why the older design did not deliver soonerNotable Point
  11. Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...
    1:10:45Why Dogger Bank is the counterfactual's firmest battleChapter
  12. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    34:06Six newer guns at Oscarsborg could have changed an attacker's calculationsNotable Point
  13. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    1:49Why the Royal Navy fielded so many gun calibresQ&A
  14. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    38:51Why half an inch could fail to justify a new gun industryNotable Point
  15. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    43:31Why the Orion class kept the 13.5-inch gunNotable Point
  16. Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun
    35:54Shell defects and shared technology in the naval arms raceNotable Point
  17. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:20:40Would an earlier German 9.4-inch policy change British gun choices?Q&A
  18. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    1:00:58Two meanings of 'battlecruiser' in this scenarioNotable Point
  19. 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
  20. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    19:08Lion's broadside and the cruiser-hunting tradeoffNotable Point
  21. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:38:36Heavy guns and director fire control at Dogger BankNotable Point
  22. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    2:17:31Why speed alone could not confer capital-ship prestigeNotable Point
  23. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    2:32:19Gun length versus barrel lifeQ&A
  24. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:42:37Why HMS Tiger was retained over the Lion-class battlecruisersQ&A
  25. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    21:13Tiger and Renown expose the price of speedNotable Point
  26. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    27:25Why Queen Elizabeth traded two guns for speedChapter
  27. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)
    8:10How heavier guns reshape a 7,000-ton designQ&A
  28. Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...
    35:17How Dreadnought design choices shaped the naval raceNotable Point
  29. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    4:11HMS Dreadnought was a deliberately conservative leapNotable Point
  30. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:58:37Why the Royal Navy stopped with the Indefatigable classNotable Point
  31. HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition
    22:40Could battlecruisers have served as technology testbeds?Notable Point
  32. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:45:53A 13.5-inch route to DreadnoughtNotable Point
  33. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:46How a 14-inch Dreadnought changes the naval benchmarkNotable Point
  34. 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
  35. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    58:07Roosevelt, Tillman, and Britain could support the cap for different reasonsChapter
  36. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    23:24HMS Conqueror marks Laughton's value to the wartime NavyNotable Point
  37. The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 9
    37:43Tiger's protection, armament, and fighting loadChapter
  38. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    3:35:58What a prewar naval research blank cheque could changeNotable Point
  39. What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!
    1:09:17German armour drives British gun developmentChapter
  40. Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?
    47:43Lion and Troubridge turn pursuit into a trapChapter
  41. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    3:04:55How early triple turrets could transform OrionQ&A
  42. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:43:33Foreign defensive buffers around exposed imperial basesNotable Point
  43. 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
  44. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    1:08:26Eight Queen Elizabeths would strengthen British treaty leverageQ&A
  45. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    2:05:52Trading older 13.5-inch battleships for new treaty constructionQ&A
  46. 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
  47. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:18:14Could a triple-turret Tiger survive into World War II?Q&A
  48. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:10:17A 12-inch/50 path carries longer guns into later British calibresQ&A
  49. Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out
    2:40:48Alternative hull lines for British 13.5-inch-gunned shipsQ&A
  50. HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response
    5:00Using viable alternatives to judge DreadnoughtNotable Point
  51. SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 9
    43:16Dogger Bank and the magazine fire that changed German practiceChapter
  52. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    39:49Why Washington wanted Britain's older capital ships goneNotable Point
  53. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    10:5113.5-inch guns and the return to battle-line firepowerChapter
  54. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    14:36Why Britain chose the 13.5-inch stepChapter
  55. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    17:14Gun calibre, logistics and turret weightNotable Point
  56. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    39:23Jutland gunnery and ammunition uncertaintyChapter
  57. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    0:01The 13.5-inch ships as the Grand Fleet's backboneChapter
  58. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    10:37Why the Orion class did not keep the 'super-dreadnought' labelNotable Point
  59. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    13:48A scaled-up Orion: machinery, range, armament, and armourChapter
  60. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    17:04How launch tempo killed the 'super-dreadnought' labelNotable Point
  61. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    23:40Battlecruisers as a fast pursuit forceNotable Point
  62. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    1:24:03A destroyer screen creates an opening against capital shipsChapter
  63. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    3:33:15Refitting or retiring an ageing battlecruiser fleetChapter
  64. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    35:06The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
  65. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    40:12Larger guns and the limits of German naval lawsNotable Point
  66. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    50:56Lion class and the German speed challengeChapter
  67. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    2:16:06Dominion capital-ship transfers were possible, not plannedQ&A
  68. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    0:49Designing a 13.5-inch-gun dreadnoughtChapter
  69. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    32:42An all-centreline 13.5-inch dreadnought experimentChapter
  70. Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 2
    8:45The 13.5-inch alternative to Dreadnought's gunsNotable Point
  71. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    26:01Orion’s 13.5-inch guns reopened the calibre raceNotable Point
  72. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:41:42German torpedoes offset, but could not erase, gun disparityNotable Point
  73. The full quick gun calibre guide (10-18in) to Dreadnought style ships
    0:33Orion's 13.5-inch guns and the half-inch step to 14 inchesNotable Point
  74. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    20:55The Royal Navy’s recurring 13.5-inch preferenceNotable Point
  75. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    28:34Inside Repulse’s aft 13.5-inch barbetteNotable Point
  76. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    7:37Designing a 13.5-inch-gun HMS DreadnoughtNotable Point
  77. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    12:48Would Fisher pursue triple, superfiring 13.5-inch guns?Q&A
  78. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    14:35Dreadnought hull balance, roll and persistent pitchNotable Point
  79. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    25:37Orion's armour as a check on the Dreadnought game designNotable Point
  80. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    23:11The Admiral class as a development familyChapter
  81. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    43:08Trafalgar class and the cost of low freeboardChapter
  82. 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
  83. HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 3
    16:06How quickly the Royal Sovereigns eclipsed BenbowChapter
  84. 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
  85. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    36:26The Orion programme offered a peacetime route to better testsNotable Point
  86. 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
  87. Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI
    3:27A seemingly stable arms race with disruptive technologies beneath itChapter
  88. Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you
    32:08Five twin turrets limit the loss from one hitNotable Point
  89. Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you
    33:59Triple turrets against the Iron Duke weight benchmarkNotable Point
  90. Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you
    39:48Standardized twin turrets simplify Royal Navy supportChapter
  91. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)
    22:32Why the first British super-dreadnoughts used 13.5-inch gunsQ&A
  92. Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    32:23How the simulation approximates a 13.5-inch gunQ&A
  93. If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion
    1:06:02Gun calibre sets a floor beneath treaty tonnageNotable Point
  94. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:20Tiger as a battlecruiser hunterNotable Point
  95. Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    8:13Modelling 13.5-inch guns in a 14-inch game systemNotable Point
  96. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    0:51Trading older capital ships for new constructionChapter
  97. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    35:27Battlecruiser armour cannot answer every heavier gunNotable Point
  98. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    5:52Main-battery layout and three funnelsNotable Point
  99. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    36:03The 13.5-inch gun as a logistical choiceNotable Point
  100. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    38:25Speed lets a battlecruiser choose the rangeNotable Point
  101. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    46:50Fire control and the 13.5-inch gunsChapter
  102. Some Sunday Naval Books
    29:54The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
  103. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)
    0:41Queen Mary as a triple-turret testbedQ&A
  104. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)
    24:41Oil firing and the Queen Mary boiler caseChapter
  105. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    10:37Shell weight and ammunition logisticsNotable Point
  106. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    46:00Could a Vickers 14-inch turret take Royal Navy 13.5-inch guns?Q&A
  107. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    2:13:42Older dreadnoughts could still guard convoysQ&A
  108. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    1:39:57Why Britain scrapped 12-inch dreadnoughts after the warQ&A
  109. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1913
    0:40HMS Tiger and the battlecruiser trade-offChapter
  110. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    1:14Iron Duke as Jellicoe's flagshipChapter
  111. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    13:23Queen Elizabeth raises the calibre stakesChapter
  112. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    22:23German gun calibre follows rather than drivesNotable Point
  113. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1912
    24:10Reading past the two-sided naval-race storyNotable Point
  114. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    0:24Why the Courbet class already looked behind the raceChapter
  115. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    14:40Italy, Britain, and America pursue different innovation pathsNotable Point
  116. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    4:45Orion makes the super-dreadnought leapChapter
  117. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    7:50Why Britain chose 13.5-inch guns for OrionNotable Point
  118. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    9:20Lion turns Orion firepower into battlecruiser speedChapter
  119. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    13:22German armor strength meets British caliber escalationNotable Point
  120. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    14:30British production raises the 1909 dreadnought standardNotable Point
  121. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    19:00The logistics of leaving the 12-inch gun standardNotable Point
  122. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    10:25Blucher's guns keep her outside the battlecruiser categoryNotable Point
  123. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    9:58Dreadnought reset the type while Britain kept its industrial leadNotable Point
  124. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    25:46Why an unrestricted gun race might revive mixed batteriesQ&A
  125. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships
    8:52Royal Sovereign-class firepower and protectionChapter
  126. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    1:51:43HMS Hood's 13.5-inch guns were breech-loadersQ&A