Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Admiral Hipper Class Cruisers

Kriegsmarine heavy cruisers combining eight-inch guns with large hulls and complex high-pressure machinery.

Also searchable as Admiral Hipper Class.

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:53:40German design committees and the Hipper-Baltimore comparisonQ&A
  2. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:05:15Soviet Admiral Hippers before BarbarossaQ&A
  3. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:25:22Why Admiral Hipper wins by defaultQ&A
  4. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:57Why the US Navy would reject captured German cruisersQ&A
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    3:20:39Britain's answer to a much larger interwar German fleetQ&A
  6. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:36:21Choosing the worst treaty heavy cruiserQ&A
  7. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    3:03What Plan Z proposed to build by 1948Chapter
  8. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:14:25Why a 1930s German 210 mm cruiser gun would be a new designQ&A
  9. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    46:32Admiral Hipper's displacement and divided design responsibilityNotable Point
  10. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    1:21:53Why Admiral Hipper and Lützow made an awkward teamNotable Point
  11. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    3:54:03Would 8.3-inch guns have helped Admiral Hipper?Q&A
  12. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    1:34:57Why Admiral Hipper-class cruisers needed such large crewsQ&A
  13. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    3:41:22Would 5-inch AA guns protect Hipper or the M class?Q&A
  14. Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier
    37:03Why Deutschland became LützowNotable Point
  15. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    1:16:10How Germany might answer foreign 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
  16. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    48:30A turretless Hipper could be fast but dangerously fragileQ&A
  17. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    1:09:56A 5.9-inch Hipper would not become a viable light cruiserQ&A
  18. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    27:50Phantom warships in wartime intelligenceQ&A
  19. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    1:18How a British Admiral Hipper-sized cruiser might differQ&A
  20. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    4:06:16The American cruisers that shared the Hipper problemQ&A
  21. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    38:55The Kriegsmarine entered war before its fleet was readyNotable Point
  22. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    32:04Why the Admiral Hipper class used tonnage inefficientlyQ&A
  23. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    41:54Machinery and bow units for a hard-to-handle carrierNotable Point
  24. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    8:54Why finishing Seydlitz would not solve German shortagesQ&A
  25. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    33:00Diesel propulsion for Scharnhorst, Hipper, and BismarckChapter
  26. Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion
    54:07Hipper as the heavy-cruiser step toward a diesel fleetChapter
  27. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    4:18:11Soviet heavy-warship plans and German influenceQ&A
  28. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    57:54Why warships used unequal turret layoutsQ&A
  29. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    25:35Modernized Invincibles could have hunted Hipper-class cruisersNotable Point
  30. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    32:31A 15,500-ton heavy cruiser against German raidersNotable Point
  31. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    2:11:58Why Admiral Hipper-class displacement variedQ&A
  32. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:18:45Hipper maintenance demands and the Atlantic bow refitNotable Point
  33. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    7:36A twelve-gun Hipper would expose the treaty-enforcement problemQ&A
  34. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    48:13The two German warships called LützowQ&A
  35. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:40:19Hipper machinery consumed endurance and maintenance effortQ&A
  36. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:45:04The treaty category created the Hipper requirementQ&A
  37. Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    9:28Why cut-price County cruisers were a false economyChapter
  38. All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    15:10Firepower, survivability, and the commerce-raider roleNotable Point
  39. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    51:35Why the Admiral Hipper class remained heavy cruisersQ&A
  40. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:07:19Why the Admiral Hipper class kept specialized secondary gunsQ&A
  41. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:17:14Why Prinz Eugen's refit added only 42 tons netQ&A
  42. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    1:33:45What were the Admiral Hipper cruisers meant to do?Q&A
  43. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    29:31Why Germany left Admiral Hipper-class hulls incompleteQ&A
  44. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:25:17Where the Admiral Hipper class spent its displacementQ&A
  45. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    2:00:38More Deutschlands instead of Admiral Hipper-class cruisersQ&A
  46. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:40:17County-class versus Hipper-class in a duelQ&A