Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Ark Royal

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  1. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:48:57A British Pacific-first strategy in 1939Q&A
  2. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    1:27:07French control of the western Mediterranean frees Force HNotable Point
  3. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    2:04:11Earlier carrier strikes could change Hood's encounterNotable Point
  4. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    24:35Earlier carrier completion would create maintenance timeNotable Point
  5. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    28:37A rested Ark Royal could join a stronger Atlantic battle groupNotable Point
  6. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    52:49Extra carriers give Ark Royal time for overdue repairsNotable Point
  7. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:13:39A larger carrier force could improve Ark Royal's damage controlNotable Point
  8. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:09:45Separate allowances could support larger fleet carriersNotable Point
  9. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    1:10:54The hypothetical six-carrier British forceChapter
  10. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    10:18The Royal Navy's unrealized 1931 carrier studyChapter
  11. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    12:58How British carrier studies turned missions into compromisesNotable Point
  12. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    13:56The 1931 carrier's larger lifts and flagship accommodationNotable Point
  13. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    17:57An early carrier could have joined scattered British programsNotable Point
  14. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    35:27Design slack makes warships easier to modernizeNotable Point
  15. What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?
    1:18:29Fisher chooses larger battleships and carriersChapter
  16. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:21:41A Royal Navy carrier force at MidwayQ&A
  17. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:41:40Extending Queen Elizabeth-class carriers at midlifeQ&A
  18. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    4:23Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and treaty tonnageChapter
  19. If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?
    2:14:40The 1939 construction pause magnified Britain's carrier shortageNotable Point
  20. Ships of the 1588 Spanish Armada: the Girona & the Nuestra Señora del Rosario
    17:02The disputed chance to attack Ark RoyalNotable Point
  21. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    1:53:54Rodney turns back to hunt BismarckChapter
  22. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    2:03:27Why Ark Royal's air group was ready for BismarckNotable Point
  23. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    2:04:45Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew confidenceNotable Point
  24. Sir Walter Raleigh: Some Good Ideas, Some Good Intentions, Sometimes Good Results…
    5:24Ark Royal, Walsingham, and Raleigh’s Armada absenceNotable Point
  25. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:00An enlarged Ark Royal design with room for about 90 aircraftNotable Point
  26. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    23:52Commanding independent maritime entrepreneursChapter
  27. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    45:39Plymouth, the weather gauge, and opposing battle doctrinesChapter
  28. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    2:40:27How many more British carriers could have been ordered in 1935?Q&A
  29. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    2:16:08Applying fitted-for-but-not-with to British carriersQ&A
  30. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    6:42:04Admiral Henderson's unannounced shipyard inspectionsNotable Point
  31. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    8:06:55Which lost warship would fill the greatest museum gapQ&A
  32. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    26:20An armoured Ark Royal and its ninety-aircraft groupNotable Point
  33. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:48:25Using Ark Royal's strength deck for added protectionNotable Point
  34. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    1:49:30Small carriers as an experience base for fleet aviationNotable Point
  35. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    18:05Why Unicorn was not a remedy for small armored-carrier air groupsNotable Point
  36. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    20:54Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the warNotable Point
  37. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    3:03:20How deck-edge lifts recover carrier hangar spaceNotable Point
  38. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    3:34:38Ark Royal's treaty compromises and an Implacable alternativeQ&A
  39. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    1:17:22What would a first Soviet carrier copy?Q&A
  40. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    2:28:22What would four Queen Elizabeth-class carriers be called?Q&A
  41. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
  42. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    2:17:16Would larger British carriers carry larger air wings?Q&A
  43. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:00:04Larger carriers and the prospect of twin-engine torpedo bombersQ&A
  44. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:25:07A larger Ark Royal can combine air group and protectionQ&A
  45. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:27:02More carriers reshape doctrine and aircraft productionChapter
  46. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    18:12A Soryu-derived German carrier and the British responseQ&A
  47. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:44:39Why Force H would choose a Yorktown-class carrierQ&A
  48. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    2:31Why Ark Royal tells a century of carrier historyChapter
  49. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    8:17The first purpose-built seaplane carrierChapter
  50. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    9:36An Elizabethan name revived after three centuriesNotable Point
  51. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    15:00The Ark Royal name signaled aviation's importanceNotable Point
  52. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    16:18Dardanelles reconnaissance and gunfire spottingChapter
  53. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    18:19A slow seaplane carrier meets wartime riskChapter
  54. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    20:15The first aviation Ark Royal becomes PegasusNotable Point
  55. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    21:12The treaty-era Ark Royal as a strike carrierChapter
  56. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    28:55Why three carriers protect operational availabilityNotable Point
  57. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    29:02Alpha strike versus continuous carrier operationsChapter
  58. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    30:39Speed and workshops for independent carrier operationsNotable Point
  59. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    32:42Treaty limits constrained Ark Royal's ideal designNotable Point
  60. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    34:00Carrier damage control and the loss of Ark RoyalChapter
  61. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    36:02The Audacious-class Ark Royal as a Cold War centerpieceChapter
  62. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    44:49CVA-01 cancellation and the Harrier substituteChapter
  63. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    11:25Unicorn disguises carrier capability as aviation sustainmentChapter
  64. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    34:08Unicorn could have become the first of a support fleetNotable Point
  65. Naval History Writing Competition 2023/2024
    13:29Could an Admiral-class hull have become an early carrier?Notable Point
  66. Naval History Writing Competition 2023/2024
    24:35Ark Royal and the first purpose-designed carrierNotable Point
  67. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:19:21Judge carriers inside their task groupsNotable Point
  68. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    15:14Why the Royal Navy rejected very small carriersNotable Point
  69. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:49:56Continuous strikes shaped the Illustrious classNotable Point
  70. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    26:13When aircraft displaced the battlecruiser as the primary fleet scoutQ&A
  71. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    45:18British carrier roles joined combat doctrine to global repair logisticsChapter
  72. A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy
    3:23:43Would the Royal Navy strike Graf Spee in a neutral port?Q&A
  73. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:17:51Carrier aviation under a different treaty balanceChapter
  74. CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 4
    5:05What the CVA-01 carriers might have been namedNotable Point
  75. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    3:34:04Higher carrier allowances and a second Ark RoyalNotable Point
  76. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:03:38The Royal Navy's carrier force and construction pipeline in 1939Q&A
  77. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    51:50Why one Ark Royal was not simply multipliedQ&A
  78. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:54:26Earlier Fleet Air Arm integration would reshape more than displacementQ&A
  79. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    4:01:52A steering hit reduced Bismarck to seven knots under a night-long pursuitChapter
  80. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    2:23:51Ark Royal's readiness for a January 1939 crisisQ&A
  81. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:52:33How Bearn's lift cycles compared with British and American carriersQ&A
  82. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    56:15An Admiral-class carrier conversion counterfactualQ&A
  83. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    14:49Building an eastern fleet when the Mediterranean is quieterQ&A
  84. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    19:30A three-carrier version of the Taranto raidQ&A
  85. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    54:09Three British carriers waiting in the Indian OceanQ&A
  86. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    26:03French concentration releases Force H for other missionsChapter
  87. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    39:21A larger carrier force intensifies the Taranto raidNotable Point
  88. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    45:19Capital ships shift toward the Indian OceanChapter
  89. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    1:06:04Which carrier would support the French fleet?Q&A
  90. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    1:27:16A much larger carrier strike on TarantoChapter
  91. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:12:45A carrier designed for medium bombers before World War IIQ&A
  92. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    2:13:39Ark Royal occupies the center of the interwar fleet portraitNotable Point
  93. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    2:18:50A prewar exercise foreshadowed Force HNotable Point
  94. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    6:38Force H as an early fast carrier task groupNotable Point
  95. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    42:46Illustrious, Ark Royal, and Implacable carrier conceptsNotable Point
  96. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    42:49Strike carriers and fleet carriers answered different missionsChapter
  97. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    58:44How more tonnage changes British and American carriersChapter
  98. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    35:29Why 27,000 tons changed the carrier trade-offNotable Point
  99. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    3:21:13Why Graf Spee was trapped after the River PlateNotable Point
  100. Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."
    2:24:14Q&A: What could an Izmail carrier conversion have changed?Q&A
  101. Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s
    2:22:24Why Ark Royal and Yorktown differedChapter
  102. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:08:37How Ark Royal could have bridged to CVA-01Notable Point
  103. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:23:14How the name Ark Royal entered English naval historyQ&A
  104. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    27:13Did medieval king ships resemble Ark Royal's renaming?Q&A
  105. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:17:04Holland's mission unfolded under armed surveillanceChapter
  106. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    13:13The ideal British carrier exceeded treaty tonnageNotable Point
  107. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:26:17Which British carrier design best suited France?Q&A
  108. 2 Minutes: What Was Force K going to Montivedo to do?
    0:04Why was Force K sent to Montevideo in 1939?Q&A
  109. 2 Minutes: What Was Force K going to Montivedo to do?
    0:45The case for sending Ark Royal and RenownNotable Point
  110. 2 Minutes: What Was Force K going to Montivedo to do?
    1:40Ark Royal and a possible attack in neutral watersNotable Point
  111. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    15:04The 1939 force: speed, striking power, and enduranceNotable Point
  112. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    28:48Graf Spee and the escape-net strategyNotable Point
  113. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    38:20Ark Royal was sent to strike, not merely watchNotable Point
  114. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 2
    3:38Ark Royal enters Crown service through Raleigh's tax debtNotable Point
  115. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 2
    5:43Ark Royal's mixed battery and difficult handlingNotable Point
  116. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 2
    8:59Ark Royal's service continued long after 1588Notable Point
  117. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    3:09Where were the planned British strike carriers?Q&A
  118. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:18:36Ark Royal's torpedo attack on an Italian damNotable Point
  119. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    6:36Strike carriers and battle carriersChapter
  120. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    35:21Ark Royal's subdivision and counter-flooding problemQ&A
  121. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:24:18Ark Royal and damage-control trainingQ&A
  122. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:47:10Why no British Second World War carrier survivesQ&A
  123. When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video
    21:45What Britain was prepared to do if Graf Spee stayedChapter
  124. When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video
    51:03Reading intent from ships rather than written ordersNotable Point