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Armoured Carriers

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  1. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    28:01Why interwar armoured carriers made senseQ&A
  2. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:12:52Goodall's battleship setback and carrier demand for JapanQ&A
  3. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:15:41Positioning armoured carriers to absorb attacks off JapanQ&A
  4. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:16:40Carrier armour, air groups and treaty tonnageNotable Point
  5. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:19:06Later large carrier designs convergeNotable Point
  6. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    31:29Armoured carriers change what attacking aircraft must penetrateNotable Point
  7. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    31:29Japan gains time, but retains its strategic tradeoffsChapter
  8. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    1:05:10A protected Yorktown offers a different American carrier pathNotable Point
  9. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    3:58:42Would an armoured US carrier improve the whole fleet's survivability?Q&A
  10. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    3:51Illustrious and SS Ohio as Mediterranean survival storiesNotable Point
  11. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    44:02Land-based air threats preserve the need for armoured fleet carriersNotable Point
  12. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    4:22Treaty tonnage forced armor-versus-air-group choicesNotable Point
  13. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:26Taiho and the British armoured-carrier sequenceQ&A
  14. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:57:17Early kamikaze attacks would waste Japan's trained carrier air armQ&A
  15. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    58:18A carrier is a support node, not a substitute for its escortsNotable Point
  16. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:02:35Why armored carriers had to keep operating after hitsNotable Point
  17. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    1:42:12Osprey fleet studies on Japan and the British Pacific FleetChapter
  18. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    1:43:24Formidable's 4 May 1945 kamikaze hitNotable Point
  19. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    22:12Illustrious-class carriers built around fleet defenseChapter
  20. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    1:29:54A Queen Elizabeth-sized carrier with Second World War systemsQ&A
  21. Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall
    2:04:11Which historical carrier most resembles Battlestar Galactica?Q&A
  22. For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?
    59:00HMS Illustrious from Taranto to the British Pacific FleetNotable Point
  23. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    5:52The Royal Navy's dream carrier balanceNotable Point
  24. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    12:38Why distant stations demanded survivable carriersNotable Point
  25. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:00:15Armored hangars protected skilled people as well as aircraftNotable Point
  26. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    27:50Illustrious and the layers of carrier air defenceChapter
  27. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    35:20Why deck-edge lifts appealed despite Britain's exposed seasNotable Point
  28. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    37:22Illustrious and cumulative bomb damageNotable Point
  29. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    48:44Formidable and the floating-moving-fighting testNotable Point
  30. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    3:12:08Indomitable's boiler-room hit and immediate counter-floodingNotable Point
  31. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    3:20:04Indomitable's survival depended on where the torpedo struckNotable Point
  32. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:11:40Eagle hangar height and carrier evolutionQ&A
  33. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    5:18:13Why unrestricted British carriers might resemble ImplacableQ&A
  34. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    0:58Midway followed an American carrier philosophyChapter
  35. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    11:10Survivability meant keeping flight decks availableChapter
  36. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    40:30Radar and layered defense completed the designChapter
  37. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:00:04Ark Royal and Illustrious split British carrier prioritiesChapter
  38. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:10:25The Second London Treaty frames the Illustrious compromiseChapter
  39. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:18:08Unicorn supplies the armored carrier air groupNotable Point
  40. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    2:15:24Carrier armor layouts are calculated risksQ&A
  41. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    2:59:54Why armored British carriers still depended on fightersNotable Point
  42. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:17:33Why British and American carriers optimized for different warsNotable Point
  43. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    3:27:12Why a 2,000-pound bomb defeats practical carrier armorQ&A
  44. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    1:16:06Why hidden carrier damage did not settle the armored-deck debateQ&A
  45. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    4:04:35Why wartime Britain would move beyond ImplacableQ&A
  46. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:18:10Global air threats shape armored carrier requirementsChapter
  47. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:04:53Ark Royal and Illustrious divide strike and survival prioritiesChapter
  48. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:21:58Ark Royal balances protection against aircraft growthNotable Point
  49. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:08:22Would taller hangars improve British armored carriers?Q&A
  50. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    23:38Why distant operations favored armoured carriersNotable Point
  51. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    15:14Why the Royal Navy rejected very small carriersNotable Point
  52. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    33:17Armor buys a carrier time, not suitability for surface combatQ&A
  53. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    5:16Why Britain did not simply build more strike carriersQ&A
  54. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    12:32Armoured flight decks strengthened the whole carrierNotable Point
  55. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:42:51Armoured-carrier stability depended on counter-floodingQ&A
  56. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:29:26Why a three-enemy war required different fleetsNotable Point
  57. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:58:58Larger allowances preserve different British and American carrier prioritiesNotable Point
  58. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    1:07:52Armour against aircraft bombsQ&A
  59. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    3:36:47British and Australian ships under kamikaze attackQ&A
  60. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:13:08Carrier forces in a prolonged invasion of JapanQ&A
  61. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    12:00Ark Royal as the fleet's alpha-strike carrierChapter
  62. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    21:02Why a structural flight deck matteredNotable Point
  63. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    0:21Why Illustrious protected her hangarChapter
  64. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    26:11A large carrier for a modest air groupChapter
  65. Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    3:09:29Would kamikaze tactics appear in this war?Q&A
  66. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    18:53Bearn carried battleship compromises into carrier serviceChapter
  67. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:15:19Illustrious traded aircraft flexibility for armored protectionChapter
  68. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    1:42:52Why dive-bombers could not simply target carrier liftsQ&A
  69. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:20:40Why low hangars constrained later British armored carriersQ&A
  70. Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers
    1:01:25A US Navy Mediterranean counterfactual changes more than carriersNotable Point
  71. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    2:53:49Where a surviving Repulse might have servedQ&A
  72. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    1:41:42Energy management in British armoured carriersQ&A
  73. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    42:46Illustrious, Ark Royal, and Implacable carrier conceptsNotable Point
  74. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:23:26Which carriers could survive Illustrious's punishmentQ&A
  75. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:25:46An armored carrier joins Force ZQ&A
  76. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    40:16Carrier design follows theater and strike doctrineChapter
  77. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    42:49Strike carriers and fleet carriers answered different missionsChapter
  78. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    44:20Why geography pushed Britain toward armoured carriersChapter
  79. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    2:53Why Implacables would yield to Audacious and Malta carriersQ&A
  80. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    3:01:42Centreline stability versus deck-edge capacityQ&A
  81. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    3:17:07Protecting deck-edge lifts and moving aircraft weaponsQ&A
  82. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    3:29:54Why Britain delayed deck-edge liftsQ&A
  83. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    35:29Why 27,000 tons changed the carrier trade-offNotable Point
  84. The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound
    47:01Big Blue Blanket and carrier damage resilienceNotable Point
  85. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:44:34Why larger armored carriers adapt better to jetsQ&A
  86. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    3:22:06Why British armored carriers did not operate jets during the warQ&A
  87. Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)
    14:18Carrier survival preserves people as well as flight decksNotable Point
  88. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    24:08Which aircraft carriers were equipped for a surface gunfight?Q&A
  89. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol
    16:34HMS Warrior's selective armour schemeNotable Point
  90. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    5:58Why Illustrious sent spaced strike wavesNotable Point
  91. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:45:49Why the Royal Navy armoured the carrier hangarQ&A
  92. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    2:42:41A delayed war would have transformed carrier forces on every sideQ&A
  93. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    4:21Ark Royal's protection without an armoured flight deckChapter
  94. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    9:52Ark Royal and Yorktown as stepping stones to later carriersNotable Point
  95. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    18:50From carrier conversions to fleet programmesChapter
  96. A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...
    9:18Illustrious under sustained air attackChapter
  97. A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...
    14:18Treaty tonnage and armoured carrier air groupsNotable Point
  98. A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...
    18:15British and American carrier doctrine by geographyNotable Point
  99. A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...
    19:43Mediterranean choke points and the case for protectionNotable Point
  100. A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...
    20:43How extra treaty tonnage points toward ImplacableNotable Point
  101. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    2:21Armoured carriers, air-group mass, and survivabilityNotable Point
  102. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    19:35A 48-aircraft Illustrious-class counterfactualNotable Point
  103. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    59:58Taiho was Japan's armored carrier answerNotable Point
  104. Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:06:46From Hawker Hart to Osprey fleet air defenceChapter
  105. Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:22:17Osprey exercises expose fighter direction before radarNotable Point
  106. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:59:36Why deck-edge lifts were not adopted immediatelyQ&A
  107. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    4:09HMS Formidable and the armoured-carrier tradeoffNotable Point
  108. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    13:13The ideal British carrier exceeded treaty tonnageNotable Point
  109. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    41:15G3 design lessons and carrier-conversion potentialNotable Point
  110. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    48:08Armoured carrier decks before the kamikaze threatQ&A
  111. The Fairey Story Anew...
    1:40:35Deck-edge outriggers create parking space and fire separationNotable Point
  112. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    0:01'Armoured carrier' as shorthand for a protected hangarChapter
  113. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:09:52Why one-ton bombs changed the armour calculationNotable Point
  114. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:20:18Damage control keeps the carrier flyingChapter
  115. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:19:15Lexington's guns and an accelerated HMS IllustriousQ&A