Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Armoured Flight Decks

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  1. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    42:40An earlier loss of Tirpitz could release the Home FleetQ&A
  2. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    45:03Armoured carriers in Operation Downfall planningNotable Point
  3. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:52:42Ark Royal's heavier 1934 preliminary designQ&A
  4. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:37:06Why carrier armour had to be designed in from the startQ&A
  5. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    2:31:25Essex refits and the limits of wartime carrier modernizationQ&A
  6. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    5:57Lift placement around the modified Taiho's armored boxNotable Point
  7. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    5:05:47The unresolved tradeoffs in putting Chobham armour on warshipsQ&A
  8. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    4:23Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and treaty tonnageChapter
  9. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:07American carriers in the wartime MediterraneanQ&A
  10. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:48Why KGV guns and Illustrious armour were rational prewar compromisesNotable Point
  11. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    1:58:19The unbuilt armored-flight-deck EssexNotable Point
  12. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    1:00:53Centerline and deck-edge lift tradeoffsNotable Point
  13. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:25:18What interwar conversions taught about carrier sizeQ&A
  14. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    2:36:50How Lexington's loss accelerated American carrier fuel safetyQ&A
  15. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:28:32British carrier armour and the distance to repair yardsNotable Point
  16. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    39:40Armored Ark Royals and multi-carrier operationsChapter
  17. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    40:33Carrier armour and the Far East reinforcement problemNotable Point
  18. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    51:58Why Malta and Midway convergedChapter
  19. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    56:01Why operating areas shaped carrier armour and hangarsNotable Point
  20. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    16:34Why an armoured flight deck can save weightQ&A
  21. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    26:20An armoured Ark Royal and its ninety-aircraft groupNotable Point
  22. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    2:35The armoured flight deck becomes the strength deckNotable Point
  23. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    11:19Taihō and survival for an outnumbered fleetChapter
  24. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    18:00Audacious: survivability versus aircraft growthChapter
  25. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    58:59Why British and American carriers would still divergeNotable Point
  26. Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more
    1:35:11Armoured carriers against land-based air powerNotable Point
  27. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:04:10How would Mediterranean combat shape later carriers?Q&A
  28. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    5:25Why British ships were valuable near JapanNotable Point
  29. 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
  30. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    32:42Treaty limits constrained Ark Royal's ideal designNotable Point
  31. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    36:23What turbine weight savings could do for IllustriousNotable Point
  32. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:47:54Midway and Malta reveal different balances of air group and survivabilityQ&A
  33. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    20:43Why Britain chose armoured carriersChapter
  34. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    34:33Carrier survivability and the limits of protectionNotable Point
  35. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    46:58Formidable's bomb damage and rapid air-patrol recoveryNotable Point
  36. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:19:05Operational resilience from Malta to OkinawaNotable Point
  37. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:23:32Historical method beyond credentialsChapter
  38. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:25:34Publishing bias and carrier historiographyNotable Point
  39. Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response
    8:35Why repair geography shaped British carrier survivabilityNotable Point
  40. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    19:56Why Malta armoured the hangar deckChapter
  41. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    29:19Why CVA-58 was laid down in a dry dockNotable Point
  42. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    56:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
  43. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:04:16A roomier armoured fleet-carrier compromiseNotable Point
  44. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    1:12:36Carrier survivability reflects repair geographyNotable Point
  45. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:03:34Joffre and continuous air operationsChapter
  46. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:01:13Why kamikazes threatened carrier availability more than sinkingsNotable Point
  47. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    27:23Carrier doctrine and topweight argued against Lexington's eight-inch turretsNotable Point
  48. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:11:44Ark Royal could have combined armor and a large air groupChapter
  49. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:16:51Armor or a purpose-built naval Spitfire?Q&A
  50. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:44:38Illustrious air groups were limited by policy and lift layoutChapter
  51. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:52:00Geography made armored carriers rational for BritainQ&A
  52. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:56:08Could an Essex simply receive an armored flight deck?Q&A
  53. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)
    34:22How treaty limits shaped carrier armor choicesQ&A
  54. If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France
    1:13:47An Allied carrier concentration seeks decisive battle in AsiaChapter
  55. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    2:20:49Survivable light carriers for smaller naviesQ&A
  56. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    15:52Carrier doctrine as a test of officer educationChapter
  57. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    26:16Which carrier generation did the thought experiment mean?Q&A
  58. Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)
    46:21Range, payload, and carrier survivabilityNotable Point
  59. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    26:16Japanese expectations of British armored carriersQ&A
  60. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    33:18Carrier survivability reflects production scaleQ&A
  61. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    2:45:05How might Tan No. 2 have fared against armored carriers?Q&A
  62. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:14:40Redesigning British armored carriers with hindsightQ&A
  63. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    37:24Unarmoured decks point toward Atlantic and Indian Ocean workQ&A
  64. Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?
    1:09:15How a treaty-free carrier fleet might have divided into heavy and light typesQ&A
  65. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    2:53:02Why armour and air-group size became a carrier trade-offQ&A
  66. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    58:29Damage control and the armoured-flight-deck comparisonQ&A
  67. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:48:48Midway-class protection versus Essex-class numbersQ&A
  68. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:51:54Why British and American carrier designs divergedChapter
  69. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    1:02:02A German carrier war in the North SeaQ&A
  70. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:18:09Why Lexington's battlecruiser origins would not save herQ&A
  71. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:30:41What the British armored flight deck coveredQ&A
  72. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
  73. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    7:05Beacons, navigation, and the logic of armored flight decksNotable Point
  74. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    13:17Armored carriers answered British repair and shipyard limitsNotable Point
  75. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    48:23From compact alert fighters to armored carrier designNotable Point
  76. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:38:33Armoured carrier design trades air-group size for survivabilityNotable Point
  77. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    22:26Italian air power faces a Pacific-tested carrier fleetNotable Point
  78. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 2
    16:21Reginald Henderson and the fleet built for the Second World WarChapter
  79. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:17:50Japan needed survivable carriers, not an American production raceNotable Point
  80. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    6:09Armoured hangars as structural protectionNotable Point
  81. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    56:03Were British armoured carriers dangerously top-heavy?Q&A
  82. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:02:40Why the Mediterranean favoured armoured carriersChapter
  83. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:12:01Philip Vian's carrier formations and US liaison criticismNotable Point
  84. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:13:39Questioning a forecast of carrier losses off JapanNotable Point
  85. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    20:21Design X points beyond treaty-limited carriersChapter
  86. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    32:37What the armored carrier actually protectedChapter
  87. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    36:09Armor as an answer to distant-war logisticsChapter
  88. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:20:20How armored carriers absorbed kamikaze attacksQ&A
  89. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    27:19Ark Royal and the two paths of British carrier designChapter
  90. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    29:54Steel flight decks and the logistics of overseas carrier repairNotable Point