Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Aviation Support Ships

Also searchable as Aircraft Maintenance Carriers, aircraft support ship, Carrier Support Ships, Fleet Aviation Support Ships, forward aviation support ship, Forward Aviation Support Ships, maintenance carrier, Maintenance Carriers, Support Carrier, Support Carriers.

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  1. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:37:15A large 1915 carrier would carry its own workshopsNotable Point
  2. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    4:14:22Why Britain did not plan a successor to HMS UnicornQ&A
  3. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:13:29HMS Unicorn linked aviation support with carrier developmentNotable Point
  4. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    19:06HMS Unicorn supports British carrier enduranceNotable Point
  5. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    31:04HMS Unicorn could extend carrier air-group enduranceNotable Point
  6. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:12:18The light-carrier hull could lead to an aviation support shipNotable Point
  7. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    1:13:02The Supermarine Walrus is designed to remain available worldwideNotable Point
  8. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    47:16Small carriers could support Britain's fleet carriersNotable Point
  9. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    6:28:32Falklands lessons for container-ship aviation conversionsQ&A
  10. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:43:34Gross tonnage can disguise a large aviation shipQ&A
  11. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    26:24Escort cruisers created a need for large destroyer leadersChapter
  12. Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s
    27:28How Unicorn-style support ships could sustain dronesNotable Point
  13. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    1:27:30Would HMS Ocean have followed Unicorn?Q&A
  14. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    58:18A carrier is a support node, not a substitute for its escortsNotable Point
  15. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:41:39Why HMS Unicorn would suit a future aviation-support shipQ&A
  16. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:23:44A British support-carrier branch for World of WarshipsQ&A
  17. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    18:15Naval treaty rules left room for large aviation tendersNotable Point
  18. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    52:51A mobile tender network traded completeness for flexibilityChapter
  19. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:25:33Why HMS Unicorn counted as an aviation support shipQ&A
  20. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    2:45:19Why an aviation support ship would also need a carrier roleQ&A
  21. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    21:51A layered interwar carrier fleetChapter
  22. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    45:18Survivable fleet carriers and smaller ASW escortsNotable Point
  23. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    0:00HMS Unicorn as more than a carrierChapter
  24. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    11:31Unicorn carries deep aviation maintenance forwardNotable Point
  25. 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
  26. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    30:48A flex deck and workshops built around damaged aircraftNotable Point
  27. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    33:51Range and repair capacity took priority over fleet-carrier speedNotable Point
  28. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    43:18A proposed sister ship becomes a command-support carrierNotable Point
  29. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    46:30Korea and the economics of mobile global supportNotable Point
  30. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    49:49What Unicorn suggests about drone-support shipsNotable Point
  31. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    51:23What earlier Unicorn-type ships could have supportedNotable Point
  32. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    54:01Procurement politics and three possible wartime variantsNotable Point
  33. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    8:34Why rapid aviation conversions signal a preparedness gapChapter
  34. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    1:04:05Atlantic Conveyor's aircraft-ferry role and wartime lossChapter
  35. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    22:44Ostmark's purpose-built but minimal aviation supportChapter
  36. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    25:00Friesenland's long life after seaplane-tender serviceChapter
  37. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:49:53The speed-governor loophole for aviation support shipsQ&A
  38. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    3:55:12Why more HMS Unicorn-type support carriers became light fleet carriersQ&A
  39. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    2:45:09The planned sequence of Unicorn follow-on shipsQ&A
  40. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    31:12A more viable forward aviation shipNotable Point
  41. Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane
    1:04:42HMS Unicorn as forward aviation supportQ&A
  42. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:03:24A scout-carrier fleet changes HMS Unicorn's support roleNotable Point
  43. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:08:02HMS Unicorn as a forward aviation-support shipNotable Point
  44. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:41:14Which British carrier best fulfilled its intended role?Q&A
  45. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    21:33HMS Unicorn signals a new prewar aviation directionNotable Point
  46. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    27:13Unicorn exposes the shipyard case for merchant conversionNotable Point
  47. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    53:09Why HMS Unicorn outranked an escort carrierChapter
  48. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:40:51Why seaplane carriers were not convoy escort carriersQ&A
  49. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    31:16Could HMS Unicorn lead to wartime light fleet carriers?Q&A
  50. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    2:48:04HMS Unicorn's workshops and storesNotable Point
  51. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:59:39Would a modern HMS Unicorn concept make sense?Q&A
  52. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    2:38:13Why was Britain unusual in building forward aviation support ships?Q&A
  53. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    16:36Carrier space and HMS Unicorn's maintenance roleNotable Point
  54. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    46:58Why HMS Pioneer was scrapped after a short careerQ&A
  55. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    3:05:51Air power depends on immobile infrastructureNotable Point
  56. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
  57. Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    1:55Light fleet carriers lead Britain's Korean War air effortChapter
  58. Bruships 26 - The Random Collection
    1:45:41HMS Unicorn as the British Pacific Fleet's mobile aircraft workshopChapter
  59. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    29:26Spares and workshops become a combat constraintNotable Point
  60. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:39:35HMS Unicorn firing beyond her support-ship roleNotable Point
  61. An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)
    23:01HMS Unicorn and forward fleet aviation supportNotable Point