Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Battle Class Destroyers

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  1. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    48:28Ordinary destroyers absorb the leader's workNotable Point
  2. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    46:54The 1945 project finally reflected the destroyer lessonsChapter
  3. Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...
    4:30The Cold War starts with a destroyer-heavy Royal NavyChapter
  4. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    55:22Battle-class armament reflects a wartime design pauseNotable Point
  5. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    53:25Recreating lost destroyers and early carriersQ&A
  6. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    1:22:38Battle and Daring classes broadened the destroyer's weapons fitNotable Point
  7. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:53Which modern ships fit the Battle and Weapon class names?Q&A
  8. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    51:04Type 83 revives the large all-round fleet destroyerChapter
  9. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    1:05:06Daring and County armament exposes Type 82's redundancy gapNotable Point
  10. Why do Historians never seem to run out of projects?
    0:48How a destroyer question became a Royal Navy studyNotable Point
  11. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    24:54Britain's 4.5-inch path to a true dual-purpose gunChapter
  12. Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why
    30:19The 4.5-inch Mark V: powered loading and barrel lifeNotable Point
  13. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    20:02Standardization spreads beyond the Tribal classChapter
  14. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    49:39Modified Tribals become a wartime fleet backboneChapter
  15. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    57:48Flashless cordite and star shell reduced the hazards of night gunneryNotable Point
  16. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:01:37Torpedo-centered US destroyers versus gun-centered Tribals and BattlesQ&A
  17. 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?
    2:29:16Why Pom-Pom mounts stopped short of sixteen barrelsNotable Point
  18. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:46Which World War II hulls could accept modern combat systems?Q&A
  19. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    58:23Scylla and Charybdis tested the 4.5-inch upper-deck mountingNotable Point
  20. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:04:33Why did the 4.5-inch UD mount disappoint?Q&A
  21. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:47:12Designing a gun-based modern air-defense destroyerQ&A
  22. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    3:18:43Which postwar ship would Dalrymple-Hamilton have chosen?Q&A
  23. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    43:28A large L class could anticipate the Battle-class destroyerNotable Point
  24. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    2:25:20Would an earlier victory prevent the Daring-class destroyers?Q&A
  25. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:15:21Which late-war ship class would matter most at the start of World War II?Q&A
  26. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    2:40:51A book on the Tribal, Battle, and Daring-class destroyersQ&A
  27. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    8:09:18Upper-deck Tribal mounts and the Battle class's alternativeQ&A
  28. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    8:09:53Why a fourth Gearing turret was not a simple experimentQ&A
  29. Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?
    10:54The surviving Tribal and Daring destroyersNotable Point
  30. 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)
    5:13Tribal, Battle, and Daring classes foreshadowed the general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
  31. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:51:23Why Tribal-class destroyers handled heavy weather betterQ&A
  32. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:23:28Battle-class destroyers and the Suez CrisisQ&A
  33. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    38:27Battle-class destroyers carried a formidable anti-drone gun batteryQ&A
  34. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    4:42The Tribal-to-Daring line shows how naval requirements evolveNotable Point
  35. HMS Nubian: Most Battle Honours of the Tribal Class - KSS3 S5 Comment Response
    4:11Why the Tribal, Battle, and Daring classes need a shared historyChapter
  36. HMS Cossack: A Dangerous Destroyer to Behold - KSS3 S1 Comment Response
    5:16Why Tribal-class destroyers suffered turbine blade rubbingQ&A
  37. A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)
    50:20The 1949 annual joins postwar naval industry to defense administrationNotable Point
  38. How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre
    1:34:28Shinyo boats and the defence of Japan's home islandsChapter
  39. The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 3
    3:23The Royal Navy's seven-layer escort ladderNotable Point
  40. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    5:45Destroyers as the carrier's protective screenNotable Point
  41. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    3:22:53Where an autoloading 5.25-inch destroyer gun would fitQ&A
  42. Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 9
    7:44The destroyer design Britain wanted but could not yet buildNotable Point
  43. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    3:13:57Wartime destroyer classes as the postwar fleet's coreQ&A
  44. HMCS Haida Comment Response
    4:27Why is there no preserved Battle-class destroyer?Notable Point
  45. HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...
    7:24Destroyer evolution from Tribals to DaringNotable Point
  46. Glorious First of June (1794)
    23:01No surviving Battle-class destroyersNotable Point
  47. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    26:42Battle and Weapon class destroyers comparedQ&A
  48. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:01:51Treaty weight constrained enclosed Tribal-class mountsQ&A
  49. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    14:25Dual-purpose guns before Norway and the MediterraneanChapter
  50. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    4:04:29An invasion of Japan would redirect Royal Navy productionQ&A
  51. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    0:00Choosing the 4.7-inch 45-calibre starting pointChapter
  52. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    34:02Tribal destroyers against Norway's dive bombersChapter
  53. Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    2:56:30Why Battle-class destroyers reached the war so lateNotable Point
  54. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    48:07Poland's Grom class filled the same heavy-destroyer niche as the TribalsQ&A
  55. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:47:25Choosing one Royal Navy destroyer class for 1942Q&A
  56. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    1:34:53Why Canada and New Zealand skipped the Battle classQ&A
  57. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    53:42Commonwealth destroyers and peacetime influenceNotable Point
  58. Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy
    1:29:32Building a balanced twenty-ship historical strike forceQ&A
  59. 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)
    4:50From Tribal, Battle, and Daring classes to the modern destroyerNotable Point
  60. 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)
    32:11HMS Savage as a Battle-class gun test bedNotable Point
  61. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    1:12:57A layered fleet needs both Galaxy and Defiant typesChapter
  62. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    50:06Why the 4.5-inch gun won the postwar lineageQ&A
  63. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    28:39Commonwealth demand for Battle-class destroyersQ&A
  64. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    50:19Battle-class destroyers versus Fletchers for West GermanyQ&A
  65. All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    19:17Battle-class destroyers and sectional armamentNotable Point
  66. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:01:58A 1945 Royal Navy force built to refight JutlandQ&A
  67. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:03:25Would the Battle and Daring classes arrive earlier?Q&A
  68. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    33:58What an early Battle-class destroyer programme could have deliveredQ&A
  69. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    41:11Battle-class destroyers: arcs versus wartime weight demandsNotable Point
  70. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    1:10:18Battle-class destroyers: guns forward, air defence aftNotable Point
  71. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    53:47Class history reveals a navy's fleet conceptsNotable Point
  72. Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament
    2:00:16Why Battle-class destroyers put their main guns forwardChapter
  73. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    58:10How destroyers grew into a cruiser roleNotable Point
  74. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    3:21:53Why later Tribals gave way to the Battle classQ&A
  75. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    34:29Abdiel class: speed, mines and a narrow design marginChapter
  76. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:22:28Why the Royal Navy moved beyond the Tribal classQ&A
  77. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:42:05Tribals, Battles and Darings on destroyer design and diplomacyChapter
  78. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    35:55Three destroyer generations are also three generations of crewsNotable Point
  79. Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived
    4:26From Tribal combat losses to the Battle and Daring classesChapter
  80. Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived
    5:04Photographs, design tables, and the HMS Lagos builder's guideNotable Point
  81. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    57:44Putting 1944 air defence into the fleets of 1939Q&A
  82. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    2:13:20What steel warships would change at TrafalgarQ&A
  83. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    1:40:10How to identify Royal Navy destroyers by silhouetteQ&A
  84. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    5:02:08Why Britain built the Weapon-class destroyersQ&A
  85. Bruships 55: New Books
    53:24Choosing the scope of a history of Tribal, Battle, and Daring destroyersQ&A
  86. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    1:58:16Why the Royal Navy stayed with 4.5-inch gunsQ&A
  87. Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation
    4:08:00The Daring class as an electrical and machinery experimentNotable Point
  88. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    1:16:31A Battle-class guide turns ship movements into usable chronologyChapter
  89. Bruships 29: Best Seller History
    2:29:29The Battle-class destroyer's aft anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
  90. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    1:13:15HMS Sluys commemorated the battle, but not its kingNotable Point
  91. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    1:42:31Amphion names in the modern Australian fleetNotable Point
  92. What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)
    27:49The scale of the Anglo-French task forceNotable Point
  93. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    15:09Recognising an Arethusa by silhouette and gun layoutNotable Point
  94. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    12:40Eight-inch turrets and firing while withdrawingNotable Point
  95. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:34:49Why one main gun can still feel too littleQ&A
  96. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    2:24:09How HMS Trafalgar carried memory across naval erasQ&A
  97. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    2:42:37HMS Jervis in British destroyer designQ&A
  98. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...
    3:10Real warship gunnery aims for all-round coverageNotable Point
  99. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:16:11Battle-class destroyers as a crowded general-purpose designChapter
  100. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:19:54Canada's escort-and-cruiser navy in a Pacific warQ&A
  101. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    3:06:02How a Pacific war could reshape Royal Navy ship designNotable Point
  102. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    36:48Choosing a World War II fleet by ship typeQ&A
  103. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class
    27:00Why Daring outlasted the Battle-class conceptNotable Point
  104. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    3:40Stanley Goodall carries forward the large-destroyer ideaChapter
  105. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    6:12Bruce Fraser and the unbuilt L-class lineageNotable Point
  106. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    8:06A wider hull to carry stronger air defenceNotable Point
  107. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    11:08HMS Jutland's straighter wartime hull formNotable Point
  108. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    12:19Capital-ship 4.5-inch mounts in a destroyerNotable Point
  109. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    14:58Radar, power, and fire control aboard the classNotable Point
  110. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    16:17Why the main armament faced forwardNotable Point
  111. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    17:59A cautious theory about the heavy mountsNotable Point
  112. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    20:18Built for a war that ended too soonChapter
  113. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    24:15Battle names for a new fleet destroyerNotable Point
  114. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    27:31Fire-control priorities: Battle class versus VanguardNotable Point
  115. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    29:03A war-built destroyer, not a treaty compromiseNotable Point
  116. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    30:01Why 40 mm mattered to air defenceNotable Point
  117. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    31:54Pacific-war changes and construction delaysChapter
  118. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    16:05Loch-class frigates and Squid anti-submarine firepowerNotable Point
  119. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    31:26Choosing the useful book is not always obviousNotable Point
  120. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    2:13:48From Tribals and Darings to County-class destroyersQ&A
  121. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:00:06Improving the Tribal, Battle, Town, and Daring classesQ&A
  122. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    1:20:26Why Mark 37 directors arrived too late for most wartime shipsQ&A
  123. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    42:01A 2020 view of reviving Tribal or Battle namesQ&A
  124. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    11:23What galleys reveal about destroyer missionsNotable Point
  125. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    15:30The machinery cost of sustained Tribal-class speedChapter
  126. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    17:25Heavy Tribal losses and the search for a successorChapter
  127. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    19:26Deck-penetrating turrets shaped the Battle-class layoutChapter
  128. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    21:09Why the Battle class lacked a stern main turretNotable Point
  129. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    23:41Weapons, radar, and the growth of British destroyersChapter
  130. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    26:23Battle-class complexity, late arrival, and Tribal disposalChapter
  131. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    29:00The Daring class as a new postwar command designChapter
  132. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    35:26Flotilla-scale construction enabled larger destroyersNotable Point
  133. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    37:12From Tribal to Daring: cruiser-like destroyers for peace and warChapter
  134. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    22:42Tribals, Battle-class destroyers, and Darings in the cruiser roleChapter
  135. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    30:47Battle and Weapon classes carried the large-destroyer idea forwardChapter
  136. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    34:35The Daring class completed the move to general-purpose destroyersChapter