Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Battle Of Coronel

Also searchable as Coronel, Cradock, Good Hope, Monmouth, von Spee.

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  1. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:40:56A sixteen-gun armored cruiser at CoronelQ&A
  2. What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?
    7:02A Hawaiian cruiser base could change Pacific war planningNotable Point
  3. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    24:07Why major naval disasters rarely exclude politicsQ&A
  4. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:39:58What heavier 9.2-inch armament changes for British armored cruisersQ&A
  5. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    1:28:10A 9.2-inch Invincible at the Battle of CoronelQ&A
  6. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    11:43Allied navies search for von Spee after CoronelChapter
  7. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    13:32Cradock received cruisers unsuited to von SpeeChapter
  8. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    23:10Canopus could not guarantee Cradock's safetyChapter
  9. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:53Coronel's wrecks demand remote or specialist deep-diving equipmentQ&A
  10. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    54:24Moltke and Goeben as possible Far Eastern opponentsNotable Point
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    52:18If Japan destroyed the German East Asia Squadron at TsingtaoQ&A
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    4:49:09Why First World War losses distort the armored cruiser's reputationQ&A
  13. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    44:08Coronel confirmed the wrong British stereotypeNotable Point
  14. The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 9
    38:28Henry Pelly and the rapid creation of a reliable crewChapter
  15. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    56:08Two Tiger Cubs could reverse the Battle of CoronelChapter
  16. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:05:15Cradock's survival could improve British fleet reportingNotable Point
  17. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:09:29Why the Royal Navy needed visible wartime victoriesNotable Point
  18. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    43:28Sending Tiger Cubs to CradockChapter
  19. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    45:31Range control and two-group tactics at CoronelChapter
  20. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    1:10:45Could Cradock command the Tiger Cubs at Dogger Bank?Q&A
  21. Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?
    59:00A Mediterranean victory frees a battlecruiser for CoronelChapter
  22. Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?
    1:17:54Different victories change the battlecruiser's reputationNotable Point
  23. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:28:57A Mediterranean victory could reshape CoronelChapter
  24. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:35:06Could von Spee avoid a battlecruiser reinforcing Cradock?Q&A
  25. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:52:11Containing Goeben at the Strait of OtrantoNotable Point
  26. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    1:48:33A Canadian battlecruiser fleet under the 1910 Naval Service ActQ&A
  27. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    58:28A Duncan-class battleship could transform CoronelQ&A
  28. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    2:57:15Duncans at Coronel would change command choices as well as firepowerQ&A
  29. Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...
    2:14:17If Cradock won at CoronelQ&A
  30. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:11:02Canadian Tiger-class ships could overturn CoronelQ&A
  31. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:18:31Refitting Monmouth-class armored cruisers in 1912Q&A
  32. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    27:55Cradock and Troubridge after alternate victoriesQ&A
  33. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    1:42:39Tiger-era 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
  34. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:13:58What HMS Dreadnought might change at CoronelNotable Point
  35. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    1:27:43War Staff personnel and political compromiseNotable Point
  36. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    1:33:29An alternative Battle of CoronelNotable Point
  37. Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...
    2:02:17Churchill's political future after alternative victoriesNotable Point
  38. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    51:45A stronger cruiser force before CoronelNotable Point
  39. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    2:11:19Why did Sturdee disperse ships instead of reinforcing Cradock?Q&A
  40. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    3:03:54How a Coronel victory could reshape the Hawkins classNotable Point
  41. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:22:50Cradock and the doctrinal pressure not to withdrawNotable Point
  42. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    2:39:05How Hawkins-class cruisers could reverse CoronelQ&A
  43. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    55:31Cruisers and overseas bases make global battle-fleet deployment possibleChapter
  44. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    23:34Could Fisher have cut costs without losing overseas coverage?Q&A
  45. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    2:05:19HMS Renown shows the cost of scrapping an intermediate warshipNotable Point
  46. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    46:06Hunting Moltke with the East Asia SquadronQ&A
  47. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:05:23If Britain kept building armored cruisersQ&A
  48. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:12:49Giving Cradock the ships needed to face von SpeeQ&A
  49. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:44:53Fisher's political campaign distracted Battenberg during the Coronel crisisNotable Point
  50. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    58:07Why Coronel was a force-concentration failureQ&A
  51. Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 3
    9:43From armoured cruiser to capital shipNotable Point
  52. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    13:36Surface raiders test the limits of the First World War explanationNotable Point
  53. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:18:14Force Z showed why prestige ships needed a balanced task forceChapter
  54. HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 8
    11:22From a single battle line to mutually supporting task forcesChapter
  55. The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)
    2:39:50Did the Highland Clearances send Scottish fishermen to Coronel?Q&A
  56. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    2:35:17The Falklands answer Coronel and preserve a role for battlecruisersQ&A
  57. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon
    1:05:30Gallipoli butterflies could redeploy capital shipsNotable Point
  58. Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 2
    40:00Swiftsure and Triumph in a global fleetNotable Point
  59. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:25:09Germany built the battle line but lacked enough cruisersChapter
  60. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:39:30Ships were easier to replace than experienced crewsNotable Point
  61. Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...
    1:58:11Von Spee’s squadron cannot rescue the American Pacific positionNotable Point
  62. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    13:30Thirteen battlecruisers could cover home waters and imperial stationsQ&A
  63. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    56:46Australia and Coronel show the counterfactual's wider butterfliesNotable Point
  64. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    1:06:55Success against Goeben could alter Cradock's choices at CoronelNotable Point
  65. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    1:13:47Would stopping Goeben keep Battenberg at the Admiralty?Q&A
  66. Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions
    3:50:42Battlecruiser classes needed squadron strength and suitable theatersNotable Point
  67. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    6:25Command confusion behind CoronelChapter
  68. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    17:15Did Mahan shape the thinking behind Coronel?Q&A
  69. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    55:08Von Spee's seaborne escape problemChapter
  70. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:14:47Was Cradock too aggressive?Q&A
  71. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:20:38Patey's concentrated Pacific forceChapter
  72. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:30:51How HMAS Australia might have changed CoronelNotable Point
  73. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:36:43Sturdee was misplaced in the Admiralty war staffChapter
  74. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:42:44Battenberg, Fisher, and Churchill left the staff exposedChapter
  75. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:49:27Cradock's intentions and the missing DefenceChapter
  76. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:52:23Cradock was an experienced professionalChapter
  77. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:57:17Did Cradock die in action at 52?Q&A
  78. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    1:59:44Churchill's attempt to blame CradockNotable Point
  79. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:06:55Good Hope and Monmouth fought a 1914 battle with 1901 layoutsChapter
  80. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:07:42The missing message mattered more than the original orderNotable Point
  81. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:11:18Stoddart's cruisers could have restored Cradock's freedom of movementNotable Point
  82. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:16:32Would Brooklyn's turrets have been better suited to Coronel?Q&A
  83. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:17:37Otranto took away Cradock's speed choiceNotable Point
  84. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:24:45HMS Defence would have changed the gun balanceChapter
  85. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:26:48Canopus's deterrent value came at a cost in speedNotable Point
  86. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:30:01What if Cradock had received every promised ship?Q&A
  87. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:34:25Troubridge's court-martial haunted CradockChapter
  88. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:39:18Glasgow triggers the Coronel contact chainChapter
  89. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:42:03Von Spee made every transmitter sound like LeipzigChapter
  90. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:45:26Did the consul at Valparaiso warn Cradock?Q&A
  91. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:49:49The tactical trap at CoronelChapter
  92. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    2:53:21Why did Cradock not abandon Otranto?Q&A
  93. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:02:01Good Hope explodes and Monmouth is finishedChapter
  94. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:04:15Why did Monmouth not surrender?Q&A
  95. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:17:42Coronel's damage helped trap von Spee at the FalklandsChapter
  96. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:24:29Did von Spee expect a vengeful British hunt?Q&A
  97. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:31:06Why were there no survivors from Monmouth?Q&A
  98. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:39:22How Coronel's command and intelligence failures convergedChapter
  99. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:44:44What physical traces of the campaign remain?Q&A
  100. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    2:12:38A 9.2-inch British cruiser changes CoronelNotable Point
  101. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    0:55Admiral von Spee and a lost cruiser influenceNotable Point
  102. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:31:40Why a Cressy would not have solved CoronelNotable Point
  103. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    1:08:19Why the Royal Navy abandoned the middle cruiser tierChapter
  104. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    48:23Coronel illustrates how Royal Navy tradition shaped commandNotable Point
  105. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    3:21Why the Royal Navy treated Sverdlov as an ocean-raider threatChapter
  106. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    15:53Canopus trial speeds versus operational enduranceQ&A
  107. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    17:47The Royal Navy's expectation to engageNotable Point
  108. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    20:51Could Cradock shadow von Spee until reinforcements arrived?Q&A
  109. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    26:16Why a rational retreat was culturally difficultNotable Point
  110. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    39:00Monmouth, Bismarck, and the limits of surrender comparisonsQ&A
  111. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    41:18A political case for keeping Cradock with CanopusQ&A
  112. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    44:50Did Cradock close the range too quickly at Coronel?Q&A
  113. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    50:17Why Coronel ranked as an exceptional British defeatQ&A
  114. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    51:55Cradock's ability and the reinforcements he never receivedNotable Point
  115. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    57:08The armored cruisers that could have changed CoronelQ&A
  116. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    59:27Effective gun range in Coronel's sea stateQ&A
  117. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    1:02:25What Britain needed to win at CoronelQ&A
  118. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    1:04:59Otranto, smoke, and a possible night escapeQ&A
  119. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    51:53Late orders and the mutual interceptionChapter
  120. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    57:30Why did Cradock engage at Coronel?Q&A
  121. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    1:00:32How speed and the setting sun controlled the battleChapter
  122. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    1:09:41Good Hope and Monmouth are overwhelmedChapter
  123. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    1:16:22The Royal Navy's response to CoronelChapter
  124. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    1:25:22Von Spee's victory makes retaliation inevitableNotable Point
  125. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    1:29:39Cradock's impossible command choiceNotable Point
  126. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    59:49Battlecruiser results depended heavily on employmentQ&A
  127. Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina
    4:11Adriatic lessons hardened into Italian speed doctrineChapter
  128. Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths
    10:38HMS Bristol on distant-station serviceChapter
  129. Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths
    13:47HMS Glasgow and the destruction of von Spee's squadronChapter
  130. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    20:38Close-range versus long-range pre-dreadnought tacticsNotable Point
  131. Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)
    30:14Black Prince before the Grand FleetChapter
  132. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    2:40:00Why armored cruisers inherited a poor reputationNotable Point
  133. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    2:50:29Building fast six-inch cruisers for overseas stationsQ&A
  134. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol
    3:06Trafalgar, wind, and global naval operationsChapter
  135. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:30:31Why Sturdee was sent to repair the disaster after CoronelQ&A
  136. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)
    2:00:20Coronel, Cradock, and the missing CanopusQ&A
  137. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    2:26:03Why armoured cruisers made more sense for BritainNotable Point
  138. Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments
    17:20Sturdee's tactical strength and strategic limitsQ&A
  139. Bruships 26 - The Random Collection
    3:51:08Coronel and the Falklands as a naval filmQ&A
  140. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    1:05:57Does a weak presence ship invite disaster?Q&A
  141. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    1:35:30How cruiser scarcity shaped CoronelQ&A
  142. Four Random Books 8: Churchill
    11:02Glasgow scouts as Sturdee's squadron gets under wayNotable Point
  143. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald
    5:20Why the E class was built for raider huntingChapter
  144. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:47:31Von Spee's narrow options after CoronelQ&A
  145. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:48:09Coronel, sacrifice, and an understrength squadronQ&A
  146. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:50:08Honor in defeat versus the duty to preserve crewsQ&A
  147. When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video
    19:56Hague rules limit Graf Spee's time and repairsChapter
  148. Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video
    12:06From Coronel to River Plate: damage that enables victoryNotable Point