Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Boarding Actions

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:33:09Accounts of boarding actions without clothesQ&A
  2. Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:47:21Crew risk and boarding drones in FTL's spider eventQ&A
  3. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:56:17Could steam ironclads at Trafalgar enable an invasion of Britain?Q&A
  4. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:13Polearms in boarding and anti-boarding combatQ&A
  5. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:57:42The Canadian U-boat boarding anecdoteQ&A
  6. Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII
    5:24Hose built a reserve culture for wartime adaptationNotable Point
  7. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:31:43How large should the Leander's marine detachment be?Q&A
  8. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    2:39:49How an Age of Sail boarding party seized a shipNotable Point
  9. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:55:56The Altmark boarding crossed into Norwegian internal watersNotable Point
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    4:36:17Thompsons as an alternative to rifles in boarding actionsNotable Point
  11. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    12:26Imagined captures of Graf Spee, Pola and YamatoQ&A
  12. The Real Life Captain Jack Sparrow: Peter Tordenskjold
    30:43Gunnery and boarding decide DynekilenChapter
  13. Nelson: A Very British God of War...
    39:04Cape St Vincent and Nelson's patent bridgeChapter
  14. Nelson: A Very British God of War...
    41:29Should a flag officer lead the boarding party?Notable Point
  15. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    37:51The English invite the Castilians into close combatChapter
  16. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    39:35Longbows and ladders overcome higher shipsChapter
  17. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    40:54Ransom value determined who survived captureNotable Point
  18. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    44:08Longbows contest the Castilians' vertical advantageNotable Point
  19. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    45:24Hanequin stops a Castilian ship towing away its prizeNotable Point
  20. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    46:17A costly victory measured in captured hullsChapter
  21. Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command
    54:31Enslaved rowers could reverse the boarding balanceNotable Point
  22. Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command
    56:13The flagship fight left Bazán coordinating the centerChapter
  23. Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command
    1:05:34Prize-taking produced a severe casualty imbalanceNotable Point
  24. Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    24:07Boarding an empty Nimitz from a ship of the lineQ&A
  25. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:36Sovereign of the Seas: difficult to manoeuvre and difficult to overwhelmNotable Point
  26. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:45:33Why modern navies still train and equip boarding partiesQ&A
  27. Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic
    30:19Agrippa's harpax and disable-then-board tacticsChapter
  28. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    1:08:52Longbows turn taller Castilian hulls into exposed positionsNotable Point
  29. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    1:15:04Edward boards a replacement for his sinking shipChapter
  30. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    1:17:29Henry of Lancaster becomes the battle's rescuerChapter
  31. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    1:48:09Where would Henry of Lancaster fit in a later naval battle?Q&A
  32. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    1:51:52Why Winchelsea was fought without naval artilleryQ&A
  33. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    2:00:35What armor worked in medieval sea combat?Q&A
  34. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    2:04:54Why ransom offered little safety at seaQ&A
  35. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    47:58Five imagined boarding prizes of the Second World WarQ&A
  36. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    2:07:25Why lieutenants faced high Age of Sail mortalityQ&A
  37. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    42:18Grengam turns confined water into a Russian weaponNotable Point
  38. Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield
    1:42:10Kronstadt rewards Russia without a decisive battleNotable Point
  39. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!
    31:05Japanese ships optimized for transport and boardingChapter
  40. Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!
    1:02:00Sacheon combines deception, cannon, and the first turtle shipChapter
  41. Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style
    51:09Premature looting cost Venice captured ships and French supportNotable Point
  42. Battle of Zonchio 1499: Limitations of Command... Venetian Style
    51:44Burak Reis's burning flagship and Venetian moraleChapter
  43. Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees
    0:00From boarding castles to artillery warshipsChapter
  44. Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees
    59:23Gun decks replaced towering castle structuresNotable Point
  45. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    8:07Cannon transform medieval fighting at seaChapter
  46. Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...
    9:17Muros Bay and the Bazán method of battleNotable Point
  47. Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...
    38:54Ponta Delgada and the destruction of a larger fleetChapter
  48. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    1:13:40Effingham orders an attack on the grounded San LorenzoNotable Point
  49. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    42:19Lepanto's flagship duel made command experience decisiveNotable Point
  50. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    2:46:48The Canadian boarding party that surprised a U-boat crewQ&A
  51. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    1:17:19Why shotguns would not transform TrafalgarQ&A
  52. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    1:36:52Local warnings exposed Porter's night boarding planNotable Point
  53. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    1:58:50Porter's boarding attempt failed against Phoebe's speed and rigging fireNotable Point
  54. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    2:40:09Long guns dominate the dead calmNotable Point
  55. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:56:36Mixed boarding parties may explain conflicting cutlass accountsQ&A
  56. Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)
    39:45Roman heavy hulls made ramming and boarding complementaryNotable Point
  57. Fleets of the Battle of Actium(31BC)
    44:19How smaller galleys could disable larger onesNotable Point
  58. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    11:08How a first-rate uses its height against a third-rateQ&A
  59. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:47:04Why age-of-sail crews kept working under fireQ&A
  60. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    25:51Why soldiers served as marinesNotable Point
  61. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    1:53:21Brunswick locks with VengeurNotable Point
  62. Glorious First of June (1794)
    51:17Army troops, boarding actions, and prize moneyNotable Point
  63. Glorious First of June (1794)
    1:09:04Captured silver becomes a regimental rewardNotable Point
  64. Glorious First of June (1794)
    2:21:46Brunswick's point-blank fight with VengeurNotable Point
  65. Glorious First of June (1794)
    2:34:38Marlborough becomes trapped in a three-ship meleeChapter
  66. Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō
    30:00The failed Miyako Bay raid for KotetsuChapter
  67. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)
    40:11The unrealised possibility of Second World War boarding actionsNotable Point
  68. Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 7
    26:01Range control and armour-piercing fire decided AngamosNotable Point
  69. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:41:03Q&A: What fighting by longboat involvedQ&A
  70. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    3:13:09Capturing a galleon for ships and incomeChapter
  71. Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/2
    39:15The revolutionary squadron collapsesChapter
  72. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)
    2:03:43Why galleons are useful for capturing shipsNotable Point
  73. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    1:45:21The Roman harpax as a stand-off boarding weaponNotable Point
  74. Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    1:16:50Could Japan make Britain look like the aggressor?Q&A
  75. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:12:54A provisional Flower-class submarine boarding storyNotable Point
  76. HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?
    1:17:34Cutlass drill and close-quarter fightingNotable Point
  77. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)
    52:00A marine contingent gives a warship options below invasionQ&A
  78. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)
    1:02:47Treat the ring room as a guarded boarding pointQ&A
  79. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:27:10Why involuntary crews undermine a warshipNotable Point
  80. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    1:29:39Designing an age-of-sail ship to repel boardersQ&A
  81. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:05:49Royal Navy boarding actions stranger than fictionQ&A
  82. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    1:11:07Could Bismarck have surrendered without being scuttled?Q&A
  83. Alex & Drach @ Haida (live)
    13:35Where Cossack's Altmark boarding party jumpedQ&A
  84. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol
    29:18The corvus and Rome's boarding solutionNotable Point
  85. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol
    1:01:34How the Carthaginian retreat divided Rome's fleetNotable Point
  86. The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol
    1:05:19How the corvus created a ramming stalemateNotable Point
  87. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:58:47Why the Royal Navy was unlikely to capture BismarckQ&A
  88. The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)
    1:13:01Skipping-shot gunnery opens the battleChapter
  89. The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)
    1:14:39A multinational boarding battle around Husayn's flagshipChapter
  90. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    2:05:28Gunnery and boarding broke the coalition centerChapter
  91. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    2:17:40How were grenades thrown at Diu?Q&A
  92. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    2:35:16The Altmark incident as a close-quarters naval actionQ&A
  93. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:15:04Q&A: naval warfare in the Hundred Years' WarQ&A
  94. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    24:36What did ship's carpenters do in battle?Q&A
  95. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    41:39Spanish quality and French officer attritionChapter
  96. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    3:13:37Why hull fire caused heavy crew lossesQ&A
  97. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    1:15:18When did boarding become impractical?Q&A
  98. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    2:07:28Early line tactics still led into repeated melee attacksNotable Point
  99. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    2:34:28Blake's plan: break the Dutch line and take prizesNotable Point
  100. Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?
    6:47Chain, round, and grape shot as a tactical sequenceNotable Point
  101. A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy
    5:46Duncan's reputation for personal combatNotable Point
  102. Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail
    2:14:28Nelson boarding one enemy ship through anotherQ&A
  103. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    3:14:32From boarding combat to gun-armed sailing fleetsQ&A
  104. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    29:11Midshipmen as messengers and combat leadersQ&A
  105. Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment
    35:31Children aboard fighting ships in the age of sailQ&A
  106. Bruships 34: Random History
    25:45Bad powder and a broken gun carriage doom Gunboat No. 121Notable Point
  107. Bruships 34: Random History
    27:19Asp's survivors return after a British boarding attackNotable Point
  108. Bruships 34: Random History
    28:12Surveyor's defence earns the return of her commander's swordNotable Point
  109. Bruships 34: Random History
    29:16Alligator repels a night boat attack at the Stone RiverNotable Point
  110. Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"
    46:18Three-ship groups isolated the chained French vesselsChapter
  111. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:11:44Fatal Alliance turns Star Wars into a privateering storyChapter
  112. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    3:01:44Using the corvus to bring Roman infantry into a sea fightNotable Point
  113. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    4:00:13Could Discovery's repair drones repel boarders?Notable Point
  114. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:45:56Nelson's boarding attack at Cape St VincentChapter
  115. Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...
    15:09Boarding threats and combat air patrolNotable Point
  116. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    28:56Royal Navy swords from fighting weapon to shipboard traditionNotable Point
  117. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    17:42HMS Cossack's Altmark boarding freed captured merchant seamenChapter