Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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C Class Cruisers

Also searchable as C Class Cruiser, C Class Light Cruisers.

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  1. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    23:30Why light cruisers grew away from destroyer leadershipChapter
  2. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:35:50Six-inch Bristol-class cruisers and the later TownsQ&A
  3. Bruships
    33:22A Canadian cruiser against SMS LeipzigQ&A
  4. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    1:05:17Earlier cruisers could give Force Z a proper screenNotable Point
  5. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    5:41:18Refitting First World War cruisers for useful wartime serviceQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    14:33How extra anti-aircraft cruisers could change destroyer armamentQ&A
  7. What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?
    20:02Standardization spreads beyond the Tribal classChapter
  8. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    1:54:35Did Britain need more 1910 Town-class cruisers?Q&A
  9. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:04Why high-pressure boilers would not refit the whole Royal NavyQ&A
  10. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    22:41How the 1934 building program divergesChapter
  11. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    31:39C-class AA conversions gain internal roomNotable Point
  12. Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?
    23:37Range, volume of fire, and mount layout create competing choicesChapter
  13. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:23How British-style cruisers would redirect US designQ&A
  14. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:26:32Using newer cruisers to retire older Royal Navy classesQ&A
  15. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    47:29C- and D-class conversions were the dedicated AA cruisersChapter
  16. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    49:17C-class conversions traded endurance for stronger air defenseNotable Point
  17. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    44:23Did Dido incorporate lessons from C-class conversions?Q&A
  18. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    46:07Did Dido replace the C- and D-class cruisers?Q&A
  19. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:26:14C-class conversions as true AA cruisersChapter
  20. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:29:47A C-class cruiser covered Vian's convoy during the Bismarck huntNotable Point
  21. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:30:47Why converted C-class cruisers stayed in serviceChapter
  22. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:50:22Air and surface screening in the Bay of BiscayChapter
  23. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:14:55Why most pre-C-class cruisers became obsolete after 1918Q&A
  24. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    3:07:34Charles Madden balances cruiser needs against treaty limitsChapter
  25. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    3:23:28Why Dido replacements did not remove older cruisers from serviceQ&A
  26. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:21:07Omaha's paper advantage narrows against later British cruisersQ&A
  27. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    46:53Royal Navy AA conversions in a war delayed to 1942Q&A
  28. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    3:34:38The case for completing more C-, D-, and E-class cruisersQ&A
  29. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    29:22Two Town classes with different design ancestryNotable Point
  30. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    48:53Four-inch AA cruisers on solitary convoy dutyNotable Point
  31. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    2:26:45An eight-gun C-class and larger cruiser developmentQ&A
  32. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    3:02:00Omaha answered a US light-cruiser needQ&A
  33. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:18:58What 9.2-inch guns change in a cruiserQ&A
  34. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    15:30Mixed mounts made the new turret a controlled experimentNotable Point
  35. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    31:56More new cruisers could accelerate C-class anti-aircraft conversionsQ&A
  36. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:48:00The most numerous cruiser class depends on careful class countingQ&A
  37. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:26:00When C- and D-class cruisers might retire without warQ&A
  38. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:48:48Royal Navy cruiser construction without World War IQ&A
  39. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    1:06:12How early turreted light cruisers could escalate designQ&A
  40. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:52:21Where did the Omaha class rank on the Bearn scale?Q&A
  41. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    14:25Dual-purpose guns before Norway and the MediterraneanChapter
  42. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    2:24:25Town, Arethusa, and C-class cruiser numbersNotable Point
  43. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    21:41C-class anti-aircraft cruisers keep a surface punchChapter
  44. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    48:54Tribals and C-class cruisers reinforce the MediterraneanNotable Point
  45. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    1:00:38How more US cruisers might have changed later treaty bargainingNotable Point
  46. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    0:00How cruiser classifications changed around the Marathon classChapter
  47. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    18:34The cruiser classes missing from headline battle historiesNotable Point
  48. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    2:31:47Few First World War cruisers were worth retainingQ&A
  49. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
  50. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)
    36:33The Royal Navy's cruiser fleet was not exhausted in 1918Q&A
  51. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:51:26Cruiser designs that served through both world warsQ&A
  52. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    46:44HMAS Brisbane links Australian shipbuilding with ocean patrolsChapter
  53. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    2:00:14South African shipbuilding could guard the Cape routesChapter
  54. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    18:26How the ironclad frigate created the cruiserChapter
  55. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    45:34Simplifying cruiser ratios and fleet compositionChapter
  56. A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video
    46:24Large destroyers displace light-cruiser rolesNotable Point
  57. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    5:30Why Britain argued that it needed seventy cruisersChapter
  58. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    17:11Replacement holidays left cruiser fleets aging togetherChapter
  59. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    31:03Mass, firepower, and the origin of destroyersChapter
  60. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    20:15Pembroke shows what Britain lost when naval yards stopped buildingChapter
  61. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    20:15Reserve cruisers would release modern ships for AsiaNotable Point
  62. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    20:24Modern replacements versus the 70-cruiser headlineNotable Point
  63. Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)
    28:42The attack on Strongbow and Mary RoseChapter
  64. Bruships 69: The Decider
    3:08:24A German E-boat swarm would create a specialised British answerQ&A
  65. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)
    6:19Treaty limits and the shipbuilding pipelineNotable Point
  66. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    3:04:15Warships that filled the Tribal role before the TribalsQ&A
  67. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    6:46Replacing wartime cruiser lossesChapter
  68. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    24:49Old cruisers were costly ASW substitutesNotable Point
  69. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    35:10Why older ships remained in the Far EastNotable Point
  70. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    36:54Who judged whether Britain could exceed treaty tonnage?Q&A
  71. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    2:18Could Britain afford the G3 and N3 programmes?Q&A
  72. Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers
    21:19A 96-cruiser force for Britain's worst-case warNotable Point
  73. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:10:13County cruisers belonged to an early-1920s design generationQ&A
  74. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    6:18Why a small Arethusa could serve far from the battle fleetNotable Point
  75. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    8:00Article 19: stopping a clean-slate rebuildChapter
  76. Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove
    1:56China Station rescue work with HMS CarlisleNotable Point
  77. Four Random Books 4: Warship Design
    0:40A Grand Fleet design reference worth browsingChapter
  78. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    7:39Dido-class cruisers expose the cost of treaty-limited hullsNotable Point
  79. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    10:34Rearming reserve cruisers for the Pacific emergencyNotable Point
  80. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise
    5:02Why the E class were large light cruisersChapter
  81. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald
    4:41C, D, and E cruisers as successive design answersNotable Point
  82. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    1:49Checking feet-to-metre conversionsNotable Point
  83. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    3:47Recalculating the cruiser lengthsNotable Point
  84. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    5:54Hull form, power, and the speed questionNotable Point
  85. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    12:03The unrealised anti-aircraft cruiser refitChapter
  86. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    2:14The D class after JutlandChapter
  87. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    7:47A broader hull bought eight hundred more nautical milesNotable Point
  88. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:24:43How effective was the Dido class in its intended role?Q&A
  89. Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)
    10:17The 4th Destroyer Flotilla hunts BismarckChapter