Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Capitani Romani Class Cruisers

Also searchable as Capitani Romani Class, Capitani Romani Class Cruiser.

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  1. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    6:17Why Italy selected 135 mm gunsChapter
  2. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    12:39Cruiser priority and the destroyer construction gapChapter
  3. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    14:20Cruiser tonnage versus destroyer numbersNotable Point
  4. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    27:21Later-series firepower and sensorsChapter
  5. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    35:32Italian light anti-aircraft weapons and Gufo radarChapter
  6. Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s
    1:03:44Soldati production, attrition, and competing constructionChapter
  7. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    56:44Large destroyers become small cruisers in practiceNotable Point
  8. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:00:39Why the Capitani Romani straddled cruiser and destroyer categoriesQ&A
  9. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:42:07Judging the Capitani Romani by how they were deployedNotable Point
  10. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:59:34Did Italy's 65 mm AA gun become effective?Q&A
  11. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:13:43Capitani Romani guns could simplify a Littorio secondary batteryQ&A
  12. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    1:02:21An Italian Dido-style anti-aircraft cruiserQ&A
  13. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    19:01The Capitani Romani class as Italy's Atlanta analogueQ&A
  14. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    25:47How permissive destroyer limits would enlarge every navy's designsQ&A
  15. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    1:25Why the Capitani Romani were supersized destroyersChapter
  16. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    5:28The Franco-Italian race for faster scouts and destroyersChapter
  17. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    13:43Treaty limits turned cruiser design into a cycle of countersNotable Point
  18. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    14:14A 41-knot hull built around guns, torpedoes, mines, and machineryChapter
  19. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    19:22Minimal armour left speed as the class's main protectionNotable Point
  20. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    20:20Machinery, mine rails, and broadside torpedoes shaped the deck planChapter
  21. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    21:19The Dido comparison exposes a cruiser-on-cruiser mismatchNotable Point
  22. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    22:42Late construction left useful ships with almost no Italian wartime careerChapter
  23. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    27:30Twelve planned ships became four completions and two long-lived rebuildsChapter
  24. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    31:37Scipione Africano's radar-guided night action against British MTBsChapter
  25. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    37:42French rebuilding confirmed the destroyer-leader interpretationNotable Point
  26. Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?
    38:52Speed and survival were not enough to win a cruiser fightNotable Point
  27. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    2:48:37Capitani Romani firepower and Italian quality controlQ&A
  28. Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina
    53:59Capitani Romani and a more coherent two-tier cruiser forceChapter
  29. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:45:21Capitani Romani are cruisers in name, destroyers in roleChapter
  30. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:50:27How did Abdiel protection compare with Capitani Romani?Q&A
  31. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    3:04:08Should Italy build only Zaras and Capitani Romani?Q&A