Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Carrier Design

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:46:01The new French carrier: shipyard choice and escort requirementsQ&A
  2. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    40:11The tentative case for Admiral-class carrier conversionsNotable Point
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    42:23British requirements for a large, survivable carrierNotable Point
  4. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    43:53A new carrier based on the G3 hull formNotable Point
  5. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    46:45American and Japanese carriers without compulsory conversionsNotable Point
  6. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:16:40Carrier armour, air groups and treaty tonnageNotable Point
  7. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:19:06Later large carrier designs convergeNotable Point
  8. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:20:16Heavy piston aircraft and flight-deck strengthNotable Point
  9. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    17:06Deck-edge lifts and the Royal Navy's protected hangarsNotable Point
  10. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    56:43The maximum Invincible hull and propulsion arrangementChapter
  11. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:18:08Forrestal retained internal lessons from earlier US carriersQ&A
  12. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:55:42British carrier studies approached Ford-class scaleQ&A
  13. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    35:33Why the Royal Navy does not need a naval GCAPQ&A
  14. Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:34:15Why a battlecruiser-carrier hybrid is a poor compromiseQ&A
  15. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    2:26:20Would Britain still pursue the larger Implacable design?Q&A
  16. What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)
    4:48:27Would Japan continue with Taiho-type fleet carriers?Q&A
  17. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:12:00Would an EMALS failure endanger British or French carriers?Q&A
  18. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:45:01The recovery problem for a submarine carrierNotable Point
  19. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:45:26The practical limit on ultra-large carrier proposalsQ&A
  20. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:16Are India's 45,000-ton carriers too small?Q&A
  21. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    0:18What would a class of small Hermes carriers change?Q&A
  22. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    16:01Hermes already contains the outline of a light fleet carrierChapter
  23. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    21:23Hermes's first-generation features reveal where a successor could improveNotable Point
  24. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    25:03Fuel exclusions give a Hermes successor room for greater enduranceNotable Point
  25. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    26:11A County-class hull offers a practical route to the cruiser carrierChapter
  26. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    44:02Land-based air threats preserve the need for armoured fleet carriersNotable Point
  27. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:11:17Light carriers could release tonnage for a larger Ark RoyalChapter
  28. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:16:16Small carriers become practical laboratories for deck-edge liftsChapter
  29. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    18:31Semi-private design work prepares a carrier procurement caseNotable Point
  30. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    22:40A 1915 carrier order is plausible if war does not interruptChapter
  31. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    26:18Wind tunnels offer an early way to identify island turbulenceNotable Point
  32. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    32:52Furious's experimental decks leave lasting compromisesNotable Point
  33. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    50:32Large hangars and modest protection for Fisher's carriersNotable Point
  34. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    2:30:24Visiting the archives to study interwar carrier designQ&A
  35. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    1:12:17Treaty carrier design and operating theatersNotable Point
  36. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    1:44The modified Taiho as Japan's next fleet carrierChapter
  37. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    4:22Treaty tonnage forced armor-versus-air-group choicesNotable Point
  38. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    5:57Lift placement around the modified Taiho's armored boxNotable Point
  39. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    12:58How British carrier studies turned missions into compromisesNotable Point
  40. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    13:56The 1931 carrier's larger lifts and flagship accommodationNotable Point
  41. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    19:07French paper studies preserve interwar carrier thinkingNotable Point
  42. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    24:13Ryujo and Commandant Teste show different answers to limited tonnageNotable Point
  43. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    32:21PA9's specialized hangars left little room for aircraft growthChapter
  44. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    35:27Design slack makes warships easier to modernizeNotable Point
  45. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    4:30:34Why a world of Bearn copies sidelines naval aviationQ&A
  46. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    5:03:05Why a fleet carrier must outrun the battle lineNotable Point
  47. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    4:23Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and treaty tonnageChapter
  48. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:03:07Modernizing the Imperial II Star DestroyerQ&A
  49. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:36Distributed gunboats for Castle Federation capital shipsQ&A
  50. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:50:05Designing a successor to the Venator-class Star DestroyerQ&A
  51. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:58A 35,000-ton Invincible-class carrierQ&A
  52. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:50:08Converting Courageous and Glorious along Eagle's linesQ&A
  53. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:42:15Light carriers beneath a hypothetical 16,000-ton treaty thresholdNotable Point
  54. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:54:21Would the Maltas complete with angled flight decks?Q&A
  55. Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:09:02Naval design books sent back to 1933Q&A
  56. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:09:57Early CATOBAR concepts for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
  57. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    32:42Carrier machinery savings become aircraft capacityNotable Point
  58. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    44:24Courageous tests the future carrier plantNotable Point
  59. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    19:03The Washington treaty pushed Japan toward an offensive solutionNotable Point
  60. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    1:46:43Pacific carrier flagships linked staff space to command effectivenessChapter
  61. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    55:36Pragmatic Soviet carrier systems and German fuel handlingNotable Point
  62. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    1:00:53Centerline and deck-edge lift tradeoffsNotable Point
  63. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    50:31Could a taller-hangar Indomitable design have lasted after the war?Q&A
  64. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    1:10:48Why British armoured carriers needed hangar height as well as areaNotable Point
  65. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    2:31:35Why one naval archive document rarely settles an argumentNotable Point
  66. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    6:17Eagle as the interwar carrier force's reliable backboneNotable Point
  67. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    18:32Flight trials replace Eagle's twin-island proposalNotable Point
  68. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    23:53How battleship armour was rearranged for the carrier conversionNotable Point
  69. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    25:08Powerful boilers meet a battleship conversion's piping limitsNotable Point
  70. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    28:15Eagle's size, guns, protection, and aircraft capacityChapter
  71. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    56:01Why operating areas shaped carrier armour and hangarsNotable Point
  72. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:57:47Catapults and the cost of reducing carrier capacityChapter
  73. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    2:53:20Why carrier air groups encounter a human ceilingQ&A
  74. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    0:39Béarn's specialized lifts and political designNotable Point
  75. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    20:10How specialized lifts could cripple operationsNotable Point
  76. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    31:06Joffre's design and flight-deck tradeoffsNotable Point
  77. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    39:58Béarn's mixed propulsion compromiseNotable Point
  78. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    34:22Malta, Midway, and the later CVA-01 designQ&A
  79. Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut
    11:43The heavy aircraft-carrying cruiser compromiseChapter
  80. Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut
    27:25Liaoning's named designers and the source problemNotable Point
  81. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    37:01Illustrious and Implacable had different carrier rolesNotable Point
  82. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    39:19Invincible's compact design traded away independent capabilityChapter
  83. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    56:51Carrier hangars provide adaptable volumeNotable Point
  84. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:05:36Why larger carriers devote more of the ship to aviationNotable Point
  85. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:18:17The four Kiev-class ships formed an iterative design sequenceNotable Point
  86. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:45:13Kiev's offset flight deck still imposed axial operationsNotable Point
  87. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:46:45The Kiev class developed Soviet carrier knowledge by evolutionChapter
  88. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    1:57:26What might a larger Kiev-inspired Invincible have looked like?Notable Point
  89. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    9:00Carrier size pays for systems, stores, and peopleNotable Point
  90. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    22:37Carrier choices for medium powersChapter
  91. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    27:59CATOBAR is powerful, but no longer the global defaultNotable Point
  92. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    40:45Designing carriers for larger future aircraftChapter
  93. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    43:40How Merlin's undercarriage reshaped carrier liftsNotable Point
  94. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    48:30Why carriers are harder to future-proof than missile shipsNotable Point
  95. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    57:29Why every carrier programme repeats old argumentsNotable Point
  96. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    1:26:55A British supercarrier would answer British strategic needsQ&A
  97. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    0:00From USS United States to an all-role supercarrierChapter
  98. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    2:35The armoured flight deck becomes the strength deckNotable Point
  99. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    4:26A retractable island loses out to command-space demandsNotable Point
  100. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    46:48A carrier-capable Hercules would reshape lifts and hangarsNotable Point
  101. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    10:20Light fleet carriers: rapid construction and long adaptabilityChapter
  102. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    10:45How HMS Unicorn pointed toward the light fleet carrierNotable Point
  103. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    13:26How light carriers outlasted their wartime briefNotable Point
  104. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    26:45What a Majestic-class carrier could carry and sustainNotable Point
  105. HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure
    38:28The missing modern light fleet carrierChapter
  106. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    0:37Carrier lessons as a transnational synthesisChapter
  107. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    5:25Cumulative treaty tonnage shaped carrier fleetsNotable Point
  108. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    7:49Congruent carrier development from shared aimsNotable Point
  109. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    11:19Taihō and survival for an outnumbered fleetChapter
  110. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    13:30American intelligence estimates TaihōNotable Point
  111. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    18:00Audacious: survivability versus aircraft growthChapter
  112. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    21:59Uncrewed aircraft do not remove carrier space pressureNotable Point
  113. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    30:04Midway and the cost of treaty limitsChapter
  114. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    40:56Malta's mixed lifts and North Sea riskNotable Point
  115. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    41:50Malta: the larger British carrier conceptChapter
  116. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    44:09Malta's twin islands supported multicarrier commandNotable Point
  117. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    48:24War experience reveals pre-war carrier aimsNotable Point
  118. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    49:49War data corrects exercise false positivesNotable Point
  119. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    50:52Removing cumulative limits: a carrier counterfactualNotable Point
  120. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    35:20Why deck-edge lifts appealed despite Britain's exposed seasNotable Point
  121. F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 3
    42:55Canals and infrastructure impose different carrier-design limitsNotable Point
  122. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:46:47Ark Royal's height combined seakeeping with visible powerNotable Point
  123. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    16:39How nuclear power would reshape Queen Elizabeth-class islandsQ&A
  124. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    47:43Why angled-deck standards follow aircraft designQ&A
  125. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    52:05Ryujo and a cruiser-carrier treaty categoryQ&A
  126. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    36:31A World War II Tracer would have reshaped naval air defenseNotable Point
  127. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    20:43Langley's open hangar reflects a Pacific-centered outlookNotable Point
  128. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    23:33Lexington and Saratoga expose carrier-gun tradeoffsNotable Point
  129. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    32:40Hosho reveals carrier scaling and early flight-deck hazardsNotable Point
  130. What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!
    1:20:06A larger Hawkins design reshapes the carrier treaty counterfactualChapter
  131. French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons
    32:19Why a carrier must fit its navy's own strategyNotable Point
  132. French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons
    35:51Shipboard culture and personnel retentionNotable Point
  133. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    52:19Why 1920 carrier elevator figures misleadNotable Point
  134. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:40:35Which London treaty imposed the 23,000-ton carrier limit?Q&A
  135. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    1:10:54How much larger is the Secutor than a Venator?Q&A
  136. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    1:20:50Would extra fighter pods stop a Daedalus from landing?Q&A
  137. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    29:31Wind-tunnel testing shapes the flush flight deckNotable Point
  138. HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution
    36:43Internal funnels reveal the value of a carrier islandChapter
  139. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:16:21A 12,000-ton threshold separates trade and fleet carriersChapter
  140. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:25:07A larger Ark Royal can combine air group and protectionQ&A
  141. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:25:52An active carrier program preserves designs for wartime expansionQ&A
  142. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:34:54Minimal carrier studies did not authorize constructionQ&A
  143. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:46:12Minimal carrier studies contribute to later practical designsNotable Point
  144. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:46:47An impractical Hermes replacement can still train designersQ&A
  145. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    44:04Why the Battlestar layout works as a space carrierQ&A
  146. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    2:30:10How a supersonic Harrier could enlarge the Invincible classQ&A
  147. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    13:12How an Admiral-class carrier conversion might have workedQ&A
  148. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:02:48How much lighter a purpose-built Lexington might have beenQ&A
  149. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    17:38Argus turns limited carrier strength into a laboratoryChapter
  150. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    51:13Furious uses two flight decks to keep fighters movingNotable Point
  151. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:04:53Ark Royal and Illustrious divide strike and survival prioritiesChapter
  152. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:21:58Ark Royal balances protection against aircraft growthNotable Point
  153. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:23:21Treaty pressure turns one ideal into carrier tiersNotable Point
  154. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:08:22Would taller hangars improve British armored carriers?Q&A
  155. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:09:21Zero-length catapults aim at rapid fighter launchesNotable Point
  156. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    23:38Why distant operations favored armoured carriersNotable Point
  157. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    30:39Speed and workshops for independent carrier operationsNotable Point
  158. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    32:42Treaty limits constrained Ark Royal's ideal designNotable Point
  159. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    2:34:50How four Ryūjō-class carriers could change treaty categoriesQ&A
  160. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    3:25:19Why a trade-protection carrier needed 16,000 tonsQ&A
  161. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    55:10Helicopters force taller carrier hangarsChapter
  162. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    5:10Auxiliary rules open a path for HMS UnicornChapter
  163. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    5:45Why hangar size does not determine carrier air-group sizeNotable Point
  164. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:15:45Helicopter height forces carrier redesignChapter
  165. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:24:29Larger hangars change carrier treaty bargainingNotable Point
  166. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:28:58Helicopters reorder carrier fleets and escort forcesChapter
  167. Naval History Writing Competition 2023/2024
    24:35Ark Royal and the first purpose-designed carrierNotable Point
  168. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    28:45The Sea Hornet met the limits of British carriersChapter
  169. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    17:06Start carrier design with the air missionChapter
  170. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    28:49Why over-deck aircraft platforms remained experimentsNotable Point
  171. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    40:55HMS Furious and the evolution of the flight deckChapter
  172. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:15:14A carrier's air group is its most adaptable armamentNotable Point
  173. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:24:41CATOBAR, STOBAR, and V/STOL shape the air groupNotable Point
  174. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    5:14Why gun-and-flight-deck hybrids sacrifice both rolesNotable Point
  175. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    53:40Hōshō and Hermes turn carrier design into a blank-page problemChapter
  176. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:15:14Treaties divert national carrier design pathsNotable Point
  177. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    2:11:49Mission and future air groups define the carrierChapter
  178. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    2:20:35Will navies need purpose-built drone carriers?Q&A
  179. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    36:37Ryūjō's treaty-driven design and stability problemsChapter
  180. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    27:01A British 28,000-ton carrier before treaty limitsQ&A
  181. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    2:34:09Why pre-treaty experimental carriers gave Britain flexibilityQ&A
  182. Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers
    24:56Would carriers have developed without the First World War?Q&A
  183. Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers
    38:50Carrier and aircraft design reveal doctrineNotable Point
  184. Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers
    41:48Ben-my-Chree's torpedo attack and design legacyChapter
  185. Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers
    49:26A roadmap for the Year of Aircraft CarriersChapter
  186. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    2:58Why larger carriers might have transformed the Scimitar's recordNotable Point
  187. Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 4
    26:33A multirole concept ahead of its fleet structureChapter
  188. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    1:48:20Carrier machinery savings become hangar and aviation capacityChapter
  189. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    52:31Specialist flights could have changed British carrier capacityNotable Point
  190. USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response
    6:22How repeated experiments produced viable light carriersNotable Point
  191. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    35:32Without naval treaties, carrier fleets converge on large and small typesQ&A
  192. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    34:33Carrier survivability and the limits of protectionNotable Point
  193. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:36:25Treaty tonnage and global fleet numbersNotable Point
  194. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    50:41Why Stanley Goodall's carrier evidence mattersNotable Point
  195. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    6:39Germany had ways to learn carrier design before Graf ZeppelinQ&A
  196. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    26:17Early British carriers argued against casemate gunsNotable Point
  197. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    14:02Graf Zeppelin's systems worked against one anotherNotable Point
  198. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    35:23A carrier is an aircraft, crew, and doctrine systemNotable Point
  199. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    10:48Atlantic weather makes hangar stowage decisiveNotable Point
  200. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    25:46Soryu and Shokaku make the common-hull carrier credibleChapter
  201. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:48:31Would every common-hull ship keep the same armor?Q&A
  202. Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat
    35:09Carrier limits, total tonnage, and Royal Navy numbersQ&A
  203. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    38:03A 42,000-ton Invincible-class carrierQ&A
  204. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    51:48Why a well deck would compromise InvincibleQ&A
  205. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:17:51Carrier aviation under a different treaty balanceChapter
  206. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    1:19:38Would larger carriers immediately produce larger aircraft?Q&A
  207. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    56:53The interwar path toward purpose-built escort carriersQ&A
  208. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    0:00Carrier design reveals how medium powers understood their placeNotable Point
  209. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    11:10Béarn turned aircraft specialization into deck-handling delayNotable Point
  210. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    13:27Bidirectional recovery promised unusual wind flexibilityNotable Point
  211. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    17:55Extreme forward lift placement compromised hull structureChapter
  212. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    24:55High power supported a forty-aircraft light carrierChapter
  213. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    32:04Joffre was an advance on Béarn, not a problem-free carrierChapter
  214. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    3:08Treaty limits and the Royal Navy's ideal carrierChapter
  215. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    17:50Why deck-edge lifts carried a stability costChapter
  216. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    19:56Why Malta armoured the hangar deckChapter
  217. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    26:28How jet trials might have reshaped Malta's liftsNotable Point
  218. Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 2
    28:57Why the Royal Navy did not begin with Malta-sized carriersChapter
  219. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    6:16CVA-58 depended on other carriers and a command shipNotable Point
  220. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    27:35A temporary bridge through early jet-carrier limitationsNotable Point
  221. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    29:19Why CVA-58 was laid down in a dry dockNotable Point
  222. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    30:24USS Northampton and CVA-58's missing flagship functionsNotable Point
  223. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    47:46Why Kaga was a poor replacement conversionNotable Point
  224. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    3:43:52Larger jets made a Forrestal-scale carrier likelyQ&A
  225. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    2:08Designing a carrier for aircraft not yet builtNotable Point
  226. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:43:58Treaty limits and the path to the supercarrierNotable Point
  227. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:47:25Continental and blue-water carrier design pathsNotable Point
  228. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:48:43Would deck-edge lifts have changed Illustrious?Notable Point
  229. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:54:39Estimating the air group with deck-edge liftsNotable Point
  230. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    10:56Armor placement and the Pacific strike roleChapter
  231. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    49:06Carrier growth made preservation impracticalNotable Point
  232. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    56:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
  233. US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response
    13:51Why Lexington's 8-inch guns were a poor carrier compromiseQ&A
  234. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    6:03Bearn's raised lifts obstructed flight operationsChapter
  235. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    9:01Bearn's machinery changed after the hull was laid outNotable Point
  236. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:05:21Ranger lacked room for wartime aircraft growthChapter
  237. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    33:44D. K. Brown, Ark Royal, and testing historical inferenceQ&A
  238. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    5:45A carrier system poorly matched to northern watersChapter
  239. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    11:13Rails, trolleys, and the catapult bottleneckChapter
  240. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    18:42Heating systems and the test of wartime reliabilityNotable Point
  241. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    26:11A large carrier for a modest air groupChapter
  242. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    35:51Casemate guns and the cost of design creepChapter
  243. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    44:23Bulges as a late answer to top-weight growthNotable Point
  244. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    46:08From treaty allowance to an overloaded carrier briefChapter
  245. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    1:10:03The danger of making a first carrier too complexChapter
  246. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    1:15:52What the Soviet postwar assessment says about the designNotable Point
  247. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    38:56British and American carrier safety convergeQ&A
  248. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    1:16:40Why adding EMALS would be more than a catapult refitQ&A
  249. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:16:45A larger Hermes-derived InvincibleQ&A
  250. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:48:24Carrier bows must suit their operating oceanQ&A
  251. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:04:16A roomier armoured fleet-carrier compromiseNotable Point
  252. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    59:21A practical modern STOVL carrier sketchQ&A
  253. Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'
    1:18:21Béarn as a warning in interwar carrier designNotable Point
  254. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    2:20:05France's next carrier follows Queen Elizabeth at smaller scaleQ&A
  255. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    2:05How to judge the first aircraft carriersChapter
  256. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    14:54Eagle's T-shaped lift sacrificed future flexibilityNotable Point
  257. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    44:37Akagi's multiple decks could not keep pace with aircraft growthChapter
  258. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:03:02Yorktown-class aviation strength outgrew its command spacesNotable Point
  259. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:12:09Wasp squeezed a fleet carrier into too little tonnageNotable Point
  260. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:23:12Carrier designers keep relearning the cost of false economyChapter
  261. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    10:38How to judge an experimental aircraft carrierChapter
  262. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    44:28Béarn's three incompatible aircraft liftsChapter
  263. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:54:11Why can deck-edge elevators weigh more?Q&A
  264. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:54:57What later carriers learned from the interwar experimentsChapter
  265. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:56:08Could an Essex simply receive an armored flight deck?Q&A
  266. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:58:35CVA-01 preserved an elaborate answer to deck trafficNotable Point
  267. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    3:04:38Did CVA-01 predate the angled flight deck?Q&A
  268. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    1:26:30Early carriers belong to the pre-combat design eraNotable Point
  269. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video
    1:20:40Why low hangars constrained later British armored carriersQ&A
  270. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers
    1:35:43The carrier-like dorsal deck may support dockingNotable Point
  271. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    44:20Winchester Castle shows the scale of a multi-role conversionNotable Point
  272. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments
    29:23Axis carriers could cause panic without being good shipsQ&A
  273. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    15:52Carrier doctrine as a test of officer educationChapter
  274. Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches
    26:16Which carrier generation did the thought experiment mean?Q&A
  275. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1941
    13:13Carrier losses consume irreplaceable experienceNotable Point
  276. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    26:27Graf Zeppelin's elegant but overcomplicated aviation systemNotable Point
  277. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:20:34Adapting a 1942 light fleet carrier for the Cold WarQ&A
  278. 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)
    11:49King George V armament and battleship perceptionChapter
  279. Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)
    2:30:53Q&A: What prevented Harrier operations from the ship discussed?Q&A
  280. Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...
    4:01A 1954 Royal Navy medium fleet-carrier studyQ&A
  281. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    23:53How treaty wording permitted large new-build carriersNotable Point
  282. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    26:06Why purpose-built carriers used tonnage betterNotable Point
  283. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    31:40Why larger carriers gain hangar efficiencyNotable Point
  284. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    32:42How early arresting wires kept aircraft on the deckNotable Point
  285. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    33:44British deck-edge lift studies - and their limitsNotable Point
  286. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    35:29Why 27,000 tons changed the carrier trade-offNotable Point
  287. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    40:36How imperfect carrier data shaped treaty choicesNotable Point
  288. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    41:29HMS Eagle as a carrier-flagship modelNotable Point
  289. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    50:10How carrier islands supported faster flight operationsNotable Point
  290. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    58:32The Royal Navy's three-fleet carrier arithmeticNotable Point
  291. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    1:01:39Lexington conversions and Japan's large-carrier optionNotable Point
  292. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    1:08:47A British 27,500-ton carrier programmeChapter
  293. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    1:18:12What a G3 carrier conversion might enableNotable Point
  294. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    7:10H-class battleships and the risks of paper designNotable Point
  295. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    4:07:49Q&A: why Queen Elizabeth carriers have two islandsQ&A
  296. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    56:44How the Daring gun would have appeared on the Malta classQ&A
  297. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:01:10Malta-class construction pauses for an angled-deck redesignQ&A
  298. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:24:00No exact modern equivalent for Courageous and GloriousQ&A
  299. The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p4
    7:28Carrier design follows the missionNotable Point
  300. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    15:30HMS Furious and the experimental carrier strikeChapter
  301. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    21:58Ark Royal as a purpose-built strike carrierChapter
  302. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out
    7:09Unnecessary is not the same as obsoleteChapter
  303. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    9:52Ark Royal and Yorktown as stepping stones to later carriersNotable Point
  304. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    20:33Why Yorktown retained an islandNotable Point
  305. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:21:19Hermes, Ark Royal, and the real carrier-design generation gapQ&A
  306. Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper
    2:58:45How long a CVA-01 fleet might have servedQ&A
  307. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)
    2:06:57More numerous but smaller treaty carriersQ&A
  308. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    3:10:36Carrier lifts and folding-wing aircraftQ&A
  309. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:02:41Using Norman Friedman to follow Essex design changesChapter
  310. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:59:17What seventy extra meters would give the Queen Elizabeth classNotable Point
  311. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:26:03Does the Lucrehulk make a good carrier?Q&A
  312. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    4:09:00Which periods and subjects are covered by this research and teaching?Q&A
  313. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    4:09HMS Formidable and the armoured-carrier tradeoffNotable Point
  314. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    13:13The ideal British carrier exceeded treaty tonnageNotable Point
  315. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    36:44Light fleet carriers were already on the Royal Navy's horizonQ&A
  316. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    23:48The larger Invincible design Britain chose not to buildNotable Point
  317. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    9:24G3 conversions and a larger treaty carrier normNotable Point
  318. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
  319. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    41:15G3 design lessons and carrier-conversion potentialNotable Point
  320. Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 322
    17:35Evidence for a lost Supermarine carrier fighterChapter
  321. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    2:23:11How G3 carrier conversions might have transformed naval aviationChapter
  322. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    2:31:46A G3 carrier would have approached Lexington dimensionsQ&A
  323. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    2:45:45Carrier speed can cost aircraft capacityNotable Point
  324. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    2:48:28Hangars, aviation fuel, and arresting gear reshape a carrierNotable Point
  325. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    24:58Why treaties discouraged fleets of small carriersQ&A
  326. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    34:48Admiral-class carrier conversions and US parityNotable Point
  327. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    42:46Could France have licensed the Yorktown design?Q&A
  328. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    48:08Armoured carrier decks before the kamikaze threatQ&A
  329. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    50:23The unresolved corrosion problem in Graf Zeppelin's railsQ&A
  330. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    53:08How purpose-built carriers might have changed developmentQ&A
  331. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    11:41Carrier designs must be judged against national needsChapter
  332. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    24:35Graf Zeppelin's crated-aircraft storage problemNotable Point
  333. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    5:40Ryujo and the cost of minimizing carrier displacementNotable Point
  334. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    6:37Carrier ships and aircraft had to develop togetherNotable Point
  335. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    7:38USS Ranger tests the small purpose-built carrierChapter
  336. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    14:54American treaty arithmetic plans the next carrier generationNotable Point
  337. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    19:28Ark Royal trades propulsion weight for protection and air powerChapter
  338. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 3
    23:30Hiryu diverges from her near-sister SoryuNotable Point
  339. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    3:48Early carriers solve launch and landing hazardsNotable Point
  340. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    6:30Langley shows how funnels govern carrier islandsNotable Point
  341. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    10:20Hosho and Eagle define different carrier scalesChapter
  342. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    24:09Courageous and Kaga show flight-deck layout choicesChapter
  343. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 3
    26:03A decade turns experiments into capable carriersNotable Point
  344. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    51:22Why HMS Furious lacked a conventional islandQ&A
  345. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:17:52Why the island layout became the carrier standardNotable Point
  346. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:20:46Why carriers needed surplus speed to rejoin the fleetNotable Point
  347. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:29:10Why squadrons benefited from long-term carrier pairingsQ&A
  348. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:34:28Projecting bow sections lengthened carrier catapult runsQ&A
  349. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    1:53:02Argus and Langley reveal the cost of funnel arrangementsChapter
  350. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:02:09Hosho, Eagle, and Hermes tested distinct carrier rolesChapter
  351. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:09:41Aircraft development quickly outpaced carrier weaponsQ&A
  352. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:17:44Furious and Akagi show how exhaust trunking consumed hangarsChapter
  353. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:21:51Why a Canadian carrier would probably follow Royal Navy designQ&A
  354. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:22:50Furious used a bumped flight deck to shape airflowNotable Point
  355. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:30:38Lexington and Saratoga made speed and air-group size decisiveChapter
  356. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:35:42Angled flight decks followed higher aircraft landing speedsQ&A
  357. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:39:57Why battlecruiser conversions remained fast carriersQ&A
  358. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:43:00Courageous and Kaga expose the cost of bad exhaust routingChapter
  359. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:52:46Glorious and Ryujo show the scale of interwar carrier experimentsChapter
  360. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:55:34Ranger, Soryu, Yorktown, and Enterprise refine fleet carriersChapter
  361. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s
    2:57:57Lower flying-off decks promised faster fighter launchesQ&A
  362. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    12:04A 23,000-ton carrier could meet speed and air-group goals but not protectionNotable Point
  363. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    14:52Carrier limits depended on Japanese acceptanceNotable Point
  364. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    34:19Why HMS Eagle and Hermes resemble later through-deck cruisersNotable Point
  365. The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI
    45:02The compact Flycatcher could use a carrier's forward flying-off deckNotable Point
  366. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    4:46Angled decks, mirror sights, and rubber landingsNotable Point
  367. Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    5:50What did the angled deck counterbalance?Q&A
  368. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    1:13:20Larger jets forced carrier hangar rebuildsQ&A
  369. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    1:19:23Why light carriers mixed naval and merchant standardsQ&A
  370. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    1:59:34An angled deck was not chiefly a counterweightQ&A
  371. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    48:48Why carrier islands usually sit to starboardNotable Point
  372. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:31:21Deck parks and outriggers make room for extra fightersNotable Point
  373. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:38:33Armoured carrier design trades air-group size for survivabilityNotable Point
  374. Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation
    2:30:08What the CV-01 'Alaskan Highway' was forQ&A
  375. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:00:21How a passenger liner became HMS ArgusChapter
  376. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:12:04Why carrier elevators moved to the deck edgeQ&A
  377. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:16:54Was a B-29-sized aircraft carrier ever suggested?Q&A
  378. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    11:02Logistics and carrier lessons at seaNotable Point
  379. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:44:17Deck-edge lifts for armoured carriersNotable Point
  380. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    3:09Where were the planned British strike carriers?Q&A
  381. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    4:17Why Implacable stayed close to existing designsQ&A
  382. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    6:09Armoured hangars as structural protectionNotable Point
  383. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    54:46Did the Abyssinian Crisis shape British carriers?Q&A
  384. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:02:40Why the Mediterranean favoured armoured carriersChapter
  385. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:06:12Did other navies independently reach the armoured carrier?Q&A
  386. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    1:54:24Audacious and the carrier Britain wantedNotable Point