Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Command at Sea

Also searchable as Ship Command, Warship Command.

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  1. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    35:18Gallipoli's command problem and the price of forcing straitsChapter
  2. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    58:05Jellicoe would demand an army and rewrite Fisher's planChapter
  3. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:47:12If Iron Duke sank, which ship would take Jellicoe?Q&A
  4. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:38:48How an ASW frigate line could shape officer careersNotable Point
  5. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    29:36Destroyer command creates the interwar admiral pipelineNotable Point
  6. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    57:32How far back could a modern Royal Navy captain command?Q&A
  7. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 8 Some more Mikasa thinking on command...
    0:00Why did Mikasa's commanders stand in an exposed position?Q&A
  8. #Japan2025 #ShipShape naval history trip... update 8 Some more Mikasa thinking on command...
    1:33Mikasa's command post as a place of decisionNotable Point
  9. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    59:59French captain grades tied rank to command experienceNotable Point
  10. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    1:59:14How archaic rank titles still work in modern naviesQ&A
  11. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    2:23:38Master and Commander as a favourite lost rankQ&A
  12. Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...
    2:25:26The lowest rank likely to command a Royal Navy vesselQ&A
  13. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    27:39Gorshkov's early career in a rapidly changing Soviet fleetChapter
  14. Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy
    31:32An officer shortage put Gorshkov in command within three yearsNotable Point
  15. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    42:40Walker and the captain's three command problemsChapter
  16. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    45:13A captain's command problems are interconnectedNotable Point
  17. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    46:47A captain must employ and develop competing leadersNotable Point
  18. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    49:03Captaincy combines diplomacy, psychology, and command temperamentChapter
  19. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    51:21Captaincy is the product of career-long professional formationNotable Point
  20. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:02:46Royal Navy warfare qualification bridges specialisation and captaincyNotable Point
  21. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:03:15An admiral commands captains, not puppetsNotable Point
  22. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:05:37The admiral provides stability through cascading commandNotable Point
  23. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    6:36A destroyer officer shaped by speed and early commandChapter
  24. Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship
    1:08:49Why a private ship command mattered to a Royal Navy captainNotable Point
  25. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    1:37:51Does a larger Royal Navy frigate need a higher-ranking commander?Q&A
  26. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    2:51:35Why navies still need the rank of captainQ&A
  27. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    1:17:30Kimmel could shift his flag and command from seaQ&A
  28. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:54:20Sloops gave junior officers independent commandQ&A
  29. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:03:55Why naval officers entered diplomacyQ&A
  30. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:18:53Perisher needs a command step after the courseQ&A
  31. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    3:25:39Captain as naval rank and shipboard command titleQ&A
  32. Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail
    52:31Did fear of Byng push Graves into battle?Q&A
  33. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    2:39:12Why commanders left the conning towerNotable Point
  34. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    32:28Rear Admiral Wilcox lost during Task Force 39's crossingChapter
  35. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    24:07Why the deliberate-sinking myth failsNotable Point
  36. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    32:40How clear was Titanic's final night?Q&A
  37. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    2:21:41How should Captain Smith be judged?Q&A
  38. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    1:03:03Command decisions can give a cruiser a bad nameNotable Point
  39. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    2:03:06Gloucester's loss was not simply a design verdictNotable Point
  40. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:02:39Conning-tower armour versus command visibilityQ&A
  41. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    3:30:56Why naval histories foreground commandersQ&A
  42. Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 2
    1:48Robert Sherbrooke's route to destroyer commandChapter
  43. Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 2
    10:16Destroyer officers in Arethusa-class cruisersNotable Point
  44. Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)
    28:30Decentralized command before HMS Gipsy's miningNotable Point
  45. Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:38:19A Cold War lesson: give back as good as you getQ&A
  46. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:50:11Command discretion and private conduct at seaNotable Point
  47. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:55:50Punishment, accountability, and restraint in naval disciplineQ&A
  48. Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:20:24Authority through restraint in shipboard disciplineQ&A