Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Cruiser Submarines

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  1. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    55:33Cruiser submarines promise a cheaper commerce-warfare offsetNotable Point
  2. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    56:35Difficult submarine designs can advance ordinary submarinesNotable Point
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    57:34Gunfire can turn a cruiser submarine into a trapped surface vesselNotable Point
  4. What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?
    15:35Surcouf and the cost of an intermediate designNotable Point
  5. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    1:13:20Submarine aircraft carriers and SSGNsQ&A
  6. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    40:06French submarine design matters at GibraltarNotable Point
  7. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    22:48Surcouf escapes Brest but its British seizure causes deathsChapter
  8. Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...
    28:35Surcouf's refit raises questions about crew cost and future useNotable Point
  9. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    1:40:47Why submarine aircraft carriers gave up their key advantageNotable Point
  10. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    1:04:26Submarine range could revive the cruiser-submarine ideaChapter
  11. Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    48:48Separate treaty quotas for specialist submarinesQ&A
  12. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    0:43How would a successful X-1 change treaties and World War II?Q&A
  13. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    3:24Why X-1 was built as a cruiser submarineChapter
  14. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    6:20Cruiser submarines need a mission strong enough to justify their costNotable Point
  15. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    8:23American, Japanese, and Italian cruiser submarinesChapter
  16. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    11:37The London Naval Treaty already allowed large submarinesChapter
  17. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    12:40Surcouf receives a treaty exception for a different gun doctrineNotable Point
  18. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    19:28A treaty ratio creates cruiser-submarine fleetsNotable Point
  19. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    26:18A practical successor blends T-class weapons with X-1 rangeChapter
  20. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    29:23Minelaying gives cruiser submarines influence without lingeringNotable Point
  21. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    30:02A combined cruiser-minelayer class releases ordinary submarine tonnageNotable Point
  22. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    39:59Carriers gain heavier defenses against surface attacksNotable Point
  23. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    41:00Germany enters an established submarine-ASW race lateNotable Point
  24. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    41:54Italy must choose between Mediterranean and oceanic cruiser submarinesChapter
  25. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    43:50France builds around Surcouf while Japan reaches toward the I-400Chapter
  26. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:32:51If the United States built ten 8-inch-gun submarinesQ&A
  27. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:34:36A wartime fleet of British X1 cruiser submarinesQ&A
  28. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:54:18The Surcouf and the problem with cruiser submarinesQ&A
  29. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    55:50Why larger submarine guns would struggle against destroyer escortsNotable Point
  30. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:33:41Were Argonaut, Narwhal, and Nautilus cruiser submarines?Q&A
  31. Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?
    7:28The I-400 as the ultimate cruiser submarineChapter
  32. Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?
    1:06:41The verdict: a good idea executed too lateChapter
  33. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    4:14:32Cruiser submarines without treaty limitsQ&A
  34. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    4:44Why cruiser submarines remained a poor bargainNotable Point
  35. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    1:12:16What is the special allowance for three submarines intended to cover?Q&A
  36. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    2:26:55Would qualitative limits encourage big-gun submarines?Q&A
  37. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    2:30:36Why larger guns would not solve Surcouf's firing limitsQ&A
  38. Twelve Odd Ships
    28:08Surcouf and the cruiser-submarine glass jawChapter
  39. Twelve Odd Ships
    28:30Veteran fiction can guide research without proving a claimNotable Point
  40. Twelve Odd Ships
    40:50Prestige kept cruiser submarines attractive after testingNotable Point
  41. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:09:06Surcouf and the cruiser-submarine contradictionChapter
  42. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:12:47Why Surcouf's 8-inch guns offered little safety from escortsNotable Point
  43. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:18:02Could Surcouf refill its ready magazines while submerged?Q&A
  44. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:18:30Why did Surcouf need several minutes before firing?Q&A
  45. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:19:19A treaty-legal cruiser submarine still had to justify its costNotable Point
  46. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:21:20Would a separate treaty category encourage cruiser submarines?Q&A
  47. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:25:26Could Surcouf hunt unescorted merchant ships?Q&A
  48. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    2:06:28M-class guns and the conflict over cruiser visibilityNotable Point
  49. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:11:34Surcouf and the M class share a failed cruiser-submarine ideaQ&A
  50. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:16:47Why the M-class cruiser-submarine concept was a dead endQ&A
  51. Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!
    41:11How M-class variants might have been used in the Second World WarQ&A
  52. Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!
    52:33Does an anti-ship VLS submarine resemble a cruiser submarine?Q&A
  53. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    2:40:38What a 10,000-ton treaty submarine might becomeQ&A
  54. Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'
    1:36:06Japanese I-class submarines in their own periodQ&A
  55. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    2:35:57Cruiser submarines exploited an unlimited treaty categoryChapter
  56. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    2:41:50American plans for an eight-inch-gun cruiser submarineQ&A
  57. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    2:49:09Did Surcouf accomplish anything useful?Q&A
  58. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    2:49:35What sank the cruiser submarine Surcouf?Q&A
  59. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:40:00Soviet minelayers and cruiser submarinesChapter
  60. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:50:14How giant Soviet cruiser submarines could reshape Western fleetsQ&A
  61. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    10:49X1 and the awkward logic of cruiser submarinesChapter
  62. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    20:30Surcouf and the cost of a submarine gunNotable Point
  63. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    30:01X1 and the case for a cruiser submarineChapter
  64. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    36:16Did the loss of HMS M1 end the cruiser-submarine idea?Q&A
  65. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    59:23Did the M-class submarines predate X1?Q&A
  66. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    1:10:20Would anti-ship missiles have rescued Surcouf?Q&A
  67. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:29:21Cruiser submarines traded agility for range and payloadQ&A
  68. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:34:47Radar could not erase a submarine's low horizonQ&A
  69. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:38:15Escorts and Q-ships narrowed the deck gun's roleNotable Point
  70. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:43:27A convoy screen offered the wrong targets for big-gun submarinesNotable Point
  71. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:52:08An armored turret could not protect the whole submarineQ&A
  72. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:54:43Why artillery submarines were poor shore-bombardment shipsQ&A
  73. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    0:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
  74. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    3:21Convoys undercut gun-armed raidersNotable Point
  75. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    4:20A cruiser submarine's odds against escort gunsChapter
  76. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    5:49Why a larger gun did not guarantee a longer engagement rangeNotable Point
  77. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    6:28Gun-mount weight and waterproofingNotable Point
  78. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    8:04A long-range raider with six or more forward torpedo tubesChapter
  79. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    10:10The case for ending cruiser-submarine gun experiments soonerNotable Point
  80. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    11:04A larger T-class submarine as the alternativeChapter
  81. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    12:31Long-range submarines, distant bases and the cost of surfacingChapter
  82. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:21:27Why HMS X1 offered little useful legacyQ&A