Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Danae Class Light Cruisers

Also searchable as D Class Cruiser, D Class Cruisers, D Class Light Cruisers, Danae Class, Danae Class 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. 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
  3. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    14:33How extra anti-aircraft cruisers could change destroyer armamentQ&A
  4. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    1:54:35Did Britain need more 1910 Town-class cruisers?Q&A
  5. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:26:32Using newer cruisers to retire older Royal Navy classesQ&A
  6. 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
  7. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    46:07Did Dido replace the C- and D-class cruisers?Q&A
  8. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    1:26:14C-class conversions as true AA cruisersChapter
  9. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    3:07:34Charles Madden balances cruiser needs against treaty limitsChapter
  10. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    3:23:28Why Dido replacements did not remove older cruisers from serviceQ&A
  11. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:12:31Dunedin's fatal zigzag into U-124's torpedoesChapter
  12. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    1:21:31How fast is the D-class cruiser?Q&A
  13. 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
  14. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    46:53Royal Navy AA conversions in a war delayed to 1942Q&A
  15. 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
  16. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    3:02:00Omaha answered a US light-cruiser needQ&A
  17. 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
  18. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:03:52How twin six-inch Emeralds could accelerate cruiser turretsQ&A
  19. Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    2:26:00When C- and D-class cruisers might retire without warQ&A
  20. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:48:48Royal Navy cruiser construction without World War IQ&A
  21. Top 5 Inventions that came too Late
    14:25Dual-purpose guns before Norway and the MediterraneanChapter
  22. Washington Cheaties: Comment Response
    1:00:38How more US cruisers might have changed later treaty bargainingNotable Point
  23. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    0:00How cruiser classifications changed around the Marathon classChapter
  24. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    18:34The cruiser classes missing from headline battle historiesNotable Point
  25. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
  26. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)
    36:33The Royal Navy's cruiser fleet was not exhausted in 1918Q&A
  27. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:51:26Cruiser designs that served through both world warsQ&A
  28. UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)
    11:46Hawkins, Danae, and Emerald design flawsQ&A
  29. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    45:34Simplifying cruiser ratios and fleet compositionChapter
  30. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    3:15:13The D-class cruisers and their cancelled sistersChapter
  31. 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
  32. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    20:24Modern replacements versus the 70-cruiser headlineNotable Point
  33. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    20:06Repulse, global presence, and naval infrastructureNotable Point
  34. Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore
    12:31Why coal made overseas logistics essentialNotable Point
  35. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/4
    16:14Why a commerce-raiding force needs depthQ&A
  36. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    1:22:31Aegis on old cruisers and Soviet aviation ships in 1980Q&A
  37. Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated
    3:32D-class cruiser armament and wartime refitsChapter
  38. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    2:18Could Britain afford the G3 and N3 programmes?Q&A
  39. Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers
    21:19A 96-cruiser force for Britain's worst-case warNotable Point
  40. RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…
    1:10:13County cruisers belonged to an early-1920s design generationQ&A
  41. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    8:00Article 19: stopping a clean-slate rebuildChapter
  42. 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
  43. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    10:34Rearming reserve cruisers for the Pacific emergencyNotable Point
  44. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise
    5:02Why the E class were large light cruisersChapter
  45. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald
    4:41C, D, and E cruisers as successive design answersNotable Point
  46. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    53:22D-class cruisers as global presence shipsChapter
  47. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    57:35D-class variation multiplied the support burdenNotable Point
  48. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    59:45D-class cruisers connected Britain's distant stationsNotable Point
  49. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:02:21The D-class anti-aircraft conversion war interruptedNotable Point
  50. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:07:54A built-up bow made the D class global cruisersNotable Point
  51. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:08:22D-class cruisers shifted from blockade hunts to D-DayNotable Point
  52. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:10:10The refit problem: useful ships cannot be sparedNotable Point
  53. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:11:58The opening years of war are fought with the prewar fleetNotable Point
  54. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:14:18D-class cruisers in war and at D-DayNotable Point
  55. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    1:07:15The Danae class reflected tonnage and role constraintsQ&A
  56. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    0:04Correcting a D-class length errorChapter
  57. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    1:49Checking feet-to-metre conversionsNotable Point
  58. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    3:47Recalculating the cruiser lengthsNotable Point
  59. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    5:54Hull form, power, and the speed questionNotable Point
  60. An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction
    6:46Why corrections belong in teachingNotable Point
  61. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    1:49How the Service Squadron projected naval powerChapter
  62. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    4:47The firepower behind the Service Squadron displayNotable Point
  63. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    6:05Dauntless and Delhi on station and flagship dutyNotable Point
  64. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    8:30Mediterranean duty and New Zealand replacementsNotable Point
  65. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    12:03The unrealised anti-aircraft cruiser refitChapter
  66. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    16:09How Spanish Civil War duties delayed modernizationNotable Point
  67. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    18:32Why useful cruisers missed their overhaulChapter
  68. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    21:37Northern Patrol work and the hunt for Graf SpeeNotable Point
  69. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    24:15Delhi's conversion and Despatch at MulberryNotable Point
  70. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    26:05A class spread across British shipbuildersNotable Point
  71. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    27:48Durban's final role as a Mulberry blockshipNotable Point
  72. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    30:08Why the Polish cruiser became ORP ConradNotable Point
  73. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    32:43The D class in global presence missionsNotable Point
  74. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    0:03Why a World War I cruiser remained relevantChapter
  75. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    2:14The D class after JutlandChapter
  76. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    7:47A broader hull bought eight hundred more nautical milesNotable Point
  77. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    10:21Torpedo battery, magazine protection, and distant stationsChapter
  78. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    14:20Bridge hangars and flying-off positionsNotable Point
  79. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    14:46A cruiser programme carried through the armisticeNotable Point
  80. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    17:38Postwar service from the Baltic to the China StationChapter
  81. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    20:44New Zealand and Far East cruiser presenceNotable Point
  82. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    23:45Removing aircraft gear and strengthening air defenceNotable Point
  83. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    24:53When economical cruising speed became a liabilityNotable Point
  84. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 2
    26:04Books behind the D-class overviewNotable Point
  85. SASC Video 1: Planning
    5:21Planning a focused research path for D-class cruisersNotable Point
  86. 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