Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Ernle Chatfield

Also searchable as Lord Chatfield.

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  1. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    29:26Naval memoirs can obscure the work of subordinatesNotable Point
  2. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:12:44Maintainability should shape a warship before equipment is fittedQ&A
  3. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    42:49Chatfield and Henderson reveal power inside naval administrationNotable Point
  4. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    43:57Chatfield's treaty strategy favored many small carriersChapter
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    6:23:58Chatfield's gun preference and a heavier King George V counterfactualQ&A
  6. Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception
    2:36Restoring Reginald Henderson to the rearmament storyChapter
  7. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    58:14Carrier building enters the Anglo-German Naval AgreementChapter
  8. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    8:07Archives recover Henderson from Chatfield's selective memoryNotable Point
  9. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:42:06If Beatty and Chatfield were killed at JutlandQ&A
  10. Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?
    47:43Lion and Troubridge turn pursuit into a trapChapter
  11. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:38:50Churchill's prewar influence was smaller than hindsight suggestsNotable Point
  12. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    3:49Henderson's leverage over Royal Navy constructionNotable Point
  13. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    3:41:37Chatfield's influence on King George V armamentQ&A
  14. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    2:11:05Why Chatfield's memoir needs an archival checkNotable Point
  15. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    3:32:13Who could have replaced Chatfield as First Sea Lord?Q&A
  16. HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment
    1:00:30Chatfield and Henderson press for better carrier fire safetyChapter
  17. Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 3
    14:37How postwar institutional politics shaped the design recordNotable Point
  18. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    42:10Chatfield's preferences pulled King George V away from a direct G3 updateQ&A
  19. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:27:58Henderson's 15-inch preference opens two King George V batteriesQ&A
  20. Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?
    32:41Chatfield and the limits of the battleship-admiral labelNotable Point
  21. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    41:45An existing 4.5-inch plan makes mass conversion credibleNotable Point
  22. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    57:45Chatfield's 14-inch-gun bargain with HendersonQ&A
  23. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    18:16King George V and the 14-inch gun gambleChapter
  24. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    45:11Force Z, gun choices, and interrupted carrier constructionNotable Point
  25. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    1:33:54Chatfield, Henderson, and interwar carrier policyNotable Point
  26. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    3:27:45How First Sea Lords overrode normal procurement channelsQ&A
  27. British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper
    34:43Service historical research and the carrier argumentNotable Point
  28. Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...
    13:11Tactical means and the danger of assuming equal competenceNotable Point
  29. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 3
    15:36How the 1936 naval treaty's safeguard clauses workedChapter
  30. PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/3
    20:56Ultra, high command, and the pressure on PoundChapter
  31. Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy
    22:07Why KGV and Vanguard remained battleshipsQ&A
  32. A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 1
    43:52Designing Landing Craft Tank for heavier armourChapter
  33. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    1:09:49Henderson, Chatfield, and the King George V compromiseQ&A