Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

First London Naval Treaty (1930)

Also searchable as 1930 London Naval Treaty, London Naval Treaty 1930, London Naval Treaty of 1930.

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  1. Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices
    0:37The Tribal class and the fight between destroyer screensChapter
  2. Tribal to Weapon: The history of the Royal Navy's WWII Destroyer choices
    13:30The J, K and N classes' adjacent boiler roomsNotable Point
  3. What happens if the Invincibles really were Dreadnought Armoured Cruisers?
    16:27Treaty limits and the case for more escortsNotable Point
  4. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    23:58Britain's defence treaties across changing governmentsChapter
  5. Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program
    55:29Hatsuharu and the smaller treaty destroyerChapter
  6. Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program
    59:49Could Japan have built more large destroyers before London?Notable Point
  7. Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program
    1:01:22Article 8 and the torpedo-boat openingChapter
  8. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    0:00How the World War I destroyer surplus hid an aging forceChapter
  9. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    30:32The Hawkins-based limit and the missing middle-sized cruiserNotable Point
  10. Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s
    32:05Navigatori-class speed claims and seakeepingChapter
  11. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    55:36Cruiser carriers force a different 1930 London Treaty bargainChapter
  12. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    55:38How the London Treaty might create a light-carrier allowanceChapter
  13. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:17:15A larger treaty fleet with a construction holidayQ&A
  14. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:30:25A heavily funded Royal Indian Navy after 1922Q&A
  15. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    2:26Tucker and Sampson classes set an Atlantic destroyer baselineChapter
  16. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    30:18The Pensacola class keeps its scout-cruiser roleNotable Point
  17. Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers
    8:54Light-carrier treaty arithmetic and fleet tradeoffsNotable Point
  18. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    6:57:05How a scout-carrier category could expand the Royal NavyQ&A
  19. Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:39:35Treaty-era British battleship replacement cadenceQ&A
  20. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:06:18Separate heavy and light carrier allowances in a different treaty systemNotable Point
  21. Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:36:18What does heavy cruiser mean in a 1919 design exercise?Notable Point
  22. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    0:23What changes when 850 psi boilers arrive in 1934?Q&A
  23. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:19:42British naval rearmament begins in 1933Q&A
  24. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:43HMS Tiger as a treaty-era aircraft-carrier conversionQ&A
  25. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:32:51If the United States built ten 8-inch-gun submarinesQ&A
  26. How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership
    0:37Why peace through naval weakness could invite warChapter
  27. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    58:03If naval officers had led the 1930 London treaty talksQ&A
  28. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    13:09Politicians take control of the London Naval TreatyChapter
  29. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    15:23How the verdict on the naval treaties changedNotable Point
  30. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    29:11Why negotiate a peace treaty when nobody is at war?Q&A
  31. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    48:48Japan uses treaty limits to support economic recoveryChapter
  32. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    1:27:14Distinguishing Washington from the later London restrictionsNotable Point
  33. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    1:28:51A Royal Navy without London construction limitsNotable Point
  34. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    2:11:19Why the treaty bought Japan timeQ&A
  35. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    3:02:09Why Stalin's participation could collapse the treatyQ&A
  36. Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?
    51:14The First London Treaty constrained useful light forcesNotable Point
  37. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    58:14Carrier building enters the Anglo-German Naval AgreementChapter
  38. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:13:34Why the Royal Navy accepted fifty cruisers at LondonQ&A
  39. The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked
    1:51:37Charles Madden and the First London Naval TreatyChapter
  40. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    3:39:16Could Nelson and Rodney be made faster for an Italian threat?Q&A
  41. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    5:05:30A failed London treaty could revive the F3 battlecruiser conceptQ&A
  42. Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII
    52:55Treaty labels and the roles of eight-inch cruisersNotable Point
  43. Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!
    24:48Early carrier programmes as rearmament and employmentNotable Point
  44. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    2:38:46If treaty destroyers displaced 3,000 tonsQ&A
  45. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    14:07How more County-class cruisers could change treaty bargainingNotable Point
  46. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:43:21Without cruiser caps, Britain builds the planned forceQ&A
  47. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    1:24:47The First London Naval Treaty said little about seaplane carriersQ&A
  48. War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion
    50:52Removing cumulative limits: a carrier counterfactualNotable Point
  49. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    32:30London Treaty rules squeeze useful small carriersNotable Point
  50. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    36:45The London Treaty closes the Ryūjō loopholeNotable Point
  51. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:04:23Treaty limits collide with large-carrier doctrineNotable Point
  52. Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems
    1:11:20Ranger compresses a large air group into a treaty hullChapter
  53. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    52:05Ryujo and a cruiser-carrier treaty categoryQ&A
  54. 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
  55. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    5:11Keeping Stalin inside the London conferenceChapter
  56. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    25:48A German invitation rumor brings Moscow to LondonChapter
  57. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    52:29The historical ratios define the bargaining spaceChapter
  58. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    57:06Parity with Japan unlocks a six-power bargainChapter
  59. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    1:03:50Would opposition in Japan prevent acceptance of Soviet parity?Q&A
  60. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    1:06:03Why Britain could accept a stronger Soviet Baltic FleetQ&A
  61. 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
  62. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    1:54:17Would the Soviets build smaller ships under the treaty allowances?Q&A
  63. Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London
    2:10:48Smaller battleships increase hull numbers within a fixed tonnage allowanceNotable Point
  64. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    7:25Why Soviet participation could destabilize the London Naval TreatyNotable Point
  65. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    5:10Auxiliary rules open a path for HMS UnicornChapter
  66. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    23:22Gas turbines turn machinery weight into treaty tonnageNotable Point
  67. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:15:47A 1930 treaty walkout puts carriers and fast capital ships firstQ&A
  68. Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 10
    26:43Nine sloops a year offered a treaty-era escort alternativeChapter
  69. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    49:19The Royal Navy's three-theatre nightmareNotable Point
  70. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    11:12Treaty limits did not require eight-inch gunsChapter
  71. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    22:05Ministerial churn and carrier decisionsNotable Point
  72. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    31:10Government turnover and naval programsChapter
  73. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    6:56Lexington carriers and the scout-force tradeoffNotable Point
  74. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    14:04London Treaty pressure and the Portland shiftChapter
  75. USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser
    4:37How treaty rules reshaped the heavy cruiserNotable Point
  76. Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    20:08Steady batches and treaty space could have preserved Australian yardsChapter
  77. Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    39:47The 1934 naval estimates contained a serious case for disarmamentChapter
  78. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    37:20Carrier ceilings and a one-fifth building capChapter
  79. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    45:34Simplifying cruiser ratios and fleet compositionChapter
  80. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    57:38The sloop exemption and proposed design limitsNotable Point
  81. Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)
    9:10London Treaty submarine size and gun limitsChapter
  82. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    12:00The London Treaty's destroyer rulesChapter
  83. Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    3:01Anglo-American competition did not make war inevitableNotable Point
  84. Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    12:28Pensacola as a scout rather than a fighting cruiserChapter
  85. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    25:40The 1930 treaty defines the aircraft carrierChapter
  86. Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)
    14:22The 1930 capital-ship building holidayChapter
  87. A Quick Outline of the Equitable Treaty Series
    1:17London Treaty subjects and fleet categoriesChapter
  88. County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)
    0:03An equitable London Treaty begins with cruiser numbersChapter
  89. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    0:47Article 10 and the replacement clockChapter
  90. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    5:34Heavy-cruiser tonnage and over-age allowancesChapter
  91. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    8:10Treaty drawdown met Japan's withdrawalNotable Point
  92. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    12:06Defining cruisers and destroyers by displacement and gunsChapter
  93. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    13:47How prescriptive replacement schedules constrained fleetsNotable Point
  94. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    29:00Washington and London treaties were not equivalentNotable Point
  95. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    29:57War memory and the assumptions behind arms controlNotable Point
  96. County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)
    32:21Arms control and the appearance of weaknessNotable Point
  97. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    27:32Treaty tonnage and French capital-ship choicesChapter
  98. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    1:15Why the Counties were not simply ‘heavy cruisers’Chapter
  99. 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity
    42:17Cancelled K-class orders carried into the M-class programmeNotable Point
  100. Bruships 44: Strategy
    1:43:25Scattered trade routes required more escorts than treaty policy suppliedNotable Point
  101. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    52:50Why criticize the 1936 naval treaty but not earlier arms limits?Q&A
  102. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 3
    11:38The May 15 Incident removes a civilian check on militarismNotable Point
  103. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    1:33Articles 17-18: cruiser transfers and US constructionChapter
  104. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    8:00Article 19: stopping a clean-slate rebuildChapter
  105. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    10:14Article 20's national replacement exceptionsChapter
  106. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    13:43Japan's treaty politics and controlled naval spendingNotable Point
  107. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    15:43Article 21 and a naval build-up outside the treatyChapter
  108. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    18:18The treaty held before late erosionNotable Point
  109. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    20:04Article 22: submarines and merchant-ship safetyChapter
  110. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-16
    1:34How British complaints concealed treaty advantagesNotable Point
  111. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-16
    7:27How Articles 14-16 classified and limited fleetsChapter
  112. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-16
    12:11Britain's advantage within apparent parityNotable Point
  113. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    0:32Why naval treaty clauses need close readingNotable Point
  114. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    1:06Articles 11 and 12: disposals and exempt special vesselsChapter
  115. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    2:22Japan's treaty exceptions for minelayers and training shipsNotable Point
  116. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    5:47Annex I: when a navy may replace a warshipChapter
  117. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    8:46Which naval treaty loopholes were closedNotable Point
  118. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    10:10Who represented the powers at the London conferenceChapter
  119. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    0:40Article 8's exempt-vessel rulesChapter
  120. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    15:30Article 9 and controlled fleet replacementChapter
  121. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    17:58Article 10's notification and verification systemChapter
  122. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    20:34Why treaty-era choices lasted into World War IINotable Point
  123. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    1:13Why the 1930 treaty mattersChapter
  124. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    1:50Article 1: a capital-ship building holidayChapter
  125. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    3:23Article 2 trades old capital ships for lower costsChapter
  126. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    12:49Why politicians took a larger role at LondonNotable Point
  127. Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol
    26:59How the London Naval Treaty shaped sloopsChapter
  128. P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)
    2:39Why the Royal Navy needed pre-Tribal destroyersChapter
  129. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops
    8:01Why sloops set the escort standardChapter
  130. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    4:11How the London Naval Treaty defined little shipsChapter
  131. An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 2
    1:27How the London Naval Treaty defined little shipsChapter
  132. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    9:07London Treaty rules created free small-ship tonnageChapter