Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Harbour Defence

Also searchable as Harbor Defence, Harbor Defences, Harbor Defense, Harbor Defenses, Harbour Defences, Harbour Defense, Harbour Defenses.

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  1. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    42:13Could an army ambush a fleet inside a port?Q&A
  2. Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?
    19:09Why warships are vulnerable when tied up in harbourNotable Point
  3. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    28:39Torpedo nets against explosive surface dronesQ&A
  4. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    1:11:25Wilhelmshaven's harbor routine magnifies damageChapter
  5. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    1:15:45Even a failed raid transforms harbor defenseNotable Point
  6. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    1:23:25A second wave arrives during the harbor's worst confusionNotable Point
  7. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    58:31Practical limits on a disguised merchant minelayerQ&A
  8. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:14:38Harbor booms as an evolution of defensive chainsQ&A
  9. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    52:39Why harbor defenses remain unfunded despite known solutionsNotable Point
  10. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    23:32Why early aerial torpedoes struggled in shallow harborsChapter
  11. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    27:46How harbor routines could expose German battleshipsNotable Point
  12. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    1:19:00How the historical carrier force might attack WilhelmshavenChapter
  13. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    2:23:48Why cold ships and holiday manning magnify the raidQ&A
  14. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    18:00Kilkis and Lemnos arm Crete's coastChapter
  15. Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?
    57:24Southern ports and radar make Crete resilientNotable Point
  16. Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…
    1:14:39Can a harbor be designed to defeat torpedo bombers?Q&A
  17. Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:12:43Sinking ships to block harbors, canals, and docksQ&A
  18. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    3:37:34If Turtle had sunk Admiral Howe's flagshipQ&A
  19. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    37:39Could American harbor defenses stop a British battle squadron?Q&A
  20. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    1:01:54Helicopter patrols change Scapa Flow and carrier vulnerabilityNotable Point
  21. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:35:12World War I Flower sloops still served in World War IIQ&A
  22. New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response
    18:10Why monitor designs spread beyond the Civil WarNotable Point
  23. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    4:22Cerberus suggests a breastwork path for American monitorsNotable Point
  24. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    2:18:00Why would Italy keep its fleet at Taranto?Q&A
  25. Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...
    2:20:51Scapa Flow and the cost of deferred base defenceNotable Point
  26. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:08:57A fleet in harbour was no longer a fleet in safetyChapter
  27. HMVS Cerberus: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 4
    3:52A guardship built to stop a quick harbour seizureChapter
  28. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    32:35Steam blockships as harbour guards and coastal batteriesNotable Point
  29. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    26:23The Alexandria raid forced the Royal Navy to improve harbor securityQ&A
  30. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    43:17Old torpedo nets offer a simple answer to modern drone boatsQ&A
  31. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    1:36:58Defending fleets and ports against Kaiten submarinesQ&A
  32. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    2:25:33Taranto's harbor geometry protected Giulio CesareQ&A
  33. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    28:47More patrol craft at Scapa FlowNotable Point
  34. 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)
    37:04A Swordfish turns an illuminated harbour buoy into a targetNotable Point
  35. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    16:44Making Scapa Flow safe for the Grand FleetChapter
  36. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    24:04Submarine attacks test Scapa Flow's defencesChapter
  37. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    33:42Interwar optimism became a readiness riskChapter
  38. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    38:16Deferred maintenance made wartime defence more expensiveNotable Point
  39. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    41:09Churchill Barriers and air defence reshape the baseNotable Point
  40. Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)
    41:48Why U-47 was able to attack Royal Oak twiceNotable Point
  41. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    36:30Explosive motorboats disabled York at Suda BayNotable Point
  42. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    1:30:56Why Giulio Cesare was hard to attack at TarantoQ&A
  43. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    1:32:41How a Pearl Harbor third wave could have mined the channelQ&A
  44. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    16:23Shipboard and shore guns in Taranto's defenceQ&A
  45. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    1:44:23Blackout and night visibility at TarantoQ&A
  46. The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P3
    24:10Weather exposes gaps in Taranto's defencesNotable Point
  47. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    2:13Aircraft as a challenge to fleets in harbourNotable Point
  48. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    6:00Bombing as a morale and deterrence problemNotable Point
  49. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    5:04:11Why age-of-sail warships became harbour guard shipsQ&A
  50. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    1:34:56What Royal Oak's loss revealed about Scapa FlowQ&A
  51. The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/14
    4:39Flint's builders and protected harbourChapter
  52. The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live
    2:59:09Radar warned Japan where aerial mines fellNotable Point
  53. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    42:51How air-dropped torpedoes could work in shallow waterQ&A
  54. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    36:08Japan follows up while John Opie's warning stallsNotable Point
  55. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond
    48:48Night attack exposes an unfinished defensive systemNotable Point
  56. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    22:58Darkened cruisers evade the bombersNotable Point
  57. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour
    25:58Crowded moorings restrict fire at low SwordfishNotable Point
  58. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:05:15Harbour geography and incomplete torpedo nets shape the attackChapter
  59. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:10:02Sound detectors could warn Taranto without preventing surpriseNotable Point
  60. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:12:46Readiness and complex mounts weaken Italian anti-aircraft fireChapter
  61. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    1:18:51A crowded anchorage restricts Italian fields of fireNotable Point
  62. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    1:37:36The layered air defences around TarantoNotable Point
  63. Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove
    2:44Dive-bomb damage and wartime support serviceChapter
  64. Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 2
    0:33Copenhagen's garrison, fortifications, and harbour fleetChapter
  65. Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 2
    6:34The harbour options Peymann left unusedNotable Point
  66. The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/3
    18:13Trawlers as the convoy war's mass escort forceNotable Point
  67. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    26:07HMS Terror and the defence of SingaporeNotable Point
  68. An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 4
    3:59The Royal Navy's six-hundred-strong trawler fleetChapter