Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

HMS Unicorn 1941

Unique aircraft maintenance carrier and operational light carrier of the Royal Navy.

Related time notes

  1. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    5:10Auxiliary rules open a path for HMS UnicornChapter
  2. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    11:25Unicorn disguises carrier capability as aviation sustainmentChapter
  3. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    17:10A construction pause kept Unicorn away from the early warNotable Point
  4. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    34:08Unicorn could have become the first of a support fleetNotable Point
  5. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    39:22Working up proves Unicorn's flexibilityChapter
  6. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    58:48Snow-sagged power cables catch Unicorn in the Shimonoseki StraitNotable Point
  7. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:02:20Unicorn turns her four-inch guns on Chapek PointNotable Point
  8. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:02:59Unicorn deters gunboats in the Taiwan StraitNotable Point
  9. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:04:59Jet modernization loses priority to angled flight decksChapter
  10. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:06:55Short-term and extended reserve give a fleet mobilization depthNotable Point
  11. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:07:20Unicorn made other aircraft carriers workNotable Point
  12. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    1:01:35Why one navy’s cruiser differs from another’sChapter