Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Illustrious Class Aircraft Carriers

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:45:52When Furious would have been replaced in a larger carrier programmeQ&A
  2. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    53:14British construction priorities under a stronger German threatNotable Point
  3. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    17:55Carrier limits force choices between hull numbers and capabilityChapter
  4. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    54:20British labor transfers between carriers and corvettesNotable Point
  5. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    53:01The 1939 shipbuilding pause and its competing prioritiesChapter
  6. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    58:14How much earlier could the new capital ships have arrived?Notable Point
  7. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:11:10Earlier battleships and a different Denmark Strait engagementNotable Point
  8. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    1:12:22More carriers at Taranto and time for refitsNotable Point
  9. America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class
    50:1327,000-ton carriers with more room for protection and aircraftChapter
  10. ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future
    7:44How the PS-1 and US-1A handled rough seasChapter
  11. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:26:41The panel's favorite aircraft carriersQ&A
  12. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:28:30Henderson's larger British carrier design alternativesNotable Point
  13. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:11:17Light carriers could release tonnage for a larger Ark RoyalChapter
  14. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    16:19Yorktown and Illustrious fit different geostrategiesChapter
  15. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    19:06HMS Unicorn supports British carrier enduranceNotable Point
  16. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    20:06Carrier air groups balance concentrated strikes and sustained fightingNotable Point
  17. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    21:51Treaty limits make carrier designs divergeNotable Point
  18. Bruships
    35:41Deutschland-class carrier conversionsQ&A
  19. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    24:35Earlier carrier completion would create maintenance timeNotable Point
  20. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    26:30Eagle's repairs could make Taranto a three-carrier operationNotable Point
  21. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    41:38A triple-carrier Taranto could create lasting superiorityNotable Point
  22. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:46:47Why large Second World War ships were not easy targetsNotable Point
  23. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    27:22Earlier Illustrious-class carriers bring trained air groups to battleChapter
  24. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:54:58Admiral Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
  25. Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...
    1:10:54The hypothetical six-carrier British forceChapter
  26. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    17:57An early carrier could have joined scattered British programsNotable Point
  27. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    4:53:45Why Illustrious would likely find the enemy firstQ&A
  28. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    5:05:47The unresolved tradeoffs in putting Chobham armour on warshipsQ&A
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    11:32:10Could a King George V hull make a useful carrier?Q&A
  30. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    1:22:43Turning an Illustrious-class carrier into an amphibious aviation shipQ&A
  31. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    11:03:58Could Henderson have narrowed the pause in capital-ship construction?Q&A
  32. What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?
    1:18:29Fisher chooses larger battleships and carriersChapter
  33. Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!
    0:00The Unryu class was not a British copyChapter
  34. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:05:27How the German windfall could accelerate British shipbuildingNotable Point
  35. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    4:23Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and treaty tonnageChapter
  36. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?
    1:46:50A faster battle line would pull carrier construction forwardNotable Point
  37. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    22:41How the 1934 building program divergesChapter
  38. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    32:42Carrier machinery savings become aircraft capacityNotable Point
  39. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:26Taiho and the British armoured-carrier sequenceQ&A
  40. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:08:41Why British naval treaty limits still mattered in 1937Notable Point
  41. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:11How early escort-carrier conversion ideas beganQ&A
  42. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:48Why KGV guns and Illustrious armour were rational prewar compromisesNotable Point
  43. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:53:53How early 2,000-horsepower engines would shape carriersQ&A
  44. A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?
    1:00:53Centerline and deck-edge lift tradeoffsNotable Point
  45. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    3:01:08The Bismarck sortie without Churchill's production pauseQ&A
  46. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    54:58A negotiated answer to Churchill's construction pausesChapter
  47. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    1:14:49Avoiding short pauses transforms the fleet available in 1940Notable Point
  48. How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...
    1:20:55Henderson's carrier concept under treaty limitsChapter
  49. How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...
    1:23:52Ark Royal's strike role and Illustrious's fleet supportNotable Point
  50. How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...
    1:30:37Pre-radar assumptions constrain carrier air groupsNotable Point
  51. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    3:51How many Illustrious-class carriers could Britain have built?Q&A
  52. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    1:10:48Why British armoured carriers needed hangar height as well as areaNotable Point
  53. An Indomitable Force Z
    3:21Construction pauses delayed the Royal Navy's carrier programChapter
  54. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    13:26Wartime wear, Victorious, and the carrier pauseNotable Point
  55. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:03:28How avoiding Indomitable's grounding changes Force ZNotable Point
  56. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:27:01Why only one interwar Ark Royal was builtQ&A
  57. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:00:18Why larger carrier hangars reduced the need for UnicornNotable Point
  58. Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes
    17:11F3 and Illustrious show why shaft layouts were design compromisesNotable Point
  59. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    2:16:08Applying fitted-for-but-not-with to British carriersQ&A
  60. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    22:12Illustrious-class carriers built around fleet defenseChapter
  61. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:19:03How a 1936 naval-treaty collapse could reshape British capital shipsQ&A
  62. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    6:17:33A quick-firing 130 mm gun makes rebuild weight the limiting factorQ&A
  63. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:06:55Graf Zeppelin could accelerate British carrier buildingNotable Point
  64. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:01:00The Royal Navy's surviving postwar carrier fleetQ&A
  65. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:04:55Why wartime carrier machinery wore out so quicklyNotable Point
  66. French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s
    48:16Britain paired carrier and capital-ship procurementNotable Point
  67. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    2:24:19Could Indomitable's hangars take Harriers?Q&A
  68. Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier
    37:01Illustrious and Implacable had different carrier rolesNotable Point
  69. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    33:23Why two Illustrious carriers beat Yorks or a few escortsQ&A
  70. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    1:25:10Henderson might have accelerated Britain's carrier programmeQ&A
  71. What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier
    10:00British carrier construction beyond ImplacableNotable Point
  72. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
  73. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    18:05Why Unicorn was not a remedy for small armored-carrier air groupsNotable Point
  74. Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!
    20:54Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the warNotable Point
  75. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    5:52The Royal Navy's dream carrier balanceNotable Point
  76. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    26:28Implacable versus Illustrious capacityNotable Point
  77. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    29:43The 23,450-ton displacement paradoxChapter
  78. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:36:37Speed-build choices and the final 27,000-ton reconstructionChapter
  79. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:43:42What if carrier construction had continued without the pause?Notable Point
  80. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    35:20Why deck-edge lifts appealed despite Britain's exposed seasNotable Point
  81. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    20:57Implacable class and the Royal Navy compromiseChapter
  82. Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines
    56:33American carrier raids and the need for HMS VictoriousNotable Point
  83. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    0:58Midway followed an American carrier philosophyChapter
  84. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    11:10Survivability meant keeping flight decks availableChapter
  85. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    40:30Radar and layered defense completed the designChapter
  86. Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?
    2:25:13Heavy bombs against maneuvering and defended shipsNotable Point
  87. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:37:50Four Royal Navy ships worth rebuildingQ&A
  88. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:00:04Ark Royal and Illustrious split British carrier prioritiesChapter
  89. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:06:20Wasp's deck-edge lift creates aviation spaceNotable Point
  90. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:10:25The Second London Treaty frames the Illustrious compromiseChapter
  91. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:18:08Unicorn supplies the armored carrier air groupNotable Point
  92. Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion
    1:19:51Unicorn's maintenance role and the treaty's auxiliary categoryNotable Point
  93. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:08:20Graf Zeppelin and carrier aircraft without an operational carrierNotable Point
  94. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    3:03:20How deck-edge lifts recover carrier hangar spaceNotable Point
  95. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    2:30:04Extra fighters could change Illustrious's air defenceNotable Point
  96. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    3:04:10How would Mediterranean combat shape later carriers?Q&A
  97. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    46:11What a 27,000-ton Illustrious could bring to TarantoQ&A
  98. 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
  99. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    2:07:02What a September 1940 war could have changed for British shipbuildingQ&A
  100. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
  101. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    1:56:10How an aggressive Russia reshapes British carriersQ&A
  102. Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI
    2:17:16Would larger British carriers carry larger air wings?Q&A
  103. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:00:04Larger carriers and the prospect of twin-engine torpedo bombersQ&A
  104. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:25:07A larger Ark Royal can combine air group and protectionQ&A
  105. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:27:02More carriers reshape doctrine and aircraft productionChapter
  106. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:18:10Global air threats shape armored carrier requirementsChapter
  107. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:04:53Ark Royal and Illustrious divide strike and survival prioritiesChapter
  108. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    2:23:21Treaty pressure turns one ideal into carrier tiersNotable Point
  109. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:08:22Would taller hangars improve British armored carriers?Q&A
  110. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    23:38Why distant operations favored armoured carriersNotable Point
  111. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    29:02Alpha strike versus continuous carrier operationsChapter
  112. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    3:23:53Royal Navy carriers after a Japanese treaty exitQ&A
  113. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    55:10Helicopters force taller carrier hangarsChapter
  114. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    11:25Unicorn disguises carrier capability as aviation sustainmentChapter
  115. 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
  116. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:15:45Helicopter height forces carrier redesignChapter
  117. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:28:58Helicopters reorder carrier fleets and escort forcesChapter
  118. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:19:21Judge carriers inside their task groupsNotable Point
  119. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    48:47New construction would push older conversions into reserveNotable Point
  120. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    36:23What turbine weight savings could do for IllustriousNotable Point
  121. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:11:22Larger air groups and resilient carrier propulsionChapter
  122. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:24:25An extra year strengthens Britain and may delay U-boatsNotable Point
  123. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    1:48:20Carrier machinery savings become hangar and aviation capacityChapter
  124. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    2:30:20Turboprops give British carriers larger, more reliable air groupsChapter
  125. Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 1
    52:31Specialist flights could have changed British carrier capacityNotable Point
  126. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    20:43Why Britain chose armoured carriersChapter
  127. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    12:32Armoured flight decks strengthened the whole carrierNotable Point
  128. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    1:49:56Continuous strikes shaped the Illustrious classNotable Point
  129. Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response
    6:56Why Ark Royal and the Illustrious class had complementary rolesQ&A
  130. Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response
    8:35Why repair geography shaped British carrier survivabilityNotable Point
  131. Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response
    9:20Global commitments complicate theater labels for British carriersNotable Point
  132. Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response
    45:18British carrier roles joined combat doctrine to global repair logisticsChapter
  133. British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    0:27Graf Zeppelin could keep British carrier construction movingQ&A
  134. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    30:29How Graf Zeppelin could accelerate British carrier constructionQ&A
  135. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    43:27Why launching 24 aircraft was not enoughQ&A
  136. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:06:33How did British capital-ship construction delays affect the raid?Q&A
  137. Bruships 130: Battleships
    18:19How foreknowledge could redirect Royal Navy designsQ&A
  138. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    55:50British shipyard capacity accelerates the responseChapter
  139. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:00:56A German carrier keeps the early Seafire aliveNotable Point
  140. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:13:01German carriers reshape the Illustrious programChapter
  141. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:18:02Would Britain rush light carriers into production?Q&A
  142. Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat
    35:09Carrier limits, total tonnage, and Royal Navy numbersQ&A
  143. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:14:12Japan faces a stronger, carrier-backed Force ZChapter
  144. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:36:23Would the Far East require more Ark Royal-type carriers?Q&A
  145. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:17:51Carrier aviation under a different treaty balanceChapter
  146. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:11:56How Illustrious-class carriers resisted underwater damageQ&A
  147. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:07:10The design route to ten more useful ImplacablesQ&A
  148. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    7:16Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and the arsenal-ship comparisonNotable Point
  149. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:30:22Illustrious-class timelines show how delay accumulatedNotable Point
  150. Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?
    1:57:11What delayed carriers and battleships cost the Royal NavyNotable Point
  151. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    1:23:09Why Ark Royal and Illustrious served different carrier rolesQ&A
  152. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    1:03:38The Royal Navy's carrier force and construction pipeline in 1939Q&A
  153. Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture
    2:54:45The Royal Navy's intended carrier replacement ladderQ&A
  154. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    29:49Why single-stat warship criticism misleadsQ&A
  155. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:54:26Earlier Fleet Air Arm integration would reshape more than displacementQ&A
  156. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    12:00Ark Royal as the fleet's alpha-strike carrierChapter
  157. HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 9
    58:34The inquiry's lessons for carrier survivabilityNotable Point
  158. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    0:21Why Illustrious protected her hangarChapter
  159. HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 7
    1:43:58Treaty limits and the path to the supercarrierNotable Point
  160. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    30:33Covering Hornet and fighting at MidwayChapter
  161. USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 4
    56:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
  162. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 2
    38:41The Illustrious class was not built only for the MediterraneanNotable Point
  163. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    16:31How Graf Zeppelin could change British carrier constructionNotable Point
  164. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:53:54Combining a larger air group with an armoured hangarNotable Point
  165. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:56:20Armoured carriers as a logistics decisionNotable Point
  166. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    1:57:47Fleet patrols and a concentrated carrier night strikeNotable Point
  167. Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History
    1:31:57Naval constructors designed around treaty accountingNotable Point
  168. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    4:25A larger air group for IllustriousNotable Point
  169. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    57:58Illustrious myths: fuel, lifts, and strike operationsChapter
  170. If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response
    21:15Carrier endurance depends on operating geographyNotable Point
  171. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    29:46How twin-engine aircraft could reshape British carriersQ&A
  172. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    55:48Britain's carrier program and the scale of French delayNotable Point
  173. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    19:07Capital ships and carriers join the common-gun fleetChapter
  174. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    3:12:24Three Royal Navy classes worth duplicating in wartimeQ&A
  175. Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty
    25:23Lexington's tonnage breach risked the entire carrier settlementChapter
  176. Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?
    1:15:19Illustrious traded aircraft flexibility for armored protectionChapter
  177. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:41:14Which British carrier best fulfilled its intended role?Q&A
  178. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    2:44:38Illustrious air groups were limited by policy and lift layoutChapter
  179. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    14:49Building an eastern fleet when the Mediterranean is quieterQ&A
  180. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    19:30A three-carrier version of the Taranto raidQ&A
  181. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    54:09Three British carriers waiting in the Indian OceanQ&A
  182. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:22:01A no-pause timetable places four armored carriers in 1940Q&A
  183. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:25:53Avoiding a carrier pause compounds shipyard outputQ&A
  184. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:28:50Earlier British carriers expand the options at Taranto and against BismarckQ&A
  185. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    1:41Why trade-protection carriers stalled before the warChapter
  186. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    43:14U-751 mistakes Audacity for an Illustrious-class carrierNotable Point
  187. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    37:55What uninterrupted work could do for British carrier deliveryNotable Point
  188. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    10:20How Illustrious-class carrier delays accumulatedChapter
  189. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1940
    19:30How earlier British carriers might change TarantoNotable Point
  190. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    40:29How steady German construction changes Allied procurementChapter
  191. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    42:46Illustrious, Ark Royal, and Implacable carrier conceptsNotable Point
  192. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    24:13Accelerating Unicorn and Royal Navy carrier supportNotable Point
  193. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    40:16Carrier design follows theater and strike doctrineChapter
  194. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    42:49Strike carriers and fleet carriers answered different missionsChapter
  195. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    44:20Why geography pushed Britain toward armoured carriersChapter
  196. Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    58:44How more tonnage changes British and American carriersChapter
  197. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)
    35:29Why 27,000 tons changed the carrier trade-offNotable Point
  198. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:50:08Pairing each Illustrious with a UnicornQ&A
  199. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    3:18What would extra Commonwealth carriers change?Q&A
  200. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    2:48:48What carriers would Britain build next?Q&A
  201. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    2:52:48Why Victorious was modernized before later armored carriersQ&A
  202. Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment
    3:14:40Redesigning British armored carriers with hindsightQ&A
  203. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:28:50The strongest prewar carrier designs for World War IIQ&A
  204. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:32:37Range decides a Fletcher-versus-carrier battleQ&A
  205. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:05:01How the Royal Navy planned to replace its old carriersQ&A
  206. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    1:46:10Why navies build before the ideal design is readyNotable Point
  207. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    2:45:49Why the Royal Navy armoured the carrier hangarQ&A
  208. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    1:32:30The larger Illustrious that treaty limits constrainedQ&A
  209. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different
    4:21Ark Royal's protection without an armoured flight deckChapter
  210. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    8:19Illustrious-class build delaysNotable Point
  211. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z
    13:22What faster armored-carrier construction could changeNotable Point
  212. A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber
    19:35A 48-aircraft Illustrious-class counterfactualNotable Point
  213. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    1:55:21Which carrier air groups were considered eliteQ&A
  214. Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)
    1:58:42How older carrier hulls crowded out Malta fundingQ&A
  215. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    28:57Why Britain's rearmament program was aimed at 1942Chapter
  216. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    3:02:13A second Ark Royal and larger Illustrious-class carriersNotable Point
  217. Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response
    15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
  218. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:26:17Which British carrier design best suited France?Q&A
  219. Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    12:13Why carrier-mounted radar became a fighter-direction hubNotable Point
  220. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    0:01'Armoured carrier' as shorthand for a protected hangarChapter
  221. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    1:09:52Why one-ton bombs changed the armour calculationNotable Point
  222. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:19:15Lexington's guns and an accelerated HMS IllustriousQ&A
  223. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    10:12Fleet carriers and naval fighters gain priorityNotable Point
  224. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    47:57Treaty collapse accelerates battleships and fleet carriersNotable Point
  225. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    8:35Japan's incomplete 1939 carrier forceChapter
  226. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    11:41Illustrious follows a staged route from bomb damage to recoveryNotable Point
  227. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    3:09Where were the planned British strike carriers?Q&A
  228. Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie
    6:09Armoured hangars as structural protectionNotable Point
  229. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    6:36Strike carriers and battle carriersChapter
  230. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    32:37What the armored carrier actually protectedChapter
  231. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    27:19Ark Royal and the two paths of British carrier designChapter