Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Leander Class Light Cruisers (1931)

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  1. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:50If Cumberland had joined the Battle of the River PlateQ&A
  2. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:12:36Five Leanders and three modified Amphions made eightQ&A
  3. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    4:15:28Arethusa-class cruisers and fleet quantityNotable Point
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    5:37:54Small cruiser hulls and the time available for escapeNotable Point
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    5:39:17More Arethusas in place of LeandersQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:38:06Favourite treaty cruisers and the limits of the categoryQ&A
  7. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    48:13A counterfactual Canadian fleet for 1939Notable Point
  8. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:54:16Australia's Amphion-class cruiser choiceQ&A
  9. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:53:23Missing patrol bases increased the burden on cruisersNotable Point
  10. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    3:27:47Emerald and Enterprise suggest a route toward twin-turret cruisersNotable Point
  11. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    20:07Argentina's Leander-pattern triple turretQ&A
  12. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    3:08:22Why Beatty and the Leander class are overratedQ&A
  13. Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?
    2:54:52Where British cruisers would reinforce the US Pacific warQ&A
  14. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:59:31Why Leander lacked triple turrets but Arethusa could use themQ&A
  15. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:03:46La Argentina's Arethusa lineage and the improved Leander pathQ&A
  16. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:04:47Why enlarged British light cruisers need not trigger an arms raceQ&A
  17. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    56:05An 8,000-ton, 6-inch treaty cruiser standardQ&A
  18. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    46:43Town-class helicopter cruisers trade a turret for informationChapter
  19. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    3:31Enterprise offered a strong alternative to the Leander pathNotable Point
  20. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    49:29A successful turret pointed toward the LeandersNotable Point
  21. HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 5
    52:37Enterprise bridged two generations of British cruiser designChapter
  22. Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built
    1:06:12How early turreted light cruisers could escalate designQ&A
  23. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    49:35How Cumberland might have altered the Graf Spee searchQ&A
  24. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    32:42An all-centreline 13.5-inch dreadnought experimentChapter
  25. Building a NelRod County Class...
    55:40What cruiser could Canada have ordered?Q&A
  26. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:22:52Arethusa traded gun count for endurance and spaceNotable Point
  27. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:46:01Deutschland's competing roles culminated in the River Plate testChapter
  28. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:48:31Would a Leander hull have made a better Dido?Q&A
  29. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:26:04Triple turrets, aft firepower, and mine-handling riskNotable Point
  30. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    18:34The cruiser classes missing from headline battle historiesNotable Point
  31. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    26:20Where to find an accurate plan of HMS AchillesQ&A
  32. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    37:12Why HMS Achilles does not match every Leander drawingQ&A
  33. Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 10
    18:55Endymion's name and a larger interwar E-classNotable Point
  34. Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    51:27A small-ship strategy for New ZealandChapter
  35. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:06:50How British tactics misled Graf SpeeQ&A
  36. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:30:13Early Condottieri behave like enlarged destroyersChapter
  37. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:32:35British magazine protection exposes the early Condottieri tradeoffNotable Point
  38. UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)
    11:46Hawkins, Danae, and Emerald design flawsQ&A
  39. Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)
    27:30What the 'super Leander' cruiser proposal combinesNotable Point
  40. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    45:34Simplifying cruiser ratios and fleet compositionChapter
  41. Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    1:02:51Steady cruiser construction and national force coverageChapter
  42. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)
    16:35Politics behind Royal Navy turret choicesNotable Point
  43. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    26:16River Plate and the value of six-inch fireChapter
  44. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    6:48Arethusa showed that a smaller cruiser could be coherentNotable Point
  45. Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol
    9:19Paper firepower versus practical vulnerabilityNotable Point
  46. Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)
    3:28How Royal Navy hunter groups could neutralise a raiderNotable Point
  47. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    2:56:16How ship identification distorted range at the River PlateQ&A
  48. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    17:32River Plate validates cruiser sea-denial doctrineChapter
  49. Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated
    1:33Royal New Zealand Navy cruisers at warChapter
  50. Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy
    27:20How interwar cruiser iteration led to the Town classNotable Point
  51. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    38:33How the Royal Navy reached the six-inch triple turretQ&A
  52. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    12:13The Leander baseline and its growth problemNotable Point
  53. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    12:08Galatea, U-557, and two losses in forty-eight hoursChapter
  54. Amphion Class Cruisers
    11:49Why the Amphions were more than modified LeandersChapter
  55. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:14:54Why Australia chose Sydney before launchChapter
  56. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:27:54What separated Amphions from Leanders?Q&A
  57. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:54:16How well compartmented were the Amphions?Q&A
  58. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-22
    4:00What cruiser tonnage could buy in a LeanderNotable Point
  59. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-16
    12:11Britain's advantage within apparent parityNotable Point
  60. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    8:16Cruiser imbalances behind the negotiationsNotable Point
  61. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:21:55Arethusa and Leander trade-offs reached the Australian NavyChapter
  62. 2 Minutes: HMS Orion The Leander Class Bonus
    0:11HMS Orion's battle honours, 1939-44Chapter
  63. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    6:35The first generation of new 1930s light cruisersChapter
  64. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    12:03Speed, range, armour, and guns in the Leander designNotable Point
  65. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    20:20Catapult aircraft and the value of a flexible hullNotable Point
  66. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    26:23Six-inch guns as an anti-aircraft barrage weaponNotable Point
  67. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    55:18HMS Orion and wartime air-defence modernisationNotable Point
  68. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    1:02:51The River Plate as the Leanders' defining momentNotable Point
  69. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    1:08:17Why the Leanders work so well in naval fictionNotable Point
  70. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    1:10:03The Leanders as a middle tier between Arethusas and TownsChapter
  71. 2 Minutes: Leander Class in Very Brief
    0:09Why the Leanders sit awkwardly between cruiser rolesNotable Point
  72. 2 Minutes: Leander Class in Very Brief
    0:50Why the Leander retains an older cruiser roleChapter
  73. 2 Minutes: Leander Class in Very Brief
    1:16The Leander as a starting point for a cruiser programmeNotable Point
  74. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    32:06Why did the Arethusas suit Force K better than Leanders?Q&A
  75. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    1:08:58Why the Royal Navy moved from Arethusa to DidoQ&A
  76. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    1:13:23Why the Leanders felt like stepping-stone cruisersQ&A
  77. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    23:00Why heavier turrets strain a Leander conversionNotable Point
  78. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise
    8:35Enterprise as a double-turret test bedNotable Point
  79. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald
    22:18Comparing cruiser answers to a Deutschland raiderNotable Point
  80. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    32:42The 1931 Leander as a global cruiserChapter
  81. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    39:40Why Leanders were not Town-class substitutesQ&A