Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:06:46Supporting a steampunk Zeppelin fleetQ&A
  2. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:46:07A destroyer flotilla is shaped by maintenance availabilityQ&A
  3. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:04:52Operation Crusader and the cost of mechanical unreliabilityNotable Point
  4. Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?
    16:25Missile barges create an escort chainChapter
  5. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    13:24Salt water and hard service limit maintenance savingsNotable Point
  6. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    18:36How Type 45 overuse created a readiness debtChapter
  7. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    32:28How fleet size affects maintenance and availabilityNotable Point
  8. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    18:13LCS ambition required integration disciplineChapter
  9. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    19:04LCS corrosion protection and sacrificial anodesNotable Point
  10. What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?
    24:48Type 26 hull volume, maintenance, and growthNotable Point
  11. Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off
    1:27:19Was HMS Intrepid's engine trouble genuine?Q&A
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    38:59How carrier forces handled aircraft icingQ&A
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:01:55Why USS Olympia needs expensive underwater preservationQ&A
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    5:47:06Choosing between the DUKW and TerrapinQ&A
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    7:43:11What a tender for ten Sunderland flying boats would requireQ&A
  16. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:07:36Gun performance, barrel wear, and distance from home industryNotable Point
  17. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:56:15Why two ships do not guarantee one availableQ&A
  18. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:56:54Fire-service reserves as a comparison for fleet readinessNotable Point
  19. What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?
    6:17Why a larger destroyer could need fewer engineersNotable Point
  20. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    1:17:54Eleven battlecruisers create refit depthNotable Point
  21. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    55:03Large escorts may lead and maintain uncrewed task groupsNotable Point
  22. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:53:05HMS Daring shows why fleet depth mattersNotable Point
  23. Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter
    20:40Durability and availability make capability realNotable Point
  24. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:36:56The hidden maintenance burden of Tracy IslandQ&A
  25. Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:45:58Why nuclear Thunderbirds would need cooling connections in their hangarsNotable Point
  26. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    39:24K IX becomes an Australian anti-submarine training targetNotable Point
  27. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    41:38A battery explosion removes K XIII from the Malaya campaignNotable Point
  28. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    47:05Dutch O boats expose the logistics of an exiled fleetChapter
  29. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    48:13O 11 exposes the resource inertia of German salvage plansNotable Point
  30. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:32:27Maintenance assumptions and the limits of national engineering stereotypesNotable Point
  31. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    2:38:56What kept gun crews busy outside battle?Q&A
  32. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:28:02Can uncrewed ships preserve surface-combatant production skills?Q&A
  33. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:04:58Abrams or more T-55s: firepower, maintenance, and support crewsQ&A
  34. What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?
    45:29Engine endurance tests behind maintenance intervalsNotable Point
  35. Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...
    2:55:55Funding the crews and support for forward presenceQ&A
  36. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    27:23Why one German sortie tied down several British warshipsNotable Point
  37. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    2:22:21Why mixed triple and twin turrets worsen a King George V redesignQ&A
  38. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    50:35Operating the manual high-angle 4-inch mountingNotable Point
  39. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:57:17The damage-control limit on reducing warship crews through automationQ&A
  40. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    4:21:35German machinery was capable but painfully individualQ&A
  41. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    1:00:32Experienced captains carry tacit technical knowledgeNotable Point
  42. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:04:59Global basing made repairability a Royal Navy priorityQ&A
  43. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:46:54Why published speed figures conceal wartime machinery strainNotable Point
  44. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    1:33:01Why Warspite's steering defect resisted a simple diagnosisQ&A
  45. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    1:04:47Deferred repairs keep Eagle out of the Taranto strikeNotable Point
  46. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    36:20What controls a Star Trek starship's hull lifeQ&A
  47. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    2:54:39Why platform life is more than ageQ&A
  48. Bruships Gothenborg style...
    39:24Why only about one third of a fleet may be ready for dutyQ&A
  49. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    3:33:19Why the US Navy would reject a maintenance-heavy piston engineQ&A
  50. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    5:16:31Why an 'unmodernized' County cruiser could still be usefulQ&A
  51. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    42:12Space warships need more than one earthly analogyNotable Point
  52. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:43:13Why receiving more frigates does not guarantee a better fleetQ&A
  53. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:10:49Maintenance in a larger hypothetical Russian fleetQ&A
  54. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    1:01:19Why fleet numbers conceal maintenance problemsNotable Point
  55. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    1:37:21Why retire a space warship after forty years?Q&A
  56. Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction
    4:02:03Daedalus needs a chief who integrates daily workNotable Point
  57. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    17:21Why aging missiles can be selected for test launchesNotable Point
  58. The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)
    20:07Why solid-fuel missiles still have a shelf lifeQ&A
  59. Trident Fails to Fly
    9:04Fixing carrier propulsion faults while there is timeNotable Point
  60. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    1:13:37What nuclear warships require in reserveQ&A
  61. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    1:18:28Why modern navies favor single gun mountsQ&A
  62. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    1:49:39Why modern warships need so much support equipmentNotable Point
  63. The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese
    1:28:46Hull count does not equal operational availabilityNotable Point
  64. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    25:17Ships in ordinary absorb refit delaysChapter
  65. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    1:08:57Innovation creates a logistics burdenNotable Point
  66. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:58:08What might an uncrewed modern Flower class look like?Q&A
  67. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:12:22Presence ships need austere, off-the-shelf systemsNotable Point
  68. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:14:47StanFlex pays off only as a fleet-wide systemNotable Point
  69. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:18:22Retaining Type 23s beats converting Rivers for the frigate gapNotable Point
  70. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:24:33Reserve ships protect a fleet against long-war attritionChapter
  71. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    9:24How the Taurus engine shaped the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
  72. Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 3
    27:42The Taurus problem was complexity, not a dramatic power gainNotable Point
  73. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    25:19Why mail-plane catapults were the wrong operational modelQ&A
  74. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:00:07The North Atlantic inflicted its own operational attritionNotable Point
  75. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:28:56Extended Atlantic operations wore down German machineryNotable Point
  76. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:44:36The repair clock blocked an April concentration with BismarckNotable Point
  77. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:03:31How did Britain sustain greater capital-ship sea time?Q&A
  78. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:16:21How hull numbers become a deployable capabilityNotable Point
  79. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    32:02Mechanical failure consumed ships before combat couldChapter
  80. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    47:49A spare-parts shortage also becomes a training shortageNotable Point
  81. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    2:16:36Mixed-calibre armament creates a logistics burdenNotable Point
  82. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    31:40Toroidal propellers versus naval pump-jetsQ&A
  83. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    3:09:35Why combat aircraft require a support system, not just deliveryQ&A
  84. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    3:15:45Why aircraft support is less forgiving than tank supportNotable Point
  85. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    1:10:09Why navies return used Rolls-Royce gas turbinesQ&A
  86. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    4:05:43Single gun mounts trade firepower for easier upkeepQ&A
  87. Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.
    35:48Martian dust storms as a machinery problemQ&A
  88. Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.
    1:56:15Why simple spare parts can need complex supply chainsNotable Point
  89. Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.
    2:04:45Lead, asbestos, and enclosed-habitat safetyNotable Point
  90. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    43:48A possible Pascal refit fails the military-value testNotable Point
  91. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    2:02:48Why replacement turbine blades are not simple copiesQ&A
  92. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:32:04Why six-gun turrets compound maintenance and operational riskQ&A
  93. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:42:31Why warships avoid raw seawater engine coolingQ&A
  94. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:37:54How corruption hollowed out Russian wartime sustainmentQ&A
  95. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:33:38Italian and German answers to the Alaska classQ&A
  96. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    1:40:45Why field reliability matters more than maximum technologyQ&A
  97. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    1:20:06What Yorktown did better than MidwayQ&A
  98. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    2:27:38How construction delays age seals before launchQ&A
  99. Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p6
    23:23Fleet exercises exposed the cost of real readinessNotable Point
  100. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:51:35How steamship boilers were kept from explodingQ&A
  101. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:01:24The case for a third Queen Elizabeth-class shaftChapter
  102. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:08:49What Vikrant may reveal about Indian maintenance designQ&A
  103. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:11:46Why cross-connected shafts do not replace propulsion redundancyQ&A
  104. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    3:01:24What a credible Vanguard reserve would requireQ&A
  105. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    57:15British machinery exposes Italy's industrial constraintChapter
  106. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    1:29:37Why modern naval guns usually use single mountsQ&A
  107. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    1:04:24Gorshkov frigates and the cost of eliminating fleet slackChapter
  108. UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)
    28:05Could Britain maintain Baltimore-class cruisers?Q&A
  109. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    1:26:25Why three powerful ships do not provide three deployable shipsNotable Point
  110. Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships
    2:17:03Million Voices and drydock securityChapter
  111. Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships
    2:20:50When every cruiser becomes an individual work of artNotable Point
  112. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    2:01:36A modern HMS Unicorn could preserve carrier sortie strengthQ&A
  113. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    2:26:24A stationary Averof could prolong Byzantine ConstantinopleQ&A
  114. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:37Why a capability needs more than one hullNotable Point
  115. British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)
    54:03Spacecraft still require maintenance infrastructureNotable Point
  116. Bruships 69: The Decider
    2:40:08How a fleet uses one month of warningQ&A
  117. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    59:28Enterprise carried an eight-reactor support burdenQ&A
  118. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    24:14The nine-day repair window that might have returned Eagle to TarantoNotable Point
  119. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    26:46Availability matters more than paper strengthNotable Point
  120. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    4:45:01When programmable torpedo guidance becomes practicalNotable Point
  121. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    3:29:54Why a flat deck does not make an aircraft carrierNotable Point
  122. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    3:51:51Why an uncrewed submarine still needs a sailQ&A
  123. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    3:52:34Uncrewed aircraft do not eliminate personnelQ&A
  124. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:14:13Inflatable mothball enclosures and ship preservationNotable Point
  125. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    4:03:09Why six hulls may mean two deployable shipsQ&A
  126. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:01:25Why triple 4-inch turrets did not spreadQ&A
  127. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    3:40:42The case for HS2 as room to upgrade existing main linesNotable Point
  128. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    2:33:26Why an airship carrier fails the sustainment testQ&A
  129. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    2:51:22Why carrier capability evolves through the air groupQ&A
  130. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:08:48Why carrier value follows the air group and global missionQ&A
  131. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    54:18Why obsolete ships save the day in science fictionNotable Point
  132. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    1:04:25Reported hull-thickness changes in Royal Navy designsNotable Point
  133. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    1:05:30Fisher's cuts and the wartime uses of older shipsQ&A
  134. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    1:45:17How small crews altered attack-boat performanceNotable Point
  135. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    2:06:49Sustaining the Des Moines class's rapid eight-inch fireQ&A
  136. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 3
    27:35Designing warships with space to growNotable Point
  137. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    55:05The machinery cost of running Tribals hardQ&A