Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Maritime Labour

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:07:22American tuna fishing and wartime food supplyNotable Point
  2. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    1:57:13Merchant wages and false impressment alarmsNotable Point
  3. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:35:17Why RFA pay competes with an international labor marketNotable Point
  4. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:34:01Wage evasion complicates impressment narrativesNotable Point
  5. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:56:06How ship launches drove yard safety rulesQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:19:32Where pirates and privateers came fromQ&A
  7. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:49:27Why First World War mine clearance endedQ&A
  8. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    26:19A lost ship could be rebuilt; experienced crews could notChapter
  9. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    49:33The British Merchant Navy drew on a multinational workforceChapter
  10. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    54:48Why Japanese seamen entered British merchant serviceNotable Point
  11. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    1:04:38How wartime expansion changed the United States Merchant MarineChapter
  12. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    1:37:42Chinese merchant seamen faced unequal pay and postwar deportationChapter
  13. Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure
    24:24The 1660 Act: ships, crews, and enumerated goodsChapter
  14. Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure
    27:01Who counted as English - and where tobacco could growNotable Point
  15. Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure
    30:20Merchant seamen as the Navy's reserveNotable Point
  16. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    1:31:16How ships carried Enlightenment ideas across the AtlanticQ&A
  17. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    2:38:19Were ancient war-galley rowers slaves or professionals?Q&A
  18. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:45:03Impressment disputes were complicated by contested citizenshipQ&A
  19. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    28:07Who died aboard TitanicNotable Point
  20. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    44:03York's order and the dockyard that outlived Palmer'sNotable Point
  21. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    23:34Fishing fleets supplied vessels, crews, and skills for naval warChapter
  22. Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat
    11:30Britain's merchant fleet and its imperial workforceNotable Point
  23. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    2:18:09Who served in Commonwealth and Dutch crews?Q&A
  24. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    52:08Voyage contracts ended under the threat of impressmentNotable Point
  25. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    55:06Lascar crews were concentrated on regional Asian routesNotable Point
  26. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    55:32Could a master time a press ship's arrival to avoid wages?Q&A
  27. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    57:23Was impressment an improvement over merchant service?Q&A
  28. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    1:01:24Discipline without a warship's coercive structureQ&A
  29. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    1:03:51Merchant mutinies centered on pay, food, and abuseQ&A
  30. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:43:51East India service offered a risky route upwardChapter
  31. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:51:51Could lower-class sailors rise to command?Q&A
  32. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:55:39Learning a new life at sea and earning a naval commissionQ&A
  33. Bruships 45: Something Medieval
    44:03Were animals used to handle cargo aboard ships?Q&A
  34. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    1:37:55Who represented the trawler crews?Q&A
  35. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 3
    13:15Venetian galley strength carries a manpower burdenNotable Point