Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Mediterranean Fleet

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  1. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    58:27Suez, Gibraltar, and the race to mobilise reservesChapter
  2. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    1:13:53Why Italy might join before GermanyNotable Point
  3. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:00:49Why a 170-gun first rate would enter ordinaryQ&A
  4. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:56:20Why Andrew Cunningham fits a fictional Azur Lane commandQ&A
  5. Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s
    11:45The Mediterranean Fleet as an imperial response forceNotable Point
  6. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    44:02Land-based air threats preserve the need for armoured fleet carriersNotable Point
  7. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    29:09Collision, repair, and Mediterranean serviceNotable Point
  8. Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?
    1:46:15The Mediterranean Fleet reinforces the Far EastChapter
  9. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    8:13:30Signals intelligence guides the Cape Bon interceptionChapter
  10. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    6:24:08If France, Russia, and Germany intervened in the Second Boer WarQ&A
  11. Nelson: A Very British God of War...
    26:10Agamemnon made Nelson a naval diplomatChapter
  12. Nelson: A Very British God of War...
    32:31Commodore command still depended on worthwhile prizesNotable Point
  13. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    21:01From Cape St Vincent to Mediterranean flag rankChapter
  14. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    22:41Prize coordination makes Collingwood a wealthy admiralNotable Point
  15. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    47:00Post-Trafalgar honors and Mediterranean commandChapter
  16. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    50:23Small warships as tools of Mediterranean deterrenceNotable Point
  17. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    55:50The Toulon convoy action closes Collingwood's careerNotable Point
  18. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    29:10Operation Judgement inside Operation MB8Chapter
  19. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    31:30Operation MB8 as a fleet logistics systemChapter
  20. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    55:39Two plausible routes to a four-carrier forceChapter
  21. Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...
    1:30:05Surviving carriers, Crete, and Force ZNotable Point
  22. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    4:12Flagship training built Hornby's global experienceChapter
  23. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    50:22HMS Alexandra made Hornby's Mediterranean signal credibleNotable Point
  24. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    50:22Mixed orders weakened deterrence in the Russo-Turkish crisisChapter
  25. Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence
    55:23Fleet positioning stopped Russia without opening fireChapter
  26. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:07American carriers in the wartime MediterraneanQ&A
  27. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:31:45US capital ships replace the wartime Mediterranean FleetQ&A
  28. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    56:37Arethusa and Abdiel become Mediterranean speed toolsNotable Point
  29. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    1:08:39Protection, fuel, and speed reshape wartime optionsNotable Point
  30. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    1:11:08Extra speed opens a surface-bombardment window at TarantoNotable Point
  31. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:40How the Royal Navy could use the French fleet in 1940Q&A
  32. Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...
    30:36The strategic case for letting Napoleon leave ToulonChapter
  33. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    4:39HMS Active and the Mediterranean school of commandChapter
  34. Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...
    17:13HMS Arethusa completed Vian's Mediterranean preparation for warChapter
  35. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:05:15Didos came of age in Mediterranean fleet warfareChapter
  36. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:05:48Cape Matapan resembled a prewar exercise problemNotable Point
  37. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    33:17George Tryon's loss made subordinate judgment essentialNotable Point
  38. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    16:07George Tryon and the case for thinking officersChapter
  39. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    21:15HMS Victoria and the cost of unthinking obedienceNotable Point
  40. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    18:09Toulon, family patronage, and a captain at nineteenChapter
  41. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    20:24Command failure at the Battle of ToulonNotable Point
  42. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:14:38How Royal Navy war plans evolved before 1939Q&A
  43. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    1:10:06Cunningham and Fieldhouse show why admirals may command ashoreChapter
  44. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    31:37Reserve readiness and the Fourth Destroyer FlotillaChapter
  45. Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship
    39:55Ajax and the Admiralty turned technical skill into institutional authorityChapter
  46. Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship
    57:16Fleet exercises tested Somerville's communications systemChapter
  47. Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?
    1:19:31A carrier-rich fleet can rotate ships across three theatresChapter
  48. John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…
    55:10Boyne's loss and Jervis's Mediterranean command teamNotable Point
  49. The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked
    1:26:25Hood and the problem of conflicting operational authorityChapter
  50. The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked
    1:39:09William Parker's eleven days as First Naval LordNotable Point
  51. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:47:39A Malta 100-ton gun hit could doom GoebenQ&A
  52. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:04:00Why the Mediterranean posed a different risk from home watersQ&A
  53. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:07:13Why Britain concentrated its strongest forces against FranceNotable Point
  54. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:15:52Sir William Parker's convenient illnessQ&A
  55. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    2:33:34William Parker lasts eleven days as First Naval LordNotable Point
  56. The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live
    2:42:21The captain of the fleet acted as an admiral's chief of staffNotable Point
  57. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    0:30Why Beatty may have fitted a Mediterranean commandChapter
  58. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    7:36:50Why Nubian is the next Tribal-class choice for World of WarshipsQ&A
  59. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    6:21:20Four carriers would turn Taranto into a fleet-ending strikeQ&A
  60. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    6:45:51Cochrane with modern carrier doctrine would strike Italy earlyQ&A
  61. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:05:26Moving the Mediterranean Fleet would not hand Malta to ItalyQ&A
  62. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    34:50Eagle's balanced 1924 air group enters Mediterranean serviceChapter
  63. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    1:01:27Eagle carries the Mediterranean Fleet's early air warChapter
  64. So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?
    13:35The Royal Navy concentrates against GermanyChapter
  65. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:27:07Global deployment without wasting battlecruisersChapter
  66. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    18:16Why the Mediterranean might suit Beatty better than MilneChapter
  67. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    35:58Why pre-war shadowing did not become an attackNotable Point
  68. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    41:07Why Goeben and Breslau were so hard to catchChapter
  69. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    44:10The August 1914 escape of Goeben and BreslauChapter
  70. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    56:43Could Lion have caught Goeben in a tail chase?Chapter
  71. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:16:10Would Beatty return in time for Jutland?Q&A
  72. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:36:03Freed escorts and victories could reshape naval policyNotable Point
  73. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:39:47Would an early British victory bring Italy into the war sooner?Q&A
  74. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    1:48:02Goeben in the Adriatic: raids and an earlier Italian interventionChapter
  75. V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 105
    2:09:00Would Lion need extra escorts and crew?Q&A
  76. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:52:22A 1942 war sends the AA cruisers to the MediterraneanQ&A
  77. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    2:15:24Why Indomitable retained a pom-pom-focused anti-aircraft fitQ&A
  78. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    59:26Base-linked oilers confront a three-front warChapter
  79. How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier
    38:38Great White Fleet and status signalingNotable Point
  80. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:44:13King George VI's possible naval careerQ&A
  81. Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 5
    37:50From Steam Pigeon to ShagbatNotable Point
  82. Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice
    2:36:33If Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered the MediterraneanQ&A
  83. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:00:16Royal Navy alert levels in the late 1930sQ&A
  84. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:14:27Capital ships and tonnage for a three-fleet Royal NavyQ&A
  85. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    54:36Edward Pellew as a British comparison for John Paul JonesNotable Point
  86. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    40:40Stanley Orr and the Fulmar's Mediterranean combat recordChapter
  87. Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines
    58:48Fulmars from Cape Matapan to the Arctic and Far EastChapter
  88. Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 5
    1:09:02If Leonardo da Vinci had survived into the Second World WarNotable Point
  89. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    54:41Revenge in the Greco-Turkish crisesChapter
  90. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    57:16Treaty fleets, rotations, and selective modernizationChapter
  91. British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development
    1:18:10Global air threats shape armored carrier requirementsChapter
  92. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:18:18How a destroyed Kriegsmarine changes Japan's war choiceQ&A
  93. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    45:56An Allied Japanese carrier fleet against ItalyQ&A
  94. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    27:42Exercises and the Abyssinia Crisis build the case for UnicornChapter
  95. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    2:48:13G3s belong forward; N3s anchor the Mediterranean or Home FleetQ&A
  96. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:56:10Which famous officers emerged from sloop service?Q&A
  97. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 2
    15:15Henderson was prepared for Mediterranean or Far East commandChapter
  98. HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response
    11:58Renown as a lighter but high-quality battleshipQ&A
  99. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:23:38What if Italy sortied while Germany concentrated its battleships?Q&A
  100. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    11:40Completed G3 and N3 ships reshape treaty bargainingNotable Point
  101. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:20:09A Greek Goeben in the Second World WarQ&A
  102. The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore
    1:21:00An Australian repair base changes Force Z before war beginsNotable Point
  103. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:29:26Why a three-enemy war required different fleetsNotable Point
  104. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    2:18:49Home Fleet concentration and rapid response off KoreaNotable Point
  105. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    18:40Where two Implacable-class carriers might have servedQ&A
  106. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    22:25Commissioning by transferring an entire trained crewNotable Point
  107. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    24:23Mediterranean exercises as naval diplomacyNotable Point
  108. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    25:25Royal-yacht escort and a year-long Malta refitNotable Point
  109. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:54:28Why Harwood struggled after success at seaQ&A
  110. Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 2
    15:08HMIS Sutlej and convoy WS11Chapter
  111. Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 2
    17:00Operation Husky concentrates scarce ASW shipsNotable Point
  112. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    25:13Treaty-era presence missions and worldwide serviceChapter
  113. Memoirs as Historical Sources
    16:26Check claims about ships beyond the author's commandNotable Point
  114. Memoirs as Historical Sources
    27:04Use published naval records to go beyond memoirsChapter
  115. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    23:00Warspite carries British deterrence to IstanbulChapter
  116. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    39:13The long-range hit at CalabriaNotable Point
  117. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    43:47Matapan combines carrier reach with battleship destructionChapter
  118. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    45:52Air attack at Crete exposes the cost of fleet defenceChapter
  119. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    30:01A neutral Italy reshapes Royal Navy deploymentQ&A
  120. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    2:11:18Where N3 and G3 capital ships would deployQ&A
  121. HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 10
    24:14A flagship tailored to Fisher's way of commandNotable Point
  122. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    35:12Mediterranean Fleet service under Jackie FisherNotable Point
  123. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    28:59Amiral Baudin: old status guns and newer fighting batteriesNotable Point
  124. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    32:43Italian sea power and Britain’s Mediterranean commitmentNotable Point
  125. HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 3
    2:10Elswick, Italian sales, and Mediterranean parityNotable Point
  126. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    45:55Harwood's difficulty with Mediterranean command politicsNotable Point
  127. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:17:57Lagos prevents French fleet concentrationNotable Point
  128. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    25:37Every early steam engine had its own operating quirksNotable Point
  129. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    44:18HMS Victoria reached the wooden battleship peak as Warrior passed itNotable Point
  130. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    2:52:51Royal Navy crews fight an Italian liner fireChapter
  131. Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions
    3:50:42Battlecruiser classes needed squadron strength and suitable theatersNotable Point
  132. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    48:09Andromeda becomes a radio experiment and training establishmentChapter
  133. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    3:14:44Mediterranean Fleet planning before the Second World WarChapter
  134. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    3:18:26Why Pound preferred convoy protection to Scheme ZNotable Point
  135. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    3:20:24Keeping twelve destroyers on patrol required a larger forceNotable Point
  136. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    3:21:53Scheme Z relied on uncertain morale effectsNotable Point
  137. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    14:55Useful careers despite a failed 20-knot design targetNotable Point
  138. Battle of Navarino (1827)
    1:38:16How much British reinforcement was available?Q&A
  139. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:21:55Cunningham on Mediterranean air power and logisticsChapter
  140. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:24:49How air attack could disrupt the Suez Canal without destroying itChapter
  141. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:27:11The Inshore Squadron as the army's coastal logistics serviceChapter
  142. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:15:29Preserving Mediterranean Fleet and Coastal Command magazinesNotable Point
  143. Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide
    18:26HMS Lowestoft moves from the North Sea to the MediterraneanNotable Point
  144. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    28:46Freeboard and habitability could make a cruiser a better flagshipNotable Point
  145. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    37:48The French fleet strength that Force H replacedChapter
  146. Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 10
    11:31HMS Hawke's Mediterranean and relief-crew dutiesChapter
  147. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    29:10Sfax in France's maneuver and reserve cycleChapter
  148. HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p4
    18:52Delayed commissioning and brief Pacific serviceChapter
  149. General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p3
    15:11Prince Alfred's Royal Navy education and commandsChapter
  150. General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p3
    27:18Britain uses ships and logistics as diplomatic leverageNotable Point
  151. HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p2
    13:02A flagship for Seymour and Victorian gunboat diplomacyChapter
  152. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    13:51HMS Dublin's night pursuit of Goeben reaches its limitsChapter
  153. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    45:20Melbourne cycles between reserve and Australian flagship dutyChapter
  154. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    3:09Crete and Ark Royal constrained carrier support for Force ZChapter
  155. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    23:45Exeter moved from Atlantic service to the Abyssinian CrisisNotable Point
  156. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    39:29Taranto's limits shaped the risk at Suda BayNotable Point
  157. Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    30:47What flotilla numbers conceal about changing missionsNotable Point
  158. If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion
    53:19Four fast battleships change British deploymentsChapter
  159. What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    45:53Deployment options for a faster British battle lineChapter
  160. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    37:27World War I's maritime lesson shaped global fleet rolesNotable Point
  161. Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    20:12Arthur Bedford's senior naval appointmentsNotable Point
  162. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    40:10Scarcity confined the Nelson class to home watersNotable Point
  163. Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)
    45:58Fleet command: display, discipline, and initiativeNotable Point
  164. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    17:00A privileged start in the Mediterranean FleetChapter
  165. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    1:15:43Mediterranean command and resistance to initiativeNotable Point
  166. Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)
    1:53:01Beresford in a Dogger Bank warQ&A
  167. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:00:58Malta's docks supported battleships in the MediterraneanChapter
  168. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    54:10Australia through Depression cuts and the Abyssinian CrisisNotable Point
  169. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    1:49:36Operation Hats concentrates carriers for TarantoChapter
  170. Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?
    1:18:56Taranto and the problem of damaging too muchNotable Point
  171. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    2:26:02Q&A: where four Admiral-class ships might serveQ&A
  172. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    24:50Earlier raids did not create the Taranto planQ&A
  173. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    1:00:30How Béarn might have freed a British carrier for the MediterraneanQ&A
  174. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    1:19:22Why Britain expected the whole Italian fleet to answerQ&A
  175. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    3:19:50Italian withdrawal and the Otranto trapChapter
  176. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    3:24:47Why Tribal destroyers guarded carriersNotable Point
  177. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    7:32Cunningham’s smaller battle line had carrier expertiseChapter
  178. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    13:17Why the Regia Marina became the immediate targetChapter
  179. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    18:32Fleet neutralization would unlock convoy and North African strategyChapter
  180. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    24:30The strike depended on a complex fleet operation and one carrierChapter
  181. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    1:33:03HMS Barfleur: a battleship in imperial serviceNotable Point
  182. Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)
    30:26How carrier losses reshaped fleet availability far beyond TarantoChapter
  183. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol
    51:16Collingwood's rank, Mediterranean command, and memorialNotable Point
  184. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    3:56:25Taranto was one part of a wider Mediterranean operationQ&A
  185. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy
    5:46Turning the Mediterranean into a movement zoneNotable Point
  186. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    16:09Geoffrey Bennett's lessons from Second World War naval battlesChapter
  187. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    32:18Italy threatened Britain's imperial maritime highwayChapter
  188. Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...
    1:07:10The fall of France creates Force HChapter
  189. Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...
    1:46:01A Town-class history connects HMS Birmingham to postwar crisesChapter
  190. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    58:22HMS Fiji and the anti-aircraft ammunition crisis at CreteChapter
  191. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    58:28Operation Tiger brought Fiji and supplies to the Mediterranean FleetNotable Point
  192. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    3:38:14How the Royal Navy would have deployed twenty-four Town-class cruisersQ&A
  193. Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection
    7:40446 Flight scouts in a Mediterranean fleet exerciseChapter
  194. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 1904
    14:47How close Dogger Bank came to a wider warChapter
  195. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...
    10:55The Blackburn Blackburn as a dedicated fleet spotterNotable Point
  196. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context
    25:27Global commitments drove Royal Navy force requirementsChapter
  197. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    2:04:09Why Barfleur served in the MediterraneanQ&A
  198. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    12:42Liverpool survived two torpedoings before the 1957 defence cutsNotable Point
  199. Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters
    27:46Gloucester sent back into the Battle of Crete with little AA ammunitionChapter
  200. Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War
    11:39Town-class cruisers at Cape SpartiventoChapter
  201. Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark
    13:22The Abyssinian Crisis makes a Taranto strike operationalChapter
  202. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    7:35A light cruiser leading destroyers in the MediterraneanChapter
  203. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    8:26Spanish Civil War patrols and a Republican evacuationNotable Point
  204. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    5:01Philip Vian learns command under Lionel WellsNotable Point
  205. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    6:14Dudley Pound tests cruiser seamanship at close quartersNotable Point
  206. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    7:07A uniform reform improves life aboard ArethusaNotable Point
  207. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    7:39A peacetime commission spent in crisis watersNotable Point
  208. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    54:22The fleet operation surrounding the Taranto strikeNotable Point
  209. Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk
    11:22Correcting the Royal Navy's 1940 destroyer distributionNotable Point
  210. Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)
    1:05:24Baffin conversion preserves aircraft and squadron continuityChapter
  211. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    27:53Hornby's Mediterranean command in the Eastern CrisisChapter
  212. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:05:44Why Egypt fell between control and autonomyNotable Point
  213. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:14:49Why a Mediterranean admiral also needed to be a diplomatNotable Point
  214. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:22:36The Algeciras fleet demonstrationNotable Point
  215. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:26:30How London ordered the Algeciras demonstrationQ&A
  216. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    1:29:29Beresford's political strength and command limitsQ&A
  217. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    2:02:09Why Seymour was a poor fit for the Mediterranean stationQ&A
  218. Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era
    2:07:56Was the Algeciras fleet appearance improvised?Q&A
  219. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    17:30Shifting the Mediterranean Fleet eastChapter
  220. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    20:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
  221. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    29:43Matching fleet command to theatre logisticsNotable Point
  222. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    44:44Would France send a battleship east?Q&A
  223. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    15:39The interwar Mediterranean Fleet as a response reserveNotable Point
  224. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    59:45D-class cruisers connected Britain's distant stationsNotable Point
  225. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)
    19:58Operational service changes Andrew Cunningham's mindNotable Point
  226. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 3
    17:20HMS Birmingham's close-range warning at TsingtaoNotable Point
  227. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:45:45Additional Free French ships would strengthen several Allied groupsQ&A
  228. Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 3
    5:40Andrew Cunningham and calculated operational riskChapter
  229. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    14:28Cape Matapan visual link and battleship deterrenceNotable Point
  230. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    16:31Henderson's lost wartime leadership and joint-service politicsChapter
  231. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    41:42The Mediterranean Fleet as a planned reinforcement forceChapter
  232. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    45:03Strategic command versus fleet command in the Far EastNotable Point
  233. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    1:26British grand strategy needed ships across the worldChapter
  234. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    29:04Tribals linked Cunningham's forces at Cape MatapanChapter