Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Merchant Aircraft Carriers

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  1. Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:19Why Britain needed both armed merchant cruisers and merchant aircraft carriersQ&A
  2. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    50:14Why improvised carrier substitutes fail in contested airspaceNotable Point
  3. Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview
    2:04:49Why Britain did not build escort carriers alongside early wartime escortsQ&A
  4. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    1:49:29Merchant ships as distributed fighter basesNotable Point
  5. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    2:54:54Early helicopters transform convoy escortQ&A
  6. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    0:00Why the MAC ship had many plausible inventorsChapter
  7. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    2:38A cargo ship and aircraft carrier at onceChapter
  8. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    5:31Grain, aviation fuel, and flight-deck hazardsNotable Point
  9. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    8:08Why MAC ship origins require archival detective workNotable Point
  10. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    10:01From many proposals to one implemented ship typeChapter
  11. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    16:55Why prewar merchant-carrier plans did not matureChapter
  12. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    23:07The hangar-equipped grain-carrier MAC shipsChapter
  13. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    25:48Tanker conversions traded support facilities for speedChapter
  14. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    31:35The Rapana group and Dutch-operated Swordfish flightsChapter
  15. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    34:39Convoy success meant delivery, not submarine killsChapter
  16. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    38:10Technology kept reversing hunter and huntedNotable Point
  17. MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 2
    46:42A modern MAC ship built around modular helicopter supportChapter
  18. What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?
    5:23Helicopters simplify convoy escort conversionsChapter
  19. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:36:43Could helicopter conversions replace CAM ships?Q&A
  20. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:45:35Why convoy helicopters belong on dedicated platformsQ&A
  21. Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s
    1:46:49Does Atlantic Conveyor disprove concentrated aviation support?Q&A
  22. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    50:12Escort carriers versus merchant-hull scarcityNotable Point
  23. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    36:10MAC ships bridge the gap to true escort carriersNotable Point
  24. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:10:43How MAC ships preserved cargo capacityChapter
  25. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:37:02Did an Arctic storm peel back a MAC ship's deck?Q&A
  26. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    2:04:54Layering escort carriers, MAC ships, and CAM shipsNotable Point
  27. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:14:52Why pre-war MAC ships could blunt the U-boat campaignQ&A
  28. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    1:29:00Merchant aircraft carriers built around urgent convoy needsChapter
  29. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    7:54CAM ships, MAC ships, and escort carriersChapter
  30. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    9:37How MAC-ship conversion moved from idea to serviceChapter
  31. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    11:17MAC squadrons and their Atlantic convoy recordChapter
  32. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    12:32From Dutch MAC ships to Karel DoormanNotable Point
  33. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    13:03The Admiralty work behind the MAC-ship shortcutNotable Point
  34. A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany
    14:26Reading an overview alongside specialist historyNotable Point
  35. Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response
    20:20Merchant aircraft carriers were not one person's inventionQ&A
  36. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    16:36Carrier space and HMS Unicorn's maintenance roleNotable Point
  37. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:05:23SURTASS ships and merchant conversions reinforce NATO ASWChapter
  38. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    1:13:18Preplanned merchant-carrier conversions meet an aircraft bottleneckNotable Point
  39. Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?
    2:49:28How Japan could release American strength for the AtlanticQ&A
  40. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    10:01Empire MacAlpine becomes an improvised convoy air carrierChapter
  41. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    11:01A merchant carrier combines several services into one crewNotable Point
  42. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    11:53Flight-deck teamwork reduces a convoy carrier's exposureNotable Point
  43. The Fairey Story Anew...
    2:53:41Swordfish fly from escort and merchant aircraft carriersQ&A
  44. Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!
    52:17How much prewar thought lay behind MAC shipsQ&A