Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Minelaying

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  1. Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?
    5:34A general-purpose successor to familiar escort designsChapter
  2. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    37:37Marksman leaders put the practical requirements togetherChapter
  3. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    14:32Leningrad's guns, torpedoes and fast minelaying roleNotable Point
  4. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    35:40Replacing seven Finnish ships with four reduces assured availabilityChapter
  5. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    36:41Pohjanmaa combines air defence, strike weapons, and minelayingNotable Point
  6. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    47:33Paired minelaying and the case for a fifth PohjanmaaNotable Point
  7. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    50:22Admiralty V-class armament and enduranceChapter
  8. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    15:24Walker's Grand Fleet and Harwich Force assignmentsChapter
  9. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    32:21Reserve service and prewar recommissioningChapter
  10. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:37:39A balanced Indian force for Indian Ocean chokepointsQ&A
  11. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:44French mine capacity preserved a compact sea-denial optionQ&A
  12. The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate
    21:43Admiral de Ruyter class: mine warfare, floatplanes, and torpedoesChapter
  13. The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate
    28:41How an all-or-nothing dispute blocked naval compromiseNotable Point
  14. What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)
    48:48France brings substantial forces below the capital-ship levelNotable Point
  15. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    24:58Soldati: heavier armament and the prestige of soldier namesNotable Point
  16. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    30:26Why more fuel reduced Indomito's enduranceNotable Point
  17. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    36:20Rosolino Pilo and continuity in prewar destroyer designChapter
  18. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:19:57Could a trawler conceal mine-laying equipment?Q&A
  19. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:25:20How navies anchor, vary, and chart minefieldsQ&A
  20. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    30:10Interwar sloops prepared Britain for mass escort constructionChapter
  21. Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:42:07Could the patrol ships also perform mine countermeasures?Q&A
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    3:00:23Planning a three-week-warning Channel Dash interceptionQ&A
  23. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    2:16Why Poland's Wilk-class minelayers suited the BalticChapter
  24. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    5:42Orzel-class power versus Baltic mission fitNotable Point
  25. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    35:59Why interwar navies hesitated over submarine minesNotable Point
  26. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    56:15O 19 turns one submarine into two threatsChapter
  27. WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys
    1:19:11Could more minelaying submarines have slowed Axis offensives?Notable Point
  28. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    6:24:56Did U-boat sinkings sustain Germany's tonnage target?Q&A
  29. 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
  30. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    33:42What Plan Z could realistically send into the North SeaChapter
  31. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    39:39Portugal's small but useful Second World War navyQ&A
  32. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    2:12:45British destroyer gun and torpedo fits for different escort rolesNotable Point
  33. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    39:06Why minelaying submarines still carried torpedoesQ&A
  34. Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 106
    36:34What a British fortress could supportNotable Point
  35. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:35:18Can modern navies still lay mines quickly?Q&A
  36. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    3:08:44Japanese giant submarines off the American West CoastQ&A
  37. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    52:13HMS Tamar as a modern presence shipChapter
  38. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:36:37Why Royal Navy sloops omitted torpedoesQ&A
  39. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 9
    2:07:12Trading speed for a tougher, harder-hitting Chester classChapter
  40. Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres
    57:03The Italian CRDA 60 and Mediterranean flexibilityChapter
  41. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:24:39How Britain might answer a German mining strategyQ&A
  42. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    39:13A40 put Lütjens in command of a 29-man torpedo boatNotable Point
  43. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    1:29:53The Polish campaign exposed both Lütjens's limits and the Kriegsmarine's promotion problemChapter
  44. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    47:37Why German UC II minelayers mattered in the First World WarChapter
  45. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    1:54:31Small ships, aggregate value, and modern OPV successorsNotable Point
  46. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    2:52:00Gunboats and the small necessary functions of warNotable Point
  47. Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide
    13:06HMS Birmingham rams U-15 and serves with the Grand FleetChapter
  48. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    23:22HMS Blonde from flotilla leader to minelayerChapter
  49. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    35:06Blanche's wartime minelaying and disposalChapter
  50. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    48:59How should the Blonde class be reclassified?Notable Point
  51. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    31:27HMS Boadicea served from destroyer flotillas to North Sea minelayingChapter
  52. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    35:50HMS Bellona mirrored her sister’s war service and mine workChapter
  53. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    1:38:17What Soviet destroyers actually did in the warQ&A
  54. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    0:36Why the Abdiels were built for speedChapter
  55. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    1:10World War I roots of the fast minelayerNotable Point
  56. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    2:55Mine warfare for an outmatched Far East forceNotable Point
  57. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    3:55The dash-in, dash-out minefield missionChapter
  58. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    7:07HMS Aurora and the cruiser-minelayer precedentNotable Point
  59. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    13:50A 156-mine payload rather than a gunfighter's armamentNotable Point
  60. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    18:02HMS Abdiel's Mediterranean wartime serviceChapter
  61. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    25:05Manxman and the changing value of the fast minelayerChapter
  62. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    34:18Ariadne from Norway to the PacificNotable Point
  63. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    41:10Deep-trap minefields against U-boatsNotable Point
  64. Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)
    42:14Speed as the Abdiel class's protectionChapter
  65. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    22:47M31's fire-support and training afterlifeNotable Point
  66. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    26:14M15 class: mass-produced small monitorsNotable Point
  67. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    50:24Fleet and minelaying boats tested alternative submarine rolesChapter
  68. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    17:13Minelaying against Italian harboursQ&A
  69. Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s
    1:58:11Could a sloop switch between depth-charge and mine work?Q&A
  70. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    1:53:24The Apollo class as evidence for reusing old cruisersChapter
  71. Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol
    51:07Grimsby and Kingfisher adaptabilityChapter
  72. Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol
    52:38Why Lowestoft stayed behind during the Tsingtao crisisNotable Point
  73. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    25:28Why fast minelayers mattered at MaltaQ&A
  74. P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN
    18:03I-class minelayers and Turkish ordersNotable Point
  75. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops
    8:01Why sloops set the escort standardChapter