Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Naval Signals

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  1. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:00Royal Navy signalling habits and drone communicationsQ&A
  2. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:35:31Could coloured sails identify fleets in battle?Q&A
  3. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:20:30Why Emperor and Empress of India would be confusing ship namesNotable Point
  4. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    38:48Changing command and signals staff in the 1915 counterfactualNotable Point
  5. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    18:18Command initiative at the Glorious First of JuneNotable Point
  6. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    26:05Nelson and Collingwood turn friendship into command methodNotable Point
  7. Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean
    35:39A signal frigate restores command after Nelson's deathChapter
  8. The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory
    52:33British night-fighting preparation meets French delayChapter
  9. The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory
    53:02Recognition lights prepare the British fleet for darknessNotable Point
  10. The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory
    1:03:40The French decoy cannot imitate British recognition signalsNotable Point
  11. The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory
    1:30:17French recognition failures turn fire inwardNotable Point
  12. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    1:15:57When Camperdown's signal book gave way to mission commandNotable Point
  13. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    1:28:47Frigates and Jack Crawford keep Duncan visibly in commandNotable Point
  14. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:03:24Heavier battlecruisers and specialist staffs in a Dogger Bank-style actionChapter
  15. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    3:15:20Beatty with a standardized battlecruiser-fleet staffQ&A
  16. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    50:34Why Beatty's flag signals caused confusion at Dogger BankQ&A
  17. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    34:23How the German battle turn workedNotable Point
  18. Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?
    1:08:28Battle turns extracted the High Seas FleetChapter
  19. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    0:00Kempenfelt's leadership problem: communicating at seaChapter
  20. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    3:42Why larger fleets made signal ambiguity dangerousNotable Point
  21. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    14:34Making Sir Charles Hardy's fleet functionNotable Point
  22. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    19:13Kempenfelt's smaller squadron faces Guichen's escortChapter
  23. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    22:34The 1781 Battle of Ushant: a fast strike on the convoyChapter
  24. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    25:33How Kempenfelt's two-flag signal code workedChapter
  25. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    27:56From admirals' private codes to a fleet standardNotable Point
  26. Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,
    37:22Kempenfelt's legacy: communication as command infrastructureChapter
  27. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    2:12:13Signal confusion frustrates Rodney off MartiniqueChapter
  28. Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!
    2:55:36Rodney times fire near de Grasse's flagshipNotable Point
  29. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:22:47Beatty, staff work, and signalling at JutlandQ&A
  30. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    20:13The Royal Navy's 1814 battlefleet balanceNotable Point
  31. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    24:31Signal flags for fleets and merchant convoysQ&A
  32. Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 10
    30:23HMS Ardent's capture and battle careerChapter
  33. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    2:01:16Dogger Bank without the signal that concentrated on BlucherNotable Point
  34. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    2:14:44Could one damaged British ship finish Blucher while the others pursued?Q&A
  35. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    49:24Folkestone's smoke-and-signalling contingencyNotable Point
  36. HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response
    0:36Warspite's blunt signal to HMS Griffin before Cape MatapanNotable Point
  37. Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War
    1:58:37Togo framed Tsushima as a national testNotable Point
  38. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    17:51Why intercepted signal flags still need interpretationQ&A
  39. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    20:38When navies shared signal flags and when they did notQ&A
  40. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    51:44Why Beatty's signalling problem was bigger than one officerQ&A
  41. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    39:17The historical command baseline at JutlandChapter
  42. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    53:19A staff built to move informationChapter
  43. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    1:44:21A stronger run to the southChapter
  44. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    1:52:27Why Beatty failed to report contact clearlyQ&A
  45. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    1:55:17Why wireless updates mattered at JutlandQ&A
  46. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    1:57:58Did naval wireless use directional antennas?Q&A
  47. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    2:06:29Why Beatty's staff did not challenge himQ&A
  48. Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    2:10:15Using the battlecruisers as Jellicoe's eyesChapter
  49. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    1:00:05Why the fleet totals concealed a French edgeChapter
  50. Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)
    2:31:19Hannibal's surrender produced a dangerous signal errorNotable Point
  51. Glorious First of June (1794)
    1:53:08How fleets repeated signals along the battle lineQ&A
  52. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon
    1:28:22Jutland signalling failures involved a whole staffNotable Point
  53. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:22:50Cruisers and destroyers made fleet strength deeperChapter
  54. Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War
    1:01:09Huáscar’s shot-away flag and surrender confusionNotable Point
  55. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    2:32:39Hawke rewrites signals for aggressive commandNotable Point
  56. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    2:38:57Hawke’s general chase at Cape FinisterreChapter
  57. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    2:43:19Q&A: Best speed versus maximum speedQ&A
  58. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:24:31Quiberon Bay: Hawke chases into dangerChapter
  59. Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition
    3:50:13Keppel's signals fail to reunite the fleet at UshantNotable Point
  60. Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy
    1:00:20Why Nelson ignored the recall signalNotable Point
  61. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    1:00:40Better shells do not remove Beatty's command riskNotable Point
  62. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    1:27:16Better shells do not repair Beatty's battlecruiser problemsChapter
  63. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    3:18:06Responsibility for Beatty's signalling extended through his staffNotable Point
  64. Blockade!!
    5:38Phantom blockades exploit signaling and confirmation biasNotable Point
  65. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    31:03Faster torpedo boats broke the Forbins' visual command modelNotable Point
  66. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    55:35Pulo Aura builds on earlier convoy bluffsNotable Point
  67. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:55:27A Jutland counterfactual built around command skillsQ&A
  68. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    1:25:02Why Trafalgar's frigates stayed on the unengaged sideQ&A
  69. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    2:29:51The wording and humour of England expectsQ&A
  70. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    2:34:00What bothered Collingwood about the signal?Q&A
  71. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    2:35:31Why Parker signalled withdrawal at CopenhagenQ&A
  72. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    2:50:36Beatty's choice between Seymour and SomervilleNotable Point
  73. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    3:03:53The signal before the two-column attackNotable Point
  74. Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)
    3:27:32Nelson and Jellicoe adapting to circumstancesQ&A
  75. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    26:54Paint, flags, and fleet identificationNotable Point
  76. Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)
    3:01:03Why Tromp probably did not hoist a broomNotable Point
  77. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:05:17George Tryon's initiative system ended in obedient catastropheNotable Point
  78. Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments
    15:04Why Beatty bears responsibility for Seymour's signalsQ&A
  79. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    43:17A target-allocation error leaves Moltke unengagedNotable Point
  80. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    47:33Lion's radio loss turns Beatty's flags into a fatal ambiguityChapter
  81. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    30:30How ships communicated visually before radioChapter
  82. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    38:24Phonetic alphabets and a possible second meaning of 'Nuts'Notable Point
  83. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    44:38Why reliable signals still need clear ordersNotable Point
  84. Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects
    2:13:29Why battle squadrons had attached light cruisersQ&A
  85. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    47:09Why battle ensigns were enormousQ&A
  86. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:02:20How Beatty could have handed over commandQ&A
  87. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:05:58Could Beatty transfer his flag during the chase?Q&A
  88. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:09:27Beatty made Seymour a signaling scapegoatNotable Point
  89. The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-1916
    3:15:35Beatty's signals turn pursuit into a Blücher-only victoryChapter
  90. Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 1
    14:05Duncan's attempted line-breaking attack at CamperdownNotable Point
  91. Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark
    3:19:26Celebration, exhaustion, and Cunningham's signalNotable Point
  92. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:36:40Kormoran's slow signals and the secret challengeNotable Point
  93. Amphion Class Cruisers
    2:38:57How Sydney may have read Kormoran's signalsNotable Point
  94. Amphion Class Cruisers
    2:46:34Were the distant lights distress flares?Notable Point
  95. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:36:08Copenhagen: when a recall signal protected initiativeChapter
  96. Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video
    0:58HMS Liverpool stops Asama MaruChapter