Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Orion Class Battleships

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  1. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:11:02A triple-turret alternative for the first DreadnoughtQ&A
  2. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:14:22Five triple turrets and a faster DreadnoughtQ&A
  3. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:15:47Britain's rapid capital-ship expansionChapter
  4. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:00Kongo was not simply a faster copy of TigerQ&A
  5. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:20:45Orion trial speeds and an earlier boiler changeNotable Point
  6. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    9:12A 23-knot British battle line and German design pressureQ&A
  7. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:03:22Battlecruiser speeds after a 23-knot OrionQ&A
  8. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:24:34From faster Orions to an early fast-battleship standardQ&A
  9. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:01:38Where the 23-knot Orion gained its extra speedQ&A
  10. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    39:03Jellicoe's all-round view and the funnel-smoke problemChapter
  11. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    41:10Sighting hoods and the limits of rearranging a ten-gun broadsideNotable Point
  12. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    43:31Why the Orion class kept the 13.5-inch gunNotable Point
  13. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    44:03How a fourteen-inch Orion could have changed later gun choicesNotable Point
  14. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    45:21Monarch's machinery, trial speed and cruising rangeChapter
  15. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    48:21Monarch's armour and early wartime fire-control and AA upgradesNotable Point
  16. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    34:19The torpedo boat destroyer closes the light-force cycleNotable Point
  17. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:58:56A united Scandinavia enters capital-ship limitationQ&A
  18. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    2:17:31Why speed alone could not confer capital-ship prestigeNotable Point
  19. Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:47:34Overlooked British warships after HoodQ&A
  20. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:32:58Why super-battleship labels lose their meaningQ&A
  21. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    1:06:19Four-ship programs matched Royal Navy tactical needsChapter
  22. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    2:52:36Why extra battlecruisers need not replace the prewar battleship batchesQ&A
  23. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:48:18How an early American 14-inch battleship would accelerate the gun raceQ&A
  24. Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...
    14:44Could a larger Orion-class leap have changed the naval race?Q&A
  25. Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic
    36:17The Third Sea Lord's responsibility for a future fleetChapter
  26. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    0:00The quantitative and qualitative dreadnought racesChapter
  27. Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?
    39:01Why a Washington-style treaty cannot work in 1909Chapter
  28. Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command
    23:24HMS Conqueror marks Laughton's value to the wartime NavyNotable Point
  29. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    51:06Orions, Lions, and Jellicoe's capital-ship programChapter
  30. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    56:23Orion combines heavier guns with director fire controlNotable Point
  31. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    3:04:55How early triple turrets could transform OrionQ&A
  32. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:23:13Enlarged Orions and a triple-turret battle lineQ&A
  33. Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 1
    34:33A rushed British answer must use what industry can supplyNotable Point
  34. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    0:02The Orion class and a standard British dreadnought patternChapter
  35. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    10:5113.5-inch guns and the return to battle-line firepowerChapter
  36. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    14:36Why Britain chose the 13.5-inch stepChapter
  37. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    17:14Gun calibre, logistics and turret weightNotable Point
  38. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    19:15Hull form, torpedoes and redundant gunnery controlNotable Point
  39. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    27:35Propulsion figures and controlled innovationChapter
  40. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    29:22Orion as the British dreadnought patternChapter
  41. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    32:16Home Fleet service and pre-war statusChapter
  42. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    35:55Grand Fleet doctrine and war mobilisationChapter
  43. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    37:00Mobilisation against the coastal raids and a squadron collisionNotable Point
  44. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    37:28Building the four Orion-class shipsNotable Point
  45. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    39:23Jutland gunnery and ammunition uncertaintyChapter
  46. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    43:37Post-war service and the end of the OrionsNotable Point
  47. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    44:36What the Orion class reveals about design choicesChapter
  48. Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    46:39Counterfactual: a faster, 14-inch Orion classNotable Point
  49. Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:24:47How small-tube boilers and 14-inch guns change Orion and LionQ&A
  50. USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 8
    25:47Centerline guns in the Anglo-American qualitative raceChapter
  51. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    0:01The 13.5-inch ships as the Grand Fleet's backboneChapter
  52. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    9:50The archetypal dreadnought silhouetteNotable Point
  53. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    10:37Why the Orion class did not keep the 'super-dreadnought' labelNotable Point
  54. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    13:48A scaled-up Orion: machinery, range, armament, and armourChapter
  55. King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'
    17:04How launch tempo killed the 'super-dreadnought' labelNotable Point
  56. Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits
    21:07Why the Queen Elizabeths stopped short of the benchmarkNotable Point
  57. Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD
    28:46Favourite ships open two revealing design counterfactualsQ&A
  58. Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)
    17:29Dreadnought generations and moving benchmarksNotable Point
  59. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    15:07Recent launches kept strengthening the Grand FleetNotable Point
  60. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    26:01Orion’s 13.5-inch guns reopened the calibre raceNotable Point
  61. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    2:36The missing generation between Hood and NelsonChapter
  62. The full quick gun calibre guide (10-18in) to Dreadnought style ships
    0:33Orion's 13.5-inch guns and the half-inch step to 14 inchesNotable Point
  63. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    20:55The Royal Navy’s recurring 13.5-inch preferenceNotable Point
  64. HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...
    25:37Orion's armour as a check on the Dreadnought game designNotable Point
  65. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    36:26The Orion programme offered a peacetime route to better testsNotable Point
  66. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    1:12:46Shell testing also raises the standard for armourNotable Point
  67. Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI
    10:05German claims forced realistic Orion-class armour trialsChapter
  68. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    2:23:55How a 14-inch Dreadnought could accelerate gun escalationQ&A
  69. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    58:27Why the Orion class had no postwar roleQ&A
  70. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)
    46:52Orion's beam, stability, and torpedo protection disputeNotable Point
  71. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    1:26Testing a triple-turret Orion conceptChapter
  72. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)
    10:37Shell weight and ammunition logisticsNotable Point
  73. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    41:32Orion and Lion reveal the price of battlecruiser speedNotable Point
  74. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1911
    0:24King George V class: armour for rangeChapter
  75. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1911
    6:47Erin and the Ottoman capital-ship orderChapter
  76. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1910
    4:51Wyoming combines a twelve-gun broadside with conservative designChapter
  77. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    4:45Orion makes the super-dreadnought leapChapter
  78. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    7:50Why Britain chose 13.5-inch guns for OrionNotable Point
  79. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    13:22German armor strength meets British caliber escalationNotable Point
  80. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    14:30British production raises the 1909 dreadnought standardNotable Point
  81. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    29:39Cavour-class careers from Taranto to Soviet serviceChapter