Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Privateering

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  1. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:17:21Useful Caribbean privateers could retain Crown supportQ&A
  2. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    1:41:17Could privateers replace a French battle fleet?Q&A
  3. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    16:50Why Semmes condemned privateeringChapter
  4. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    32:51Reading wartime manpower figures carefullyNotable Point
  5. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:35:06Why Britain no longer uses privateersQ&A
  6. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    25:21Letters of marque and the boundary between privateering and piracyNotable Point
  7. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    11:29How companies assembled ships from several Dutch admiraltiesNotable Point
  8. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    12:17Why early modern fleets mixed warships and privateersNotable Point
  9. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    23:51Hein's troubled second West India expeditionChapter
  10. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    28:22Managing rank and rivalry in a mixed Dutch fleetNotable Point
  11. Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Dutchman who took a Spanish Silver Fleet
    38:58Dunkirk privateers threatened the treasure voyage homeNotable Point
  12. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    11:09:09A later sailing warship in the early sixteenth centuryQ&A
  13. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:19:32Where pirates and privateers came fromQ&A
  14. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:20:31Different social routes into piracyNotable Point
  15. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    18:36Privateer losses made trade defense a national commitmentNotable Point
  16. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    19:36Why privateering survived long after 1815Chapter
  17. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    20:34Maritime intelligence and the Harbours of RefugeNotable Point
  18. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    21:54Privateering and the false cutoffs of historyNotable Point
  19. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    23:00Privateering as privately financed sea powerNotable Point
  20. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    31:36A hired Castilian fleet turns to piracyChapter
  21. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    47:25Victory leaves the commerce war unresolvedNotable Point
  22. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)
    50:57Charles de la Cerda privatizes France's sea warChapter
  23. Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power
    25:49Saint-Malo as the decisive amphibious contrastNotable Point
  24. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:34:35Why the Royal Navy rarely received privately donated warshipsQ&A
  25. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:19:37A family account of women commanding privateersNotable Point
  26. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:16:29A 1778 privateer sloop as a path to early steam powerQ&A
  27. The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live
    1:18:42Two earlier captures drove Cartagena's defensesNotable Point
  28. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    22:45Privateering licenses place raiders inside the laws of warNotable Point
  29. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    23:52Commanding independent maritime entrepreneursChapter
  30. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    44:09A mixed fleet of royal ships and private warshipsNotable Point
  31. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    52:49Drake's missing lantern and the Rosario prizeNotable Point
  32. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    1:03:51Shipowners volunteer valuable vessels as fireshipsChapter
  33. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    1:25:13Noble service rests on maritime investmentChapter
  34. Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'
    1:29:25Maritime families as schools and command networksChapter
  35. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    1:48:58Why modern states are unlikely to revive letters of marqueQ&A
  36. Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!
    45:45Sceptre and armed merchantmen capture a Dutch convoyNotable Point
  37. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    1:23:05The naval balance behind the War of the PacificChapter
  38. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    2:46:32Deployable ironclads beat privateers and coastal monitorsNotable Point
  39. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:32:39Scarborough survives mutiny fears, scurvy, and the return voyageChapter
  40. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    1:33:31Scarborough repels a stronger French privateerNotable Point
  41. The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)
    2:04:06Prince of Wales from privateer to First Fleet transportNotable Point
  42. Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.
    1:17:34Why Spanish treasure routes favored British interceptionQ&A
  43. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    41:15Perrée rises from merchant service to French flag commandNotable Point
  44. The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu
    23:02Treaty claims turned commerce into conflictChapter
  45. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:06:40Q&A: why naval history can disappear behind campaignsQ&A
  46. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    4:31:51Match public institutions to the problem they must solveNotable Point
  47. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    15:24Armed merchantmen, letters of marque, and convoy defenseChapter
  48. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    1:25:55Warley's letters of marque and convoy firepowerNotable Point
  49. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:05:06Was this still the Golden Age of Piracy?Q&A
  50. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:41:29When could a merchantman defeat a warship?Q&A
  51. A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune
    14:01Privateers, letters of marque, and recaptureNotable Point
  52. Four Random Books 28: Mavericks
    8:09Garibaldi's merchant captaincy was evidence of abilityNotable Point
  53. Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...
    0:42Theodore Roosevelt's blockade lesson from the War of 1812Chapter
  54. Bruships 34: Random History
    17:30How the British blockade closed American commerceNotable Point
  55. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    1:02:38Michiel de Ruyter builds command experience from the bottom upChapter
  56. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    1:06:32De Ruyter builds his fighting reputation against privateersNotable Point
  57. Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books
    2:11:44Fatal Alliance turns Star Wars into a privateering storyChapter
  58. Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy
    1:41:14Was Trafalgar Britain's closest invasion scare?Q&A
  59. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    9:43Could an American-built ship serve as a French privateer?Q&A
  60. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    13:29Designing a hypothetical modern privateerQ&A
  61. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    16:41Privateering, piracy, and state authorityQ&A
  62. An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 2
    3:38Ark Royal enters Crown service through Raleigh's tax debtNotable Point
  63. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:22:33How ransom economics encouraged captors to protect prisonersQ&A