Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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River Class Frigates

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  1. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    19:38River-class frigates bring sloop capability to more shipyardsChapter
  2. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    22:19Canada's escort fleet as a comparison of available numbersNotable Point
  3. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    29:35Late warships with reciprocating expansion enginesQ&A
  4. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    33:14The River class revived frigate as an ASW escort nameChapter
  5. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    33:16Crewed warships as leaders of uncrewed mini task groupsChapter
  6. Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII
    34:14River frigates arrived for the late-war fightChapter
  7. Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII
    39:49The Battle of the St. Lawrence forged ASW skillChapter
  8. Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII
    41:17Springhill's Pacific refit ended in disposalNotable Point
  9. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    5:09:38The scale of Royal Navy small-escort productionNotable Point
  10. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    6:05:16Type XXI influence, convergence, and modular constructionQ&A
  11. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    4:06:13An early escort program changes the U-boat warChapter
  12. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:46Why Australia designed Bathurst-class corvettesQ&A
  13. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:04:17World War II escorts worth saving as museum shipsQ&A
  14. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    33:39Nelles and the RCN's unprecedented wartime expansionChapter
  15. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    40:37The continuing demand for specialized escortsChapter
  16. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:12:41Lend-Lease escorts also flowed to American watersNotable Point
  17. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    0:00Why River-class frigates suited merchant shipyardsChapter
  18. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    3:15Diamantina's stable hull and ASDIC dome in dry dockChapter
  19. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    13:17Naval performance hidden beneath a merchant-style hullNotable Point
  20. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    16:32River-class design oversight after the Hunt-class scaling errorNotable Point
  21. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    18:48Why Diamantina is the last River-class frigate in original formNotable Point
  22. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    20:50The River class between corvettes and Black Swan sloopsChapter
  23. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    25:37How indicated and shaft horsepower compareChapter
  24. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    28:53Why the River hull needed more power at speedNotable Point
  25. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    40:54Postwar navies chose River-class frigates from the surplus fleetNotable Point
  26. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    41:21Command, sensors, and the open bridgeChapter
  27. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    53:37Which Australian yards advanced from corvettes to frigatesChapter
  28. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    58:29USS Natchez moved from a British order to a private yachtNotable Point
  29. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    59:19HMCS Waskesiu linked Atlantic, Arctic, and Normandy serviceNotable Point
  30. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    59:51HMAS Hawkesbury returned from reserve for atomic-test supportNotable Point
  31. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:00:57HMCS Stormont became the yacht Christina ONotable Point
  32. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:01:26Teviot's short South African service raises a maritime-strategy questionNotable Point
  33. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:02:25USS Natchez joined the attack that sank U-879Notable Point
  34. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:03:12Waskesiu shows how a defended convoy became an offensive forceNotable Point
  35. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:03:48Hawkesbury escorted and carried troops across the PacificNotable Point
  36. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:04:08Stormont towed bomb-damaged HMCS Matane to PlymouthNotable Point
  37. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:04:40Teviot and the planned return to MalayaNotable Point
  38. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:06:51Why preserving Diamantina requires public supportNotable Point
  39. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:10:52Waging the war and the modern escort questionNotable Point
  40. Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes
    1:10:21Corvette construction created the path to River-class frigatesChapter
  41. Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes
    1:25:26HMAS Shoalhaven carried Australian presence into KoreaChapter
  42. Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes
    1:29:29Could navies accept a modern sixty-percent escort?Notable Point
  43. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:47:46Modified Flowers, Castles, and Rivers formed an escort-design progressionQ&A
  44. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    3:55:36Gun availability favored 4-inch escort armamentQ&A
  45. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:08:54Why River and Loch frigates could not simply appear before the warQ&A
  46. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:32:06Why the Type IV Hunt destroyers stopped at twoQ&A
  47. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:37:12The conditional Type IV Hunt follow-on batchQ&A
  48. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    1:47:43Prewar escort construction would favor Hunt-type destroyersQ&A
  49. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    3:17:58River, Loch, and Bay frigates followed yard and convoy needs, not destroyer treatiesQ&A
  50. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:32:34The World War I Flower pattern shaped later escortsChapter
  51. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    4:05Why the Merchant Navy and Merchant Marine are remembered differentlyChapter
  52. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    3:38:50River-class frigates as an earlier Flower replacementQ&A
  53. Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!
    1:19:08Wartime shortages shaped corvette armamentQ&A
  54. What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?
    8:55Warship plans and HMAS DiamantinaChapter
  55. Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)
    40:21The limited escort cost of keeping carriers under constructionNotable Point
  56. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    2:16:00River frigates and Flower corvettes served different stages of the escort warQ&A
  57. Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    10:29Cockatoo Island's small output concealed strategic valueChapter
  58. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    1:00:01The missed opportunity to mass-produce treaty-exempt sloopsChapter
  59. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    38:24River-class performance was treaty-compatibleChapter
  60. Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)
    22:20Escort production separated Britain from Japan in submarine warNotable Point
  61. Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...
    1:34:14How national naming traditions complicate the Type 26 familyNotable Point
  62. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    44:13Newfoundland's battle with the Egyptian frigate DomiatChapter
  63. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda
    10:13Colony frigates adapted British escorts to American productionChapter
  64. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    1:57:41The American-built Colony-class frigates behind HMS TobagoNotable Point
  65. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    2:07:06Was calling American-built frigates the Colony class a naval joke?Q&A
  66. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    3:22:39Newfoundland's Suez action against the Egyptian frigate DomiatChapter
  67. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    23:07Why the little ships mattered in massChapter
  68. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    15:51How treaty rules enabled heavily armed sloopsQ&A
  69. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    6:59Why 1943 became much more dangerous for U-boatsChapter
  70. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    7:32River frigates as an evolution of the wartime sloopNotable Point
  71. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    10:59River frigates survived the war better than they survived preservationNotable Point
  72. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    12:21Why a frigate had to fight a surfaced U-boatNotable Point
  73. An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 4
    38:10A red-painted frigate served as a D-Day brigade headquartersNotable Point
  74. An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 4
    42:04A thousand little ships sustained the Royal Navy and Commonwealth war effortNotable Point
  75. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    2:28:45Why River frigates displaced Castle corvettesQ&A
  76. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    39:50Bittern design linked peacetime needs to wartime escortsChapter