Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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River Class Offshore Patrol Vessels

Also searchable as River Class OPV, River Class Opvs, River Class Patrol Vessel, River Class Patrol Vessels.

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  1. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    53:50Horizon and FREMM show what multinational cooperation preservesChapter
  2. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:06:59River-class retirements and the patrol replacement gapNotable Point
  3. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:48:17MEKO 100 and a River-class replacementQ&A
  4. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:50:29A cutter-based frigate for US maritime securityChapter
  5. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    2:35:18Britain's planned diplomatic fleet mixChapter
  6. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:45:07Why an ASW drone command ship should also hunt submarinesNotable Point
  7. Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 2
    2:49:12A larger River-class offshore patrol vesselQ&A
  8. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:35:45Why a stretched River-class OPV is not a cheap frigateQ&A
  9. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    1:15:16Batch 1 River-class disposal and the proposed Uruguay saleQ&A
  10. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:44The surprisingly saleable wheeled patrol vesselQ&A
  11. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:33:07Designing a River-class OPV successorQ&A
  12. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:27:19Why Batch 2 Rivers cannot become frigates cheaplyQ&A
  13. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    1:52OPVs police exclusive economic zonesChapter
  14. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    4:22River-class range and economy suit patrol workChapter
  15. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    7:07A larger gun does not turn a River into a frigateNotable Point
  16. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    45:26River-class OPV replacement pressureQ&A
  17. Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:57:06Royal Marines carried by Type 22 frigatesQ&A
  18. Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:41More British warships from the same budgetQ&A
  19. What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?
    26:00River-class presence, maritime security, and local intelligenceNotable Point
  20. Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?
    1:30:05Why not restart Type 45 production?Q&A
  21. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:49:02How far to up-arm a River-class patrol vesselQ&A
  22. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:09:17River-class patrol numbers and Clyde's helicopter deckNotable Point
  23. Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?
    2:41:20What the 2021 North Atlantic graphic required in practiceNotable Point
  24. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:14:26Why hydrographic and icebreaking ships cannot be afterthoughtsNotable Point
  25. Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:51:45Where Type 31 frigates fit in Royal Navy growthQ&A
  26. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:39:07The smallest practical modern convoy escortQ&A
  27. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    42:12Patrol vessels and cruisers offer different levels of presenceNotable Point
  28. Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...
    3:07:42River-class patrol ships are a poor shortcut to Arctic escort capabilityQ&A
  29. Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!
    40:24Common diesels support distant Type 31 deploymentsNotable Point
  30. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    5:51:42A River-class OPV as a practical modern gunboat baseQ&A
  31. Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:13:55Turning River-class OPVs into modern sloopsQ&A
  32. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    26:15River-class patrol ships define a maritime-security boundaryChapter
  33. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    1:03:28Automation reduces crews without recreating mission breadthNotable Point
  34. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    1:12:48Impact visibility magnifies intermittent presenceNotable Point
  35. Procuring for Peace First Draft
    1:32:50Conservative frigates still leave a missing lower tierNotable Point
  36. Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:13:15A modern brig looks more like a River-class OPVQ&A
  37. Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:49:52River-class OPVs continue the historical sloop roleQ&A
  38. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    2:15Why warships are conflict-management toolsChapter
  39. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    13:35OPV presence addresses instability before it spreadsNotable Point
  40. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    39:57Why heavily arming River-class OPVs could cost the Royal Navy frigatesQ&A
  41. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:33Why River-class OPVs are not armed as convoy escortsQ&A
  42. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:48What modern warship could HMS Dreadnought defeat?Q&A
  43. Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 9
    22:41What guard ship means in the modern Royal NavyChapter
  44. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    3:46:52Forward presence only works with enough ships and crewsQ&A
  45. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    4:06:35Should a River-class replacement carry a hangar?Q&A
  46. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    4:28:58When a River-class OPV replacement might appearQ&A
  47. Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 5
    1:10:58Secondary theatres do not always need first-rank warshipsNotable Point
  48. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    5:02:35Why dazzle camouflage may matter againQ&A
  49. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:02:55Harry DeWolf and River hulls offer modern mass-escort starting pointsQ&A
  50. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    28:31River and Vigilant patrol ships suit different threat levelsQ&A
  51. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:02:53Why a stretched River corvette has no clear fleet nicheQ&A
  52. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:08:22Gun options for a future River batchNotable Point
  53. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:23:59When an OPV begins to look like a corvetteQ&A
  54. Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:43:13When an offshore patrol vessel becomes a corvetteQ&A
  55. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    3:56:36Similar River-class silhouettes do not imply equal capabilityQ&A
  56. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:53:33A River-class patrol vessel as a modern sloopNotable Point
  57. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    12:36The modern Royal Navy capability ladderChapter
  58. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    17:47Deterrence without unnecessary provocationNotable Point
  59. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    52:13HMS Tamar as a modern presence shipChapter
  60. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    57:27Routine ship visits create quiet diplomatic accessNotable Point
  61. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    59:55Small-ship presence needs big-ship backingChapter
  62. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    1:04:23Choosing the right ship for each threat levelNotable Point
  63. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:45:38A Batch 3 River could add aviation support and enduranceQ&A
  64. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:34:53River-class OPVs as modern presence squadronsChapter
  65. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:43:22Why not heavily up-gun River-class patrol ships?Q&A
  66. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:50:52Threat tiers keep patrol ships out of destroyer missionsNotable Point
  67. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:55:15River Batch 2 trades heavy weapons for endurance and peopleNotable Point
  68. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    2:58:08What might an uncrewed modern Flower class look like?Q&A
  69. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:02:15A 57 mm gun changes the patrol-ship cost equationNotable Point
  70. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:18:22Retaining Type 23s beats converting Rivers for the frigate gapNotable Point
  71. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:32:39River-class Chinook capability remains uncertainQ&A
  72. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    3:35:37Why the River-derived Avenger lost to Type 31Q&A
  73. Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 2
    40:12A practical ASDic modernization caseNotable Point
  74. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    47:30Why a British emergency escort would start with River classQ&A
  75. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    1:16:58A British war-emergency River-class escortQ&A
  76. HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 9
    48:42Sloops, frigates, and constabulary naval presenceNotable Point
  77. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    7:52A lower-cost layer for global naval presenceChapter
  78. Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'
    57:05Patrol craft as a practical Micronesian partnershipQ&A
  79. Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers
    17:01A straight bow on a recurring patrol-ship scaleNotable Point
  80. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:00:30Assessing recent Royal Navy ship classesQ&A
  81. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    1:54:57Limited-role ships still enter dangerous watersNotable Point
  82. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    2:12:47Why choose Canadian and British guns already in service?Q&A
  83. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    2:19HMS Kempenfelt sets the destroyer scaleNotable Point
  84. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    18:49A 1907 cruiser weighed little more than modern patrol shipsNotable Point
  85. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:07:41What a navy can build in one yearQ&A
  86. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    4:26:02A practical OPV upgrade stops short of frigate armamentQ&A
  87. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    2:10:59Pitcairn could support a light maritime outpost, not a major baseQ&A
  88. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    2:20:23How can the Royal Navy sustain a Far East presence?Q&A
  89. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)
    1:38Royal Navy Reserve wartime rolesChapter
  90. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P5/6 1916
    3:48Why the Arabis-class sloops were vulnerableChapter
  91. Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 4
    18:24Modern ships for the counter-piracy roleQ&A
  92. Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East
    1:47:27What makes a useful modern anti-piracy patrol ship?Q&A
  93. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    54:09Do modern governments repeat Fisher's presence gap?Q&A
  94. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    2:11:47Could a Pearl-class cruiser carry modern radar?Q&A
  95. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:20:52A River-class export to PolandQ&A
  96. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:35:57The nearest suitable ship would answer a tanker seizureQ&A
  97. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    2:59:18River-style patrol ships and Canada's High North needsQ&A
  98. Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol
    1:04:27Peacetime presence and wartime escortChapter
  99. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:23:08How naval forces could support Channel border operationsQ&A
  100. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:32:40River-class hulls as reserve and industrial insuranceQ&A
  101. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:07:41Why Coastguard roles differ between Britain and the United StatesNotable Point
  102. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:13:36What the Royal Navy Fisheries Protection Squadron doesQ&A
  103. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:33:59Corvettes as a supplement to the Royal Navy's global patrol forceQ&A
  104. An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"
    18:43River-class ships and everyday maritime contactNotable Point
  105. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:30:45How large a Royal Navy ship could use the Caledonian Canal?Q&A
  106. 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister
    26:49A modular River-class patrol forceNotable Point
  107. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:53:03A crisis fleet would favor ships that can be built nowQ&A
  108. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:00:03Reserve forces need a tangible naval roleQ&A
  109. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:42:48The smallest viable ocean escort may be River-derivedQ&A
  110. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    1:06:16Why modern Royal Navy patrol ships are lightly armedQ&A
  111. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    2:06:10The Royal Navy's distributed LCS equivalentQ&A
  112. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    2:10:59An anti-swarm River-class conceptQ&A
  113. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    12:08River-class patrol ships as forward-based sloopsQ&A
  114. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    27:59Gibraltar needs different craft for inshore and offshore patrolQ&A
  115. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:03:23Unmanned ASW escorts need manned command and presence shipsQ&A
  116. Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered
    29:05Why postwar amphibious fleets consolidatedQ&A
  117. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    33:10How a sloop supported a cruiser against heavier shipsQ&A
  118. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    1:01:23Small ships projected the power of the fleet behind themQ&A