Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Royal Sovereign Class Pre-Dreadnought Battleships

Also searchable as Royal Sovereign Class (1891), Royal Sovereign Class Pre Dreadnoughts.

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  1. What happens if the Invincibles really were Dreadnought Armoured Cruisers?
    1:10:09Could more cruisers accelerate pre-dreadnought retirement?Notable Point
  2. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:34Pre-dreadnought service lives and rapid Royal Navy constructionQ&A
  3. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:06:07When French hotel-style battleships might have workedQ&A
  4. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    30:03Twin 5-inch guns and the missing aviation pictureChapter
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    11:19:13A Royal Sovereign pre-dreadnought at TrafalgarQ&A
  6. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    9:26:21The Admiral class and the next British battleship designsNotable Point
  7. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    8:48Why 'pre-dreadnought' hides how contemporaries understood battleshipsNotable Point
  8. Why do Historians like to Name things?
    1:34Why pre-dreadnought is a backwards-looking labelNotable Point
  9. How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...
    1:04:56Hopkins and White prioritize Royal Sovereign seakeepingChapter
  10. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    1:49:01Why historians still argue over pre-dreadnoughtNotable Point
  11. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    8:06:55Which lost warship would fill the greatest museum gapQ&A
  12. Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:01:53Refits, crew shortages, and retiring obsolete shipsChapter
  13. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    28:36HMS Revenge finds a bombardment roleChapter
  14. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    57:58HMS Revenge adapts for bombardment on the Flanders coastChapter
  15. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    2:18:06Why use Royal Sovereign as a battleship dividing line?Notable Point
  16. HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response
    6:15Alternatives to the pre-dreadnought classificationQ&A
  17. HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response
    13:55Steam battleships as a name for the transitional eraNotable Point
  18. HMS Benbow: KSS1 S3 Comment Response
    10:39Admiral and Victoria classes as steps toward Royal SovereignChapter
  19. HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response
    55:32Why call pre-dreadnoughts Sovereign battleships?Notable Point
  20. Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits
    17:17Paying to set the technical benchmarkChapter
  21. Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 2
    6:34Royal Sovereigns as a practical transitionChapter
  22. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    2:34Repulse and the Royal Sovereign transitionChapter
  23. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    7:26Why earlier battleships need their own contextNotable Point
  24. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    8:44Harvey armour and a battleship built to fightNotable Point
  25. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    12:10A new pattern for British battleshipsChapter
  26. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    26:42What HMS Hood’s turrets cost in displacementNotable Point
  27. HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 9
    45:28Which class marks the new battleship type?Notable Point
  28. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    47:53Steam battleships as iterative naval designNotable Point
  29. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    1:13:24Why Royal Sovereigns are transitional battleshipsQ&A
  30. Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat
    2:46:26When ironclad battleships became obsoleteQ&A
  31. HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 3
    16:06How quickly the Royal Sovereigns eclipsed BenbowChapter
  32. Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy
    12:31William White's most important class and favorite shipQ&A
  33. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol
    36:09Royal Sovereign and global naval competitionChapter
  34. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    1:22:14Royal Sovereign and the mature battleship formChapter
  35. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    1:25:49Was HMS Devastation halfway to Dreadnought?Q&A
  36. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    1:37:29Why call them White-style battleships?Q&A
  37. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 1905
    22:47Useful older ships still had limitsNotable Point
  38. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships
    8:52Royal Sovereign-class firepower and protectionChapter
  39. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    44:20HMS Hood was a controlled turret experimentQ&A
  40. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    1:48:51Royal Sovereign class gave the program a powerful battle lineChapter
  41. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    1:51:43HMS Hood's 13.5-inch guns were breech-loadersQ&A
  42. Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora
    1:56:53Hood's turret experiment sacrificed freeboardQ&A