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Seaplane Tenders

Also searchable as floatplane tenders, seaplane tender conversions.

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  1. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:33:12Would cruiser stations also receive seaplane tenders?Q&A
  2. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    24:13Ryujo and Commandant Teste show different answers to limited tonnageNotable Point
  3. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    7:43:11What a tender for ten Sunderland flying boats would requireQ&A
  4. Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability
    2:51:02Could armed seaplane tenders count as aviation cruisers?Q&A
  5. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    37:24Moffett redirected King into naval aviationChapter
  6. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    38:30USS Wright's dual-hatted command revealed organizational strainNotable Point
  7. Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!
    40:07Aviator-qualification law reshaped naval command careersChapter
  8. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:42:53How late seaplane tenders remained in serviceQ&A
  9. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:51:51Why World War II seaplane tenders lasted into the 1980sQ&A
  10. Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:59:54Norton Sound's second career in weapons trialsNotable Point
  11. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    0:00Why seaplane tenders were not the historical Atlantic answerQ&A
  12. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    7:43A seaplane tender worked as a mobile base, not a carrierChapter
  13. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    11:31Tenders could open patrol bases before airfields were readyNotable Point
  14. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    18:15Naval treaty rules left room for large aviation tendersNotable Point
  15. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    22:12The US Navy example exposed Britain's funding problemChapter
  16. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    35:37Distant trade routes needed a mobile patrol backstopNotable Point
  17. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    52:51A mobile tender network traded completeness for flexibilityChapter
  18. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:03:53The tender counterfactual still needs a budget sourceNotable Point
  19. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:05:46Independent reconnaissance could ease the Force Z air-support problemChapter
  20. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    1:08:42HMS Albatross and the politics of making the caseChapter
  21. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    14:48Seaplane tenders as movable aviation infrastructureNotable Point
  22. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    18:01What a seaplane tender must carry and supportChapter
  23. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    22:55Why tenders could use ordinary supply shipsNotable Point
  24. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    25:22Why two tenders could not close the North Atlantic air gapChapter
  25. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    39:30Why secondary theaters needed their own aviation supportNotable Point
  26. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    44:57How the London Naval Treaty left room for tendersNotable Point
  27. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    50:20The US Navy model for a movable seaplane baseChapter
  28. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    54:00How a tender fleet could strengthen the case for naval air controlNotable Point
  29. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:04:32Were seaplanes meant to operate from the open ocean?Q&A
  30. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:11:55Building a defended air station with two tendersChapter
  31. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:15:44Choosing Walruses, Swordfish, and larger flying boatsChapter
  32. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:21:23Could tenders have brought Catalinas into naval service before the war?Notable Point
  33. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:31:23Replacing fleet carriers in early Western Approaches ASWChapter
  34. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:37:08How tender construction could expand wartime shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
  35. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:40:00A tender is a floating repair baseNotable Point
  36. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:51:27Would tenders strengthen or distract from carrier aviation?Q&A
  37. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:52:13Float Swordfish could provide reconnaissance and torpedo attackNotable Point
  38. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:58:32The defenses a tender pair could bring ashoreNotable Point
  39. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:08:52Choosing between an airfield, carrier, and tenderChapter
  40. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:22:46Would tenders escort convoys or support fixed patrol zones?Q&A
  41. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:23:57Avoiding aviation-fuel disasters on tendersQ&A
  42. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:25:01Why Britain did not need a Tone-style hybrid cruiserQ&A
  43. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:32:46Why new merchant-style hulls beat old cruiser conversionsQ&A
  44. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:35:32Could a tender hide a forward reconnaissance base?Q&A
  45. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:42:10Why a tender's protection depended on staying putQ&A
  46. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:49:50Why D-Day did not need seaplane tendersQ&A
  47. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:51:06Why German mail-plane tenders were poor naval substitutesQ&A
  48. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:52:19Was there a need for freshwater seaplane tenders?Q&A
  49. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    2:55:14Could surplus destroyers become seaplane tenders?Q&A
  50. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    20:02Why flying boats solved an infrastructure problemQ&A
  51. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    5:57:57Converting seaplane tenders could preserve fleet carriers for fleet workQ&A
  52. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:54:54When a large floatplane cruiser could make senseQ&A
  53. Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 108
    2:19:04Naval treaties left room for more patrol supportQ&A
  54. Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 5
    33:53Walrus presence and deterrence in the Far EastNotable Point
  55. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    24:16Could disguised German seaplane carriers help U-boat wolf packs?Q&A
  56. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    26:58Finding disguised seaplane scouts without exposing EnigmaNotable Point
  57. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    0:28Why merchant seaplane tenders were not carrier schoolsNotable Point
  58. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    3:10Merchant aviation gave the Kriegsmarine only indirect lessonsNotable Point
  59. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    6:54A floating support system for transatlantic airmailChapter
  60. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    11:31Westfalen from airmail tender to wartime prison shipChapter
  61. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    17:24Schwabenland's airmail, Antarctic, and wartime careersChapter
  62. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    22:44Ostmark's purpose-built but minimal aviation supportChapter
  63. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    25:00Friesenland's long life after seaplane-tender serviceChapter
  64. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    27:05Wartime service exposed the tenders' maintenance limitsNotable Point
  65. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    28:14A surface-ship catapult was not a carrier acceleratorNotable Point
  66. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    30:30Why tender operations do not scale to fleet carriersNotable Point
  67. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    34:01German catapult experience was not a unique advantageNotable Point
  68. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    37:16A more useful German seaplane-carrier pathNotable Point
  69. Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation
    0:00What Britain learned from German aviation ships after World War INotable Point
  70. Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation
    14:36Merchant conversions bring seaplanes to the BalticChapter
  71. Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation
    20:49Glyndwr and Answald reveal the limits of improvised carriersChapter
  72. Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation
    27:12Seaplane-tender design points to reconnaissance doctrineNotable Point
  73. Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation
    28:20Stuttgart and Roon pursue reconnaissance at fleet speedChapter
  74. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    2:36:59Could a US carrier reserve change the Wasp design?Q&A
  75. Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 2
    0:43Why the Sopwith Cuckoo marks a carrier-aircraft turning pointChapter
  76. Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class
    1:31:23Treaty-exempt small ships and missed procurementNotable Point
  77. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    11:55French carrier delay and the seaplane compromiseChapter
  78. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response
    17:43Commandant Teste as a mobile naval air baseNotable Point
  79. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    2:20French innovation versus carrier weaknessChapter
  80. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:23:59Bearn lagged behind other navies' secondary carriersNotable Point
  81. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    2:15:31Designing seaplane tenders for rapid carrier conversionQ&A
  82. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    0:37Giovanni Bausan's unusually varied cruiser careerChapter
  83. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    38:02Seaplane tenders and Seabees for a Pacific island warChapter
  84. Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    8:12Carrier-cruiser scouting groups for Pacific distancesChapter
  85. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    24:33A reading list for US seaplane operationsQ&A
  86. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    25:09The 1939 scouting force as an area-control formationChapter
  87. Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...
    1:56:36Seaplane tenders control water while carriers command itQ&A
  88. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    18:26Was the Chitose class designed for carrier conversion?Q&A
  89. Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live
    14:21Chitose-class seaplane tenders as the better conversion pathNotable Point
  90. Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live
    16:19Prewar seaplane tenders as carrier-reserve preparationChapter
  91. A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War
    4:26Distributed aircraft, carriers, and hybrid warshipsNotable Point
  92. A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War
    6:26Seaplane limits made carriers more logicalNotable Point
  93. A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War
    14:43Cuxhaven and early seaplane-carrier operationsChapter
  94. A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War
    18:00Seaplane-carrier fires shaped British safety practiceNotable Point
  95. Bruships 48: Reading History
    1:56:42A starting reference for seaplane tendersQ&A
  96. Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East
    1:52:39Did seaplane tenders support the Far Eastern presence?Q&A
  97. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    42:12From seaplane tenders to Black Cat night patrolsNotable Point
  98. An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War
    10:45Japanese seaplane tenders and forward reconnaissanceNotable Point
  99. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    44:22A rebuild can preserve capacity by changing a ship's roleNotable Point
  100. Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    20:41Converting old ships into seaplane tendersNotable Point