Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Secondary Batteries

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  1. Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order
    29:46Prestige guns versus practical battleship firepowerNotable Point
  2. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    5:33:17When UAD mechanics distort armor and secondary batteriesNotable Point
  3. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    1:57:58Did capital-ship secondary batteries contribute in battle?Q&A
  4. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    1:58:40Surface power versus anti-aircraft rate in secondary batteriesNotable Point
  5. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:08:44Why shell size changes the time needed to stop a destroyerNotable Point
  6. What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?
    36:25A truncated hull, forward secondaries, and compromised armorChapter
  7. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:01:14A large hull can solve vertical-launch reloading at seaChapter
  8. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:56:44Why Suffren's 6.5-inch shells strained manual handlingNotable Point
  9. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    1:11:35Why Béarn wants to close the range with IndependenceNotable Point
  10. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:46:00Secondary batteries still mattered after JutlandQ&A
  11. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    1:00:12Using fall of shot to control gunnery rangeNotable Point
  12. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    1:02:55Designing secondary armament against torpedo boatsNotable Point
  13. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 1
    1:12:48A gun-heavy torpedo boat limited to defensive workNotable Point
  14. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    2:32:16Centerline secondary turrets and forward fireQ&A
  15. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:32:26Destroyer screens and sensible battery targetsNotable Point
  16. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:49:58Modernizing the Revenge II battleshipsNotable Point
  17. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    3:10:00Capital-ship weight, armor, and ballast tradeoffsNotable Point
  18. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    56:55An 85,000-ton battleship built around overwhelming firepowerNotable Point
  19. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:14:29Secondary batteries turn battleships into anti-destroyer screensChapter
  20. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:25:09Ammunition storage for an enormous secondary batteryQ&A
  21. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    2:10:13When 105 mm guns suffice against destroyersQ&A
  22. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    2:44:35The limits of 8-inch secondary batteriesQ&A
  23. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:21:47Why battleships carried heavy secondary batteriesNotable Point
  24. Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:33:56How complementary battleship divisions create layered firepowerNotable Point
  25. Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    20:26A heavy secondary battery keeps escorts awayQ&A
  26. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    52:40A super-battleship's secondary battery is built to break the enemy screenNotable Point
  27. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    2:43:30Why a super-battleship still benefits from 6-inch secondariesQ&A
  28. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:56:17Secondary batteries stop screen breakthroughsQ&A
  29. Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    17:13Heavy secondary batteries against cruisers and destroyersNotable Point
  30. Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    38:35Six battleships destroy a Chinese fleetChapter
  31. Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:14:25Designing the 32-knot Canada-class battleshipChapter
  32. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    56:24Designing a capital ship around the opponents it expectsChapter
  33. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:19:19Range and secondary batteries shape the terms of an actionNotable Point
  34. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:52:32Early turreted secondary batteriesQ&A
  35. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:35:46Why Britain rejected superimposed secondary batteriesQ&A
  36. The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes
    2:45:42Why U.S. designers accepted superimposed secondary gunsQ&A
  37. Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History
    1:08:40Why secondary guns were not the easy autoloader targetQ&A
  38. The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri
    1:16:22Six-inch secondaries decide the simulated actionChapter
  39. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    56:40Surface raiders turned convoy protection into a two-threat problemChapter
  40. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:27:01Could Ramillies's secondary guns damage the German ships?Q&A
  41. Building A British Super Battleship!
    24:53Secondary batteries can shape engagement rangeNotable Point
  42. Building A British Super Battleship!
    28:29A six-inch secondary battery reshapes the shipChapter
  43. Building A British Super Battleship!
    51:24The final Rodney combines speed, heavy guns, and all-around secondary fireChapter
  44. Building A British Super Battleship!
    56:49Battle damage overturns Rodney's long-range design logicNotable Point
  45. Bruships 130: Battleships
    1:42:36Replacing Scharnhorst's 15 cm battery with 10.5 cm gunsQ&A
  46. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    1:35:09New construction follows a proven refit designNotable Point
  47. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    2:09:27A light battleship replaces an impractical armored cruiserChapter
  48. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    37:59Trialing Eagle against an obsolete isolated cruiserNotable Point
  49. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    22:45A six-inch secondary battery for a new Iowa-like battleshipQ&A
  50. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    25:42Secondary batteries create a crossfire problemNotable Point
  51. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    1:14:27A capital ship designed to escort itselfNotable Point
  52. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    1:46:27The Hood class: broadside and fire arcsNotable Point
  53. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    1:06:25Speed and stern firepower against a torpedo approachChapter
  54. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    3:08:16Balancing armour, range, stability, and weightChapter
  55. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    3:27:36Checking main- and secondary-battery fire arcsNotable Point
  56. Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 6
    22:34Range, protection, and anti-torpedo-boat firepowerChapter
  57. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    1:29:23Forming line ahead for concentrated fireNotable Point
  58. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    1:57:19Secondary batteries cannot replace a fleet screenChapter
  59. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    2:06:20A self-escorting battleship needs layered firepowerNotable Point
  60. Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 10
    22:56A gun and armour scheme tailored to close watersChapter
  61. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    53:31Screens buy time in an unfavourable fightNotable Point
  62. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    1:44:25Why period destroyers do not need 6-inch gunsQ&A
  63. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    2:33:31Were automated small-calibre guns worth adopting?Q&A
  64. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    58:50Why Iowa avoided centerline 5-inch mountsQ&A
  65. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    3:05:51A twin 5.5-inch secondary battery for RenownQ&A
  66. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    19:10Why split secondary batteries consume a shipNotable Point
  67. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 3
    1:48:21Why all-big-gun ships still need smaller gunsNotable Point
  68. Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 2
    43:54Drawings preserve competing secondary layoutsNotable Point
  69. American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas
    43:20Designing a 33-knot Japanese battlecruiserChapter
  70. American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas
    1:06:23Secondary batteries: game effect versus battle realityNotable Point
  71. American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas
    1:28:45How one early loss unbalances an equal fleet actionNotable Point
  72. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    12:25Crossing the T without surrendering rangeNotable Point
  73. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    13:43Why the secondary battery can decide the fightNotable Point
  74. Testing Sixteen Autoloaded 14in Gun Battleship (Chatfield's Dream) to Destruction
    36:39When two-inch guns join the battleship fightNotable Point
  75. A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?
    1:51:46Hood and the potential of the 5.5-inch gunNotable Point
  76. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:10:28Reconstructing Caracciolo protection and secondary weaponsNotable Point
  77. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:31:39Lyon secondary guns and horizontal protectionNotable Point
  78. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:41:54Destroyer screens and stopping torpedo attacksNotable Point
  79. Steam Battleships (1876-1891)
    27:09Why secondary guns could be the decisive weaponsNotable Point
  80. HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 3
    5:09Why Benbow was not an ordinary AdmiralChapter
  81. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    19:03Fitting 4.5-inch, Bofors, and Oerlikon batteries around the main gunsNotable Point
  82. Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck
    1:02:29Winning because the enemy exhausts its main-battery ammunitionNotable Point
  83. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    27:01Balancing a pre-dreadnought's weaponsNotable Point
  84. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    30:53Why a future railgun ship might resemble a pre-dreadnoughtNotable Point
  85. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    32:48Why secondary guns mattered in pre-dreadnought battlesNotable Point
  86. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    40:53Building a battlecruiser before the dreadnought eraChapter
  87. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    51:54Speed and firing arcs decide an armoured-cruiser fightNotable Point
  88. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    2:45:34Do not turn a game penalty into a verdict on quadruple turretsNotable Point
  89. A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?
    10:41Balancing armor, secondary guns, and displacementChapter
  90. A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?
    32:01Did American battleships still carry torpedoes in the Second World War?Q&A
  91. Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you
    33:59Triple turrets against the Iron Duke weight benchmarkNotable Point
  92. Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you
    44:19Why primary and secondary battery priorities changeNotable Point
  93. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    2:29Inspecting the Queen Elizabeth MaximusChapter
  94. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    7:01Restoring a plausible German torpedo and gun batteryNotable Point
  95. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    12:19Why is the German design heavier to port?Q&A
  96. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    28:55A turret explosion turns the first trial into a survival testNotable Point
  97. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    41:10Redesigning protection and secondaries after the failed trialChapter
  98. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    44:08Six-inch secondaries and three-inch anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
  99. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    50:44Preserving main-battery arcs around the secondariesNotable Point
  100. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:03:59Small-calibre hits expose the fire-control systemNotable Point
  101. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:18:30Why six-inch secondaries transform the UAD fightChapter
  102. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:32:20Would a refitted Agincourt retain torpedoes?Q&A
  103. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:32:44Giving Agincourt a Warspite-style modernizationNotable Point
  104. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:36:29German limits in an 18-inch-gun worldChapter
  105. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:53:17Why one battle doctrine cannot fit every naval eraNotable Point
  106. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    2:14:55Reconstructing Yamato for the comparisonChapter
  107. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:00Queen Elizabeth Maximus design setupChapter
  108. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:00:35King George V alternative without Chatfield's choiceChapter
  109. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:07:31Armor weight and compact turret placementNotable Point
  110. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:13:51Choosing secondaries for the King George V alternativeNotable Point
  111. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:15:24German battleship design and Kiel Canal constraintsNotable Point
  112. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:25:12Quadruple 18-inch Armageddon designNotable Point
  113. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    1:38:05Goliath heavy-gun layout tradeoffsNotable Point
  114. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:03:55Speed, armor, and staying outside secondary rangeNotable Point
  115. UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas
    2:22:57Engine damage brings Ajax within seven-inch gun rangeNotable Point
  116. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    1:59:32What could replace the Anson subclass's six-inch guns?Q&A
  117. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    18:33HMS Dreadnought carries the counter in her 12-pounder batteryNotable Point
  118. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    17:38Machinery, protection, and secondary-armament trade-offsNotable Point
  119. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    36:18All-forward armament and battleship weight distributionNotable Point
  120. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    20:38Close-range versus long-range pre-dreadnought tacticsNotable Point
  121. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    23:07When secondary batteries do the killingChapter
  122. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    25:09Six-inch guns and battlecruiser riskNotable Point
  123. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    32:16Night fighting and the value of volumeNotable Point
  124. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    35:40The pre-dreadnought as a floating fortressChapter
  125. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    37:29Casemates, turrets, and usable firing arcsChapter
  126. A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    53:35Dreadnought moves killing power to the main batteryNotable Point
  127. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    45:03A faster three-shaft Nelson alternativeNotable Point
  128. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    1:15:12Offensive weapons forward, defensive weapons distributedNotable Point
  129. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    24:27Building a Seydlitz-like German opponentChapter
  130. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    33:31Why Tiger carried six-inch secondariesNotable Point
  131. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    50:54Closing to six-inch range means accepting torpedo riskNotable Point
  132. HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion
    53:23From anti-torpedo defence to closing weaponsNotable Point
  133. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    3:10:35Q&A: could Nelson trade secondary guns for speed?Q&A
  134. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    10:53A 1920s six-inch dual-purpose secondary batteryNotable Point
  135. My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design
    15:23Moving the secondary battery to test its firing arcsNotable Point
  136. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol
    41:44French and British battleship design intentNotable Point
  137. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    2:09:53Argencourt's proposed secondary battery and refitQ&A
  138. Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)
    2:00:57Secondary batteries as insurance against close threatsQ&A
  139. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    33:23A fast Agincourt would likely carry twin six-inch secondariesQ&A
  140. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    1:17:23Twenty dual-purpose six-inch guns demand beam and deck spaceQ&A
  141. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    28:20Why battleships carried six-inch secondary gunsQ&A
  142. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    37:10When mixed secondary batteries made senseQ&A
  143. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    1:30:47Radetzky's mixed battery for the AdriaticChapter
  144. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    2:12:11Rivadavia's cross-deck fire tradeoffsChapter
  145. The Great White Fleet
    2:45:05Choosing secondary guns for aircraft or surface threatsQ&A