Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

Topic

Ship Conversion

Also searchable as Ship Conversions.

Related time notes

  1. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    3:24:43Why so many Royal Navy survey ships began as sloopsQ&A
  2. Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    58:04Why an enormous first rate would merit screw conversionQ&A
  3. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:53:41Turning a merchant ship into a peer warship means rebuilding itQ&A
  4. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:05:36Why armed cargo ships do not replace dedicated warshipsQ&A
  5. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:58:02An Olympic-class hull makes an expensive cruiserQ&A
  6. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    44:56A captured Richelieu could physically accept the game's German conversionQ&A
  7. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:33A treaty-era battleship razee would make a poor cruiserQ&A
  8. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:06:20British and American floatplanes needed different shipboard equipmentQ&A
  9. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:16Most real ship conversions had logic, even when the result was awkwardQ&A
  10. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:33:10Vindictive tested carrier arrangements while naval aviation was still developingQ&A
  11. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:34:24Vindictive's return to a surface-combat role may have been uniqueQ&A
  12. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:35:09Vindictive's limited flying platforms allowed a return to cruiser serviceQ&A
  13. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:59:35Another Santísima Trinidad conversion would require a hull surveyQ&A
  14. Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:11:28Could a nuclear surface-combatant hull become a carrier?Q&A
  15. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    29:29Eagle turns an improvised conversion into useful air coverNotable Point
  16. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    32:52Furious's experimental decks leave lasting compromisesNotable Point
  17. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:59:24Rethinking the Courageous-class carrier conversionsQ&A
  18. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    29:19Why German auxiliary-cruiser conversions stayed inexpensiveQ&A
  19. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    15:03Auxiliaries designed for rapid carrier conversionChapter
  20. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    33:13G3 conversions anchor a five-carrier strike forceChapter
  21. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    1:05:00A faster replacement for the lost Amagi conversionNotable Point
  22. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    1:47:34Vikramaditya as a carrier conversion that consumed the fleet budgetNotable Point
  23. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    55:17Modernizing Shokaku and Zuikaku for F-35B operationsQ&A
  24. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    1:22:43Turning an Illustrious-class carrier into an amphibious aviation shipQ&A
  25. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:41:54Converting Ranger and Wasp into aviation support carriersQ&A
  26. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:42:46Why Giuseppe Garibaldi could not simply operate RafalesQ&A
  27. Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?
    15:44Carrier potential was preserved, but conversion was not effortlessNotable Point
  28. Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?
    29:18How the F-35B conversion became policyChapter
  29. Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?
    31:42Approval turned carrier potential into flight-deck workChapter
  30. Procurement for Peace: Second Draft
    1:35:26Why a container ship suits support conversion betterQ&A
  31. Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...
    11:31What a Queen Elizabeth-class CATOBAR conversion would entailNotable Point
  32. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    47:29C- and D-class conversions were the dedicated AA cruisersChapter
  33. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    49:17C-class conversions traded endurance for stronger air defenseNotable Point
  34. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    44:23Did Dido incorporate lessons from C-class conversions?Q&A
  35. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    3:07:24Gelderland as a German floating flak platformQ&A
  36. Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...
    2:23:33Disagreement over Iran's converted drone-support shipQ&A
  37. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    22:55Were FRAM destroyers really frigates?Q&A
  38. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    11:17Why Béarn was a difficult carrier conversionQ&A
  39. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    27:16Why County-class cruiser conversions made little senseQ&A
  40. Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:11:51Why converted escort carriers risked awkward fuel layoutsQ&A
  41. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    2:06:52Selecting expendable hulls constrained seaplane-carrier conversionsQ&A
  42. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    2:32:55Converting R-class battleships into Renowns was the wrong treaty bargainQ&A
  43. 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
  44. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:00:57HMCS Stormont became the yacht Christina ONotable Point
  45. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:33:23How a converted Incomparable would be judged after a carrier battleQ&A
  46. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    2:11:47Britain pursued its own FRAM-like destroyer conversionsQ&A
  47. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    4:53:13A different Tiger-class gun fit changes the later helicopter conversionQ&A
  48. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:31:47Why the US Navy did not convert Omaha into an anti-aircraft cruiserQ&A
  49. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:32:48Radical Admiral-class redesigns would cost nearly a new shipQ&A
  50. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    7:35:31Ranger was a weak basis for an amphibious assault shipQ&A
  51. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    8:39:06Implacable could take an angled deck at prohibitive costQ&A
  52. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    1:10:00A Soviet carrier lease would demand an American rebuildQ&A
  53. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    34:41Why battlecruisers made the best fleet-carrier conversionsQ&A
  54. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    39:27Which cruiser hulls offered the best carrier conversionsQ&A
  55. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    13:26From Chilean battleship Almirante Cochrane to HMS EagleChapter
  56. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    23:53How battleship armour was rearranged for the carrier conversionNotable Point
  57. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    24:28Why Chile did not buy Almirante Cochrane backNotable Point
  58. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    25:08Powerful boilers meet a battleship conversion's piping limitsNotable Point
  59. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    3:40:19Why an aircraft carrier makes an awkward cruise shipQ&A
  60. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:06:40Lengthening HMS Unicorn is possible but expensiveQ&A
  61. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:29:18Why a Deutschland carrier conversion becomes a new shipQ&A
  62. Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:06:47Why hybrid battleship-carriers lose too muchQ&A
  63. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    1:32:53Flight-deck layouts for Admiral-class carrier conversionsQ&A
  64. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    2:27:46Why carriers make poor battleship conversionsQ&A
  65. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    4:12:13Admiral and G3 hulls as aircraft carriersNotable Point
  66. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    1:44:20The practical test for IJN cruiser conversionsQ&A
  67. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    22:54Converting a G3 into an aircraft carrierQ&A
  68. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    1:11:36How long early carriers remain usefulQ&A
  69. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    11:24Using Eagle to size a Francesco Caracciolo carrier conversionQ&A
  70. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:09:42Why survey ships make unusually good yacht conversionsQ&A
  71. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:11:14Turning a J-class destroyer into a fast luxury yachtQ&A
  72. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    9:55Why Furious worked better as a carrier conversionNotable Point
  73. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    11:31Westfalen from airmail tender to wartime prison shipChapter
  74. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    17:24Schwabenland's airmail, Antarctic, and wartime careersChapter
  75. USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier
    16:57How would a converted Renown compare with Courageous and Glorious?Q&A
  76. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    1:05:26USS Langley's namesake tied aviation to railway timekeepingNotable Point
  77. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    1:34:17What was an Age of Sail razee?Q&A
  78. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    1:00:55Launching Amagi before the earthquake could save the carrier conversionQ&A
  79. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:30:32Conventional wartime battlecruisers shift the carrier candidatesQ&A
  80. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:34:42An Admiral-class hull was considered for strike-carrier conversionQ&A
  81. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:54:22The treaty allowance could favor Renown-class carrier conversionsQ&A
  82. HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment
    23:05A fast steamer becomes a practical seaplane carrierChapter
  83. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    14:03Why Europa did not need fleet-carrier performanceNotable Point
  84. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    24:32Europa and Giuseppe Miraglia comparedChapter
  85. Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers
    55:06Why were so few interwar seaplane carriers built?Notable Point
  86. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:23:08Bare Essex hulls are more plausible as helicopter assault shipsQ&A
  87. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    26:50The wartime Ark Royal reappears during the Falklands WarQ&A
  88. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:05:54Why navies build specialized support shipsQ&A
  89. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:45:20Converting Lexington hulls into fast supply shipsQ&A
  90. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:39:59Vindictive and the value of aviation-cruiser conversionsQ&A
  91. USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 10
    1:01:32Razeed into one of the US Navy's best frigatesChapter
  92. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:26:38Slow battleship hulls are usually better finished for gunfire supportQ&A
  93. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    1:37:53Early carrier conversions often left internal arrangements compromisedQ&A
  94. Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    2:23:14An Admiral-class carrier could move beyond Eagle's gun patternQ&A
  95. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    6:38Amphibious conversions consume scarce fast fleet tankersNotable Point
  96. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    9:08Lake tankers become Maracaibo-class landing shipsChapter
  97. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    12:57Bachaquero from Madagascar to Sword BeachNotable Point
  98. Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 3
    27:06Bruiser from Salerno to merchant serviceNotable Point
  99. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    4:16Should Germany have built a training carrier first?Q&A
  100. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    28:39Could German liners become light or escort carriers?Q&A
  101. Bruships 131: Battleships...
    1:34:13Where torpedoes could fit on an armed merchant cruiserQ&A
  102. Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 10
    13:23HMS Stork's survey fit left a quick route to wartime escort serviceNotable Point
  103. Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough
    19:59How razees offered a stronger cruiser alternativeNotable Point
  104. Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough
    31:28Indefatigable as a heavy fifth-rate alternativeChapter
  105. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    2:28:45Carrier conversions depended on which Lexington hulls survivedQ&A
  106. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    26:36A K3 counterfactual: treaty limits and rival responsesNotable Point
  107. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    18:03Dannebrog: converting a large wooden hull for a smaller navyNotable Point
  108. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    21:28Britain’s industrial scale made repeated steam-rate development possibleChapter
  109. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    23:14Prestigious capital ships expose the Royal Navy’s commitment to steamNotable Point
  110. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    27:45Duke of Wellington’s rushed conversion created structural riskNotable Point
  111. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    35:48HMS Queen and the end of the sail-built ship of the lineChapter
  112. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    49:14A French steam conversion reversed for troopship spaceNotable Point
  113. Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!
    57:57Gangut: a Navarino veteran rebuilt for the steam ageNotable Point
  114. First Fleet: Founding of Australia
    20:46HMS Sirius from Baltic merchantman to colonial warshipNotable Point
  115. Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites
    1:16:38HMS Vanguard's possible command and helicopter conversionsQ&A
  116. Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites
    1:18:48The Enterprise refit and the case for new shipsNotable Point
  117. Battle of Coronel in Retrospect
    3:50:11Could a Colossus carrier become a submarine depot ship?Q&A
  118. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:25:35Why late-war cruisers were not designed for missilesQ&A
  119. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    2:55:09Never-built gun cruisers in the missile and helicopter ageNotable Point
  120. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    2:15:31Designing seaplane tenders for rapid carrier conversionQ&A
  121. Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books
    3:36:39Why an Iowa-class carrier conversion solves the wrong problemQ&A
  122. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    41:10Could an unfinished Sverdlov become a light aircraft carrier?Q&A
  123. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    19:41Trials, vibration, and the value of an adaptable hullNotable Point
  124. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    48:09Andromeda becomes a radio experiment and training establishmentChapter
  125. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    52:50Europa moves crews, serves at the Dardanelles, and finds a civilian afterlifeChapter
  126. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    55:06Argonaut links shipyard safety, discipline, and wartime conversionChapter
  127. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    28:22East Asia service and conversion to minelayerChapter
  128. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    38:37Zhdanov's command-ship conversion preserved a heavily armed fleet flagshipNotable Point
  129. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:13:55Project 70E turned a Sverdlov into a missile test shipNotable Point
  130. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    30:33The case for an Admiral-class carrier conversionQ&A
  131. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:03:06Why converting a carrier into a battleship means rebuilding the shipQ&A
  132. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:42:14Why a captured French predreadnought would be hard to absorbQ&A
  133. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    29:47Destroyer conversions could emerge as smaller postwar frigatesQ&A
  134. Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 2
    0:37Giovanni Bausan's unusually varied cruiser careerChapter
  135. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    33:51Converting a Centaur-class carrier into a heavy-lift shipQ&A
  136. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:10:43How MAC ships preserved cargo capacityChapter
  137. Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations
    1:20:40Why Britain changed American escort-carrier fit-outsNotable Point
  138. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    2:55Why converting line-of-battle ships into ironclads was costlyQ&A
  139. Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again
    18:48Why an Italian battleship carrier conversion was possible but unattractiveQ&A
  140. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1941
    8:19Expand Kido Butai with rapid carrier conversionsNotable Point
  141. Ruse de guerre
    17:19Wooden guns mask converted Japanese battleshipsChapter
  142. Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)
    26:44Hecate establishes the converted-survey-ship patternNotable Point
  143. Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)
    32:51Protector becomes an Antarctic patrol shipNotable Point
  144. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    12:10Why can a radical starship rebuild still be called a refit?Q&A
  145. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    37:09Could swapping saucer sections change a Galaxy ship's role?Q&A
  146. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    2:26:38From courier craft to a Starfleet fighter forceNotable Point
  147. Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)
    3:19:08Turning a Galaxy into a carrierChapter
  148. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    1:42Would converted Admiral-class ships keep their names?Q&A
  149. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    59:52Why converting a Lion-class battleship into a carrier makes little senseQ&A
  150. Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    1:13:03G3 conversions versus the Lexington hullNotable Point
  151. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    1:39:12A County-cruiser hull would make a fast but small carrierQ&A
  152. Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...
    1:00:46Why Great Eastern would make an accommodation ship, not a carrierQ&A
  153. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:06:44HMS Vindictive as a converted depot shipNotable Point
  154. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:24:16Converted tenders as affordable long-war preparationNotable Point
  155. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    2:08:08Could the Courageous class have become aircraft repair ships?Q&A
  156. Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)
    46:00Mogami class reconnaissance capacity and conversion costsChapter
  157. Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)
    55:39Ibuki from heavy cruiser to light carrierNotable Point
  158. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory
    0:34Merchant hulls became mobile repair capacityChapter
  159. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory
    8:55A repair ship concentrates many industrial tradesNotable Point
  160. Bruships 55: New Books
    1:39:03Three Canadian passenger ships take different wartime rolesNotable Point
  161. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:53:47A cruiser becomes Bermuda's emergency lifelineNotable Point
  162. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:56:30The protected cruiser behind Bermuda's improvised passenger serviceNotable Point
  163. Bruships 55: New Books
    2:58:54Arctic Whale becomes Bermuda's passenger tenderNotable Point
  164. Bruships 55: New Books
    3:11:03Why battleships resisted civilian conversionQ&A
  165. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    9:54Jean Bart was considered for a full carrier conversionQ&A
  166. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    28:52Royal Fleet Auxiliary oilers as a planned carrier reserveNotable Point
  167. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    46:43Why a flight deck cantilevered over gun turrets is troublesomeQ&A
  168. A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War
    21:25Admiral-class carrier conversion counterfactualNotable Point
  169. Some More Battle Cruisers
    51:18Battlecruiser hulls made natural treaty-era carrier conversionsNotable Point
  170. Some More Battle Cruisers
    1:02:09An Admiral-class conversion points toward the strike carrierNotable Point
  171. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    3:00:08Comparing Iowa, Bismarck, Littorio, and KGV carrier conversionsQ&A
  172. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    3:05:13Admiral-class carrier conversions would inherit battlecruiser armorQ&A
  173. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    2:49:38Conversion changed Tiger's stability problemQ&A
  174. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland
    20:53Uganda traded aircraft hangars for electronics and crew spaceNotable Point
  175. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    36:54Who judged whether Britain could exceed treaty tonnage?Q&A
  176. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    11:24Prince Eugene's rapid build and delayed 18-inch gunNotable Point
  177. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    32:53Prince Rupert shows the proposed wider 18-inch rearmamentNotable Point
  178. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    38:29Labour delays General Wolfe's 18-inch conversionChapter
  179. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy
    37:53Could laid-up trawlers reinforce mine countermeasures?Q&A
  180. Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan
    1:19:16Humberside trawlers as mine-countermeasure hullsNotable Point
  181. The Great White Fleet
    2:43:21Kearsarge's second career as a crane shipNotable Point
  182. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    16:55Captain Cook's exploration ship began as a collierQ&A
  183. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties
    26:20Converted fast cruisers and the scale of carrier investmentChapter
  184. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    2:20:43What converted hulls taught early carrier designersChapter
  185. Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    37:54Why carrier conversion was the best use for the Courageous classQ&A
  186. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    19:16The appeal of unfinished Admiral hulls as fast carriersQ&A
  187. 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
  188. 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
  189. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    11:27How 56 V and W destroyers filled three escort rolesChapter
  190. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    13:50V and W conversions and North Atlantic seakeepingNotable Point
  191. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers
    30:02Small escorts as adaptable wartime platformsNotable Point
  192. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    56:49Destroyer conversions shaped American minesweeper expectationsNotable Point
  193. Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:06:01Carrier conversion cost depends on the carrier you wantQ&A
  194. Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered
    21:09Why Falklands liners did not become landing shipsQ&A
  195. Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered
    25:40Where to look for Glenroy conversion plansQ&A
  196. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)
    8:02Maracaibo tanker conversions prove the LST conceptChapter
  197. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(ii)
    6:12Train ferries become stern-chute landing shipsChapter
  198. A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(ii)
    25:25Industrial adaptation for mechanized amphibious warNotable Point