Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Ship Survivability

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    55:03Galaxy-class saucer separation in the Dominion WarQ&A
  2. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    43:50Project 7U: unit machinery and persistent variationChapter
  3. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    1:43Prewar experiments prepared a destroyer for mass productionChapter
  4. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    3:00Machinery subdivision buys time for damage controlNotable Point
  5. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    4:05Surviving a hit and retaining a mission are different problemsNotable Point
  6. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    40:29Machinery power and survivabilityChapter
  7. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    42:51Distributed shipyards and a design that came too lateChapter
  8. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    22:35Torpedo bombers and the problem of sinking a shipChapter
  9. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    36:50Torpedo-bomber payloads and the need to find the fleetChapter
  10. Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:34:50First World War methods against one-ton naval minesQ&A
  11. Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live
    14:41Cruiser standards are more than armourNotable Point
  12. Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s
    29:17Navigatori gunnery and machinery survivabilityNotable Point
  13. Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s
    1:01:07Destroyer gun houses and weather protectionNotable Point
  14. What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?
    15:38Why the Indefatigable class had no strong Washington caseChapter
  15. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    56:18Why a bulkhead can decide who survives a missile hitNotable Point
  16. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    36:56Kingfisher mine detection and the risks of destroyer minehuntingNotable Point
  17. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    45:11Mark 57 survivability and the 80-versus-96-cell comparisonNotable Point
  18. Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:05:11The two basic ways to sink a warshipNotable Point
  19. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    8:45What sinks a ship after an explosion splits it in half?Q&A
  20. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    7:51Carmania fights Cap TrafalgarChapter
  21. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    16:59Falklands victory raises shell-quality warningsChapter
  22. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    1:53:14Dogger Bank damage and future capital-ship designNotable Point
  23. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    2:33:22Underwater protection without JutlandQ&A
  24. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    1:01:33Survivability rules impose fleet-level tradeoffsChapter
  25. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    1:03:15Automation can support crews without removing their roleNotable Point
  26. What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping
    1:23:23Survivability standards depend on the ship's missionNotable Point
  27. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…
    3:00:06Why four close torpedo hits doomed HMS EagleNotable Point
  28. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    7:59:17Was there ever an era of unsinkable warships?Q&A
  29. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    10:42:38Game-style repair and the time available to save a shipQ&A
  30. 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
  31. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:26:36Would four-inch shells penetrate a destroyer's armor?Q&A
  32. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    3:51:55Diesel-electric propulsion for a modern fast attack craftQ&A
  33. Liberty Leadership: How the ships that were the blood cells of WWII came to be...
    38:17Subdivision keeps William Williams and her crew afloatNotable Point
  34. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:28:54Capital ships were often more valuable covering a towQ&A
  35. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    5:45Why a hypersonic hit does not guarantee a sinkingQ&A
  36. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    19:44Limiting damage after a missile penetrates the defensesChapter
  37. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    20:39Why armor remains useful against shaped chargesQ&A
  38. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    26:09Damage control with sacrificial spaces and redundant machineryNotable Point
  39. Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...
    45:00Why explosive reactive armor is unattractive at seaQ&A
  40. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    4:48Why missiles did not make armor uselessNotable Point
  41. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    41:54Distributed electric power for battle-damage survivalChapter
  42. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    44:36The Lexington class supplies an electric-propulsion precedentNotable Point
  43. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    55:16Automation supports damage control but cannot replace sailorsChapter
  44. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    1:02:08Layered armor raises the cost of a missile killChapter
  45. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    1:03:47An armored command center that could become a survival capsuleNotable Point
  46. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    50:38Would a broken keel make the battleship uniquely vulnerable?Q&A
  47. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    1:05:33Can a crew of about 100 still control battle damage?Q&A
  48. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    1:19:33Distributed control rooms make automation a survivability systemChapter
  49. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    1:42:05Modern armor means citadels, subdivision, and expendable outer volumeChapter
  50. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:31:22Layered survivability supports picket and amphibious missionsChapter
  51. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:34:30An expensive deterrent remains useful if deterrence failsNotable Point
  52. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:40:33Would hypersonic missiles make the battleship pointless?Q&A
  53. So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live
    2:56:30Would modern smart torpedoes defeat the battleship concept?Q&A
  54. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:47:49What a MOAB would do to a warshipQ&A
  55. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    33:30Shipboard maps helped wartime recruits find their wayNotable Point
  56. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    1:04:08Stormont towed bomb-damaged HMCS Matane to PlymouthNotable Point
  57. Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...
    55:48Why amphibious assault ships remain conventionally poweredNotable Point
  58. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    19:21How Britannic incorporated lessons from TitanicChapter
  59. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    25:17Britannic's gantry davits and evacuation marginNotable Point
  60. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    40:10Why Britannic's mine damage defeated her subdivisionChapter
  61. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:35:32The unresolved cause of Kongō's magazine explosionNotable Point
  62. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    1:37:55Could Type 3 shells explain Kongō's magazine explosion?Q&A
  63. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:40:13Why Barham's clustered torpedo hits overwhelmed protectionNotable Point
  64. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:05:21Why a bazooka would not reliably sink an ASW frigateQ&A
  65. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:40:02Should a sunken magazine still be burning?Notable Point
  66. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:22:46The survivability of a 90,000-ton battleshipNotable Point
  67. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:36:57Plunging fire and the point to abandon shipNotable Point
  68. Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    30:28A magazine explosion tests battleship survivabilityNotable Point
  69. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:30:39The Washington class becomes a cruiser-sized super destroyerChapter
  70. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    1:05:38The Wraith hive ship's biology favors carrier warfareChapter
  71. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    57:30Would the US Navy have kept turbo-electric propulsion?Q&A
  72. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:10:40Could turbo-electric drive have helped Nelson and Rodney?Q&A
  73. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:00:13Gas turbines transform interwar capital-ship reconstructionsChapter
  74. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:06:24A more survivable King George V electrical architectureNotable Point
  75. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:11:22Larger air groups and resilient carrier propulsionChapter
  76. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:15:45Why distant operations make survivability a design priorityNotable Point
  77. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:03:00World War I exposed the need for purpose-built small escortsChapter
  78. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:05:23What navalized merchant construction actually meantNotable Point
  79. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:42:36Bomb-hit location shaped small-warship survivalNotable Point
  80. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update
    28:26Armour and machinery research precede battlecruisersNotable Point
  81. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    44:07When more armour can make a shell more destructiveNotable Point
  82. What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...
    1:36:24Montana, Iowa, and an enduring American doctrineChapter
  83. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    17:58The armoured citadel as a survivability coreNotable Point
  84. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    33:32Zara's weight savings undercut survivabilityNotable Point
  85. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    38:39Forward aircraft complicated Condottieri operationsChapter
  86. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:40:02Deutschland's armour and speed limited its fighting optionsChapter
  87. Imperial Fleet Review: An Introduction (Warhammer40k)
    7:01Modern warships still need stern defenceNotable Point
  88. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    28:02Torpedo rams and the engagement-range problemNotable Point
  89. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    22:54A chemical-weapon hit would not necessarily lose a battleshipQ&A
  90. Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All
    20:21Guns, torpedoes, and limited Kevlar protectionNotable Point
  91. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    22:20Why the Baltic was a dangerous operating area for KirovNotable Point
  92. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:15:08Trento trades protection for speed and displayChapter
  93. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:30:13Early Condottieri behave like enlarged destroyersChapter
  94. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:32:35British magazine protection exposes the early Condottieri tradeoffNotable Point
  95. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    1:41:16Zara approaches a balanced heavy cruiserChapter
  96. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:22:11Duca d'Aosta adds protection without resolving the conceptChapter
  97. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    2:33:31Abruzzi finally delivers a balanced light cruiserChapter
  98. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    3:02:03Cape Matapan puts the Zaras in the wrong battleNotable Point
  99. A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video
    34:29Engine spaces form a destroyer's central Achilles' heelChapter
  100. A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video
    39:17Gun mounts impose hidden structural costsNotable Point
  101. A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video
    40:22Destroyers survive by avoiding vital hitsNotable Point
  102. A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video
    44:44Longitudinal bulkheads contain flooding but create a heelNotable Point
  103. Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)
    58:38The second Endurance and icebreaker survivabilityNotable Point
  104. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    47:48Yamato links Federation representation to hull vulnerabilityChapter
  105. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    1:18:56Would better bulkheads have saved Britannic?Q&A
  106. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    1:46:09Could Titanic have done more after impact?Q&A
  107. RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?
    1:55:58Why ramming the iceberg was not a simple answerQ&A
  108. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    2:11:42Damage control must match the shipQ&A
  109. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    2:16:22How Falklands damage reshaped British warship survivabilityQ&A
  110. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    38:22Pax Magellanic's AI, escape, and self-sufficiencyNotable Point
  111. Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)
    41:24How Million Voices resists captureNotable Point
  112. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    6:33Why warship hulls lost scuttlesQ&A
  113. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    3:17:24Icing as a polar-warship hazardQ&A
  114. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality UAD - HMS Queen Mary 3 (Long Patrol)
    16:00Damage control and armour shape survival after the hitsNotable Point
  115. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:39:08Fuel tanks in place of Hood's crushing tubesQ&A
  116. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:50:44A surviving Titanic as a wartime troop transportQ&A
  117. A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)
    17:29The vulnerability cost of fewer, larger turretsChapter
  118. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    48:44Survivability kept fire support availableNotable Point
  119. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:17:34New Orleans survives catastrophic damage and returns to warNotable Point
  120. Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...
    1:24:16Converted tenders as affordable long-war preparationNotable Point
  121. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli
    1:53Preparing old battleships to survive minesNotable Point
  122. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli
    11:26Ten older battleships and the cost of protective bulgesNotable Point
  123. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    13:08Von der Tann trades usable gun arcs for offset turretsChapter
  124. Some More Battle Cruisers
    8:21Battlecruiser subdivision trades survivability for speedNotable Point
  125. Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War
    1:50:12Could an amphibious tank ambush a warship?Q&A
  126. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    22:08Fire on Dauntless's empty fighter quarters buys another shotNotable Point
  127. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    2:03:16Honor and Death and the protected combat bridgeNotable Point
  128. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    2:16:40Why Star Trek should use its battle bridgeQ&A
  129. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    2:25:18How remote sensors allow protected combat information centersNotable Point
  130. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    2:45:00Crew survival measures at space action stationsNotable Point
  131. Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...
    2:55:41Kingship: using an auxiliary bridge to train future commandersChapter
  132. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    2:52:21Ark Royal's layered protection and close subdivisionChapter
  133. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:03:33What HMS Eskimo's lost bow shows about survivabilityNotable Point
  134. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    3:07:44How internal subdivision helped Eskimo survive losing her bowQ&A
  135. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    9:34Why the king travelled in an Arethusa-class cruiserNotable Point
  136. HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/4
    10:13Why the Arethusa class was valued for survival and close watersNotable Point
  137. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    31:37HMS Bramble fought Admiral HipperNotable Point
  138. Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?
    54:07HMS Bittern supported troops at NamsosNotable Point