Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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V And W Class Destroyers

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  1. Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII
    23:04Comparing Japan with Britain's early-war escort positionNotable Point
  2. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    43:59Parker leaders introduce coordinated director firingNotable Point
  3. Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?
    52:12Late-war cancellations and the value of adaptable hullsNotable Point
  4. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    11:58Talisman design practice and the V and W classNotable Point
  5. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    47:21The V and W classes and their shared design inheritanceChapter
  6. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    48:20The V-class flotilla leadersChapter
  7. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    49:07Building destroyers before the postwar budget contractionNotable Point
  8. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    50:22Admiralty V-class armament and enduranceChapter
  9. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    51:10V and W survivors and the forty cancelled shipsNotable Point
  10. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    54:47Thornycroft variants and the extra speedNotable Point
  11. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    57:53Modified W-class destroyers and Thornycroft's influenceChapter
  12. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    59:53Cancelled orders and the Scrap Iron FlotillaNotable Point
  13. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:00:40More torpedoes for independent convoy defenceNotable Point
  14. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:03:07Shakespeare-class leaders: command space and a fifth gunChapter
  15. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:10:54Mission creep and wartime destroyer growthNotable Point
  16. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:13:40Destroyer range and preparation for future conflictsNotable Point
  17. Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...
    1:14:37What if the cancelled destroyers had been completed?Notable Point
  18. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    1:39M-class endurance compared with earlier and later destroyersChapter
  19. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    0:43HMS Walker and the V and W classChapter
  20. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    2:31Why Britain could replace its V and W destroyers graduallyNotable Point
  21. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    3:25Interwar destroyer training and calculated riskNotable Point
  22. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    5:31What an ordinary destroyer career can showNotable Point
  23. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    8:01War emergency procurement for postwar austerityChapter
  24. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    15:24Walker's Grand Fleet and Harwich Force assignmentsChapter
  25. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    48:28High-priority convoys and a 1943 conversionChapter
  26. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    56:20Adaptable hulls and long-term procurementNotable Point
  27. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    21:42Interwar destroyer mass lets navies experimentChapter
  28. Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?
    1:00:51Reserve fleets preserve hull life and readinessNotable Point
  29. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    3:20V and W destroyers as a wartime reserveChapter
  30. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    26:09V and W destroyers were built beyond emergency standardsQ&A
  31. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    28:18Why V and W destroyers could absorb escort conversionsQ&A
  32. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    30:50The Royal Navy expected to replace older destroyers in the 1920sQ&A
  33. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    31:21Reserve ships preserved a balanced Royal NavyChapter
  34. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    1:11:21V and W destroyers on the outer troop-convoy screenChapter
  35. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    1:39:59W-class reserve life if World War II had come laterQ&A
  36. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    1:46:25The W-class role maps closer to a modern light frigateQ&A
  37. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    1:47:20W-class destroyers and Black Swan sloops had similar displacementQ&A
  38. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:37:12What if carriers arrived with destroyers and sloops?Q&A
  39. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    2:31:06Could steel warships be placed in ordinary?Q&A
  40. Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...
    11:46R, S, and V/W classes become a design laboratoryChapter
  41. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:59:27Why early destroyers had limited enduranceQ&A
  42. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    2:45:52Why prewar preparation shaped destroyer outputNotable Point
  43. Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:13:04Why high-pressure boilers would not refit the whole Royal NavyQ&A
  44. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    41:55How the Royal Navy planned to replace V/W-class destroyers and flotilla leadersQ&A
  45. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    25:01Could Type 45 destroyers serve alongside Type 83?Q&A
  46. Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty
    1:28:51A Royal Navy without London construction limitsNotable Point
  47. 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
  48. Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force
    4:12High-speed operations wear out destroyers and shape postwar fleetsNotable Point
  49. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    7:13:10Comparing First World War destroyers by year and missionQ&A
  50. Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...
    41:07Postwar budget comparisons need operational contextNotable Point
  51. HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 2
    28:02V and W destroyers versus American four-stackersQ&A
  52. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    4:08:44Modernization, not inherent inferiority, separated old destroyersQ&A
  53. Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions
    1:15:34Reserve warships bought mobilization timeChapter
  54. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:47:47What 'overage' meant in the Second London Naval TreatyQ&A
  55. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    3:52:05Why V and W destroyers were converted into escortsQ&A
  56. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    4:01:59The Royal Navy's destroyer production in the First World WarQ&A
  57. The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII
    4:05Why the Merchant Navy and Merchant Marine are remembered differentlyChapter
  58. Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)
    6:26Coastal convoys and the escort raceNotable Point
  59. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    2:14:05A modest interwar defense flotilla for IcelandQ&A
  60. Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1942
    9:20Earlier sloop construction could free fast destroyers for carriersNotable Point
  61. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    24:07A destroyer-sized hull optimized for ASWChapter
  62. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    12:00The London Treaty's destroyer rulesChapter
  63. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    51:23Old escorts preserve the modern striking forceNotable Point
  64. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    3:07:39British Escort Destroyers is a guide to Hunts, Towns, and conversionsNotable Point
  65. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    48:30How Britain prepared escorts before the U-boat warQ&A
  66. ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    3:06Interwar escort numbers were a budget choiceNotable Point
  67. How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 3
    5:08Layering escorts against E-boat attacksNotable Point
  68. 50th Live Special: Thank You
    1:21:30Hunt-class escorts and adapted V and W destroyersNotable Point
  69. Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?
    1:14:48The V and W destroyers' second life as escortsQ&A
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  73. An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates
    22:38Hunt destroyers and adapted V and W escortsNotable Point
  74. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:45:16First World War destroyers that returned to serviceQ&A