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A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...
Study A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy..., a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 24 Jul 2023, with 18 time notes. Topics include Battlecruisers, Naval Force Structure, Naval Procurement.
Time notes
- 1:32Cruisers as a torpedo-boat screenNotable Point
The campaign uses heavily armed cruisers to keep fast torpedo boats away from capital ships.
- 9:30Shipyard investment underwrites fleet expansionNotable Point
Repeated investment in shipyard tonnage shows why fleet plans depend on industrial capacity as well as design ambition.
- 17:15Refitting older battleships for useful serviceChapter
A refit discussion shows how survivability upgrades can keep older battleships useful while the fleet avoids immediate war.
- 25:19Light cruisers for mines and torpedo defenceNotable Point
A new light-cruiser design is shaped around mine warfare, torpedoes, and a broadside for local sea denial.
- 42:04Designing and distributing destroyer flotillasNotable Point
A torpedo-boat destroyer design becomes a network of ten flotillas intended to make attacks costly across the empire's ports.
- 57:41Diplomacy avoids simultaneous naval theatresNotable Point
Relations with other powers are managed to isolate Germany and reduce the risk of wars in the Atlantic and Mediterranean at once.
- 1:06:49Building a fast battlecruiser with room to growChapter
The first battlecruiser design weighs speed, heavy guns, protection, and reserve space for later improvement.
- 1:21:06A two-power standard built from old ships and a strike forceNotable Point
Older battleships maintain worldwide order while battlecruisers and torpedo boats form the fleet's concentrated fighting force, though a small crew pool limits usable strength.
- 1:27:01A second battlecruiser design works around fire-control limitsChapter
A smaller 28-knot battlecruiser accepts three main-battery mountings and limited long-range accuracy while preserving secondary firepower and protection.
- 1:43:06Cruiser research creates an early battlecruiser leadNotable Point
Specializing in cruiser technology unlocks battlecruisers before dreadnought battleships and before rival fleets field comparable ships.
- 1:48:00A dreadnought design for a battlecruiser-heavy fleetChapter
A newly unlocked dreadnought hull becomes a 24-knot battleship with six-inch secondaries and wing guns for a fleet otherwise shifting toward battlecruisers.
- 1:59:14Why battlecruisers do not wholly replace battleshipsNotable Point
The campaign replaces many battleships with battlecruisers but retains some battleships because prestige mechanics still demand them.
- 2:05:47Wing turrets as a ten-gun-broadside compromiseNotable Point
Missing triple turrets and a four-mount centerline limit make wing turrets the compromise needed for a ten-gun broadside.
- 2:11:15Design progress outpaces shipyard capacityNotable Point
A huge construction programme overwhelms available yard capacity even though shipyard investment has continued throughout the campaign.
- 2:28:02Refitting cruisers for mines and anti-submarine workNotable Point
An existing cruiser design receives depth charges, improved mines, protection, machinery, and fire-control upgrades instead of being replaced outright.
- 2:33:54A second-generation battlecruiser balances speed and protectionChapter
A later battlecruiser design seeks thirty knots and 13.5-inch guns while balancing belt armour, secondary defence, weight, and seakeeping.
- 2:42:24QuestionIf the United States built a battleship today, how might it arm and protect it?AnswerQ&A
It would need to rebuild specialist industrial capacity, but could combine heavy armour and likely sixteen-inch guns with extensive automation and a large vertical-launch missile battery.
- 2:51:01Designing destroyers for close defence and mine warfareChapter
A final destroyer design balances speed, gunnery, torpedoes, minesweeping, depth charges, and stability.