Jutland and anti-flash clothing
After the Battle of Jutland.
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Why interwar armoured carriers made sense
Armoured carriers accepted a smaller aircraft capacity to improve survival in the Mediterranean and at the distant end of the Royal Navy's repair and supply system.
A Japanese troop raid on the Panama Canal
It appears feasible in principle, perhaps using a couple of liners, but the troops would be very unlikely to return.
A San Antonio missile escort and drone mother ship
A San Antonio derivative could be a large missile escort and drone mother ship, with a speculative capacity of 192-240 VLS cells. No procurement total is specified.
Zumwalt and the Christmas-tree procurement problem
A criticism of the Zumwalt programme distinguishes a useful underlying platform from the ambitious additions that failed.
British union politics and protest votes
Votes for separatist parties can express dissatisfaction with Westminster, so loud political messaging alone does not establish that Britain is about to break up.
Reform UK and political parties' naval policies
Its policy has some interesting contributors, while the wider assessment is that most UK parties have weak defence policies and particularly poor naval policies.
Did Blackbeard deliberately ground Queen Anne's Revenge?
Deliberate grounding offered possible advantages: reducing crew-management problems and discarding a powerful ship that was attracting a stronger Royal Navy response. It remains unproved.
French riots and claims of impending civil war
France's recurring protest culture provides grounds for skepticism toward claims that riots signal an approaching civil war.
Warship masts and disputed Asian ship sizes
Three or four were usual; a seven-mast experiment is recalled uncertainly. Claims about Zheng He's ships raise separate disputes over size and whether the vessels were warships.
If the Scharnhorst-class ships stayed to fight Renown
A possible victory over Renown could leave the German ships damaged and exposed to Warspite, with consequences for later German operations.
Chinese treasure-ship size and river access
River voyages provide a reason to question the largest reported dimensions of Chinese treasure ships.
Age of Sail artillery standardization and logistics
Common cannon types helped European fleets carry substantial artillery and support it far from home.
Hood's proposed secondary mounts
Those positions are considered plausible, but the choice between 5.25-inch and 4.5-inch mounts remains uncertain.
Would a new overseas market unlock naval funding?
Probably only if the market or its sea route faced a threat requiring naval action.
Naval museums for a short Portsmouth visit
Concentrate on the naval museums, including the Historic Dockyard and sites across the water in Gosport.
A larger British P-8 fleet and its patrol areas
The preferred force is roughly 56-64 aircraft, with groups in Britain, the Falklands, Diego Garcia and Gibraltar, plus training and maintenance capacity.
Why base Mediterranean P-8s at Gibraltar?
The preference is to base the Mediterranean group at Gibraltar and fly to Cyprus, because Gibraltar's status is more straightforward.
Stealth shaping on a large BBG
Some shaping is expected to reduce detection range, while combat power would take priority in its anticipated battle-group role.
Italian carriers and a different London treaty
A major jurisdictional fight is expected, while an Italian carrier programme would also change later treaty negotiations.
K2, K3 and the scale of the designs before Nelson
K3 is the initial tentative choice, but K2 is then identified as heavier: about 53,000 tons standard against K3's 52,000 tons.
Tiger as the template for a counterfactual Queen Elizabeth
A proposed Queen Elizabeth redesign begins with Tiger's hull design.
Twelve-gun fast Admirals and the treaty balance
Their combination of speed, protection and a larger battery would press the United States toward a new design and delay a treaty settlement.
Could the unfinished Admirals have become carriers?
Fixation on delivering battlecruisers is the suggested explanation; carrier conversion after Jutland offers a counterfactual alternative.
Tiger and Kongo compared as built
Their underlying arrangements were similar, while the Japanese ships had 14-inch main guns and heavier secondary and torpedo armaments.
Refit mounts that penetrate Hood's strength deck
A deck opening would require sufficient supporting structure around the mount.
Japanese destroyers beyond their Arleigh Burke ancestry
Later Japanese destroyers develop their own operating arrangements from a shared American design ancestry.
A small navy in a NATO membership counterfactual
A small frigate force is suggested, broadly comparable in size with Portugal or Denmark.
A triple-turret alternative for the first Dreadnought
The alternative begins with 14-inch guns, using a Vickers triple-turret offer and an early Orion-style arrangement.
Drone spending within the wider defence budget
A roughly £5 billion drone allocation amounts to about 1.7 percent of the quoted four-year defence plan, prompting criticism of its scale.
Queen Mary and rising battlecruiser costs
Queen Mary marks the suggested point at which battlecruiser expense becomes harder to reconcile with a cruiser role.
How Commonwealth navies ordered interwar ships
The processes were broadly similar, with local requirements and government funding often supported through Royal Navy procurement expertise.
Five triple turrets and a faster Dreadnought
An Orion-style arrangement is considered feasible, allowing a longer, narrower hull with more boilers and a suggested speed around 24 knots.
Britain's rapid capital-ship expansion
A class-by-class count explains how Britain assembled most of its dreadnought fleet within roughly twelve years.
Could steady British orders have reduced naval-race alarm?
Continuing to order four capital ships annually is proposed as a way to keep Germany farther behind.
How risk-fleet theory was supposed to deter Britain
A costly British victory was supposed to leave Britain vulnerable enough to deter an attack on Germany.
A Third Sea Lord responsible for delivery
It would give a politically powerful officer identifiable authority and responsibility for delivery.
Officer sabre practice in the 1820s
Practice could be daily, weekly or monthly, depending on the officer and unit.
Bow propulsion tunnels and modern bow thrusters
Perry-era equipment commonly called bow thrusters differs from an earlier transverse bow-propulsion tunnel; the earlier class name is unclear.
Anti-aircraft choices when reliability is reversed
Navies would select the weapons that worked, with Hispano-based 20 mm guns and the 40 mm Bofors suggested as alternatives.
Railgun promises and the difficulty of scaling up
Repeated promises invite scepticism, while a claimed working Japanese 3-inch railgun still leaves the problem of scaling up.
Type 31 as an anti-submarine coordinator
It could coordinate drone vessels, towed sonar and crewed or uncrewed aviation in a distributed search.
Cawl, the Dark Mechanicum and scientific teams
The Dark Mechanicum is judged closer to heresy through its allegiance to Chaos, while Cawl is credited with understanding the Emperor's methods.
Italian hospital ships after Mediterranean losses
Dan has no particular favourite, but describes Italian hospital ships rescuing survivors and transporting wounded after Mediterranean disasters.
Why the German Navy bought the Rostock shipyard
The large Baltic facility offered space for an arsenal, repair facilities and a supply depot to support naval operations.
The cost of access to specialist naval information
Trade and journal subscriptions can make specialist naval research expensive; the annual costs quoted are personal estimates.
Jane's catalogues as open-source intelligence
Jane's catalogues are valued as reference material for open-source intelligence.
Ticonderoga aluminium superstructures and topweight
Aluminium reduced topweight.