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- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:30:22Swordfish torpedoes and the problem of shallow waterChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:43:12Sea Mosquitoes, Swordfish and shallow-water torpedo attacksQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:23How aerial torpedoes were adapted for shallow harboursNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:02:53Torpedo bombers as the first offensive carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:47A 1915 radio-guided flying torpedo conceptNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:35:32Swordfish tension wires control shallow torpedo entryNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:00:57Why rough seas complicate Swordfish torpedo entryNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?9:33Aircraft and carrier shortages limit further coastal raidsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?11:15Shallow water makes aerial torpedo entry a design problemNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?15:34A hundred torpedo aircraft allow for failed dropsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:06:16An earlier Cuckoo makes the strike plausibleNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:09:12A quarter of the torpedoes hitting would still cause heavy lossesNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:50:43Why an early carrier strike on Wilhelmshaven still strugglesQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:00Adapting Swordfish torpedo gear to faster aircraftQ&A
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...41:02The shallow-water torpedo planning gapChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:16:04British harbor-attack specializationChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?10:26Tulagi's high ammunition cost for limited resultsNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?12:32Why aerial torpedoes needed a controlled water entryChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?21:28Midway lessons for fighters, torpedo bombers, and screensChapter
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:14A Princess derivative carrying a torpedo salvoNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:00How peacetime port visits could inform torpedo-attack plansNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:17British shallow-water torpedo technique at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:17What the US Navy might learn from a devastating TarantoQ&A
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...20:05Swordfish reliability and shallow-water torpedo attacksChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...46:39The unrealized two-carrier damage caseNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:03:51Organizing a three-wave night strikeChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:10:42Twenty-five torpedo hits against Italian protectionChapter
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:44What a B-17 needs to attack warships effectivelyQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:37A 1942 engine available when Swordfish was designedQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:55Why extra aircraft power would not solve heavy-torpedo dropsQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:08Where British aerial-torpedo test records surviveQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:42The Buccaneer's abandoned torpedo optionQ&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:10:28How shallow-water torpedo drops shaped harbour attacksChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:14:39Can a harbor be designed to defeat torpedo bombers?Q&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:48:41Why midget submarines accompanied the air strikeNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…2:00:04How could high-speed aircraft drop torpedoes in a harbor?Q&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:01Putting the Type 91 aerial torpedo's size in human scaleQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:40Matching an ASW drone to a 1,000 kg torpedo packageNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:44The risk behind Britain's aerial-torpedo tension wireQ&A
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?50:03Japan's choice: attack the base or hunt the fleetNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:02:31Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew moraleNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:33:09Ark Royal's second strike cripples BismarckChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:04:45Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew confidenceNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:24:48More carriers bring a larger Swordfish strike to TarantoChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:40:55How Albacores could attack transports in shallow anchoragesNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:22:01A Taranto exercise shows why dive bombers matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:48A carrier bomber with a 4,000-pound payloadQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:47Why Pucará torpedo attacks would failQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:19Why standoff torpedoes might help Sea DartQ&A
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?59:16A massed British night strike meets JapanChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:52:04Why early aerial torpedoes might still threaten WilhelmshavenNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 555:41Adapting torpedoes for Pearl Harbor's shallow waterNotable Point
- Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 436:08Aerosilurante doctrine and Royal Navy targetsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:23The German Navy owned aerial-torpedo developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote47:00More reliable torpedoes at Pearl HarborQ&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...50:08Did the Sopwith Cuckoo use a torpedo-tension wire?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...57:17How many Swordfish would it take to sink a modern carrier?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...59:59Supercarrier subdivision complicates a torpedo attackNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:08:58Torpedo water-entry control for fast monoplanesQ&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:17:08A Taranto raid with a dawn follow-upNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:25:53Why German naval alternatives still trigger stronger answersNotable Point
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment38:28Edmonds and Dacre make pioneering aerial torpedo attacksChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 813:30Torpedo bombers offered a proven way to sink shipsChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 814:45Germany failed to carry its aerial-torpedo work into 1939Notable Point
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 816:27Germany entered the war short of reliable aerial torpedoesChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 819:28The F5W combined low speed with erratic controlChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 823:41Graf Zeppelin's 1940 Norway strike would have lacked viable weaponsNotable Point
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 829:23A Yanagi mission brought Japanese Type 91 torpedoes to GermanyChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 831:58Early-war aircraft depended on torpedoes to sink major shipsNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait34:13Working aerial torpedoes exposed a German production bottleneckNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War13:22Aerial torpedoes and the fleet-in-being problemChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War16:24The shallow-water torpedo knowledge Britain did not shareNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War40:58Seaplane carriers in the Dardanelles campaignChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War1:03:34The planned mass torpedo-bomber raid on WilhelmshavenQ&A
- Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service30:20Naval aviation budgets force choices between platforms and weaponsNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:03:52Why torpedo bombers and dive bombers divergedQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:08:14Would a Japanese Taranto attack change Pearl Harbor readiness?Q&A
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution19:36Why early aerial torpedoes would struggle in shallow waterNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers2:16Royal Navy exercises offered Italy an aviation warningNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:13:20Why technical exchanges still missed British armorQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:59:10Why Britain used 18-inch aerial and 21-inch ship torpedoesQ&A
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development9:40World War I frustrations make aviation essentialChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:35:31Swordfish and torpedo evolve as one weapon systemChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:38:51Six-aircraft flights attack from several bearingsNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:59:55Why fitting British torpedoes transforms the TBD DevastatorQ&A
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 614:25American and British torpedo bombers served different doctrinesNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 625:55Useful TBD performance was compromised by the Mark 13Chapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 640:31Torpedo bombers remained the proven carrier ship-killersNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 644:23Mark 13 defects persisted beyond the TBD's serviceChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 649:31A torpedo bomber and its weapon form one systemNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 61:06:35A bomb load might have changed the TBD attackNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...27:05Shallow-water torpedoes and the SwordfishChapter
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:27:29Faster monoplanes push torpedo drops toward parachute systemsQ&A
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers37:47The aerial torpedo and HMS Ark RoyalChapter
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers41:48Ben-my-Chree's torpedo attack and design legacyChapter
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers43:03Why navies trusted torpedo bombersQ&A
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers46:32From reconnaissance aircraft to attack aviationChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:13:27Adapting Swordfish torpedo aiming to later aircraftQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:18:33A new torpedo aircraft would still need controlled water entryNotable Point
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 246:15Why early aerial torpedoes skipped, dived, or broke apartChapter
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike28:17Taranto intelligence and the Swordfish torpedo wireNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 243:02Taranto rewarded night-strike reliabilityQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 245:45Why Pearl Harbor's personnel losses mattered more than hull lossesNotable Point
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 319:14Tasajera survives an aerial torpedoNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:07:25How Swordfish torpedoes attacked in shallow harboursNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation21:41Beyond the caricature of the battleship admiralNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation36:18Night carrier aviation could shape the daylight battleNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation38:28Why Swordfish torpedo attack depended on a long technical pathNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History17:50Aircraft advocates were decades ahead of their machinesNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:35:09Torpedo delivery could keep the TSR a biplaneNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:57:24Swordfish torpedo delivery in shallow waterQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:41:54British aerial torpedoes also carried working magnetic detonatorsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response4:25How a 1939 naval war might change Japanese air attacksNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:40:03A fleet in being at Kure invites a Taranto-style strikeChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?44:41Harbor-attack planning before TarantoNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?14:22A Wilhelmshaven raid proves the carrier-strike ideaChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:18:00Helena is mistaken for a battleship at Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 316:42A low-tech solution for stable aerial torpedo entryQ&A
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina19:18Gunfire leaves HMS Bedouin vulnerable to a torpedo bomberNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:53:23Why Taranto did not make Italian battleships irrelevantQ&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)22:51The development path from Cuckoo to SwordfishNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)38:43Why shallow-water torpedo attacks demanded special preparationNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)27:31Repulse beyond the loss of Force ZNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)19:05Grillo-class boats and harbour obstaclesNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:00:00Prewar planning for a Hawaiian air raidChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary7:45Why torpedoes mattered more than bombsQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary19:36Why a parachute-dropped torpedo would lose the Swordfish's advantageQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary33:23How British torpedoes worked in Taranto's shallow waterNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary46:23Why Britain did not rely on bombs alone at TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary50:35Would faster torpedo aircraft have improved the raid?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary52:00How Fulmars could support a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary55:00What happened to Taranto's missing torpedoes?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary58:44The Swordfish was built for this missionQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:06:44Why Littorio survived three torpedo hitsQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:07:39The Royal Navy's single aerial-torpedo optionQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:48:33From Sopwith Cuckoo to Swordfish: more than a similar silhouetteNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:19:00How much a loaded Swordfish weighedQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:22:14A damaged Swordfish attacks and returnsChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:08:44Target geometry inside Taranto harbourNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:46:41How many torpedo strikes Illustrious could supportQ&A
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p415:16Why Taranto's strike was torpedo-heavyChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p422:14A damaged Swordfish turns back for its torpedo runNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P311:21Why Taranto emphasized torpedoes against battleshipsChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P316:56The Swordfish as a stable torpedo-strike aircraftChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P324:10Weather exposes gaps in Taranto's defencesNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P330:06A weapon system developed for Taranto's problemChapter
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol25:49Shallow torpedo entry was a standard Swordfish techniqueNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol12:00Why torpedoes mattered to a harbour strikeNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol13:21The Sopwith Cuckoo and early aerial-torpedo limitsNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol20:49Swordfish stability and effective torpedo deliveryNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:24:43Why British aerial torpedoes suited Taranto's shallow waterNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?10:33Blackburn Dart and the problem of aerial torpedoesChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?16:33How a Sopwith Cuckoo raid could have forced a German sortieQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?24:23What determined an aerial torpedo's entry depth?Q&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:37:53Swordfish torpedo gear and shallow-water attackChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:02:07Why a torpedo bomber could not simply dive with its heaviest loadQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live41:39British Avengers as torpedo aircraft and bomb trucksQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:58:12How Swordfish attacked submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:49:59The tension wire behind shallow-water torpedo attacksNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?42:51How air-dropped torpedoes could work in shallow waterQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"53:43Postwar naval strike shifted toward bombs and rocketsQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond27:00An aerial torpedo tests the Pugliese defence systemNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond33:38Torpedo debris reveals only part of the shallow-water methodNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond42:51Why Taranto and Pearl Harbor resist simple comparisonChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark54:42Who developed the aerial torpedo?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:33:26Making an aerial torpedo work in a shallow harbourNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:41:22What Japanese investigators learned - and missedNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:29:35Tailoring the torpedoes for TarantoNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:56:16Reversing onto Conte di Cavour with damaged controlsNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:08:09How many torpedoes did the raid use?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:28:49Why magnetic pistols demanded global dataNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War58:07How Swordfish torpedoes were prepared for TarantoNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:38:10Why torpedo bombers usually carried one or two weaponsQ&A