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Commerce Raiding

Also searchable as guerre de course.

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:00:20A deniable pirate force during the Clone WarsQ&A
  2. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:51:01Improving Bismarck with a dual-purpose secondary batteryQ&A
  3. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:51:34Why a slow battleship could frustrate faster surface raidersNotable Point
  4. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    29:40Long-range raiders and Atlantic replenishmentChapter
  5. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    40:09Turning endurance into a usable combat radiusNotable Point
  6. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    41:29Sizing capital ships for raiding and likely opponentsNotable Point
  7. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    42:34Carrier-supported raiding groupsChapter
  8. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    46:56Diesel destroyer endurance and the Narvik problemChapter
  9. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    50:53A raiding fleet needs escorts with matching reachNotable Point
  10. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    55:59Building the diesel-fleet wargameNotable Point
  11. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    59:33A simulated Atlantic raid supported by disguised oilersNotable Point
  12. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    55:33Cruiser submarines promise a cheaper commerce-warfare offsetNotable Point
  13. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    57:34Gunfire can turn a cruiser submarine into a trapped surface vesselNotable Point
  14. What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?
    1:22:31Deutschland’s raiding role and gun arrangement under stronger oppositionNotable Point
  15. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:06:08Armed merchant cruisers as commerce raidersQ&A
  16. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    6:31Older French battleships as convoy escortsChapter
  17. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    7:38Why a convoy escort should resist a raider's decoyNotable Point
  18. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    16:27How damage in one battle affects the nextNotable Point
  19. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:25:08Fitting twin 14-inch turrets into old battlecruiser hullsQ&A
  20. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:44:16Royal Navy raids on enemy coastal shippingQ&A
  21. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    40:59Surface raiders and diversion from a decisive theatreNotable Point
  22. What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?
    43:17Combining Soviet surface raiders with submarinesNotable Point
  23. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    0:00Why Raphael Semmes's writing matters to naval historyChapter
  24. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    16:50Why Semmes condemned privateeringChapter
  25. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    19:13Commerce raiding and the limits of disrupting sea controlChapter
  26. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    24:24Alabama's endurance depended on an international crewChapter
  27. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    26:29Alabama's whaling and North Atlantic raidsChapter
  28. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    27:51From Galveston to CSS TuscaloosaChapter
  29. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    29:13Global raiding under British commercial neutralityChapter
  30. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    31:21Indian Ocean raiding and the need for a European refitChapter
  31. Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership
    43:58Could states have outlawed commerce warfare after the Civil War?Notable Point
  32. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    28:08Prize money and the Royal Navy's capture economyNotable Point
  33. The Press Gang, myth and reality...
    2:31:29Raphael Semmes and the limits of commerce raidingNotable Point
  34. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    3:37:58A new mission for battlecruisers after the battle line acceleratesQ&A
  35. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    8:04Trafalgar, Channel invasion pressure, and French commerce raidingQ&A
  36. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    1:01:03Fleet depth supports faster Queen Elizabeth refits and live raider exercisesNotable Point
  37. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    1:01:54A larger fast fleet undermines the German Panzerschiff conceptChapter
  38. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:30:06Light-carrier duties in the Atlantic could change later losses off NorwayNotable Point
  39. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:41Undersea drones still need control and launch platformsQ&A
  40. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:03:50Why six third rates would not replace the 1812 frigatesQ&A
  41. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:23:18Choosing a practical modern pirate vesselQ&A
  42. Ironclads go Two Decker....
    8:38Large frigates made Warrior a natural British answerChapter
  43. Ironclads go Two Decker....
    38:15Britain could build separate ironclad battle and frigate fleetsNotable Point
  44. Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans
    2:21:24Goeben and Breslau in the Indian OceanQ&A
  45. What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?
    33:04The Royal Navy lacked carriers, cruisers, and fast capital shipsNotable Point
  46. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:33:45How light carriers threaten German commerce raidersQ&A
  47. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:16Viking raiding ships and maritime tradersNotable Point
  48. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:55:21Making the case for a 1952 Royal Navy carrierQ&A
  49. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    40:57Automatic six-inch cruisers screen fleets and hunt raidersNotable Point
  50. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    1:16:29Radar-equipped merchant ships become potent raidersNotable Point
  51. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    29:19Why German auxiliary-cruiser conversions stayed inexpensiveQ&A
  52. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:48:13What if Germany deployed battlecruisers to its colonies?Q&A
  53. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:09:36Operation Berlin probably still slips through the early-war gapQ&A
  54. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    2:14:58Supporting more German surface raiders takes resources from U-boatsQ&A
  55. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    11:46Jeune Ecole torpedo strategy meets the distant blockadeChapter
  56. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:29:27Could Ukraine field a modern CSS Alabama?Q&A
  57. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:32:50The Declaration of Paris and later armed merchant shipsNotable Point
  58. What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live
    2:18:10Which ironclad layout best suits a convoy escort rebuild?Q&A
  59. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    3:38Converted liners enter commerce warfareChapter
  60. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    6:46A coaling stop exposes Cap TrafalgarNotable Point
  61. Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!
    7:51Carmania fights Cap TrafalgarChapter
  62. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    8:34German cruiser aircraft multiply surface-raider reachChapter
  63. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    11:20Why a German war against France risks drawing in BritainNotable Point
  64. Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...
    17:38German floatplanes trade field supportability for performanceNotable Point
  65. Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?
    1:26How the frigate name became tied to cruisingChapter
  66. Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:27:31How German surface raiders complicated British convoy defenseNotable Point
  67. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    24:08Four strategic goals make naval policy legible to cabinetNotable Point
  68. Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates
    38:12Why heavy frigates still avoided ships of the lineQ&A
  69. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    36:47Scheme X2 tests global trade defenseNotable Point
  70. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    59:20Would merchant raiders return in a China-US war?Q&A
  71. A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)
    1:08:53Merchant raiders could expose China's wider commercial fleetNotable Point
  72. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    50:31Why Raeder's surface fleet mattered even when its ships rarely foughtQ&A
  73. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    3:58:22How the Deutschland-class raiders shaped Royal Navy deploymentsQ&A
  74. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    2:13:28What Dominion battleships could have contributed in 1939Q&A
  75. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    4:32:55The earlier Force K that hunted Graf SpeeNotable Point
  76. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:11:26Using restored pre-dreadnoughts in 1939Q&A
  77. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    1:36:44Why a Lucrehulk is preferred for fictional commerce raidingQ&A
  78. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    19:36Why privateering survived long after 1815Chapter
  79. Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"
    23:00Privateering as privately financed sea powerNotable Point
  80. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    2:55:05How would disguised surface raiders develop?Q&A
  81. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    2:57:41Would anyone use a light carrier as a commerce raider?Q&A
  82. The Real Life Captain Jack Sparrow: Peter Tordenskjold
    7:43Cruising against Sweden's supply networkNotable Point
  83. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:36Did prize rules survive the world wars?Q&A
  84. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    3:24Why X-1 was built as a cruiser submarineChapter
  85. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    6:20Cruiser submarines need a mission strong enough to justify their costNotable Point
  86. What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?
    23:52What would make Britain back the X-1 concept?Notable Point
  87. Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?
    19:08Kirov-class cruisers as an offset strategyChapter
  88. Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?
    21:24Commerce disruption attacks wartime financeNotable Point
  89. Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?
    45:52A South African flagship changes Cape raider warfareNotable Point
  90. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    47:25Victory leaves the commerce war unresolvedNotable Point
  91. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut
    29:29Why merchant raiding and the battle line pull ships apartQ&A
  92. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    43:44How German merchant raiders created strategic disruptionQ&A
  93. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:22Kormoran's record and the cost of owning an auxiliary cruiserQ&A
  94. The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory
    22:31Malta falls, then HMS Seahorse captures SensibleNotable Point
  95. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:41:51How modern commerce raiding might workQ&A
  96. Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:06:16Why Scharnhorst avoided slower battleshipsQ&A
  97. Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:31:42The sailing vessels still working in World War IIQ&A
  98. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:57:42Light-cruiser escorts for the PanzerschiffeQ&A
  99. Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?
    1:15:22The Deutschland class loses its nicheNotable Point
  100. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:10:19Why Japanese submarines achieved less commerce destructionQ&A
  101. Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:44Combat at the edge of the AntarcticQ&A
  102. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    33:42What Plan Z could realistically send into the North SeaChapter
  103. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    49:01Raiding Britain, not defeating it for sea controlChapter
  104. Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:09:51Constitution-class frigates multiply Royal Navy commerce warfareQ&A
  105. What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?
    3:13:15Why better briefing could keep battlecruisers out of the battle lineQ&A
  106. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:49:16Pirates usually avoided the largest shipsQ&A
  107. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:23A pirate third-rate would provoke a concentrated Royal Navy responseQ&A
  108. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:52:39Weather gauge and flexible frigate groups in commerce raidingQ&A
  109. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    32:47What American merchant captures achieved in the War of 1812Q&A
  110. Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    35:27Why East India Company convoys were difficult frigate targetsQ&A
  111. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:48:46How warships disguised their identityQ&A
  112. Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!
    2:25:29Were privateers state-sponsored pirates?Q&A
  113. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    25:10The industrial cost of eight Deutschland-class raidersQ&A
  114. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    26:16Which ships were the most successful surface raiders?Q&A
  115. Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?
    0:00Why Italy needed more than a vast submarine fleetChapter
  116. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:17:28Rodney's high-speed encounter with GneisenauChapter
  117. Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer
    1:20:29Britannic's escort as a surface-raider deterrentNotable Point
  118. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    1:12:38Fishermen, smugglers, and Royal Navy serviceQ&A
  119. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    3:34:36A wartime fleet of British X1 cruiser submarinesQ&A
  120. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    3:24:09Why unsupported surface raiders had a glass jawNotable Point
  121. The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!
    3:25:43Why Soviet cruisers operated far from NATO's main theaterNotable Point
  122. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    25:39Trade protection was an insurance argumentChapter
  123. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    35:37Distant trade routes needed a mobile patrol backstopNotable Point
  124. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    49:14How patrol aircraft might constrain Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
  125. Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?
    57:38Early merchant losses had cumulative strategic costsNotable Point
  126. Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:03Why a snorkel-equipped Type VII could decide a World War I campaignQ&A
  127. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    12:55Italian bases and raiders threatened trade beyond the MediterraneanNotable Point
  128. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:23:40How air patrols could herd German surface raidersChapter
  129. Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!
    1:52:13Float Swordfish could provide reconnaissance and torpedo attackNotable Point
  130. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    11:26Why Red Sea disruption does not vindicate the Jeune ÉcoleNotable Point
  131. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    20:07A theory that assumes an obliging enemyChapter
  132. So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?
    1:26:46What happens when both navies choose flotilla defence?Notable Point
  133. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    45:47Why empty return convoys still matteredNotable Point
  134. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    48:58Operation Regenbogen required a perfect battleChapter
  135. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    51:22Germany attempted commerce raiding with ships designed for other warsNotable Point
  136. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    56:46German surface ships mattered even when they stayed in portNotable Point
  137. The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea
    58:27Deutschland narrowly avoided HMS Repulse early in the warNotable Point
  138. Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership
    4:10:45Why letters of marque could return only in a severe shipping shortageQ&A
  139. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    1:06:48Operation Regenbogen's contradictory ordersChapter
  140. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    4:01How blockade changes the threat to convoysNotable Point
  141. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    37:17Why Grand Fleet destroyers could not simply escort convoysNotable Point
  142. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    39:44Clearing surface raiders exposed a submarine problemNotable Point
  143. Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…
    40:37The continuing demand for specialized escortsChapter
  144. Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?
    35:15Why Admiral Graf Spee had no safe breakoutQ&A
  145. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    1:16:06A larger Soviet surface-raiding fleet in the 1950sQ&A
  146. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    2:42:13The narrow route to an active Tirpitz sortieQ&A
  147. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:16:15Would Scharnhorst be better with 11-inch or 15-inch guns?Q&A
  148. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:15:43Why German surface raiders avoided battleship-escorted convoysQ&A
  149. Battle of Elli
    1:46:34Commerce raiding leaves Ottoman cruisers away from ElliNotable Point
  150. Battle of Elli
    2:30:11Could Anglo-French intervention have divided Ottoman territory earlier?Q&A
  151. Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...
    3:22:25The cruiser force a commerce raider least wants to meetQ&A
  152. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    50:21U-124's long-range torpedo hit on HMS DunedinChapter
  153. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    4:07:20Why surface raiders preferred lone merchant shipsQ&A
  154. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:08:18The false comfort of a safe sea zoneNotable Point
  155. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    8:34:26An unanswered source request about Graf Spee's fuel plantQ&A
  156. The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 7
    23:45Lexington, Iowa, and the capital-ship spectrumQ&A
  157. Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!
    3:16:27Why Germany did not field more Seeadler-style sailing raidersQ&A
  158. The Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    22:38Graf Zeppelin and the cost of engineering perfectionChapter
  159. The Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    1:00:28Ulyanovsk for bastion defence and distant diversionChapter
  160. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    1:16:24Keeping Goeben contained in the MediterraneanChapter
  161. Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...
    1:19:41A global surface-raider hunting forceNotable Point
  162. Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song
    26:44Soviet raiding doctrine as a diversion from the decisive theatreQ&A
  163. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    1:33:30Naval war in the American theatre of the Seven Years' WarQ&A
  164. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    2:14:32French battlecruisers instead of slow battleshipsQ&A
  165. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    2:21:44French battlecruisers after the fall of FranceQ&A
  166. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    2:17:10An eighteen-gun German light cruiser as a commerce raiderQ&A
  167. Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!
    3:07:45How ten-gun Revenge-class ships deter German raidersQ&A
  168. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    2:08:39Why a Canadian fleet unit costs more than its shipsQ&A
  169. Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!
    2:23:53Eight Ryujos could break the 1930 carrier settlementQ&A
  170. Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...
    1:30:59How Britain and France would hunt a Captain Romani-class raiderQ&A
  171. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    11:41German raiders improvise around a thin supply baseChapter
  172. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:28:14Designing a disguised auxiliary cruiserQ&A
  173. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:52:59Concealing 6-inch guns in a cargo raiderQ&A
  174. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    3:08:44Japanese giant submarines off the American West CoastQ&A
  175. Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:26:13An 8.3-inch Deutschland as a conventional raiding cruiserQ&A
  176. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    20:17Surface raiders need places to repairNotable Point
  177. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    7:50Town-class cruisers as imperial trade protectorsNotable Point
  178. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    1:12:41Tattletale cruisers against Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
  179. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    1:16:00How early surface losses could change Norway and the Atlantic warNotable Point
  180. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    1:21:20More cruisers strengthen the North Atlantic patrol lineNotable Point
  181. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    8:44Lexington began as a battlecruiser for information warfareChapter
  182. Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?
    1:03:17The Lexington model points toward the modern carrierChapter
  183. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:25:11Scharnhorst and Gneisenau face a denser patrolNotable Point
  184. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:27:56How two more supporting cruisers shorten patrol responseNotable Point
  185. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:47:02Why the rebuilt Towns would skip Graf SpeeQ&A
  186. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:49:36Armed merchant ships and the economics of convoy raidingChapter
  187. Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off
    2:29:32How long a German Atlantic squadron could remain at seaQ&A
  188. Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 10
    1:14:46Indefatigable's prize-taking careerChapter
  189. Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History
    1:12:04American equipment reaches North Africa through the Pacific and Indian OceansNotable Point
  190. Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    12:10How a Tillman treaty fleet tightens blockade pressureQ&A
  191. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    49:49A Japanese cruiser alongside Sydney could change a raider encounterNotable Point
  192. Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...
    1:34:56Tōne and Chikuma fit ocean raider huntingNotable Point
  193. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    3:39:50Could German warships reach African colonies in 1940?Q&A
  194. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    9:03Why a cruiser inside a convoy is so destructiveNotable Point
  195. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    1:39:49What fictional Australian super-cruisers would changeQ&A
  196. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    28:28Silver routes exposed Porter's poor operational securityChapter
  197. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    33:38Dixon connected station intelligence with Hillyar's Pacific missionNotable Point
  198. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    48:32Porter's slogans collided with naval power and Valparaiso's tradeNotable Point
  199. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    52:11Porter sought a warship duel his carronade frigate could not controlNotable Point
  200. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    2:13:38Porter's commerce-raiding claims exceeded the strategic cost imposedNotable Point
  201. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!
    2:13:38Blockade and recapture erased most of Essex's prize haulNotable Point
  202. German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 8
    37:16A more useful German seaplane-carrier pathNotable Point
  203. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    34:28Capturing a whaler was easier than getting the prize homeNotable Point
  204. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    48:18Port gossip and silver protection create an intelligence networkChapter
  205. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    1:07:13Porter reaches the Pacific with combat experience but little command supportChapter
  206. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    1:29:31Essex Junior was a captured whaler, not a second frigateNotable Point
  207. Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism
    3:02:33Porter's heroic memory exceeds the cruise's material resultsChapter
  208. The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!
    1:34:12How earlier naval rearmament reshapes the next warNotable Point
  209. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    48:30A turretless Hipper could be fast but dangerously fragileQ&A
  210. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    13:52Sailing vessels still performed combat work in both world warsQ&A
  211. Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!
    45:43Scharnhorst shows what a real light battleship looked likeQ&A
  212. Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty
    1:35:15Faster British capital ships close German escape routesNotable Point
  213. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    2:14:09Twelve-gun Counties increase the pressure on German raidersNotable Point
  214. Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    8:16Reducing transport losses in UADQ&A
  215. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:07:23What 9.2-inch County-class cruisers change in combatQ&A
  216. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    2:15:52Where a five-turret County-class cruiser would matterQ&A
  217. Twelve Odd Ships
    28:08Surcouf and the cruiser-submarine glass jawChapter
  218. Twelve Odd Ships
    58:50SMS Seeadler used sail to escape the coal networkChapter
  219. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:09:06Surcouf and the cruiser-submarine contradictionChapter
  220. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    1:25:26Could Surcouf hunt unescorted merchant ships?Q&A
  221. Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.
    2:12:02SMS Seeadler solved a World War I raider's fuel problemChapter
  222. The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...
    30:39Speed and workshops for independent carrier operationsNotable Point
  223. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    3:28:31Why the Deutschland class could neither fight nor fleeQ&A
  224. Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered
    3:35:46A diesel-electric German surface raiderQ&A
  225. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
  226. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    38:55The Kriegsmarine entered war before its fleet was readyNotable Point
  227. Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!
    3:02:30How a larger British cruiser fleet changes the hunt for Graf SpeeQ&A
  228. 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 6
    19:14T class and Type IX tradeoffsChapter
  229. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:16:47Why the M-class cruiser-submarine concept was a dead endQ&A
  230. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    10:39Surface raiders complicate British convoy defenseChapter
  231. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    42:21Why speed bought a surface raider timeNotable Point
  232. Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 4
    50:11Why the 11-inch gun suited ScharnhorstChapter
  233. The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response
    1:22:55American coastal shipping remained a maritime vulnerabilityNotable Point
  234. Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response
    9:31A carrier's scouting value during Operation BerlinNotable Point
  235. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    29:42Lütjens took two battleships out to attack tradeChapter
  236. Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?
    1:22:20Convoy discipline exposed lone German supply shipsNotable Point
  237. HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response
    13:15Renown overmatched cruisers without looking like a first-class battleshipNotable Point
  238. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    19:39Operation Berlin's success concealed a strategic costChapter
  239. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    35:59Why Malta's U-class submarines found such a productive hunting groundNotable Point
  240. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    56:40Surface raiders turned convoy protection into a two-threat problemChapter
  241. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    1:02:18The real German prize was confidence in the convoy systemChapter
  242. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    1:56:20Would the attack on HX 106 come by day or night?Q&A
  243. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:08:49The raiders shifted from protected convoys to dispersed shippingChapter
  244. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:20:27Would a 13.5-inch super-dreadnought protect a convoy?Q&A
  245. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:33:39Captured tankers were fragile prizes in the AtlanticNotable Point
  246. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:33:39Rodney's contact showed how narrow the raiders' margin had becomeChapter
  247. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:40:14Would adding Deutschland-class ships improve Operation Berlin?Q&A
  248. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:52:24Why Operation Berlin was both a tour de force and a farceChapter
  249. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    2:56:36Can both sides lose the same naval campaign?Q&A
  250. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:19:45Should four German battleships operate together or in pairs?Q&A
  251. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:25:12Could German headquarters direct surface raiders like U-boats?Q&A
  252. Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?
    3:35:07Could German escort carriers support Atlantic raiders?Q&A
  253. SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 9
    31:51Why Seydlitz's G6 and G7 torpedoes lagged behind her gunsNotable Point
  254. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    26:59The Goeben and Breslau lesson for distant raidersNotable Point
  255. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:36:58Continuous carrier strikes reduce the German raiding forceNotable Point
  256. What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?
    1:40:18Operation Berlin faces carrier interceptionChapter
  257. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    35:57Three hulls create continuous raider pressureNotable Point
  258. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    54:44France accelerates a fast raider-hunting forceChapter
  259. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    1:45:36Hitler's caution may waste the extra prewar hullNotable Point
  260. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    2:23:36Operation Berlin faces an enlarged British trapChapter
  261. Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers
    3:15:44What if Scharnhorst replaced Graf Spee?Q&A
  262. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    5:28Africa Shell's survivors complicate British intelligenceNotable Point
  263. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    8:20Dove presents Langsdorff as a gentlemanly cruiser commanderNotable Point
  264. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    11:30Why sinking tiny Africa Shell still matteredNotable Point
  265. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    12:43Hull fouling and a denser blockade narrow Graf Spee's optionsNotable Point
  266. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    13:29Graf Spee's switch-back avoids a destroyer near-missChapter
  267. Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back
    14:44The long detour slips below the British cruiser searchNotable Point
  268. Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett
    47:48Corbett defines sea command through maritime communicationsNotable Point
  269. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    48:47Anglo-French planning assigned the Dunkerques to raider huntingChapter
  270. Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 7
    55:35Their usefulness made the Dunkerques dangerous after France fellNotable Point
  271. Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases
    4:35:06Why Britain had no direct equivalent to SMS WolfQ&A
  272. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    28:50Heavier cruisers reshape German commerce raidingNotable Point
  273. Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
    1:15:14Fast treaty fleets leave German raiders few safe rolesNotable Point
  274. Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    58:09Using armed merchant cruisers where enemy warships are scarceQ&A
  275. A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)
    39:09How open-source naval information circulated during warNotable Point
  276. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    17:31Why battlecruisers would exist without armored cruisersQ&A
  277. Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics
    1:59:21A British Iceland and the opening of the Atlantic warQ&A
  278. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    37:25British global-war preparation overmatched an improvised Italian postureChapter
  279. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    41:05The flotilla's mission was to squeeze the Suez supply routeChapter
  280. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    51:03Forward basing gave reach but created a glass jawNotable Point
  281. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    12:17One carrier was expected to cover several strategic problemsChapter
  282. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    13:36Surface raiders test the limits of the First World War explanationNotable Point
  283. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    1:06:08The naval equivalent of trench warfareQ&A
  284. Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!
    3:18:49Retained 15-inch guns make Courageous a raider threatQ&A
  285. Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough
    31:28Indefatigable as a heavy fifth-rate alternativeChapter
  286. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    2:27:14How American cruiser orders could have encouraged an Empire fleetNotable Point
  287. Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?
    2:33:51How cruiser numbers could deter commerce raidersNotable Point
  288. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    19:42Town and County cruisers against German surface raidersQ&A
  289. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:30:03The Lexington battlecruisers were not battle-line substitutesQ&A
  290. Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?
    2:10:32How forty-eight Counties reshape a war with GermanyQ&A
  291. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    7:29Invincible as a global cruiserNotable Point
  292. Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy
    2:10:18Fast battleships change the pursuit of German raidersNotable Point
  293. Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail
    11:49What loss statistics conceal about sea controlNotable Point
  294. Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?
    2:32:43The minimum surface force to complement a German U-boat fleetQ&A
  295. Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued
    3:32:18Renown and Force K hunt German commerce trafficNotable Point
  296. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    26:07Battlecruiser ambitions behind the conversionChapter
  297. HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 8
    30:24Force H service and the Norwegian campaignChapter
  298. Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!
    1:03:09Why Japan made limited use of commerce raidingQ&A
  299. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    43:15Newfoundland prizes reveal the Atlantic campaignChapter
  300. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    49:45Prizes traded time for intelligenceNotable Point
  301. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon
    1:22:45The Admirals were designed for the next oceanic warNotable Point
  302. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    43:48How the Royal Navy could answer dispersed German raidersQ&A
  303. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    2:25:32Why Tiger could remain useful beside the G3sQ&A
  304. Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat
    3:21:53Marschall likely brings Bismarck home after Denmark StraitQ&A
  305. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    2:30:29Operation Berlin began by winning the intelligence contestChapter
  306. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    2:47:50Operation Berlin depended on tankers, ammunition economy, and U-boat cooperationNotable Point
  307. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    2:52:25Prize-taking brought Gneisenau within reach of RodneyNotable Point
  308. Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?
    3:13:56Would U.S. neutrality patrols have confronted a concentrated German surface force?Q&A
  309. An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...
    3:30:46How R-class escorts could constrain BismarckQ&A
  310. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:06:06Long range cannot cure a surface raider's weaknessQ&A
  311. Bruships 112: Julian Corbett
    2:35:36Graf Spee avoided single British heavy cruisersNotable Point
  312. 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
  313. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:42:18Eleven-inch guns offered little for stopping merchant shipsNotable Point
  314. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:43:50Deutschland's guns invited the wrong opponentsChapter
  315. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:46:01Deutschland's competing roles culminated in the River Plate testChapter
  316. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    34:39Dupuy de Lome and the limits of a commerce raiderChapter
  317. Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power
    4:30Commerce pressure could force the Dutch fleet to seaNotable Point
  318. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    2:34:24Alaska-class firepower against an outnumbered raiderNotable Point
  319. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    1:33:55The exposed supply line in War Plan Orange's rapid advanceNotable Point
  320. Bruships 111: Random Books of History
    1:37:54Convoy protection for War Plan Orange's supply shipsQ&A
  321. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    23:09A secondary battery powerful enough for cruisers and commerceNotable Point
  322. Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1
    49:53Why German raider doctrine wanted a carrierChapter
  323. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    1:46:34Huáscar's raids force Chile to change commandersNotable Point
  324. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    3:08:28Spähkreuzer make more sense as long-range destroyersQ&A
  325. Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)
    1:49:02Soviet bastions, raiders, and the Allied allocation dilemmaNotable Point
  326. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    2:10:45Would American war experience produce a raiding fleet?Q&A
  327. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)
    32:41Using fleets for army transport and commerce raidingNotable Point
  328. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    57:27Why an opening victory would not secure the raiders' returnNotable Point
  329. A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?
    1:01:58A worldwide surface-raider surge with no safe route homeNotable Point
  330. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)
    2:32:49When commerce raiding fixes a battle fleet in placeNotable Point
  331. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    1:31:15Commerce warfare needs a realistic target setNotable Point
  332. Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...
    1:52:32The Denmark Strait mission aimed at an Atlantic breakoutNotable Point
  333. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    43:13Attacking Spanish trade while expanding British commerceChapter
  334. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)
    2:40:19Opening war by intercepting Spanish commerceChapter
  335. Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword
    4:40A delayed war would not make German commerce raiding easyQ&A
  336. Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?
    1:13:57The Admiral class was designed for the next commerce warChapter
  337. The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century
    1:39:31Pacific submarines: offensive defense depends on logisticsChapter
  338. Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)
    49:25Naval warfare reached Antarctic watersQ&A
  339. Bombardment of Ellwood
    27:37Japan's thin submarine patrol off the West CoastNotable Point
  340. Bombardment of Ellwood
    1:28:29Why U-156 would conserve its torpedoesNotable Point
  341. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    1:03:44Could battlecruisers protect convoys as distant reaction forces?Q&A
  342. Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?
    2:39:14Forward submarines turn the East China Sea against JapanNotable Point
  343. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response
    32:17Commerce raiding against France runs into British flags, bases, and coalNotable Point
  344. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    18:10A smaller navy needs a coherent raiding strategyQ&A
  345. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    1:06:27German super-cruisers invite a heavier British answerQ&A
  346. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class
    12:51Invincible changed commerce-raider calculationsQ&A
  347. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class
    15:53Escort carriers could hunt missile-armed raidersNotable Point
  348. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class
    19:48A hydrofoil escort trades speed for hull strainNotable Point
  349. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class
    39:52Long-range patrol aircraft still need a base networkQ&A
  350. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    36:37More powerful Deutschlands still offered no winning strategyQ&A
  351. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    37:42German capital ships confused raiding and battle-fleet rolesQ&A
  352. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    0:24Sea control as control of movementChapter
  353. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    6:13Letters of marque turn private ships into naval toolsChapter
  354. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    10:29Treasure fleets make sea trade a strategic targetNotable Point
  355. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    15:03Precedent and flag law govern prizes at seaChapter
  356. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    20:16Cruiser rules meet the realities of commerce attackChapter
  357. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    26:00Thousands of merchant losses force a trade-defense responseNotable Point
  358. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    31:10Privateers remain central in the Napoleonic Wars and 1812Notable Point
  359. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    32:04The Alabama claims turn a raider dispute into international precedentChapter
  360. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    36:10Blockade and U-boats pursue economic war by different meansChapter
  361. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    39:20Commerce-war rules favor the stronger maritime powerNotable Point
  362. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    41:09Second World War commerce warfare spans every oceanNotable Point
  363. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    42:51Commerce warfare shapes warships and merchant shipsNotable Point
  364. Privatising War: Guerre de Course
    46:00Merchant losses make trade protection a test of naval valueNotable Point
  365. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    2:33:46Britain's tramp fleet supplied war more flexibly than prestige linersChapter
  366. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    10:09Cruising role and Jeune Ecole offset strategyNotable Point
  367. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    32:31A 15,500-ton heavy cruiser against German raidersNotable Point
  368. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:42:35Deutschland-class raiders as a planning problemNotable Point
  369. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    3:10:27What a Des Moines-class raider would force Britain to deployQ&A
  370. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    2:54:24Did Gorshkov's economic arguments imply a commerce-war strategy?Notable Point
  371. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    3:32:42Submarine support could force a larger response to surface raidersChapter
  372. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    45:15An N3 escort would make a convoy untouchable to German raidersQ&A
  373. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    1:19:35Courageous and Glorious as 15-inch cruiser huntersQ&A
  374. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    5:04The Deutschland-class cruiser dilemmaChapter
  375. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    22:29The actual cruiser force and Admiral Scheer's reachNotable Point
  376. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    41:49From cruiser rules to wolf packs - and the escort responseNotable Point
  377. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    43:44The surface fleet an oceanic submarine war requiredNotable Point
  378. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    58:07Plan Z's calendars and the Raeder-Dönitz rivalryChapter
  379. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:03:11The enemy fleet and German command Plan Z would meet in 1948Notable Point
  380. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:09:20H-class scale, range, and the raiding contradictionNotable Point
  381. Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine
    1:15:32High-status ships and strategic loss aversionNotable Point
  382. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    8:12The strategic choice behind Germany's 11-inch cruisersChapter
  383. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    35:08Why six 11-inch guns limited a Deutschland raiderChapter
  384. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    48:13The two German warships called LützowQ&A
  385. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:32:23Presence effects matter even when ships sink littleNotable Point
  386. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:51:27The Bismarck sortie exposed the task-force shortfallNotable Point
  387. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    1:57:47A larger Bismarck force would multiply British commitmentsQ&A
  388. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    2:08:18French trade geography undermined the Deutschland raiding missionNotable Point
  389. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    2:16:30A sensible six-inch raider needed speed and range firstQ&A
  390. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    2:41:25The M-class paired Town displacement with Leander armamentQ&A
  391. Admiral Hipper Class
    27:39Admiral Hipper's first major sortie found no merchant shippingNotable Point
  392. Admiral Hipper Class
    27:39Admiral Hipper from Glowworm to the Barents SeaChapter
  393. Admiral Hipper Class
    32:40Surface raiders could not deter trade while avoiding battleNotable Point
  394. Admiral Hipper Class
    46:23Why Deutschland became LützowNotable Point
  395. Admiral Hipper Class
    52:44Prinz Eugen and the logistics of the Bismarck sortieChapter
  396. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    7:10Tirpitz and the strategic value of a raider threatQ&A
  397. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    10:03Was Tirpitz a fleet in being or a surface-raider threat?Q&A
  398. Sverdlov Class: Comment Response
    18:46Sverdlov cruisers beyond coastal power projectionQ&A
  399. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    3:28:07Where British battlecruisers offered strategic value beyond the Grand FleetQ&A
  400. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    33:56Japan chooses commerce control over independent raidingChapter
  401. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    0:35The first-class protected cruiser as a reaction forceChapter
  402. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    41:12Niobe rebuilds a crew and corners Prinz Eitel FriedrichChapter
  403. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    6:36Commerce raiders against British cruiser escortsChapter
  404. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    12:15Jeune École strategy and the armored-cruiser shiftNotable Point
  405. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    15:23Why Châteaurenault's liner disguise had limitsChapter
  406. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    31:28Channel patrols, Atlantic duty, and the Gallia rescueChapter
  407. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    36:49French raider bases versus one-off boiler logisticsNotable Point
  408. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    39:31Torpedoes and a uniform battery for quick killsNotable Point
  409. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    42:08Designing a disguised surface raider in the 1890sNotable Point
  410. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    3:21Why the Royal Navy treated Sverdlov as an ocean-raider threatChapter
  411. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    11:08Sverdlov's four overlapping missionsChapter
  412. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    19:58The larger Soviet task-group vision behind SverdlovNotable Point
  413. Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers
    1:26:40A raider could damage the global economy without sinking every merchant shipChapter
  414. Battle of Coronel: Comment Response
    9:09Why von Spee risked the Falkland IslandsQ&A
  415. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    2:35:57Cruiser submarines exploited an unlimited treaty categoryChapter
  416. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:14:16How old battleships deterred German surface raidersQ&A
  417. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:18:57Does the Atlantic surface war resemble a Western?Q&A
  418. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    3:20:48Graf Spee's hidden damage and the limits of neutral refugeQ&A
  419. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    3:59:28German raiding theory, Plan Z, and actual construction never alignedNotable Point
  420. Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 5
    14:33One cruiser design for fleet work and trade protectionChapter
  421. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    23:09Six-inch guns for commerce protection and interdictionNotable Point
  422. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    3:53Charmes built commerce-raider survival around guns and speedNotable Point
  423. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    6:32Aube's ministry produced specifications in less than a dayNotable Point
  424. Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 3
    29:22The Jeune École neglected the fleet enablers its strategy requiredNotable Point
  425. Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control
    1:25:22Von Spee's victory makes retaliation inevitableNotable Point
  426. Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1
    39:20Why a second-class cruiser should avoid a solo battleNotable Point
  427. Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War
    59:02Japanese raiders need distant sea lanes to wage economic warQ&A
  428. Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?
    58:18Why gun counts overstated Ottoman combat powerNotable Point
  429. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:17:11How old battleships deterred convoy raidersQ&A
  430. Bruships 88: Way of War
    2:28:25Why USS Olympia was unusually heavily armedQ&A
  431. Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 64
    3:19:57Battlecruiser or fast battleship depends on the missionQ&A
  432. Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations
    19:43Small carriers could scout the oceans for surface raidersNotable Point
  433. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)
    35:35Gefion as an ineffective colonial cruiserQ&A
  434. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    42:17How convoys would blunt Esmeralda's advantage over LeanderNotable Point
  435. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    15:06Why unprotected cruisers were often too slow to escapeQ&A
  436. Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?
    2:11:38Could Germany rely more on merchant raiders?Q&A
  437. SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 12
    23:17Why Gefion's range did not fit commerce raidingNotable Point
  438. SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 12
    43:54Why Britain might have used a cruiser Germany did not needNotable Point
  439. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    51:37Why the Allies could trade a capital ship for a raiderQ&A
  440. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    0:26Why the Columbia class chased ocean-liner speedChapter
  441. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    24:24Columbia's spectacular range and ambiguous speed recordChapter
  442. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    49:23Was the commerce destroyer an answer to blockade limits?Chapter
  443. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    53:44British cruiser quantity changes the tactical problemNotable Point
  444. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    15:29Sfax between commerce raider and general-purpose cruiserChapter
  445. Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p9
    38:16Sfax versus Leander and the flaw in Jeune École commerce warChapter
  446. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    45:14Why Japanese submarines lacked an Atlantic-style trade targetQ&A
  447. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    57:09Why Hitler is cast as the worst naval commanderQ&A
  448. Esmeralda(1883): 19th Century Cruisers p7
    3:38Rendel, Armstrong, and the sales campaign behind EsmeraldaNotable Point
  449. Esmeralda(1883): 19th Century Cruisers p7
    8:47The protected cruiser as a commerce-protection warshipNotable Point
  450. Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p6
    31:04Amphion treated the 1888 manoeuvres like a real warNotable Point
  451. Velasco Class(1881): 19th Century Cruisers p5
    27:38Choosing a cruiser mix for Norway, Italy, or BrazilNotable Point
  452. HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p4
    8:42One cruiser asked to counter several fleetsNotable Point
  453. General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p3
    6:39A Russian cruiser alarms British plannersNotable Point
  454. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    13:06A modernized HMS Tiger as a distant-station raider hunterQ&A
  455. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-40
    1:30:40How capable destroyers could strengthen German surface raidingQ&A
  456. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    4:21Esmeralda and the commerce-raider threatNotable Point
  457. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:06:16How 26-knot freighters would change Atlantic convoysQ&A
  458. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:44:10Why modern submarines are costly commerce raidersQ&A
  459. Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading
    2:52:15The Empire Cruise as a warning about global commerce warQ&A
  460. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    8:48HMS Chatham traps Königsberg in the Rufiji DeltaChapter
  461. Town Class (1911): Chathams
    27:40Emden's Direction Island raid brings Sydney to battleChapter
  462. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    11:40A submarine-only Kriegsmarine simplified Allied defenceChapter
  463. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    15:45Restore German surface raiding with PanzerschiffeChapter
  464. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1942
    20:49Surface raiders preserved multiple threats for the AlliesNotable Point
  465. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1941
    16:38German surface raiders need organic air reconnaissanceNotable Point
  466. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    31:36USS Olympia and a cruiser-centered American forceChapter
  467. Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War
    1:19:27Auxiliary cruisers carry the war to Puerto RicoChapter
  468. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    25:34How surface raiders reshape the convoy war without fightingChapter
  469. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    55:58Olympia's ocean-cruiser design and heavy batteryChapter
  470. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:18:24Auxiliary cruisers and shore batteries around Puerto RicoChapter
  471. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:25:44Commerce interception deprives Spain of suppliesChapter
  472. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    9:09Why Graf Spee eclipsed Admiral Scheer in public memoryQ&A
  473. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    17:34The Kriegsmarine's missing balanced task groupChapter
  474. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1940
    27:56How Graf Zeppelin changes an Atlantic breakoutChapter
  475. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    2:00:14South African shipbuilding could guard the Cape routesChapter
  476. Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths
    10:38HMS Bristol on distant-station serviceChapter
  477. Ruse de guerre
    14:04Warships repeatedly borrowed merchant identitiesNotable Point
  478. Ruse de guerre
    22:41German raiders face unequal disguise problemsChapter
  479. Ruse de guerre
    24:17Surface raiders must outrun reports as well as shipsNotable Point
  480. Ruse de guerre
    33:26Dummy R-class battleships exploit German riskNotable Point
  481. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    9:26What Soviet study of German surface raiders revealedChapter
  482. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    12:33Why available ships matter more than headline fleet sizeNotable Point
  483. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    40:44Assessing whether the Kirov concept succeededChapter
  484. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    32:22Pirate speed depended on careening and illicit supplyNotable Point
  485. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:07:49Disguised raiders stretch British protection worldwideChapter
  486. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:09:30Harwood predicts Graf Spee's River Plate moveNotable Point
  487. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:15:02World War I raiders supply the German precedentNotable Point
  488. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:32:25A raider's value exceeds the ships it sinksQ&A
  489. Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina
    13:27Why commerce raiding poorly matched Italy's geographyNotable Point
  490. The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less
    12:06Commerce warfare fills the gap after fleet attackChapter
  491. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:19:16What supercruisers could add to the Royal NavyQ&A
  492. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    2:32:07The Hawkins class as raider huntersQ&A
  493. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    12:05Why cruisers remained economic-warfare weaponsChapter
  494. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    1:12:00The French war plan against Italy in the western MediterraneanChapter
  495. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    1:31:01France's Atlantic role was to multiply Royal Navy hunting groupsChapter
  496. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    1:37:24Could France count on a British battlecruiser against German raiders?Q&A
  497. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    2:32:30How range changed French cruiser roles by theaterChapter
  498. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    2:35:00Pack tactics explain French cruiser protectionChapter
  499. French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)
    2:48:40Why thin armor could fit French cruiser doctrineQ&A
  500. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    2:43:35Raeder's commerce-raiding strategy and its compromisesChapter
  501. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    2:57:27How one old battleship could deter two German raidersNotable Point
  502. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    5:43The enduring missions of cruising warshipsChapter
  503. Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)
    14:50Endurance and commerce warfare define the cruiserNotable Point
  504. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    0:31The cruising role before cruisersChapter
  505. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    1:56:28Why speed does not let Bismarck defeat an R-class escortQ&A
  506. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:46:24The global role of a mini-Renown cruiserQ&A
  507. Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)
    2:03:00A global naval war needs experienced commanders everywhereNotable Point
  508. Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)
    29:04Suffren from global cruiser duties to Force XChapter
  509. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    1:37:32Canadian super-dreadnoughts on the Northern PatrolQ&A
  510. Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)
    17:27Perrée and the French Navy's experience gapChapter
  511. My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)
    53:05Testing the cruiser pair against a Deutschland-class raiderNotable Point
  512. SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)
    18:36Fast cruisers and the problem of punching upNotable Point
  513. SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)
    31:06A night breakout and commerce-raiding conceptNotable Point
  514. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    15:03Jeune École: torpedo boats as a substitute for a fleetChapter
  515. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    4:15:10What a commerce-raiding force needsQ&A
  516. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    4:20:34Could superyachts become modern raiders?Q&A
  517. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    4:30:33How a dispersed yacht raider network could operateQ&A
  518. County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)
    49:41Capital-ship limits push fleets toward fast battleshipsChapter
  519. County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)
    3:15The Royal Navy's missing middle cruiserNotable Point
  520. Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)
    12:12When speed stops being protectionNotable Point
  521. Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)
    32:17What operational role justified 34 knots?Notable Point
  522. All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    15:10Firepower, survivability, and the commerce-raider roleNotable Point
  523. All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)
    30:47Retreating firepower and control of the battleChapter
  524. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    24:10Exeter under Graf Spee's fire at the River PlateChapter
  525. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    44:23Hunting British battlecruisers in the PacificQ&A
  526. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    54:58Why auxiliary-cruiser guns did not equal cruiser gunneryQ&A
  527. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    55:40HMAS Sydney and the danger of closing a raiderQ&A
  528. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    1:01:17How the possibility of a battlecruiser dilutes raider patrolsQ&A
  529. Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet
    1:26:23Why pirates cultivated terrifying reputationsQ&A
  530. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    27:07Cargo liners, convoy losses, and the human cost of commerce warChapter
  531. The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)
    29:28Merchant-shipping loss and the limits of family memoryNotable Point
  532. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    9:46Two light cruisers against an 11-inch raiderChapter
  533. British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion
    20:29Why surface raiding needs numbersNotable Point
  534. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    58:50Britain's answer: reinforce Singapore and advance by stagesChapter
  535. Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)
    1:07:03Commerce raiding exposes Japan's escort shortfallNotable Point
  536. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    25:04HMS Tiger and the battlecruiser-hunter argumentQ&A
  537. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    1:24:22Why not attack British and American trade first?Q&A
  538. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    2:11:57Britain's likely answer: Singapore, sea control, and blockadeChapter
  539. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:12:36Could Bismarck reach the war against Japan?Q&A
  540. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:29:59Fast Allied raiders force Japan to spend fuelNotable Point
  541. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    52:08How one nuclear attack submarine would affect different wartime naviesQ&A
  542. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    13:28Deutschland class: heavy guns, finite ammunitionNotable Point
  543. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    15:25A speed margin closes a raider's escape routeNotable Point
  544. All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion
    33:01Raider hunting requires a multi-ship forceChapter
  545. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    59:24Commerce raiding needs speed and supportQ&A
  546. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:09:24Why cruisers suit commerce raidingQ&A
  547. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:53:13How Japan could hunt Hood as a commerce raiderQ&A
  548. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    17:20Dorsetshire's anti-raider work from Graf Spee to PythonChapter
  549. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    18:28Why reaching port could mission-kill a surface raiderNotable Point
  550. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    19:28Wakama and the Pan-American Security ZoneNotable Point
  551. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    24:29Dorsetshire's Hipper hunt and Halifax-to-Basra troop convoyChapter
  552. County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)
    1:00:50From full Counties to the reduced York-class answerChapter
  553. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    1:26:56The Admiral class as a global commerce-war weaponQ&A
  554. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    3:17:17Why Hood's proper target was trade, not YamatoNotable Point
  555. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    3:21:13Why Graf Spee was trapped after the River PlateNotable Point
  556. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    1:24:27Royal tours doubled as battlecruiser diplomacyNotable Point
  557. Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney
    2:39:43Q&A: did Renown and Repulse shape German raider design?Q&A
  558. Bruships 70: Travelling along...
    1:06:09How a 1941 Franco-German naval war might unfoldQ&A
  559. Some Sunday Naval Books
    20:41Town-class cruisers and the design spiralChapter
  560. What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)
    28:21G3's six-inch guns and a Far Eastern missionChapter
  561. Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)
    21:32From fast minelayer to convoy raiderNotable Point
  562. Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)
    28:42The attack on Strongbow and Mary RoseChapter
  563. Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)
    31:01Losses, jamming, and the delayed responseNotable Point
  564. County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)
    24:48Devonshire joined the response to Rawalpindi's lossNotable Point
  565. County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)
    54:53Sussex sank a German tanker and escaped U-264Notable Point
  566. Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)
    1:48What Renown revealed about the Deutschland classQ&A
  567. Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)
    3:28How Royal Navy hunter groups could neutralise a raiderNotable Point
  568. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    7:30An updated HMS Tiger as a cruiser hunterQ&A
  569. Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru
    1:23:39If the United States enters the European war in 1939Q&A
  570. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)
    6:03Long-range patrol, scouting, and commerce warfareNotable Point
  571. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)
    27:16Blockade turns cruising into economic warfareNotable Point
  572. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)
    28:50Trade protection works as a layered operationNotable Point
  573. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)
    39:28Deterrence means making a raider payNotable Point
  574. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    16:54Endurance, scouting, and commerce warfareNotable Point
  575. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    1:05:59River Plate: deterrence without equal gunsChapter
  576. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    1:50:49What would the Royal Navy send against Deutschland?Q&A
  577. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    2:16:59Did battlecruiser losses expose British cruisers?Q&A
  578. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    1:38:41Why one County cruiser could deter a pocket battleshipNotable Point
  579. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:13:30How a second German cruiser changes the River Plate huntQ&A
  580. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:19:14How cruisers and battlecruisers divided the raider huntNotable Point
  581. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    10:49X1 and the awkward logic of cruiser submarinesChapter
  582. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    24:08Deutschland class: image versus commerce-raider requirementsChapter
  583. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    30:01X1 and the case for a cruiser submarineChapter
  584. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    42:31Why did navies experiment with cruiser submarines?Q&A
  585. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    1:12:26How quickly could an ordinary submarine deck gun open fire?Q&A
  586. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    1:13:10Four-inch versus six-inch submarine deck gunsQ&A
  587. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    7:19How a cruiser could deter a stronger raiderNotable Point
  588. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    25:09Cornwall’s hangar and long-range cruiser roleNotable Point
  589. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    33:11Cumberland’s dash after the River Plate battleChapter
  590. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    36:30Cumberland’s global wartime circuitChapter
  591. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    42:36Berwick from West Indies patrols to Force HChapter
  592. County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)
    9:12Why displacement alone does not define a heavy cruiserNotable Point
  593. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    48:26Using Town-class cruisers as a paired commerce-raiding forceQ&A
  594. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    3:13:40American eight-inch cruisers against Admiral Graf SpeeQ&A
  595. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:36:28The Falklands replaced vulnerable at-sea supply shipsQ&A
  596. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    33:23Testing commerce-raiding doctrine through the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
  597. Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?
    3:04:43How to use spare Town-class cruisers in the PacificQ&A
  598. The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol
    41:04Jeune École as a theory for fighting a world warNotable Point
  599. Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)
    3:06:40Q&A: why naval history can disappear behind campaignsQ&A
  600. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    34:53Why Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were a serious early-war threatNotable Point
  601. WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol
    3:48River Plate preceded the strategic turn toward ItalyNotable Point
  602. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    45:42Scharnhorst and Gneisenau over BismarckQ&A
  603. 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat
    3:10:05A surviving pre-dreadnought still deters raidersQ&A
  604. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    4:53Colonial costs and the lure of Spanish treasureNotable Point
  605. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    53:20Anson and the lure of the Manila galleonNotable Point
  606. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    4:55:28Why the surface raider is not obsoleteQ&A
  607. Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 8
    10:03From commerce-raider guard ship to Allied fire supportChapter
  608. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)
    4:49:54Surface raiding versus enforcing a blockadeQ&A
  609. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:52:05How a faster Nelson might trap GneisenauNotable Point
  610. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    17:07Borodino range for Pacific operationsNotable Point
  611. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    48:08Two Deutschlands at the River PlateQ&A
  612. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/4
    16:14Why a commerce-raiding force needs depthQ&A
  613. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    4:04:08Every navy had reason to fear HMS HoodQ&A
  614. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    43:55Why commerce raiding was a poor cruiser alternativeQ&A
  615. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:14:54French Indochina changed Japan's access to the Indian OceanQ&A
  616. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    2:37:08A German fleet designed for commerce raiding rather than battleQ&A
  617. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:04:48What makes a warship a capital shipQ&A
  618. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    51:21What Germany might have done with an I-400-type submarineQ&A
  619. Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s
    1:18:34The Deutschland class as an industrial compromiseNotable Point
  620. Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s
    3:27:54Why Japanese submarines found few commerce targetsQ&A
  621. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI
    0:54The Dupuy de Lôme-class steam-submarine experimentNotable Point
  622. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI
    4:00The Dupuy de Lôme name moves from raider to intelligence shipNotable Point
  623. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    9:18The 9.2-inch cruiser as a convoy-escort alternativeNotable Point
  624. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    48:29Using surplus pre-dreadnoughts away from the battle lineQ&A
  625. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    2:00:38More Deutschlands instead of Admiral Hipper-class cruisersQ&A
  626. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    3:46:24Building German raiders through neutral shipyardsQ&A
  627. An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean
    4:18The armoured cruiser as a commerce raiderChapter
  628. An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean
    8:42Why Mediterranean geography limits raidingNotable Point
  629. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    12:47Jeune École and the commerce-raider promiseChapter
  630. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:21:04Why combining German surface raiders could make them easier to catchQ&A
  631. Bruships 55: New Books
    4:25:06Surface raiders would not free the U-boatsQ&A
  632. Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response
    5:20The Atlantic blockade as Germany's best bad optionQ&A
  633. Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response
    5:51Graf Spee and the speed requirement for surface raidersQ&A
  634. Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response
    29:32Fast cruisers as surface-raider pressureQ&A
  635. Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response
    35:41Commerce raiding and its strategic limitsQ&A
  636. Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response
    47:53Surface-raider prospects after 1940Q&A
  637. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:29:21Cruiser submarines traded agility for range and payloadQ&A
  638. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:38:15Escorts and Q-ships narrowed the deck gun's roleNotable Point
  639. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:48:24Smaller torpedoes could increase a raider's shot countQ&A
  640. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:48:50Maritime air power closed the cruiser submarine's surface windowNotable Point
  641. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...
    1:52:08An armored turret could not protect the whole submarineQ&A
  642. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    0:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
  643. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    8:04A long-range raider with six or more forward torpedo tubesChapter
  644. Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/7
    11:46Torpedoes and mines could confuse a raider's pursuersNotable Point
  645. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    1:44:25Why Japan struggled to raid Allied supply linesQ&A
  646. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:17:37How the Panzerschiffe were shaped for commerce raidingNotable Point
  647. Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI
    45:58Why did British submarines sink less merchant tonnage?Q&A
  648. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    40:38Tryon's 1888 blockade breakoutChapter
  649. Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)
    47:14The 1889 maneuvers and competing theories of naval warNotable Point
  650. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:25:11Possible First World War uses for old ironcladsQ&A
  651. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    3:35A source for the Napoleonic War in the Indian OceanNotable Point
  652. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    29:23Linois later met convoy deception in reverseNotable Point
  653. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    1:19:11Pulo Aura turns merchantmen into a deception forceChapter
  654. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    1:40:50Pulo Aura's attack and chase sell the illusionNotable Point
  655. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:41:29When could a merchantman defeat a warship?Q&A
  656. A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune
    12:29Convoy protection before prize chasingNotable Point
  657. A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune
    14:01Privateers, letters of marque, and recaptureNotable Point
  658. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    3:03:24Battlecruisers judged by mission, not labelsNotable Point
  659. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    17:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
  660. Some More Battle Cruisers
    2:00Battlecruisers link sea control to economic warfareChapter
  661. Some More Battle Cruisers
    27:12Mackensen exposes Germany's battlecruiser middle groundChapter
  662. Some More Battle Cruisers
    52:10Naval wargames need operational space for battlecruisersNotable Point
  663. William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 3
    21:43Why Vanguard was a fast battleship, not a battlecruiserChapter
  664. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    39:18How Q-ships used apparent damage as baitQ&A
  665. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    4:16St Vincent-class batch production builds a battle squadronChapter
  666. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 1906
    7:42Corbett, commerce war, and Britain's coaling networkChapter
  667. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 1906
    13:03Why British battlecruisers threatened rival commerceChapter
  668. Prince Philips Navy
    38:16Why the aging Revenge class remained usefulChapter
  669. Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers
    17:32River Plate validates cruiser sea-denial doctrineChapter
  670. Crown Colony Class Cruisers
    3:41:58How cruiser squadrons mixed presence missions with hunter groupsQ&A
  671. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    35:17Fleet numbers, specialist ships, and wartime reuseNotable Point
  672. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 1696
    15:12Jean Bart takes the convoy prizes and escapes BenbowChapter
  673. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class
    35:24Why commerce raiders should avoid even weaker warshipsNotable Point
  674. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class
    37:20Königsberg turns the Rufiji Delta into a naval siegeChapter
  675. Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...
    0:42Theodore Roosevelt's blockade lesson from the War of 1812Chapter
  676. Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 1
    21:22The broken French commerce-raiding squadron of June 1796Chapter
  677. Bruships 34: Random History
    2:45:42C1 operations from Pearl Harbor to supply missions and lossesNotable Point
  678. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    2:43:43The G3's likely Second World War roleQ&A
  679. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered
    44:54Graf Zeppelin's real danger in a surface task groupQ&A
  680. Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)
    2:27:41Graf Zeppelin needed a balanced raider task forceChapter
  681. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers
    33:20Graf Zeppelin's uncertain role and institutional conflictChapter
  682. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties
    26:20Converted fast cruisers and the scale of carrier investmentChapter
  683. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate
    27:38Why cruisers dominated the construction programNotable Point
  684. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate
    36:58Salisbury's least-worst modernization choiceChapter
  685. Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books
    1:01:41Why concentrated armoured cruisers simplified trade defenceNotable Point
  686. Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates
    17:17Disguised German merchant raiders in 1940Chapter
  687. Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War
    15:52Why the Far East cruiser plan unraveledChapter
  688. Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War
    6:50City names strengthen the case for large light cruisersNotable Point
  689. Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War
    7:31Town-class cruisers join the Home FleetNotable Point
  690. Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War
    11:12Exercise CD rehearses a German raider breakoutChapter
  691. Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers
    7:26Cruisers defend trade and attack enemy commerceChapter
  692. Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers
    13:51Trade maps reveal targets for economic warfareNotable Point
  693. Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers
    15:48Global trade routes define the cruiser battlespaceChapter
  694. Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys
    2:10:03Could Japan have fielded a stronger commerce-raiding force?Q&A
  695. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    32:20Town-class cruisers as commerce destroyersNotable Point
  696. Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"
    3:05:55Science-fiction cruisers reveal real role distinctionsQ&A
  697. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    16:23Cruisers in Far Eastern deterrence plansChapter
  698. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    1:40:41Why the Amphions stopped at threeNotable Point
  699. Bruships 26 - The Random Collection
    3:48:03Battlecruisers as global trade-defence cruisersQ&A
  700. HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/4
    6:18Why a small Arethusa could serve far from the battle fleetNotable Point
  701. Amphion Class Cruisers
    17:48Trade protection and trade interdictionQ&A
  702. Amphion Class Cruisers
    22:22A layered cruiser blockade across the PacificQ&A
  703. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:06:14Why Britain wanted so many cruisersNotable Point
  704. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:30:26Why Sydney may have closed on KormoranNotable Point
  705. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:33:59The concealed weapons of KormoranQ&A
  706. Amphion Class Cruisers
    1:36:18Sydney and Kormoran: deception at close rangeChapter
  707. Amphion Class Cruisers
    2:38:57How Sydney may have read Kormoran's signalsNotable Point
  708. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-7
    25:22Why gun-armed submarines threatened commerceNotable Point
  709. WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol
    41:57Emden's strengths and limits as a raiderNotable Point
  710. WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol
    1:19:43A peacetime squadron without a wartime exitChapter
  711. The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style
    10:01Renown and Ark Royal in the raider-hunting netChapter
  712. The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style
    34:04Why Royal Navy surface raiding is easy to overlookNotable Point
  713. The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?
    31:29Why Graf Spee fought at the River PlateChapter
  714. HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers
    2:31A diversion to an Eastern Mediterranean short of carriersChapter
  715. 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/2
    0:15Force K's change from sea control to sea denialNotable Point
  716. 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/2
    0:06Force K as a heavy raider-hunting forceChapter
  717. 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/2
    0:32Reinforcing the River Plate hunt from FreetownNotable Point
  718. 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/2
    1:08How Force K planned to intercept a returning raiderNotable Point
  719. 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/2
    1:48How Force K changed after 1939Notable Point
  720. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    15:04The 1939 force: speed, striking power, and enduranceNotable Point
  721. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    28:48Graf Spee and the escape-net strategyNotable Point
  722. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    1:58:24Why the Deutschlands were heavy cruisers, not pocket battleshipsQ&A
  723. Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:20:46Could Bismarck and Prinz Eugen return from the Mid-Atlantic?Q&A
  724. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:25:51Commerce warfare begins before the main fleet battleNotable Point
  725. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    1:56:57G3M air threat versus cruiser interdictionQ&A
  726. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:09:45What a blockade would do to Japanese merchant shippingQ&A
  727. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    29:05American preparedness and British commerce raidingQ&A
  728. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    4:00How imperial refits could send German raiders eastNotable Point
  729. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    50:57Royal Navy trade warfare versus decisive battleNotable Point
  730. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    3:27Germany weighs attacks on supply convoys to Britain and SingaporeNotable Point
  731. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    52:03Germany's unready fleet and British pre-emptionNotable Point
  732. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    43:22Blockade before invasionChapter
  733. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    50:00Prize-taking and the missing Axis pactNotable Point
  734. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    13:09HMS Birmingham and proportional retaliationChapter
  735. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    26:02Seizing a liner and getting Birmingham homeNotable Point
  736. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    37:18Commerce war with submarines and cruisersChapter
  737. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald
    22:18Comparing cruiser answers to a Deutschland raiderNotable Point
  738. An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald
    23:29Why battleship cover mattered against a DeutschlandNotable Point
  739. Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    9:43Could an American-built ship serve as a French privateer?Q&A
  740. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    28:11Far East submarines and the escort dilemmaChapter
  741. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    24:56Why the Cape route mattered before convoy concentrationNotable Point
  742. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:32:15Why the Deutschland class was an awkward commerce raiderQ&A
  743. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    1:44:12Why 26 knots was dangerous for a commerce raiderQ&A
  744. Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-43
    2:11:30Japanese cruisers targeted the traffic India depended onChapter
  745. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    22:51Africa Shell and the limits of Madagascar's defenceNotable Point
  746. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    26:10Why Tribal-class destroyers guarded the Red SeaNotable Point
  747. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    32:15The Deutschland class paid heavily for 11-inch gunsNotable Point
  748. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    35:17Why Admiral Scheer avoided the counter-raider forceNotable Point
  749. An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)
    39:03Atlantis, Pinguin, and Kormoran in the auxiliary-raider warNotable Point
  750. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:50:52Why several surface raiders posed a different threat from more U-boatsQ&A
  751. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:55:36Comparing German commerce raiding across two warsQ&A
  752. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:56:01What Germany needed for a credible surface-raiding threatQ&A
  753. 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:01:56A war without German commerce raidingQ&A
  754. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    32:13Sverdlov cruisers and the Panzerschiff lineageNotable Point
  755. Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    40:35Why Plan Z battleships were an awkward raider conceptQ&A
  756. An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan
    20:49Use cruisers as South China Sea surface raidersNotable Point
  757. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:32:51Von Spee's light-cruiser commerce-raiding dilemmaQ&A
  758. Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:48:52Cruiser-destroyer groups attacked Axis supply convoysQ&A
  759. An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 2
    1:49How the Service Squadron projected naval powerChapter
  760. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    13:53SMS Emden's costly bombardment of MadrasChapter
  761. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 3
    3:10River Plate and the power of good-enough shipsNotable Point
  762. Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war
    1:41:21How Q-ships changed submarine risk calculationsNotable Point
  763. Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…
    57:15Deutschland-class raiders and ammunition performanceNotable Point
  764. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:40:47What if Spee had taken his squadron into the Indian Ocean?Q&A
  765. Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    3:04:27Why Japanese surface raiders offered little value by 1944Q&A
  766. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    3:16Battlecruisers as the supreme cruiser typeChapter
  767. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    30:11Why distant oceans suited battlecruiser employmentNotable Point
  768. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    37:59Why the Scharnhorst class attracted two labelsNotable Point
  769. An Introduction To Battle Cruisers
    40:59Dunkerque as a small fast battleshipChapter
  770. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    41:42The danger of identifying armed merchant raidersQ&A
  771. A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history
    46:34Royal Navy plans for commerce raidingQ&A
  772. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    44:39Town-class commerce raiders should avoid Takao-class cruisersQ&A
  773. T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full
    2:08Altmark's hidden role behind Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
  774. HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile
    21:03Town-class cruisers tested as raiders and raider huntersNotable Point
  775. HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile
    28:30Edinburgh joins the North Atlantic barrierChapter
  776. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:05Graf Spee's silent passage frustrates the British searchChapter
  777. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    11:32Waiting becomes part of Graf Spee's economic warNotable Point
  778. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    19:19Every merchant attack gives a raider awayNotable Point
  779. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    29:51Global commitments limit the Graf Spee huntChapter
  780. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    41:42Different raider doctrines produce different campaign mapsNotable Point
  781. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    43:04Damage threatens an isolated raider even when it survives the battleNotable Point
  782. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    44:54Royal Navy relationships constrain Graf Spee in South AmericaChapter
  783. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    48:26Japan and the United States watch Graf Spee's campaignNotable Point
  784. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    52:51Graf Spee pursues psychological economic warfareChapter
  785. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    56:34Britain resists Graf Spee's intended psychological pressureNotable Point
  786. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:08:54Altmark sustains Graf Spee's final campaign phaseChapter
  787. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:12:12Force H and Force K close the door after Graf Spee passesNotable Point
  788. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:15:24Langsdorff turns away from an early River Plate strikeNotable Point
  789. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:20:27Sinking Doric Star exposes Graf Spee and consumes ammunitionChapter
  790. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:24:28Langsdorff trades timing for extra prizesNotable Point
  791. Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:47:11Graf Spee reveals Germany's missing raider support systemChapter
  792. The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:41A fighting end and Nazi propagandaNotable Point
  793. The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    5:01Commerce-raiding aggression and the risk of interceptionNotable Point
  794. The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    7:09How Graf Spee's raiding route revealed her intentionsChapter
  795. The Royal Navy on the 14th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:00Graf Spee loses the protection of stealth and distanceChapter
  796. Battle of The River Plate - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:42The opposing cruiser forces find each otherChapter
  797. Battle of The River Plate - A River Plate 80 Video
    24:14Graf Spee's design meets a three-cruiser meleeNotable Point
  798. Battle of the River Plate a Quick Overview - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:14Graf Spee underestimates the British cruiser forceNotable Point
  799. Battle of the River Plate a Quick Overview - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:42Langsdorff and Harwood fight for different victoriesNotable Point
  800. Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:53The Arado's offensive and defensive scouting rolesNotable Point
  801. Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:19Ammunition and escape constraints at River PlateNotable Point
  802. SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:02Why SS Streonhalh was a valuable prizeChapter
  803. SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:27Streonhalh reveals Graf Spee's Atlantic crossingNotable Point
  804. SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:21Langsdorff's search for bigger prizes and naval gloryChapter
  805. SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:18Harwood anticipates Graf Spee at the River PlateChapter
  806. SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    5:26Captured papers and the geography of British tradeNotable Point
  807. Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:01Altmark as Graf Spee's logistics and prisoner hubChapter
  808. Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    5:01German logistics in the South Atlantic campaignChapter
  809. SS Tairoa - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:50Cummings keeps Tairoa's warning on the airChapter
  810. SS Tairoa - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:25What Graf Spee gained from Tairoa's routing papersNotable Point
  811. SS Tairoa - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:32Tairoa's signal tightens the hunt for Graf SpeeChapter
  812. SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:29Doric Star as a costly prize for Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
  813. SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:21Doric Star's signal turns a sinking into a pursuit clueNotable Point
  814. SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:04Langsdorff's route raises questions about raider strategyChapter
  815. SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video
    6:51Success, possible hubris, and Graf Spee's visible trailNotable Point
  816. Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:01Graf Spee races back into the AtlanticChapter
  817. Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:22Altmark provides supplies for Graf Spee's disguisesChapter
  818. Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:04Trade routes define Graf Spee's operating spaceChapter
  819. Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:57Commerce raiding as psychological pressure and force dispersionNotable Point
  820. Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:10Surface raiders could draw escorts from critical routesNotable Point
  821. Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video
    5:13How one German aircraft carrier might have changed commerce raidingNotable Point
  822. Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video
    6:30Graf Spee's conservative strategy may have limited her impactChapter
  823. Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video
    7:17Graf Spee's sinkings against a total of 2,712 merchant shipsNotable Point
  824. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    33:13Cruiser commerce raiding as Far East deterrenceChapter
  825. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    44:12The Tribal flotilla that nearly crossed Graf Spee's routeNotable Point
  826. The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)
    54:43How South American diplomacy isolated Admiral Graf SpeeNotable Point
  827. Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:02Langsdorff seeks a more useful disguiseChapter
  828. Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:21Graf Spee and Master and Commander: who must the disguise fool?Chapter
  829. Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video
    6:08An American-cruiser disguise for the voyage homeChapter
  830. SS Africa Shell & Switch Back - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:33Africa Shell and the neutral-waters disputeChapter
  831. SS Africa Shell & Switch Back - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:51A mistaken ship identity complicates the huntNotable Point
  832. SS Africa Shell & Switch Back - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:57Langsdorff's restrained approach to commerce raidingChapter
  833. SS Africa Shell & Switch Back - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:19Prize-law paperwork documented Graf Spee's sinkingsNotable Point
  834. SS Africa Shell & Switch Back - A River Plate 80 Video
    4:48A small prize with a large psychological effectNotable Point
  835. SS Africa Shell & Switch Back - A River Plate 80 Video
    6:07Graf Spee's switchback and the timing of the huntChapter
  836. Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    0:16Reading Admiral Graf Spee's cruise as strategyChapter
  837. Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    1:34Psychological commerce warfare in the South AtlanticNotable Point
  838. Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:28Caution, survivability, and Langsdorff's choicesChapter
  839. The 1939 Panama Convention - A River Plate 80 Video
    2:03Neutral ports become a strategic problem for surface raidersNotable Point
  840. The 1939 Panama Convention - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:02Article IV enables neutral patrols and merchant convoysChapter
  841. RN Commands in 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video
    3:11Cruisers and carriers across the Royal Navy's regional commandsChapter
  842. Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video
    5:22Why the South Atlantic mattered beyond Graf SpeeNotable Point
  843. Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video
    12:06From Coronel to River Plate: damage that enables victoryNotable Point