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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:15:59First World War ships imagined in the missile ageQ&A
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!3:47How wartime construction made frigates the cheaper optionNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!2:04:12A proposed convoy group combines two frigates with numerous USVsNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII0:00Sea defence ships and Japan's escort requirementChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII10:00Fisheries patrol, minesweeping and convoy defenceChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII14:34Etorofu's simpler structure and longer rangeChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII20:53Convoy defence and uncertain evidence of successNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII22:19Canada's escort fleet as a comparison of available numbersNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII23:04Comparing Japan with Britain's early-war escort positionNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII33:15A surviving escort and the loss of small-ship heritageNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII34:01How escort shortages could deepen Japan's fuel shortageQ&A
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII46:19Type C's basic convoy escort specificationChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII50:51Why depth-charge attacks needed several shipsChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII52:25Type D's speed and the limits of fleet escortChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII59:05No. 1's loss and the air-cover requirement of small escortsNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one32:42Smaller escort destroyers and the late search for quantityChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one36:16Late escorts had little time to influence the warNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:51:34Why a slow battleship could frustrate faster surface raidersNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...38:52Project 7's service across the Soviet fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:48Small escorts, missile depth and surviving convoy attacksNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)35:40Replacing seven Finnish ships with four reduces assured availabilityChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:31:39US destroyer identity and the limits of a patrol frigateChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...7:40Destroyer screens expand from the Grand Fleet to convoysChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...32:55Operation BB and the limits of submarine huntsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:00:40More torpedoes for independent convoy defenceNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:02:25Napoleonic convoys and blockade at both endsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:12:37Wartime availability and the cost of sustained speedNotable Point
- 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
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...12:25Minion's Jutland screening and Scandinavian convoy escortsChapter
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...14:16Why an escort can be useful without fightingNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...17:24Escorting Olympic damaged the destroyers' enginesNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...18:13Marmion's loss when two convoys met unexpectedlyChapter
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...24:22Why submarine sweeps competed with convoy protectionNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...30:04Following a torpedo track before sonarNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...39:00Could longer-lived M-class hulls have served as World War II escorts?Notable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:46Radar cross-section versus a warship's missile capacityQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live16:55Coastal defence ships in ocean escort serviceQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:12:41How many merchant ships can one frigate escort?Q&A
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...6:31Older French battleships as convoy escortsChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...7:38Why a convoy escort should resist a raider's decoyNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...9:36Béarn as an Atlantic convoy escortChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...12:07French escorts and submarines across several seasChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...14:00What second-line battleships could still doChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:04:22Béarn and aircraft patrols in the Atlantic gapChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:36:10Older battleships on Arctic convoy dutyChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?7:59From screening lance to convoy shieldChapter
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:43:02Red Sea merchant protection and crossing interceptsNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live21:39Japanese kaibokan and the late start in escort constructionQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous2:20:38Force Z and the accumulated consequences of earlier decisionsNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:39A layered system protects Atlantic sea lanes from raidersQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:07:52Could containerized aircraft replace escort carriers?Q&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars35:26Celtic Sea escort work and the Vanquisher collisionChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars37:08Norway, Narvik, and the pursuit of U-47Chapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars44:06Convoy zigzagging and the inner escortNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars48:28High-priority convoys and a 1943 conversionChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars51:19Arctic convoy JW 57 and a trusted escortChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars52:48Operation Neptune and a return to the ArcticChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars55:06Atlantic patrols and the 1945 stand-downChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:13:16Britain's larger 1942 escort and carrier forceChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?31:42Why did France order only 12 Japanese destroyers?Notable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...27:18HMS Fairy rams UC-75 during convoy escortNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:55Germany's naval role in NATO logisticsNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:32Type 45 stealth and the escort missionNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?7:00Béarn as an Atlantic escort carrierNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?10:59Using older French battleships for second-line dutiesNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?47:41Atlantic escorts and the U-boat force's early lossesChapter
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?1:09:40How early U-boat losses weaken later officer trainingNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:43:26Surface ships, stealth, and visible defenseNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:30:15Swedish sea control and status assetsChapter
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:48Convoy escort and the value of a frigate's radar signatureQ&A
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia34:00Visby class stealth corvettes as sea-denial assetsChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia35:25Why convoy escort changes the value of stealthNotable Point
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia38:55Luleå-class frigates and Baltic sea controlChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia42:26Luleå missile load and layered air defenceNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...53:30Why a submarine-only threat was easier to counterNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...56:21A submarine must find and approach the moving convoyNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)32:24Why an all-submarine fleet is a one-dimensional threatChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)34:21Why histories emphasize successful submarine attacksNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:53:21Why a submarine-only threat is easier to counterQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:54Why Baltic shore missiles still need convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:35Why Britain studied corvettes in the early 1960sQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today20:27World War I gives destroyers several kinds of escort experienceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:08:32Naval control does not solve merchant war-risk insuranceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...51:26Two destroyer tiers and a probable division among frigatesNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:06:21Type 42 added Sea Dart firepower to a larger task groupChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:30:34How short-war nuclear assumptions cut conventional fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:03A flak OPV could escort shipping through restricted watersQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?15:23How the Perry fit supported escort warfareChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:07:55Why the US Navy needed PerrysQ&A
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy36:05Why small-warship officers disappear into fleet totalsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?24:09Knud Rasmussen's StanFlex slots accept alternative weapon fitsChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?25:39Extra StanFlex positions could widen Knud Rasmussen's escort fitNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?59:43How should a navy balance the capability and cost of its patrol fleet?Q&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:04:48Uncrewed escorts can restore a screen for RFA shipsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:23:14Missile threats do not remove the need for surface warshipsQ&A
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII10:45Wrangel and Wachmeister reserve a sixth torpedo for the turn awayChapter
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:04Books on Second World War supply convoysQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:49Sending the wartime Canadian Navy to the PacificQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)26:06Béarn is limited but still usefulNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)29:24Channel and Biscay forces combine sea denial with escort workNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:01:19Older Duguay-Trouin cruisers still have escort rolesQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:30:45North Africa becomes the exile government's air and industrial hubNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:39:38Early U-boat losses could damage Germany's training cadreNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:03:12French escorts keep British destroyers with the battle fleetNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?10:51Isaac Sweers's rescues and loss to U-431Notable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?12:17Harmsen's staff, salvage, and ship commandsNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?14:28British and Dutch accounts of Gurkha's rescueNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:15:37Small fleets gain local air cover without tying down fleet carriersNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...1:09:50Sleipner's escort career ends with competing demands for crewsNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:07:06Why Japan's early destroyers vanished before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:32:39How 10,000-ton cruiser-carriers might have servedQ&A
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:08:53Dedicated escorts free destroyers for fleet dutiesNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:36:53The escort hidden inside the convoyNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:06How extra battleships make reconstruction easierNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:25A heavily funded Royal Indian Navy after 1922Q&A
- How do you Compare & Analyse Warships?1:45First World War Town cruisers and unexpected merchant raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:54Japan's need for a mass small-escort programNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global53:13The promise of Wickes production freed older destroyers for wartime serviceNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:07:29Allied navies divided scarce destroyers across the U-boat warNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:34:13Earlier Implacable-class carriers could reinforce the Far Eastern fleetNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:02:25A lone Scharnhorst changes the force needed to cover convoysQ&A
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII50:08Kimberley's Red Sea and Mediterranean escort dutiesNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:03FDI or Type 31 for Sweden's next frigateQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:07The smallest practical modern convoy escortQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:18:10Which ironclad layout best suits a convoy escort rebuild?Q&A
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!46:41Type XXI ambition could not overcome logistics and ASW massNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!1:08:01Flower-class corvettes favored fitness over perfectionNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?1:26How the frigate name became tied to cruisingChapter
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?30:10Interwar sloops prepared Britain for mass escort constructionChapter
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?31:18How merchant standards made the Flower class scalableNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?32:09One sloop lineage produced Black Swans and HuntsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:47:16Why more Type 31s may beat a new corvette fleetQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:31How German surface raiders complicated British convoy defenseNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:37Defending a task group and defending passing merchant shipsNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII0:00Atlantic trade shaped Canada's wartime navyChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII20:29Wartime expansion favored smaller escortsChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII26:05Snowberry moved where escort pressure was greatestChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII26:59Western support forces reinforced threatened convoysNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII29:32Flower corvettes became a multinational escort typeNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII36:41Escort, support, and hunter groups formed a ladderNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII52:35Convoy RA66 survived a late U-boat attackNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?36:17Flower corvettes: define the equipment, then find the hullNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?37:38Oliver Hazard Perry: the hull around the escort systemsNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?54:10A forecast of crewed ships coordinating uncrewed groupsChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?54:59Convoys, guided bombs, and gaps between escortsNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:23:22Atlantic neutrality patrols versus the Pacific warQ&A
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:52:47America fights Italy while Germany holds backChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:55:25Why fleet size overstates operational availabilityNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates27:05A layered escort model for modern convoysQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates30:35Why a convoy might deliberately broadcast active sonarNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 342:30A convoy exercise weighs neutral cargoes and fleet interventionChapter
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:31Constellation cancellation and the missing US frigate roleQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:57Why anti-submarine warfare needs ships, aircraft, and helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:27Why naval drones may not keep carriers smallQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle44:36Using foreknowledge to accelerate ASDIC, convoys, and escortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:49:29Letters of marque and paid convoy protectionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:03:36Why the Royal Navy built Castle-class corvettesChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:09:38Castle-class corvette design and anti-submarine fitChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:28:53The utility-versus-complexity test for convoy escortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:32:03The Flower-class corvettes that served the US NavyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:39:20When a convoy needed battleship protectionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:41:18Refitting First World War cruisers for useful wartime serviceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:42:45What Hawkins-class cruisers could still do in the Second World WarQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:43Black Swan sloops contributed across the submarine kill chainQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:21Black Swan sloops as a submarine-threat reserveQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:32:32Japan most needed a Black Swan-style escort leaderQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:43:22Slow battleships as convoy-defense anvilsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:35:14Why modern convoys could still use escort carriersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:52:52Philip Vian risked his orders to stay with BismarckQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:19:48The crack ASW group behind convoy escortsChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:30:31Convoy survival mattered more than U-boat totalsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:39:39How approaching Black Swans could deter a convoy attackNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress22:49Type 41 and Type 61 frigates for a long Atlantic warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:41:49What offshore patrol vessels do in a major warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:13:28What Dominion battleships could have contributed in 1939Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:48:34How Dominion battleships could have changed Singapore's defenseQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:18:34How a grounding reshaped HMS Penelope's early warChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:24:02First Sirte and the difference between battle and convoy resultsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:21:44Why the Duisburg convoy escort could not recoverNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:11:26Using restored pre-dreadnoughts in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:55What an age-of-sail Humber base would supportQ&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:05:08Light carriers support convoys and cruiser stationsNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:49:54Why VLS counts cannot rank every warshipQ&A
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?45:15Congress may convert four-stackers and order destroyers earlierNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:38Arming a Canadian 1956 convoy sloopQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:19A heavily armed Black Swan escortQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:59Why a Black Swan escort cost less than a Tribal destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:44How German merchant raiders created strategic disruptionQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:51Why Coast Guard combat service receives less attentionQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:00:48Why Flower-class corvettes did not need 3.7-inch antiaircraft gunsQ&A
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.20:59Designing high-end ships for a second-line convoy roleNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:17Matching destroyer orders with interwar sloopsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:10Why Japan funds more escorts than BritainQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:37:31An American program of improved Flower-class corvettesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:54Nelson ambushes the French before AlexandriaQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:09Why submarines cannot replace surface fleetsQ&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:23:08Britain's escort orders assumed a later start to warNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:25:03The interwar sloop fleet Britain could have builtNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft49:06Oliver Hazard Perry frigates made mass visibleChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:21:26Modern frigates reflect different national presence needsChapter
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:35Naval manpower in First World War land battlesQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:50Reading Moffett's flight-deck cruiser in its own timeNotable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:55A NATO Atlantic convoy escort in 1975Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:17Why historical naval operations fit World of Warships only selectivelyQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:46Could convoy escorts have received towed-array sonar in WWII?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:26:59Torch escort priorities and British ships for the US NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:31:32Convoy escorts and specialist U-boat huntersNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:02:24The leading destroyer-escort candidatesQ&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?1:08:39Protection, fuel, and speed reshape wartime optionsNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power28:07The failed manning experiment aboard Royal ExchangeNotable Point
- 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
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?21:41Compare the Bofors L/60 with the contemporary Mark VIII pom-pomNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?46:51A global navy needs viable weapons, not perfection everywhereNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:02:19Failed attacks vanish from air-defense historiesNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:54:55A joint imperial expeditionary forceChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:09:34Earlier convoys and a more resilient imperial networkNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII23:35The interwar sloop opportunity Canada missedNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII29:17Why escort comparisons can misleadNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:19Australia needs escorts and an industrial base as well as submarinesNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:13What errors reveal about a historical sourceQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...37:45Why 25,000-ton battlecruisers were poor Revenge-class replacementsQ&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?47:29C- and D-class conversions were the dedicated AA cruisersChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?49:17C-class conversions traded endurance for stronger air defenseNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?57:35Layered air defense in the Bay of BiscayChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:02:48Why successful air defense disappears from the storyNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:26:33HMS Gurkha closes the range and exposes the exercise errorChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:51:04An old Pom-Pom against the North Atlantic Condor threatChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:56:48A CAM ship traded one fighter for a maritime patrol aircraftNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:26:14C-class conversions as true AA cruisersChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:29:47A C-class cruiser covered Vian's convoy during the Bismarck huntNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:30:47Why converted C-class cruisers stayed in serviceChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:50:22Air and surface screening in the Bay of BiscayChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:54:44How the S-boat threat wore down convoy escortsNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:07:29Second Sirte: tactical success, strategic failureChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:09:17First Sirte: light escorts, gunfire, and radarChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?3:04:33What did auxiliary AA cruisers contribute?Q&A
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:33:28Protecting the East India convoy and sponsoring JervisChapter
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:33Why River-class OPVs are not armed as convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:43A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament planQ&A
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?0:00Why Italy needed more than a vast submarine fleetChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:10:35Rodney as a fast response battleshipChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:20:29Britannic's escort as a surface-raider deterrentNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:50:17Boston repairs and command in IcelandChapter
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:06:38How Coast Guard cutters reinforce the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:53Why Bay-class frigates could scale World War I convoy defenceNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:01:59HMAS Albatross as the practical Atlantic exampleChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:22:46Would tenders escort convoys or support fixed patrol zones?Q&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:15How the Royal Navy calculated trade-protection cruisersQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:22:49Treaty-exempt sloops could have expanded escort capacityNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:28:50How sloops overlapped with steam corvettesQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:04:16Alexandria would not remove Italy's Mediterranean constraintsQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:12:18Why a convoy commodore does not command the escortsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea3:14Why protecting Convoy JW 51B mattered more than chasing the enemyChapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea17:24Why Sherbrooke kept radio traffic limitedNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea34:51Why Sherbrooke received the Victoria CrossNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea40:47How Arctic convoy doctrine recovered after PQ 17Chapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:16:03JW 51B's mixed close escort and war-emergency destroyersChapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:33:56Bramble fought alone while Achates kept making smokeNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:41:53Lützow never reached the merchants and the escorts returned to their missionChapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:47:07Small escorts explored improvised weapons against surface raidersNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:52:43The battle's leadership lesson: set objectives people can achieveChapter
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:20:52Why old battleships escorted high-value convoysQ&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live4:10Why the Battle of the Barents Sea was a leadership testChapter
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live54:29Why PQ 17 shaped later Arctic convoy protectionNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live56:46Winter Arctic convoys traded daylight exposure for ice and rough seasNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:01:05JW 51B's cargo and the cost of convoy protectionChapter
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:05:00How a convoy escort could hunt submarinesNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:17:46How JW 51B's escort layers fitted togetherNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live2:05:16Specialized British escorts and a flexible fighting screenChapter
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live2:17:25Achates and the hard service of the early interwar destroyersNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live2:32:17How Arctic geography concealed Force RNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live2:59:01Why Burnett limited the pursuitNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:14:22The torpedo strength behind HMS Anson's distant coverNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:50:32Smoke screens could save convoys and isolate a destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:08:22The Royal Navy found wartime work for any serviceable old destroyerQ&A
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates45:56Diamantina's convoy-defense weapons fitChapter
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates50:35Operating the manual high-angle 4-inch mountingNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:02:25USS Natchez joined the attack that sank U-879Notable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:03:12Waskesiu shows how a defended convoy became an offensive forceNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:03:48Hawkesbury escorted and carried troops across the PacificNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:10:52Waging the war and the modern escort questionNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?4:01Convoys as an offensive anti-submarine systemNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?13:06Why convoy protection consumes entire fleetsChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?16:53Convoys cut losses but slow the shipping systemNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?51:21Helicopters act as modern hunter-killer groupsChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?59:16ASW requires mass against hundreds of possible contactsNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?13:02Why Japan did not prioritize more convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:15:56Treaty-exempt sloops could have transformed the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes31:08Sensors and weapons matched secondary-theater threatsChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes49:58Fremantle's routine service was deterrence workingChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:03:27Castlemaine's early 1944 escorts combined bad weather and boiler workNotable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:05:33Submarine alerts complicated towing and boiler maintenanceNotable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:07:44Castlemaine's convoy routine demanded endurance and alertnessChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:25:26HMAS Shoalhaven carried Australian presence into KoreaChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:39:14Escort warfare rewarded presence more than individual powerNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:57:12The Flower corvette and Bofors gun as naval workhorsesQ&A
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates50:38Delft showed why fourth rates suited Dutch naval conditionsChapter
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates59:49Dogger Bank made convoy passage the measure of victoryChapter
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo2:08:18The false comfort of a safe sea zoneNotable Point
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo2:13:55Black Swan and Stonecrop destroy U-124Notable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:33:36Why Britain armed auxiliary AA and ASW shipsQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:31:13Why no conventional brig duel decided the Napoleonic WarsQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/42:57:27Why an escort needs ships that can lay smokeNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/43:40:31Why a Plan Z fleet sortie strains historical credibilityNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:49:15Coastal Forces fought a close-range convoy warQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/43:23:41The Flower-class design was ready before the war emergencyChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/43:36:03Why prewar sloops could not simply replace Flower-class CorvettesChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:02:01Flower-class hulls served navies and civil operators around the worldChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:03:25Flower-class Corvettes filled an urgent US Navy escort gapChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:12:03HMS Buttercup's multinational wartime and postwar careerChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:32:12HMS Coreopsis combined rescue work, Greek service, and a film roleChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:41:52Why the Atlantic needed Flowers before Tacoma-class frigatesQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:04:27A modern Flower as an optionally crewed escort nodeQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:06:26Uncrewed escorts can make active sensors tactically expendableNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:15:50Why nuclear submarines cannot replace the surface fleetQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:02:55Harry DeWolf and River hulls offer modern mass-escort starting pointsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:47:46Modified Flowers, Castles, and Rivers formed an escort-design progressionQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:55:19Reservists concentrated in trawlers and Flower-class escortsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:56:01Modernized Iron Dukes would become intimidating convoy escortsQ&A
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS26:02Convoy escort by denying German reconnaissanceChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 757:57Indian Ocean patrols and the March 1940 bomb accidentChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 71:09:08Fleet air defence, South Atlantic raiders, and a hangar fireChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'21:24A convoy escort can deter a stronger raider through damageNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'41:55How a large navy assigns first-, second-, and tertiary-line dutiesNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!20:13The Royal Navy's 1814 battlefleet balanceNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song52:04Escorting capital ships depends on the mission and sea roomQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:33:29Ning Hai-class ships as Allied escortsQ&A
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1051:36:03Freed escorts and victories could reshape naval policyNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin46:20How helicopter carriers serve national maritime rolesChapter
- 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
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:26:08The Royal Navy's older carriers in a 1942 warQ&A
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier26:36Invincible's Royal Navy missions around the GIUK gapChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:54:16Tankers cannot solve the rearming gap in land-based fleet coverChapter
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s36:01Shipbuilding capacity as rearmament insuranceNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s47:28Sloops and torpedo boats as distributed defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...46:21Type 41 and Type 61 frigates as high-threat escortsQ&A
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:07:34Capital ships and light carriers for Australia and CanadaNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:11:25Colonial escorts and joint imperial fleetsNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:13:38Britain: preserving numbers while expanding fast capital ships and carriersChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:18:16Britain's two-tier destroyers and global escort networkChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?10:22Hermes filled the cruiser-carrier middle groundNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign54:43Destroyers must defend the convoyNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:43:42What if carrier construction had continued without the pause?Notable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:21:29Prewar super-sloops could ease the convoy escort crisisQ&A
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!34:08Supplying Malta and fueling the destroyers' returnNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!43:58Splice changed escorts as the threat changedNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!59:53Spare forces kept repeated supply operations movingNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:03:00How interwar sloop production could have created wartime slackNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:05:23Simple sloop escorts and an interwar reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!19:13Why older warships remained usefulQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:52:53Merchant cruisers and convoy-defense researchNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:54:54Early helicopters transform convoy escortQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:02:12Carrier aircraft create a moving anti-submarine corridorChapter
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:58The R class as an armoured convoy and base defenderNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:12:04American equipment reaches North Africa through the Pacific and Indian OceansNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:51:10More carriers change the Arctic convoy covering forceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign51:57Convoy screening and cruiser positioningNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:10:21The logistics trap in Australia's missile drone shipsQ&A
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!45:45Sceptre and armed merchantmen capture a Dutch convoyNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions20:36CAM-ship combat launches and pilot recoveryNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:15:34Reserve warships bought mobilization timeChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:04:28Cherub supported Phoebe without matching Essex's firepowerNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:11:28How old battleships could become convoy force multipliersQ&A
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:04:21An escort fails when it abandons the convoyChapter
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:13:16How annual sloops prepared Britain's ocean escortsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:22:08Why an escort can defeat a U-boat without sinking itQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:52:05Why V and W destroyers were converted into escortsQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!1:06:18Battleship gold runs to CanadaChapter
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:40:19Could an airship carrier hunt U-boats?Q&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:47:43Prewar escort construction would favor Hunt-type destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:17:58River, Loch, and Bay frigates followed yard and convoy needs, not destroyer treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:35:12Larger fleet destroyers would pull high-end escorts toward 2,000 tonsQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:55:35Reserve fleets preserve useful second-line shipsQ&A
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 20:00Why the MAC ship had many plausible inventorsChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 22:38A cargo ship and aircraft carrier at onceChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 234:39Convoy success meant delivery, not submarine killsChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 238:10Technology kept reversing hunter and huntedNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:11:38Sloops and aviation support ships as Britain's best prewar investmentQ&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...48:43Carrier air defence from Condors to BearsNotable Point
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:18:30How wartime helicopters could pressure US submarinesQ&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?5:23Helicopters simplify convoy escort conversionsChapter
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?34:45Treaty-exempt sloops become early helicopter escortsChapter
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:14:03Helicopter convoys overwhelm surface-operating U-boatsChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s44:51Helicopters deny U-boats their convoy approachQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:07:39Convoy helicopter numbers reverse the wolf-pack problemNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:11:18Helicopter speed relative to a submarineNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:32:23An ASDIC escort holds contact while helicopters attackNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:45:35Why convoy helicopters belong on dedicated platformsQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:46:49Does Atlantic Conveyor disprove concentrated aviation support?Q&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time4:11:39Normandie and Lyon become Mediterranean escorts and bombardment shipsQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI20:40Reserve mobilisation deters war and adds convoy depthNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:25:41General-purpose Type 23s released specialists for harder missionsNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?20:23Older escorts still matter in secondary theatersNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:51:02Old ships fill essential roles that new construction cannot coverNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:07:47What would one hundred reserve sloops change in 1939?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:28:42What Britain gained from Destroyers for BasesQ&A
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence25:10Balanced fleets depend on ships below the battle lineChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence35:38Mass-produced sloops become convoy infrastructureChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence44:04A proposed interwar sloop reserve for 1939Notable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:28:11Turboshaft helicopters reshape convoy anti-submarine warfareChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:08:11Five Flower batches produced 120 wartime escortsChapter
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 342:18From Channel patrols to HMS FormidableChapter
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 744:19Sea Lion's patrol record and convoy-escort training valueNotable Point
- HMS Nubian: Most Battle Honours of the Tribal Class - KSS3 S5 Comment Response6:01Sherbrooke's destroyers defend an Arctic convoyChapter
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 537:14Enterprise became a trusted wartime gold carrierChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 238:04Mobile air-superiority bubbles and opportunistic strikesChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 251:31Escort-carrier patrols and intelligence coverNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 410:39Surface raiders complicate British convoy defenseChapter
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 220:50Foxglove's rescue work and Second World War survivalChapter
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 233:13Why old sloops still mattered in 1939Notable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response9:31A carrier's scouting value during Operation BerlinNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?23:23Churchill's escort switch disrupted several building programsNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?35:13Surface raiders created an escort dilemmaChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?57:39Ramillies denied the raiders their first convoyChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?45:29Capital-ship concentration changes the convoy problemChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?53:20What if Graf Zeppelin joined a concentrated Operation Berlin?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?56:40Surface raiders turned convoy protection into a two-threat problemChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:17:33Why not escort Atlantic convoys with British submarines?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:45:28HX 106 shows the deterrent value of one old battleshipChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:54:03Could long-range Allied aircraft cover HX 106?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?1:56:20Would the attack on HX 106 come by day or night?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:02:12Ramillies only had to deny the convoy, not sink both raidersNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:04:08Could Ramillies engage both German raiders?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:15:04SL 67 confronted the raiders with HMS MalayaChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:20:27Would a 13.5-inch super-dreadnought protect a convoy?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:28:56Extended Atlantic operations wore down German machineryNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:56:36Can both sides lose the same naval campaign?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:12:20Why obsolete R-class battleships still matteredQ&A
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett51:36Uncrewed convoy escorts still need repair and reloadingNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:55:09Modern convoys, escort carriers, and uncrewed ASWQ&A
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 753:18Wartime duties shifted from Atlantic convoys to deterring ItalyChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...18:49Why submarine success cannot be read from sinkings aloneNotable Point
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series58:25Money set the historical escort total, but convoys set the requirementQ&A
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)32:07HMS Pickle reveals the fleet's reconnaissance burdenNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)47:49Spain's first rates protected a dispersed empireNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 95:15Why surface raiders complicate convoy protectionNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres1:12Why European torpedo boats became gunboatsChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres25:15R-boat flexibility, postwar continuity, and Germany's industrial limitsChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres32:47Harbour defence launches as adaptable coastal craftNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres1:02:43Fairmile D: the heavily armed ambush boatChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre18:36How coastal craft reached distant theatresQ&A
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 35:00Could earlier Hunt orders have changed 1940?Notable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 318:57HMS Holderness on the East Coast convoysChapter
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 330:54Why aft-heavy guns could suit an escortNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 346:59HMS Holcombe and U-593Notable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 354:22The Type IV trade-off: torpedoes for escort enduranceNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 31:06:05Why designers still wanted torpedoes on Type III HuntsNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 31:11:36Why routine escort presence matteredNotable Point
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!53:28A 1942 war would find a stronger Royal NavyQ&A
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 28:55HMS Black Swan survives repeated wartime damageChapter
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 210:37HMS Black Swan rescues Empire Star survivorsNotable Point
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 211:22Operation Torch drains escort strength elsewhereNotable Point
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 215:08HMIS Sutlej and convoy WS11Chapter
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 217:00Operation Husky concentrates scarce ASW shipsNotable Point
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 218:28HMIS Sutlej and the assault on RangoonChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 16:49A small escort built around eight 4-inch gunsChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 17:48HMS Auckland's survey-ship design was built for conversionNotable Point
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 111:13Why an anti-aircraft sloop still carried a surface-fighting batteryNotable Point
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 113:36HMS Auckland lost to dive-bombers on an escort missionChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 114:42Peacetime duties created a reserve of adaptable wartime escortsNotable Point
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 119:26HMS Egret moved from East Africa to Atlantic convoy workNotable Point
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 126:26The guided-bomb attack forced the Royal Navy to change its operationsNotable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1014:54Sloops traded torpedoes and speed for treaty-compliant escort workChapter
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1025:04Confirmed submarine sinkings by Enchantress and StorkChapter
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?34:45MAS 213 showed the torpedo boats' striking powerNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI15:41The underused threat of submarine minelayingChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:00:41Pausing capital-ship construction disrupted Britain's wider naval programChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:22:26Why a battlecruiser should avoid a battleship escortNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:15:23Why Greek Radetzkys would become convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:08:18How an interwar sloop programme transforms convoy defenseQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:44:11How George III would cross the AtlanticQ&A
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties18:14Canadian sloops as a practical naval foundationChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties44:34Indian sloops and vulnerable coastal logisticsChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:13:24Britain tested sloops but ordered too fewNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?53:25A Dominion sloop program for escorts and industryNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:09:40South Africa and the Cape route escort gapChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:41:22India's missed Indian Ocean naval build-upChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:46:51Why early submarine losses could matter beyond hull numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:56:57Could Dominion ships have strengthened Force Z?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:57:58What the 20-knot sloop rule actually limitedQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:00:47Could a mass of sloops threaten a battleship?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:40:19Australia's cancelled interwar naval programChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:48:48Britain's case for steady escort constructionChapter
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...45:23South Africa and the neglected Cape sea routeNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture4:09:53Why anti-submarine escorts still needed deck gunsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture4:16:09Why a U-boat gun victory over an escort would still be a trapQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:38:50River-class frigates as an earlier Flower replacementQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:31:40Interwar yard closures reduced escort-building depthQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:54:28What a two-shaft Flower-class corvette would costQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:31:55More prewar sloops would multiply escort capacityQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:21:09Small escort orders can alter a war's openingNotable Point
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)6:26Coastal convoys and the escort raceNotable Point
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)30:40A floor plot recreates uncertainty at seaNotable Point
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)33:45Raspberry hunts a U-boat inside the convoyChapter
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)39:20Pineapple and Banana separate pack from single-boat attacksChapter
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 520:41Convoy escort and uncertain U-boat claimsChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney12:03Where armed merchant ships could strengthen convoysQ&A
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 334:17Warspite races north after Rawalpindi is sunkNotable Point
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...46:37Cossack's loss and the destroyer's vulnerable routine missionNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...41:29An escort mission tests fleet concentration against attacks from several directionsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:45:15How could a Halifax-based battleship escort convoys across the Atlantic?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:16:46Could U.S. standard battleships escort western Atlantic convoys under neutrality patrols?Q&A
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?2:07:00Destroyer convoy defence and access to torpedo rangeNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...2:27:47Concentrating the fleet and removing escorts firstChapter
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...3:30:46How R-class escorts could constrain BismarckQ&A
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:22:50Cruisers and destroyers made fleet strength deeperChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine55:19Ryujo's second hangar overwhelmed a light hullChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine58:07Ryujo suggests an alternative light-carrier treaty categoryNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:21:31Retaining Town-class cruisers as ocean escortsQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation32:48The limits of a small fighter carrierQ&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:51:52Bastions and convoys demand different NATO fleetsNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron36:06Plymouth becomes the blockade's support baseNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron39:35Why fourth rates could protect British supply convoysNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:07:52Escort growth could outpace German U-boat expansion before 1942Notable Point
- 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
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century6:06Why sinkings alone distort submarine warfareNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century54:30Convoys, ASDIC, and the real objective of anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:08:58Wolf packs versus the Atlantic escort systemChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:28:19Mediterranean submarines under constant air and surface pressureChapter
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:23:00Why French silver convoys needed large escort squadronsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response53:05Would surviving First World War ships stay in service?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?55:03Why fast battleships fit roles battlecruisers could notNotable Point
- 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
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class46:41Sloop capacity, anti-submarine cover, and Far East readinessNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:21:39Fairmile C stopgap gunboatsNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:47:04American PGM gunboats and the PT-boat speed mismatchNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:19:56How did sloops serve beyond the battle fleet?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:24:36Were Flower-class corvettes converted fishing vessels?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:38:08Fairmile C interim motor gunboatsChapter
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia32:35HMS Hyena and the First Fleet's ocean escortNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)1:13:08HMS Hyena, the fleet's armed escortChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind49:25Gunboats and sloops as force multipliersNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:34:57Black Swan and Hunt classes fit low-threat trade protectionQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat45:15An N3 escort would make a convoy untouchable to German raidersQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:19:35Courageous and Glorious as 15-inch cruiser huntersQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:31:45Depth charges by total kills, Hedgehog by wartime effectQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:01:56How an extended Pacific war would redirect Atlantic escortsQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:14:22Why Britain occupied Iceland in 1940Notable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:22:07How a German attack on Ireland could aid Atlantic convoysQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:27:01Irish convoy assembly and forward escort basesNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:30:33Norway: mutual support and pilot attritionChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat26:27The Steep Atlantic on convoy life and wartime careersChapter
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response34:16Spanish Civil War lessons and Sverdlov's diplomatic weightNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response1:04:32How Sverdlovs complicated NATO's anti-submarine effortNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1246:22HMS Sutlej's escort, training, and convoy careerChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:06:36Bacchante's gunfire support at GallipoliChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)0:35The first-class protected cruiser as a reaction forceChapter
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers19:58The larger Soviet task-group vision behind SverdlovNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers1:26:40A raider could damage the global economy without sinking every merchant shipChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:14:16How old battleships deterred German surface raidersQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:10:02Friendly-fire confusion preceded Lord Stonehaven's loss to an E-boatChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:03:31The Hunt class was Britain's overlooked mass-produced light destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:18:03John Lambert's drawings expose the engineering detail of escort weaponsChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:48:52Plan books and biographies open routes into Black Swan and Captain Walker researchQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:38:33Why Britain traded capital-ship work for escortsQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:17:11How old battleships deterred convoy raidersQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History52:07The escort surge's hidden cost in carrier strengthNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:55:03Why Hood and Prince of Wales lacked Tribal escortsQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:16:08Prefabricated escorts met established shipyard practiceNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers48:20Phoenix escapes Pearl Harbor and guards the route to AustraliaChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:41:10Falklands logistics show why near-peer wars stay difficultNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:41Why trade-protection carriers stalled before the warChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations10:33Convoy survival is the measure of anti-submarine successNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations36:10MAC ships bridge the gap to true escort carriersNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations44:20Winchester Castle shows the scale of a multi-role conversionNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations52:23The Swordfish makes small convoy flight decks practicalNotable Point
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide46:48Adelaide intercepts the blockade runner RamsesChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France15:56The Atlantic force and Béarn's convoy roleChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France28:32Division of labour creates Allied freedom of manoeuvreNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?30:18Why Béarn could serve as an escort carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?47:55What seven battleships and seventy-four submarines addChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:37:11What Jellicoe and Fisher might demand with twenty years' warningQ&A
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1131:40USS Columbia shifts from prestige cruiser to convoy escortChapter
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1143:27USS Minneapolis combines diplomacy, science, and escort workChapter
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina4:25Duca d'Aosta in the Mediterranean warChapter
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina5:32Mediterranean convoys as full-spectrum combatNotable Point
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina19:48Trading a few knots for a more viable Duca d'Aosta classChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:00:15Living conditions aboard a Flower-class corvetteQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:09:36Project Habakkuk as an Atlantic sea baseQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:08:49From Project 65 to the Sverdlov classChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments47:16Building naval counterfactuals from contemporary argumentsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments1:00:15Why Japan needed an earlier mass escort programQ&A
- Town Class (1911): Chathams25:05HMAS Sydney protects Australia's early wartime operationsChapter
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:45:34How to classify the Oliver Hazard Perry classQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194211:40A submarine-only Kriegsmarine simplified Allied defenceChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194214:10Escort production and crew survival defeated U-boat qualityChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19427:11Why Britain and America exchanged different kinds of naval supportNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19429:20Earlier sloop construction could free fast destroyers for carriersNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194220:17The RCN became essential to the Battle of the AtlanticChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194112:12Italy's capital ships deepen its escort shortageNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194123:40Disperse at Pearl Harbor and accelerate escortsChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments25:34How surface raiders reshape the convoy war without fightingChapter
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina27:38Nightfall reverses the balance at First SirteChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194011:21Italy's North African supply problem before entering the warChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194017:34The Kriegsmarine's missing balanced task groupChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194033:44Combined threats overload defenses from 1940 to todayNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194038:14Closing problem: how Italy could expand its escort forceNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194022:10Scapa Flow defenses and convertible fleet oilersNotable Point
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?10:26Why total cruiser tonnage constrained strategyNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193911:19The missing logistics behind the Southern Resource AreaChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193922:12Fuel reserves and production scale for the Regia MarinaChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.26:16An interwar sloop program could have transformed convoy defenseChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.56:47Why British ASW construction still arrived lateQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:45:00A Commonwealth sloop programme transforms convoy readinessChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:00:14South African shipbuilding could guard the Cape routesChapter
- Ruse de guerre38:05Flower-class sloops bridge Q-ships and escortsChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare50:18The China Fleet carries immense value with one brig for escortChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare1:15:45Dance did not plan a sacrificial last standQ&A
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:07:49Disguised raiders stretch British protection worldwideChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:27:25Why a slow R-class battleship could deter a raiderQ&A
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:32:25A raider's value exceeds the ships it sinksQ&A
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina13:27Why commerce raiding poorly matched Italy's geographyNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina32:01Giussano class: what 37 knots costChapter
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina56:02Convoy defense neutralizes a cruiser's speed advantageNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine37:33Mediterranean geography narrows the cruiser missionChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)33:02Western Mediterranean geography favored speed and air defenseChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:05:09French eight-inch ships as fast first-class cruisersChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)43:36Why a large ASW frigate still needs general-purpose defensesQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions36:01Moving Atlantic escorts to the Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:57:27How one old battleship could deter two German raidersNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?0:31The cruising role before cruisersChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:32:19How a stronger Taranto raid could change the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:56:28Why speed does not let Bismarck defeat an R-class escortQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:46:39Why small cruisers underpin a fleet's real reachChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)1:01:08Frigates sustain blockade, supply, and informationNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:14:55The unused treaty opportunity to build hundreds of sloopsChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:21:21Why convoy sloops should not become second-rate destroyersQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:29:51Why interwar sloops could still take wartime sensorsNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:42:18The missing sloops were a political choice, not a treaty limitNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)3:01:52How the Royal Naval Reserve could man a larger sloop forceQ&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)57:38The sloop exemption and proposed design limitsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)1:00:01The missed opportunity to mass-produce treaty-exempt sloopsChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)1:02:52Sloops and destroyers against a converted merchant raiderNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)1:05:00How escort mass could disrupt U-boat learningNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)3:10British submarine bans versus ASW investmentNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)7:13Unlimited sloops for anti-submarine warfareChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)8:21A Commonwealth escort industrial baseNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)12:18Japan's missed escort opportunityNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)17:08The treaties did not cause the escort shortageNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)36:24Escort effects accumulate across the fleetNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)38:24River-class performance was treaty-compatibleChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)41:42Defensive construction as a peaceful signalNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)47:43Submarine war shifts from quantity to technologyNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)51:43Interwar escort advocates lacked supportNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)49:23Why unlimited sloops cannot replace destroyersChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)51:23Old escorts preserve the modern striking forceNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)22:55Pensacola escorts a vital reinforcement convoy to AustraliaChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)29:14HMS Challenger confirms Challenger DeepChapter
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy1:18:44HMS Challenger as survey ship, escort, and test bedChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN24:33An uncrewed Flower-class concept for future convoy escortQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:25:33Canada's vast Battle of the Atlantic escort fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:42:12Heavy cruisers escorted convoys for the threat that might appearQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:41:19London Treaty scope for a larger sloop forceNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:47:56When ASDIC exercises met a different warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)18:46Why the Grimsby-class sloops earned a good reputationQ&A
- Duquesne class, Marine National (Long Patrol)12:12When speed stops being protectionNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)22:01Convoy duty can cancel a fast escort's escape optionNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)0:31Why Britain and Spain relied on cruisers overseasChapter
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)1:28Why a raider might avoid a convoy it could defeatNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)24:45A destroyer rear guard protects shipping near ValenciaNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)25:13From Príncipe Alfonso to Libertad and GaliciaNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)25:48Exeter's escort role and Far East deploymentNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)27:58Exeter arrived too late to reinforce Force ZNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)33:47York as a transport, towing, and convoy cruiserChapter
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)35:48A two-ship order defeated the quantity argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:43:49French destroyer doctrine and the missing escort roleQ&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)34:49Bathurst corvettes and hydrography as naval logisticsNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)19:03Italian speed doctrine meets the escort problemChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)39:14Soviet destroyers as coalition observersNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)54:02Poland builds a Baltic light surface forceChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)56:33Royal Navy destroyers for global commitmentsChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion5:00Why the Royal Navy retained six-inch cruisersNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)27:24A presence cruiser rather than a battle-line brawlerNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)29:52How escaped French destroyers could serve BritainQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:01:10Why HMS Swift needed sisters to become a capabilityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:14:52Why pre-war MAC ships could blunt the U-boat campaignQ&A
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)37:46A Far Eastern war changes Britain's building prioritiesNotable Point
- 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
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:52:02Convoy merchant ships were protected targets, not baitQ&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)22:20Escort production separated Britain from Japan in submarine warNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:35:50A heavily armed convoy escort depends on the warQ&A
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)14:05Why County cruisers were not built for one enemyChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)24:29Dorsetshire's Hipper hunt and Halifax-to-Basra troop convoyChapter
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)19:19Lake-class cutters as wartime escortsChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment57:40Lake-class cutters as Atlantic convoy escortsNotable Point
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)6:04Revenue cutters in American warsChapter
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)10:01Convoy warfare and a cutter's combat roleNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)30:11Battlecruisers fought as groups, not solo test casesNotable Point
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)22:31HMS Duke of Edinburgh in distant serviceChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)30:14Black Prince before the Grand FleetChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)1:11:39The class’s lost place after the battlecruiserNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)8:40How cruiser types divided the work of economic warfareNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)28:28Devonshire's war ranged from Free French operations to the Eastern FleetChapter
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions25:50What extra anti-aircraft cruisers would give the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:54:51HMS Hampshire and the neglected power of minesQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:42:23Why worn Town-class destroyers still matteredQ&A
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)27:49HMS Adventure's adaptable service careerChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)39:45HMS Attentive in war: bombardment, raids and escortChapter
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:49:16What PQ 17's escort layers reveal about coalition fleet organizationNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:08:16Why British convoys still needed heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:38:41Why one County cruiser could deter a pocket battleshipNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:02:45Why escort carriers mattered beyond convoy air coverQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:39:13Obsolescence did not end every warship's usefulnessQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:48:14Escort, fleet, and large fleet destroyersQ&A
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued42:36Berwick from West Indies patrols to Force HChapter
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued44:15Berwick’s convoy defence against Admiral HipperChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)52:42Why The Cruel Sea feels authenticQ&A
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)4:58Why one escort design could not suit every stationNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)18:40How escort roles shaped speed, weapons, and enduranceChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)23:39Sloops as long-range anti-submarine convoy escortsChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)29:53Hunt-class destroyers in escort and carrier defenceChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)42:37Why one escort could not easily destroy a submarineNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)43:10The escort programme was built for a later warNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...29:56Why fleets still need sloops and corvettesQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...36:18How Operation Torch temporarily thinned Atlantic convoy escortsQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:13:42Older dreadnoughts could still guard convoysQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)25:32What balloon-towing auxiliaries could - and could not - do for convoysNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?51:41When an LHD or LHA can serve as an escort carrierQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat16:25Greek pre-dreadnoughts as deterrent escortsQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:57:41Why older warships remain useful in reserveQ&A
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol18:01What an armed merchant cruiser could actually doChapter
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol1:03:31Armed merchant cruisers as a wartime force multiplierNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:18:44Canada's Second World War navy grew around escort warfareChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:30:38Could China's submarine fleet recreate an Atlantic-style convoy battle?Q&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:06:25Heavy cover for convoys threatened by TirpitzQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:10:05A surviving pre-dreadnought still deters raidersQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol2:32Squadrons that could have transformed TrafalgarChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol14:57Continuous war as a professional filterChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:33:16What made Trafalgar decisiveChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion7:54HMS Calcutta draws the Rochefort squadron awayNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:56:19Why the U.S. Navy cannot shrink an escort much below a frigateQ&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol6:51Five admiralties in a divided Dutch naval systemChapter
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol10:26From a proposed union to the Battle of DoverChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:00:26German ASW investment could protect convoys, not win sea controlNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:37:00What an upgraded R class could still do at 23 knotsQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:59:25Why American submarines strangled Japan more effectivelyQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli28:37Comparing Italian, Japanese, and German fleet balanceChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:58:59Could U-boats report that escorts were disappearing?Q&A
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany7:54CAM ships, MAC ships, and escort carriersChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany9:37How MAC-ship conversion moved from idea to serviceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany11:17MAC squadrons and their Atlantic convoy recordChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz17:16Plan Z meets industrial capacity and escort productionChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War0:30Whitby and the specialist convoy escortChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War3:12Whiskey-class numbers revive the Atlantic escort problemChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out8:43Fast submarines still had to find the convoyNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:18:34The Deutschland class as an industrial compromiseNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:51:41Treaty loopholes and the missing sloop fleetChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:06:13How late did Flower-class construction begin?Q&A
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea18:25Sloops could build escorts and shipyard capacityChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea22:42Why the escort shortage was hard to foreseeNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)11:52How Commonwealth sloops could reshape Far East defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:06:39Type XXI submarines and the Allied escort problemQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:22:07Close escort and distant cover in convoy defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)46:39The case for a concrete convoy sloopQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)48:29Using surplus pre-dreadnoughts away from the battle lineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:51:53What pre-dreadnoughts did in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:12:13HMS Centurion as decoy and anti-aircraft escortQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:34:50A Falklands-era task force at Operation PedestalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:52:00San Giorgio as bombardment ship and convoy guardQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class8:24Why sloops offered a low-escalation rearmament optionNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response3:03Mass production needs combat contextQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response5:17Logistics shapes the escort forceNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response7:00Hedgehog changes the anti-submarine attackQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response10:04U-boat speed depended on staying surfacedNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response10:16Black Swan sloops were not coast-only escortsQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response24:23Escort designs still take time to deliverQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response26:16Submarine investment still forces Allied choicesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response36:14A balanced fleet for several threatsNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:24:29Yamashio Maru and the Army's small anti-submarine carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:34:17Army-Navy duplication weakened Japan's escort-carrier effortNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:38:19Why Japan needed both fleet and escort carriersQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:43:50Could unconverted Ise-class battleships have served elsewhere?Q&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions26:43Why pausing carrier construction did not solve the escort problemQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions38:50Armor supply, escort building, and carrier delaysQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions52:55Carriers, destroyers, and the industrial tradeoffQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:33:15When long guns or carronades decided a frigate fightQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:40:13Post ships and the lower boundary of a Royal Navy frigateChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:01:54Japan began a naval war without its support systemQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:10:03A practical 1941 role for HMS HermesQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune12:29Convoy protection before prize chasingNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191018:22Distributed armament preserves options in a running fightNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190817:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 319:21How one convoy loss delayed an entire supply systemNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190613:03Why British battlecruisers threatened rival commerceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190616:35The South Carolina class as a conservative American dreadnoughtChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:26:02Why the PQ 17 disaster could not simply be repeatedQ&A
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?1:12:14A plausible NATO convoy escort mixes carriers, cruisers, and frigatesChapter
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?1:44:45Are modern merchant ships worth scarce torpedoes?Q&A
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?1:49:51What could Canada contribute to the Atlantic battle?Q&A
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?2:14:34ASW pressure attacks a submarine commander's confidenceNotable Point
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?2:43:45Which NATO platforms might perform better than expected?Q&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces41:26Sherbrooke shields convoy JW 51B in the Barents SeaChapter
- Prince Philips Navy37:03How Flower-class corvettes mixed reservists and wartime crewsQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy38:16Why the aging Revenge class remained usefulChapter
- Prince Philips Navy1:08:00HMS Wallace as a WAIR anti-aircraft escort conversionChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:45:31Irish bases and the protection of the Western ApproachesNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:46:06A disagreement over interwar preparation for convoy defenceNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers38:02Far Eastern escorts followed speed and cargoQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:16:42Tiger had a limited radar-picket roleQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:05:30Life and work aboard a wartime escort carrierChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:01:36The Fairey Fulmar's record against Axis air powerNotable Point
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies2:27:24The Yalu convoy and fleet battleChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA26:44Termination clauses and neutrality limits contain the new powerChapter
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...39:02Escort-carrier doctrine before HMS AudacityQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:13:41Why the fifty old destroyers were a separate bargainQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland16:02Why the Narvik-class label can obscure German destroyer groupsNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland16:50Uganda's 30-knot escort of RMS Queen MaryNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda4:28Trinidad's own torpedo during convoy PQ 13Chapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda10:13Colony frigates adapted British escorts to American productionChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda17:18Jamaica moves from Operation Torch back to Arctic coverNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks11:01A merchant carrier combines several services into one crewNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks11:53Flight-deck teamwork reduces a convoy carrier's exposureNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-935:17Fleet numbers, specialist ships, and wartime reuseNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:36:09Why the Otranto Barrage remained porousQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 17813:29Two unusually even fleets meet at Dogger BankChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 16968:40A French frigate force finds a lightly protected Dutch convoyChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 16969:32How merchantmen could be assigned convoy-defense dutyNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 169613:55The Dutch escorts hold for three hours before command collapsesChapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:08:50Atlantic shipping losses, escort growth and U-boat crewsNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:48:05Warships that fought far above their apparent weightQ&A
- Bruships 34: Random History1:47:44A battle fleet built for a blockade that never cameNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:55:30What should the Royal Navy have changed after the Falklands War?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History2:26:17Castle-class corvettes ship by shipChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History2:34:20Gibraltar convoys, escort carriers and refuelling dutiesNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History3:47:50A stronger prewar British anti-submarine fleetQ&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)15:39The Lipari defeat makes Dutch intervention necessaryNotable Point
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:11:01Fleet lists reveal Stromboli's communications and logisticsChapter
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:50:03A battered French fleet still completes its convoy missionQ&A
- Paddle Ships at War2:34:56Paddle minesweepers and convoy escorts in both world warsChapter
- Paddle Ships at War2:45:18Why navies retained paddle warships into World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:58:16Which ship class had the greatest impact on the Second World War?Q&A
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions10:08Warships covering the Greek evacuation refuel and return with almost no restNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books1:27:30Empire Rising: convoy escort and delayed intelligenceChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:41:47A Black Swan sloop programme could have transformed early-war convoy escortNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:53:41Swordfish fly from escort and merchant aircraft carriersQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard55:06Did Fisher shape the Royal Navy of World War II?Q&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:18:31How older cruisers could deter surface raidersNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:24:19The escort shortage behind early convoy reluctanceChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:33:20Why early submarines did not erase the surface escortNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:14:46Fisher's cuts as a strategic trade-offChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:15:56How escort scarcity encouraged German submarine investmentNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)22:51The convoy-escort value Fisher discardedQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)26:20Armour that could deter a surface raiderNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War54:22The fleet operation surrounding the Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:01:32Trading an R-class battleship for Tribal destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:28:37Why small destroyers still matter in convoy workQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:52:05Harpoon's close escort faces air and surface attackNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:27:19Sydney's final convoy escortNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 4: HMS Polyanthus0:57From convoy sloop to disguised submarine trapNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol4:52Sloops as the escort-development templateNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol6:18The First World War Flower-class legacyChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol20:12Trade protection as a naval priorityChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol38:11Sloops in task-force doctrine and command trainingChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol1:02:38HMS Rochester's wartime conversionNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol1:04:27Peacetime presence and wartime escortChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol1:07:08HMS Bittern at NamsosNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 35:08Layering escorts against E-boat attacksNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 316:09Ambushing an attacker that must approach the convoyNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers9:38A small air group sustaining continuous patrolsNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 211:59Frigates as the eyes and working fleetNotable Point
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/39:47PQ 17's escorts and distant covering forcesChapter
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/35:34HMS Ayrshire and wartime reserve commandNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/37:09Flower corvettes: slow but handy convoy escortsNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/39:02Reserve crews turned corvettes into crew projectsNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/315:05Why a simple escort still took almost a yearNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/318:13Trawlers as the convoy war's mass escort forceNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/320:40Why small escorts could not solve the surface-raider threatChapter
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/310:28Axis aircraft threatened convoys beyond direct bombingNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/312:53Why wartime submarines targeted escortsNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/317:25PQ 18 and the cost of a full convoy screenNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/318:41Distant cover guarded convoys against surface raidersNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...23:56Folkestone's emergency dash to TsingtaoNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...27:48Why a cruiser would not tow the merchant awayQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...37:06HMS Folkestone from the Persian Gulf to Atlantic convoysNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 431:56Rebuilding E-class cruisers for raider and convoy workChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 412:59An old cruiser makes convoy attacks costlyNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 424:48Hawkins hulls offer room for a heavier conversionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 439:30A nominally neutral America as a Pacific supply baseNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 447:52Canada and Germany's uneven naval mobilisationNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 449:39Mediterranean sea control protects the Suez routeChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 410:12How a Pacific-first war changes British procurementNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald20:06A gold convoy disguised as an eastern deploymentChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald22:18Comparing cruiser answers to a Deutschland raiderNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald23:29Why battleship cover mattered against a DeutschlandNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN0:52Why destroyers need reach and speedChapter
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)2:39Why the Royal Navy needed pre-Tribal destroyersChapter
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.14:50Wellington and the Royal Navy balanced escort prioritiesNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You16:37Spica-class boats in the convoy warNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You23:07Why the little ships mattered in massChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You29:33Future wars will still need cheap escort massNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:21:30Hunt-class escorts and adapted V and W destroyersNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?52:52Commercial contracts as an escort reserveQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:10:10Why older destroyer hulls still matter in early ASW warQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:14:48The V and W destroyers' second life as escortsQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:45:49Sloops could reduce the early-war escort gapQ&A
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan20:00Concentrate the battle fleet and convoy escorts at CeylonChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers6:43Numbers, experience, and new ASW weaponsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers11:27How 56 V and W destroyers filled three escort rolesChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers18:09The multinational mid-ocean escort systemNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers23:30Reserve escorts and the ability to surgeNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers31:01Treaty-era escort designs and the cost of too little warningChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates5:50Operation Paukenschlag and the shortage of escortsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates12:21Why a frigate had to fight a surfaced U-boatNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops8:01Why sloops set the escort standardChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops10:25The Bittern class as a multi-role sloopNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops23:05Why escort carriers needed fighters as well as ASW aircraftNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops25:18Heavy fleet units answer the surface-raider threatNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops27:42PQ 18 measures success by merchant arrivalsChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...6:13ASDIC, depth charges, and the convoy missionChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...16:13Measuring Flower-class success by cargo deliveredNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...17:13Castle corvettes and the speed problemNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...18:17Why escorts prosecuted uncertain contactsChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 43:59The Royal Navy's six-hundred-strong trawler fleetChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 48:52Small ships carried convoys and gave reservists commandNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 411:03Why a Hill-class trawler complicated a U-boat attackChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 416:48Gabbiano corvettes show what naval standards addedChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 422:38Dispersed Flower production created a propulsion smorgasbordNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 425:43Mass-produced Flowers made Atlantic convoy coverage possibleChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 431:51Castle-class corvettes paired long range with SquidChapter
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war13:55The Basset class as an economical convoy defenderChapter
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war16:16The Basset class as a risk-fleet escortNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war45:07Halcyons and Bangors combined sweeping with escort workNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:27:39Finding mines in the Irish SeaQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:39:40Depth charging fish shoals after Operation TorchNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:41:21How Q-ships changed submarine risk calculationsNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:11:21Using treaty rules to build more ocean escortsQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:23:08Japan's neglected need for convoy escortsQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:28:45Why River frigates displaced Castle corvettesQ&A
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 234:17Spica-class torpedo boats sustained Italy's convoy warChapter
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)14:09HMS Folkestone, the little ship that couldNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A10:53Why Fraser left the Tribals guarding the North Cape convoysNotable Point
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 19291:01:43Exercise OD rehearsed convoy interception and night battleChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:15:32How British carriers operated in wartimeQ&A
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192125:15Japan's naval and military contribution in the First World WarChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?7:51The sloop label survived changing hulls and missionsNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?24:01Endurance for global convoy escortChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?31:37HMS Bramble fought Admiral HipperNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?37:15Kingfisher experiments prepared commercial yardsChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?39:50Bittern design linked peacetime needs to wartime escortsChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?53:10A peacetime convoy escort force estimateQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?58:11Could sloops lead groups of smaller escorts?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?59:18Were Bitterns really flak sloops?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:08:53Sloop trials shaped Flower-class corvettesQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:22:55Why naval presence is hard to measureNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!49:42HMS Argus and the escort-carrier ideaChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!52:17How much prewar thought lay behind MAC shipsQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream13:12Tribal destroyers sweeping ahead of Arctic convoysChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile32:13Operation Substance and layered Malta convoy defenseChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile35:20Motor torpedo boats, early radar, and convoy geometryNotable Point
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile40:43Operation Halberd against air and surface threatsChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile51:08Arctic convoy organization and Edinburgh's early runsChapter
- Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video4:10Surface raiders could draw escorts from critical routesNotable Point
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)1:04Why the Tribal class became back-pocket cruisersChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)10:17The 4th Destroyer Flotilla hunts BismarckChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)29:32HMS Somali charged an Italian battleship while destroyers screened the convoyChapter