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- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?0:40Why successful destroyers invite larger designsChapter
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- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?16:49How destroyer leaders could release cruisers for global dutiesNotable Point
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- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?42:23Parker-class leaders continue a proven wartime designChapter
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?46:28Later leaders fulfil Swift's fast-leader ambitionChapter
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?48:28Ordinary destroyers absorb the leader's workNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?49:54Could Dido cruisers have led more Tribal flotillas?Notable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?51:19Why adopting destroyer leaders required institutional riskNotable Point
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- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...11:55Leningrad leaders and the scale of a destroyer forceChapter
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...14:32Leningrad's guns, torpedoes and fast minelaying roleNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...16:22Rebuilding shipbuilding skill through achievable designsNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...18:09Leningrad's speed, sensors and limited cruising enduranceNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...47:52Tashkent's enclosed gun mounts and limited protectionChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...14:44Faulknor-class Chilean orders and destroyer-leader lessonsChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...21:43Marksman-class leaders: size, weapons and minelayingChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...23:00How destroyer leaders commanded flotillasChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...29:36Parker-class improvements to the destroyer leaderChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:03:07Shakespeare-class leaders: command space and a fifth gunChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:08:59Admiralty flotilla leaders and their fighting layoutChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:10:54Mission creep and wartime destroyer growthNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:17:31A Canadian destroyer leader inspired by Type 055Q&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:04:56USS Norfolk and the limits of an all-3-inch batteryQ&A
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers26:55Porter turned the destroyer leader into a scouting weaponChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:27:35Somers combined leader firepower with long-range flexibilityChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:27:59Somers concentrated twelve torpedoes in one salvoNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:36:58What four destroyers in each appropriation might have changedNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:33:11Ticonderoga began as a destroyer leaderChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...47:29HMS Swift, an expensive destroyer-leader experimentChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:21:38What if HMS Swift had become the standard flotilla leader?Notable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?5:33Flotillas group destroyers and other small combatantsChapter
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:02The larger Flight III destroyer leader recalled from the 1980sNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:54USS Norfolk's combat battery and peacetime limitationsQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:55Royal Navy dual-purpose guns and the Dido roleQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:39Why the Capitani Romani straddled cruiser and destroyer categoriesQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:07A Canadian equivalent to a large destroyer leaderQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order40:43The cruiser duties imposed on Ticonderoga's hullNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?40:43Why Ticonderoga became a cruiser on paperNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series29:43Cruiser labels prompt an objection about destroyer-leader originsNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:57Type 82, Long Beach and the first TiconderogasQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:13:08Ticonderoga and Type 82 were not direct equivalentsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:04:35Dido and Atlanta solved different cruiser problemsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:17:38Why the Juneau class fits better among destroyer leadersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:15:55How navies defined the destroyer leader differentlyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:24:51Why Norfolk's destroyer-leader label did not require heavier gunsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:26:58Did the Mitschers work better after refit?Q&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:33Double-displacement destroyer leaders under treaty rulesQ&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)59:04Autoloaders and large destroyers redraw the cruiser hierarchyChapter
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?2:15USS Long Beach and the nuclear cruiser ideaChapter
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:14US destroyer leaders and guided-missile developmentQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:11HMS Malcolm as a Scott-class destroyer leaderQ&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?35:18Why the Atlanta duplicated destroyer capabilityChapter
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:32Why Atlanta-class cruisers struggled outside the destroyer-leader roleNotable Point
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership3:16:51How a 2,250-ton destroyer limit turns Tribals into light cruisersQ&A
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- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:05:33Henderson's large-destroyer doctrineNotable Point
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- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:38:15HMS Swift, larger destroyers, and earlier Flower-class sloopsChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!37:57Destroyer leaders as substitutes for scarce cruisersNotable Point
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- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!14:56A 3,000-ton Tribal-class destroyer leaderQ&A
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- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough4:10Fourth rates and the cruiser-leader roleNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?57:18Cruiser labels versus the independent cruising roleNotable Point
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response4:49Destroyer leaders, frigates, and changing US labelsQ&A
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- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses16:21The Second Five-Year Plan meets shipyard capacityChapter
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- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:53:41Why naval treaties needed a destroyer-leader categoryQ&A
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- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...3:07:44The Italian super-destroyer as a small cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:27:10Destroyer growth made the separate leader category disappearQ&A
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- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?37:42French rebuilding confirmed the destroyer-leader interpretationNotable Point
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- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)23:06Brooklyn and Omaha cruisers in the 1939 battle forceChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)12:00The London Treaty's destroyer rulesChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)26:28Historical ceilings produced small destroyer fleetsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)29:34A 10:10:7:4:4 destroyer settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)42:11Make the flotilla the treaty unitChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)1:02:51Steady cruiser construction and national force coverageChapter
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature52:52Modern cruiser labels partly descend from destroyer leadersQ&A
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)7:11When a destroyer leader counted as a cruiserNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:15:39French and Soviet destroyer forces without their intended fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:04:15Warships that filled the Tribal role before the TribalsQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers7:41Scout cruisers: information and destroyer leadershipNotable Point
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- Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated11:15What the Tribal-class destroyers were designed to doChapter
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/47:35A light cruiser leading destroyers in the MediterraneanChapter
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- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN9:48G- and H-class leaders: Grenville and HardyChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN15:06Brazilian H-class orders and HMS InglefieldNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)9:05HMS Amazon and the prototype leader ideaChapter
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)11:15How an interwar destroyer flotilla was organizedNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)12:40HMS Codrington and the A-class leaderChapter
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)16:22HMS Keith and the B-class size dilemmaNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)20:06The C-class and the cost of cutting a flotillaNotable Point
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