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Dry Docks

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  1. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:14:48Building a battleship from stockpiled componentsQ&A
  2. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    33:00Dry-dock capacity and fleet availabilityNotable Point
  3. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:34:24Overseas bases need docks, stores, and training facilitiesChapter
  4. Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?
    1:50:40Rebuilding industry and explaining the need for defenceNotable Point
  5. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    15:39Frigate age, destroyer dry docks and interrupted replacement ordersNotable Point
  6. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:01:36Launching methods and the balance between construction and fitting outQ&A
  7. William Adams - the English Samurai from the 17th Century... whose memorial I stumbled into!
    1:03:17A dry dock for future shipbuilding and tradeChapter
  8. William Adams - the English Samurai from the 17th Century... whose memorial I stumbled into!
    1:47:47What 'sailor' and 'teacher' obscure about AdamsNotable Point
  9. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    21:18Why Type 45 destroyers could remain until 2040Notable Point
  10. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    52:32Dry docks and the reputation of idle warshipsNotable Point
  11. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:12:44Astute sea trials and the dry-dock bottleneckQ&A
  12. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:15:30Dry docks, slipways and basinsNotable Point
  13. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    49:56The economics of repairing Minsk after a fireQ&A
  14. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:43:01Astute availability and the dry-dock bottleneckQ&A
  15. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:47:15Russian dry docks and maintenance capacityQ&A
  16. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:47:47Canadian docks and nuclear certificationNotable Point
  17. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:49:15Dry-dock funding in defence investment plansQ&A
  18. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:51:20Restoring a dock for submarine decommissioningNotable Point
  19. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:24:24Certification for a private submarine dry dockQ&A
  20. Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...
    3:47How neglected dry docks reduce fleet availabilityNotable Point
  21. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:54:38Dry-dock capacity controls warship availabilityNotable Point
  22. Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:15:40Submarine dock capacity and fragmented Astute constructionNotable Point
  23. Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous
    3:33:16Where could England accommodate a new large shipyard?Q&A
  24. Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:41:52The space and refit constraints on expanding a nuclear shipyardNotable Point
  25. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:42HMS President's funding and dry-dock problemQ&A
  26. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    2:37:47Would dockyard capacity limit the larger battleships?Q&A
  27. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    53:14Large naval drones still need scarce dry docksQ&A
  28. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:53:58What determines a modern warship hull's service lifeQ&A
  29. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:55:26Sea-level rise and shipyard resilienceQ&A
  30. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:23:03Dry-dock neglect turns submarine savings into a backlog billChapter
  31. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:31:20Submarine expansion requires docks, manufacturing space and trained workersNotable Point
  32. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    3:45:36Floating dry docks are no longer available off the shelfQ&A
  33. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    51:56Type 83, Type 32, and the risks behind an Anglo-Dutch LHD planQ&A
  34. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    57:24Type 45 replacement delays, hull life, and dry docksNotable Point
  35. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:54:44Rosyth expansion versus Devonport's military lakeQ&A
  36. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:11:31Other uses for a mile-long seasteading ship's dry dockQ&A
  37. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:26:39Which imperial territories planned docks for Hood, G3, and N3?Q&A
  38. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:46:53Floating dry docks as a bridge to fixed-dock modernizationQ&A
  39. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:48:00Imperial dry docks for Hood, G3, and N3-size shipsQ&A
  40. Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:30:36Yarrow's three dry docks and Type 26 capacityQ&A
  41. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    45:52Floating dry docks need orders that British yards can justifyNotable Point
  42. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    49:09Wars-of-choice planning left too few auxiliariesNotable Point
  43. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    50:57A national drydocks board for mobile repair capacityNotable Point
  44. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    1:11:53A large floating dry dock can take six yearsQ&A
  45. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    1:14:50Concrete floating docks and the Mulberry comparisonQ&A
  46. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    1:15:47Why foreign orders may not sustain a floating-dock programmeQ&A
  47. The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not
    3:01:05A small navy still needs multiple maintenance slotsQ&A
  48. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    27:02Royal Navy infrastructure supported expansion in the 1840sQ&A
  49. Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:25:03Dry docks turn fleet numbers into usable shipsQ&A
  50. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:44:22G3, N3, and the limits of gun-calibre classificationsQ&A
  51. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    2:41:28Larger capital ships sustain Canadian drydock constructionQ&A
  52. Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?
    1:03:30Yard switching and dry-dock bottlenecksChapter
  53. Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?
    1:09:05The six-ship readiness model assumed a predictable worldChapter
  54. Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?
    16:25Missile barges create an escort chainChapter
  55. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:02:36Refurbishment needed before British dry docks can expand productionQ&A
  56. Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:28:43Dockyard capacity in an emergency Type 83 scenarioQ&A
  57. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:50:39Why a carrier-sized dry dock still needs investmentQ&A
  58. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:19:28Dry docks, cannibalization, and Royal Navy readinessQ&A
  59. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:22:37Impero loses parts and dock time before completionNotable Point
  60. why do historians seem to become nutty professors so easily?
    0:39What building work reveals about shipyards and dry docksChapter
  61. Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?
    52:11Dockyard investment makes rapid refitting possibleNotable Point
  62. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:58:03Where extra Royal Navy money should go firstQ&A
  63. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    2:15:22Why smaller navies cannot simply choose bigger shipsQ&A
  64. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    2:06:24How liner competition built naval infrastructureQ&A
  65. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    2:07:50How a dry dock can also open at both endsQ&A
  66. Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust
    7:30:17Preserving shipyards and building larger, movable dry docksNotable Point
  67. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    2:01:55Why USS Olympia needs expensive underwater preservationQ&A
  68. Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:38:27Dry-dock length limits practical carrier sizeNotable Point
  69. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:42:42How navies maintained hulls during wartimeQ&A
  70. Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    27:42Australian dry docks could support the China StationQ&A
  71. What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?
    1:00:38An intact fleet breaks the historical 5:5:3 ratioChapter
  72. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:56:12Dominion battlecruisers as dry-dock policyQ&A
  73. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?
    37:58Lexington prompted new docks while British designs had to fit existing basesNotable Point
  74. Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction
    52:12G3 and N3 designs fit imperial dockyards and treaty expectationsChapter
  75. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:13:43Where Britain should invest defense-infrastructure fundingQ&A
  76. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:00How 1920s US infrastructure investment could reshape naval competitionQ&A
  77. Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned
    1:17:30How Japanese bases and political support sustained operationsNotable Point
  78. Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:57:51When World War II submarines needed dry dockingQ&A
  79. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:20:19When beaching capital ships for repairs stopped workingQ&A
  80. Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    36:54Can aerial bombs destroy dry docks?Q&A
  81. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!
    1:24:34St Nazaire as a torpedo-like attack on shore infrastructureQ&A
  82. Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:40:54Where to add Queen Elizabeth-class dry docksQ&A
  83. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:33:19Caissons versus movable dry-dock gatesQ&A
  84. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:37:24How tandem crane lifts extended caisson sizeNotable Point
  85. Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:40:18Moving a buoyant dock caisson with tugsNotable Point
  86. Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...
    1:14:47Building the logistical base for war with RussiaChapter
  87. Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral
    5:04Rozhestvensky and the achievement hidden by TsushimaNotable Point
  88. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    2:47:10Could Australian docks support a Queen Elizabeth?Q&A
  89. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    11:30Dry-dock support preserves Diamantina but limits future movementNotable Point
  90. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:03:20If Bismarck reaches Saint-NazaireQ&A
  91. Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?
    2:11:34Bismarck would make the Saint-Nazaire raid urgent and harderQ&A
  92. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    37:33Carrier-sized dry docks determine maintenance and readinessChapter
  93. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    41:41Floating and overseas dry docks extend carrier repair accessChapter
  94. So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!
    45:43Shaft-seal damage makes emergency dry-dock access essentialNotable Point
  95. 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...
    27:06How dry docks constrained carrier sizeChapter
  96. 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...
    31:44Larger dry docks and a longer carrierNotable Point
  97. 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...
    38:23Carrier dimensions and dry-dock fitChapter
  98. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    1:42:12Why capital-ship dry docks mattered more by location than ratioQ&A
  99. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    3:18:37Why dry docks constrain nuclear-carrier productionQ&A
  100. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    3:22:15How maintenance docks constrained the Ford-class carrier's sizeNotable Point
  101. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    5:38:02Completing the Admiral class demands a larger imperial support networkQ&A
  102. The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin
    1:16:13LHD choice includes docks, piers, and support capacityNotable Point
  103. The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin
    1:19:00A carrier capability needs an industrial ecosystemChapter
  104. Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat
    1:26:09A twelve-gun Hood reshapes bases and the Washington talksQ&A
  105. Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat
    3:10:59Reading railway and dock compromises in a shipyard planQ&A
  106. Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s
    21:46Dry docks and ports as strategic infrastructureNotable Point
  107. Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier
    1:03:12National strategy sets each navy's logistical ceilingNotable Point
  108. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:04:15Canals, dry docks, and an Admiral-class carrierQ&A
  109. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    1:27:25How sectional floating dry docks joined at seaQ&A
  110. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    4:41:15Dry-docking a hypothetical carrier with a wide flight deckQ&A
  111. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    42:09Dock size limits G3 and N3 designsQ&A
  112. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    43:00Royal Navy infrastructure cycles and wartime delayNotable Point
  113. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    3:23:36Building warships in dry docks and on slipwaysQ&A
  114. Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books
    2:24:57Russian pre-dreadnoughts needed base support at seaQ&A
  115. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    1:53:00When larger capital ships would force British dock expansionQ&A
  116. Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!
    3:42:50How Lexington and South Dakota strained US dock capacityQ&A
  117. Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books
    3:49:07Iowa's quadruple turrets collide with canal and dock limitsQ&A
  118. What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s
    1:31:31Fast bombers could threaten unfinished German warshipsNotable Point
  119. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    49:14Olympia can be repaired if preservation skills are rebuiltQ&A
  120. Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...
    2:12:28New Jersey could draw on former crews but would still need tugsQ&A
  121. Bruships 130: Battleships
    2:10:12How Britain could scale dry docks for larger warshipsQ&A
  122. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:36:48Could Cockatoo Island dock a King George V battleship?Q&A
  123. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    38:43Building several small warships in one dry dockQ&A
  124. Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare
    1:15:07Where a preserved HMS Warspite could have been berthedQ&A
  125. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    3:13:35Naval infrastructure needs both large and distributed dry docksNotable Point
  126. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    1:12:49One carrier-sized dry dock creates a fleet-wide bottleneckQ&A
  127. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    1:17:09Overseas dockyards cannot replace home support capacityQ&A
  128. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    1:22:15Nuclear carriers need rare repair infrastructureQ&A
  129. What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?
    3:43Massawa had facilities but not the stores to sustain themChapter
  130. CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 1
    29:19Why CVA-58 was laid down in a dry dockNotable Point
  131. H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 4
    15:48Bigger hulls require bigger yards and docksNotable Point
  132. Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer
    2:00:22Why building in a dry dock eases launch stressesQ&A
  133. Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane
    12:25HMAS Diamantina's museum story and volunteer baseChapter
  134. Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 8
    7:06Dry docks as a battleship-design constraintNotable Point
  135. Bruships 113: Jutland
    2:54:18Covered dry docks or slipways for shipbuildingQ&A
  136. G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 3
    5:13Infrastructure, not aesthetics, drove the compact layoutChapter
  137. Bruships 110: Naval Aviation
    2:06:01USS Texas in dry dock reveals the ship behind the plansNotable Point
  138. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    33:29Could Esquimalt have docked Ark Royal in 1941?Q&A
  139. Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response
    1:37:35Docks, building slips, and steel for Canadian capital shipsQ&A
  140. Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)
    16:34Third rates and affordable fleet powerNotable Point
  141. Ship Design
    14:32Requirements-first design versus fixed constraintsNotable Point
  142. Ship Design
    44:08Queen Elizabeth carriers and looking rightNotable Point
  143. Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain
    3:08:11Hood needed a global network of longer dry docksQ&A
  144. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:38:11A naval New Deal would prioritize docks, railways, and canalsQ&A
  145. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    2:34:08Arctic convoy protection exposed the Northern Fleet's infrastructure gapChapter
  146. Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat
    34:31Building and refitting battleships need different infrastructureQ&A
  147. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    28:35How a 1930 dockyard expansion could enlarge British warshipsQ&A
  148. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    50:06How larger dry docks reshape fleet optionsQ&A
  149. Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books
    1:22:23How dock limits shaped Bretagne's ten-gun broadsideChapter
  150. Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)
    18:57Hertha's global presence depended on foreign dry docksNotable Point
  151. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    40:04Why dockyards must precede battleship programsQ&A
  152. French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video
    1:10:06H-class infrastructure and the risk of an Axis political collapseQ&A
  153. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    24:50Sizing floating dry docks for supercarriersQ&A
  154. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 3
    2:07:25The missing resilience in British carrier dry-dock capacityQ&A
  155. Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-42
    11:34The industrial foundations needed to fix the Soviet fleetQ&A
  156. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    42:05Floating dry docks and Soviet ship-size limitsQ&A
  157. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 2
    2:09:25Converting a carrier hull into a missile cruiserQ&A
  158. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out
    1:53:59Why Britain needs another carrier dry dockQ&A
  159. Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times
    1:49:35Why carrier drydocks lose political funding battlesQ&A
  160. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    10:10Coastal firepower for Norway's fjordsChapter
  161. Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 1939
    20:28The dockyard bottleneck behind Japanese capital shipsNotable Point
  162. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    10:30Could Commonwealth dockyards have accommodated HMS Hood?Q&A
  163. Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.
    1:41:36What happened to India's wartime dry docks?Q&A
  164. Ruse de guerre
    20:59Campbeltown's concealed charge denies a second chanceNotable Point
  165. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    1:57:35The Normandie Dock remained disabled beyond the warQ&A
  166. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:05:39The commandos attacked the dock's pumping machinery tooQ&A
  167. Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine
    44:52Naval treaties make cruisers Italy's status unitsChapter
  168. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 2
    2:24:32Why new dry docks are politically difficultQ&A
  169. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    2:11:57The maintenance tradeoff in floating museum shipsQ&A
  170. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    3:33:00A capital ship needs a support systemQ&A
  171. County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)
    44:03York's order and the dockyard that outlived Palmer'sNotable Point
  172. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    51:17What a 350,000-ton battleship would demandQ&A
  173. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    1:25:47Why more graving docks outrank another ship programmeQ&A
  174. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    3:02:51Where a preserved Warspite could have livedQ&A
  175. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    3:07:22Dry docks, graving docks and construction docksQ&A
  176. Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)
    28:22Why would Vladivostok not solve the basing problem?Q&A
  177. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    44:05Which infrastructure did Yonai think Japan lacked?Q&A
  178. Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books
    35:33Where Britain could place two long-lived naval dry docksQ&A
  179. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    3:12When ships outgrow their dockyardsNotable Point
  180. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    7:48A dock's capacity depends on more than dimensionsNotable Point
  181. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    14:21One suitable dock becomes a strategic vulnerabilityNotable Point
  182. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    16:04Hong Kong's dockyard as a repair baseChapter
  183. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    42:23Esquimalt ends dependence on American dry docksChapter
  184. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    43:44A naval dock trades commercial profit for assured readinessNotable Point
  185. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)
    52:01Carrier procurement without Portsmouth support creates false economyNotable Point
  186. Bruships 70: Travelling along...
    1:27:32How naval and civilian drydock priorities divergedQ&A
  187. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    0:21Caisson pronunciation and period spelling in naval recordsNotable Point
  188. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    6:35A global dockyard network can still constrain ship sizeNotable Point
  189. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    7:32Existing docks favored a 20,000-ton cruiser forceNotable Point
  190. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    8:36The 1909 dock table reveals class-by-class limitsNotable Point
  191. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    12:25Annual dock surveys linked new ships to shore spendingNotable Point
  192. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    13:45What makes a dry dock genuinely usableChapter
  193. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    15:47Why the Queen Elizabeth class has few dry-dock optionsChapter
  194. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    21:42Graving-dock geometry and aircraft-carrier handlingNotable Point
  195. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    24:52Portsmouth's easier dock site would be less usefulNotable Point
  196. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    27:35Haulbowline expanded an island to build repair capacityNotable Point
  197. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    32:35Chatham's inherited layout made expansion a political choiceChapter
  198. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    35:27Devonport's basins could not absorb rapid capital-ship growthChapter
  199. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    40:51Portsmouth's Tudor dock site still serves HMS M33Notable Point
  200. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    43:04Portsmouth modernized within a historic dockyard footprintNotable Point
  201. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    45:00Portsmouth's limits for HMS HoodNotable Point
  202. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    47:27Rosyth's cranes and industrial support make the dock usefulNotable Point
  203. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    49:38Sheerness shows why dock access matters as much as dock sizeNotable Point
  204. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    51:08A double-ended dock can make carrier entry safer and fasterNotable Point
  205. British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)
    52:02Gibraltar's enlarged docks still limit modern carriersChapter
  206. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    5:11Cammell Laird's docks as industrial capacityNotable Point
  207. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    9:28Why repair capacity matters after battleNotable Point
  208. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    10:48Natural harbours and battleship-sized docksQ&A
  209. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    42:21Graving docks, floating docks, and ship liftsQ&A
  210. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    51:47Matching Neptune-class battleships to usable docksNotable Point
  211. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:00:31Haulbowline: enlarging an island for a naval dockyardChapter
  212. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:05:40Dock size as a constraint on ship designNotable Point
  213. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:24:58Mare Island and the danger of inherited infrastructureQ&A
  214. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:26:47Dock geometry and difficult approaches at SheernessNotable Point
  215. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:31:16Gibraltar joined protected water with accessible repair docksNotable Point
  216. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:42:58Portsmouth's 1495 dry dock survives with HMS M33Q&A
  217. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:44:52Old docks remain useful only when they keep paceQ&A
  218. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:46:31Why Britain avoided a Second World War repair-yard shortageQ&A
  219. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    1:53:10Bombay's layered dock and basin networkNotable Point
  220. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:00:58Malta's docks supported battleships in the MediterraneanChapter
  221. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:05:45Halifax linked its dry dock and coaling wharf to rail supplyNotable Point
  222. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:06:58Queen Elizabeth-class battleships narrowed the dock networkQ&A
  223. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:14:35HMS Gorgon became too wide for Norway's docksNotable Point
  224. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:44:10Why dry docks become strategic targetsQ&A
  225. The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)
    52:35Why fleet growth must include maintenance yardsQ&A
  226. Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)
    3:32:01Britain could dock Yamato and design an answerQ&A
  227. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    1:37:47Larger capital-ship docks as a long-term investmentQ&A
  228. Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…
    2:04:43Why museum warships still need dry-dockingNotable Point
  229. Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...
    2:08:04Hood-sized limits in British yards and docksQ&A
  230. Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/4
    21:10Raeder’s political limits and unbuildable plansQ&A
  231. Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books
    2:11:35Infrastructure sets the upper limit on warship sizeQ&A
  232. Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail
    1:21:21Later sailing navies prepared hulls in dry dockQ&A
  233. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    4:28:06Museum-ship maintenance and permanent dry-dock accessQ&A
  234. Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease
    15:22A Falklands dock could have transformed South Atlantic maintenanceNotable Point
  235. Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes
    2:31:46A G3 carrier would have approached Lexington dimensionsQ&A
  236. Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 1920
    1:23:55Did HMS Hood require new docks and deeper channels?Q&A
  237. Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?
    1:08:53The historical damage that the counterfactual must changeChapter
  238. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    59:19What practically limits the size of a warshipQ&A
  239. Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    1:07:34The Greatest Raid of All and the St Nazaire dry dockNotable Point
  240. An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 3
    22:02What mobilizing a laid-up wooden fleet requiredNotable Point