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- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:12:52Goodall's battleship setback and carrier demand for JapanQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:17What Dungeons & Dragons classes reveal about warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:18What a second Argus might have been calledQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:51Filming the Battle of the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:03Eric Brown, Audacity, and head-on attacks on CondorsNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?41:53Cruiser carriers scout for dispersed naval stationsChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?42:24Escort-carrier thinking before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:07:38Royal Navy floatplanes extend global sea controlChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:31:59The Pacific-war aid loophole for BritainNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:44From cruiser carrier to light fleet carrierQ&A
- 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: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:29:43The best wartime role for three Bearn carriersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:34:32Casablanca and Bearn in the escort-carrier comparisonQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:40:36Why Great Lakes yards could not build an Izumo-sized carrierQ&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:54:16Escorts and amphibious ships expand the usable fleetChapter
- 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
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?28:23Taffy 3's destroyers stop a superior forceChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?45:42How the Shogo diversion opened the road to SamarChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?48:11The Task Force 34 message that left the strait openChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?53:43Leyte Gulf: decisive victory without annihilationChapter
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:17Why prewar escort-carrier studies did not produce ships soonerNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:28Why more German air attacks at Salerno still face steep oddsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:46Japan pushes past Taffy 3 at SamarQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:29Japan trades later Yamatos for convoy escortsQ&A
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII33:39Nelles and the RCN's unprecedented wartime expansionChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:33:44Force V established the cruiser flagship for escort-carrier groupsChapter
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:34:44Salerno's escort carriers had little room or speed for repeated flying cyclesNotable Point
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:41:04Force V friction tested Vian's responsibility to the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:38Why Arctic convoys challenged escort carriersQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:11How early escort-carrier conversion ideas beganQ&A
- 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?1:00:59How fighters and AA guns broke up an incoming raidNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:15:05Didos as escort-carrier command shipsChapter
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List23:44Why Taffy 3's destroyers had to lead the defenseNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:18:29Royalist as an escort-carrier flagshipChapter
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:35Would Captain Johnnie Walker have thrived as an admiral?Q&A
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...10:41The Ten Year Rule restricted amphibious investmentChapter
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:38Which wartime ship classes should have been replaced?Q&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:31When an escort carrier outgrows its merchant-hull logicNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:10Why Project Habakkuk made less sense as the war changedQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:44A British support-carrier branch for World of WarshipsQ&A
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?7:43A seaplane tender worked as a mobile base, not a carrierChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:51Why converted escort carriers risked awkward fuel layoutsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:12Hōshō as a British escort-carrier experiment in the 1920sQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:40:00A tender is a floating repair baseNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral34:05Doorman, Dutch naval aviation, and an East Indies carrierNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:04:49Why Britain did not build escort carriers alongside early wartime escortsQ&A
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings1:08:20I-175 exploits a screen gap to destroy Liscome BayChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:24:03Why better Axis long-range air support matters more than perfect shellsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:57:57Converting seaplane tenders could preserve fleet carriers for fleet workQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:14:30An early St. Lawrence Seaway expands inland wartime shipbuildingQ&A
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS5:35Carrier patrols protect D-Day's sea approachesChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS27:59881 Squadron's fighter role in Operation TungstenChapter
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:03:23Could a cruiser hull make an escort carrier?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:49:49Why preserve the Commencement Bay escort carriers?Q&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...9:00Carrier size pays for systems, stores, and peopleNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!33:23Why two Illustrious carriers beat Yorks or a few escortsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:53:47Why twenty early escort carriers could change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:36:32Specialist British yards could convert some merchant ships into escort carriersQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments20:29Testing competing accounts of HMS DasherQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments25:03Escort-carrier flight decks, fuel management, and survivabilityChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!2:08Escort carriers as pre-war planningChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!8:01Bogue and Ruler from C3 hullsNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!9:27Woolworths carriers and why Britain modified themChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!12:15Steam turbines and carrier handlingNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!20:54Aircraft ferrying as Pacific logisticsChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!27:40How the ferry mission shaped escort-carrier designChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!35:03Escort carriers as self-contained mobile airfieldsChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!38:04Why escort carriers stayed after fleet carriers leftNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!38:53USS Copahee and the strategic value of aircraft ferryingNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!45:43Royal Navy escort carriers for trade protectionChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!47:08Why Far East bomber reinforcement required sea transportNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!50:35Strike, fleet, cruiser, and escort carrier rolesChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!57:31How theater threats shaped carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:02:35HMS Dasher and incompatible aviation-fuel routinesNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:04:28Dasher's wreck, wartime secrecy, and later rumorsNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:06:35How British and American fuel-safety practice convergedNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:08:59Royal Navy escort-carrier mission flexibilityChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:09:45Why modern light carriers are not escort carriersNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:11:15Canadian escort carriers and the growth of an escort navyChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:15:32The modern escort-carrier mission and hull problemNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:17:01MARCOM C-series hulls and the Liberty ship comparisonNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?1:36Escort carriers were planned before the emergencyNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?4:01What makes a war emergency carrier differentChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?53:48Available production shaped every emergency carrierNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:15:31Treaties may invent three carrier categories earlyNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:25:41HMS Dasher and American aviation-fuel systemsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:51:05Bogue-class escort carriers delivered the needed flight deckQ&A
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?58:03Aviation fuel exposes a carrier survivability problemNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion33:10Doctrine defines small and fleet carriersChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 34:25Bearcat as the Wildcat's carrier-fighter successorChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 320:50Compact dimensions turn engine power into carrier performanceChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion49:24Yorktown embodies the US alpha-strike doctrineChapter
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!23:27Ranger and Wasp reveal the desired air groupQ&A
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:08:33Escort carriers answer wartime necessityNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist29:27How German floatplane scouts could change escort-carrier air groupsNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions29:18Merchant conversions bought time for escort carriersNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions44:45Why Britain did not order escort carriers before warNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions56:23Warship availability depends on numbers and operating stressNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)28:31A composite squadron supplied an escort carrier's entire air groupNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines26:52Limited Fulmar upgrades and the night-fighter roleChapter
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 84:43Royal Navy experience shaped carrier fuel-safety systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:36:43Why carrier mission sets drive carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:43:23Why modern aircraft change escort-carrier scaleNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:40:19Could an airship carrier hunt U-boats?Q&A
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues16:10Why carrier-numbered air groups broke down in wartimeChapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues18:15Why escort and fleet carriers needed different air groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:09:03How quickly wartime escort carriers could be builtQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:25:52An active carrier program preserves designs for wartime expansionQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...3:00:27Peacetime standards make tiny carriers impracticalQ&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 210:01From many proposals to one implemented ship typeChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 216:55Why prewar merchant-carrier plans did not matureChapter
- 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
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:23:21Treaty pressure turns one ideal into carrier tiersNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?5:23Helicopters simplify convoy escort conversionsChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:28:58Helicopters reorder carrier fleets and escort forcesChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s3:10:19Why an escort carrier is not automatically an LPHQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?10:53Why an escort-first order could not instantly free shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:47:08Could a County-class hull become an escort carrier?Q&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:50:11Radar and radar-controlled gunnery are the wartime innovationsQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 250:12Escort carriers versus merchant-hull scarcityNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 251:31Escort-carrier patrols and intelligence coverNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 257:34Procurement as a way to reduce merchant lossesNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response11:23Flower-class output depended on slipways and fitting-out capacityQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response15:05One German carrier changes deployment more than British designQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response19:30Why HMS Hermes should not be counted as a fleet carrierNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response28:39Could German liners become light or escort carriers?Q&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:00:19Did the Fi 167 need Graf Zeppelin's catapult?Q&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?35:13Surface raiders created an escort dilemmaChapter
- Bruships 130: Battleships49:08Minimum practical size for a 1937 escort carrierQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:34:11What an interwar Dominion naval buildup would actually buildQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:39:14Why prewar Britain still wants fleet carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:55:09Modern convoys, escort carriers, and uncrewed ASWQ&A
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 114:45Torpedoes, protection, and room for a flagship staffNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 102:05:19HMS Argus and the early escort-carrier ideaNotable Point
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series29:15North Africa, Rodney, and the escort-carrier idea in wartime printChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!56:53The interwar path toward purpose-built escort carriersQ&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?51:50Why floatplanes could not replace escort carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:23:56Why an ASW carrier still needs fixed-wing aircraftQ&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years42:19The 1942 readiness horizon and escort carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:51:49Light fleet carriers were not merchant conversionsQ&A
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 523:36Escort carriers and mobile air support off BurmaChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:29:53Escort carriers and the Atlantic air gapChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:36:15Larger escort carriers could replace a separate light-fleet tierNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat31:54Small carriers and treaty loopholesQ&A
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?1:03:29Why convoy defence changes against surface groupsNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:55:30Why escort carriers need not be fastQ&A
- Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/213:44Captured shipping and wartime transport capacityNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)2:49:38Durastic plastic armour worked best where weight matteredQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:26:55The Condor's transition from airliner to Atlantic reconnaissanceChapter
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:34:31Audacity's six Martlets and the cost of a landing accidentNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:40:23Escort carriers reduced the Condor threat despite Audacity's lossNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response10:34Battlecruiser fighter rails versus carriersQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class15:53Escort carriers could hunt missile-armed raidersNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:02:19A surviving Hermes remains useful after newer light carriers arriveQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 6539:36What role could Eagle have filled after 1942?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:06:15Royal Navy air-group command was a short career stepQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:31:44Béarn's limitations still left a convoy roleNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:06:57Eagle's likely later refit follows an escort-carrier roleQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:20:22Carrier landings demanded split-second deck coordinationChapter
- 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 operations8:08HMS Argus as an interwar escort-carrier precedentNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations19:43Small carriers could scout the oceans for surface raidersNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations23:19Escort carriers anchor the Royal Navy's late-war ASW systemChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations33:28Reasonable assumptions hide the escort-carrier requirementChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations43:14U-751 mistakes Audacity for an Illustrious-class carrierNotable 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
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:00:15A separate treaty category might have preserved small-carrier capacityNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:02:01Escort carriers fill the fleet's shortage of flight decksChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:14:34Escort carriers become amphibious support shipsNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:21:45Mass production makes escort carriers the dominant US typeChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:23:07Why no one inventor owns the escort-carrier ideaNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:24:36Essential wartime ships are hardest to justify in peaceChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:29:19Modern escort-carrier versatility limits availabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:00Why Britain did not build escort carriers before the warChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations9:28Why relabeling carriers did not create treaty tonnageQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations14:39What treaty clause could have enabled escort carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations18:35Why the Board of Trade resisted merchant-carrier conversionsNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations20:11Were the Invincible-class ships escort carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations23:56How many fighters did a convoy escort need?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations24:51Why merely forcing a U-boat to dive matteredChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations28:11A squadron of Hermes-sized carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:13:48From captured merchantman to HMS AudacityChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:20:40Why Britain changed American escort-carrier fit-outsNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:26:32HMS Archer as a complete carrier in miniatureChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:32:17Where a flush-deck escort carrier put its bridgeQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:33:29How Archer and Bogue differed within the C3 cargo-ship familyQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:34:08How PQ 18 protected its escort carrierChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:40:51Why seaplane carriers were not convoy escort carriersQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:46:50Taiyo and Japan's escort-carrier shortageNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:52:12Where the Cavour class fits among carrier typesQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:54:28A practical carrier classification by air-group sizeNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:58:16Biter, Avenger, and Dasher in British serviceChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:03:56Could merchant carriers receive better subdivision?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:04:54Layering escort carriers, MAC ships, and CAM shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:09:19Escort carriers supplied most American flight decksNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:24:58How escort carriers divided amphibious work from fleet combatNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:26:25Escort carriers meet battleships off SamarChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:33:53How American CVE production shifted British carrier buildingNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:35:31How wartime crews kept Taffy 3 fightingNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:39:52Could an escort carrier have saved Force Z?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:51:15Would battleships have helped Taffy 3?Q&A
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France15:56The Atlantic force and Béarn's convoy roleChapter
- 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?1:08:24More patrols and earlier convoy air coverChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4232:42Why Britain modified American-built escort carriersQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:54:53Japan's best 1937 series-production choiceQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments47:16Building naval counterfactuals from contemporary argumentsQ&A
- 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 19427:45Escort carriers multiplied convoy protectionNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194022:10Scapa Flow defenses and convertible fleet oilersNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193930:45Fast oilers designed for escort-carrier conversionNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))16:52Richard Bell Davies traded rank for active serviceChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)34:47Richard Bell Davies chose convoys over a senior staff deskChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)37:20Carrier ceilings and a one-fifth building capChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)40:16Carrier design follows theater and strike doctrineChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)0:54The treaty category that small carriers never receivedChapter
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)3:18What would extra Commonwealth carriers change?Q&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue30:31How an escort carrier's air group follows its missionQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:39:12A County-cruiser hull would make a fast but small carrierQ&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:38:59Operating a Westland Wyvern from an escort carrierQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...8:52Identifying the ships photographed with Missouri and AlaskaQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:02:46Royal Navy workhorses beyond the famous classesQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books15:58Escort carriers, mining, and shared repair capacityChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:02:45Why escort carriers mattered beyond convoy air coverQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:13:40How Unicorn filled carrier and flagship gapsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:55:51Ten years of warning changes the fleet around HoodQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?43:44A fleet carrier leading escort-carrier groupsQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?51:41When an LHD or LHA can serve as an escort carrierQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:51:45Why Béarn remained usefulQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:10:45British repair versus American aircraft replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions31:04Oil tankers as a foundation of modern naval logisticsChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:18:44Canada's Second World War navy grew around escort warfareChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:49:50John Wellum's career after TarantoQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)15:53The Battle off Samar's apparent mismatchQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:26:30Why fleet carriers were poor early ASW hunter shipsQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:21:27Why Britain deferred small-carrier construction in peacetimeQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:15:07The Skua's accurate dive bombing and limited powerChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:55:26A proposed alternative: fast carriers for the scouting roleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (33): The World's Merchant Fleets 19397:24Limits on converting merchant ships into armed merchant cruisers and escort carriersNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany7:54CAM ships, MAC ships, and escort carriersChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany12:32From Dutch MAC ships to Karel DoormanNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany13:03The Admiralty work behind the MAC-ship shortcutNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany14:26Reading an overview alongside specialist historyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:20:01South Korea's case for a light carrierQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:24:49How the Malta class might lead to a British light carrierQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory11:26Repair ships were a wartime programme in their own rightChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu19:16Tankers, escort carriers, and synthetic fuelNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:08:54Pre-war plans for escort-carrier conversionsQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response17:41Why an escort carrier conversion took more than a hullQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response19:02Ark Royal's loss and the value of escort carriersQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response20:20Merchant aircraft carriers were not one person's inventionQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response35:09Trade-protection carrier plans before the warQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response59:54The Royal Navy understood submarines but paused carrier procurementNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response8:36Escort carriers close the mid-Atlantic air gapQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response18:00Black Swan sloops and the escort-carrier answerQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW228:52Royal Fleet Auxiliary oilers as a planned carrier reserveNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:16:13Bogue-class carriers were redesigned from C3 cargo hullsQ&A
- 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
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol24:51Hunter groups and the escort-carrier oversightNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/714:06Escort carriers and shore-based aircraft tighten convoy defenseNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant4:14Fleet carriers in anti-submarine patrolsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:05:20Why escort carriers should not become fleet carriersQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live32:56British carrier aircraft by 1944Q&A
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 228:08Why Burnett could not press the German withdrawalNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:10:10Why Britain sourced escort carriers from North AmericaQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:16:08HMS Dasher changed British carrier fuel safetyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?20:49Why escort carriers transformed the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Four Random Books 34: A Special Place2:34Why escort carriers mattered against shadowing aircraftNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers6:46Replacing wartime cruiser lossesChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:05:30Life and work aboard a wartime escort carrierChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:17:15What a modern merchant escort carrier would requireQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:48:05Escort carriers supported campaigns far beyond the convoy lanesQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...39:02Escort-carrier doctrine before HMS AudacityQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:12:44Why escort-carrier aircraft losses varied by theaterQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:18:46Why didn't Britain convert more light-cruiser hulls into aircraft carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History3:47:50A stronger prewar British anti-submarine fleetQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered20:47A Free French Bearn as an escort carrierQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered24:58Why treaties discouraged fleets of small carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered53:08How purpose-built carriers might have changed developmentQ&A
- Paddle Ships at War2:16:49USS Wolverine and USS Sable train carrier pilotsChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation42:00Swordfish anti-submarine patrols remained front-line combatChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"30:42Fleet carriers, convoy escorts, and strike escort carriersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:53:41Swordfish fly from escort and merchant aircraft carriersQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"3:12:17ASW carriers needed their own close screenQ&A
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American12:07Coral Sea carrier air groups and usable striking powerNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American15:50King centralises postwar planning around carrier prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:00:49Fuel safety and manpower delayed escort-carrier serviceChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:03:13Escort carriers put aircraft with the convoyChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:05:21Trade-protection and assault escort carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:26:37Escort-carrier ideas before the warQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:32:33Why an escort carrier is not a small fleet carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:37:28Why earlier escort carriers would not automatically end the warNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:42:42Escort-carrier radar needed weight and control-room capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:43:04Carrier conversions competed with repairs and available aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:45:30Could modern VSTOL aircraft revive escort carriers?Q&A
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-161:34Why Britain wanted seventy cruisersChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers3:33Eagle and the cruiser-carrier roleNotable Point
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/39:47PQ 17's escorts and distant covering forcesChapter
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/317:35What PQ 18 changed about Arctic convoy protectionNotable Point
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/335:52PQ 17's legacy without a simple villainChapter
- 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… P1/314:11Hunter groups need the right carrierNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/315:30Closing the mid-Atlantic air gapChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:42:42Container ships as modern escort-carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:16:26An unresolved question about the largest US-built Royal Navy vesselQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:15Why Britain refitted American-built escort carriersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:40:55The Fleet Air Arm in Commonwealth air trainingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A13:45Following escort-carrier development through a class studyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A32:12Why Swordfish speed could help in anti-submarine workQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:41:21Replacing a catastrophic carrier loss after Coral SeaQ&A
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers2:56Why the U-boat threat receded in 1944-45Chapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates12:57ONS 5, SC 130, HX 239, and layered convoy defenceChapter
- 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
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:50:49Escort carriers were useful because they were plentifulQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:24:19Two starting points for escort-carrier researchQ&A
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 231:11Dunedin's captures, Audacity, and lossChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:46:06Escort carriers made Atlantic convoys harder to shadow and attackQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:42:30Future escort carriers may carry unmanned aviationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:58A modern escort carrier would be austere and mission-specificQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:55:00Build premium ships before the war and austere ships during itQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:06:01Carrier conversion cost depends on the carrier you wantQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:11:27Why the Royal Navy modified American escort carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:29:27Escort carriers versus long-range B-24 patrolsQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:21:56Could stronger advocacy have brought escort carriers sooner?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:24:21Dale-class fleet oilers and an escort-carrier compromiseNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:26:24Why carrier procurement needed an experienced Third Sea LordNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:45:18Pre-war cargo ships could provide escort-carrier conversion stockQ&A
- 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