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- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:30:22Swordfish torpedoes and the problem of shallow waterChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:33:36Strike aircraft need trained people and reliable sustainmentNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:46:36Torpedo-bomber preferences from the Cuckoo to the AvengerQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:40:10Choosing a modern Royal Navy ship for the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:14:24The myth of radar-invisible wooden aircraftNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?44:40Carrier fighters and the problem of warning before radarNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?45:36TSR and the distinction between observation and identificationNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...57:49What a larger Taranto strike might changeChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:01:18More Taranto hits and the limits of Italian repairsNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:17:17Early radar experiments versus operational airborne warningQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:03:54Why bomber airframes can support many rolesQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:30:25Exocet, sea clutter and the Swordfish payload comparisonNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...2:33:56Swordfish radar profiles and an unverified training storyQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:02:49Missile size limits for the SwordfishQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:04:40A Swordfish air wing on a modern Queen Elizabeth carrierQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:15:07Swordfish flight operations on Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:12:22More carriers at Taranto and time for refitsNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:43:12Sea Mosquitoes, Swordfish and shallow-water torpedo attacksQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:29:12Would Swordfish still be a frontline aircraft in 1942?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:09:02Would radar work justify retaining Swordfish?Q&A
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future0:00What the Swordfish teaches about judging aircraftNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?45:25Giulio Cesare and the limits of a larger Taranto raidNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)19:07How the Swordfish and Fulmar combined compatible rolesNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:06The Swordfish air-combat claim over NarvikNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:08Swordfish radar history is best found across several booksQ&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?20:36Aircraft maintenance demands shape Hermes's operating rateNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?51:24Small carriers extend amphibious support and naval gunfire spottingChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?52:51The TSR initials lead into linked carrier and bomber cancellationsNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:29:27Swordfish could add a second attack direction at the River PlateNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:37Swordfish belly-drop torpedo techniqueQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:07Swordfish radar reliability and night attacks at TarantoNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:32:04A freed Ark Royal transforms the Taranto strikeChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:35:32Swordfish tension wires control shallow torpedo entryNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?26:30Eagle's repairs could make Taranto a three-carrier operationNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?41:38A triple-carrier Taranto could create lasting superiorityNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?59:36More carriers could keep Swordfish in the North AtlanticNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:00:57Why rough seas complicate Swordfish torpedo entryNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?11:15Shallow water makes aerial torpedo entry a design problemNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?17:06Cuckoo production runs ahead of carrier readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:20Town-class cruisers and their Swordfish allowanceQ&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor52:20The Swordfish's torpedo-release system helps in shallow waterNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:03What could bring Italy to peace in 1941?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:51Why Eagle would prioritise Fulmars over dummy Swordfish attacksQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:50Guidance and production limits on hypersonic missilesNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live57:59Swordfish remain useful on the earlier carriersNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:02:51A three-carrier Taranto raid could cripple the Italian fleetChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:57:26Fulmar fighter direction and Swordfish radar support a joint carrier forceNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live25:25Why a tension wire limited torpedo-release speedNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:19:07British engine standardization aims at simpler naval logisticsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:10:36Are there still airworthy Swordfish?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:11:24Why Taranto's Swordfish observers sat beside leaking fuel tanksQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:01:31Swordfish, Devastator, and Avenger against BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:03:36Swordfish night attacks and the price of trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:00Adapting Swordfish torpedo gear to faster aircraftQ&A
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 327:11Range, speed, and aircraft survivability tradeoffsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers21:28Hercules power and the redesign of the BarracudaQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:28What Swordfish could have changed at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:23A minimum fleet carrier for eighteen SwordfishQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:03:44Tracing a Swordfish air-to-air victory claimQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:05:11Did a Swordfish from the Bismarck attack survive?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:34:23A wartime Royal Navy suddenly equipped with Implacable-class carriersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust6:04:15How Navy Wings preserves Fleet Air Arm aircraftChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:40:59Changing air strength in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception22:51What Eagle might have added at TarantoNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception24:58A Swordfish, potatoes, and an intelligence-sharing workaroundNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception25:49Delay exposes Taranto's defences and Eagle's crews reinforce IllustriousNotable Point
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy56:26What if the Barracuda had entered service in 1941?Notable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?12:32Why aerial torpedoes needed a controlled water entryChapter
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:11Why the Swordfish sank so much Axis shippingQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:06:37A high-powered successor to the SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:15Bristol engine reliability and years of service experienceNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...20:05Swordfish reliability and shallow-water torpedo attacksChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...24:34The original two-carrier Taranto strikeChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...35:12Taranto's defenses and the risks faced by Swordfish crewsChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:00:17Four-carrier air groups and maintenance massChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:17:26Taranto as a twenty-year set-piece operationNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:30Furious and air cover for a Dutch-led forceNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:48Navies lose aircraft carriers and the doctrine behind themQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:11A Swordfish guides an explosive drone before its own attackNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:28:47British night attack and American dawn strikeNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:36:15The Swordfish's low speed creates an awkward fighter problemNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:50Swordfish observers flew amid leaking fuel at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:08The US Navy adopts the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:20The Swordfish night strike that might have broken Kido ButaiQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:10Taranto was planned as a multi-carrier strikeNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s12:11A drone counterfactual for the Channel DashNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:37A 1942 engine available when Swordfish was designedQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:55Why extra aircraft power would not solve heavy-torpedo dropsQ&A
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat48:23The Swordfish and the recurring one-airframe temptationNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:10:28How shallow-water torpedo drops shaped harbour attacksChapter
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:51A larger-carrier strike calculation for TarantoNotable Point
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...15:24The Ro.37 reconnaissance workhorseChapter
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:21Two different wires associated with the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:51Torpedo attacks on docks, canals, and a damQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:23What historians would hope to find in a sealed naval warehouseQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:05Why the Swordfish survived after becoming an anachronismNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:02:31Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew moraleNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:33:09Ark Royal's second strike cripples BismarckChapter
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...18:22A safe engine choice still needed fighter-focused developmentNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:03:23A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in FranceNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:16:28Would the Swordfish survive alongside twin-engine carrier aircraft?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:04:45Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew confidenceNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:02:45Swordfish fighter control before the Wellington AEW trialsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:16:58Judging the Swordfish in its own design periodNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:24:48More carriers bring a larger Swordfish strike to TarantoChapter
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:23How the Swordfish's low speed complicated fighter attacksQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!2:13:41Why badly damaged Second World War aircraft could remain airborneNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?53:38What TSR meant for the Fairey SwordfishNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:33:52How could a Swordfish evade a much faster fighter?Q&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:40:18Extra carriers could free Fulmars to illuminate TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:41Why a common carrier airframe must do more than intercept bombersQ&A
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?15:45Split Fleet Air Arm control obstructed a tender programChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?39:14Walrus, Swordfish, and Catalina offered different patrol reachChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!27:34Walrus and Swordfish patrol enduranceNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:15:44Choosing Walruses, Swordfish, and larger flying boatsChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:52:13Float Swordfish could provide reconnaissance and torpedo attackNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:39:21Why ski ramps would hinder Second World War carriersQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:27:20Institutional barriers to early Royal Navy air-launched rocketsQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:10:58Why TSR means different things in naval and RAF usageNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:21:20Four carriers would turn Taranto into a fleet-ending strikeQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:25:47Sea Gladiators and Swordfish would dominate First World War aviationQ&A
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 753:27Swordfish, cross-deck wires, and Eagle's last prewar refitsChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 757:57Indian Ocean patrols and the March 1940 bomb accidentChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 71:04:47Deferred repairs keep Eagle out of the Taranto strikeNotable Point
- The Plane as imagined by a 5yr old! The A5 Vigilante - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 1031:54The Swordfish and Skua as carrier multirole precedentsNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s14:03Béarn's air group and national independenceChapter
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:02:55Fairey aircraft and the danger of meeting the wrong requirementQ&A
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:03:30CATOBAR, STOBAR, and STOVL as mission choicesChapter
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s1:49:30Small carriers as an experience base for fleet aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:36:06A more powerful Swordfish engine carries production costsQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:42:22An early Swordfish would displace less capable naval aircraftQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments4:49Why the Swordfish remained useful beside newer aircraftNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier32:47British carrier aviation shifts toward fighters and guided strikeChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!53:09British carrier doctrine for persistent air threats and night battleNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 549:46Early air groups and second-line aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:01:21The fleet value of early airborne warningQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:05:51Why Victorious attacked Bismarck with SwordfishQ&A
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:45:19Why Bismarck could not recover her steeringNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 312:33Power-to-weight as a naval-aircraft yardstickNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...57:17How many Swordfish would it take to sink a modern carrier?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:00:00When did navies stop using 100-pound bombs?Q&A
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:08:30Airborne early warning expands the carrier's sensor horizonNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:14:32Carrier readiness and aircraft numbers reshape the Taranto planNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:18:29Taranto becomes a night-and-dawn carrier blowChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:20:07A dawn strike compounds Taranto's damage despite torpedo limitationsNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:12:56The aircraft available for an enlarged Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist14:12Did pilots' preference for the Dauntless settle the Helldiver comparison?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist29:27How German floatplane scouts could change escort-carrier air groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built46:11What a 27,000-ton Illustrious could bring to TarantoQ&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193857:28Naval aircraft prompts expose AI reference gapsNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:13:22Combining the Fairey Swordfish with an X-wingNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)22:10824 Squadron's Swordfish flew from Taranto to Atlantic trade warfareChapter
- 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
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)33:27Fulmar and Swordfish retained little-used dive-bombing capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:15:02A Swordfish-Stuka dogfight defies paper statisticsQ&A
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines47:59Fulmar performance, armament, and the Taranto flare planChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines1:17:25How the absence of a hero mission shaped the Fulmar's reputationNotable 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
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues47:04How aircraft role letters shaped squadron codesChapter
- Type 96 Mitsubishi A5M "Claude": Genesis Fighter for the WWII IJN Air Service30:20Naval aviation budgets force choices between platforms and weaponsNotable Point
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution38:27Norway demonstrates Furious's wartime adaptabilityChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers2:16Royal Navy exercises offered Italy an aviation warningNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:15:57How early RP-3 and Tiny Tim rockets could change TarantoQ&A
- 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 25:31Grain, aviation fuel, and flight-deck hazardsNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 220:14Why four Swordfish were the minimum useful air groupNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 231:35The Rapana group and Dutch-operated Swordfish flightsChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19423:52:46Could radar-equipped Swordfish have cleared the picket line?Q&A
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:35:31The Swordfish belongs to a new mid-1930s generationNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:35:31Swordfish and torpedo evolve as one weapon systemChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:49:30Useful range includes navigation, payload, and darknessChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:11If the Taranto strike fails completelyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:12:21A monoplane Swordfish changes Fleet Air Arm developmentQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:19:45How British aircraft specifications shifted development riskChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:47:38An on-time Barracuda may eliminate the AlbacoreQ&A
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 60:01Judge interwar aircraft by their own generationChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 649:31A torpedo bomber and its weapon form one systemNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 61:03:27Aircraft reputations often follow one defining eventNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...27:05Shallow-water torpedoes and the SwordfishChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...31:18Carrier debate inside the interwar Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:19:31Rolling takeoffs aboard HMS UnicornQ&A
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 139:22Working up proves Unicorn's flexibilityChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:01:14Swordfish range and helicopter responsiveness divide the workNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:57:47Why helicopters would not light the Taranto strikeQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time46:50Carrier air groups should be judged against their missionQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:05:40Radar, Albacores, and battle-line control make the Indian Ocean ambush dangerousQ&A
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 523:05The PL.7 puts Swordfish obsolescence in contextNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books4:57Warspite's Swordfish fought beyond spottingQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!53:47Swordfish aircraft against Falklands-era defensesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:13:27Adapting Swordfish torpedo aiming to later aircraftQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:17:08A turboprop Fleet Air Arm replaces the Swordfish generationChapter
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:18:33A new torpedo aircraft would still need controlled water entryNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:45:24Turboprops could relieve the Fleet Air Arm's horsepower shortageNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:30:20Turboprops give British carriers larger, more reliable air groupsChapter
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 32:13Why the Royal Navy ordered the AlbacoreChapter
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 37:24The Stringbag song and the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 39:24How the Taurus engine shaped the Albacore's reputationNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 318:36Why Albacore crews missed the Swordfish's agilityNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 333:45The Albacore's performance came with much more weightChapter
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 339:03Better statistics did not make a beloved successorNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 348:01Albacores strike Vittorio Veneto at Cape MatapanChapter
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 348:17Why spare Swordfish kept mixed squadrons flyingNotable Point
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 31:01:15Production numbers deepen the Swordfish comparisonNotable Point
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 219:44The Cuckoo begins an evolutionary torpedo-bomber lineageChapter
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 225:26Cuckoo and Swordfish dimensions reveal two different generationsChapter
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 230:08Why a biplane layout does not make the Swordfish a World War I designNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 133:51Long-range fuel exposed Swordfish observers at TarantoNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 147:26A dedicated lookout flight might have adopted radar earlyNotable Point
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike28:17Taranto intelligence and the Swordfish torpedo wireNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 243:02Taranto rewarded night-strike reliabilityQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:02:35Stored aircraft sustained improvised naval air groupsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:05:50Air-to-surface radar made a night search practicalNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:13:10Radar could guide torpedo aircraft to Kido Butai's largest shipsNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response10:12Sea Gladiator, not Swordfish, was the relevant British fighterQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response21:21Royal Navy night attack could bypass Graf Zeppelin's fightersQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:00:19Did the Fi 167 need Graf Zeppelin's catapult?Q&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:03:59British and American carrier night operationsQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:32:00Fi 167 speed does not guarantee air superiorityNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:50:30A Swordfish may have scored an air-to-air kill over NorwayNotable Point
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 228:53Aircraft capacity competed with wartime stowageNotable Point
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies20:58The RP-3 finds useful naval and anti-submarine rolesChapter
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series55:22Benghazi, Fleet Air Arm aircraft, and Pearl Harbor in printChapter
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196036:11Mature designs explain cannon reliability and the Fairey SwordfishNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics3:58:47Who had the most effective maritime strike air power?Q&A
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre33:18Räumboote: the German fast craft often misidentifiedChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:59:27When Swordfish could fly from seaplane carriersQ&A
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1018:20Why 21 knots could suit the AdriaticNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:34:54Fleet Air Arm aircraft: ageing designs and a failed conceptQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:40:28How an earlier Barracuda could change British carrier strikesQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:48:26Why the Barracuda was less pleasant to fly than the SwordfishQ&A
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail36:03Taranto was more than its torpedo strikeNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:05:57Swordfish design for rugged torpedo attackNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:29:01Cancelled fighters and multirole naval aircraftNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?58:50Why successors fail to displace proven designsNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:04:27Swordfish was specialised, not simply obsoleteChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:07:25How Swordfish torpedoes attacked in shallow harboursNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:08:58Night range and repairability kept the Swordfish usefulNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:16:21Swordfish could also dive-bomb ground targetsNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:01:56Why the Swordfish eclipsed the Sea Gladiator in memoryQ&A
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 923:05A strike air group shaped by rough-water experienceNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 938:08Norway displaced an early two-carrier Taranto possibilityNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 940:09Carrier spotting and strikes at Mers-el-KébirChapter
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 945:20The strike that slowed BismarckNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 953:19A long salvage attempt ended in capsizeNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 738:46Illustrious enters the Mediterranean warChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 743:27Benghazi: a night strike combining bombs and minesNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:01:22Shipboard workshops convert a Martlet's wingsNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:03:20Carrier aviation in the Madagascar invasionChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:09:26Swordfish and Martlets over Diego SuarezChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:34:22An Avenger's unexpected fighter victoryNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:54:39Estimating the air group with deck-edge liftsNotable Point
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?31:18Why a successful warship can outlast troubled successorsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?4:01:52A steering hit reduced Bismarck to seven knots under a night-long pursuitChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)15:05Fi 167 payloads and assisted take-offNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation21:41Beyond the caricature of the battleship admiralNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation38:28Why Swordfish torpedo attack depended on a long technical pathNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation42:12Building for the war you might faceNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...2:00:24Swordfish reliability and shallow-water torpedo deliveryNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...2:03:44Night flying, landing aids and theatre-dependent deck parkingNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation57:38Taranto's damage reshapes Italian fleet strategyChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:05:05A three-carrier Taranto strike changes mission allocationNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:15:15Why the Fleet Air Arm made Swordfish its scoutsQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:35:09Torpedo delivery could keep the TSR a biplaneNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:18:09Why torpedo delivery could preserve the Swordfish biplaneNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:57:24Swordfish torpedo delivery in shallow waterQ&A
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century6:06Why sinkings alone distort submarine warfareNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?25:55Carrier air groups before the ZeroNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:15:23Night fighting and torpedo attack as the British edgeNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:40:03A fleet in being at Kure invites a Taranto-style strikeChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:19:11The Royal Navy answer to Japanese submarinesQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late10:15Power-to-weight limits on Barracuda and naval fightersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers33:56U.S. cruiser production through iterative refinementNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:53:12Sea Fury and Swordfish as Fleet Air Arm favoritesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:36:03Preserved Swordfish still fly, while Wessex helicopters lingered in serviceQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:52:00American alpha strikes and British continuous operationsNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War11:13What could replace the TBD Devastator before the Avenger?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War16:00A slow Swordfish creates an unusual problem for Zero pilotsNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War32:22Fabric covering did not make every Swordfish wooden-framedQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War45:23Swordfish and Lancaster crews debated who could dive harderNotable Point
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina24:26Operation Halberd shows where cruiser speed stopped being enoughChapter
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video19:30A three-carrier version of the Taranto raidQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:31:02Skuas could add dive bombing to a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:47:58A reliable modern aircraft would displace the AlbacoreQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:08:29An early Centaurus could accelerate Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- 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 operations52:23The Swordfish makes small convoy flight decks practicalNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations32:02Hermes as Force H's anti-submarine carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations43:58Why early helicopters were poor ASW substitutesQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations45:59How the Swordfish hunted submarinesChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations50:05What could ASV Mark II radar do?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations57:06Could Queen Elizabeth launch a Swordfish today?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations57:57Why the Swordfish Mark III traded its torpedo for radarNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:26:32HMS Archer as a complete carrier in miniatureChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France15:56The Atlantic force and Béarn's convoy roleChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France39:21A larger carrier force intensifies the Taranto raidNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?30:18Why Béarn could serve as an escort carrierNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:22:10Why US surprise at Royal Navy biplanes is overstatedQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 226:35If the first Swordfish strike had crippled BismarckQ&A
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)34:52Channel Dash detection and planning assumptionsChapter
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)37:04A Swordfish turns an illuminated harbour buoy into a targetNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)37:50Charles Lamb's Swordfish escape from Fiat fightersNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)40:08Swordfish operations and the loss of ParamythiaNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:49:04Why the Albacore failed to displace the SwordfishQ&A
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)22:51The development path from Cuckoo to SwordfishNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet58:24Using aerial torpedoes against dams and bridgesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:17:35Why a Blackburn Blackburn question became a Swordfish lessonQ&A
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)25:00Interception and attrition before a fleet battleChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:33:52How would 25 mm fire affect a Swordfish?Q&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)42:21Could Swordfish have attacked the anchorage at night?Q&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books33:01Why a biplane was still a rational 1930s naval aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:33:02The missions that shaped the Fairey SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:47:00What counts as a naval Charge of the Light BrigadeQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books18:05Why the Swordfish remained useful at nightNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru42:20What Admiral-class carrier conversions could changeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)45:48Why the Albacore struggled to replace SwordfishQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:31:26A Sea Mosquito, Seafarer, and Swordfish carrier groupQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:48:45Why darkness extended the Swordfish's strike lifeQ&A
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises2:29:53Could an M-class submarine carry a Swordfish?Q&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:50:16Swordfish minelaying options in the Taranto plansQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:37:51A second Taranto raid could restore the planned scaleQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?44:15Glorious's air group and a larger Taranto strikeChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?49:30Why 36 Swordfish did not mean a strike-only air groupNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:32:55Why an airborne patrol did not reveal a carrierQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:53:06What Glorious could add to TarantoChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:59:36Why the Swordfish program begins before its famous specificationNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:17:20Q&A: the Swordfish did not begin as a Greek requirementQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat2:10:25Blackburn's mixed aircraft record before the BuccaneerQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:14:01Which naval aircraft were hardest to maintain?Q&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:40:28Eric Brown explains why the Albacore failed to replace SwordfishChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:24What remains from the Taranto raid?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary4:30Taranto and Pearl Harbor in proportionNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary10:50What a mid-1930s Taranto strike might have requiredQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary19:36Why a parachute-dropped torpedo would lose the Swordfish's advantageQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary33:23How British torpedoes worked in Taranto's shallow waterNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary38:29Experienced Swordfish crews after carrier lossesQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary48:27Why Illustrious did not fill every aircraft space with SwordfishQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary50:35Would faster torpedo aircraft have improved the raid?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary52:00How Fulmars could support a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary58:44The Swordfish was built for this missionQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:04:49Why the Latécoère PL.7 and Swordfish resist comparisonQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:48:33From Sopwith Cuckoo to Swordfish: more than a similar silhouetteNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:51:14Fuel drainage and seal failures in a SwordfishQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:56:27How flares silhouetted the Italian battle fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:02:27Operation Judgment's small strike forceChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:12:03Launching Swordfish into a night operationNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:19:00How much a loaded Swordfish weighedQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:21:38Why Taranto's aircraft attacked in two wavesQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:22:14A damaged Swordfish attacks and returnsChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:42:47Why the battered Swordfish returned to serviceNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:59:19What Italian ammunition figures reveal about the defenceNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:27:00What HMS Eagle might have changedNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p49:06Eagle's absence reduces the strike forceChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p49:53How Illustrious launched Taranto's second waveNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p412:26Long-range fuel tanks turn endurance into dangerNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p417:50Approaching Taranto through light and flakChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p420:21A balloon cable nearly sends a Swordfish into TarantoChapter
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p422:14A damaged Swordfish turns back for its torpedo runNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p424:00Escaping Taranto just above the waterNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p425:30What the raid reveals about Swordfish resilienceNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p430:06The crew-and-aircraft partnership behind Swordfish legendNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p432:54Why the Swordfish outlived its planned replacement cycleNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P39:29Carrier availability reshapes the strike planNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P311:21Why Taranto emphasized torpedoes against battleshipsChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P314:54Moonlight, navigation, and the reach of the Fleet Air ArmNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P316:56The Swordfish as a stable torpedo-strike aircraftChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P327:16The actual sortie strength and its range problemChapter
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P330:06A weapon system developed for Taranto's problemChapter
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol25:49Shallow torpedo entry was a standard Swordfish techniqueNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol20:49Swordfish stability and effective torpedo deliveryNotable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)10:02The limited Swordfish striking force at TarantoChapter
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)11:14A two-carrier plan for TarantoNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)37:01Taranto depended on a balanced strike packageChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)49:28Eagle's absence constrained the Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)51:40A two-carrier model tests the limits of Taranto's resultNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:53:31How Taranto's flares helped hide the SwordfishNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:19:42Taranto and the Swordfish's real wartime valueNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:28:19The Channel Dash was a coordination failure, not a Swordfish testNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:27:29Why one engine does not disqualify a carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)3:07:37Why Swordfish and Barracuda could not remain leading ASW aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:37:53Swordfish torpedo gear and shallow-water attackChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:02:00Devastator and Swordfish reflected different strike doctrinesChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:10:13How the Royal Navy organized night carrier strikesQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:24:15Barracuda complexity versus Swordfish simplicityNotable 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 Germany11:17MAC squadrons and their Atlantic convoy recordChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:05:35Why the Swordfish remained a dangerous ship killerNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different1:24Air-group capacity changes with operationsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different11:20Strike air groups and the limits of deck parkingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:20:44Requirements for a modern Swordfish successorQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...1:38Ark Royal and the Mers-el-Kebir attackChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...14:18Treaty tonnage and armoured carrier air groupsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber19:35A 48-aircraft Illustrious-class counterfactualNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:51:52Swordfish flare aircraft at TarantoNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”10:45Why the Swordfish's biplane form did not make it obsoleteNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:27:31Why aircraft development rarely begins with one specificationNotable Point
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval1:12:50Radar tied air reconnaissance to the pursuit of BismarckNotable Point
- Prince Philips Navy19:54Did Swordfish fly combat air patrols?Q&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:05:30Life and work aboard a wartime escort carrierChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:58:12How Swordfish attacked submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:49:59The tension wire behind shallow-water torpedo attacksNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease12:26Swordfish crews reveal over-water navigation tradeoffsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks10:01Empire MacAlpine becomes an improvised convoy air carrierChapter
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks11:53Flight-deck teamwork reduces a convoy carrier's exposureNotable Point
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection0:28Tracing Fleet Air Arm squadron lineagesChapter
- Four Random Books 25: On a Precipe11:21Taranto, land-based air power, and survival at MaltaNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History2:49:12Supermarine's unexpected naval aircraft proposals beyond the SpitfireChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History3:00:12How good might a Supermarine Swordfish have been?Q&A
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 2/3 Swan to S.6B30:01Why racing horsepower could not immediately transform naval aviationNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered3:32How carrier navies kept spare aircraft availableQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:59:15Stringbags as an illustrated naval-aviation historyChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII10:28The Albacore traded Swordfish simplicity for modern equipmentChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation17:52The three-seat Fairey Seal points toward the SwordfishChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation25:58From S.9/30 and TSR prototypes to the Fairey SwordfishChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation32:49Why the Swordfish beat the faster Blackburn SharkNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation34:30Small Swordfish maintenance savings compound across a carrier battleNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation40:31The Swordfish succeeded by fitting its operational environmentNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation42:00Swordfish anti-submarine patrols remained front-line combatChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation43:05Why the Albacore and Barracuda did not quickly displace the SwordfishNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI31:33Parnall's G.4/31 offered a multi-role alternative to the SwordfishNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company24:03Why engine weight governs naval aircraft performanceNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company31:17The Seal and TSR trace a path toward the SwordfishNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 1 of 4: The Company36:17Fairey wins contracts through inspired alternativesChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:24Defining the early jet-age transitionChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:15:04Why the Fairey III F was finally declared obsoleteQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:09:41Wartime demand makes British aircraft subcontracting essentialQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:17:42Did the Swordfish achieve genuine export success?Q&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:20:10A demanding torpedo-bomber specification leads toward SwordfishChapter
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:20:48Why the Swordfish remained successful through WWIIQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:28:00Could a stiff deck wind lift a parked Swordfish?Q&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:28:32Swordfish crews turn extreme low speed against Bf 109 attackersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:40:25Swordfish ripple dives reveal a broader attack repertoireNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:45:36A Swordfish squadron could be dispersed across several carriersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:46:12Was the Bismarck-strike Swordfish built by Fairey or Blackburn?Q&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:46:24Maintenance access gives Swordfish its decisive advantageQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:50:31Swordfish outlives the aircraft meant to replace itQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:51:44Swordfish float conversion was available across the fleetQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:53:41Swordfish fly from escort and merchant aircraft carriersQ&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...2:57:02A 2020 snapshot maps surviving Swordfish airframesNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...3:00:59Did the United States operate the Fairey Swordfish?Q&A
- The Fairey Story Anew...3:17:14Swordfish or SBD: which had the greater WWII impact?Q&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:39:11From Swordfish radar to airborne early warningNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:43:17The Swordfish served far beyond torpedo attackQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol30:34Air power and radar at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond52:10A small carrier force produces a strategic resultChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos10:24The Blackburn Skua over NorwayNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction48:21Why the invasion was not a naval cakewalkNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour13:07Contaminated aviation fuel costs another SwordfishNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour14:16Flares, torpedoes, and shallow bombing work togetherChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour17:10The Swordfish manoeuvres around obstacles at wave-top heightNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour19:41A separated Swordfish probably caused the last false alarmNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour29:26Why heavy flak could pass through Swordfish fabricNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour32:08Why the defence struggled against low SwordfishNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour36:24The first torpedo hits Cavour and leaves two prisonersNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour38:55Torpedo release could lift a Swordfish into the barrageNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour51:35Could mines have obstructed recovery after Taranto?Notable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:06:02Rapid repairs keep the second wave viableNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:09:41Repairability keeps an air group flying beyond the first dayNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:13:53The second wave returns through an alerted harbourChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:15:34An unexploded torpedo leaves the lost Swordfish's attack uncertainNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:16:30Bouncing a Swordfish on the water to release its torpedoNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:20:16A loose balloon cable and a burst shell fail to stop a SwordfishNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:23:28Six-and-a-half-hour sorties end with one minor landing accidentNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark41:20The torpedo solutions that made Taranto possibleChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark51:27An internal fuel tank displaces the Swordfish observerNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark56:18Cunningham accepts the risk after Ark Royal attacks DunkerqueNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:26:24Eagle reinforces Illustrious despite staying in portNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:32:35Swordfish attack the reconnaissance aircraft that could find the fleetNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:38:33Armoured carrier design trades air-group size for survivabilityNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark4:57Could Blackburn aircraft replace the Swordfish?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark14:43Could an earlier aircraft have achieved Taranto?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark19:49Glorious and the mid-1930s Taranto planQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark30:14Why the Swordfish needed a navigatorNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark40:35Why Fulmars did not escort the raidQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark52:36Why reliability mattered more than marginal performanceNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:33:26Making an aerial torpedo work in a shallow harbourNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:57:38Flying beneath guns that could endanger their own fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:00:47How much larger could the strike have been?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:29:35Tailoring the torpedoes for TarantoNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:34:11Illustrious makes her own launch windNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:39:14Repairing a Swordfish in twenty-four minutesNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:47:03Planning the second wave's harbour approachChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:50:25A balloon cable and a near crash into TarantoNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:56:16Reversing onto Conte di Cavour with damaged controlsNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:59:12Keeping a crippled Swordfish in the airNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:08:09How many torpedoes did the raid use?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:09:49Charles Lamb expected to be the sole survivorNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:14:21Dead reckoning and a damaged night deck landingNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation7:01Choosing naval aircraft for 1939Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation14:49How a Greek naval project led toward the SwordfishChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation24:03Aircraft choices follow naval doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation28:15Why the Albacore did not automatically improve on the SwordfishNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:36:04A Swordfish attack run at TarantoChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:05:32Flare droppers and a battleship hit at TarantoChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:33:56How a fast fighter could overshoot a SwordfishNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:37:25Why Swordfish were lost during the Channel DashQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War50:44Taranto through a Swordfish pilot's memoirChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War58:07How Swordfish torpedoes were prepared for TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:56:23The danger of Swordfish long-range tanksQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers33:09Swordfish attacks and the return to CreteNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2242:04Diverging paths in carrier aviationNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2244:25Why radar kept the Swordfish usefulNotable Point
- Making Wooden Airscrews (Propellors) - 4 Minutes3:21The Blackburn Shark and the M.1/30 requirementNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)38:57Ripon: torpedo strike meets long reconnaissanceChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:11:55Shark combines multirole performance with catapult serviceChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:48:48Blackburn's interwar Fleet Air Arm legacyChapter
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)0:15M.1/30 and the aircraft it set in motionChapter
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)0:55How M.1/30 became S.15/33Notable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)1:51Defining the Fleet's future strike aircraftNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 213:24Richelieu and the Swordfish mythNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish8:00Swordfish, Taranto and carrier-landing cultureNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish10:49Naval Wings: a Swordfish pilot's wider warChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers26:43The abandoned rocket distraction for TarantoNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers41:10Why the Swordfish kept returning to depleted air groupsNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers46:40Engine failures shrink the Scarpanto strikeChapter
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/21:08How Force K planned to intercept a returning raiderNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:48:01Fleet Air Arm torpedo and dive-bombing rolesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:50:40A Swordfish dive-bombing attack on a submarineNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:44A Swordfish forces a German prize crew back aboard BiancaChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 412:44Fleet Air Arm options before the war hardensNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...52:50Fleet Air Arm types and assumptions not yet tested by warChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 410:12Fleet carriers and naval fighters gain priorityNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 441:24Why the Swordfish can survive unexpected damageNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 449:16A Pacific war reshapes Fleet Air Arm aircraft prioritiesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 434:42A Wellington and Swordfish combined attackNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:47Night operations, radio beacons, and SwordfishNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 417:00Using HMS Eagle to find Akagi firstChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:57British interest in carrier-based airborne early warningQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A24:38Anti-submarine success is more than sinking U-boatsQ&A
- 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 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A40:48Comparing aircraft U-boat totals and disputed Swordfish claimsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:02:27Could a Swordfish-style aircraft operate without a crewQ&A
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)6:49Supermarine Walrus: one aircraft, many naval jobsNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (Q)12:00Curtiss SOC Seagull and the persistence of naval biplanesNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar20:24Carrier air groups and fallback supportNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:31:16How aircraft helped minesweepers find dangerQ&A
- 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/A2:01:42Swordfish, Hellcat, and Tomcat anchor carrier-aircraft affectionQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:19:48Warspite's combined role at NarvikQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A13:46How a larger air group might alter TarantoQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192957:20Submarines overloaded the fleet before they scored a hitChapter
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:29:03A source for Swordfish and Albacore historyNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie21:26How Taranto tested the adaptability of armoured carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie37:20Radar and night crews gave Somerville an openingNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:18:36Ark Royal's torpedo attack on an Italian damNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!12:04Why wartime aircraft began as prewar designsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:13:12How carriers planned night strikes before radarQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:16:13Wei-hai-wei, Far East plans, and Swordfish rangeQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:56:36Why the Swordfish biplane was not obsolete thinkingQ&A
- The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)3:23Warspite's Swordfish exposes the ambushesNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)13:04Henderson's engineering case for naval control of aviationChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)20:35Narvik used the Tribals as fleet scouts and gun-heavy destroyersChapter