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- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:51:34A useful frigate conserves destroyer service lifeNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:12:37Wartime availability and the cost of sustained speedNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:16:25Twenty ships on paper do not mean twenty availableNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live16:50Type 45 refits and the cost of borrowing spare partsNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:38:12Why maintenance capacity matters to British fleet availabilityNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:15:44Gleaves strength shrank sharply when measured as available escortsChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)45:37One deployed carrier requires several hullsNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?58:30Dominion capital ships would demand local naval infrastructureNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered38:38Why two ships struggle to replace the rule of threeNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:44Rosyth expansion versus Devonport's military lakeQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:53The objection to using a fleet tanker to shadow a Russian submarineQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:53Floating dry docks as a bridge to fixed-dock modernizationQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:11:23How the Defence Investment Plan exposed a readiness gapQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:12:52Keeping Astute production moving between batchesNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:14:00The effect of cancelled Type 45 and Type 23 hullsNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:16:14Why fleet size affects retention and career depthNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?4:08Carrier tonnage limits turn ship size into an availability problemChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...16:32Type 23 life extension and the frigate gapNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...43:49Test infrastructure, class size, and readinessNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...57:38Commissioning crews write the operating manualChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)3:47Why the program starts with four, two, and twoChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:14:49How many carriers cover both Canadian coasts reliably?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:15:19Would a legal carrier minimum guarantee readiness?Q&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15Irish Naval Service names and personnel constraintsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:46Why fixing RFA manning would not restore lost capacityQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:14Testing claims about PLAN readinessQ&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...31:39The surface-combatant retirement bow wave arrives before replacement growthNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:43:55How often should amphibious readiness be reviewed?Notable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:13:29Fireboats and the protection of naval portsNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:40:39Shorter maintenance periods can improve readiness or fragment the fleetChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:46:07Maintenance authority and the sailors needed to use itNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:43:43Burke and Richardson warn against institutional complacencyNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...37:05Continuous construction sustains naval capacity over decadesNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...57:50Shirane applies Haruna experience to a four-ship aviation forceNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:17Why a simple top-five navy ranking misleadsQ&A
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima26:50Four-ship orders exposed Russia's rebuilding limitsNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima47:22Destroyer crews benefited from close cooperationNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima53:25Towing torpedo craft to Tsushima reduced trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:43How reserve time affects a destroyer's hull lifeQ&A
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?19:41Why four hulls give a stronger availability guaranteeNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:00:51Reserve fleets preserve hull life and readinessNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:03:30Yard switching and dry-dock bottlenecksChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:04:59Defence slack makes logistics more resilientNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:09:05The six-ship readiness model assumed a predictable worldChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:16:07Daring's completed power refit did not guarantee a return to seaNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:19:06HMS Duncan carried NATO duties in a de facto five-ship forceChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:34:43Building ships directly into reserveQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:37:14Civilian skills and simulators for a modern reserve fleetQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:40Whether Argentine ships could contribute at HormuzQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:58How many Burkes sustain a Hormuz surface force?Q&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:22Counting warships does not establish their availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:53Logistics ships depend on where a navy intends to fightQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:21Oil shocks and naval energy costsQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:02The fleet-wide value of retaining three Type 23 frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:54Type 32 and the Royal Navy readiness problemQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:17Delaying USS Nimitz to preserve carrier numbersQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:28Dry docks, cannibalization, and Royal Navy readinessQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:48Why assigned carrier escorts may be absent in practiceNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:07:33Overseas bases keep station carriers availableNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:32:08How many of twelve light carriers would be available?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:02When a launched warship counts as operationalNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:00Three Audacious-class carriers and an Australian HermesQ&A
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be34:43Older destroyers absorb the risks of presence missionsNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:18:04Concentrated escorts turn commonality into readinessNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?0:55Pearl Harbor's carrier turnaround opens a January windowNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?18:24Mediterranean losses and repairs constrain Allied reinforcementsNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?38:15Naval treaties leave the Eastern Fleet old and slowNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?56:16Why Force Z's survival would not rescue the PhilippinesNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:17:33Saving Force Z eases the Royal Navy's 1941 capital-ship crisisNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:19:56The proposed Eastern Fleet stays within reinforcement limitsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?0:53When an escort shortage sends a tanker after a submarineNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?6:10From ship availability to a dependable capabilityChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?8:51How larger fleets absorb unexpected missionsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?11:40Chinese iterative designs enlarge the available fleetNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?13:24Salt water and hard service limit maintenance savingsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?14:09Canada's fifteen River-class ships share training and engineeringNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?18:36How Type 45 overuse created a readiness debtChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?28:54NATO standing groups expose Britain's escort shortfallNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?33:02The fleet-ready escort also protects the nuclear deterrentNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?59:00A 40-escort fleet creates both surge and recovery capacityChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:14:46Carrier air wings are the US Navy's hidden bottleneckChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:29:32Fleet planning starts with risks, missions, and deliberate slackChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)37:50Deriving fleet size from missions and availabilityNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)39:20Why splitting LCS across two hulls reduced usable fleet strengthQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service10:33Testing capacity is part of fleet readinessChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:50:20Dry docks determine whether an expensive fleet can deployNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live27:22Earlier Illustrious-class carriers bring trained air groups to battleChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live46:04Modern ships and continuous production strengthen the later fleetQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:11:39Tirpitz and Graf Zeppelin need more than commissioning datesNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:03Where extra Royal Navy money should go firstQ&A
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?21:26Why steady fleet investment can cost less than neglectNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?1:10:12Which torpedo boats could Germany take to Jutland?Q&A
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII32:28How fleet size affects maintenance and availabilityNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII34:28Matching the ships an opponent can deployNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:11Scapa Flow imposed a different strain from the Western FrontNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:34Keeping Type 45 destroyers alongside Type 83Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun6:49How carrier readiness reshapes Taiwan contingency planningNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:51:40Maintenance capacity is part of fleet strengthChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:56:20Losing reserve fleets made naval mass easier to ignoreChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:58:33Availability cycles limit what fewer ships can deliverNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:01:28The criticism of fitted for but not withNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping13:52Black Sea losses and the question of frigate relevanceQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping37:24Iterative construction, unit costs, and fleet availabilityChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:10:34HMS Lancaster's farewell reflects Type 23 contractionNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?28:15Type 23 hull wear and delayed replacementNotable Point
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?58:31One advanced destroyer cannot occupy five stationsNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:55:25Why fleet size overstates operational availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:47The modern readiness lesson most like Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:10Destroyer size, treaty tonnage, and deployable numbersQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:46How ships in ordinary could improve Royal Navy retentionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:21Initial versus full operating capability at seaQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:27:50Why the E-2D is capable but overworkedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:16:45What continuous escort production buys a navyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:20:38Why an affordable Type 23 production line still stoppedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:22:21Had the case for more escorts been made at the time?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:21:45How refits and training reduce a carrier fleet's available strengthNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:12:25How advance warning could turn Pearl Harbor into a carrier ambushQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:05:49Alliance presentation and the shortage of carrier escortsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:06:50How Type 45 cuts sacrificed cheap follow-on hullsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:17:17What national capability contributes to an allianceNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:49Why an Eight-Eight Fleet needs slack for maintenanceNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:56:15Why two ships do not guarantee one availableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:56:54Fire-service reserves as a comparison for fleet readinessNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:36:35The risk of assuming governments can choose when war beginsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:51:45Judging Gorshkov despite Soviet readiness limitsQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:49Why stopping Type 45 production at six cost readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:50Debating conventional carriers alongside US nuclear carriersQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:18:15A five-flight-deck British carrier conceptNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:21:05Carrier surges and later maintenance gapsNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:25:04Allied carriers and national availabilityNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:17:54Eleven battlecruisers create refit depthNotable Point
- Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?22:43Sluys and English raids hollow out the French Channel fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:17Venezuelan Navy readiness limitsQ&A
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War41:22Layered defences require fleets built for availabilityChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War45:15Reserve hulls could separate ship availability from peacetime crewingNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War46:36Production gaps turn fleet cuts into ageing-ship problemsNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War48:50Modern Falklands defence rests on garrison, presence, and reinforcementChapter
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command17:46Ottoman naval power under continental pressureChapter
- Battle of Lepanto 1571: Alliances of Command27:44Coalition members rationed their commitmentNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships10:25Why naval eras overlap for decadesNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships12:34Industrial limits kept wooden warships relevantChapter
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships41:55Cutting-edge technology still needs insuranceNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?56:51Why larger French and Italian fleets matter globallyNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?8:21Paper strength concealed Third Fleet's attritionNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:29:31Cutting Type 45 numbers squandered development costsNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?21:32Why eight excellent destroyers still leave a coverage gapChapter
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?23:56A failed Chinese pincer shows the hazards of gray-zone coercionNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?40:26Maya as task-force centerpiece and missile-defense backstopChapter
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:05HMS Daring shows why fleet depth mattersNotable Point
- Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter33:05Falklands contingency plans expose model assumptionsNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.0:00Why navies need warfighting and presence fleetsChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.29:09How shrinking presence forces overwork carrier groupsChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory52:33British night-fighting preparation meets French delayChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory56:55Brueys reports his weakness but does not change the fleet's positionNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:30:17French recognition failures turn fire inwardNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence49:22Clean French ironclads exposed a readiness weaknessNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)33:39Economies of scale and ships in ordinaryNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)41:29Navies as police and alliances as insuranceNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:11:41How deferred refits created the Type 45 backlogQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:16Why Royal Navy recruiting needs fluctuateQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:26Rebuilding the Russian Navy from training upwardQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:40The captain's steward as a readiness safeguardNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft19:50Why war-fighting equations undercount presenceNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft25:44Reserve ships as readiness and deterrenceChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:11:01Which major navy is in the worst shape?Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:13:46Russian naval renewal must extend beyond submarinesNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...13:26Fleet numbers turn naval power into diplomatic confidenceNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...32:45Defence spending buys readiness before a crisisNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:36Aircraft availability is not the same as fleet failureNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:19The most useful carrier scout is the one availableQ&A
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort24:16Why a damaged warship can burden a fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:41Keeping Type 23 frigates through the escort gapQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:15Why the first ship of a class needs a substantial refitNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?47:42A small F-35A fleet can cost more than its purchase price suggestsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?52:01A late CATOBAR conversion cannot cheaply undo force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?9:08Why German commissioning dates can overstate readinessNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?26:27The one-in-three rule changes fleet arithmeticChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?30:30Small, varied classes magnified the readiness burdenNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:42A timely warning changes Pearl Harbor's alert postureQ&A
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...16:01Turner's intelligence bottleneck before Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:33When older warships fight in roles they were not built to surviveQ&A
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?22:24Kronstadt experience prepares Greig for Baltic commandChapter
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?36:27Could Sweden have broken the Russian line at Öland?Notable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!1:46Sea control versus maritime transport in the Imjin WarChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!24:28Yi Sun-sin as fleet builder rather than a Korean NelsonChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!35:05Pine hulls, oak pegs, and the infrastructure behind readinessNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)45:22Gangut rewards Russian concentration after a readiness warningChapter
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)2:58:17How could an Age of Sail warship be disinfected?Q&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:00:44Rozhestvensky delivered an impossible fleet to East AsiaChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned1:02:42Why Rozhestvensky hid his route from reinforcementsNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:01Could Type 45 destroyers serve alongside Type 83?Q&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin39:41Yi Sun-sin built readiness before the invasionChapter
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin1:42:28Yi Sun-sin, Nelson, and Collingwood comparedQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:06:20Yi revived an old design through advance preparationNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:10:14Could a panokseon become a turtle ship?Q&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:58:39Bureaucracy repeatedly ended turtle-ship serviceQ&A
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?49:15Fleet readiness constrained Scheer's 1916 planNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic53:41Readiness and shell testing through repeated false alarmsChapter
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:10:04Battlecruiser protection failed inside fleet tacticsChapter
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:48Copper sheathing as an operational advantageQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:47Why navies buy the high end before the low endQ&A
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership55:30A. V. Alexander faces the fleet his treaty curtailedNotable Point
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:40Why the United States built forty-one early ballistic-missile submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:01Carrier and LHD procurement when allies cannot rely on the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:40How allied procurement changes with less American backstoppingQ&A
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?7:23Why Kimmel's battle line was in Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...19:14The specialists missing from a fleet readiness decisionChapter
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...47:23Stripping the flagship to crew the blockadeChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194120:59When did the US Navy expect to be ready for war?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194127:49What happens to a buildup if war never comes?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19412:05:41How being at sea changes damage-control readinessQ&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:06:45The Nore reserve flotilla links people, ships, and dockyardsChapter
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition17:50Reliable capital ships as conventional deterrenceNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition42:08The delayed director and long-range fire controlChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:41:04Seawolf, Virginia, and Rickover's usable fleetNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live1:06:03Fireships punished fleets without prepared countermeasuresNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?6:41How early-war carrier decisions weakened the Far East deploymentChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?12:35Ark Royal's loss, deferred refit work, and counterfloodingNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?23:59What Prince of Wales and Repulse actually brought to Force ZNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:08:36Could reserve warships be stored on mud banks?Q&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:10:41Albion and Bulwark: maintenance cycles and disposal decisionsQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:19:10Could Courageous and Glorious surviving have saved Ark Royal?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:15How Italy matches naval commitments to designed capacityNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!48:11Why Eagle missed the First Battle of Cape FinisterreNotable Point
- Marquis de Santa Cruz: The Man who could have given Spain the World...48:22Drake at Lisbon and Santa Cruz's refusal to sail unreadyNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:08:27Teaching officers and organizing the Standing FleetChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:14:47Building the logistical base for war with RussiaChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:19:19Why wartime training could not be conserved awayNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 93:50What quarter, half, and two-thirds crews could doNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 97:24Why a port might keep two partly crewed guard shipsChapter
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 99:53Why hulks and ships in great refit were unavailableNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 912:39From ships in ordinary to guard ships ready within hoursChapter
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 920:30Deployment speed can matter more than fleet sizeNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 924:23Reserve ships freed first-line forces for the decisive theatreNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 926:13Why modern navies still need reserves for long warsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea27:23Why one German sortie tied down several British warshipsNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:50:16Small patrol craft protect scarce major warships from routine dutiesNotable Point
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?47:57Fast Nelsons would give Britain a sustainable six-ship mobile forceChapter
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral5:04Rozhestvensky and the achievement hidden by TsushimaNotable Point
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…37:17Why Grand Fleet destroyers could not simply escort convoysNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:12:29F3 expands overseas presence and refit capacityChapter
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 510:32Black Sea Fleet maintenance and political command appointmentsNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 520:06Wartime mileage can exhaust a carrier force before its ships look oldNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:07:14Why fleet availability blocked Hood's reconstructionQ&A
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit1:43:06Preserving the fleet during Sweden's civil warNotable Point
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas 2... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit2:43:27An oversized fleet competes for Sweden's limited personnelNotable Point
- Battle of Elli1:01:23Orders not to risk ships constrain Ottoman commandNotable Point
- Battle of Elli1:13:42The Ottoman fleet's aging and mismatched battle lineChapter
- Battle of Elli2:13:15Elli shows why ships alone do not make a fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Elli2:19:16New Greek warships disrupted crews across the fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?36:09A rebuilt Tiger could send Hood into dock soonerQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?1:38:05How refitted HMS Devastation could release newer battleshipsQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 916:18Why Tiger was not rushed into action before she was readyNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 927:15Treaty displacement and Tiger's interwar valueNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 91:10:28Tiger as the interwar battlecruiser squadron's reserveChapter
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:27:34When will navies build less cruise-oriented warships?Q&A
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 340:29Reserve activation turns readiness into combat powerNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!37:33Carrier-sized dry docks determine maintenance and readinessChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!39:31Why do warships spend so much time in refit and training?Q&A
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!41:41Floating and overseas dry docks extend carrier repair accessChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!43:19Ammunition handling and work-up extend the refit cycleChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!45:43Shaft-seal damage makes emergency dry-dock access essentialNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:05:45A port visit is not the same as a sustaining carrier baseChapter
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians19:49Dockyards alone cannot preserve naval capabilityNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 757:24Type 45 fleet size changes unit cost and readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:51:07Why the High Seas Fleet could not instantly sortie after a carrier raidQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:34:51Russian cruiser readiness in late 2024Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:27:51Commissioned life versus active life for the Kirov classQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...33:52Nuclear-carrier economics and the missing reserveNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut7:07Why the Chinese carriers are unlikely to share Kuznetsov's fuel problemNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut1:02:45Why one carrier is not a sustained carrier capabilityNotable Point
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?44:28How keeping Tiger could have unlocked battlecruiser refitsNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin22:20Peacetime demand, reserves, and nuclear carrier upkeepChapter
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:50:51Four CVA-01 carriers into the twenty-first centuryQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:18:26A much larger Argentine destroyer force needs more than shipsQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 37:53Port capacity constrains fleet repair and deploymentNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 32:40:18Fleet-wide refits compete with operations and researchNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 21:26:18Repair ports can pull a fleet away from the warNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 741:28Diversify the fleet and make reserves usableNotable Point
- How would a Naval Historian Change the Goa'uld Fleet to be supreme? Patreon Premier 751:34Henry VII and readiness over paper fleet strengthNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:48:39Refitting old hulls versus replacing themNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign21:48Why veteran crews can justify modernizationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:10:34Old warships as imperial presence and invasion tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:06:39The cumulative payoff from uninterrupted shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...39:24Why only about one third of a fleet may be ready for dutyQ&A
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:33:55Concentrating fleet tonnage for naval invasionsNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right43:04Illustrious needed fighter spares as well as armourNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right46:53Preventing damage and maintaining the systems needed to survive itNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:09:15Ark Royal's inquiry and readiness accountabilityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:28Plan Z and battleships for a Royal Indian NavyQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:24:24Mothballing old ships to crew new destroyersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign29:34Repairs compete with fleet constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:00:16Royal Navy alert levels in the late 1930sQ&A
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:24:25Fleet visits as calibrated deterrenceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:04Naval research must be balanced against ships in serviceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:25A beaten force must use the remaining gap to withdrawNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:46:38Combat results expose warship design flawsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:51:21Replacement time shapes attrition prioritiesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:30:51Continuous construction keeps cruiser strength recoverableNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:34:50A needed refit still has an availability costNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:13Two carriers leave little margin for availabilityNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions56:23Warship availability depends on numbers and operating stressNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:17:58How repeated battles can widen a fleet's quality advantageNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:51:56Why old battleships remained useful in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:13:17When navies built for need instead of one-for-one replacementNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:15:51A controlled action builds destroyer experienceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:20:43Minefields keep inflicting losses between fleet actionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:34:52Torpedo detection becomes the fleet's urgent weaknessNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:39:58Construction and repair timing shapes theatre strengthNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle0:28Blackett Strait rewards preparation and informationChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle36:06Aaron Merrill balances risk with available force massChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle1:18:19Preparation turns the battle into an American footnoteChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign4:40Scapa Flow's wartime value and permanent basing are separate questionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:03:43Older warships cover distant stations instead of entering reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:43:13Why receiving more frigates does not guarantee a better fleetQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!8:22Short service lives and battleship deterrenceChapter
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!1:01:19Why fleet numbers conceal maintenance problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:22:10How larger fleets improve the rule of threeQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:41:53How eight Type 31 frigates sustain distant stationsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:01:01Why numbers gave Britain a pre-dreadnought advantageQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:28:51The historic ship most useful to today's Royal NavyQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:10:28Modeling reserve fleets, maintenance, and mobilizationChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:17:14The case for a Royal Navy reserve forceChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:13:06Political incentives reward being attacked firstNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:40:35Pearl Harbor's defenses reflected a peacetime funding mindsetQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:03:20Today's Royal Navy carries Cold War commitments with far fewer shipsQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty23:16Distributed shipbuilding buys presence as well as votesNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered55:46Cold-weather sloops as a durable patrol fleetQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:09:14The light-cruiser shortage exposed prewar procurement lagNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:28:46Hull count does not equal operational availabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:40:47Reserve squadrons preserve wartime fleet depthNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:55:35Reserve fleets preserve useful second-line shipsQ&A
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:07:35Delaying a future war until the fleet is readyNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:27Why Queen Elizabeth's repair illustrates the two-carrier problemNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:38:43Why a medium power needs a five-ship aviation poolNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:04:26How a West Coast attack could immobilize American sea powerQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:42:27How a surviving Force Z could have strengthened ABDANotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:48:12Why Force Z sailed without carrier air coverQ&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...28:55Why three carriers protect operational availabilityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:29:18Cruiser refits expose speed and armament tradeoffsChapter
- Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign42:32Balancing speed, protection, range, and secondary fire in a campaign battleshipChapter
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:01:34Repairing surviving British battlecruisers after JutlandQ&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?40:40Carrier-aircraft logistics shape helicopter availabilityNotable Point
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 11:06:55Short-term and extended reserve give a fleet mobilization depthNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:35:59How many people support three cruiser helicopters?Q&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?10:53Why an escort-first order could not instantly free shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?13:05Carrier fleets must plan for wartime lossesNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:15:14A carrier's air group is its most adaptable armamentNotable Point
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 523:05The PL.7 puts Swordfish obsolescence in contextNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids48:47New construction would push older conversions into reserveNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:27:49Peace dividends can make later procurement more expensiveNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:42:17Could Britain mount a modern Falklands operation?Q&A
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:59:20Aircraft carried are not the same as an operational air groupNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids2:17:24Contract rules shape when a ship is commissionedNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:38:56How quickly a steam fleet can leave harborQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI25:17Ships in ordinary absorb refit delaysChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI34:28Presence duties and the World War II reserve shortfallNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI38:55The Kriegsmarine entered war before its fleet was readyNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI57:22Austro-Hungarian readiness came from planning for its likely warNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?13:21Reserve ships preserve fleet depth and construction continuityChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?17:40How nucleus crews make a reserve flotilla mobilizableChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?26:26Reserve fleets need exercises and realistic readiness ratiosNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?28:17Logistics ships and refit rotation in a reserve fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:55:42When is a reserve ship no longer worth keeping?Q&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:01:48The fleet at the outbreak of war shapes the opening campaignsNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:37:49Judge reserve ships by the depth they addNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:54:15The limits of rebuilding Napoleon's navyQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s21:03Why peacetime trials matter for turbine adoptionNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence13:20Reserve rotation protects deployable ship numbersNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence25:10Balanced fleets depend on ships below the battle lineChapter
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!54:38Small warship classes make every hull look more expensiveQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:00:39Early American entry would transform both world wars at seaQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:11:52Reserve destroyers trade bad headlines for real wartime resilienceQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:24:33Reserve ships protect a fleet against long-war attritionChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:39:27More modest hulls improve force generationChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 834:43How a new destroyer supported the Korean War indirectlyNotable Point
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 848:05Reserve ships as insurance for refits and crisesChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 852:16Persistent presence masks the strain of crisis responseNotable Point
- Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency44:53Why Ottoman ships of the line could not reinforce SinopNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:11:48Retaining or retiring Russia's large Soviet-era ships exposes the replacement problemQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:32:03Why two carrier deployments require five or six hullsQ&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War14:27Port Arthur consumed Russia's prepared Pacific forceNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War52:00The Borodinos formed a narrow modern Russian coreChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War1:27:19Russia sent scouting gaps and yard-bound ships to seaNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War1:44:49An 18,000-mile voyage delivered an exhausted fleetChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War2:14:05Russia ignored warnings and became trapped by its coaling planNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:18:41New German hulls create a readiness and intelligence problemNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers35:57Three hulls create continuous raider pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:45:36Hitler's caution may waste the extra prewar hullNotable Point
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 830:16Russia's maintenance system before Port ArthurNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion24:31Hull numbers determine real availabilityChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion42:06Continuous procurement, fatigue, and retirement datesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1124:18Disengaging a damaged cruiser from a torpedo threatNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1128:37Commissioning new capital ships through a crew bottleneckNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:27:54Retiring old battleships as the fleet's standards riseNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:45:19Separating game victory values from operational fleet valueNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 108:13Aging cruisers can remain useful in presence rolesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 92:03:19Damaged ships need ports able to repair themNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty24:38Jutland's losses and fleet recovery tell different storiesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 61:37:51Crew pools determine which ships are readyNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 48:48Why four carriers mattered for availabilityNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:51:08Why paper capability cannot replace fleet capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:52:35What decides whether an old capital ship becomes a targetQ&A
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 930:03Why a French squadron needs more than one shipNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:15:46Reinforcing a distant fleet after attritionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 233:56Crew pools turn hull numbers into deployable strengthNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 237:08Research and shipyard capacity govern fleet renewalNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...17:15Refitting older battleships for useful serviceChapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:31:38What a repair backlog says about sea powerQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:23:58How an unrestricted capital fleet would cycle older ships outQ&A
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!34:36The simple theory: build and train the right fleetNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda3:43Building an Adriatic fleet through long command tenuresChapter
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...20:17Why heavy operational use wore out Tribal turbinesNotable Point
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet37:57Bastion fleets match force to a persistent threatNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:23:06The convoy passes while both fleets recoverNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:33:29The order of battle concealed damaged shipsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:59:18Capital-ship scarcity made German tactical victories costlyNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:05:27What large warships were available to support Sea Lion?Q&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:25:12Technology without practice in the First World War U.S. NavyQ&A
- Building the Fleets for Jutland2:45Jutland’s fleets were decades in the makingChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland12:44The Royal Navy could leave 15-inch ships behindNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland20:59New ships mattered only when availableNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:51:22The striking force both sides left outside JutlandChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:20:20Three knots separated firepower from tactical freedomNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power46:06Economic warfare requires ships that are actually availableNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power51:29Concentration means rapid union, not one massChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History25:15How many French battleships were operational in 1940?Q&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History49:35Why the Royal Navy renewed machinery so aggressivelyNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History52:50Testing accounts of Hood against engineering evidenceNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War1:11:48Which ships each side could use in the civil warNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War1:20:46Chilean naval quality over global prestigeNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 933:52Steam readiness mattered in confined watersNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 937:34Reserve service preserved Repulse’s utilityChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 942:49A useful ship through the 1861-1905 transitionNotable Point
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)8:46Why small classes made readiness difficultNotable Point
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...45:02Wood seasoning and the economics of fleet replacementNotable Point
- Battle of Yamen (1279)... 844yrs ago today...48:48Timber stockpiles, hull life, and fleet sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:19:28Banishment and the danger of scattered fleetsChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:25:46How fleet size turns ships into available capabilityQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century36:50Guard ships after the Dutch War shocksNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:32:21The rated fleet mix in 1794 and 1814Chapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:25:21U-boat force generation and the timing of escort mobilizationNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class0:39Small wars expose neglected naval readinessNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class28:05Tankers could have changed Pearl Harbor dispersalNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All26:24Pacific concentration and shortened service livesNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:03:44When did the Soviet Navy reach peak effectiveness?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:24:14Can a Typhoon launch ballistic missiles from the pier?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:28:22Did fear of another Barbarossa justify launching from port?Q&A
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?53:42Fleet funding priorities shaped readiness and trainingChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:07:22Damage instead of loss is a long-war advantageNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine21:02Theory, procurement, and reality as three different fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:56:36Why three available ships may require seven or eight hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:15:38Why a blue-water navy requires experience as well as shipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:20:24Keeping twelve destroyers on patrol required a larger forceNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:53:09Why fleet availability needs several hullsNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty32:47Carrier tonnage rules produced fragile fleet numbersChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"8:25Why HMS Hood did not carry Britain to WashingtonQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"24:16Are old armored-cruiser rebuilds better than no reinforcement?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"35:53Carrier ceilings produced fleets too small for reliable availabilityChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 416:24Why fleets need unglamorous second-class cruisersChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 419:19The safety-car analogy for judging supporting warshipsNotable Point
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 420:35Reserve cruisers as a mobilization and training assetChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 421:37Using older cruisers to preserve the best warshipsChapter
- Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 115:14HMS Mersey as a reserve and manoeuvre shipChapter
- Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 140:45Warships as insurance rather than battle trophiesNotable Point
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate's Battle Cruisers1:21:53What a sixteen-ship BC-304 force could sustainChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:32:37Why paper fleet totals were not enough in the Far EastChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:53:43How war consumes a ship's fatigue lifeQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War4:01:11Why wartime maintenance schedules collapseQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History19:36Camperdown and the danger of misreading fleet readinessChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History23:13Duncan restores readiness before CamperdownNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response5:48Why rebuilt Savannah was held from immediate combatNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6443:29Camperdown exposes a readiness gapNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:56:37What if every R-class battleship had been modernized?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:24:07Forward basing requires defense, supply, and intelligenceNotable Point
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More6:37Remnant Faction: mobilizing an intact reserve fleetChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More39:47Operation Medusa targets the network that holds a force togetherChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More46:53Concentrating a fleet requires ammunition and exposes the frontierChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:33:36Believable science fiction respects shipbuilding timelinesNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)44:37Russian naval institutions needed sustained investmentQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?55:08Could Hood receive a wartime refit?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?58:27Why unfinished French battleships do not count in 1940Notable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4216:33Why the French fleet could not respond better to Operation TorchQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:21:23Keeping modern escorts in ordinary reserveQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:40:45Why field reliability matters more than maximum technologyQ&A
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 103:23First-class protected cruisers and reserve-fleet logicChapter
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1059:24The Edgar class remained useful after losing first-rate statusChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p923:58Why new warships spent years in reserveNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 225:32Why two carriers cannot guarantee a carrier groupQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:12:46Crew transfers between Britain's two carriersQ&A
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p616:17Commissioning Leander reveals everyday fleet readinessNotable Point
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p623:23Fleet exercises exposed the cost of real readinessNotable Point
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments3:00Why veteran personnel mattered more than replacement hullsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments44:24Why capital-ship losses accelerated the Implacable classQ&A
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19410:31What can still be fixed by January 1941?Chapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War38:14Why Spain's Manila cruisers could not fight as a fleetChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:05:56Cervera objects to a mission his squadron cannot sustainChapter
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)12:33Why available ships matter more than headline fleet sizeNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)37:51Pyotr Velikiy as Russia's operational status shipChapter
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)38:18Why the Slava class insured the Kirov programNotable Point
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:24:06Hood's condition and the cost of raider coverageQ&A
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:31:43Renown could not simply free Hood for refitQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today32:02Why three CATOBAR carriers can be easier to sustain than twoNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today42:06Pairing fleet carriers with amphibious flight decksNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:16:39Why two ships do not sustain a capabilityQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:04:24Gorshkov frigates and the cost of eliminating fleet slackChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:08:08From deployment ratios to a 36-hull Royal Navy mixNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:25:13Fridtjof Nansen and small-navy cruiser dutiesChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:58:43How many carriers major fleets could surgeQ&A
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)17:11Replacement holidays left cruiser fleets aging togetherChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:13:07Why two carriers do not create a continuous capabilityNotable Point
- Meeting a Tribal at last: HMCS Haida (live)6:32Tribal-class losses and wartime mission overloadNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:08:23Uncrewed survey craft cannot solve a numbers shortage aloneNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy16:28Why placing HMS Echo in low readiness was a mistakeQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy1:24:22What a standard naval refit actually includesQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy2:20:03Why fewer survey ships create a resilience problemQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy2:43:42How HMS Scott sustains 300 days at seaQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy2:54:19Why the Royal Navy has no spare ship to call least usefulQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine46:06Deterrence requires deployable fleet strengthChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine51:49Deterrence needs capability, not fear of rhetoricQ&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:59:52The strategic complacency between Khitomer and Wolf 359Notable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:06:18Strategic shock after Norway and FranceNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:12:37Why was Hood's deterioration not enough to force a refit?Q&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:26:25Why three powerful ships do not provide three deployable shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:30:22What dual crewing can and cannot solveQ&A
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century38:10Galaxy and Challenger show the design's longevityNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)38:33Wars use operational ships and worked-up crewsNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...53:04How long it takes to store a frigateQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:05:15How five Tiger-class cruisers could have survived longerQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:10:53How battlecruiser numbers create capabilityQ&A
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol30:33Carthage's naval infrastructure and readinessNotable Point
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)55:43Carthage builds a naval base around fleet readinessNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)23:05Why four available cruisers may require twelveNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)43:34Why the world's largest navy was still short at ImbrosNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)27:19Using numerical superiority to protect damaged shipsNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:06:12Treaty ratios, Japanese insecurity and British readinessChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)16:00Kimmel's practical readiness measuresChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:15:53Was Kimmel forced to micromanage?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:44:09Kimmel explicitly planned against surprise attackNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:07:09Treaty parity hid Britain's larger ready fleetNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)49:42Peace, disarmament, and strategic hubrisNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:33:04Why Type 26 numbers should follow readiness cyclesQ&A
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)56:47Ship numbers turn tokens into usable capabilityNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)57:22How availability shaped Nelson's design prioritiesNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:35:55Why class size changes acceptable design riskNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)24:27Canada's two-ocean force-generation problemChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:50:08Why deterrence depends on more than owning one shipQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:10:11Why better commanders cannot erase industrial limitsQ&A
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)37:04Why two ships are not a durable capabilityNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)1:04:03Modern carriers and the lesson of fleet depthNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)0:01Infrastructure sets a navy's practical optionsChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)52:01Carrier procurement without Portsmouth support creates false economyNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)54:54Infrastructure as long-term naval strategyChapter
- Bruships 69: The Decider33:03Why a wartime fleet still needs replacement shipsQ&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)37:01Ports and basins as fleet-maintenance infrastructureNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"9:28Why repair capacity matters after battleNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"51:47Matching Neptune-class battleships to usable docksNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:10:15Devonport's flow of routine and emergency repairsNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol1:03:47Paper fleets do not fight warsNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)52:35Why fleet growth must include maintenance yardsQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:30:26Were Kirov-class ships still being built in 2022?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:35:14Other fleets rivaled the Second Pacific Squadron's dysfunctionQ&A
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?46:42Pearl Harbor as a forward-base problemChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?14:01What the three variants share in hull and enduranceNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol35:05Readiness was more than the number of shipsChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion31:16Sea-going training gives the Royal Navy tactical depthNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion40:20Paper plans fail without ships and crewsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign9:03British mobilisation and sea-going experienceChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign38:23Nelson overtakes the combined fleet across the AtlanticNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign42:57Allied ship-handling after Cape FinisterreNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175910:29Blockade, manpower, and fleet readinessChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175912:07Corbett's close-blockade warning and Hawke's answerNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:26:06How many ships sustain a force at sea?Q&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s59:13The Second Pacific Squadron's missing refit baseNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:35:39Designing warship power plants for maintenanceNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:20:05Why wartime fleets still rotate in thirdsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:18:18VLS magazines, sea reloads, and peer warNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:29:21Missile loadouts follow the deploymentQ&A
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/710:35A second blockade forms off BoulogneNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/716:00Converted East Indiamen after battlefleet attritionNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:28:40What two, three, or four ships buy a navyQ&A
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol55:24Tilsit turns battle damage into a strategic crisisNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:40:01Coal shortages cut French fleet readinessNotable Point
- Blockade18:41Trafalgar, experienced personnel, and French fleet recoveryNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June24:05Laid down and commissioned define the fleet totalsNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail2:36:47A four-ship force can sustain one deployed shipQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19072:00How a fleet reserve preserves wartime capacityNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190622:19Disarmament, naval insurance, and credible warningsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190625:00Why alliance interoperability multiplies coalition powerNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:30:58A viable strike-carrier and LHD fleet ratioQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers3:17:50Eight Type 83s support persistent deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi40:05Avalon's fleet rejects reveal a peacetime navyNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi2:21:09Call to Arms makes repair capacity part of fleet readinessChapter
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi3:44:23Conflict Unending treats fleet war as an industrial contestChapter
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi3:49:12Operation Dragon trades dreadnought readiness for base defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi3:54:35War for the Empire shows a defeated fleet adaptingTranscript Excerpt
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:03:58Geography decides an Italian-South American contestQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:29:25HMS Despatch trades gunnery time for South American presenceChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments11:12How readiness could have changed TsushimaQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s6:21Why four listed carriers meant one available shipNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s8:03Destroyer and frigate readiness behind the fleet listChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s12:07Why reserve ships did not equal ready reinforcementsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s28:21Why HMS Swiftsure's refit cost more than her constructionChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s29:02The disputed reasons for HMS Swiftsure's 1992 retirementNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s39:13How political priorities weakened deterrent signallingNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)5:23HMS Invincible and confidence across the naval serviceChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)8:12Why ship cuts cannot rely on jam tomorrowNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)33:44Dockyard slack enabled Falklands mobilisationNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed23:22Strategy first, because wars consume the fleet already builtNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan35:40Why a better frigate cannot be in five placesQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan57:41How usable was Britain's reserve fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:27:33Why a navy fights first with the fleet it hasNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:24:28Retention and the Royal Navy's specialist shortagesChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:27:26Pay, family separation, and moving between regular and reserve serviceNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:30:42Royal Naval Reserve roles from minesweeping to frontline aircrewChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 19043:13Fear and false reports aboard the Baltic FleetChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 190410:53Kamchatka's wild gunfire and the Tangier cableNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 190413:07The seamanship lesson of Dogger BankNotable Point
- Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated6:22British destroyer quantity as global strategyChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream6:37Engineering substitutions and the torpedo flotilla's short legNotable Point
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:23:47Parliamentary funding helps the Royal Navy overtake its rivalsNotable Point
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)2:27:41Graf Zeppelin needed a balanced raider task forceChapter
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy13:20Carrier treaty limits collided with fleet availabilityNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context6:12Reserve fleets made wartime expansion possibleNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192028:51Why steady shipbuilding can lower fleet costsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192034:00Why operating station changes how quickly ships ageQ&A
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy25:54Fleet numbers, global availability, and the Type 45 successorNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?1:21:31Would warning have put the battleships at sea?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:09:41The Japanese Navy's unsustainable all-out opening effortNotable Point
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint3:00:03Why deployed requirements need extra hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books45:45Legacy Fleet and the danger of cutting old shipsChapter
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books54:18Why obsolete ships save the day in science fictionNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books1:05:30Fisher's cuts and the wartime uses of older shipsQ&A
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-161:34Why Britain wanted seventy cruisersChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-165:58The force margin hidden behind peacetime numbersNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1618:11The Commonwealth burden behind Britain's naval totalsChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1622:02Italian frogmen and the attrition of repair timeNotable Point
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill11:02Glasgow scouts as Sturdee's squadron gets under wayNotable Point
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea9:30Fleet superiority must allow for ships in refitNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 217:42Why Denmark left its rebuilt fleet exposedNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era55:24Why Seymour's fleet lacked immediate leverageNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:08:49Fisher's economies and Britain's overseas positionsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 429:49Wartime service consumes hull and machinery lifeNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 452:03Germany's unready fleet and British pre-emptionNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 459:41Submarines and bases for a Mediterranean counteroffensiveNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro16:08Why the Spanish fleet could not escape ByngNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 222:55Treasure-fleet protection competes with Armada readinessNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:28How many ships make a class operationally viable?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:07:16Why HMS Ocean remained a one-ship classQ&A
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy53:05Fleet numbers for waging peaceChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians11:12Why high-end fleet capacity starts before warNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You41:30Fleet numbers sustain credible flight-deck presenceNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:02:21The D-class anti-aircraft conversion war interruptedNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:05:14Why one continuous SSBN patrol needs four boatsNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:10:10The refit problem: useful ships cannot be sparedNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:11:58The opening years of war are fought with the prewar fleetNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:33:42Reserves as a hedge against readiness gapsChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:37:14Reserve ships can protect the active fleet's maintenance cycleNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:17Carrier availability beyond the headline countQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:07A 25-to-30-escort Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:19:12Economic shocks and the struggle to retain fleetsQ&A
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 216:09How Spanish Civil War duties delayed modernizationNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 218:32Why useful cruisers missed their overhaulChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 31:32Wars begin with the fleet already availableChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 33:10River Plate and the power of good-enough shipsNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 36:32Quality and quantity are relative procurement advantagesNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 318:19A small warship represents the fleet behind itNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 322:02What mobilizing a laid-up wooden fleet requiredNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 336:26Crisis deterrence rests on years of routine presenceChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 340:30Fleet depth turns presence into credible deterrenceNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 324:48Why command opportunities preserve naval memoryNotable Point
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full52:08Altmark as a lesson in fleet surge capacityNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream32:24Escort numbers, crew retention, and deployable readinessChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile48:03Force attrition and the ships left to fightNotable Point