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Fleet Screening

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  1. Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?
    2:20A light frigate's place in a wartime task groupChapter
  2. Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?
    12:15Hull numbers for dispersal and mutual supportNotable Point
  3. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    42:17Cruiser and destroyer strength changes the fleet balanceNotable Point
  4. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    43:33Standard classes and screening make a fleet easier to assembleNotable Point
  5. What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?
    54:41Testing the Jeune École against guns and destroyer screensNotable Point
  6. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    7:14Uncrewed escorts push crewed frigates into cruiser functionsChapter
  7. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    30:09Fleet size sets the limits of specialisationNotable Point
  8. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    40:08Type 23 outlives its Cold War task-group assumptionsChapter
  9. Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one
    28:27Akizuki's weapons and radar for task-group screeningNotable Point
  10. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    8:01Destroyers as a screen for the Soviet stateNotable Point
  11. Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...
    40:58Deleting fuel tanks changes the strategy a ship can supportNotable Point
  12. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    31:59Asahi destroyers and FREMM frigates as screening shipsQ&A
  13. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:10:51An arsenal ship and the burden on its escortsNotable Point
  14. Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:50:38Italian DDX destroyers for task-group screeningQ&A
  15. What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?
    50:53A raiding fleet needs escorts with matching reachNotable Point
  16. The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)
    1:44:59Why a high-low fleet mix needs a middle tierChapter
  17. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    14:25Patrol and screening duties require room for systems and crewsNotable Point
  18. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    19:03Destroyer numbers make layered fleet screens possibleChapter
  19. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    25:20The Philippine Sea fleet shows the scale of destroyer demandChapter
  20. USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings
    32:41Sumner firepower reinforced a screen built around Fletcher numbersNotable Point
  21. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    4:15Why destroyer endurance matters to the fleet screenNotable Point
  22. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    8:40Small hulls and the ships needed to sustain a rearming circuitNotable Point
  23. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    12:25Minion's Jutland screening and Scandinavian convoy escortsChapter
  24. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    14:16Why an escort can be useful without fightingNotable Point
  25. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    29:20Opal's offensive and defensive screening at JutlandNotable Point
  26. The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...
    37:16Paladin's career escorting capital shipsChapter
  27. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    7:59From screening lance to convoy shieldChapter
  28. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    27:21Later-series firepower and sensorsChapter
  29. What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?
    33:03Gunpower versus anti-submarine capacityChapter
  30. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:21:34Long-range missiles increase the burden on the screenNotable Point
  31. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    8:52Appropriations favored prestige ships over fleet escortsChapter
  32. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    14:17Farragut ended a thirteen-year gap in destroyer commissioningChapter
  33. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    41:35Mahan restored domestic machinery development and Pacific rangeChapter
  34. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    54:07Gridley traded Pacific range for speed and torpedo powerChapter
  35. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:01:30Why a destroyer's cruising range overstates its combat enduranceNotable Point
  36. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:06:35Bagley paired long range with a mass torpedo attackChapter
  37. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:40:16Benham exposed the tradeoff between torpedoes and screening weaponsChapter
  38. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    1:49:08Sims paired Mark 37 fire control with an experimental machinery layoutChapter
  39. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    2:15:44Gleaves strength shrank sharply when measured as available escortsChapter
  40. 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers
    2:21:56Design inertia kept vulnerable machinery layouts in useNotable Point
  41. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    0:00Judge frigates by the missions they must performChapter
  42. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    10:16How NATO escort groups reinforce carrier formationsNotable Point
  43. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    41:32What separates a light frigate from a corvette or patrol ship?Q&A
  44. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    54:14Type 31 as the task group's defensive goalkeeperChapter
  45. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    17:00Fleet screening and the drop-back manoeuvreNotable Point
  46. HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars
    19:12What did warships practise besides gunnery?Q&A
  47. Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?
    4:50Why destroyers grew beyond torpedo boatsNotable Point
  48. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    0:24Torpedo boat destroyers as fleet screensChapter
  49. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    32:21River-class seakeeping, range and the weight of fuelNotable Point
  50. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    42:03Why fleet screens needed a speed marginNotable Point
  51. Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    57:26Escorts, fleet screens, and a cruiser's delaying roleNotable Point
  52. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    17:22Fisher's 600-ship Baltic invasion conceptChapter
  53. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    23:11How the dreadnought race weakened Germany's supporting fleetNotable Point
  54. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    33:33A sector fleet needs escorts as well as capital shipsQ&A
  55. Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:51:06Science fiction needs more escort and screening shipsQ&A
  56. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    0:00Why Germany needed a credible destroyer forceChapter
  57. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    2:41Narvik left the Kriegsmarine without enough destroyersChapter
  58. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    20:10Forward firepower matters for an aggressive destroyerNotable Point
  59. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    24:32The Type 1942 showed a more useful destroyer directionChapter
  60. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    30:57Destroyers could support coastal convoys and regional operationsNotable Point
  61. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    32:31Destroyer priorities met industrial limits and poor radio disciplineNotable Point
  62. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    38:18Project J was fast enough for the capital ships it would escortNotable Point
  63. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    41:13The 1938 projects pursued refinement instead of availabilityNotable Point
  64. Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...
    57:34Would earlier destroyer recovery have changed German options?Notable Point
  65. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:15:02Britain's balanced force for holding sea areasChapter
  66. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    1:26:29A capital ship could buy a carrier room to strikeQ&A
  67. Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI
    6:36Isokaze-class escorts for the Eight-Eight FleetChapter
  68. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:31:42HMS Belfast and short-range drone defenceQ&A
  69. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:47Royal Fleet Auxiliary integration and LUSV supportQ&A
  70. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:16:01Why warship labels reveal less than roles and design compromisesNotable Point
  71. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    0:07Why screening defines the destroyerChapter
  72. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    1:25Token general-purpose capability on specialist destroyersNotable Point
  73. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    3:02HMS Greyhound and the first destroyer screenNotable Point
  74. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    7:03Why destroyers grew into seagoing generalistsNotable Point
  75. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    18:52World War I destroyers need speed for the battle lineNotable Point
  76. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    20:27World War I gives destroyers several kinds of escort experienceNotable Point
  77. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    33:28Why destroyer guns shield and torpedoes strikeNotable Point
  78. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    46:02Independent destroyer forces before World War IINotable Point
  79. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    47:07DesRon 21 shows why destroyer screens need autonomyNotable Point
  80. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    54:39Charles F. Adams destroyers balance the Cold War screenChapter
  81. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    1:06:49First-flight Burkes screen the carrier groupNotable Point
  82. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    1:10:23Burke-class endurance and VLS depthNotable Point
  83. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    1:21:01Maya-class firepower and stealth tradeoffsChapter
  84. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    1:23:08How could destroyers operate with uncrewed escorts?Q&A
  85. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    48:33An ideal Royal Navy sketch built around escort groupsQ&A
  86. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:48:36Distributed air defence adds latency and single-point failuresQ&A
  87. The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?
    2:54:46Hybrid Navy doctrine could be integrated flotilla warfare or a Jeune École gambleQ&A
  88. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    4:04Why Farragut could not replace a destroyerNotable Point
  89. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    12:40A capable Connecticut still needs a screenNotable Point
  90. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    13:56Four large torpedo boats leave the battle line top-heavyNotable Point
  91. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    15:30The six-year gap ends with five Smith-class destroyersNotable Point
  92. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    18:40Five Smiths cannot screen a battle divisionNotable Point
  93. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    20:04Balanced fleets turn Mahan's warning into force designChapter
  94. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    24:02From Jeune Ecole shortcuts to flotilla defenceNotable Point
  95. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    26:35Fleet ratios expose the Paulding order's limitsNotable Point
  96. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    29:58Paulding design strengths cannot overcome escort scarcityChapter
  97. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    43:30Capital-ship status outpaces the supporting fleetChapter
  98. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    45:15Destroyer quality cannot erase a four-to-one gapNotable Point
  99. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    2:37Asagiri and Abukuma show how smaller escorts build fleet massChapter
  100. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    5:10Japan's escort terminology explains its maritime screening strategyChapter
  101. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    18:27Atago and the ship numbers needed for continuous screeningNotable Point
  102. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    28:37Hyuga generates ASW helicopter sortiesChapter
  103. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    35:26Hunter-killer helicopter pairs reveal the escort group's ASW arithmeticChapter
  104. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    39:28Sea lines of communication are a national-survival issue for JapanNotable Point
  105. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    48:13Izumo adds fighters for identification and limited air defenceChapter
  106. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    51:42Izumo's aircraft capacity limits the size of its submarine screenNotable Point
  107. Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century
    57:48Japan needs defensive depth on its Pacific side as well as its western approachesNotable Point
  108. How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...
    35:27Uncrewed escorts inherit small-escort logicNotable Point
  109. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    8:37Offensive design from strategic shortageNotable Point
  110. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    11:57B97 moves closer to a screening destroyerChapter
  111. The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI
    31:02Hit-and-run attacks versus longer screening fightsNotable Point
  112. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    0:27Expanding missions make destroyers and frigates growNotable Point
  113. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    7:07The Arquebuse program creates a two-coast destroyer forceNotable Point
  114. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    11:02Claymore and Branlebas expose Jeune Ecole legacyChapter
  115. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    16:11Flotilla defence still requires a balanced fleetNotable Point
  116. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    17:44Standardized small destroyers create flotilla massNotable Point
  117. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    53:24Larger destroyers compete with the need for more hullsNotable Point
  118. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    3:25:36MUSVs pair containerized missions with new shipyard entrantsNotable Point
  119. US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...
    4:40:24Why did the Jeune Ecole fail as guerrilla warfare at sea?Q&A
  120. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    27:42Space convoys as naval escort geometryQ&A
  121. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    17:02Destroyers as individual warshipsNotable Point
  122. Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)
    20:05Could extra American destroyers have saved Force Z?Notable Point
  123. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    0:00Destroyers remain both shield and spearChapter
  124. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    5:51Quick-firing guns establish layered fleet defenceNotable Point
  125. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    9:44Dreadnought's all-big-gun label still allows small gunsNotable Point
  126. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    10:28Speed and manoeuvrability let destroyers screen the fleetNotable Point
  127. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    19:45World War I reorganizes destroyers for fleet warChapter
  128. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    22:09Why build destroyers instead of torpedo-boat leaders?Q&A
  129. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    24:45Paired destroyers create mutual support and torpedo trapsNotable Point
  130. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    42:50Destroyer pickets extend reconnaissance and air defenceNotable Point
  131. Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development
    44:44Exercise incentives distort destroyer air-defence lessonsNotable Point
  132. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    47:28Optionally crewed craft fit task forces better than global patrolsQ&A
  133. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    1:03:32Kraken's drone-defence role has limits as a fleet modelNotable Point
  134. Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)
    1:10:20A hybrid navy uses uncrewed escorts around crewed warshipsChapter
  135. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    0:00Russian destroyer labels versus actual rolesChapter
  136. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    2:12Why torpedo-boat leaders were destroyersQ&A
  137. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    10:17Tsushima exposed Russia's screening shortfallChapter
  138. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    20:09Outnumbered Russian fleets needed destroyer gunpowerNotable Point
  139. What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)
    18:02A battleship fleet needs enough escortsNotable Point
  140. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:20:15Two-pounder fire against escort flotillasQ&A
  141. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    1:29Italy's Mediterranean and Adriatic destroyer problemChapter
  142. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    38:54Capable destroyers in insufficient numbers for the AdriaticNotable Point
  143. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    13:39Harwich Force and destroyer professionalismNotable Point
  144. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    21:02Cunningham, the A-to-K line, and interwar destroyer doctrineNotable Point
  145. HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)
    28:46How the A-to-K scouting line screened a fleetQ&A
  146. Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...
    8:47Fleet torpedo boats versus escort workNotable Point
  147. Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...
    18:22Large destroyers and Narvik firepowerNotable Point
  148. Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...
    42:23Type 1936 construction lessons before sea trialsChapter
  149. Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...
    44:42Why destroyers need a steady gun platformNotable Point
  150. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    8:40The shield-and-spear test for destroyersChapter
  151. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    11:01Greyhound's speed margin and balanced armamentNotable Point
  152. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    16:34Speed and firepower before the First World WarChapter
  153. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    23:21Why a 36-knot battle line breaks escort-speed logicQ&A
  154. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    49:46The Fletcher class as a general-purpose warshipChapter
  155. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    1:17:13Arleigh Burke and the networked escort tradeoffNotable Point
  156. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    1:26:14Redundancy for an independently operating BurkeNotable Point
  157. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    2:58:12Uncrewed missile trucks still create an escort problemNotable Point
  158. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    6:05National roles shape destroyer designNotable Point
  159. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    37:17Durazzo exposed the cost of having no modern destroyer reserveNotable Point
  160. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    43:35Would more Tatras and earlier destroyer investment change the Adriatic war?Q&A
  161. What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)
    1:23:41More carriers also mean more escortsNotable Point
  162. Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...
    39:51Destroyers protect the fighting edge at TsushimaChapter
  163. If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?
    40:57Automatic six-inch cruisers screen fleets and hunt raidersNotable Point
  164. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    1:18:23What future US frigates could take off destroyersNotable Point
  165. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    1:22:01Global missions pull escorts away from high-value shipsChapter
  166. How many Warships does your Navy need?
    1:33:37Fleet auxiliaries need rotation and protection tooNotable Point
  167. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    44:16Why FFG(X) became a mini-Burke requirementChapter
  168. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    44:16The LCS mission concept and declining fleet protectionNotable Point
  169. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    52:13North Cape as an example of mutual supportNotable Point
  170. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:23:57Was Constellation closer to Knox than Perry?Q&A
  171. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:24:58Why Perry-class frigates belonged inside the task group in high-threat watersQ&A
  172. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:29:19When a smaller ASW-focused frigate could workQ&A
  173. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:34:44Detached escorts and Constellation's capability requirementNotable Point
  174. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    2:08:39Does moving an escort mission to the Pacific leave it unchanged?Q&A
  175. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    4:04:03River-class destroyers and allied task groupsNotable Point
  176. What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live
    33:15British anti-submarine doctrine depended on carrier aircraftNotable Point
  177. Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?
    23:13Norway's aging destroyers left coastal ships exposedChapter
  178. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    13:33Torpedo weight in a mixed destroyer flotillaNotable Point
  179. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    15:09Why exercises against America differed from preparations to fight JapanChapter
  180. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    47:22Fleet-destroyer generalists and Hunt-class specialistsNotable Point
  181. The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII
    1:14:03Could modern navies use general specialists?Notable Point
  182. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    22:02Torpedo gunboats countered coastal torpedo-boat attacksNotable Point
  183. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    35:20Speed made early destroyers both the fleet's shield and swordNotable Point
  184. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    37:05Sea conditions and fleet needs shaped early destroyer designsNotable Point
  185. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    1:16:33Interwar destroyers became general-purpose fleet screensChapter
  186. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    1:19:52Tribal gun power supported torpedo-heavy flotilla partnersChapter
  187. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    28:33SMS Greif used gun power to push French torpedo boats awayNotable Point
  188. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    39:01Speed lets early destroyers control the light-force battleChapter
  189. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    43:04Jutland was numerically a destroyer and torpedo battleChapter
  190. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    33:16Crewed warships as leaders of uncrewed mini task groupsChapter
  191. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    2:25:14Protecting Andromeda's missile bombardment shipsNotable Point
  192. 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 3
    1:06:14Exercise 78 shows why destroyers need cruiser supportChapter
  193. Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust
    3:52:09A balanced fictional force around an Imperial Star DestroyerQ&A
  194. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    4:20:23Small cruisers, fleet support, and available dockyardsNotable Point
  195. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    5:48:51Arethusa and Cleveland reveal different cruiser doctrinesQ&A
  196. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    5:56:06Why six guns could suit a fleet scoutNotable Point
  197. What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)
    2:16:27Exercises can reward the wrong ships and tacticsNotable Point
  198. Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:47:08Fleet screens through a medieval combined-arms analogyQ&A
  199. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    17:24The US Navy's precarious position before MidwayChapter
  200. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    21:28Midway lessons for fighters, torpedo bombers, and screensChapter
  201. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:12:37America built battleships without a balanced fleet screenChapter
  202. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:18:42How Germany protected battleship funding at the screen's expenseNotable Point
  203. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:20:16Mahan's naval influence and the neglected fleet screenNotable Point
  204. #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?
    1:20:45Why America's modern fleet screen arrived too late for World War INotable Point
  205. Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?
    44:01Capital-ship ambition crowded out essential escortsNotable Point
  206. Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:01:46Crown Colony cruisers belong with the battle fleetQ&A
  207. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    52:37Kido Butai as an underprotected sword and shieldChapter
  208. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:03:42Task Force 16 and 17 divided scarce escortsNotable Point
  209. Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...
    1:06:36Fast escorts tied to a slow invasion forceNotable Point
  210. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    11:39The Dido requirement was fleet screeningChapter
  211. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    18:32A screening cruiser had to blunt the attackNotable Point
  212. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    23:17Weather kept surface scouts in the lineNotable Point
  213. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    25:01Dido concentrated six forward guns against destroyer attacksNotable Point
  214. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    30:20Dido endurance suited fleet workNotable Point
  215. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    35:18Why the Atlanta duplicated destroyer capabilityChapter
  216. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:22:56Dido traded cruiser diplomacy for fleet specializationNotable Point
  217. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:31:38A case for pairing Atlantas with every EssexNotable Point
  218. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:34:09Tiger and Worcester carried the screening-cruiser legacyChapter
  219. Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?
    1:36:06Worcester combined heavy screening fire with complex mountingsNotable Point
  220. Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List
    25:51The screen's duty to absorb attacks meant for capital shipsNotable Point
  221. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    31:29The Dido class as screening cruisersChapter
  222. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    48:36Did planning for Japan shape Dido and Atlanta?Q&A
  223. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    54:44Dido's place in a destroyer attack and carrier screenChapter
  224. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    57:14Dido's radar and ASDic supported fleet screeningNotable Point
  225. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:25:47HMS Black Prince screened the D-Day fleetNotable Point
  226. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:28:10Why an earlier Alaska class might have matteredNotable Point
  227. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:40:35What an Atlanta might have added at SamarNotable Point
  228. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    2:45:11Were heavy AA cruisers worth building?Chapter
  229. Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?
    3:18:44Did Axis navies pursue AA cruiser concepts?Q&A
  230. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    20:22Type 31 as the task group's inner escortQ&A
  231. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    1:15:15Lexington and Enterprise give the sortie air powerChapter
  232. The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 1941
    1:20:40The sortie empties Pearl Harbor's naval screenNotable Point
  233. An Indomitable Force Z
    16:38Indomitable would probably bring a much larger destroyer screenChapter
  234. An Indomitable Force Z
    53:16How Indomitable's fighter cycle could defeat the bomber attackChapter
  235. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    15:41Deterrence, Singapore, and the composition of Force ZChapter
  236. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    19:28The U.S. destroyers that might have reinforced Force ZNotable Point
  237. What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?
    1:09:32How many cruisers should have accompanied Force Z?Q&A
  238. Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...
    1:23:27What a 24-knot battle fleet could dictateNotable Point
  239. Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 6
    1:36:39Sloops, the Littoral Combat Ship, and forgotten design precedentsNotable Point
  240. Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force
    4:12High-speed operations wear out destroyers and shape postwar fleetsNotable Point
  241. Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 3
    37:30Fighter capacity can displace dedicated escort shipsQ&A
  242. Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings
    1:08:20I-175 exploits a screen gap to destroy Liscome BayChapter
  243. The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...
    10:07Visual warning from destroyers and airborne lookoutsChapter
  244. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    14:19Dover Patrol, Harwich Force, and layered Channel defenseNotable Point
  245. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    17:09The 1905 Tribal-class destroyers become the reaction forceChapter
  246. 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...
    1:05:39The escort shortage around the carriersChapter
  247. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:05:57What role would the Montana class have filled?Q&A
  248. Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/4
    2:09:31How cruiser speed shaped Iowa and early carriersQ&A
  249. Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS
    13:39Layered fleets and the carrier's adaptable striking powerNotable Point
  250. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    40:17Why converting every cruiser into a carrier failsNotable Point
  251. Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax
    2:08:16Carrier vulnerability depends on the task group and scenarioQ&A
  252. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    19:45Beatty's torpedoes expose an early carrier-doctrine conflictChapter
  253. The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 7
    57:57Indian Ocean patrols and the March 1940 bomb accidentChapter
  254. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    45:18Survivable fleet carriers and smaller ASW escortsNotable Point
  255. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    47:57How a larger carrier could change the Glorious encounterNotable Point
  256. @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 1
    58:37False lessons from carrier exercisesNotable Point
  257. Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!
    1:15:57Why a light cruiser with only six 5-inch guns is a poor capital-ship escortQ&A
  258. Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 3
    3:05Screening and scouting before the fleet actionChapter
  259. Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers
    42:46Carrier aviation makes the Baltic plan less impossibleNotable Point
  260. Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    34:15Destroyer screening against a capital shipNotable Point
  261. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    33:17Light-cruiser smoke as a gunfire distractionQ&A
  262. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    35:04Secondary fire deters torpedo attackNotable Point
  263. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:44:28Destroyers with battleship fire supportNotable Point
  264. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:09:15Submarine strength and fleet balanceNotable Point
  265. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:12:10Screen disposition before a destroyer-heavy actionNotable Point
  266. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:15:21Destroyer-heavy force teaches a screening lessonNotable Point
  267. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:23:05Fleet cohesion over an ideal firing angleNotable Point
  268. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:25:34Secondary fire priorities against torpedo boatsNotable Point
  269. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:45:06Italian battle losses drive a fleet-wide refitNotable Point
  270. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    51:41French Navy force mix from 1890Q&A
  271. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:00:05Larger destroyers under treaty limitsQ&A
  272. Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?
    1:58:14Fast Nelsons and Royal Navy battle speedQ&A
  273. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    11:22Capital-ship targeting and broadside overmatchNotable Point
  274. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:14:16Escort destroyers and torpedo pressureNotable Point
  275. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    36:30Henderson's large-destroyer opportunityNotable Point
  276. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    42:03Fighting escort for an Arctic convoyChapter
  277. Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!
    1:27:51Splitting a fighting escort from the convoy screenNotable Point
  278. Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion
    53:45Fighters and anti-aircraft guns break up naval air attacksChapter
  279. Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion
    58:08Missiles and successive combat air patrols disrupt carrier attacksNotable Point
  280. Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion
    1:18:34Carrier battle groups combine aviation and escort capabilitiesNotable Point
  281. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:05:33Henderson's large-destroyer doctrineNotable Point
  282. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:20:42Convoy escort and flotilla leader employmentChapter
  283. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:27:56How two more supporting cruisers shorten patrol responseNotable Point
  284. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:41:11Assigning one converted Town to Mediterranean carriersNotable Point
  285. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:47:02Why the rebuilt Towns would skip Graf SpeeQ&A
  286. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:57:30Designing a purpose-built cruiser-destroyer successorChapter
  287. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    3:06:15Secondary-theater work and a possible Force Z escortQ&A
  288. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:06:50Organizing a mixed fleet by speed and tactical roleChapter
  289. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    55:43Helicopters keep ASW inside the carrier groupNotable Point
  290. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    57:17How many Swordfish would it take to sink a modern carrier?Q&A
  291. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:08:30Airborne early warning expands the carrier's sensor horizonNotable Point
  292. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:31:38Carrier programs must fund escorts and auxiliaries as a systemNotable Point
  293. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:34:37British carrier escort plans lost ships and crewsNotable Point
  294. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:51:13A carrier is a command system, not only an airfieldChapter
  295. The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...
    2:55:42A carrier task group works like a naval divisionNotable Point
  296. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:08:47Building a screened battle line for long-range fireChapter
  297. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:14:29Secondary batteries turn battleships into anti-destroyer screensChapter
  298. Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:50:21Research links mines, screens, and fire controlNotable Point
  299. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    13:44Airborne radar solves the carrier horizon problemNotable Point
  300. "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 2
    30:30Moving-target indication turns radar range into defensive depthNotable Point
  301. Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    51:57Convoy screening and cruiser positioningNotable Point
  302. Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:40:52Cruiser screens and destroyer attack groupsNotable Point
  303. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    1:06:43Balance a carrier's own weapons with layered defenceChapter
  304. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    1:21:46Size the escort fleet for refits and lossesChapter
  305. Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:28:08Draw the torpedo attack before closing the rangeNotable Point
  306. Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:45:25A beaten force must use the remaining gap to withdrawNotable Point
  307. Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    0:28Task-group ASW depends on the whole formationNotable Point
  308. Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    44:20Break up destroyer attacks before torpedo rangeChapter
  309. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    34:07A specialist cruiser substitutes for an inadequate ASW destroyerChapter
  310. Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    52:40A super-battleship's secondary battery is built to break the enemy screenNotable Point
  311. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    18:02Why space fleets may still organize around carriersNotable Point
  312. Carriers in Science Fiction: Parsite Craft as a primary means of defence & offence...
    29:25Why Andromeda is a command cruiser, not a carrierChapter
  313. HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!
    43:21Britain's balanced fleet and industrial depthNotable Point
  314. Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...
    1:56:17Secondary batteries stop screen breakthroughsQ&A
  315. Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 1942
    1:48:31Why heavy cruisers had to protect the early carrier raidsChapter
  316. Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI
    1:25:41General-purpose Type 23s released specialists for harder missionsNotable Point
  317. Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?
    1:11:38Judge a sloop by its mission, not first-rate statusChapter
  318. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    22:48Cleveland cruisers and Fletcher destroyers formed a layered screenChapter
  319. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    5:38Using a fast screen to run down an isolated battleshipNotable Point
  320. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    37:59Trialing Eagle against an obsolete isolated cruiserNotable Point
  321. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    1:02:33Building a battle line around Hood while preserving the screenNotable Point
  322. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    1:08:47Matching Hood's targets to a battlecruiser's intended roleNotable Point
  323. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 11
    1:37:25Defeat in detail against a fuel-limited French forceNotable Point
  324. Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 1
    22:45Why the Didos were conceived for distant escort workNotable Point
  325. Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 1
    37:14A useful anti-aircraft cruiser used in the wrong fightNotable Point
  326. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    56:29A battlecruiser building challenge leaves too few destroyersNotable Point
  327. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    3:24:32A screen must cover both sides of the formationNotable Point
  328. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 9
    53:13Turning a fast cruiser screen into an interception forceNotable Point
  329. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 9
    2:21:22Screens, battlecruisers, and overwhelming superiorityNotable Point
  330. Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    41:42Keeping the Fifth Battle Squadron within signal rangeChapter
  331. Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty
    1:04:55Using battlecruisers as a mobile blocking forceNotable Point
  332. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 8
    45:35Building a battle line, screen, and fast wingChapter
  333. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    59:48Fleet strength depends on integrated screeningNotable Point
  334. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    11:59Screening and scouting ahead of the battle lineChapter
  335. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    36:58Destroyers buy time for the capital shipsNotable Point
  336. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    15:00A capital-ship fleet still needs cruisersChapter
  337. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    1:19:37Building 128 light cruisers for global port defenseChapter
  338. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    1:57:19Secondary batteries cannot replace a fleet screenChapter
  339. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 5
    2:06:20A self-escorting battleship needs layered firepowerNotable Point
  340. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:18:14Force Z showed why prestige ships needed a balanced task forceChapter
  341. Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI
    1:24:31Dispersed fleets needed larger, multi-role destroyersNotable Point
  342. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    53:31Screens buy time in an unfavourable fightNotable Point
  343. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 4
    1:24:03A destroyer screen creates an opening against capital shipsChapter
  344. Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 5
    20:16Delivery risk and self-escorting capital shipsChapter
  345. Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 5
    23:39A concentrated fleet plan faced a dispersed imperial realityNotable Point
  346. Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory
    36:05Fleet depth mattered beyond the battle lineNotable Point
  347. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 3
    7:28Fast battlecruisers as a hunting forceNotable Point
  348. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 3
    1:22:02Torpedo threats and destroyer screeningNotable Point
  349. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 2
    19:38A battle line with a fast battlecruiser wingNotable Point
  350. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 2
    25:38Six-inch guns give battlecruisers an answer to screensNotable Point
  351. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...
    1:32Cruisers as a torpedo-boat screenNotable Point
  352. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...
    25:19Light cruisers for mines and torpedo defenceNotable Point
  353. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    20:04Reconnaissance and escorts were the real defenceNotable Point
  354. Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &11
    28:09Destroyers complete the carrier screenNotable Point
  355. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    4:59Nuclear escorts for carrier surge speedNotable Point
  356. Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response
    19:27Nuclear escorts and rapid concentrationQ&A
  357. Albany Class: Comment Response
    27:05Why escorts risk themselves for capital shipsNotable Point
  358. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    31:10Japan's carrier force had too few escortsChapter
  359. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    47:22American task forces treated escorts as part of carrier powerChapter
  360. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    53:07Japan needed cheaper escorts alongside elite destroyersNotable Point
  361. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    1:04:51Protecting oilers is part of protecting the fleetNotable Point
  362. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    1:07:15Force balance mattered more than raw Midway totalsChapter
  363. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    1:15:15Simulations expose the value of defensive balanceNotable Point
  364. Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway
    1:18:50Midway's fleet-building lesson: make the force viableChapter
  365. HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 5
    26:50The Tribal destroyer as a fleet's forward screenNotable Point
  366. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    35:12Why a battlefleet needs escortsNotable Point
  367. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    1:30:37Grand cruisers for independent striking powerChapter
  368. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    1:31:16Vengeance class: devastating breach tactics at a costNotable Point
  369. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    1:36:02Exorcist class: carrier reach for an independent groupNotable Point
  370. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    1:57:39Light cruisers exchange protection for specialized rolesNotable Point
  371. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    2:07:19Escorts cover the capital ships' gapsNotable Point
  372. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    2:23:33Strike craft multiply a fleet's presenceNotable Point
  373. The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet
    2:24:41Self-defence can free escorts for the wider fightNotable Point
  374. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:22:50Cruisers and destroyers made fleet strength deeperChapter
  375. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:25:09Germany built the battle line but lacked enough cruisersChapter
  376. Building the Fleets for Jutland
    1:37:02German torpedo-boat labels can hide destroyer rolesNotable Point
  377. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    28:01Turbine was a torpedo craft labeled as a destroyerChapter
  378. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    31:59Why did Italy's destroyers limit fleet operations?Q&A
  379. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:16:47Dido's anti-aircraft fit crowded out cruiser qualitiesChapter
  380. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    53:57Small Italian destroyers and the escort gapChapter
  381. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:41:54Destroyer screens and stopping torpedo attacksNotable Point
  382. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    22:30Carrier force priorities: radar, aircraft, and escortsNotable Point
  383. Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?
    1:05:18How competing missions jam a carrier deckNotable Point
  384. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    26:08Destroyers spotting for heavier gunsQ&A
  385. Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'
    1:12:32Why understrength fleets create oversized shipsNotable Point
  386. Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.
    2:42:09Could the fleet gain an escort resembling a later Tribal-class destroyer?Q&A
  387. Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...
    2:56:161935 carrier escort and Italian air planningChapter
  388. Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?
    50:16Early fast task forces reshape naval aviationChapter
  389. Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-65
    55:59Dual-purpose 4.7-inch guns and escort survivalQ&A
  390. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    34:01Britain's Channel dilemma before the Grand Fleet arrivesChapter
  391. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    39:25The Channel Fleet's pre-dreadnought screenNotable Point
  392. Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine
    27:07Graf Zeppelin needed a mixed capital-ship escortQ&A
  393. US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect
    30:42Atlanta, Dido, and layered air defenceChapter
  394. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    36:06Atlanta and Dido air-defense cruiser comparisonQ&A
  395. Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...
    15:08Single-ended missiles made room for helicoptersChapter
  396. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    24:55ASROC extended anti-submarine reachNotable Point
  397. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    38:18Cold War presence without the expected battleNotable Point
  398. Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen
    50:56Gridley paired carrier escort with a Standard Missile upgradeNotable Point
  399. HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service
    1:39:56Korean War refits, carriers, and ASW gearNotable Point
  400. Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?
    14:07A general-purpose cruiser built to backfill the escort screenNotable Point
  401. Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?
    18:53Osa/Gecko point defense for surviving a counterstrikeNotable Point
  402. Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?
    34:45Why the cruiser label still matteredNotable Point
  403. Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?
    38:43How Kara escorts made a weak carrier a credible task groupChapter
  404. Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?
    44:26Visible force commitment raises the threshold for attackChapter
  405. USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...
    42:44The case for one nuclear escort per nuclear carrierNotable Point
  406. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    16:21Protecting the command successor and the tankersNotable Point
  407. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:36:14Matching velocity to intercept a missile swarmChapter
  408. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:38:19How a blocking escort force defeats stealth raidersNotable Point
  409. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    1:40:03Samar and the destroyer's duty to protect othersNotable Point
  410. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    2:29:16Mutually supporting Battlestar groupsQ&A
  411. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    2:39:56Small Battlestars as escortsQ&A
  412. What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?
    52:18Escort conversions and Operation ClaymoreChapter
  413. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    2:07:14Why German light cruisers carried more guns aftQ&A
  414. German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII
    2:41:25The M-class paired Town displacement with Leander armamentQ&A
  415. Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....
    10:37Machinery, guns, torpedoes, and light protectionNotable Point
  416. Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....
    16:12Arethusa's intense Harwich Force careerChapter
  417. Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....
    33:53Inconstant pairs Grand Fleet service with long-range machineryNotable Point
  418. Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....
    38:54Royalist and the tempo of Grand Fleet screeningNotable Point
  419. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:27:38The Cressy disaster, hindsight, and the escort lessonNotable Point
  420. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    24:03Asama's intended place beside the battle squadronChapter
  421. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    0:35The first-class protected cruiser as a reaction forceChapter
  422. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    26:48Supporting cruisers complicate attacks on a task group's main assetNotable Point
  423. BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)
    1:00:04Star Destroyers and White Stars show labels can misleadQ&A
  424. Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?
    14:22Screening and signal repetition at JutlandNotable Point
  425. Bruships 88: Way of War
    1:51:26How to screen an Admiral-class carrier forceQ&A
  426. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    31:36A 20-knot Leander successor for fleet screeningNotable Point
  427. Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments
    3:28How destroyer screens could delay Denmark StraitQ&A
  428. Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today
    3:08:52Why destroyers cannot win every rankingQ&A
  429. Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    22:17Carrier escorts had to change once carriers became the main targetNotable Point
  430. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:15:28Type 054A as a true frigate baselineChapter
  431. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    1:18:59How numerous frigates complicate submarine attackNotable Point
  432. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    4:48Why the Blonde class were destroyer killersChapter
  433. Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)
    19:37Protecting the battle line's unengaged sideNotable Point
  434. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    23:06Brooklyn and Omaha cruisers in the 1939 battle forceChapter
  435. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    29:56Building American cruiser doctrine from scratchChapter
  436. Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    32:20How mission uncertainty shaped cruiser gun layoutsChapter
  437. Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)
    36:24Escort effects accumulate across the fleetNotable Point
  438. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    26:28Historical ceilings produced small destroyer fleetsNotable Point
  439. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    28:40Modern destroyer missions demanded more displacementChapter
  440. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    42:11Make the flotilla the treaty unitChapter
  441. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    47:12The treaty underfunded wartime fleet screeningChapter
  442. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    49:23Why unlimited sloops cannot replace destroyersChapter
  443. Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)
    50:47Why the Royal Navy needed at least twenty flotillasNotable Point
  444. Meeting a Tribal at last: HMCS Haida (live)
    3:38Why ocean-going destroyers had to be largeNotable Point
  445. Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)
    31:03Mass, firepower, and the origin of destroyersChapter
  446. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    1:14:12Mass attacks made destroyers both threat and defenseChapter
  447. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    1:23:53Gun-heavy destroyers cleared the way for torpedo flotillasChapter
  448. Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine
    1:59:25World War I made torpedoes a force-structure problemChapter
  449. Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    7:25Why 25-knot scout cruisers fell behind the battle fleetChapter
  450. Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN
    2:46:42A Commonwealth high-low frigate mixNotable Point
  451. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    41:53Odyssey and the danger of sending a cruiser aloneNotable Point
  452. Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century
    1:12:57A layered fleet needs both Galaxy and Defiant typesChapter
  453. Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)
    50:17Capital ships need escorts, scouts, and supply shipsNotable Point
  454. 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)
    33:17Match destroyer weapons to the threatNotable Point
  455. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    10:28Why no destroyer is universally bestChapter
  456. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    57:39Cruiser gun calibre follows independent or escort dutyNotable Point
  457. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    2:25:12Why S-boats could not replace German destroyersQ&A
  458. Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?
    2:30:17Were the J-, K-, and N-class ships fleet destroyers?Q&A
  459. An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)
    1:12:30Why the bare battle-line test is artificialNotable Point
  460. Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    6:36Why the Royal Navy needed scout cruisersChapter
  461. The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)
    11:30The fleet role of battleship secondariesQ&A
  462. Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue
    3:43:00Classifying destroyers by fleet, tactical, and escort rolesQ&A
  463. All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)
    1:10:18Battle-class destroyers: guns forward, air defence aftNotable Point
  464. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    1:55:25How force grouping could have protected HMS GloriousQ&A
  465. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    2:00:56How many Tribals would screen a capital ship?Q&A
  466. Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"
    3:07:48Why cruiser forces still needed Tribal destroyersQ&A
  467. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    3:48:14Escort, fleet, and large fleet destroyersQ&A
  468. County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued
    31:11The County mission: watch, report, and surviveNotable Point
  469. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)
    1:46:31The US Navy read the Tribals through its own doctrineQ&A
  470. ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)
    18:40How escort roles shaped speed, weapons, and enduranceChapter
  471. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    2:03:50An ASW screen needed numbers to expose an ambushNotable Point
  472. Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)
    18:19Destroyers as the safety net for fleet commandersNotable Point
  473. Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived
    4:02Why the Tribals were more than large destroyersNotable Point
  474. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    52:57Formation geometry shapes the approaching night actionNotable Point
  475. Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol
    1:03:03Takanami absorbs the American gunfireNotable Point
  476. Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary
    3:24:47Why Tribal destroyers guarded carriersNotable Point
  477. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    24:17Lift capacity does not replace an escort screenNotable Point
  478. Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.
    2:36:56A British amphibious force with more self-defenceNotable Point
  479. Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)
    23:59Three cruiser roles in the decisive-battle planChapter
  480. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    40:31Cruisers caught between scouting and battle-line supportChapter
  481. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:10:25One broad role for very different cruiser designsQ&A
  482. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    2:19:31Force reconnaissance was not the same as post-battle mopping upQ&A
  483. Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?
    31:11Plan Z's missing destroyer screenChapter
  484. Bruships 55: New Books
    1:50:39Why cheap escorts still need combat systemsNotable Point
  485. Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident
    9:20The scale of the Norway fleetNotable Point
  486. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    4:00:52Tribal destroyers believed they belonged with HoodNotable Point
  487. Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)
    47:33The force balance behind the command chartNotable Point
  488. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:55:56How destroyers escorted seagoing monitorsQ&A
  489. A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty
    6:31Obsolete cruisers leave the Grand Fleet short of scoutsNotable Point
  490. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    25:20Why use fighters when armed corvettes can fight effectively?Q&A
  491. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    46:14Victory-class firepower cannot replace a defensive screenChapter
  492. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:02:32Did the Empire have external threats to design against?Q&A
  493. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:08:04Xyston-class superweapon repeats the same defensive defectsNotable Point
  494. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:17:49TIE fighters are mismatched to fleet defenseNotable Point
  495. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:42:10Interdictors make sense inside a coherent task groupNotable Point
  496. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:56:02Resurgent class begins to restore an escort relationshipNotable Point
  497. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?
    1:50:07The case for a Royal Navy 9.2-inch cruiserQ&A
  498. Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)
    11:01Why destroyers dominate a convoy operationNotable Point
  499. Bruships 42: Some More Scifi
    3:54:35War for the Empire shows a defeated fleet adaptingTranscript Excerpt
  500. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    4:09:20Why modern escorts combine primary and secondary rolesQ&A
  501. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    4:24:27Carrier ASW helicopters add depth to the escort screenQ&A
  502. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World
    34:09Why peacetime efficiency can weaken a fleet screenNotable Point
  503. Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 1915
    36:31British and German destroyer doctrine divergesNotable Point
  504. Four Random Books 22: Warships Illustrated
    11:15What the Tribal-class destroyers were designed to doChapter
  505. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    59:46Can an Arleigh Burke destroyer perform a cruiser role?Q&A
  506. Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion
    27:42The balanced prewar carrier battle groupChapter
  507. For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy
    2:17Why a postwar multi-role destroyer became too largeNotable Point
  508. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    23:21Why aircraft did not eliminate cruiser scoutingQ&A
  509. Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War
    1:00:11How many destroyers can screen a capital ship?Q&A
  510. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-10
    8:33Destroyers: rapid fire, screening, and torpedoesNotable Point
  511. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    2:40:31The fast screen around the coalition battle lineQ&A
  512. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    12:59An old cruiser makes convoy attacks costlyNotable Point
  513. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    24:10HMS Bulldog and the escort culture around GloriousNotable Point
  514. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    48:10Submarine ambushes before the fleet battleNotable Point
  515. BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 2
    28:11Far East submarines and the escort dilemmaChapter
  516. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)
    31:54Pacific-war changes and construction delaysChapter
  517. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)
    20:24How the Tribals were meant to support cruisersChapter
  518. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)
    31:07From Pedestal to a new destroyer templateChapter
  519. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:10:37More capital ships mean more escortsQ&A
  520. 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister
    20:20Three escort groups for carrier and amphibious task forcesChapter
  521. 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister
    22:47Type 45 successors and Type 31 wartime rolesNotable Point
  522. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    50:19Exercise OA tested mixed battle fleets and divided screensChapter
  523. Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 1929
    1:10:58OC opened a wider problem of air-ASW cooperationNotable Point
  524. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    3:19Why Tribal crews linked destroyers to Hood's survivalChapter
  525. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    18:23Eight Tribal destroyers divide the hunt's two rolesNotable Point
  526. A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck
    34:07How Narvik shaped Bismarck's missing destroyer screenQ&A
  527. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream
    13:12Tribal destroyers sweeping ahead of Arctic convoysChapter
  528. Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)
    32:30British and Canadian Tribals guarded the Scheldt operationChapter