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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live22:25Eagle, Hermes and the prominence of Ark RoyalNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:25:40Carrier damage control and the need to retrain instinctNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...57:49What a larger Taranto strike might changeChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:22:40Eagle's fighter cover could release larger carriersNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?40:59Surface raiders and diversion from a decisive theatreNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous55:51Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: a classification change without a proven orderNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:12:22More carriers at Taranto and time for refitsNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?42:30Extra hulls create maintenance time as well as firepowerNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?56:52Releasing Ark Royal and Illustrious for other theatresNotable Point
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?58:40More Atlantic capital ships against German raidersChapter
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:31Larger Invincibles and an early-warning helicopter forceNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:06Could Ark Royal have been kept for the Falklands?Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:41The panel's favorite aircraft carriersQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:30Henderson's larger British carrier design alternativesNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:11:17Light carriers could release tonnage for a larger Ark RoyalChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:30:06Light-carrier duties in the Atlantic could change later losses off NorwayNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:46:07British carriers in the U.S. Pacific roleQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:54:55Ark Royal operations challenge her published enduranceNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:05How a Phantom-capable HMS Eagle could alter the Falklands pathQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:13How Ark Royal's name could influence a refit decisionNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:29:22The dual-purpose gun the Tribal class neededQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start23:49How larger aircraft reduce a carrier's air-group capacityNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:16:05Britain could meet the German sortie with fast and slow fleet groupsNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:47:29Carrier losses also erase damage-control experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:58Admiral Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:59:16Ark Royal and the carrier-specific case for early counterfloodingNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:42Bismarck survives after sinking Prince of WalesQ&A
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 331:17Carrier damage control depends on specialist knowledgeNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4527:02Joffre compared with Ark Royal and Graf ZeppelinNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4531:27Joffre's lifts reveal a different carrier-operations bottleneckChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:25:38A qualitative-only treaty transforms British carrier developmentChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:32:55The earlier Force K that hunted Graf SpeeNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception19:00Hiding Taranto inside a crowded operational pictureChapter
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:14Renown, Ark Royal, and the German twinsNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:50Did Ark Royal lack subdivision?Q&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:11HMS Manchester and the cost of stale damage reportsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:52Why aircraft carriers counter-flood earlier than other warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:34How a German fleet in Norway could change Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:07Royal Navy carriers entered the war short of aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:50Earlier carriers could support Force Z before their air groups were readyNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:45:59Which sunken ships would fill gaps in naval museums?Q&A
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...41:33Historical damage and Taranto's operational payoffChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...55:39Two plausible routes to a four-carrier forceChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:18:32The Italian battlefleet after a larger TarantoChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:59:29Courageous, Glorious, and Ark Royal transform the Eastern FleetQ&A
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?1:01Why the early 4.5-inch mount was difficult for destroyersChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s25:29Why Argus was worth investing in through 1942Notable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?22:41How the 1934 building program divergesChapter
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?32:42Carrier machinery savings become aircraft capacityNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:16:31Would Ark Royal have ended the war in two weeks?Q&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:43HMS Tiger as a treaty-era aircraft-carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:11How early escort-carrier conversion ideas beganQ&A
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...20:39The Ro.43 as the Regia Marina's fleet scoutChapter
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:07If the entire 1939 Royal Navy arrived todayQ&A
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:02:31Torpedo failures, rough seas, and aircrew moraleNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:33:09Ark Royal's second strike cripples BismarckChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:03:23A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in FranceNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:20:55Henderson's carrier concept under treaty limitsChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:23:52Ark Royal's strike role and Illustrious's fleet supportNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z6:28Losses and overwork exhausted Britain's available carriersNotable Point
- 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?2:19:10Could Courageous and Glorious surviving have saved Ark Royal?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:01Why only one interwar Ark Royal was builtQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:27:57How saving Courageous could reshape later carrier operationsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?35:15Why Admiral Graf Spee had no safe breakoutQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:06:10A later Falklands War centered on Ark RoyalQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:28:41A surviving Ark Royal with Force Z and ABDAQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:23:12How fighter cover and radar could change Force Z's fateQ&A
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS17:02Formed for Ark Royal's intended Far East serviceChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS19:00Ark Royal's symbolic value and Germany's carrier gapNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 127:21Large hangars and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 135:43Strike, fleet, and cruiser carrier doctrineChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 139:40Armored Ark Royals and multi-carrier operationsChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:08:19Use light carriers to perfect the jet-age fleetChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:14:51Saving Ark Royal and Eagle for the Malta classNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:05:01Ark Royal completes Task Force Malta's carrier trioQ&A
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:35:45Ark Royal adapted from fleet carrier duties to helicopter assaultChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 35:52The Royal Navy's dream carrier balanceNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right58:35Ark Royal and the lost golden hourChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right59:14Ark Royal's personnel turnover weakened knowledge of the shipNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:06:39Why Ark Royal lost power again during salvageNotable 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
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:16:15Counter-flooding and watertight evacuation aboard Ark RoyalNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines20:57Implacable class and the Royal Navy compromiseChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!36:08Tiger under air attack and mine threatNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!45:41Operation Splice and carrier aircraft transferChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!56:30Operation Rocket repeated the carrier ferry runNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:45:19Why Bismarck could not recover her steeringNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:21:46A loaned US carrier and the Taranto strikeQ&A
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:00:04Ark Royal and Illustrious split British carrier prioritiesChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:28:09An early treaty collapse could permit a larger British carrierNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:08:20Graf Zeppelin and carrier aircraft without an operational carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:37:52Ark Royal, counterflooding, and carrier stabilityNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History58:44Force H gains speed while the Home Fleet gains weightChapter
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign8:09How more carriers change Britain's 1939 choicesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:51:29How Ark Royal could have changed the Falklands air warQ&A
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War40:58Seaplane carriers in the Dardanelles campaignChapter
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books27:50Phantom warships in wartime intelligenceQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books48:27Why the Admiralty wanted more than two battleships at SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books48:57Could better damage control have saved Ark Royal?Notable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:15:21Repairing Ark Royal after a successful towQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:33:56Why losing a small carrier costs less fleet capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:13:05Why postwar carrier rebuilds could cost more than new shipsNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:42:27How a surviving Force Z could have strengthened ABDANotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:18:10Global air threats shape armored carrier requirementsChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:04:53Ark Royal and Illustrious divide strike and survival prioritiesChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:21:58Ark Royal balances protection against aircraft growthNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development2:23:21Treaty pressure turns one ideal into carrier tiersNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:21:01The most lopsided British River Plate forceQ&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.21:45How more British carriers could have changed wartime operationsNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.23:11Ark Royal's condition and damage-control decisionsNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:15:45Helicopter height forces carrier redesignChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals41:05Buccaneers signal British resolve over BelizeChapter
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time46:50Carrier air groups should be judged against their missionQ&A
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers25:33Carrier names record a new naval traditionNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers37:47The aerial torpedo and HMS Ark RoyalChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!26:50The wartime Ark Royal reappears during the Falklands WarQ&A
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 418:35Front-line carrier service and a new tanker missionChapter
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!33:44Why warship bows often separate during sinkingQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!53:47Ark Royal was easier to keep operating than EagleQ&A
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response9:16Enterprise's carrier-battle record and repeated loss claimsNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response10:21Training carrier crews for wartime fleet expansionQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:52:26Unlimited Ark Royals free British yards for the rest of the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:57:37Cloned Ark Royals release British yards for every other requirementQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:15:46The Royal Navy reuses lost ship names and tries to improve the next storyQ&A
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response4:43Ark Royal's counter-flooding instructionsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 216:12Ark Royal as a strike carrierChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:42:51Armoured-carrier stability depended on counter-floodingQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:45:00Counter-flooding caution was mistaken for prohibitionNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response6:56Why Ark Royal and the Illustrious class had complementary rolesQ&A
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response9:20Global commitments complicate theater labels for British carriersNotable Point
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 243:33What six extra sloops might have changed in 1939Notable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response2:17Courageous showed the cost of ignoring carrier ASW doctrineNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response19:30Why HMS Hermes should not be counted as a fleet carrierNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response43:27Why launching 24 aircraft was not enoughQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:18:32Force H embodied the fast response to surface raidersNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:33:28Ark Royal's delayed report helped the raiders escapeChapter
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:53:09Four names that should remain in the Royal NavyQ&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:15:04SL 67 confronted the raiders with HMS MalayaChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:43:47A defective radar and incomplete report helped the raiders escapeChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:30:20Could four German battleships exploit December 1941?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:55:57A German carrier changes how Britain risks its ownChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:05:49Could Ark Royal receive the first angled deck conversion?Q&A
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 236:51Town-class cruisers became wartime fleet cornerstonesChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:36:23Would the Far East require more Ark Royal-type carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare17:59HMS Ark Royal's possible Falklands rolesQ&A
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:23A stronger Far East fleet changes Japan's calculusChapter
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?55:56Released escorts could have supported carrier anti-submarine patrolsNotable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 17:16Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and the arsenal-ship comparisonNotable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 119:00HMS Ark Royal and the value of being in rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:23:09Why Ark Royal and Illustrious served different carrier rolesQ&A
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 446:22Fleet effect matters more than one wonder shipNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:04:53A 27,000-ton Ark Royal and Britain's carrier numbers problemQ&A
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 91:30An Admiral-class hull behind Ark Royal's designNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 97:26The core of Force H and Ark Royal's escort screenNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 919:10A short career carrying centuries of Ark Royal honoursNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 933:39A false sinking claim made Ark Royal a marked shipNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 938:08Norway displaced an early two-carrier Taranto possibilityNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 940:09Carrier spotting and strikes at Mers-el-KébirChapter
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 942:12Ark Royal helped conceal the Taranto concentrationNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 943:24How Ark Royal and Renown balanced Force HNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 945:20The strike that slowed BismarckNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 946:31The torpedo hit and Ark Royal's accelerating listChapter
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 949:33How evacuation delayed Ark Royal's damage controlChapter
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 953:19A long salvage attempt ended in capsizeNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 955:17The inquiry's judgment on Captain MaundNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 91:01:42Three carrier losses and ignored safeguardsNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 91:02:54What timely damage control might have preservedNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:56:27Ark Royal's bow may have failed as the wreck descendedQ&A
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 723:24Damage control on top-heavy carriersNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 348:22Why British carriers operated with fast capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History33:44D. K. Brown, Ark Royal, and testing historical inferenceQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)14:16A 24-aircraft strike and the cost of rechargingNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 311:28G3 speed, range, and uncertain performance marginsNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:53:54Combining a larger air group with an armoured hangarNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:57:47Fleet patrols and a concentrated carrier night strikeNotable Point
- USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 81:18Would Graf Zeppelin's casemate guns help in a carrier fight?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:28:05Britain's carrier gap complicates NATO's 1980 plansNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus21:15If HMS Ark Royal met the Pearl Harbor strike forceQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus33:29Could Esquimalt have docked Ark Royal in 1941?Q&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:00:26Why flooding could break Ark Royal's hullQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History44:34The archival clue behind an Admiral-class carrier theoryNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:04:16A roomier armoured fleet-carrier compromiseNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:37:07Scout carriers spare fleet carriers and deepen damage-control skillNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response5:16Ark Royal was unarmoured, not wooden-deckedNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response22:23Matching carrier design to doctrineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?25:11Which carriers could fight in the first six months?Notable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?55:48Britain's carrier program and the scale of French delayNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:36:25Gannet AEW would be Ark Royal's decisive Falklands contributionQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?19:07Capital ships and carriers join the common-gun fleetChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:11:36Better guns do not prevent every carrier lossQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:12:24Three Royal Navy classes worth duplicating in wartimeQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty25:23Lexington's tonnage breach risked the entire carrier settlementChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:31:28Missing records can be as revealing as surviving primary sourcesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:27:12Scrapping Eagle early could free tonnage for a second Ark RoyalQ&A
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?55:29Ark Royal left treaty tonnage unusedChapter
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:41:14Which British carrier best fulfilled its intended role?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 652:00:33Would Admiral-class conversions have displaced Ark Royal?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 652:11:44Ark Royal could have combined armor and a large air groupChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:44:07The best wartime ship depends on its missionQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:32:50If Ark Royal survived into the Eastern FleetQ&A
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina24:26Operation Halberd shows where cruiser speed stopped being enoughChapter
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:31:02Skuas could add dive bombing to a larger Taranto strikeQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations5:25The fall of France opens the mid-Atlantic air gapChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4217:15Carrier development without the Washington Naval TreatyQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:22:30Why Force Z and Ark Royal mattered differently from HoodQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:28:54The carrier experience lost before Ark Royal sankQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:29:32Choosing one British carrier for the 1920sQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out20:19How Ark Royal might have endured kamikaze attacksQ&A
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19423:09Crete and Ark Royal constrained carrier support for Force ZChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19428:27How earlier carrier losses could weaken damage controlNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19429:20Earlier sloop construction could free fast destroyers for carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War3:00:59Hood, Ark Royal, and symbols of British declineQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193925:10Dutch technology without enough construction capacityChapter
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:19:50Ark Royal joins the Eastern Fleet for Operation CQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:25:33The recorded condition of Ark Royal's wreckQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:20:58Why Ark Royal fits a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrierQ&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)40:16Carrier design follows theater and strike doctrineChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)36:12The 1936 treaty narrows carrier size and armamentChapter
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:11:42Damage control must match the shipQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:32:23Why a surviving Ark Royal would merit reconstructionQ&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)3:18What would extra Commonwealth carriers change?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)25:51Could Britain keep the United States out of the war?Q&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue13:02Ark Royal and the usefulness of an older carrierQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:51:46A second Ark Royal would narrow the interwar carrier gapNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)3:28How Royal Navy hunter groups could neutralise a raiderNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:13:31Could Ark Royal adapt to later wartime aircraft?Q&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)14:18Carrier survival preserves people as well as flight decksNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:45:00Ark Royal's likely British Pacific Fleet air groupQ&A
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)2:47The Type 72X enters carrier serviceChapter
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)17:01Ark Royal and Illustrious show the beacon's moveNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:44:38From Hood to Ark Royal as the Royal Navy's public flagshipQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:03:07A carrier raid on Kiel could reshape the Atlantic warQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary41:42Ark Royal's advertised strike role became part of the deceptionNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:35:38Could Britain have mounted a Taranto-style raid in the Pacific?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary2:11:19Why admirals often commanded from battleshipsQ&A
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol21:20A more decisive Taranto could have shifted forces eastNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol21:58Ark Royal as a purpose-built strike carrierChapter
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol23:25Taranto and the fleet-size calculationNotable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)15:28Multi-carrier doctrine and Italian fleet riskChapter
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)19:50How Operation MB8 concealed the Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)22:08Operation White and Cape Spartivento after a heavier Taranto strikeChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)28:48Ark Royal's Sardinian raid was a strategic deceptionChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)41:06Illustrious embodied a different carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)46:00The best operational plan may use the second-best tactical toolNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:23:07Favourite World War II carriers and why stories matterQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:25:43Barracuda timing and tailored British carrier air groupsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:56:25Taranto was one part of a wider Mediterranean operationQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different0:23Ark Royal and Yorktown as purpose-built fleet carriersChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different4:21Ark Royal's protection without an armoured flight deckChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different5:12Ark Royal emerged from a long procurement path and fixed dock limitsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different6:48Displacement and power reveal Ark Royal's structural weightNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different9:52Ark Royal and Yorktown as stepping stones to later carriersNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different13:53Ark Royal exceeded her design speed on trialsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different18:50From carrier conversions to fleet programmesChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different19:27A second Ark Royal and the Yorktown trio as force-structure choicesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea20:54Escort capacity, Force Z, and carrier survivalNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response19:02Ark Royal's loss and the value of escort carriersQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions35:47Avoidable carrier losses and Force Z's missing hullsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War1:54Flight-deck carrier design problems before 1914Chapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z0:19Force Z and the carrier availability problemChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z20:27The Audacious class and the British Pacific FleetNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...1:38Ark Royal and the Mers-el-Kebir attackChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident9:20The scale of the Norway fleetNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant2:38Meteorological work aboard Ark RoyalNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant2:38Phoney War carrier dispositionsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant4:14Fleet carriers in anti-submarine patrolsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant5:17Ark Royal's early air attacksNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant12:58Force K and the Graf Spee searchChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant14:32Skua strike counterfactual against Graf SpeeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber2:21Armoured carriers, air-group mass, and survivabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:09:49Battlecruisers as carrier-group partnersQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:07:28Ark Royal's planned refit versus wartime urgencyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:58:47Shokaku by day, Ark Royal by night, Yorktown overallQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:46:49808 Naval Air Squadron from Ark Royal to KoreaChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:40:57Three avoidable carrier losses reshaped Britain's warNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:02:13A second Ark Royal and larger Illustrious-class carriersNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:09:05Britain could have laid down a second Ark Royal immediatelyQ&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)2:53:51Ark Royal and the move to a mature purpose-built carrierChapter
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys8:51Fleet Air Arm dispositions across five carriers in 1939Notable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 319:28Ark Royal trades propulsion weight for protection and air powerChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 322:16Ark Royal's lifts support simultaneous deck tasksNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:48:18Axis vendettas against famous Allied warshipsQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:01:00Ark Royal and Hiryu as fast strike carriersChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:09:11The earlier Ark Royal became HMS PegasusQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:10:10Ark Royal was conceived as the fleet's striking punchQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:52:21Ark Royal's layered protection and close subdivisionChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:57:03Ark Royal's lifts, propulsion, and flight-deck workflowChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:00:14Why ventilation could only partly relieve Ark Royal's hangar heatNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:07:06Did Ark Royal demonstrate a Far East ventilation problem?Q&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:12:03Was concern about Ark Royal's hot hangars speculation?Q&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:32:20Ark Royal, ASW detection, and survivabilityQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:38:12Searching for the wreck of HMS Ark RoyalChapter
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:43:38Funding pressure and uncertain identification in the Ark Royal searchNotable Point
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"9:46Victorious, Ark Royal, and Hermes embodied multi-carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol37:41How carrier losses consumed irreplaceable expertiseNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour4:59Why lost maintainers and stores reduced Italian air operationsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark33:06French participation and a hypothetical larger carrier strikeNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark56:18Cunningham accepts the risk after Ark Royal attacks DunkerqueNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:29:27Fulmars transfer through Malta to reinforce IllustriousNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:56:14Why battleships did not follow the air strike ashoreQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:14:45809 Naval Air Squadron develops the Buccaneer forceChapter
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:31:26Queen Elizabeth, Prince of Wales, and Ark Royal for CVA-01Q&A
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:31:17Skuas sink Königsberg at Bergen, then suffer in NorwayNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:01The Falklands warning chain behind the Ark Royal mythNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 216:12The Allied fleet assembled for DakarNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style10:01Renown and Ark Royal in the raider-hunting netChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style13:32The intended strike against Graf SpeeNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style19:43Ark Royal's offensive carrier roleNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?45:00HMS Neptune, Force K, and the danger of Malta operationsChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers2:31A diversion to an Eastern Mediterranean short of carriersChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers55:17Why Crete's carrier-covering operation is easily forgottenNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers1:09:52Why one-ton bombs changed the armour calculationNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/20:06Force K as a heavy raider-hunting forceChapter
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/20:32Reinforcing the River Plate hunt from FreetownNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/21:08How Force K planned to intercept a returning raiderNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/21:48How Force K changed after 1939Notable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:44A Swordfish forces a German prize crew back aboard BiancaChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:09:48A failed radio delays contact with Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:19:10Could Force H have trapped the German raiders?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:23:53Which Force H formation hunted the German raiders?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:24:34Why a preserved fleet carrier could transform Falklands air warningQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 422:22Concentrating an Allied battle fleetChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:35Japan's incomplete 1939 carrier forceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 425:34Could newly commissioned Ark Royal be sent east?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:10:12Engineering history in naval-architecture transactionsNotable Point
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.1:15:02HMS Ark Royal deters a threat to BelizeChapter
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.1:17:43A Fairey Gannet confused American air defenceNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...8:30Aircraft as a submarine-suppression toolNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 330:58HMS Ark Royal deters Guatemala over BelizeChapter
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:04:47Ark Royal and the credibility cost of propagandaNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:07:48Why Eagle and Ark Royal could not serve foreverQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:15:26CVA-01 and the planned carrier replacement cycleNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:54:13Why Renown and Ark Royal doomed Graf Spee's escapeQ&A
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile40:43Operation Halberd against air and surface threatsChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video43:04Damage threatens an isolated raider even when it survives the battleNotable Point
- The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video0:09Why Langsdorff scuttled Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
- Day 3 of the Montevideo Diplomatic Battle, the 16th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video6:03Ark Royal approaches the River Plate at more than 30 knotsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy on the 14th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video8:16Ark Royal, Renown, and the limits of Montevideo's neutralityNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)27:19Ark Royal and the two paths of British carrier designChapter