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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:36Could a ship carry a blast furnace?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:21:13Why STEM graduate totals reveal little about ship-design capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:24:36Where ship-design expertise is trained and employedNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?3:48Concentrating German engine development on dieselsChapter
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?27:05Turbine manufacture, crew demands and machinery redundancyNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?28:28Selecting how many diesel engines drive each shaftNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:14:22A reading recommendation for naval engineering and dragQ&A
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers14:17Farragut ended a thirteen-year gap in destroyer commissioningChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers22:19Farragut paired greater range with British-derived machineryNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers27:22Porter machinery reduced the risk of an expensive restartNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers41:35Mahan restored domestic machinery development and Pacific rangeChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers54:07Gridley traded Pacific range for speed and torpedo powerChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:06:35Bagley paired long range with a mass torpedo attackChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:46:25The National Industrial Recovery Act funded a chain of destroyer experimentsNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:03:42Benson made machinery layout a form of protectionChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:21:56Design inertia kept vulnerable machinery layouts in useNotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:26:58A starting reading list for marine engineeringQ&A
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI40:18Reliable turbines replace mixed destroyer machineryNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI42:14French turbine development draws on international exchangeNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI46:53Cramped machinery increases maintenance manpowerNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:53Maintenance access can enlarge uncrewed vesselsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:32Why underwater fibre-optic control costs moreNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:02Why Hood's geared turbines wore fasterQ&A
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...27:48Tartar's electrical demands enlarge AmatsukazeNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...34:28Yamagumo makes quiet diesel propulsion serve ASW massNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:03:37Hatsuyuki trades machinery redundancy for compact massNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:06:46Hatakaze combines group command with a heavily armed destroyerNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:10:54Asagiri combines COGAG power with allied presenceNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)28:20Larger hulls make machinery and computer redundancy easierNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)54:28Cooling equipment also shapes a warship's thermal signatureQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:07:26Nuclear-gas propulsion trades endurance for access limitsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:19:48Splitting one class between propulsion systems weakens commonalityQ&A
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima33:20Larger destroyers still brought limited range and new machineryNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima36:03Machinery variety weakened Russia's deterrent imageNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...45:21German protection came with a pursuit problemNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds52:59Kidd's Gulf adaptations and remaining land-attack limitNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds54:27Hardened computing drives destroyer growthNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...5:45Möwe, Seeadler and Wolf machinery trialsNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...15:23Why Type 1934 trial speed concealed a machinery problemNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...35:25Why more T1 machinery bought little speedNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...47:51Wagner boilers as artisanal machineryNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...49:54Which boilers were closest to operating a nuclear reactor?Q&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:38:00Integrated electric propulsion better serves future loadsQ&A
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...51:20Draug's reactivation exposes the cost of neglected reservesNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)40:13Rattler's propeller trial was also a crew testNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be31:35Rival navies still depend on shared propulsion technologyNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:31:07Type 055 combines two helicopters with a large turbine plantNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:42:53Helicopter undercarriage geometry shapes flight decksNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live57:43Interrupted engine production constrained later light fleet carriersQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:22:22A focused Hood modernization could prepare a Far East flagshipQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:27:33Hood's machinery refit offers a choice between power and subdivisionQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:28:37Improved boilers make Hood's proposed machinery gain credibleQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:57Why the US Navy would reject captured German cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:00What a converted steam clipper reconstruction could revealNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:24A turbo-electric warship as an engineering reconstructionNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:21Recovering a large steam locomotive from a freshwater lakeQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:38Why lake layers and corrosion matter during salvageNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?55:08Integrated combat systems reshape hulls and crewsChapter
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?56:18Modern navies compete for transferable technical skillsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...18:18Machinery access and combustion quality shaped warship service lifeNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:21Why destroyer steam pressures laggedQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:53:37Mechanical coal stokers at seaQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:53:48Mechanical stokers in German battlecruiser plansQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:32How far high-pressure marine boilers could be pushedQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:50Steam leaks, hydrogen flames and the broom storyNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:34Could a steam leak cut the broom handle as well?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:04Treaty limits and turbo-electric warship propulsionQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:53Why hydraulic propulsion lost ground to electric driveQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:43Why free-piston engines remain a specialist technologyNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:52Where azimuth pods could serve in naval fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:54Refitting Hindenburg for Allied serviceQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:25Azipod is a brand name, azimuth thruster is the generic termNotable Point
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:27:19Was HMS Intrepid's engine trouble genuine?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle1:56:08Why advanced machinery still has to work at seaNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:03:05Why a fleet carrier must outrun the battle lineNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida9:11:04When human stokers became a limit on coal-fired boilersQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:50Why carbon fibre is a poor pressure-hull materialQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:23Alvin and the service life of deep-diving pressure hullsQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:12Why ammonia is a difficult fuel for shipsQ&A
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age19:25Daring-class pairs tested competing electrical systemsNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age20:20County-class COSAG tested gas turbines without sacrificing rangeNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?29:28Why naval construction has wider industrial effectsNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)7:25Water-tube boilers and Titanic's engine-room crewQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)48:38Why an engine-room hit is the most disablingQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:15Why the first refrigerated warship is hard to identifyQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:42HMS Amazon was technically possible earlierQ&A
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...21:02Bellerophon's machinery corrected Dreadnought-era compromisesChapter
- CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...3:39Steam leakage dampens Arkansas's powderNotable Point
- CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...29:33Arkansas enters service with crippling machinery faultsChapter
- CSS Arkansas & Isaac N. Brown... A study in tactical excellence & strategic incompetence...42:49Engine failure ends CSS ArkansasChapter
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:12:10Why Deltic diesels are a poor fit for an ekranoplanQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:06:13Why the Velox boiler did not become a fleet standardQ&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?9:22A plausible Brown-Curtis 850 psi plantNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:44How a steamship could exceed its rated speed in an emergencyQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:31How the panel would modernize HMS WarspiteQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:51Could First World War crews operate Bismarck's machinery?Q&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:37How engineering crews adapted from coal to oilQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:21How closed-loop marine steam systems workQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:11Integrated electric propulsion in plain languageQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:18Why SMS Kalliope survived the Apia cycloneQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:30Why Aquila horsepower figures differQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:09Why develop turbo-electric warship propulsion?Q&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:19Caissons versus movable dry-dock gatesQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:24How tandem crane lifts extended caisson sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:18Moving a buoyant dock caisson with tugsNotable Point
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...13:59Boilers, turbines, and the hidden cost of warship developmentChapter
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership36:31When forced draught entered Royal Navy boiler practiceQ&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:21:53Why Admiral Hipper and Lützow made an awkward teamNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:28:19Why similar German cruisers lost the benefits of scaleNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:44:11What a Royal Navy thirty-two-knot rating concealedNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:48:41Hull strength and machinery reserve set practical cruiser speed limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:04:17Nelson-class speed was not just an engine problemQ&A
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force54:17Denny's model testing and the balanced hull of HMS MaoriNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...26:54F2, F3, and Nelson trade speed against armorChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...32:36How could F2 and F3 make 30 knots on two shafts?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...46:22A thousand tons could buy Nelson more speedNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:13:09Queen Elizabeth rebuilds complete a 28-knot battle lineNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:56:29Could the Deutschland class be made faster?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:21:28Should Britain have adopted more diesel propulsion?Q&A
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates25:37How indicated and shaft horsepower compareChapter
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates27:35Australian-built boilers and triple-expansion machineryChapter
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 31:00:32Experienced captains carry tacit technical knowledgeNotable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes19:18Local machinery made the design distinctly AustralianChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes24:28Familiar machinery accelerated wartime mobilizationNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:09:12Why high-pressure steam suited the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:16:32Electric-drive ships do not create unwanted low-speed powerQ&A
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 725:08Powerful boilers meet a battleship conversion's piping limitsNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s39:58Béarn's mixed propulsion compromiseNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat46:41Italia as an early four-shaft warshipQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:44:31What a technical library can build in thirty yearsQ&A
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:41:30Could more ventilation have limited Lexington's explosions?Q&A
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:51:49Losing an engine supplier can immobilize a fleetNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:14:30Electric drive gives designers more freedom to protect machineryNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:36:54Distributed diesel generators keep damage-control pumps availableNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:39:15Could an interwar commitment to electric drive improve survivability?Notable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class27:25Machinery and range for Pacific operationsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!12:33Why common machinery mattered across the Chatham shipsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!24:58Oil firing, an Atlantic bow, and 30-knot machineryChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 357:43Choose propulsion for range, aviation, and politicsChapter
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built44:51How large ship propellers are cast and finishedQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?12:52Cold-starting an oil-fired warshipQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?41:03How a steam-water-oil heat exchanger protects fuel systemsQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:27:20Could small-tube boilers make Queen Elizabeth a 28-knot battleship?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:58:55What makes a power plant suitable for a warship?Q&A
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment10:05Ben-my-Chree begins as a fast Irish Sea steamerChapter
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment18:21Wartime speed depends on acceptable engineering riskNotable Point
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment24:56Coal quality links operating cost to wartime speedNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books49:54How small-tube boilers could transform the Revenge classQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books53:45Would a faster Revenge class need a longer bow?Q&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:10:02What 600-psi boilers could do for HoodQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:05:06Designing a German fast battleship in 1910Q&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:13Why Britain delayed higher-pressure naval boilersQ&A
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:03:51Oil preheating and coal handling solve different fuel problemsNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!38:10Separate submarine plumbing reduced fluid contaminationQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!51:59Kingston valves let crews admit seawater from inside the hullQ&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 192818:10From experimental motor boats to naval gas turbinesChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 192840:20Gas turbines reshape destroyer power and machinery layoutChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:28:53Rival navies face different barriers to matching BritainChapter
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response3:34Could eight boilers have made Warspite a fast battleship?Q&A
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 425:58Foreign turbines inside Germany's capital-ship programNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 427:46Technical improvement versus fleet standardizationNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:03:58Scharnhorst changed one major system at a timeChapter
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out12:43Indicated and brake horsepower measure different pointsQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response13:38Speed, power density, and capital-ship typesNotable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response41:41Why 1920s technology could not produce an IowaQ&A
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 29:18Improvised weapons and hard-driven machineryChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response28:39Could German liners become light or escort carriers?Q&A
- HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response14:53Why Fisher kept Renown as his flagshipNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:35:07Could German escort carriers support Atlantic raiders?Q&A
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 926:45Parsons turbines and the international naval technology networkNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:23Triple-expansion engines narrow, but do not solve, the stability problemNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat17:50Where railways meet naval historyQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:09:27Changing definitions of high-pressure steamQ&A
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII34:04Engine-room, deck, and catering work kept merchant ships movingChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound3:12Northampton's ambitious machinery and Nelson's better speedNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:13:00Why Audacious machinery could not simply move into HoodQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:41:04What K3 would need to reach G3 speedQ&A
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 434:28High-pressure boilers turn engineering into craftNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:41:48The crew constraint on small marine reactorsNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology18:07Ironclads demanded skills sail-era fleets lackedNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:08:52Why major machinery refits require opening the hullQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:04:13The machinery cost behind an Olympic carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:13:06Titan and the burden of rejecting engineering precedentQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:48:30A naval museum built around the inside of shipsQ&A
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 216:17Twin turrets, reliable machinery, and upgrade potentialNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:03:27What Britain could learn from a captured BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:08:12Why British warship machinery prioritized maintainabilityQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:00:05If Britain adopted small-tube boilers earlierQ&A
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover18:29Why pressurized-water reactors dominate at seaChapter
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover29:38Seawolf and the case for simpler reactorsNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters2:56:15British capacity to build RMMV OceanicNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History0:09Marine diesels through a 1938 engineering sourceChapter
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History2:49Metallurgy and systems before enginesNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History5:45From producer gas to oil fuelNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History9:50Akroyd Stuart and Diesel make compression ignition practicalNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History15:10Early motor ships prove the marine caseNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History23:01What the evidence can and cannot say about Diesel's disappearanceNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History32:53Two-stroke diesels and scavengingNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History35:59Diesel-electric power and submarine spaceNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History50:14Patents, MAN, and naval submarine adoptionNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:40:12Quintuple-expansion steam engines and complexity limitsQ&A
- Ship Design6:46Buoyancy, density, and stability basicsChapter
- Ship Design30:52Shipwrights, drafting, and full-scale loftingNotable Point
- Ship Design32:35Timber supply and the wooden-ship industrial baseNotable Point
- Ship Design36:02Drafting, calculations, and a culture of challengeNotable Point
- Ship Design44:08Queen Elizabeth carriers and looking rightNotable Point
- Ship Design46:33What judging a ship by eye can revealNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response24:48Bearn's turbines, range, and conversion economyNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response26:20Why naval aircraft needed more than raw horsepowerNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines1:12Steeple engines and warship fitChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines7:18Why early screw ships lacked folding propellersQ&A
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines16:19Direct-acting and oscillating engine tradeoffsChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines21:09Trunk engines and monitor compromisesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines25:57Back-acting engines and steam varietyChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines28:47Vertical expansion engines and efficiencyChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines37:48Why Liberty ships used triple-expansion enginesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines39:19Parsons turbines and compact powerNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines44:19Boilers, coal, and propulsion infrastructureChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam1:09Steam power as a systems problemChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam7:00The aeolipile and the power gapNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam11:31Mining demand, boilers, and manpower pressureChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam13:56Trevithick, Sims, and high-pressure steamChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam21:59Charlotte Dundas and steamboat viabilityChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam26:51Savannah, Great Western, and the liner transitionChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam32:44How shared engineering accelerated the steam transitionNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam33:23Side-lever and beam engines in early warshipsChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam36:29Compact grasshopper engines versus exposed crossheadsNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam38:00Walking-beam engines and American path dependenceChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam40:30Why the path to expansion engines was not linearChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions18:22Steam and sail overlapped for reliabilityQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions37:10Steam engines split into specialized familiesQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions49:04Cold steam plants needed hours to raise powerQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions50:47Early marine engineering appears in working lettersChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions1:03:05Readiness often meant keeping boilers runningQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:26:53Rising steam pressure challenged interwar boiler firmsNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:07:20Marine boiler research often starts with technical training manualsQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen16:24Power density imposed its own design costsNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?13:06Warrior's liftable propellerNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?41:22John Penn and the rise of screw propulsionChapter
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?46:13Moving coal and feeding Warrior's boilersNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?49:05Independent power and the engineers who kept it workingNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:19:23Laundry, kit lockers, and separate crew identitiesNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:42:29Warrior between sail and steamNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class19:50Machinery, guns, and protected-corvette fighting valueNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class21:54George Rennie and the engineering behind Calypso's machineryNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class24:52The de Bange breech and safe naval breech loadingNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class42:18Calliope, Samoa, and the Apia cyclone escapeChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class47:17Follow the fire-tube cycle inside Sackville's boilerNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:06:11Work and escape inside Sackville's engine roomNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?9:06Mount geometry, stability, and an experienced gun workforceNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:10:41A feasible mount opens a 50-calibre follow-onNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:20:05The November class paired prestige with early nuclear riskChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:34:19Soviet radars evolved by adapting proven technology for salt waterNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:36:42A 28-knot Colorado would be a different battleshipQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193937:31Why the new state still needed naval specialistsNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII43:22Prestige pushed German cruisers away from diesel propulsionQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:40:19Hipper machinery consumed endurance and maintenance effortQ&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?40:28How John Brown's American links informed British shipbuildingNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:00:09How G3 and N3 divided their machinery spacesNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:42:26How can machinery spaces survive underwater damage?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:48:21What Nelson carried at 33,800 tonsChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:57:20How Nelson's machinery was squeezed under the treaty limitChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:42:28Would fuel tanks improve Hood's crushing-tube protection?Q&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:01:53Where to begin reading about steam machinery in warshipsQ&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)16:03Machinery gives Asama speed and oceanic rangeChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)19:41Trials, vibration, and the value of an adaptable hullNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:03:02Spartiate's high cost and machinery failuresChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)24:49Fourteen boilers, continuous speed, and vibration trialsChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)18:32Descartes-class armament, machinery, and protectionChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)41:27Limited support facilities reduce Pascal to a ten-knot cruiserNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers48:10Protected piping and steering gear reveal attention to battle damageNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)58:23Mine capacity exposes variation in early marine steelNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:03:47Rainbow's purchase tests operating-cost assumptionsNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:42:31Why warships avoid raw seawater engine coolingQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:18:27Brassey's 1900 records the Bullfinch machinery disaster in engineering detailChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:03:31The Hunt class was Britain's overlooked mass-produced light destroyerNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 519:36Twenty-two knots from specialized cruising and speed enginesNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 530:36Marine-engineering competition behind the Blake classChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 311:56Forbin armament balanced well, but speed and sail did notChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 319:37Coëtlogon's engine failures drove a lesson in compass protectionChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:56:16Why the Royal Navy retained proven boilersQ&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:24:51How could the Swiftsure class reach 14,000 miles?Q&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)15:06Why unprotected cruisers were often too slow to escapeQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)25:09Why sailing rigs lost value on steam cruisersQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)32:24Wampanoag, fast steam cruisers, and engineering politicsNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)50:01A balanced hypothetical redesign of General-AdmiralNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)1:06:58An American modernization plan for HMS ShannonNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 105:57Edgar-class machinery, range, armament, and protectionChapter
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1028:02Royal Arthur, Crescent, and variation within a cruiser classChapter
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p69:40Machinery traded horsepower for exceptional cruising rangeChapter
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p625:50Phaeton's trials tested funnels, draft, and machineryChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p410:19Slow machinery and the last lifting screwChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out52:50Why underwater hull paint is redQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:03:14Why a 1950s light carrier could reuse Colossus dimensionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:51:35How steamship boilers were kept from explodingQ&A
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p32:25Sail, steam, and a lifting propellerNotable Point
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p332:10Designing a response to General-AdmiralNotable Point
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p125:04Steam power frees designers from sailing constraintsChapter
- Algerie (1932): Marine National3:00Powerful machinery and successful speed trialsNotable Point
- Algerie (1932): Marine National14:13Superheated steam unlocked speed and rangeNotable Point
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina44:39Imported machinery constrained treaty deceptionNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:00:18Why waste-heat steam is poor for carrier catapultsQ&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)8:35French turbines reveal the limits of industrial autonomyNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:13:22Emile Bertin exposed construction and machinery bottlenecksNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:15:54Major engine replacement means opening the shipQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:21:36At-sea engine rebuilding is not a complete machinery replacementQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:07:56Why sea-air temperature differences have not powered surface shipsQ&A
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)40:52Palmer's shipyard, the Depression, and the Jarrow MarchChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:15:06Range, speed, and American machineryNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:18:55The gradual replacement of wooden ship bearingsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:01:16Why a marine engine’s oil level needs expansion roomQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:38:50Why coal-fired merchant ships outlasted the naval transition to oilQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"3:12:58Why Tribal destroyers had unequal funnelsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:49:43Why seawater is so damaging in a steam plantQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:28:06Why oil displaced mechanical stokers in capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:54:52Flying boats at the boundary of naval and aeronautical engineeringQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)4:28:40The personnel problem behind a restored wartime fleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:00:56Small-tube boilers with low-grade German coalQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class11:11Propulsion shortages and uncertain monitor recordsNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class23:38M18's adaptable but temperamental hot-bulb engineNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class32:05M24 and the Royal Navy's early gas-powered experimentsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books8:10The staff work behind a destroyer flotillaQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:56:30The protected cruiser behind Bermuda's improvised passenger serviceNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks5:40Wilson, Tritton and the first tank designsChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks6:43Little Willie becomes the first tank prototypeNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS5:06Carrier design needs naval and aviation translatorsNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)23:10Compound engines, triple expansion, and coal enduranceNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class12:34Reliable machinery gave Gorgon near-cruising speed enduranceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190821:58Small engineering gains turn horsepower into more speedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-718:30Turbine performance relied on accumulated industrial skillNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190726:50Maintainability slows the transition from engines to turbinesNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History13:31Engineers choose the damaged Liberty ship most likely to sailNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:02:33Boiler working pressure versus test pressureQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:30:14Hood's original armament, protection, and machineryChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:39:16Turning pulverized coal into a pumpable marine fuelChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:43:25Recovering steam-engine exhaust energy with a turbineNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192018:22Steam pressure and the appeal of electric pod propulsionNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192025:30Foreign engines behind early US submarinesNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:23:41Why early powered stokers disappointedQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:49:26Astraea machinery claim corrected during the live discussionNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol21:06Amphion machinery layout and torpedo resilienceNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:07:13How a gas turbine turns hot gas into ship powerQ&A
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class2:00Destroyer growth from First World War scale to DaringNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class6:20Why eight Darings contained four machinery combinationsNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class10:20Specialist machinery and Admiral Fraser's backingNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class20:35Alternating machinery spaces for damage resistanceNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck55:05The machinery cost of running Tribals hardQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream15:30The machinery cost of sustained Tribal-class speedChapter
- Day 3 of the Montevideo Diplomatic Battle, the 16th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video4:59Battle may have worsened Graf Spee's machinery wearNotable Point
- 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