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- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:04:22Defending offshore wind farms and submarine cablesChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:08:33Why maritime security depends on patrol-vessel numbersNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats3:32Argentina's lightly armed Gowind patrol vesselsNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats4:12Warship status and authority in maritime securityNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats5:18Maritime protest, intent and the Greenpeace exampleNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats6:30Matching armament to piracy and disputed watersNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats7:11Guns, warning shots and diplomatic signalingNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:38Saudi LCS or FFX: the mission defines the comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:20FFX as a patrol frigate for persistent naval presenceQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:56Why Coast Guard deployment cannot cover every presence missionQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:30Matching an FFX patrol mission to the threatNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:00:53Argentina's lightly armed naval patrol vesselsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:02:44Disruptive protest within the maritime-security threat rangeNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:03:55Naval guns as visible diplomatic signalsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:23:18Coast Guard role boundaries and the cost of Burke patrolsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:29:01FF(X) endurance and independent patrol workNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:03Piracy and South African fleet capacityQ&A
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- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs0:00Judge frigates by the missions they must performChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs1:01:06StanFlex, MEKO, and two kinds of modularityChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?30:39Freedom of navigation in contested watersChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?32:07Undersea infrastructure and peacetime shadowingNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?35:43Why navies intercept narcotics far from homeNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?50:33Why navies handle peacetime diplomacyChapter
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:28Protecting wrecks from low-background-steel scavengersQ&A
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?39:03Dominion ships could replace some alliance reassuranceNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age35:36An older air-defence destroyer represents the Italian stateNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered46:25Cork service and the wider ocean-coverage gapNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:05Navy tugs need damage control more than grey paintQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:05One nuclear merchant ship will not unlock widespread port accessQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:37Coast-guard ship design begins with jurisdiction and threatQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:10Navies, coast guards, and counter-smuggling workQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:08Why territorial waters still need blue-water reachQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:47UNCLOS definitions versus combatant capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:57Danish OPVs and oversized patrol shipsQ&A
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?1:52OPVs police exclusive economic zonesChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?4:22River-class range and economy suit patrol workChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?9:22Crewed policing hulls are poor disposable combatantsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?11:45Fishery enforcement can prevent a wider security crisisChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?13:45Civilian patrol agencies can call naval boarding teamsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?15:46Police OPVs lower the diplomatic temperatureChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?16:52Krabi's 76 mm gun deters peer patrol shipsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?34:54Wartime OPVs redeploy to low-threat areasChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?35:35Mobilizing patrol ships competes with their agencies' existing dutiesNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?38:29OPVs keep essential missions off high-end escortsChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?56:31OPV design needs an affordable margin for dangerNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:16Ramming as an allegedly obsolete naval tacticQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:10Offshore wind farms as strategic liabilitiesQ&A
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:20:45Peacetime gray zones overload high-end destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships27:49Legal constraints on armed merchant securityQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:18:22Armed tugs against U-boatsQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?26:00River-class presence, maritime security, and local intelligenceNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...33:18The US Navy inherits global sea-lane securityChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?21:32Armed merchant ships trade missile density for valuable hullsNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?32:26Presence missions keep producing cruiser-sized shipsNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?52:10Threats change, but national risks endureChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?54:26Naval presence turns capability into influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:16Merchant arsenal ships and the meaning of Q-shipNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:57Could a trawler conceal mine-laying equipment?Q&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:05Irish Sea dumps versus a Thames ammunition wreckQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:20Warship target status and submarine rescue limitsQ&A
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?43:00Low-threat patrol waters no longer stay low threatChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:16:25The March 2026 Hormuz case for merchant self-defenceNotable Point
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- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:49:53Royal Navy support to fisheries and border enforcementNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:06:39Quantifying Britain's maritime dependenciesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:08:51The 2025 review rediscovered an enduring maritime riskChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:12:10Atlantic Bastion and the six-ship Type 45 forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:22:35The 2025 hybrid fleet and autonomous air defenceChapter
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- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:22:01Global missions pull escorts away from high-value shipsChapter
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- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:58:38New seabed mines renew an old contest with mine countermeasuresQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:18Containerized missiles as a threat in portQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...5:31A surviving Ukrainian frigate would still be trapped by Black Sea geographyQ&A
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare52:38Canal transits could require crews aboard uncrewed shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:05Assessing Russian capability in the Canadian high northQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)16:33Red Sea operations must be judged against their stated war aimsQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)19:11A missile hitting neutral shipping could widen the Taiwan crisisNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:18:09Why the LCS is not America's offshore patrol vesselQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:13:27Why Brazil seeks a larger expeditionary navyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:13:58The Icelandic fishing fleet as the Royal Navy's surprising opponentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust10:26:28Interpreting reports of a pause in intelligence sharingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:56:25Distinguishing an anti-piracy escort from a privateerQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress31:29Island-class OPVs after the Cod WarsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress33:38Why Britain delayed building offshore patrol vesselsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:25:07A fictional anti-piracy fleet built around patrols and reserveQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:41:49What offshore patrol vessels do in a major warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:01:43Why maritime coercion often uses coast guards and fishing vesselsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:24:47Protecting a fisheries nursery around JerseyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:52:30Ice strengthening does not make ramming safeQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:14:22Why Israel maintains a comparatively small navyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:49:55Why Pakistan still needs surface warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:30Q-ships against pirates and uncrewed attack craftQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:01Why China's pre-1947 naval investment had little wartime returnQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:01The North Korean Navy's appearance-capability gapQ&A
- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"23:00Privateering as privately financed sea powerNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:31Shipboard rumors can reveal organizational silosNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:34Japan Coast Guard museums reveal an unexpectedly active serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:56Transferred warships create options, not automatic growthQ&A
- Procuring for Peace First Draft9:55Presence combines intelligence, information, and visibilityNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft26:15River-class patrol ships define a maritime-security boundaryChapter
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:34Why Japan keeps sea-lane security in viewQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:45How modern authorities could stop Viking raiders at seaQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:39Passenger-ship identification in the Caribbean strike debateQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:36Why Japan's Coast Guard stood out for operational experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:48Why one weather balloon adds little to Red Sea targetingQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:45:33Why modern navies still train and equip boarding partiesQ&A
- The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver15:40Blake and maritime security after Santa CruzNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:49:52River-class OPVs continue the historical sloop roleQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:52:48Earlier US naval deployments around VenezuelaQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:54:20The disputed legal framing of drug-boat strikesNotable Point
- Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville & the Battle of Hudson Bay(1697)30:56Could modern corporations have kept private navies?Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:48:09Why Britain cannot simply stop Pacific wreck salvageQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft13:35OPV presence addresses instability before it spreadsNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:56:03An ideal British escort and OPV mixQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:57Abukuma-class escorts for the Philippine NavyQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:10What shapes the modern Brazilian NavyQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:07The peacetime problem of China's maritime militiaQ&A
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?0:45Defining the isolationist-America planning caseChapter
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:57Why heavily arming River-class OPVs could cost the Royal Navy frigatesQ&A
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic31:23HMS Drake and the work of naval presenceChapter
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!9:15Could nuclear-powered merchant ships work?Q&A
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!2:17:46Why piracy survived Roman control of the MediterraneanQ&A
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:12:42Presence missions and maintenance protect national credibilityNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live16:04Battleships turn naval presence into diplomatic leverageChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:08:45Glorious exposed the danger of imagining a safe zone at seaNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?39:14Walrus, Swordfish, and Catalina offered different patrol reachChapter
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:42The naval cost of policing global sea lanesNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:29Boarding drills remain a routine Royal Navy taskQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:10:50What fleet could a better-funded Ireland sustain?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:10:12How would Britain defend offshore oil installations?Q&A
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?11:26Why Red Sea disruption does not vindicate the Jeune ÉcoleNotable Point
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- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 528:12Maritime security in a multipolar worldChapter
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 449:42Why warships do more than their headline missionChapter
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians17:15Carausius exposes the cost of abandoning a standing fleetChapter
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians28:46Fleet presence keeps piracy from becoming a systemNotable Point
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians30:13From pirate craft to Roman patrol galleyChapter
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians48:57Small patrol squadrons change a pirate's calculationNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:02:13A new UK maritime force would duplicate naval functionsQ&A
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo2:08:18The false comfort of a safe sea zoneNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:22:34Why French sloops disappear from popular naval historyQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:15:11A practical Portuguese fleet for 1890-1920Q&A
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- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers41:37Soviet carriers as protection against maritime interventionNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...19:04Houthi attacks and the carrier-targeting problemNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin46:20How helicopter carriers serve national maritime rolesChapter
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:45:09How warship presence missions signal commitmentQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:11:10The Coast Guard's place in maritime presenceQ&A
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier40:48Portugal's multipurpose drone-capable support shipChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier42:28Drones, satellites, and exclusive economic zone patrolsNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:48:58Why modern states are unlikely to revive letters of marqueQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!28:31River and Vigilant patrol ships suit different threat levelsQ&A
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 52:30Patrol rather than reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 546:46A patrol lesson for uncrewed aviationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign27:20Offshore drilling would expand Royal Navy demandQ&A
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!51:20Hermes is a presence and information carrierChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:02:09Undersea cables turn trade chokepoints into data chokepointsNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:02:50Trade maps explain why Britain wants different carriersNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 312:48Use maritime geography to test the value of mobile air powerChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions35:49Global convoys need organic air powerChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:21:19Designing merchant ships for modern mobilizationNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:17:49Why Britain would fund naval expansion without treaty securityNotable Point
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 11:02:59Unicorn deters gunboats in the Taiwan StraitNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:31:17Reserve ships widen the fleet's sensor and presence networkNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence12:36The modern Royal Navy capability ladderChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence52:13HMS Tamar as a modern presence shipChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:24:53Flower-class sloops as task-group security shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:55:15River Batch 2 trades heavy weapons for endurance and peopleNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion59:40A changing threat can reverse a sensible force-design choiceChapter
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:38:15Modern naval battle counts depend on the definitionQ&A
- The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must9:04Naval presence and deterrent reinforcementChapter
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure1:30:03Flags of convenience and maritime dependenceNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology23:07Geography made naval power central to Italian securityNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:03:43Acoustic devices on Italian Horizon-class destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:17:04Energy security depends on ships, ports, and sea lanesNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response7:52A lower-cost layer for global naval presenceChapter
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:06:22When patrol-vessel numbers exceed the missionsQ&A
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron24:36The Western Squadron's early coastal roleChapter
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'57:05Patrol craft as a practical Micronesian partnershipQ&A
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay25:04Sea power, national identity, and securityNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)2:56:37Suppressing piracy by taking its basesNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources1:09:38Naval protection and the decline of merchant anti-piracy armamentQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)55:12Piracy and merchant-ship securityNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)1:10:00Danish frigates and StanFlex accountingQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)1:13:59National responsibility and international anti-piracy supportNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:38Fleet concentration and port defenseNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:02:00Pirate action, chain shot, and prizesChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:42:35Overwhelming and capturing a pirate galleonChapter
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class13:17Gunboat diplomacy and shallow-draft forceChapter
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII20:25Gunboats, sloops, and Yangtze presenceChapter
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat0:50Coastal fleet requirements for sea denialQ&A
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)39:10Sappho protects convoys and polices contraband routesNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)42:00Thetis calibrates force on the Bering Sea PatrolNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)47:03Brilliant calibrates British presence during tension in MoroccoNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:02:52HMCS Rainbow gives Canada a Pacific naval presenceChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road35:46Rainbow Warrior would trigger a diplomatic crisis, not an Anglo-French warQ&A
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 421:37Using older cruisers to preserve the best warshipsChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 240:33Why patrol-scale warships remain valuable presence shipsChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)5:00When unprotected cruisers made strategic senseQ&A
- Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace18:22Fighting the peace means shaping alliances before warNotable Point
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..22:17Göta Lejon, Chilean service, and the value of presenceChapter
- Town Class (1911): Chathams52:09The Chathams demonstrate the value of a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:13:39Disaster relief, anti-slavery patrols, and naval self-interestQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack8:46Why trawlers suit anti-smuggling patrolsQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:25:13Fridtjof Nansen and small-navy cruiser dutiesChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:44:11Frigates and destroyers as cruiser variantsChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:46:39Why small cruisers underpin a fleet's real reachChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:54:57Limited-role ships still enter dangerous watersNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:04:44Why grey-zone warfare changes the OPV armament questionQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:06:51How should a Canadian offshore patrol vessel be armed?Q&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)41:42Defensive construction as a peaceful signalNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)46:09Endurance and the strategic value of presenceChapter
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN12:23Canada's Arctic geography creates a distinct naval problemNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN43:23Australia's sea-based defensive depthChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:53:02Offshore patrol vessels earn their place through presenceNotable Point
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)37:03Legend-class presence without a warship's signalChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:20:53Why the Hamilton class became unusually useful cuttersChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:35:21White hulls, boarding teams, and credible presenceChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:19:24Presence created through useful maritime workChapter
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)2:26A service built for many maritime rolesChapter
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)14:20The overlooked role: diplomatic presenceChapter
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)40:36National Security Cutters relieve warshipsChapter
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu23:02Treaty claims turned commerce into conflictChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)12:24Geography turns policy into ship requirementsNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)18:45Mission fit drives the cruiser layoutNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)31:02When did the US Navy inherit the global policing role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:47:52Why not leave British trade protection to the United States?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:54:10Influence belongs to the navies that show upNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:06:45Q&A: how the Royal Navy shadows a Kirov sortieQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat14:06A research gap around China's overseas fishing fleetQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:18:49Distant-water fishing as maritime pressureQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:26:07Maritime presence as a response to ship seizuresQ&A
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper41:48Presence, trade, and a voice at the tableNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships14:35Would HMS Vanguard have changed the Cod Wars?Q&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail40:11Piracy, state authority, and private securityNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:59:46How merchant shipping answers modern piracyQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.17:55East Indiamen as a model for armed space commerceNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.21:37Arming modern freighters would make piracy more costlyNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:32:31Small aircraft detachments across a global patrol networkNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:31:55Why the South China Sea has no visible escalation lineQ&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces9:48Why discovering a wreck also creates a protection problemQ&A
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"27:15Why some medical ships avoid hospital-ship statusNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:13:19Sabotage and the loss of Benedetto BrinChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed41:12Uncertain wars and escalation below the shooting thresholdChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:47:41Why an LHD suits Canadian northern securityQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 414:36State stability as the foundation of counter-piracyQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 421:33Why Somali piracy cannot be solved at sea aloneQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 230:17Counter-piracy sustains readiness and maritime primacyNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword5:56Why coast guards can complicate South China Sea escalationQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...20:16Far East reconnaissance amid flag and identity confusionNotable Point
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers9:53Why aircraft did not replace cruisersQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?36:37Why alliance capacity is not the same as naval presenceQ&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint1:16:52Cruisers as mobile imperial infrastructureChapter
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint2:23:03The Town class as presence ships and wartime toolsChapter
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint2:41:23Forward naval presence as economic insuranceNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:43:43A navy as insurance for a trading stateNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:35:57The nearest suitable ship would answer a tanker seizureQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:55:11Where maritime drones are most usefulQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul38:07Why modern patrol boats cannot replace frigatesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:08How naval forces could support Channel border operationsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:28The Border Force capacity gap behind naval assistanceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:53Civil-support missions can strengthen the Navy's funding caseNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:17Law, naval orders, and Channel enforcementQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:02:49Why boarding a drone ship could escalate quicklyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:03:43Why a naval drone becomes more than a cheap civilian droneQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:07:41Why Coastguard roles differ between Britain and the United StatesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:13:36What the Royal Navy Fisheries Protection Squadron doesQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"9:40Why maritime disputes need a crewed shipNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"18:43River-class ships and everyday maritime contactNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"20:33Why global presence needs massChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy8:34Naval diplomacy as maritime interactionChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy24:02Signalling in the Strait of HormuzNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy42:25Training partners for their own missionsNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…13:23Trade, maritime rules, and credible deterrenceChapter
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…19:07Undersea cables are maritime-security infrastructureNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…42:26Maritime policing and the defence premiumChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:00:55Private security in modern maritime danger zonesQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister26:49A modular River-class patrol forceNotable Point
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister46:21Mine countermeasures and survey ships for port accessNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 225:20James Cable and the practical theory of gunboat diplomacyChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A30:48Nigerian patrol craft supported Gulf of Guinea securityQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:53:22From interwar sloops to modern offshore patrol vesselsQ&A
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video1:10:04Navies enforce maritime order short of warChapter