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- The Press Gang, myth and reality...5:25Why wartime fleets needed sudden manpowerChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...32:51Reading wartime manpower figures carefullyNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...54:49Isaac Hull's retaliation for losing merchant sailorsNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:10:36Testing American claims that whole crews were impressedQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:31:25How recruiters identified useful seafaring skillsQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:55:16Why the Navy could not empty a merchant crewChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:57:13Merchant wages and false impressment alarmsNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:00:01The commercial network behind British-aligned sea powerNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:19:45How U-boats weakened Japan's postwar economyQ&A
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality2:28Wartime expansion drove emergency recruitmentNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality6:04War of 1812 impressment exposed conflicting citizenship rulesChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality8:00Isaac Hull answered a British seizure by taking a sailorNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality9:20American impressment totals need a sailor-population comparisonNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality17:53Naval service could lead to merchant commandNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality26:36A fully rigged merchant ship could not lose its whole crew safelyChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality28:08Some merchant captains exploited fear of the pressNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality29:07Guard ships could insist on merchant wages before enlistmentChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality30:03Emergency manning left pursers responsible for sailors' unpaid wagesNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality32:45The merchant marine was the Navy's peacetime reserveChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:03:37Deterrence required both persistent patrols and a credible heavy forceNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy7:04From river survey work to wartime anti-submarine experienceChapter
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy16:07River survey service and the barriers Katari had to crossNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy17:34Hydrography, dredging, and safe navigation on the HugliNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy18:55River crews, religious differences, and social exclusion in KolkataNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy20:11Bengal pilot qualifications and the fight to admit Indian officersNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy21:45How routine survey work prepared Katari for naval commandNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy27:26Taking a river paddle steamer from Bengal toward IraqChapter
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)23:28Merchant shipping is not spare naval capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:16Merchant arsenal ships and the meaning of Q-shipNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?0:12Why the advertised missile container ship would stand outNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?3:39A concealed launcher depends on the whole merchant crewNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?5:37Why a wheeled modular EMALS is aspirationalNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?8:57A missile container must survive the loading systemNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?13:13Merchant auxiliaries become part of the kill chainChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?16:28Specialization shrinks the pool of wartime auxiliariesNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?18:49A brigade needs both troops and vehiclesChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?22:18From armed merchant cruiser to defensible merchant vesselChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?24:42Strategic tankers keep bases suppliedNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?31:05Tankers carry environmental and fire risks forwardNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?33:05MV Ocean Trader as a littoral support shipChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?36:27Second-hand conversions begin with buyer bewareNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?38:21AIS silence can reveal a special-operations shipNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?58:14Small trawlers and proxy ownership complicate attributionChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:01:37Reefers bring power and cranes to drone operationsChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:04:44The most useful conversion may be the hardest ship to requisitionNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:09:53The modern requirement favors auxiliaries and protected shippingNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:14:51Last-mile defence must exist before the emergencyChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:18:23A defensive fit inherits the ship's flag problemChapter
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:21:47Merchant hulls can deploy off-board mine systemsNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?1:22:36Just-in-time shipping leaves no mobilization cushionChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:23:21Carrier missile vehicles and the cost in hangar spaceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:29:28Why wartime logistics cannot assume commercial participationNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...46:48Greek fleet withdrawal preserves an exile navyChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:18:34Armstrong restores Mahan's commerce balanceNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!25:03Dutch officer ranks grew from merchant experience and multiple admiraltiesChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!29:43Dutch rating titles preserve working-ship rolesChapter
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:05Revitalizing US shipbuilding and the merchant marineQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:41:02Why the RNVR's yachtsmen mattered in wartime small-ship commandNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:02:49Flags of convenience and the burden of naval protectionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:15:05Rebuilding merchant shipping after the First World WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida9:21:38The pre-1914 failure to plan merchant-shipping protectionQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:30Admiral Henderson takes on US Navy procurementQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:23Which world war threatened British merchant shipping more?Q&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:15How Japanese and Chinese merchant yards specializeQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:07The Jones Act preserves a limited American shipbuilding baseNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:00Kobe's merchant-mariners memorialQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:55The Royal Fleet Auxiliary's pay problemQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...45:01Merchant-marine roots of Dutch rating titlesNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:07San Demetrio and ships reboarded after abandonmentQ&A
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...1:43:16Vian coordinated Overlord's Eastern Task Force from HMS ScyllaChapter
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:25Designing the Royal Navy and US Navy without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:32Modernizing the merchant fleet through overseas shipyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...13:52How seaborne trade shaped British foodQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:01:18The most dangerous waters for merchant seamenQ&A
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 537:18America's World War I shipbuilding surge and postwar retreatChapter
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 541:14Crew costs weakened America's postwar merchant expansionNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:32:44Merchant crews are a strategic constraint on wartime sealiftChapter
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 202454:21Why merchant crews, not hulls, become the wartime bottleneckNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 439:03When naval initiative crosses into misconductNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 444:30Merchant experience aboard Bathurst-class corvettesNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:20:01Royal Navy reserve organizations were parallel systemsQ&A
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes36:05Merchant mariners supplied experienced corvette commandersChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes45:14Merchant-service experience suited auxiliary warship commandNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:12:11How Canada could build shipyard employment into naval capacityQ&A
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!1:24Domestic technology still needs enough ships and support crewsNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....8:19Royal Fleet Auxiliary strikes in war and peaceQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....59:39When merchant ships come under naval rulesQ&A
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s1:31:06Merchant shipping as latent naval capacityNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 244:30Funding economic growth before fleet expansionNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier57:23Merchant shipping carries Britain's strategic supply loadChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:09:33Japan's expansion outpaces its ability to sustain itChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier1:19:39Design a support system for a minor navyNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 135:40Machinery and merchant shipping before bigger gunsNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:34:41Merchant protection as the base of naval financeNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!8:01Bogue and Ruler from C3 hullsNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!20:54Aircraft ferrying as Pacific logisticsChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:15:32The modern escort-carrier mission and hull problemNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:17:01MARCOM C-series hulls and the Liberty ship comparisonNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 240:22A capital-ship surge ends Germany's liner raceNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:18:29Britain enters war with industrial capacity still in reserveNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign33:47Merchant-marine research and resilienceQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:49:48Why higher company pay did not empty the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:09:14Why some whalers carried a boom below a square sailQ&A
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!45:45Sceptre and armed merchantmen capture a Dutch convoyNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions14:21CAM ships and one-launch convoy air defenceChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions20:36CAM-ship combat launches and pilot recoveryNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions29:18Merchant conversions bought time for escort carriersNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions35:49Global convoys need organic air powerChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:04:05Atlantic Conveyor's aircraft-ferry role and wartime lossChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:21:19Designing merchant ships for modern mobilizationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign9:03Why a cruiser inside a convoy is so destructiveNotable Point
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 83:10Merchant aviation gave the Kriegsmarine only indirect lessonsNotable Point
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 86:54A floating support system for transatlantic airmailChapter
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 811:31Westfalen from airmail tender to wartime prison shipChapter
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 817:24Schwabenland's airmail, Antarctic, and wartime careersChapter
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 825:00Friesenland's long life after seaplane-tender serviceChapter
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation14:36Merchant conversions bring seaplanes to the BalticChapter
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation20:49Glyndwr and Answald reveal the limits of improvised carriersChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 22:38A cargo ship and aircraft carrier at onceChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 221:49Merchant command with a naval aviation detachmentChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 230:30Straight from conversion to the North Atlantic convoy lanesNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 246:42A modern MAC ship built around modular helicopter supportChapter
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign50:57The merchant marine as a naval and economic foundationNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI47:34How Britain sustained a broad naval reserveNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:35:39Preserving German naval expertise after VersaillesQ&A
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War29:44From Gibraltar convoys to Operation TorchChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:47Commercial growth does not automatically create naval credibilityNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:07:00Sea power protects cables, cargo, and peopleChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:11:16The merchant marine and NATO's unanswered long-war problemChapter
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII4:05Why the Merchant Navy and Merchant Marine are remembered differentlyChapter
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII13:23Four starting points for merchant-seamen historyNotable Point
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII43:35Missing ship photographs and the Tower Hill Merchant Navy memorialNotable Point
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII1:27:41Merchant-marine casualties reveal the cost behind wartime shippingChapter
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 628:29Mature reciprocating engines and the turbine gapNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)35:34The 1651 Act and Dutch carrying tradeChapter
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)52:18Why cargo-origin rules disrupted multi-stop tradeNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:06:00Why transshipment angered colonial merchantsChapter
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:08:28Is the Jones Act a modern Navigation Act?Q&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:47:21Why whalers could use fewer English sailorsNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)2:46:24Why Britain repealed the Navigation ActsChapter
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:48:14Merchant shipping built around logisticsQ&A
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:08:58Wolf packs versus the Atlantic escort systemChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:37Seven submarines and the West Coast threatNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood27:47Orleans and the U-156 shellingNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood33:25Peter Iredale and improvised invasion defensesNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History15:10Early motor ships prove the marine caseNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History35:59Diesel-electric power and submarine spaceNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)13:33Trade stations and maritime revenueNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)47:55Maritime trade and naval economicsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)55:12Piracy and merchant-ship securityNotable Point
- Blockade!!20:07Three ways blockade runners evade interceptionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)16:02Trade goods and fifth-rate expansionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:00:09Trade-route raiding and fleet distributionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:46:52Fleet upkeep, trade income, and IndiamenNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:28:11Capturing a race-built galleonChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:36:53Dutch merchant-warship design tradeoffsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)14:15Offcuts, tolerated corruption, and dockyard economicsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)38:09Merchant ships and naval timber standardsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)1:08:47East India Company timber and dockyard infrastructureQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)1:13:27Lumber convoys as strategic prizesQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:15:05The 'sea in their blood' myth and wartime naval professionalismChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course6:13Letters of marque turn private ships into naval toolsChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course10:29Treasure fleets make sea trade a strategic targetNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course26:00Thousands of merchant losses force a trade-defense responseNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course31:10Privateers remain central in the Napoleonic Wars and 1812Notable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course42:51Commerce warfare shapes warships and merchant shipsNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course46:00Merchant losses make trade protection a test of naval valueNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course48:51Private fleets eventually justify national naval taxationNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:33:46Britain's tramp fleet supplied war more flexibly than prestige linersChapter
- Visiting Cutty Sark0:37Tea chests and standardised cargoNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:25:11Why merchant crews were paid off and rehired in portQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:54:51Brassey's 1939 treats merchant shipping and shipbuilding as instruments of sea powerChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19426:27Norway's merchant fleet became its main wartime leverageNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194116:11Recruit the Polish diaspora for long-term force growthNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19407:57Synthetic fuel, railways, and submarines for JapanChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:08:10Canada let its postwar merchant fleet and yards decayChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:36:08How oil firing changed imperial base geographyQ&A
- Reginae Maris Nostri: The Cruisers of Mussolini's Regia Marina8:18Postwar retrenchment versus battleship prestigeChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:04:19Frank Bullen's merchant-sea life and writingChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)41:15Perrée rises from merchant service to French flag commandNotable Point
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)17:27Perrée and the French Navy's experience gapChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:14:13Raw sinking totals need a target-richness denominatorNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:17What made Dunkirk possible?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)32:54Finding a fugitive capital ship through fuel logisticsQ&A
- RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?28:07Who died aboard TitanicNotable Point
- RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?36:30Did the law require officers to join the Royal Naval Reserve?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?25:07Where a Royal Navy expansion could find sailorsQ&A
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)9:40War expands the Coast Guard's regulatory machineryNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."50:00Merchant shipping, middle-class interests, and naval purposeQ&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:14:36Charles I's ship money and the politics of fleet designNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:23:11Why the Baltic fleet mattered to Russian tradeNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat8:38Why Convoy makes SC 122 and HX 229 matterChapter
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat11:30Britain's merchant fleet and its imperial workforceNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response49:48Convoys, insurance, and merchant-ship choicesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response5:20The Atlantic blockade as Germany's best bad optionQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response7:36Merchant Navy casualties and manpowerQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response38:41Coastal convoys around BritainQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response41:01Merchant seamen's pay and the reserve poolQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response42:21An interwar sloop-building counterfactualQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol18:23Convoy coverage and escort shortageNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol20:16Escort scarcity, convoy size, and solo sailingsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol27:01Mobilizing conversions and armed merchant shipsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/70:51Atlantic blockade as a logistics problemChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/723:02Human cost and the Atlantic's reputationNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/723:57Escort pool and Operation TorchNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/73:37U-boat peak and tonnage curveNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/712:02Convoy geometry favors escortsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/715:59Modern commerce war changes the torpedo mathNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/726:40Convoys counter surfaced U-boat attacksNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)2:39Operation Aerial after DunkirkChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)54:45Naismith, Brest, and Saint-NazaireChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:05:52Evacuees use Bren guns against a Ju 88Notable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:06:28Lancastria and destroyer rescue riskNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:34:28Finding evacuees across the Atlantic coastNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.32:14East India Company trade power at seaChapter
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.37:20East Indiamen as long-range bulk carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.40:25Why long merchant voyages did not always mean scurvyQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.46:26Arniston shows the voyage rhythm of East IndiamenNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.50:19How East Indiamen ended their careersQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.51:07Why can Arniston's voyages be followed in detail?Q&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.52:08Voyage contracts ended under the threat of impressmentNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:00:03Merchant crews could execute naval-style maneuversNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:01:24Discipline without a warship's coercive structureQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:03:51Merchant mutinies centered on pay, food, and abuseQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.2:03:57Country ships filled the smaller regional tradeQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4513:16Coastal convoys as Britain's wartime distribution networkChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4518:08Why coastal shipping rivaled the railways in importanceQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4523:44How coastal convoy codes mapped Britain's shipping networkNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4526:06The scale and cost of Britain's coastal shipping campaignNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4529:29Why German attacks could not close Britain's coastal routesQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4530:45Why coastal shipping losses were so highQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4531:52Why coastal convoys had no simple average speedQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4536:29German attacks reached Bristol Channel shippingQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4538:42Coastal convoys faced every kind of wartime hazardChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4546:23Radio silence complicated coastal convoy controlNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4548:34Convoy commodores kept merchant formations togetherChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4555:57Britain's busiest coastal shipping flowsQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4558:09Milford Haven in the coastal convoy networkQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4558:48Why ocean-going ships joined coastal convoysQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:12:52A wreck map traces Britain's coastal convoy routesNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:27:57Small warships formed the coastal convoy escort poolChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:35:33Why merchant ships carried guns aftQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:34:01Which ships supplied continental ports after D-DayQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:48:16British DEMS and the US Navy Armed GuardQ&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:31:42CAM ships launch one-way Sea Hurricane interceptionsChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:37:16Why CAM-ship Hurricanes retained landing gearQ&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:38:42MAC ships add a flight deck but no Arctic shelterNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:43:22Were CAM Hurricanes already worn out?Q&A
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History0:04Four books uncover the machinery behind naval historyChapter
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History4:15Why infrastructure and merchant shipping belong in war historyNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History11:09Repairing a kamikaze-damaged Liberty ship in the PhilippinesChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation33:20When newspapers maintained specialist naval correspondentsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks8:09Garibaldi's merchant captaincy was evidence of abilityNotable Point
- Four Random Books 28: Mavericks11:01A merchant carrier combines several services into one crewNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 221:38The Royal Navy underwrote London’s global tradeNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 3 of 3 - Some Questions Answered12:41British colliers sustained the Great White FleetQ&A
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 3 of 3 - Some Questions Answered15:05Why Anglo-American affinity eased coal cooperationNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:52:26Recognition of British merchant sailorsQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:38:31Merchant Ships Taken Up from TradeNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:30:30Brassey's on merchant shipping after the First World WarNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul1:01:33Coastal convoys keep Britain's war economy movingChapter
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era18:29What did a temporary petty officer rank mean?Q&A
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/327:15The terrible choice: keep the convoy together or scatterChapter
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/332:31Improvised leadership after the scatter orderNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/39:02Reserve crews turned corvettes into crew projectsNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/31:25The human and material cost of the Atlantic campaignNotable Point
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean7:37Captured merchant ships were part of blockade strategyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:02:27The Jones Act and American coastal shippingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:14:48The Royal Navy supplemented merchant crews in wartime logisticsQ&A
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full34:26Why Norway's merchant fleet mattered to Allied logisticsNotable Point
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full35:15Altmark's long evasion of the Royal NavyChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video6:00The boat and officers behind the boardingChapter
- January 6th Asama Maru leaves San Francisco - An AsamaMaru80 video0:44Asama Maru leaves San Francisco with German sailorsChapter
- Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video0:01Altmark as Graf Spee's logistics and prisoner hubChapter
- Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video3:00Why auxiliaries create global naval reachChapter
- SS Tairoa - A River Plate 80 Video1:50Cummings keeps Tairoa's warning on the airChapter