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Monitors

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  1. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:20:58Why Abercrombie waited fourteen months for commissioningQ&A
  2. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    1:10:54Assembling roughly 300 warships for a limited Baltic operationChapter
  3. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:40:00Where 9.2-inch monitors would have servedQ&A
  4. WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)
    1:01:57Norway's likely 1920 coastal fleetQ&A
  5. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    16:08The Normandy gun line and its staying powerQ&A
  6. Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:16:10River Plate warfare before Graf SpeeQ&A
  7. Ironclads go Two Decker....
    38:51An armored two-decker fleet could be too costly for many rivalsNotable Point
  8. Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?
    1:00:20Carrier construction redirects surplus heavy gunsNotable Point
  9. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:34Why the monitor Parnaiba remains usefulQ&A
  10. Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:42:36Why the Aggressor is closer to a missile cruiser than a monitorQ&A
  11. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    1:55:36How USS Puritan became a replacement disguised as a rebuildQ&A
  12. Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...
    2:24:51What a monitor becomes in space warfareQ&A
  13. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    5:27:13A modern monitor would resemble a missile-heavy LPDQ&A
  14. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:51:12An all-monitor fleet would surrender high-seas controlQ&A
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:11:26Using restored pre-dreadnoughts in 1939Q&A
  16. Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress
    7:13:02Converting restored pre-dreadnoughts from coal to oilQ&A
  17. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    9:37:44How the Union could build an ocean-going monitorQ&A
  18. Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:52:12Why surplus British monitors would find few buyersQ&A
  19. Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:03:35An American ocean-going ironclad for the late 1860sQ&A
  20. HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik
    3:17Why Norway declined the future HNoMS NidarosChapter
  21. HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik
    41:48The excluded 14-inch-monitor branchNotable Point
  22. Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:41:22River craft near the trenches in World War IQ&A
  23. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:18:53Naval gunfire on the First World War's coastal flankQ&A
  24. Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:28:36Why the slowest wartime warship has no simple answerQ&A
  25. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued
    29:28Rebuilt armed trawlers as offshore patrol vesselsQ&A
  26. Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:32:41A sustainable US Navy after the Civil WarQ&A
  27. Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!
    1:23:09Diesels for reserve gunboats and monitorsNotable Point
  28. Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!
    47:57Shore artillery in Soviet river operationsNotable Point
  29. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    3:03:58Farragut assembles a mixed fleet for the bayNotable Point
  30. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    3:07:47An amphibious plan for Mobile BayChapter
  31. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    3:18:11Monitors form a mobile armored screenNotable Point
  32. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    3:38:25Why Tecumseh disappeared so quicklyQ&A
  33. David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience
    4:24:53Were monitors poorly designed for the battle they faced?Q&A
  34. Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise
    2:50:05Iowa turret monitors and the future of heavy-gun presence shipsNotable Point
  35. Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force
    1:04:24Chatham combines Zulu and Nubian into HMS ZubianChapter
  36. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:14:29Why USS Monitor's low freeboard made ocean passages dangerousQ&A
  37. Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...
    3:33:09Why HMS Devastation was not quite a monitorQ&A
  38. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    43:53Dover monitors intervene in the Race to the SeaChapter
  39. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    48:34Naval gunfire at the Yser helps preserve Belgian territoryChapter
  40. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    4:57:42Why a three-turret monitor overwhelms CSS VirginiaQ&A
  41. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    5:09:30What recoil does to an eight-gun 15-inch super-monitorQ&A
  42. Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.
    2:16:16Would triple 15-inch turrets improve First World War monitors?Q&A
  43. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    1:35:46Why specialization depends on the mission, not a fixed ship labelQ&A
  44. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    35:03The unbuilt Salamis and her Royal Navy monitor gunsQ&A
  45. Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...
    3:02:08The final disposal of Salamis's monitor gunsQ&A
  46. Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!
    16:21World War I emergency ship classesQ&A
  47. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    51:31Roberts-class monitors and the spare-gun explanationQ&A
  48. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    2:01:41A windfall of 18-inch naval guns in 1914Q&A
  49. Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?
    1:29:04Earlier Flower sloops and monitors for FlandersNotable Point
  50. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    4:51:27From super monitors to modern mortar boatsQ&A
  51. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    12:15Furious resists a neat battlecruiser labelNotable Point
  52. The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers
    25:26Wartime industrial allocation lets Britain build carrier experimentsNotable Point
  53. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    3:30:50Which guns would arm new British monitors?Q&A
  54. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    4:24:02Why the M15-class monitors had no peacetime replacementQ&A
  55. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    4:56:36The M-class monitor idea before the Second World WarQ&A
  56. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    4:57:31What replaced the close-support monitor?Q&A
  57. Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?
    5:07:49Could monitors and coastal batteries evade the 16-inch limit?Q&A
  58. Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions
    2:53:31What happened to the Royal Navy's 18-inch guns after FuriousQ&A
  59. Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?
    1:32:59Leitha returns from demobilization to fight on the DanubeChapter
  60. Huáscar: KSS1 S7 Comment Response
    7:47Huáscar inspires a counterfactual for US monitorsNotable Point
  61. Huáscar: KSS1 S7 Comment Response
    15:15Why Huáscar is classified as a monitorQ&A
  62. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    0:25From bomb vessels to coastal monitorsQ&A
  63. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    6:53American monitors proved mobility but aged quicklyNotable Point
  64. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    9:01Peacetime Cerberus versus Civil War emergency monitorsQ&A
  65. HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response
    22:50What if Cerberus had become an imperial defence type?Notable Point
  66. Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series
    1:40:54British monitors still served in the Second World WarQ&A
  67. Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 3
    18:17Why Renown's speed was the decisive comparisonChapter
  68. Fleets of Mobile Bay(1864)
    42:09Monitor design: armour and guns versus seakeepingNotable Point
  69. USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 6
    5:11A turret ship built for sheltered waterNotable Point
  70. HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 3
    1:08:15Warspite fires her final guns at WalcherenChapter
  71. Bruships 113: Jutland
    59:19Destroyers and monitors in a Great Lakes warQ&A
  72. Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 7
    5:36A monitor built around a powerful turretChapter
  73. Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 7
    21:48Angamos matched rival ironclad designs built in BritainChapter
  74. HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 6
    5:34A monitor designed to ramChapter
  75. HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 6
    9:53Virginia and Monitor inspire imitatorsNotable Point
  76. HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 6
    20:56From HMS Warrior to the monitor eraNotable Point
  77. Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak
    1:01:54Royal Navy 18-inch guns before the treaty battleshipsNotable Point
  78. Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII
    35:06Did monitors replace river gunboats?Q&A
  79. Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?
    1:58:23Why not rebuild with heavily armed monitors?Q&A
  80. Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"
    41:38Italy's slow 15-inch-gun monitors in the AdriaticQ&A
  81. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:22:02Can a bad warship still teach useful lessons?Q&A
  82. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    9:42Explosive shells make protection essentialChapter
  83. Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p1
    28:34Turreted cruisers require metallurgy and horsepowerNotable Point
  84. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    24:15Would Civil War-style monitors have helped Spain in 1898?Q&A
  85. Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War
    2:31:03Cámara's relief squadron reaches the Red Sea too lateChapter
  86. Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 1939
    10:10Coastal firepower for Norway's fjordsChapter
  87. Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack
    45:44Mobilizing warships on the Great LakesQ&A
  88. Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions
    3:11:03How Brazilian river monitors entered Royal Navy serviceChapter
  89. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    1:33:22HMS Roberts as a Falklands fire-support monitorQ&A
  90. Bruships 80: Books From Travels
    1:48:58Why Falklands service would probably preserve HMS RobertsQ&A
  91. Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)
    21:28When treaty definitions turn monitors into capital shipsNotable Point
  92. Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)
    18:45What the 1936 treaty counted as a capital shipChapter
  93. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    42:33Furious may have inherited rather than originated the 18-inch gunQ&A
  94. Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature
    51:45A giant naval gun trades turret flexibility for a smaller hullQ&A
  95. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)
    2:47:10Why Russia's circular ships make more sense as monitorsQ&A
  96. Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"
    2:14:35HMS Gorgon became too wide for Norway's docksNotable Point
  97. Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."
    2:26:00Q&A: Did Russia plan British-built coastal-defence ships?Q&A
  98. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:00:14A destroyer-heavy fleet for Scandinavian watersQ&A
  99. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    1:28Faà di Bruno and the value of an ugly monitorNotable Point
  100. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)
    9:05Why the Adriatic invited specialised warshipsChapter
  101. Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)
    13:53Faà di Bruno: a floating 15-inch batteryChapter
  102. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    3:34Designing a Great Lakes naval forceQ&A
  103. Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered
    1:47:23Why the Royal Navy did not retain modern monitorsQ&A
  104. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    50:38Monitors inside Britain's naval-versus-continental debateChapter
  105. Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars
    2:26:35Why the Royal Navy did not put floatplanes on sloopsQ&A
  106. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    0:03Monitors did not end with the American Civil WarNotable Point
  107. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    3:02A purpose-built platform for two 15-inch gunsChapter
  108. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    5:55Why the Second World War needed fewer monitorsChapter
  109. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    6:57Precision fire from a single familiar turretNotable Point
  110. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    9:34Heavy guns as pre-drone on-call supportNotable Point
  111. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    11:50The monitor's job was not high-speed defenceNotable Point
  112. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    23:52Shallow draught brought 15-inch guns close ashoreNotable Point
  113. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    27:07A surviving monitor gun preserves an industrial systemNotable Point
  114. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    29:48Monitors in a more mobile warNotable Point
  115. Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 8
    30:42Why old monitor plans cannot be lifted into a new warNotable Point
  116. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol
    20:40Hampton Roads and the case for turretsChapter
  117. Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence
    4:14:41Shore influence does not automatically make every gun platform a capital shipQ&A
  118. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)
    20:37A Finnish monitor force for the Winter WarQ&A
  119. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)
    2:26:54Where Furious's 18-inch guns wentQ&A
  120. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class
    3:14What a First World War monitor actually wasChapter
  121. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class
    14:19Shallow draught, surplus guns, and adaptable fittingsChapter
  122. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class
    39:48The Dover Patrol case for smaller monitor gunsChapter
  123. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class
    43:57Why inshore fire support remains relevantChapter
  124. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    22:19How small could a ship carrying the Schwerer Gustav gun be?Q&A
  125. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    1:18:45Where is the line between a monitor and a coastal-defence ship?Q&A
  126. Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships
    1:42:18Cerberus-class monitors for colonial harbor defenceChapter
  127. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)
    2:01:46Royal Navy support at the Battle of the YserQ&A
  128. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:51:29Modern naval gunfire support without a monitor revivalQ&A
  129. Bruships 51: The Age of Iron
    3:55:56How destroyers escorted seagoing monitorsQ&A
  130. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1913
    11:46Salamis and the limits of international supplyNotable Point
  131. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class
    1:26Marshal Ney and Marshal Soult lend their names to British monitorsChapter
  132. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class
    23:08Dover Patrol monitors gain range but lose control in tidal watersChapter
  133. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class
    25:18Rearmed Marshal Ney becomes a useful Downs guard shipNotable Point
  134. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class
    26:28Marshal Soult reaches bombardment stations under towNotable Point
  135. Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans
    1:09:01Why España remained a battleshipQ&A
  136. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:11:39Bacon's monitor-and-pontoon assault on the Belgian coastChapter
  137. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:25:09Could Bacon's giant pontoons cross the Channel without swamping?Q&A
  138. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:26:19What if enemy fire sank an assault pontoon?Q&A
  139. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    1:28:32Assault pontoons were separate landing unitsQ&A
  140. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    11:24Prince Eugene's rapid build and delayed 18-inch gunNotable Point
  141. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    21:25Uncertain Ostend defenses shape the monitors' approachNotable Point
  142. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    23:20Slow monitors escape the Hindenburg batteryChapter
  143. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    29:44An Anglo-French monitor bombardment tests coordinated fireNotable Point
  144. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    32:53Prince Rupert shows the proposed wider 18-inch rearmamentNotable Point
  145. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-13
    41:34Why the Dover Patrol's monitors matteredNotable Point
  146. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    1:32Lord Clive-class design and armamentChapter
  147. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    29:56Monitor concentration versus Mediterranean dispersionNotable Point
  148. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    33:33Why monitors did not replace battleshipsNotable Point
  149. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-9
    35:17Fleet numbers, specialist ships, and wartime reuseNotable Point
  150. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class
    1:36Abercrombie-class monitors built around 14-inch gunsChapter
  151. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class
    6:56Army artillery needs shaped the shallow-draft monitorNotable Point
  152. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class
    8:58Monitor weight distribution traded speed for gun stabilityNotable Point
  153. Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments
    19:15Why monitors operated without heavy escorts near minefieldsQ&A
  154. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class
    3:41Foreign orders and numbered names in the monitor forceNotable Point
  155. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class
    17:42Light and heavy monitors filled different fire-support rolesNotable Point
  156. 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-13
    1:06Articles 11 and 12: disposals and exempt special vesselsChapter
  157. Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    25:46Why TOG II looks like a land monitorNotable Point
  158. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 4
    26:07HMS Terror and the defence of SingaporeNotable Point
  159. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    2:29Bomb vessels as purpose-built floating siege artilleryNotable Point
  160. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 1 of 2
    12:32Monitor design and a possible railgun revivalNotable Point
  161. Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:06:31Why the early US Navy favored coastal defenseQ&A