Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Naval Force Structure

Also searchable as Fleet Force Structure, Fleet Structure.

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  1. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    7:14Uncrewed escorts push crewed frigates into cruiser functionsChapter
  2. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    11:26Frigate fleets already outnumber destroyer fleetsNotable Point
  3. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    30:09Fleet size sets the limits of specialisationNotable Point
  4. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    33:26Arleigh Burke dominance and the burden of smaller allied fleetsNotable Point
  5. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    40:08Type 23 outlives its Cold War task-group assumptionsChapter
  6. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:13:42A frigate navy depends on how the fleet is organisedChapter
  7. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:18:48Six ships and the difference between fleet size and availabilityNotable Point
  8. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:23:40Chinese and Russian frigates answer different fleet problemsChapter
  9. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:33:20One frigate label can cover Germany's different naval missionsNotable Point
  10. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:34:45A Baltic conflict cannot assume spare allied forces elsewhereNotable Point
  11. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:39:47Why Britain divided the Type 26 and Type 31 requirementsChapter
  12. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:43:48An uncrewed group still needs a substantial support shipNotable Point
  13. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:46:25Flexible crewed ships and specialised uncrewed escortsNotable Point
  14. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    1:51:34A useful frigate conserves destroyer service lifeNotable Point
  15. Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!
    2:04:12A proposed convoy group combines two frigates with numerous USVsNotable Point
  16. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:46:01The new French carrier: shipyard choice and escort requirementsQ&A
  17. Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    3:56:51Why five Type 31s, and what happened to the follow-on plan?Q&A
  18. Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    1:10:30A small navy in a NATO membership counterfactualQ&A
  19. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:21:28Estimating a US Navy for simultaneous conflictsQ&A
  20. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:37:36Why a submarine-only fleet could simplify British defenceNotable Point
  21. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:42:53Why LHAs do not replace carrier battle groupsNotable Point
  22. Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:44:03Piracy and South African fleet capacityQ&A
  23. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:08:29Smaller fleets and more defence systems on each shipNotable Point
  24. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:45:42Carrier interdiction and the shortage of task groupsNotable Point
  25. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:51:12Indian naval capability and shipping-lane dependenceNotable Point
  26. Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...
    3:53:09Allied naval commitments still require available hullsNotable Point
  27. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    10:16How NATO escort groups reinforce carrier formationsNotable Point
  28. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    26:06Project 17 frigates for independent Indian operationsChapter
  29. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    39:30Mogami's path from compact destroyer to light frigateChapter
  30. Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs
    50:20Mogami supplies mass in Japan's high-low fleet mixChapter
  31. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    23:11How the dreadnought race weakened Germany's supporting fleetNotable Point
  32. 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
  33. What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)
    2:14:41How an early peace could change American fleet constructionNotable Point
  34. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    36:31Mine countermeasures need hulls as well as technologyNotable Point
  35. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    50:33Why navies handle peacetime diplomacyChapter
  36. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:00:47Status assets, war fighters, and presence vesselsChapter
  37. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:04:24Thaon di Revel variants span patrol and frigate rolesNotable Point
  38. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:09:17One status ship versus a supporting task forceNotable Point
  39. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:35:33What distinguishes a superpower from a global power?Q&A
  40. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:39:16The US Navy's layered diplomacy problemChapter
  41. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:50:29A cutter-based frigate for US maritime securityChapter
  42. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    1:51:40The proposed diplomatic role of a US status shipNotable Point
  43. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    2:30:15Swedish sea control and status assetsChapter
  44. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    2:35:18Britain's planned diplomatic fleet mixChapter
  45. Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?
    3:08:43Should a presidential yacht also be a corvette?Q&A
  46. What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?
    1:00:01A 13,500-ton category separates light and fleet carrier missionsChapter
  47. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    50:04Minimum size for a modern presence shipQ&A
  48. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:04:48Retiring a huge Cold War US escort fleetQ&A
  49. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:08:31A French fleet built against Jeune École ideasQ&A
  50. Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    4:07:53Minimum Royal Navy escort and support fleetQ&A
  51. Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:01:09Why uncrewed warships may stop below frigate sizeQ&A
  52. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    22:41Three fleets, one coast, and an evolving bastion doctrineNotable Point
  53. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    24:37Fleet hierarchies also produce temporary task groupsNotable Point
  54. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    45:15Deterrence, strength, and the peace dividendNotable Point
  55. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:29:46Type 055 presence and Type 052DL massChapter
  56. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:50:32Industrial learning made large-scale destroyer production possibleNotable Point
  57. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:54:40A future Type 051 could divide carrier and surface-action rolesNotable Point
  58. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    1:56:19Shared systems could support several destroyer sizesNotable Point
  59. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    4:15Only 26 of 69 American destroyers were thousand-tonnersNotable Point
  60. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    22:52Mahan and Sims argued beyond a battleship-only fleetChapter
  61. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    27:56Six destroyers left only three escorts per new battleshipNotable Point
  62. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    1:16:34Reserve destroyers gave the U.S. Navy room to develop and operateNotable Point
  63. Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)
    3:18:13Historic ratings described naval price pointsQ&A
  64. Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare
    0:43Why future-war comparisons need the whole task groupNotable Point
  65. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    3:56From concentrated quality to a modern strike cruiserChapter
  66. Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far
    35:32A battleship announcement is not a complete fleet planNotable Point
  67. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    45:13Large carriers concentrate more usable air powerNotable Point
  68. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    47:16Small carriers could support Britain's fleet carriersNotable Point
  69. Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida
    8:49Why an Eight-Eight Fleet needs slack for maintenanceNotable Point
  70. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I
    1:42:15A carrier-centered postwar French fleetQ&A
  71. Battle of Winchelsea(1350)... defeating the first Armada?
    50:04How shipboard artillery might change WinchelseaNotable Point
  72. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    23:11A destroyer navy preserved postwar global presenceChapter
  73. Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age
    55:03Large escorts may lead and maintain uncrewed task groupsNotable Point
  74. What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?
    41:35Japanese Leyte forces divided by the oil shortageChapter
  75. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    15:36Why a battleship threat calls for visible deterrenceNotable Point
  76. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    19:37Why Vanguard alone cannot cover a battleship threatNotable Point
  77. Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    22:09Could NATO share the battleship response to Royal Sovereign?Q&A
  78. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    1:14:13Bellerophon mattered without being the fleet's glamour shipChapter
  79. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    28:48A two-destroyer-a-year path to readinessNotable Point
  80. Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII
    48:13A counterfactual Canadian fleet for 1939Notable Point
  81. Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:15:59Could the Virginia name obscure an SSGN's different role?Notable Point
  82. What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?
    58:18A carrier is a support node, not a substitute for its escortsNotable Point
  83. Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?
    17:01Only six boats served an obvious minelaying strategyNotable Point
  84. 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?
    36:37Where a modern battleship might be strategically viableChapter
  85. Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    5:11The Thousand-Ship Navy as an allied fleetNotable Point
  86. From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live
    3:29:17Queen Elizabeth carriers lacked their planned LHD partnersNotable Point
  87. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    22:49Is there still a place for a large missile cruiser?Q&A
  88. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    1:05:34Could the Alaska class serve in a modern US Navy?Q&A
  89. Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II
    1:10:50What fleet could a better-funded Ireland sustain?Q&A
  90. Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 10
    18:21The fifth rate as a naval price pointChapter
  91. Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 10
    46:11Choosing a fleet a country can sustainChapter
  92. Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live
    1:47:49When did the US Navy overtake the Royal Navy in size?Q&A
  93. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    10:05Global fleet duties favor fast capital shipsChapter
  94. Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...
    1:23:48A fast flying squadron built around carriersChapter
  95. WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting
    40:51Why naval tradition depends on ships and trained crewsNotable Point
  96. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    10:46Station flagships made naval deterrence scalableNotable Point
  97. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    41:55How a large navy assigns first-, second-, and tertiary-line dutiesNotable Point
  98. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    1:11:44Fast squadrons need escorts that can keep upNotable Point
  99. Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'
    2:11:55The missing third rate of the First World WarChapter
  100. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    11:32Numbers create naval presenceNotable Point
  101. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    20:13The Royal Navy's 1814 battlefleet balanceNotable Point
  102. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    27:57First rates belonged at the fleet's coreNotable Point
  103. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    28:58Dreadnought fleets could become dangerously unbalancedNotable Point
  104. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    36:09Dutch harbours shaped the fleet at CamperdownNotable Point
  105. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    44:16A third-rate lesson for modern force designNotable Point
  106. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    49:00First rates broke the line, third rates filled itNotable Point
  107. Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!
    50:28Finding the good-enough warshipNotable Point
  108. Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....
    2:01:57Carrier groups built around the Malta classNotable Point
  109. For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?
    5:07How budgets shaped the Anglo-German naval raceNotable Point
  110. For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?
    1:06:30Why the Panama Canal changes US fleet strategyNotable Point
  111. Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...
    37:14Frequent carrier movement makes nuclear endurance attractiveNotable Point
  112. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    0:00Rodney and speed as survivalChapter
  113. Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission
    2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
  114. Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 4
    51:35Regia Marina strength and Italy's shortage of industrial timeChapter
  115. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:14:27Capital ships and tonnage for a three-fleet Royal NavyQ&A
  116. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    1:25:12Fund the full force behind a carrier capabilityChapter
  117. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    1:19:23An enduring Imperial Russia would balance Baltic and Pacific fleetsQ&A
  118. Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered
    48:30A twenty-ship Royal Indian Navy in 1939Q&A
  119. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    4:03Reading a 1908 naval balance before committing forcesChapter
  120. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:51:00Armoured cruisers designed for distant-station dangerNotable Point
  121. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:18:32Concentrating forces after a crisisChapter
  122. Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:28:24Massing available tonnage for a priority invasionChapter
  123. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:06:55Short-term and extended reserve give a fleet mobilization depthNotable Point
  124. HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 1
    1:07:20Unicorn made other aircraft carriers workNotable Point
  125. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    51:54Postwar disbandment sacrificed hard-won force depthNotable Point
  126. 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals
    55:17More squadrons create operational and career depthNotable Point
  127. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    3:25:13CVA-01, Invincible, and Fearless preserve a global Royal NavyQ&A
  128. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    13:05Carrier fleets must plan for wartime lossesNotable Point
  129. What kind of Carrier do you need or want?
    1:24:29Build a realistic aviation fleet backward from missionsChapter
  130. Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids
    1:57:24One carrier gives status; three create capabilityChapter
  131. Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō
    31:12A more viable forward aviation shipNotable Point
  132. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    36:12Pre-war carrier groups broken by wartime lossesNotable Point
  133. Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 2
    1:36:25Treaty tonnage and global fleet numbersNotable Point
  134. Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)
    1:11:51Standardized ships and practiced divisions sustained repeated attacksNotable Point
  135. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    25:01A treaty with battlecruiser tonnage of its ownChapter
  136. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    1:44:12How new capital ships reshape Japanese cruisers and destroyersQ&A
  137. Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty
    2:08:31Fast battleships could shift Italy toward fast light cruisersQ&A
  138. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    1:47A battlecruiser navy reaches the fast-battleship eraChapter
  139. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    8:13Aging cruisers can remain useful in presence rolesNotable Point
  140. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    12:23Fast and slow wings preserve different tactical strengthsNotable Point
  141. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    56:29A battlecruiser building challenge leaves too few destroyersNotable Point
  142. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    1:49:08Eight 34-knot battleships mark the fleet's transitionNotable Point
  143. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    3:24:32A screen must cover both sides of the formationNotable Point
  144. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    3:34:22Why tactical divisions need ships of similar speedNotable Point
  145. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 10
    3:44:14Why the campaign uses light cruisers instead of destroyersQ&A
  146. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 7
    1:14:27A capital ship designed to escort itselfNotable Point
  147. The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 3
    3:23The Royal Navy's seven-layer escort ladderNotable Point
  148. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    59:25When a battlecruiser label outlives combat valueNotable Point
  149. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    1:37:51Crew pools determine which ships are readyNotable Point
  150. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 6
    2:25:00Scrapping obsolete ships to renew the fleetNotable Point
  151. Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 2
    5:13Black Swans and the Royal Indian NavyChapter
  152. Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 9
    23:08The 12-gun Alsace and the Italian balanceChapter
  153. A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...
    1:21:06A two-power standard built from old ships and a strike forceNotable Point
  154. Albany Class: Comment Response
    14:37De Zeven Provinciën in Dutch postwar fleet planningNotable Point
  155. HMCS Haida Comment Response
    19:54When destroyers grew into scout-cruiser rolesNotable Point
  156. USS Long Beach: Comment Response
    24:18How strike-cruiser numbers could answer KirovNotable Point
  157. Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses
    40:42The postwar ten-year programme and global reachChapter
  158. Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?
    22:15Toulon and France's three naval theatresNotable Point
  159. How do Navies Learn from War
    30:31Battlecruisers in a risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
  160. An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...
    23:35A limited fleet budget turns cruiser procurement into a capability tradeoffNotable Point
  161. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    1:33:31The Washington Treaty left room for carrier escort cruisersNotable Point
  162. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    2:44:10How two affordable ironclads sustained a permanent navyChapter
  163. Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada
    2:46:32Deployable ironclads beat privateers and coastal monitorsNotable Point
  164. Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 2023
    1:18:52A failed interception turns dock control into the next objectiveNotable Point
  165. Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?
    46:45Five new capital ships produce a three-tier battle fleetChapter
  166. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    3:03:36Cold War geography traps the Baltic and Black Sea fleetsChapter
  167. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    3:18:02Did limited numbers explain Soviet reliance on cruise missiles?Q&A
  168. Soviet Navy 1918-1991
    4:48:16The late Soviet fleet struggled to fill its middle tierChapter
  169. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    0:00Slava as the Kirov program's backup cruiserChapter
  170. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    12:13Flagship duties outgrew the backup's maintenance priorityChapter
  171. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    30:07Marshal Ustinov became an affordable presence flagshipChapter
  172. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    37:20Varyag turns the backup cruiser into presence powerChapter
  173. Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?
    46:19Moskva links maintenance, predictability, and Black Sea riskChapter
  174. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    0:50Coastal fleet requirements for sea denialQ&A
  175. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    1:52:43Modern Royal Navy escort sketchQ&A
  176. Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...
    22:03Dual-purpose guns and the limits of improving ABDACOMQ&A
  177. Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-1939
    16:03Aurora and the fleet left after revolutionChapter
  178. Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-1939
    20:22Civil war left a fleet stronger on paper than at seaChapter
  179. Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-1939
    25:52River flotillas made inland warfare a major Soviet strengthNotable Point
  180. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:27:38The Cressy disaster, hindsight, and the escort lessonNotable Point
  181. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:31:40Why a Cressy would not have solved CoronelNotable Point
  182. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:34:35The unbuilt post-Minotaur medium-cruiser questionNotable Point
  183. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    3:12:24Three Royal Navy classes worth duplicating in wartimeQ&A
  184. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    1:26Yamamoto's East Asian two-power calculationChapter
  185. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    6:20A balanced fleet needs supporting craft and infrastructureChapter
  186. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    7:53Russian expansion and new armor enlarge the battle lineChapter
  187. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    22:25Standardized turrets turn ships into a fleetNotable Point
  188. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    41:19Why the cruiser concept still mattersNotable Point
  189. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    0:35The first-class protected cruiser as a reaction forceChapter
  190. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    33:39Why large hulls are easier to modernizeNotable Point
  191. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    1:06:32The recurring 11,000-ton problem of a middle-tier cruiserNotable Point
  192. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    45:30Individual ships cannot substitute for a unifying fleet systemNotable Point
  193. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    16:24Why fleets need unglamorous second-class cruisersChapter
  194. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    18:34The cruiser classes missing from headline battle historiesNotable Point
  195. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    19:19The safety-car analogy for judging supporting warshipsNotable Point
  196. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    25:48Halo's Marathon class as a fleet backbone and deterrentNotable Point
  197. Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 4
    26:48Supporting cruisers complicate attacks on a task group's main assetNotable Point
  198. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:25:05An expanded Argentine fleet in the Falklands WarQ&A
  199. Chapyev Class (Projekt 68 of the Soviet Navy): Fighting the Peace
    1:03:37Compare what navies say with what they actually buildNotable Point
  200. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    5:20The three constraints behind a cruiser designNotable Point
  201. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    1:02:01A fleet for imperial presence, allied war, and ItalyNotable Point
  202. French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)
    1:16:34Elegant ships from an inconsistent naval systemChapter
  203. Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?
    2:23:28Type 26 as a global cruiser familyChapter
  204. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    1:46:39Why small cruisers underpin a fleet's real reachChapter
  205. Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)
    1:54:57Limited-role ships still enter dangerous watersNotable Point
  206. Meeting a Tribal at last: HMCS Haida (live)
    6:32Tribal-class losses and wartime mission overloadNotable Point
  207. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    34:50Why Canada needs both shipbuilding continuity and maritime coverageQ&A
  208. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    56:32Why Alaska-class cruisers lost their purposeQ&A
  209. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    1:05:15How five Tiger-class cruisers could have survived longerQ&A
  210. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    1:10:53How battlecruiser numbers create capabilityQ&A
  211. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    1:18:38What a full Zumwalt-class programme could have providedQ&A
  212. Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...
    3:58:41Why British cruiser endurance can look weak in one-on-one comparisonsQ&A
  213. Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?
    3:36:07How large would the postwar navies be?Q&A
  214. Battle of the Aegates (241BC)
    2:37:24Could navies again reach Second World War scale?Q&A
  215. Battle of the Aegates (241BC)
    2:42:06Could a huge wartime fleet be sustained?Q&A
  216. Battle of the Aegates (241BC)
    2:49:33Why names mislead when comparing fleet sizeNotable Point
  217. Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol
    44:38The allied fleet and the French defence problemNotable Point
  218. Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)
    39:19Why the Royal Navy limited more Tribal-class destroyersNotable Point
  219. Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    43:57Scouting ahead of the destroyer sweepChapter
  220. Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    50:31Presence ships for a navy that cannot risk everythingNotable Point
  221. The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol
    18:01What an armed merchant cruiser could actually doChapter
  222. The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol
    23:25Taranto and the fleet-size calculationNotable Point
  223. 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol
    12:26Communications make Tarkin's over-sectors responsiveNotable Point
  224. 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol
    21:57Where Fisher and Tarkin diverge on fleet buildingNotable Point
  225. Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)
    29:16Knowles's mixed British battle lineChapter
  226. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    1:41:43A 2021 view of overlooked European and Asian naviesQ&A
  227. Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?
    2:53:56Why Japan kept favouring heavy cruisers over more light cruisersQ&A
  228. Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?
    3:29Building an Age of Sail squadron around ships of the lineChapter
  229. Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?
    17:09The Royal Navy rating system and fleet massChapter
  230. Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI
    8:24Fleet totals concealed very different cruiser systemsNotable Point
  231. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    1:55:46Were fourth rates like later second-class battleships?Q&A
  232. Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.
    2:03:28What would an Indian Ocean task group contain?Q&A
  233. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    19:10Super Tigers versus a mixed R-class forceQ&A
  234. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    57:36Why small enemy fleets consumed many British shipsNotable Point
  235. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:04:10A German fleet designed for its actual strategyQ&A
  236. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:09:37The case for a short-range German battle fleetNotable Point
  237. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:09:49Battlecruisers as carrier-group partnersQ&A
  238. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:40:11Why dreadnought fleets were worth the costQ&A
  239. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:52:35Why destroyer mass did not replace a balanced fleetQ&A
  240. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    15:52Global dreadnought building: orders versus operating strengthNotable Point
  241. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    17:52Why Britain did not panic over 1909 building totalsNotable Point
  242. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    17:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
  243. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    46:14Victory-class firepower cannot replace a defensive screenChapter
  244. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:35:35Secutor class reveals an overlooked Imperial carrier optionChapter
  245. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    1:56:02Resurgent class begins to restore an escort relationshipNotable Point
  246. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    2:01:37Supremacy concentrates risk that Nebula distributesChapter
  247. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    2:20:42Nebula and Endurance distribute combat power across a hull familyChapter
  248. Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)
    2:30:42Surplus Venators could turn rebel bases into mobile formationsNotable Point
  249. Bruships 48: Reading History
    1:06:00Covering the loss of USS Bonhomme RichardQ&A
  250. Bruships 48: Reading History
    3:59:52Mission fit matters more than a universal best warshipQ&A
  251. Bruships 48: Reading History
    4:03:46Why US and British wartime fleets were not interchangeableQ&A
  252. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    27:51The 1907 fleet balance still favors BritainNotable Point
  253. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    47:51French firepower centred on 74s, 80s, and Ville de ParisChapter
  254. Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)
    4:04:17How capability demands and smaller fleets drive up warship costsNotable Point
  255. Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from
    36:31Alexander challenges plans to replace rather than retain cruisersQ&A
  256. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    3:18:14What does Battlestar Galactica: Deadlock reveal about fleet design?Q&A
  257. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    3:23:30Why a battlestar fleet still needs smaller escortsNotable Point
  258. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    3:47:35What force structure should the Imperial Navy have built?Q&A
  259. Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)
    3:51:10How local defense fleets could destabilize StarfleetNotable Point
  260. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships
    34:18The delivered programme becomes more cruiser-heavyNotable Point
  261. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    2:54:52A two-ocean fleet design for CanadaQ&A
  262. Town Class; big impact with a light footprint
    3:00:03Why deployed requirements need extra hullsNotable Point
  263. Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol
    1:40:41Why the Amphions stopped at threeNotable Point
  264. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    2:14:29How Type 32 fitted a planned 24-escort Royal NavyQ&A
  265. Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"
    2:25:16What a larger Royal Navy could and could not coverQ&A
  266. Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car
    1:26:58Balanced fleets versus fragmented task groupsNotable Point
  267. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    9:00The U.S. Atlantic Squadron as the weaker 1939 frontChapter
  268. Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...
    36:51A divided American battle force and Japanese readinessChapter
  269. An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)
    3:40The cruiser shortage Henderson had to solveChapter
  270. An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 2 of 2
    20:47The case for keeping all 16 Type 23 frigatesNotable Point
  271. Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A
    1:54:31A Scottish navy would resemble a modest patrol fleetQ&A
  272. Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video
    1:14:51Why several cruisers could matter more than two capital shipsNotable Point