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- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:13Navies undermined by their own political leadershipQ&A
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- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command0:02Why the Royal Navy needed formal officer educationChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command17:38John Knox Laughton turns naval history into command educationChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command19:11Laughton builds the sources needed for serious naval historyNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command23:24HMS Conqueror marks Laughton's value to the wartime NavyNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command31:16William Loring joins technical knowledge to historical awarenessChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command41:08Herbert Richmond unites technical service with naval scholarshipChapter
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- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...2:15:18Alternate history as a tool for testing causationNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...42:02Using naval history to debate a serving navyNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...43:29Turning prolonged illness into professional studyNotable Point
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- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 61:09:14Public-facing history and the future of the fieldNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 61:41:02Naval history beyond battle narrativesChapter
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- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 319:06The Falklands lesson hidden by the Harrier storyNotable Point
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- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings1:05:57A casualty threshold shapes the ten-day sampleNotable Point
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- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:21:55Why one warship could hold hundreds of viewpointsQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/434:32Triple 15-inch or 18-inch guns for an unfinished British design?Notable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:17:35Why ironclads would suit a naval combat gameQ&A
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- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!22:53Writing naval history without assuming the reader's backgroundNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!50:28Finding the good-enough warshipNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song10:17Could the Royal Navy have stopped Yamato in Operation Ten-Go?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:33:30Naval war in the American theatre of the Seven Years' WarQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:02:48Mediterranean naval powers around the fall of ConstantinopleQ&A
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?23:34Why image rights shape illustrated naval historyNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall33:12How many shades of navy grey are there?Q&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!5:50Patreon questions that changed the researchQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat11:18The Keppel-Palliser affair and Royal Navy political cautionQ&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...57:29Why every carrier programme repeats old argumentsNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:48:58Why modern states are unlikely to revive letters of marqueQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments5:49Recognizance, reconnaissance, and changing naval terminologyNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!0:01Why Japanese naval aviation cannot be read through a US templateChapter
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:31World of Warships as a visual history aidQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!48:23Double-razee frigate in Napoleonic serviceQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!0:00Why naval-history interpretations keep changingNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:23Venezuela crisis debt and war riskChapter
- How to Work with Museums: Lessons from Ship Shape Experience of Youtubers/Content Creators0:05Museum access starts with communicationChapter
- How to Work with Museums: Lessons from Ship Shape Experience of Youtubers/Content Creators5:14Videos point back to the museumChapter
- How to Work with Museums: Lessons from Ship Shape Experience of Youtubers/Content Creators6:20Visitor numbers create preservation optionsNotable Point
- How to Work with Museums: Lessons from Ship Shape Experience of Youtubers/Content Creators10:54Museum modernization and visitor supportChapter
- How to Work with Museums: Lessons from Ship Shape Experience of Youtubers/Content Creators13:09Attendance funds specialist collectionsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff1:31Warfighting power, presence, and historical judgmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff32:16Museum relationships and public naval historyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff34:02Narvik's harbor reveals close-range firepower and restraintNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff38:24Renown preference versus Hood's fighting powerQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...16:39Narvik harbor as an urban naval battlefieldNotable Point
- Brushipdock(156) with ShipShape in Narvik1:42Narvik as a visible naval battlefieldNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign42:56Hood and battlecruiser classificationNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?16:38Why the Buccaneer made a better buddy tankerQ&A
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:18:38Carrier history and false lessonsNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:00Destroyers as full-service warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...12:01The missing museum history of minor warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...28:46Black Swan preservation and HQS WellingtonQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...29:19Why nineteenth-century navies landed naval brigadesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...41:18Fresh water as an age-of-sail endurance limitQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:40:15Why rapid firing blisters paint on naval gun barrelsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:49:43An earlier Shokaku would shift Japan's carrier namesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:08:18Why US exercises focused on JapanQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:39:09Why cruisers still made sense after 1950Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:57:03Why HMS Queen Mary's survivor totals differQ&A
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?54:48Operation Crossroads destroys a first-generation carrierNotable Point
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast48:48Edward Beach brings combat experience and history to commandChapter
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 21:36Transitional systems expose gaps in popular naval historyNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World2:35:47Surigao Strait joins battle memory to submerged navigationNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...0:34How naval reputations are builtChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 320:45Understand why a four-fighter patrol needs eighteen aircraftNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 341:41Trace how carrier launch and recovery gear evolvedNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:25Battenberg's qualifications for First Sea LordChapter
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist8:24Why ships in ordinary preserve fleet depthNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions9:00Why turning Wasp into another Yorktown was not simpleQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 622:37Missing sixteen-inch studies expose gaps in the design recordNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?3:21Why a successful naval-history book may not fund its researchChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:09:16Unresearched comparisons and naval exceptionalismQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:45:42Crusader sea lanes, islands, and maritime logisticsNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?3:02:30Book royalties, writing time, and academic careersChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?3:06:12Research costs and the debt behind a successful bookNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?3:23:04How public history can finance specialist researchNotable Point
- So you want to be a youtube Historian?20:25Researching beyond a naval-history specialtyChapter
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:24:09Royal Navy naming avoided saints and national abstractionsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:35:31Recovering Satō Tetsutarō's naval thought from a Japanese textChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:39Quick history answers differ from researched conclusionsNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:52:31How to structure evidence-led historical thinkingNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered22:55Why Anson and Howe sat far down the admiral-name listQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:22:30Using acknowledged bias as historical evidenceQ&A
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers0:02Making naval aviation history accessibleChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:49:23Starting a naval-history research projectQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!6:15River-class boats improved on the K class without solving the fleet-submarine problemQ&A
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 79:57Reading naval priorities from design and construction decisionsNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response0:15Historical context, revision, and primary sourcesNotable Point
- Battle of Sinop(1853): Part 1 - Split due to Emergency6:01Sinop and the danger of retroactive historyChapter
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?1:00:28The shell-fire lesson obscured Sinop’s operational contextNotable Point
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?1:06:09Nakhimov’s commemoration and Slade’s historical recordNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response7:45Why World of Warships is not a naval-history simulationNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:26:43Find an obscure project through its neighboursQ&A
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...7:08Why unbuilt capital ships are revealingChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...2:00:39Unbuilt warships as a record of national ambitionChapter
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:12Hutchinson's pictorial history magazines as wartime sourcesChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs57:31Why the loss of small craft matters to historiansNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics9:12What a Bruships session coversChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 96:24Using naval history to reason about deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!34:12Where to begin beyond English-language naval historyQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!50:48Why no naval source is reliable by reputation aloneQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:58:46Why the Baltic was not a quiet theatreQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!36:09Comparing naval captains requires a mission and a periodQ&A
- Memoirs as Historical Sources13:15Use general histories for the first cross-checkChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?22:01Is the argument limited to naval battles?Q&A
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 642:37What a historical simulation can and cannot showNotable Point
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?1:38:06Can a functioning warship surrender in battle?Q&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:24Reading ship-reference books criticallyChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:46:47A bibliography can conceal a weak chain of evidenceChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:30:30How to reason from an extra cruiser to a changed battleNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:56:19What good-faith historical research requiresNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:39:04Which book covers the Navigation Acts period?Q&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)2:18:12Which sources connect naval policy with Stuart politics?Q&A
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail0:23Defining sea control beyond national mythChapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail3:00What makes Lissa an ironclad fleet battle?Q&A
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology50:23Why historians study mistakes made in bloodNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology52:04Lissa's central lesson: technology needs trainingChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years2:34How factional ranking creates naval mythsChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years24:10Cultural memory compresses changing air powerNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!0:01Roosevelt's War of 1812 historyChapter
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:48:53Finding Age of Sail naval memoirsQ&A
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1132:06Saratoga's Operation Crossroads endingNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!46:27Surveying Narvik wrecks without disturbing gravesQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!52:38Why a book of Australian corvettes mattersNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:01:26Specialist knowledge can recover hidden museum historyNotable Point
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response26:53Historical conclusions should change with the evidenceNotable Point
- USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 63:17Why preserved modern warships still need field researchNotable Point
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)27:06Lost personal records narrow WATU's historyNotable Point
- Slava Class: Comment Response12:52How peer review preserves evidence-backed disagreementNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response3:57Warrior's small arms and the percussion-cap transitionQ&A
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet2:31:33Compare fictional fleets with historical formationsNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 20:00Why "pre-dreadnought" can obscure the shipsChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett18:25Secret official histories as lessons for the next warNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett23:46Classified Falklands histories and access to evidenceNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:17:39How historians bridge gaps in evidenceNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:31:20Archive access set the limits of a destroyer historyNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:47:41Archive access limits Russian warship historyQ&A
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power11:02The books that frame Corbett's strategic careerChapter
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power12:20Corbett's independent route into naval historyChapter
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation0:21Naval aviation beyond the popular storyChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 97:26Why earlier battleships need their own contextNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 945:28Which class marks the new battleship type?Notable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada3:52Why finding HMS Captain depends on crowdfundingQ&A
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)1:11Why call them steam battleships?Chapter
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)51:43Why naval history needs a sustainable research modelNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...1:53:06Why "pre-dreadnought" can misleadNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus29:40Keeping alternate history anchored to evidenceQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus35:55Defining the first naval officer to reach a poleQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:27:39How rare were decisive naval battles?Q&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:41:10History as a source of strategic questionsChapter
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 70:20Three ways a warship can be historically keyChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent25:41How to choose an edition and start reading MahanNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent30:20Reading Mahan's history with historical cautionNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent40:03A battle fleet and its infrastructure built within a decadeChapter
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat7:02Hood's unlikely fatal hit and the glass-jaw mythNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)17:18Reading the Western Squadron's Brest blockadeNotable Point
- Navigation: From Coastal Tracking to Satelite Navigation8:24Source criticism complicates simple portraits of statesNotable Point
- Navigation: From Coastal Tracking to Satelite Navigation14:34Naval history resists hard period boundariesNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover0:01Naval nuclear power before the Cold WarChapter
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy1:17:02Remembering naval historian James GoldrickNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay1:54Naval history as part of a connected systemNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay27:02British and Chinese naval investment comparedNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI0:00Reading prewar naval development forwardChapter
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI30:08The historical lesson: retest the assumptions behind the dataNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century6:06Why sinkings alone distort submarine warfareNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:42:01Use battle honours to find a naval story worth pursuingChapter
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 21:41Why a fight over rice boats matteredChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!53:34Ria Galantuomo in the naval politics of Italian unificationNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas49:47When historical battleship designs meet game AINotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response30:06What games contribute to public naval historyQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood13:43Ellwood's psychological aftermathNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood20:42War of 1812 memory and invasion fearNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood33:25Peter Iredale and improvised invasion defensesNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood58:28Why Baltimore was defended differently from WashingtonChapter
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas20:11Elswick gun orders and hidden calibersNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas41:55UAD as a historian's quick design testNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas44:34Choosing countries and representative ships for a later-era Total WarNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)44:09Recent naval history beyond the world warsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)46:54Why naval warfare needs wider historyQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)47:55Maritime trade and naval economicsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)50:38Why naval history crosses academic boundariesQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)52:05Ship-launching customs and luck at seaNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)55:12Piracy and merchant-ship securityNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)1:43:54Admiral Yi and maritime perspectiveNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...2:54Bengal famine and wartime shipping limitsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response0:48Hood and Royal Navy preservation habitsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response7:51Why mixed main batteries fail at rangeQ&A
- Blockade!!3:30Blockade predates Rome and spans naval traditionsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)55:15Comparing Empire and Napoleon naval mechanicsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:36:53Dutch merchant-warship design tradeoffsQ&A
- Rome Total War(What's Next after Empire Total War)0:57Rome: Total War and the limits of naval combatTranscript Excerpt
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:52:39Sea Wolves and catastrophic submarine sinkingsChapter
- Ship Design26:03Early shipbuilding methods and hull formChapter
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build2:41:28How 'moderately armed and armored' changes with timeQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)27:40Second rate, third rate, and naval languageQ&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII15:52Gunboats from Crimea to riverine warfareChapter
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII52:47Mosquito at Dunkirk and coastal supportNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response6:17Hood torpedo evidence and source languageQ&A
- USS Wichita: Comment Response36:49Carrier crash barriers and flight-deck safetyNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response39:49Submarine habitability beyond the screenNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites17:38Naval Warfare 1815-1914 and related military-history readingChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites19:30Royal Navy intelligence before official start datesChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites49:20Anson's Pacific expedition: unsuitable troops, disease, and ship lossesChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:53:16Why the First Fleet is unusually well documentedNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History17:49The Pilgrims Society and Anglo-American public diplomacyChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:05:00Military revolution, navies, and statesChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:25:39Early-modern sea power beyond battleship countsChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:34:22Cruisers after treaty limits disappearQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions28:09A torpedo-boat report preserves combat uncertaintyQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions50:47Early marine engineering appears in working lettersChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:31:42Scharnhorst's construction supported a battleship classificationNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain4:01Naval tenders lack a good overview bookQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:03:58Saxon-Norman fleet battle becomes boarding combatQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:56:16Yamato cannot change battleship perception aloneQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:58Gun cruisers as a course through naval historyChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers10:10Gun cruisers as a year-end course reviewChapter
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...29:09Josephus Daniels gives a cruiser a political namesakeNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...31:33Wainwright links a naval family to two combat erasNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...34:35Jouett carries a Civil War name into the PacificNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...35:19Horne commemorates the staff work behind a wartime navyNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...38:22Did Sterett ever serve with Enterprise?Q&A
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...41:48Standley links naval leadership, diplomacy, and Vietnam serviceNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...44:54Fox carries Civil War naval administration into a cruiserNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...46:41Biddle links the Continental Navy to Desert StormNotable Point
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service0:04Haida as the last Tribal-class survivorChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19919:40Why Soviet naval research can reach books years lateNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-199118:43The same naval evidence can support competing interpretationsNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-199140:14The Soviet Navy begins with wreckage and geographyChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-199150:38Treaty parity would not solve Soviet fleet divisionNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?0:59Why Warrior reset warship developmentChapter
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?4:31Relative naval power and uncertain successorsNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?26:36Political ship names and Soviet naval namesakesNotable Point
- Kara Class: Cruisers of Deterrence?4:48An overlooked cruiser between Kresta and the prestige shipsNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...21:05Why modern missile history stays within public sourcesNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...38:56Dong Hoi and the value of Long Beach's radar capabilityNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...45:28Why recent warship history demands source cautionNotable Point
- Logistics of Colonisation: Looking to the Past to Voyage to the Stars24:02Explorers usually discovered routes, not empty landsNotable Point
- Logistics of Colonisation: Looking to the Past to Voyage to the Stars28:01The Treaty of Tordesillas warns against paper frontiersNotable Point
- Logistics of Colonisation: Looking to the Past to Voyage to the Stars35:24Mercantilist expansion rewarded short-term logisticsNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.43:43Phoenician ports and Viking crews as colony lessonsChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.52:12Viking routes and the flat-earth mythNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.56:36Portuguese routes and the economics of direct tradeChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:01:04When colonial commerce becomes naval coercionNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:05:25Portuguese factories and economic empireChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:11:40Religious justification and imperial ambitionNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:13:07Why there is no harmless imperial modelQ&A
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:15:38British ports, public pressure, and the ratchet of empireNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:17:34Why Spanish treasure routes favored British interceptionQ&A
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:23:43South America and British informal empireNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:43:57India's missing railway and wartime survivabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.2:04:45Lead, asbestos, and enclosed-habitat safetyNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.2:13:04Would a navy or air force control space warships?Q&A
- Calypso (1883) Class31:52Calypso at Heligoland and Zanzibar's diplomatic handoverChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class47:34A cyclone escape becomes worldwide naval prestigeNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class52:34Training ships, reserve drill ships, and inherited namesNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class55:04Cooperation in one theater, competition in anotherNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers1:00:17Overseas service beyond fleet battleChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:16Napoleonic brigs as frigate substitutesQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat10:17Small escorts do the fleet's daily workQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:35:35Before the Battlecruiser connects design and later serviceChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:40:40Pacific cruiser forces in 1914Notable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books47:48When naval commanders became political leadersQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:28:05Reading beyond D. K. Brown on early steam warshipsQ&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?23:58Why Jutland did not end the Royal Navy's battlecruiser strategyChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:28:12When does an admiral's ego become an operational problem?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response50:17Why Coronel ranked as an exceptional British defeatQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road50:57The nineteenth-century Warspite would be a revealing museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road4:21:35Narrow historical fields reveal parts of a larger human systemNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:53:59Choosing among UK university history programsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:56:09War-studies and naval-history programs offer different routes into the fieldQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:20:53The University of Texas stood out in the US naval-history discussionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:22:39Portsmouth and Plymouth for postgraduate maritime historyQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)38:19Analyze fictional systems by accepting their stated rulesQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History0:14When defeat becomes an epic naval blunderChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:21:03A closing test for victory, agency, and blameNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 646:34What makes a naval mistake an epic blunder?Chapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 643:08:53Epic blunders begin with confidence and egoNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)21:55Historians as imperfect institutional memoryNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)24:28Warships make sense only in their wider historical settingNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 328:35How contemporary battle reports shaped warship designQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:13:39Disaster relief, anti-slavery patrols, and naval self-interestQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books1:52Why historical claims need evidenceQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today7:12A Greek battleship and an eastern Mediterranean arms raceQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack45:20Why every discovered shipwreck should be documentedQ&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:14:47How naval historians build and debate interpretationsNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:46:16Which era of French naval history is Dr. Clarke's favorite?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 24:44Where to research Warspite's 1930s refitQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:42:33Where to start reading about the Roman navyQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN19:26Using history to compare future fleetsChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century0:01Using naval history to read the Galaxy classChapter
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)29:11Why ordinary warship service disappears from historyNotable Point
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol13:47What does "largest naval battle" mean?Notable Point
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)25:53Q&A: When does a theater count as one battle?Q&A
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)2:41:59Q&A: Which period of Roman naval history is the favorite?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future21:08Which Royal Navy ship name has been used most often?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:27:47Why Royal Oak's exact wartime complement is difficult to pin downQ&A
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)34:52George Ballard as officer, analyst, and historianNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:06:55Two naval war films worth revisitingQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:19:33The years behind a naval history monographQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:45:01A practical method for naval archive researchQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:35:23How to use biased naval memoirs as evidenceQ&A
- RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?1:38:00Are shipwrecks graves or historical archives?Q&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:19:11Caribbean prizes versus Chinese pirate organizationQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:26:44Why games and Top Trumps distort warship comparisonsNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships4:39Why can abundant records still hide a ship class?Q&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)32:28Recreating historical ships without exact templatesQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:18:42A stronger postwar fleet still needs a new missile cruiserQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:41:32How to read propaganda about warshipsQ&A
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)9:30A maritime service before the U.S. NavyNotable Point
- An Introduction to US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment (Long Patrol)6:04Revenue cutters in American warsChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion39:46Ask why a navy built that shipNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:16Why Bruships is built around questionsChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books25:45The historian's trap of treating outcomes as inevitableQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...28:41Using archive exchanges for naval researchQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:09:55The Chinese woman associated with history's largest pirate fleetQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:21:02Revisionism should add evidence, not impose present standardsQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:22:44Reading Beresford through biographies and contested testimonyNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:49:10Britain's changing naval reform movementsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider17:23Adding Taranto, Midway, and Grenada to naval historyQ&A
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)0:30Why the Battle of Diu mattersChapter
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:09:22Cash, credit and Britain's coalition advantageQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru23:15Why the Royal Navy has a strong claim to the longest continuous historyQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:03:56What archives add to naval historyQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)14:08The cruising role predates the cruiserChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:11:51Naval battles with the largest possible historical consequencesQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:53:23A year of cruiser historyNotable Point
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered7:30Reading the July Crisis through naval and strategic historyQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered24:38Warship games as gateways to naval historyQ&A
- So How Do You Do Archival Research? (Long Patrol)0:33Define what the research must explainChapter
- So How Do You Do Archival Research? (Long Patrol)3:01Use a strong book to map the sourcesChapter
- So You Want To Write A History Book?4:49Why historians write booksNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...13:58Trade routes as a reason to go to seaNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:37:50Read history forward from contemporary choicesChapter
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)0:35Writing a destroyer-class history under archival constraintsNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov19:37Mahan on sea power, commerce, and historical comparisonChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov27:24Why Mahan questioned the steam-age naval meleeNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:54:12Mahan and Roosevelt as historical advisersQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:58:11Where military history sits in British universitiesQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:00:08Roskill on revising sea-power historyChapter
- Bruships 63: Trailer0:58Strategy, policy, and operations beyond battle narrativesNotable Point
- Bruships 63: Trailer1:16Corbett’s early strengths and limitationsNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:06:40Q&A: why naval history can disappear behind campaignsQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:15:04Q&A: naval warfare in the Hundred Years' WarQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:39:45Q&A: the war cemented Royal Navy esprit de corpsQ&A
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol0:21Using Ludovic Kennedy's wartime account carefullyNotable Point
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol58:08Ludovic Kennedy's life beyond RawalpindiNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:01:15Warship cutaways can turn curiosity into naval-history studyChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary9:39How a navy rebuilds institutional memoryQ&A
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p40:22Reading Taranto from strategy to cockpitNotable Point
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat24:19Why ship design is his favourite naval subjectQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat57:00Why no Spanish Navy book is recommended yetQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:04:25Bias is perspective, not automatically deceitQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:15:02Riverine warfare lacks a single general historyQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:58:32How to use a memoir written through another authorQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:33:16What made Trafalgar decisiveChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol0:00From "what if" to plausible "what might have been"Chapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:12:50Bismarck and the myth of effortless German superiorityQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/419:00Why study naval chiefs of staff?Chapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:39:02The Spanish-American War and US naval identityQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?24:09Can anime be a gateway into naval history?Q&A
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany0:20A compact, well-illustrated route into the naval warNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany16:17A fast, usable introduction to the naval warChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:45:28Why carrier experience can be learned faster than it was accumulatedNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea0:30What Michael Alpert's naval history offersChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:01:19World of Warships mechanics versus real fleet doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:18:32Why naval history demands more than battle narrativesNotable Point
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?40:15Checking sources before trusting a naval claimNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:54:51Why Ashmore and Brind describe Tsingtao differentlyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:05Weather gauge, windward, and leeward explainedQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:09:48Public history as protection against repeated mistakesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz0:06Why Hunting Tirpitz is useful for source-led naval historyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz4:09Tow failures and navigation errors before the attackNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...4:04Channel patrols and the limits of tidy war planningQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:27:10Battlecruisers as a logical continuation, not a crackpot schemeQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions39:54Churchill, tanks, and institutional pushNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy0:05Battles and Honours as a Royal Navy study guideChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy13:56The book's sections beyond battle honoursChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...0:10Carrier as a source for carrier warfare voicesChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...13:36Carrier testimony beyond the Second World WarNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks1:03Tank as cavalry, artillery, and landshipNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism1:40Churchill's naval initiatives series frameChapter
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships6:11Coastal defence ships as armor-firepower deterrentsChapter
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships39:33Monarch-class ships and concentrated local punchNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships42:54Do gunboats count as early coastal-defence ships?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships1:07:18How often was Denmark's navy seized?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships1:55:51Dutch coastal ships as visibly defensive deterrentsNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol0:12Why Lissa mattered after 1866Chapter
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol15:24Custozza pushes Italy toward a naval answerNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol24:30Tegetthoff's cohesion and Persano's burdenChapter
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions8:04The big-gun era as a study frameChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)5:54Richard Montgomery and Kuznetsov hazard risksQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)40:27Martello towers as compact coastal fortsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:53:39Suez as a turning point rather than an instant collapseQ&A
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Master James St George - Long Patrol P3/1412:28Sea-supplied castles as occupation deterrenceNotable Point
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol8:07Why Athos matters despite the dating problemChapter
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol24:50How 'admiral' preserves Arabic maritime historyNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books34:43Finding Britannia naval-history booksQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19560:38Italian battleships book as a design sourceChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI7:11French Navy mission in World War IChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron30:13Why ironclads are hard to turn into gamesQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron1:21:17Why the World Wars crowd ironclads out of general historiesNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron1:22:09Warrior's French rival and preserved careerChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune4:40Why the Quilliam book is a useful sourceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune20:08Who Favourite of Fortune is forNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword16:31Why E-boats posed the sharper Channel threatQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword18:59How D-Day balanced British and American weightQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:18:55Why the invasion needed an Omaha landingQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:04:52Why imperfect naval games can still deepen historical learningNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191520:23Export markets behind naval rivalryNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19147:26An unbuilt Brazilian capital-ship designNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191312:29Why the 1913 naval race was globalChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191224:10Reading past the two-sided naval-race storyNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)38:12Do Yamato and Bismarck fit the Tarkin Doctrine?Q&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History57:45The American Revolution as a global naval warChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:05:30How radio research became radarChapter
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices0:04Osprey guides and academic military historyChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail12:37Defining the start of the age of sailNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail17:22Naval history as national historyChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:06:58Francis Austen's Royal Navy careerChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s30:25How Hawker rebuilt Sopwith's aviation capabilityChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s42:41Tank builders' connections with naval industryQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?4:34How the China Fleet bluffed a French squadron at Pulo AuraQ&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 History2:06Read beyond a catchy naval-history titleNotable Point
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History6:41Test a history book where its argument must still carry weightNotable Point
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies3:08:01Was there a comparable Vietnamese navy?Q&A
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P4/5 Summary... was Lend Lease worth it?14:42Why specifications alone misjudge wartime equipmentNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment16:19Pepys's Navy as a guide to Restoration warshipsChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 16961:47Using Dogger Bank to trace centuries of naval changeChapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191615:14Dogger Bank as a nexus of changing naval warfareChapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191658:27Why Camperdown is outside this Dogger Bank setQ&A
- Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s0:59Maritime Dominion's campaign-centered naval historyChapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 44:21Piracy fiction and the limits of strategic imaginationNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 413:42The limits of a foreign naval perspective on ChinaNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword10:09A Mediterranean naval-history survey through decisive battlesChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History41:28Reading Modern Naval Strategy as evidence of interwar thinkingNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations11:04What the Great White Fleet's port calls signaledQ&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)56:44How did the age-of-sail frigate role become the cruiser role?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion25:12From naval-history hobbyist to professional historianNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:55Comparing real and science-fiction ship designChapter
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...4:16:57Warhammer 40,000's Imperial Navy as a First World War fleetQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books45:10Why naval-architect transactions matter as primary sourcesChapter
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History1:52:09The uncertain survival of Henderson's diaryNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:08:44What makes Dimbleby's Battle of the Atlantic a useful introductionNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History2:38:12Searching for the wreck of HMS Ark RoyalChapter
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:37:57A destroyer history with a Band of Brothers approachQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:42:58Why Jutland needs a series rather than a filmQ&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books2:35:58Military history without gatekeepingNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books3:58:30Why write about destroyers before cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:25:32Reading Roskill through his surviving draftsNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:28:46Tracing Royal Navy history through HMS UnicornNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:37:25Warspite from Elizabethan galleon to nuclear submarineNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:31:53What earlier attacks best resemble Taranto?Q&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:14A varied naval-history book selectionChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy4:09Why Trafalgar matters beyond the battleChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:03:20Trafalgar's capable opponentsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:15:39What Trafalgar Night can teach a modern navyChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:20:20Read Trafalgar beyond its heroic narrativeNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:50:11Nelson's failures as part of his command recordChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:19:48Let Nelson be a complicated historical figureNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:37:11Why the interwar years matter to modern naval strategyQ&A
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill9:06Castles of Steel as Dreadnought's wartime companionChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A11:44Nelson, heroism, and historical judgmentChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:56:44Is Rules of the Game worth reading?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:11:46Choosing among Norman Friedman's naval booksQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:14:09Can an admiral serve without later sea command?Q&A
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea0:31Westerwald tests Norwegian neutralityChapter
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea5:22An accessible visual overview of war at seaChapter
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea12:07A naval atlas for seeing the war in spaceChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A20:25Jane's detail and Brassey's explanatory historyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A31:16Comparing Midway histories through their sourcesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:51Why specialist naval-history books become expensiveQ&A
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers9:14Veteran memories from the First Battle of NarvikNotable Point
- Four Random Books 4: Warship Design5:21Specialist design histories and the archival recordNotable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson3:55A deep survey of the Royal Navy, 1649-1815Notable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson8:15Reading lively naval history with an eye on its referencesNotable Point
- Battlestar Galactica Deadlock - Some Naval History Fun...0:29Testing Battlestar Deadlock with naval design lessonsChapter
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car27:52Why some capital ships dominate public memoryQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:23:45Recommended journals for naval history researchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A27:58High and low points for major naviesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:33:18British submarine development between the world warsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:45:26Use Wikipedia to find sources, not as the sourceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:54:56Reading the American Civil War through photographsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:41A naval Band of Brothers?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:02How to weigh letters, memoirs, and official recordsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:37:27How official secrecy can delay historical researchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:13:21A recommended ship history of HMS RodneyQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...42:35Why Far East incidents vanish from familiar historyQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:08:04Japanese command culture was not mechanically rigidQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A28:53A starting point for studying gunboat diplomacyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:01Using With Utmost Spirit for Mediterranean naval studyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:40:38Preparing for Falklands interviews through memoirsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:48:59Admirals worth commemorating in ship namesQ&A
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean2:38Reading official submarine figures criticallyNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 1 of 26:03Why the Armada needs a more nuanced explanationChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 224:38Malta as an offensive forward baseNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 216:43How to handle conflicting submarine statisticsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A10:22A commander's-eye history of the China StationChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:43:10Brassey's annuals as design and fleet snapshotsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:14:15Why historical evidence needs competing perspectivesQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-434:34Why the Indian Ocean deserves to be treated as its own theaterChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:28What makes a naval book a Top Trumps guideChapter
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"3:58Naval diplomacy as a navy's normal workChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy1:38Reading naval diplomacy beyond gunboatsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians36:13Wu Shengli and the modern Chinese NavyChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A36:11A reading path from sail to the dreadnought eraChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You5:31Books preserve professional naval judgmentNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…0:01Using naval history to test force choicesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A9:07What a D-Day survey can miss at seaNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A20:52Theodore Roosevelt as naval historianNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A4:09Reading warship histories through national perspectivesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A10:33John Lambert drawings as warship research toolsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A19:00Why ship and class monographs can outperform broad surveysNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:06:24Finding plans for the Royal Navy's 1960s fast fleet oilersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20:09Separating submarine boarding stories from verified historyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:24:19Two starting points for escort-carrier researchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:54:58Why ship losses did not automatically end Cunningham's commandQ&A
- An Introduction to "D" Class Cruisers: Part 3 A correction6:46Why corrections belong in teachingNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 42:59Japanese small warships in comparative scaleChapter
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war28:19Reading Corbett's Maritime OperationsQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:41How to judge a great warshipChapter
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)0:01How the top-ten warships are judgedChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 316:18Reading Mahan beyond command of the seaChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 318:22Julian Corbett's range as a naval historianChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 320:24Herbert Richmond as admiral and historianChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 329:03How memoirs and theory carry naval knowledgeNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 222:35Norman Friedman's prolific naval-history scholarshipChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 125:39Andrew Lambert's route into naval historyChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A5:18How to use Norman Friedman's research without inheriting every conclusionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A10:59Theodore Roosevelt's naval histories as recommended readingNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A21:33Reconstructing naval decisions beyond the paper trailNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A8:46Choosing naval histories by scale and purposeChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A2:22Warship 2020 contents and valueChapter