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- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?33:00Dry-dock capacity and fleet availabilityNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?59:15Shipyard investment also equips civilian buildersNotable Point
- William Adams - the English Samurai from the 17th Century... whose memorial I stumbled into!2:04:47The limits of Adams's naval legacyQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:24:24Certification for a private submarine dry dockQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:54:38Dry-dock capacity controls warship availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:47:25Sources for German naval spending before 1914Q&A
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- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:38:12Why maintenance capacity matters to British fleet availabilityNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:34:42The 1939 appropriation met a workforce ceilingNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:09Naval staff priorities after the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live28:56How completed N3s could enlarge YamatoQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live37:42How other powers might answer the Zepang super battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:34:51National ELF transmitters and the scale of shore infrastructureNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:30:12Dominion naval growth depends on crews and infrastructureChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:33:30Japanese naval growth could revive Australian submarinesNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:08:26An Indian battleship needs more than three yearsQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:21:26What Canada needs for a larger navyQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:28Why a 170-gun first rate would strain its worldQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:04Why an enormous first rate would merit screw conversionQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:08Rebuild Canadian naval infrastructure before expanding recruitmentQ&A
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?58:30Dominion capital ships would demand local naval infrastructureNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:27:22Capital-ship transfers as imperial infrastructure policyNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:35:44How delaying war changes technological developmentNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:37:47Would dockyard capacity limit the larger battleships?Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:14Large naval drones still need scarce dry docksQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:26Sea-level rise and shipyard resilienceQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:50Royal HaskoningDHV and Padstow Lifeboat StationQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:05Why procurement announcements need their supporting infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:24Type 45 replacement delays, hull life, and dry docksNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:44Rosyth expansion versus Devonport's military lakeQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:39Which imperial territories planned docks for Hood, G3, and N3?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:53Floating dry docks as a bridge to fixed-dock modernizationQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:00Imperial dry docks for Hood, G3, and N3-size shipsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:27How dockyard investment affects British and Japanese warship reliabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:03Drones, warship numbers, and the infrastructure a plan requiresQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:13The Indian Navy's growth and indigenizationQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:42British first-rates on the Great Lakes before 1812Q&A
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy39:40Partition left India ships but weakened naval training infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:43Kiel's surviving naval infrastructure and the Oslo ferry routeQ&A
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima49:18Naval infrastructure could strengthen Russia's wider economyChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:19:20Victory at sea unlocks L3 battleships and dockyardsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:38:12G3 and N3 armament without the treaty settlementNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:16Ship construction and support infrastructure in Japan, Italy, and ChinaQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:36Refurbishment needed before British dry docks can expand productionQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:43Dockyard capacity in an emergency Type 83 scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:39Why a carrier-sized dry dock still needs investmentQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:08Turning a naval windfall into permanent capacityQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:28Dry docks, cannibalization, and Royal Navy readinessQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:53:48A European fleet balance of destroyers and frigatesQ&A
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- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:36:24Why a reserve-fleet idea needs sustained infrastructure fundingNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:33Shipyard size is an investment choiceNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?7:35British supplies to Japan could buy time for rearmamentNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:08:53Dedicated escorts free destroyers for fleet dutiesNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:18:35Maritime industrial blocs gain from a longer rearmament periodNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:33:06Longer-range merchant ships, oil, and payment in dollarsNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start52:39Why harbor defenses remain unfunded despite known solutionsNotable Point
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- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:59The civilian goods behind Britain's arms exportersNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...21:21French cruisers carry a global mission on treaty displacementChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:15:22Why smaller navies cannot simply choose bigger shipsQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:52:00Choosing a battlecruiser's gun caliberQ&A
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- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships11:07Why every capital-ship design is a compromiseNotable Point
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- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust7:26:18A hypothetical 1920 program for Royal Navy basesQ&A
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- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:42Why Greece might accept an available German capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...26:35How Dominion flagships could consume budgets or build a naval workforceNotable Point
- Three Minor Empires: Why the Portguese, Dutch & Swedish Empires achieved what they did?36:00Karlskrona displays Sweden's naval potential and limitsNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships5:07The two fears governing naval innovationNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:00:38An intact fleet breaks the historical 5:5:3 ratioChapter
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:23Larger dreadnoughts force an earlier dockyard expansionNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?42:28Why valuable naval infrastructure also needs protectionNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:12Dominion battlecruisers as dry-dock policyQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:57What Norway could replace its old coastal-defence ships withQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:19Would Deutschland-class cruisers suit Norwegian coastal defence?Q&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:49How giant imperial dry docks change interwar capital shipsQ&A
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...18:02Elite seamanship cannot repair weak strategic institutionsNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:28Naval megaprojects that would remake seasQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:27Rebuilding Royal Sovereign without a support systemQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:24Crews and bases for an imported game fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:00:30American infrastructure investment and the London TreatyQ&A
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century: Bringing your Politics to the Battlefield6:53Peter the Great meets Charles XIIChapter
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:22:50How capable were Dutch crews in the 1790s?Q&A
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:29:42Did the Dutch Navy recover after the Batavian era?Q&A
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:42:30Why were most Dutch ships of the line two-deckers?Notable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:43:51Naval infrastructure must survive relentless heavy useQ&A
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- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:19:47Trade, employment, and the case for local naval yardsNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:23:58Battlecruisers as Dominion flagshipsChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:18:39The Wash as a base for an enlarged battlecruiser forceNotable Point
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- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII19:53Learning to build a navy's institutional depthNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII35:58Building officers after the war had begunNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII48:13A counterfactual Canadian fleet for 1939Notable Point
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- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?0:58Why Russia needed a heavier Baltic battle fleetChapter
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?22:24Kronstadt experience prepares Greig for Baltic commandChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!24:28Yi Sun-sin as fleet builder rather than a Korean NelsonChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!35:05Pine hulls, oak pegs, and the infrastructure behind readinessNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)2:27:43Catherine II converts political skill into strategic depthChapter
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- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:12How large could battleships grow without naval treaties?Q&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin39:41Yi Sun-sin built readiness before the invasionChapter
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:37Rebuilding the US Navy from 1980 around docks, submarines, and escortsQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:48What Germany would need to become a naval power after 1650Q&A
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina23:21From decorated captain to naval institution-builderChapter
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership33:49Britannia as the entry point for modern Royal Navy officersChapter
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:21What uncancelled Royal Navy infrastructure could change after 1918Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:31:47Japan's limited counterpart to Allied motor torpedo boatsQ&A
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- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees18:58War expands administration that peace may retainNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees29:28Chatham's timber preparation and dockyard systemChapter
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:54:00Victory embodied 250 years of national investmentChapter
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...43:16How the Medway raid encouraged dispersed naval reservesNotable Point
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- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth1:05:17Oil was the Navy's largest infrastructure revolution since copperingNotable Point
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- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked35:47How Navy Board powers moved into the AdmiraltyChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:47:25Richard Vesey Hamilton harmonizes a modernizing AdmiraltyChapter
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- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him53:47Building Mare Island and a two-coast navyChapter
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:19Caissons versus movable dry-dock gatesQ&A
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:14:47Building the logistical base for war with RussiaChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:28:34Building infrastructure after TsushimaNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:35:29The operational culture Tōgō left JapanChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience1:31:14Building Mare Island and a Pacific naval baseChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience2:09:20Mare Island networks reinforce California's Union loyaltyNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise27:29How a fifty-metre sea-level change would remake maritime geographyQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:34:53Could the Panama Canal be enlarged for Ford-class carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:37:09Water reuse in Panama Canal locksNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:36:28Romania builds an enduring Danube force from 1860Chapter
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:48:49Could interwar infrastructure and quality control improve Italy's fleet?Q&A
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- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...31:44Larger dry docks and a longer carrierNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...38:23Carrier dimensions and dry-dock fitChapter
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- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:40:28British organization outweighed France's larger naval infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax5:07:54Timber storage was a difficult foundation of naval shipbuildingQ&A
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:05:03How dockyards and bases shape carrier designChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:08:29A second carrier base on MerseysideNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers16:28Stalin's carriers as an answer to geography and weak infrastructureChapter
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:49:55A stronger Spanish Navy deters through routine presence and visible readinessQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:57:46A Super Star Destroyer can overburden a fragmented empireQ&A
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut1:02:45Why one carrier is not a sustained carrier capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:44:50Where could the two Enterprises be preserved?Q&A
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- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:16:13LHD choice includes docks, piers, and support capacityNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:19:00A carrier capability needs an industrial ecosystemChapter
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:10:59Reading railway and dock compromises in a shipyard planQ&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...51:27Carrier capability as independence of actionChapter
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat41:18Could the Royal Navy have launched K3 battlecruisers before Washington?Q&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:08:39Why a Canadian fleet unit costs more than its shipsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:21:28Slipway limits are often budget choices, not absolute barriersQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments18:00Why German battlecruisers strained risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!55:11Why old port defenses survive beneath newer buildingsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:06:24How Lion-class battleships would reshape British dockyardsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:52:10Infrastructure limits on naval expansionQ&A
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:22:08Fast battleships expose dock and canal constraintsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:37:28Why four Japanese yards did not mean four ships at onceNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:38:37A stronger fleet at the Abyssinia crisisChapter
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:21:44How Brazil could support a larger battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:44:34Why old British capital ships could build Dominion naviesQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign44:23Why battleship rankings hide design tradeoffsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:28Plan Z and battleships for a Royal Indian NavyQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote29:53Who benefits when the Second World War is delayedQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:16:55Postwar US Navy priorities before the next crisisQ&A
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 342:55Canals and infrastructure impose different carrier-design limitsNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:05:33Pembroke facilities and the timing of machinery ordersNotable Point
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- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:11:07British gun calibre choices and nine-gun salvosQ&A
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:45:45Two-ocean doctrine depends on yards, bases, and rapid productionChapter
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign43:00Royal Navy infrastructure cycles and wartime delayNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:29:45Panama Canal width was not an anti-European plotQ&A
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans1:03:33Freshwater reserve basins extend the old carrier's lifeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:13:43Tillman designs and a qualitative arms raceQ&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:05:04Completing Renown and Repulse as Revenge-class battleshipsChapter
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:10:03Why a fast battleship was feasible in 1914Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:50:25How 18-inch fast battleships would reshape naval treatiesNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:12:09What follows if the N3 and G3 designs are built?Q&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:49:58Designing an 80,000-ton battleship for shallow waterQ&A
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- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier2:31:14What track and power did Akron's handling locomotives use?Q&A
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- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:12:16Three treaty battleships become stepping stones to YamatoChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:23:25Versailles leaves Germany unable to match the expanded fleetsChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:06:09Which 1929 navy offers the most freedom to redesign?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait48:52Japanese withdrawal exposes pilot, industrial, and convoy-defense shortagesChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War32:27Why continuous shipbuilding beats splurge-and-starve procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:07:42The German yards ready for battleship constructionQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:14:12Larger Type 26 frigates and shipyard investmentQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:18:14What US-level defense spending could buy BritainQ&A
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)2:55:48Britain would need a faster, heavier answer to Tillman IIINotable Point
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)2:59:49Could a K-design battlecruiser become a fast battleship?Q&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:16:39British infrastructure would keep moving with a capital-ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:20:55An 18-inch treaty standard could push Japan toward 20- or 22-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:32:45French constraints in a smaller-Bismarck scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:53:00When larger capital ships would force British dock expansionQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:06:21Why G3 and N3 were not the Royal Navy's whole building planQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:42:50How Lexington and South Dakota strained US dock capacityQ&A
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:05:35Why Russian warship maintenance repeatedly suffersQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered21:59Why imperial coastal forts remained obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:17:51How quickly Scapa Flow could return as a fleet baseQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time56:51G3 and N3 construction makes dockyard expansion a 1920s priorityQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:24:48Planning for nuclear carrier dismantlingQ&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:35:33The ideal answer carries fifteen 14-inch gunsChapter
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response7:20Panama Canal locks define the Tillman design envelopeQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response23:38Britain trades debt reduction for bigger dockyardsQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response37:32Super-battleships pull destroyers toward Daring sizeNotable Point
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response13:37How a benchmark navy responds without admitting it followsNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:08:07Audacious-class construction depended on large yards and facilitiesQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:04:04Two K3s undermine American treaty assumptionsQ&A
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?11:56Why coordinated infrastructure mattered to French naval powerNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...19:29Dockyard limits behind interwar British battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:27:26Why Vanguard replacement cannot simply be acceleratedQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:28:45Why submarine totals cannot be judged without contextQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:33:26What a national US shipyard expansion could supportQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response13:55The rising-power trap in rapid naval expansionQ&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War5:33Russia's voyage helped validate Britain's global base networkNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War55:21Geography demanded several balanced Russian fleetsNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response19:14Russian invasion fears and Australian naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 830:16Russia's maintenance system before Port ArthurNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:42:27Non-Western powers capable of supporting capital shipsQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 103:13:35Naval infrastructure needs both large and distributed dry docksNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:17:09Overseas dockyards cannot replace home support capacityQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:22:15Nuclear carriers need rare repair infrastructureQ&A
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 420:38Portsmouth yard capacity and rapid class successionNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196059:13A warship became a system of supporting systemsNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:01:29From USS Monitor to King George V, turrets became industrial systemsChapter
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:12:38How larger infrastructure changes post-Hood capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!13:04Could Brazil have operated two Riachuelo-class battleships?Q&A
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 834:10Navigation Acts as a way to finance naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties0:45Treaty limits did not prevent naval preparationChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties18:14Canadian sloops as a practical naval foundationChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties39:01Cruiser construction as presence and treaty leverageNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties49:34Japanese submarine secrecy and treaty evasionNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:23:47Why sloops were a mistake but cruisers an opportunityNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 44:12The shipbuilding base Germany had lostNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 415:48Bigger hulls require bigger yards and docksNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 426:18Design growth outruns German yard capacityChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 441:46Plan Z needed time, money, and naval priorityChapter
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?37:53A Tillman fleet would reshape the Yamato problemNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure16:27Merchant shipping as naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure33:38Transshipment, ports, and customs controlChapter
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure36:14London as a city-state inside a territorial kingdomNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?29:42Infrastructure limits on gun productionNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 217:48A battleship that demanded new infrastructureNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 225:25Docks, Tillman battleships, and infrastructure politicsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...9:30Shipyard investment underwrites fleet expansionNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:07:55Dockyard size would shape the successor to the G3Q&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:15:16Why a 1939 Pearl Harbor could be even more vulnerableQ&A
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail11:37Why the Medway raid came too earlyNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail57:33Sea power rests on infrastructure and peopleChapter
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail57:53Land borders constrained Britain's naval rivalsNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 143:57Britain's ability to build a fleet, not just one battleshipNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 152:35Why British and American battleships solved different problemsNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:03:58Coppered ships strengthen Rodney's Caribbean fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:13:17Infrastructure, readiness, and Lord SandwichNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:15:19Can hurricane losses excuse a fleet's weakness?Q&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:27:52How fleet mismanagement interrupted sea controlNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:31:38What a repair backlog says about sea powerQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:59:04British naval infrastructure supporting new ships in 2023Q&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:01:13Earlier independence could deepen South American naval industryQ&A
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 87:06Dry docks as a battleship-design constraintNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 35:13Infrastructure, not aesthetics, drove the compact layoutChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation46:15Resources alone cannot remove Japan's industrial geographyQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:56:43Dockyard infrastructure deserves its own historyQ&A
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent40:03A battle fleet and its infrastructure built within a decadeChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)26:32Denying an enemy its admiralty and shipbuilding baseNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:51:53Versailles-era infrastructure still caps German naval growthChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:56:16Germany's land-power priorities keep the navy thirdNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron17:53Grand strategy without the infrastructure behind itNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron36:06Plymouth becomes the blockade's support baseNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron40:45Sea supply and land borders shaped different prioritiesNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:01:04Sri Lanka's port capacity compared with CubaNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:05:29Capturing an admiralty to cripple naval power in IndiaNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:07:45A navy cannot be rebuilt without suitable portsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:30:43Specialising Boston and New York's port infrastructureNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay6:46Long-term government and Portsmouth DockyardNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay11:54Bases, stocks, and sustaining modern forcesChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!1:51Could Japan have improved its naval infrastructure before the Pacific War?Q&A
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas15:08Fire control and the Kiel Canal shape the German maximumNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:36:29German limits in an 18-inch-gun worldChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:43:40Testing Bismarck's speed, range, and canal limitsNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas2:13:46How an 18-inch prewar flagship could reshape the naval raceNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)1:22:31Using dockyard upgrades to field third ratesNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:46:41Would Queen Elizabeth Maximus fit through Panama?Q&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak4:22Four quadruple turrets and the battleship around themQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:12:34A retained royal dockyard as an industrial benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:28:48What happened to the Gibraltar dockyardQ&A
- Ship Design14:32Requirements-first design versus fixed constraintsNotable Point
- Ship Design41:49Iron, steel, and the shipyard land trapNotable Point
- Ship Design44:08Queen Elizabeth carriers and looking rightNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build36:23Infrastructure for an Australian light-destroyer programQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:11:45Fisher's political support and naval infrastructure in the 1930sNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:43:06Using CVA-01 infrastructure to lock in a carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:45:39Choosing drone Renowns to fit existing infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:16:54Why bombing Royal Navy fuel storage was difficultQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:29:30Vanguard's size and a suitable museum berthNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:25:39Early-modern sea power beyond battleship countsChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.33:46Why a Mars colony eventually needs global positioningQ&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.1:43:57India's missing railway and wartime survivabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:46:09Why start with the Moon instead of Mars orbitQ&A
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:49:10Why resilient infrastructure must also be repairableQ&A
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:59:42Buried settlements and mutual support around MarsChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.2:32:21What a very large Irish fleet would require ashoreQ&A
- USS Wichita(CA-45); The Greatest Treaty 8in Cruiser19:44Philadelphia Navy Yard from Franklin to WichitaNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class11:36Naval strategy begins with procurement, training, and infrastructureNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?29:54Interwar industrial investment makes mass refits possibleNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6539:35Arkhangelsk and the cost of supporting capital shipsNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine31:09Retained pre-dreadnoughts as a personnel burdenNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:00:00Plan Z and the Allied industrial responseNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193920:22Civil war left a fleet stronger on paper than at seaChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?45:18The dockyards and basing logic behind a global G3 forceChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)6:20A balanced fleet needs supporting craft and infrastructureChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books28:35How a 1930 dockyard expansion could enlarge British warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books50:06How larger dry docks reshape fleet optionsQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:05:54What remained after treaty battleships were scrappedQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:24:22Triple turrets would reshape Fisher's battlecruisers and the yards behind themQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 427:09What mooring Vanguard beside Tower Bridge would requireQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:00:36How Admiral-class carriers would reshape dockyardsQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History39:06Treaty persistence and Germany's missing fleet infrastructureChapter
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video40:04Why dockyards must precede battleship programsQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video41:48German naval infrastructure and the intended war timetableQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:24:40Concrete D-Day platforms could carry limited gunsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)21:55Historians as imperfect institutional memoryNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)44:37Russian naval institutions needed sustained investmentQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 324:50Sizing floating dry docks for supercarriersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 344:18Four naval-industrial cities for a stronger Soviet fleetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:07:25The missing resilience in British carrier dry-dock capacityQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 127:23Infrastructure, not Trafalgar alone, sustained Royal Navy dominanceChapter
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1237:25Gefion in the Boxer Rebellion and at the Taku FortsChapter
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:19:40A 120,000-ton British battleship under expanded treaty limitsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:38:36Why delaying war would not complete Plan ZQ&A
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p96:48How the Conseil des travaux shaped French warshipsChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 242:05Floating dry docks and Soviet ship-size limitsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out50:21Why shipyard capacity must be funded earlyQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:53:59Why Britain needs another carrier dry dockQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:12British dockyards and the limits of giant warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:01:37French battleship ambition constrained by shipyardsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:49:35Why carrier drydocks lose political funding battlesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:17:07Why smaller allies invest in support infrastructureQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194013:40January 1940 closes the infrastructure windowChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194026:42Fortify Far East bases before ships are withdrawnChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19394:52Why France had little room to recover by 1939Chapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193927:18Building escorts and submarines across the CommonwealthChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:25Infrastructure as a strategic gambleChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.4:56The Royal Navy's global dockyard networkChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.12:36Cockatoo Island's repair skills supported strategic independenceNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.39:05Singapore exposed the cost of incomplete investmentChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.54:33Flotilla defence would align New Zealand's navy with local needsChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:01:22Fund fewer capabilities properlyChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:05:29Missed investment cycles and imperial declineChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:18:23Growth margin future-proofs long-lived warshipsChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.8:07Why imperial naval investment contracted after 1918Chapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.18:12Reading the history of British military infrastructureQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.50:55Why Commonwealth yards built few cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:34:14Why infrastructure policy needs longer horizonsNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:42:32How would HMS Hood be freed from the Panama Canal?Q&A
- Ruse de guerre20:59Campbeltown's concealed charge denies a second chanceNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine44:52Naval treaties make cruisers Italy's status unitsChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)10:53Lorient and Brest carried centuries of arsenal investmentChapter
- Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)41:50Mare Island's building ways set a hard limit on cruiser constructionChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:15:28Type 054A as a true frigate baselineChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:20:24Plan as though the opponent is capableNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:28:49Why Henry VII deserves more credit for English sea powerQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:24:32Why new dry docks are politically difficultQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels24:16What a modern-scale budget would do to the 1900 US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:58:31Interwar hydrography under financial restraintChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:11:57The maintenance tradeoff in floating museum shipsQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:27:52The Falklands as a South Atlantic surveillance baseQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)34:16Evolving the N3 into an 18-inch fast battleshipQ&A
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)27:04A disclosed modernization rule for Pacific basesChapter
- SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)11:25Italian numbers and Austria-Hungary's infrastructure gapNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...6:48Why an asymmetric Washington Treaty counterfactual failsQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...59:05What losing control of the Black Sea would changeQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:10:06The displacement cost of a fully armed, better-armoured AdmiralQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:33:00A capital ship needs a support systemQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:50:16How a missed dockyard cycle constrained the Admirals and later carriersQ&A
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol30:33Carthage's naval infrastructure and readinessNotable Point
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)55:43Carthage builds a naval base around fleet readinessNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)31:14York reveals the limits of overseas dockyardsNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion20:29Why surface raiding needs numbersNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion23:41The steady drumbeat of naval ordersChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion26:22Treaties, deterrence, and visible industrial strengthChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)59:05Why Yamato could not pass through the Kiel CanalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:25:47Why more graving docks outrank another ship programmeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:07:22Dry docks, graving docks and construction docksQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:53:52What would make Hawaii a credible deterrent base?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?26:28Did Japan have a naval reformer like Fisher?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:31:39The Kido Butai does not yet existChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:46:14Atlantis and the logistics of a city-shipNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:52:11Voyager's replacement shuttles and industrial capacityNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today3:02:02Could infrastructure support a 100,000-ton Super Lion?Q&A
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)0:20Why an all-forward battery is more than a treaty expedientChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)4:44G3: magazines, machinery, and existing dockyardsChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)18:26Why small navies pursue the '100 percent' warshipChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)1:32Global infrastructure as naval strengthChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)2:40Dock capacity shapes practical ship sizeNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)4:39Commercial docks do not guarantee strategic coverageNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)10:40Subdivision made floating docks resilientNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)24:04Why Bermuda's dock had several rolesNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)28:44The cost of keeping a floating dock afloatNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)35:51Upgrading dock capacity by adding sectionsNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)45:04Worldwide dock investment and maritime powerNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)46:37Repair resilience matters as much as carrier numbersNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)50:08Infrastructure constrains capital-ship designNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)53:49Mobile infrastructure sustains maritime powerChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books35:33Where Britain could place two long-lived naval dry docksQ&A
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)9:47Dockyard access as a design constraintNotable Point
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)29:22Pembroke Dockyard and hidden naval capacityNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)0:01Infrastructure sets a navy's practical optionsChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)40:00Dock capacity shapes cruiser force structureNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)42:23Esquimalt ends dependence on American dry docksChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)45:54Auckland's Calliope Dock reflects steam-era support demandsChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)54:54Infrastructure as long-term naval strategyChapter
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...30:23Why more design time would not simply turn Iowa into AlaskaQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...57:54How a larger Bismarck would escape the BalticQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:08:43How British control of Panama could reshape Royal Navy designQ&A
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)48:09Floating docks and procurement oversightNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:37:55Churchill's dock programme and the infrastructure behind a fleetNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)3:50Infrastructure sets a navy's maritime reachChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)6:35A global dockyard network can still constrain ship sizeNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)8:36The 1909 dock table reveals class-by-class limitsNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)27:35Haulbowline expanded an island to build repair capacityNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)35:27Devonport's basins could not absorb rapid capital-ship growthChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)40:51Portsmouth's Tudor dock site still serves HMS M33Notable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)43:04Portsmouth modernized within a historic dockyard footprintNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)52:02Gibraltar's enlarged docks still limit modern carriersChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)55:45Global basing can support reach while capping ship sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:08:36HMS Incomparable would force a larger naval systemQ&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)3:48Dockyards as a limit on capital-ship designChapter
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:11:31A larger Royal Navy also needs larger graving docksQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"29:40The 1909 dockyard survey confronts growing warshipsChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"42:21Graving docks, floating docks, and ship liftsQ&A
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol1:03:47Paper fleets do not fight warsNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol1:05:53Railways as the foundation of Russian mobilizationNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."43:38Q&A: Could Port Arthur defend and repair its fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."50:00Merchant shipping, middle-class interests, and naval purposeQ&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."57:37Post-1905 growth could not erase Russia's infrastructure gapChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:11:19Q&A: When did Russia cease to field a competitive navy?Q&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:32:10Andrei Pervozvanny showed the cost of slow fitting outNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:18:32Imperator Nikolai I showed a maturing Russian battleship designChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:33:18Russia needed a state strategy, not a choice between army and navyChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:55:18Q&A: Why Arkhangelsk returned in poor conditionQ&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:57:24Q&A: Should Russia have favored submarines and destroyers?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:00:00What fleet might an independent India have needed?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:33:56Without treaties, infrastructure sets the battleship ceilingQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:08:45A carrier conversion would also require larger yards and basesQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol35:05Readiness was more than the number of shipsChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:02:20Concentrating British force after Cape FinisterreChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol31:42Bendemann's heavier guns reveal real fiscal optionsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...2:08:04Hood-sized limits in British yards and docksQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:34:35Every major navy entered the war with a different readiness gapQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/421:10Raeder’s political limits and unbuildable plansQ&A
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)57:19Japan's infrastructure limit and the fast scout-carrier alternativeChapter
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:07:43Naval treaties postponed Japan's infrastructure reckoningNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)44:38The infrastructure bill behind a Tillman battleshipQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different5:12Ark Royal emerged from a long procurement path and fixed dock limitsNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:26:16Sweden's Oden class and a recurring coastal-warship formNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:38:21Tryon as a possible First Sea Lord before FisherNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class39:55Dry-dock limits and the unfilled Narvik defence gapNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191125:41German turret choices and industrial capacityNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland52:50Why criticize the 1936 naval treaty but not earlier arms limits?Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class27:52Industrial capacity let Britain turn surplus guns into monitorsNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...30:37Peacetime deployments reveal wartime logistics weak pointsNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result14:40The 1889 fleet created capacity for a changing naval worldNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:23:55Did HMS Hood require new docks and deeper channels?Q&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?22:12Why the fuel pumping station matteredQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:40:03Mast timber, hull wood, and salt-water seasoningNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A59:19What practically limits the size of a warshipQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:11Reserve warships can use wet berthsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:45How large a Royal Navy ship could use the Caledonian Canal?Q&A
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video48:51Deterring Japan with the threat of blockadeChapter