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- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?0:10Dating the Mogami programme from 2015Chapter
- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?6:19Keeping extra weapons within the light-frigate missionNotable Point
- Japan's Mogami Class: The Ultimate Light Frigate Design?13:10Continuous shipbuilding and export demandNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live24:49What could lengthen a Type 31 Mark 41 refit?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live27:26Why repeated refits complicate a ship's internal arrangementsNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live33:37Sa'ar 6 missile counts: fitted equipment and proposed upgradesNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:05:39What specialist minesweepers add to converted trawlersQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:12:12Goalkeeper, Phalanx, and the cost of close defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:14:43Why France selected the Dunkerque designQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:30:35Why modern warships take longer to buildQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:45:06Rebuilding the interwar Dutch Navy around cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:52:47Could a European warship use only European systems?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:03:10Dutch ASW frigates and uncertain construction milestonesQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:05:20Type 31 production halls need a steady order bookQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:12:32Polish capital-ship ambitions after World War IQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:48:29Australian Perry upgrades and American fleet reductionsQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:03:37Faster Type 31 production needs an earlier follow-onQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:18:14Arrowhead as a US frigate candidateNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:33:21Bismarck's cost and continuity in shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:34:17Royal Navy shock testing: components, simulation and fleet sizeQ&A
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!0:00Why the frigate label covers radically different shipsChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!9:29Pacific distances make missile magazine depth a design problemNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!24:28Would calling battlecruisers frigates have persuaded Congress?Notable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!31:24Type 45 and the argument for a general-purpose missile batteryNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!33:26Arleigh Burke dominance and the burden of smaller allied fleetsNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!43:36New names and the proposed command-vessel successorNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!45:19Replacement indecision can erode the industry needed to build shipsNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!47:42NFR-90's cancellation left usable design workChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!53:50Horizon and FREMM show what multinational cooperation preservesChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!59:49LCS speed and competing designs weaken the economy argumentChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:01:43Unlimited requirements undermine an affordable frigateNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:04:45StanFlex and the risk of inventing ship and modules togetherNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:29:55An urgent German replacement schedule creates integration riskNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:32:00MEKO's scalable modularity could connect two programmesNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:38:42Type 83 and the consequences of an occupied shipyardNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:39:47Why Britain divided the Type 26 and Type 31 requirementsChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:41:23Follow-on frigates depend on a continuing production lineNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:41:59Japan's 13DDX as a possible American design starting pointNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:42:44More frigate orders need a credible production timetableNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:49:29Constellation and the pressure to reproduce a smaller BurkeChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:53:38Why requirements creep persists after a design should closeNotable Point
- South Korea's Chungnam Class Frigates: Aesthetics vs Missile Depth2:16Domestic shipbuilding with internationally sourced systemsNotable Point
- South Korea's Chungnam Class Frigates: Aesthetics vs Missile Depth3:38Why the VLS criticism looks back to decisions before 2022Notable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII7:00Shimushu's early origins and delayed constructionChapter
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII30:33More capable escorts arriving in 1943-45Notable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII35:05Available guns and the practical equipment of escortsNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII47:59Five-month Type C builds and the cost of ordering lateNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII49:30A counterfactual programme of convertible fishing boatsNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII54:20Type D's claimed successes, losses and late programmeNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII55:47Planned ships, completed ships and repeat frigate ordersNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII57:29Recognising the escort problem without solving it in timeNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII1:02:08Industrial standing and unused fishing-vessel conversionsNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII1:03:13Armed trawlers as useful additions to an escort groupNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII1:04:20Lasers, guns and the risk of waiting for a complete solutionNotable Point
- Kaibōkan: The Imperial Japanese Navy Corvettes of WWII1:05:25How a subsidised fishing fleet could prepare escort conversionsNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:44Why museum Fletchers cannot fill a frigate shortageNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:54Future Royal Navy guns without a 76 mm optionQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:48Fewer hulls can mean more ships availableNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:16Frigate delays and the cost of interrupted shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:43Destroyer replacement schedules and life-extension riskNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:07A hypothetical CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth air groupQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:58Who would pay for a carrier-capable Tempest?Q&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:33Interpreting Super Hornet ski-jump demonstrationsNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:44More frigates require a delivery and funding planQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:35Would a modernised Fletcher still be a Fletcher?Q&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:01A shared vertical launcher for Sea Dart and Sea WolfQ&A
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?0:40Why successful destroyers invite larger designsChapter
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?5:59Fisher's speed demands meet Watts's design disciplineNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?8:02How future contracts gave Watts leverage over design deadlinesNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?11:33Swift's trials expose the cost of extreme speedNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?15:17Arthur Wilson's doubts about an expensive leaderNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?19:39The choice of comparison changes Swift's valueNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?31:38How Argentina's orders supplied several European naviesNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?41:07Useful leaders and short postwar service livesNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?45:14New duties require more than an extra weapon mountNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?52:12Late-war cancellations and the value of adaptable hullsNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats1:01Gowind price examples and the currency caveatNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats9:32Malaysia's Gowind choice and the FDI alternativeNotable Point
- The Gowind Class: Flexible Warships for Changing Threats10:56Available designs, operational needs and Malaysian delivery expectationsNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one1:08Quality had to include the ability to build enough shipsChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one3:07One Shimakaze could not cover a fleet's missionsNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one4:46Crimea, Ukraine and the time needed to expand forcesNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one5:47A powerful ship still occupies only one placeNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one8:19Shimakaze's construction time and replacement valueNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one11:14Yugumo as an incremental Kagero designChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one14:11Shipyard selection and unused Japanese capacityNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one16:00Yugumo losses, repeated demand and Yamato budget coverNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one26:24New guns consumed industrial capacity and logistical effortNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one27:57Akizuki orders and the gap between plans and completionsChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one29:57Akizuki construction times varied sharplyNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one34:14Treaty withdrawal and destroyer spending prioritiesNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one35:01Yamato secrecy and the limits of deterrenceNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one36:16Late escorts had little time to influence the warNotable Point
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one37:50Super-destroyer proposals and the cost of late ambitionChapter
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live15:39Frigate age, destroyer dry docks and interrupted replacement ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live50:30Uninterrupted construction of the later King George V battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live57:00Why two Royal Navy 30 mm gun systems overlapQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:06:20A $5 trillion US Navy: escorts, carriers and maritime logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:44:07What would a Royal Navy of 42 escorts require?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:48:06India's carrier choice: Gorshkov, Kitty Hawk, or domestic constructionQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:49:54Vikrant, Vikramaditya and the cost of changing carrier designsNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:08:46Comparing frigate and destroyer range across naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:36:36Thaon di Revel: patrol ships, light frigates and visible presenceQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:50:54Could Canada afford a large aircraft carrier?Notable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:52:12HMS Protector and the cost of a hard polar service lifeQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:56:51Why five Type 31s, and what happened to the follow-on plan?Q&A
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance0:00Why China's frigates prioritize ASW and presenceChapter
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance3:09Pakistan's frigates and the Chinese equipment ecosystemNotable Point
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance4:09Long production runs and lower frigate costsChapter
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...9:04Why range can force the redesign of a frigateNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...16:22Rebuilding shipbuilding skill through achievable designsNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...40:58Deleting fuel tanks changes the strategy a ship can supportNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate2:27Project 17B and preferred VLS capacityNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate4:09A case for three OTO Melara 76 mm gunsNotable Point
- Nilgiri Class... A Great Indian Frigate4:49A proposed minimum of 16 BrahMos and 48 Barak missilesNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:20Twin naval guns, recoil and wartime firepowerQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:11Z51 diesel engines and earlier design choicesQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:34Continuous warship production, costs and skilled employmentQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:22An analysis-led German naval traditionQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:44Why F128 was not recommended as Belgium's immediate alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:58Which Lion design matters most: one completed in timeQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:58Type 23 frigates as the Royal Navy's Burke-era comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:31Winning parliamentary support for naval fundingQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:48Which American ship design would be enlarged next?Q&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:00Political influence inside a warship design committeeQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:16Why Britain might tolerate Germany buying old dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:22Which countries are expanding their forces convincingly?Q&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:37Indonesia's submarine choice and its relationship with South KoreaQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:36A German-Dutch air-defence frigate and the uncertainty of its designationQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:28Building a house and building a warship: imperfect informationQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:59Canada's continental-defence corvette: range, armament and an ice-rated hullQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:13A 200-boat German programme and Type 143A shipyard throughputQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:54MAN's proposed engine improvements for the Deutschland classQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:00Nuclear-warship construction and the small pool of buildersQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:49Henderson's personal networks and the politics of naval constructionNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?3:48Concentrating German engine development on dieselsChapter
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?24:53A separate fuel priority as political bargaining powerNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?31:50More usable capital ships or the largest battleship?Notable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?43:59Bismarck's complexity and the case for more hullsNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?49:23Matching warship procurement to national needsNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?53:14British construction priorities under a stronger German threatNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:44Why frigate procurement announcements age quicklyNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)5:39ASWF costs and the price of a short production runChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)8:17Engineering improvements and governments' willingness to payNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)13:15ASWF delivery dates and programme maturityNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)14:16ASWF export suitability and US modification riskNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)15:38F110: separating the first five ships from later proposalsChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)18:04Questioning reported speed losses in enlarged F110sNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)19:36Spanish design continuity and comparisons of frigate costChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)26:02Why Naval Strike Missile keeps appearing in new frigatesNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)28:25Navantia as the integrator of the F110 programmeChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)34:44Pohjanmaa programme costs and procurement caveatsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)50:37Frigate procurement and the confidence behind deterrenceChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)55:08Growth margin across a warship's service lifeNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:06:58Malaysia's Gowind choice and the value of a design available to buildChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:12:35Mediterranean and North Atlantic patrol requirementsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:16:26A common European ship identity and competing national needsNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:18:33EPC construction milestones and the risk of delayNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:20:15Why sophisticated systems are the focus of joint procurementNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:21:30FF(X), naval presence, and the lessons of LCS and ConstellationChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:37:49Asahi-class escorts and the case for looking at 13DDXChapter
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:41:17US Navy institutional habits and access to fundingNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:48:02Fleet concepts and the financial case for medium escortsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:35Why British destroyer orders differed from Clemson and WickesChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...3:15Britain's pre-war destroyer depth and wartime adaptationChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...4:45William Sims and wartime destroyer design learningNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...9:45Talisman-class Ottoman orders enter British serviceChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...10:49Shipbuilding scale, exports and wartime requisitionNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...12:40Medea-class Greek orders and small flotilla groupsChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...13:36Turbulent at Jutland and requisitioned destroyer designsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...17:28Reserve strength buys time to improve wartime designsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...42:04S-class ships as late-war strength and a later reserveNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...49:07Building destroyers before the postwar budget contractionNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...51:10V and W survivors and the forty cancelled shipsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...59:53Cancelled orders and the Scrap Iron FlotillaNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:05:33Shakespeare-class power and enduranceNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:14:37What if the cancelled destroyers had been completed?Notable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live20:12Royal Navy admirals and the loss of the Third Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live30:11A San Antonio missile escort and drone mother shipQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live31:13Zumwalt and the Christmas-tree procurement problemNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:13:10Queen Mary and rising battlecruiser costsNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:13:24How Commonwealth navies ordered interwar shipsQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:26:30A Third Sea Lord responsible for deliveryQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:47:00Deferred secondary guns and promised lasersNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:49:38Oto Melara's 127 mm and 76 mm gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:07:25The defence budget and project prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:46:11Inherited institutions and naval procurementNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?28:38A rough three-month delay for the Tiger-based designChapter
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:05:38Making the German naval race financially unsustainableNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:07:04American standard battleships facing a faster opponentChapter
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:09:36A speculative building pause and delayed First World WarNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:11:46Keeping Agincourt within the fast Queen Elizabeth designNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:12:21A cheaper R class that preserves speedChapter
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:20:30Fast battleships weaken the case for battlecruiser successorsNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:24:25Would Amagi and Lexington still be battlecruisers?Notable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?0:00What would delaying the Washington Treaty until 1927 change?Q&A
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?9:38Budget surpluses and the promise of a land fit for heroesChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?15:32Peace promises and a pause to absorb wartime lessonsChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?34:36New capital ships accelerate retirement of older vesselsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?35:15Warship orders spread work across the economyNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?36:55Successor construction and pressure for 18-inch gunsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?48:15Carrier funding still depends on sea trade and politicsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?51:38Why Italy might finish Francesco Caracciolo shipsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?54:25Destroyer authorisation is separate from fundingNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:07:11Coolidge, naval aviation and warships as industrial ordersNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:11:29Ship orders generate tax receipts and protect employmentNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:18:19A decade of continuous construction in improving pairsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:20:30Continuous building leaves more room to experiment with layoutsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:28:17Wealth and industrial potential take time to become capabilityNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings0:19Delayed funding and the rapid construction of USS NicholasChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings7:03An authorization backlog did not immediately produce shipsNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings33:27A fourth twin mount would change the Sumner's compromisesNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...10:29Expanding an existing destroyer design for wartime productionChapter
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:25Larger Type 45 and Type 26 designs under fixed ship numbersQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:12CCV, Type 32 and the future air-defence destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:57Arrowhead hull size and the cost of new building jigsNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:07The case against making Meteor an anti-ship missileNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:47What larger Type 45 and Type 26 variants would addQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:52A Flight 4 Burke with room for a larger shipQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:04Why an Astute submarine took 13 years to buildQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:13Type 23 hull options and cuts to the building programmeQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:50How a larger Type 45 order changes average costNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:55A possible 2030s return for Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:00Dutch and Belgian ASWF requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:52How many ship-design options did the Royal Navy consider?Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:24Why secondhand Burkes would be a poor Royal Navy fitQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:28Why capable uncrewed aircraft are expensiveNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:26Missile diversity complicates enemy countermeasuresNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:23South Africa's navy and shipping diverted around the CapeQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:30The cost of a convincing full-size warship decoyNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:17MEKO 100 and a River-class replacementQ&A
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program15:23Designing for a mission or matching another navyNotable Point
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program21:17What foreign destroyer studies offered JapanNotable Point
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program34:16More fuel or more destroyers?Notable Point
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program1:24:45Foreign competition and Japan's destroyer requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:01:50FFG(X): anti-submarine design and shipyard partnershipsQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:32:01German and American fleet imbalances before the First World WarQ&A
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:26:22Possible German responses to a failed surface raidChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam7:25Pakistan's Type 054 purchase and the Chinese equipment ecosystemNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam1:09:00Planning a frigate for conflicts its navy hopes to avoidNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam1:15:58Tamandare's missile capacity and future growthNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam1:26:43Checking warship claims across reports and languagesNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam1:32:45Domestic shipbuilding and joint frigate programsQ&A
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow 2: T54, Istanbul & Gorshkov vs Thaon di Revel, Tamandare & Chungnam1:34:21Could frigate fleets grow again?Q&A
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?18:38Fleet building takes longer than a signalNotable Point
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?0:00Forensic engineering as a way to read warship designChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?2:11What the unbuilt successor reveals about Italian prioritiesChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?12:39Cruiser priority and the destroyer construction gapChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?14:20Cruiser tonnage versus destroyer numbersNotable Point
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?20:16Public pronouncements versus design intentChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?44:53How to analyse a warship designNotable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:58What continued Halifax-class production might have changedQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:46What UK breakup might mean for Royal Navy ordersQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:39Why Australia kept its County-class cruisersQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:08:47Saltburn's radar trials and an earlier fleet rolloutNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:16:12Why automatic 6-inch guns disappointed in air defenceNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:33:54What limits the number of missile engagements a ship can support?Q&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:35:48Could a very large missile ship justify its conversion cost?Q&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:57:18Judging the scale of hybrid-navy investmentNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:58:09Why Royal Navy gun standardisation kept restartingQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:23:12Frigate and destroyer expectations in Type 45 planningNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:25:34Type 23 missile capacity and the reloading problemNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:56:52British bureaucratic inheritance and Commonwealth procurementNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:02:07Admiral King confronts slow shipbuildingQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:11:16Air-defence supplier diversity and fleet demandQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:13:59Arsenal ships and the cost of filling launchersNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:15:33Drone capability growth and rising costsNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:17:31Mark 57 size and a small customer baseNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:25:3276 mm and 40 mm guns for interlocking defenceQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:31:38Twin gun mounts, recoil and fundingNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:32:58High-end air defence and neglected cheap threatsQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live36:42A multinational light-carrier programme and production scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live43:51How naval orders could encourage the tinned-meat industryQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:00:08Italian infrastructure and German design complexityQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:23:53What would get the Minotaur, Neptune and Tiger cruisers built?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:27:57Tracing the long development of the Halifax-class frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:08:50British escort orders and gaps in shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:09:30Nuclear strike cruisers as carrier escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:10:59The larger Queen Elizabeth carrier alternativeNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:13:26Criticism of India's ex-Baku carrier reconstructionNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:14:19Alternatives to rebuilding India's ex-Baku carrierQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:15:40Submarine dock capacity and fragmented Astute constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:59:00Future amphibious transport ships and an earlier five-deck ambitionQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:15:51Could a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier become a dedicated commando ship?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:18:57Securing funding before choosing naval innovationsNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:04CVA-01 cancellation and the advice reaching ministersNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?9:52Why Britain still needed the Invincible classNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?19:01Why Australia and Canada needed more aviation capacityNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?28:17Sea Harrier capability within procurement constraintsNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:08:09Eight carriers change Sea Harrier productionNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:16:25Why larger carriers might not prevent the Falklands WarNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:23:42The infrastructure cost of CATOBAR independenceChapter
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:26:49Joint procurement and carriers for the F-35BChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous29:31Why professional authority does not settle procurement questionsNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous53:01The 1939 shipbuilding pause and its competing prioritiesChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous55:51Scharnhorst and Gneisenau: a classification change without a proven orderNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous58:14How much earlier could the new capital ships have arrived?Notable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:11:10Earlier battleships and a different Denmark Strait engagementNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:31:36F3 battlecruisers and the cancelled American capital shipsQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:42:17Would avoiding the pause have brought the Malta carriers closer to completion?Q&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous2:20:38Force Z and the accumulated consequences of earlier decisionsNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers0:00How the World War I destroyer surplus hid an aging forceChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers4:59The Oliver Hazard Perry comparison warns against ending productionNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers8:52Appropriations favored prestige ships over fleet escortsChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers27:22Porter machinery reduced the risk of an expensive restartNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers35:56The 1922 appropriation built naval aviation while destroyer work stoppedChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers46:59The First Cruiser Act modernized presence ships and omitted destroyersChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:14:37The interwar lesson applied to modern US frigate designNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:21:29The Second Cruiser Act enlarged the fleet and left the destroyer gapChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:46:25The National Industrial Recovery Act funded a chain of destroyer experimentsNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:56:01The Vinson-Trammell Act finally authorized treaty-strength replacementChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:09:36The 1937 auxiliary act ordered one ship of each needed support typeChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:23:53The Naval Act of 1938 authorized more than industry could deliver quicklyChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:27:33Fletcher production exposed the five-year destroyer backlogChapter
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:34:42The 1939 appropriation met a workforce ceilingNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers2:36:58What four destroyers in each appropriation might have changedNotable Point
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class12:37Why the historical Alaskas arrived too lateChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class18:54The cost of a bespoke large cruiserChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class21:28When a separate ship type justifies its production costsNotable Point
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class39:52How other naval programmes might reactChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs4:06Type 26 as a specialist submarine hunterChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs5:09Why does a specialist ASW frigate cost so much?Q&A
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs14:46FREMM modularity and the Constellation redesign problemChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs19:24Why FREMM attracted so many national variantsChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs46:41Upgraded Mogami missile capacity and Australian choicesChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs58:49How stop-start orders slow British frigate productionChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs1:10:13FDI gun fits, order totals, and French program costChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs1:12:25FDI as a Baltic principal combatant and export demonstratorChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live40:54Why the first HMS Africa lasted only thirteen yearsChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live53:44HMS Africa on the eve of HMS DreadnoughtChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:06:29Why fleets need tailored forcesNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:44:32One cruiser design, two propulsion plantsNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:56:07Why a new warship looks expensive beside a BurkeNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:12:36Could the large Aegis cruiser still be in production?Q&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:18:23What Type 94 testing says about the CCV programQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:33:46Would Long Beach-sized Aegis cruisers still be in service?Q&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live34:15Foreign frigate construction for the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:03:17How many VLS cells the CCV needsQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:55:49Why an alternate Canada might reject a ship offerQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:56:57Stratus and Royal Navy missile commonalityQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:46:03Converting battlecruisers into fast troop transportsQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:03:53Australia's Spruance-class idea remained a paper optionQ&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars2:31Why Britain could replace its V and W destroyers graduallyNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars8:01War emergency procurement for postwar austerityChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars56:20Adaptable hulls and long-term procurementNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars59:49US destroyer funding and changing requirementsNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)33:44A-150 construction competes with cruisers and fleet balanceNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)40:08Soviet rearmament with more time and foreign purchasesChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)55:55Did pressure for Hunt orders undermine design checks?Notable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:35:06British corvette contracts could encourage Canadian crewsNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:39:39Why might Australia prefer a Vanguard-type ship?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:17:24Would thirty destroyers support a much larger German fleet?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:32:54A Pacific-first war could preserve capital-ship constructionNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:05:07Why would Britain continue with the larger Implacable design?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:16:35When might Britain begin a light fleet carrier programme?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:17:03Guided weapons still compete with conventional fleetsQ&A
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?0:00Why France bought destroyers from JapanChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?5:46France's prewar destroyers and the unfinished third shipChapter
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?7:28The nine M89 destroyers France could not buildNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?12:05From Argentina's Mendoza class to France's Aventurier classNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?23:04The limits of importing an allied destroyer designNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?31:42Why did France order only 12 Japanese destroyers?Notable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...12:17The A-class as industrial researchChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...17:36Exercises helped define what the new destroyers should doNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...21:51Albacore: altered speed figures and survival after a mineNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...47:29HMS Swift, an expensive destroyer-leader experimentChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...52:27Beagle-class economy and a firmer specificationChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...55:21Two signatures controlled acceptance of a destroyerNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:04:03Thornycroft hull shaping saved fuel but cost more to buildNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:15:07How destroyer turbine trials could benefit larger warshipsNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:19:39Prewar experiments fed the M-class production programmesNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:21:38What if HMS Swift had become the standard flotilla leader?Notable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:42Why Germany changed course on its frigate orderQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:37What navies lost by outsourcing warship designQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:40Why navies buy auxiliary ships from foreign yardsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:14Discussion of a fifth US public naval shipyardQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:44EMALS maturity, maintenance, and supplier pressureNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:16When offering cuts created a naval cutQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:38British ground air defence and a shared Aster missile poolNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:59British defence commitments and false economiesQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:31Steam catapults as industrial insurance against EMALSQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:09Why some Asian frigates carry only sixteen VLS cellsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:35How a gun-heavy cruiser might fare in CongressQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:28Why the US Navy keeps failing to build a new cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:08Why later Type 45s might have used an Italian 5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:46Why CCV savings were impossible to estimateQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:01Who decides when China's fleet is large enoughQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:25Postwar funding and Vanguard-style bows for Anson and HoweQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:55How truncated warship runs inflate unit costsNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:30What the hybrid navy budget may actually fundQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:36The simplest way to reduce British warship costsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:01What anti-ship weapon may reach British F-35BsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:18Large uncrewed vessel studies without funded ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:27When procurement analysis substitutes for funded choicesQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:16How mature large uncrewed surface-vessel programs really areNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:52Why allied shipbuilding cannot expand quicklyNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live19:05How a two-carrier limit encouraged larger shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live41:20Why the CCV and T9X delivery timetable raises doubtsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:20:00Portugal's frigate replacement and availability problemQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:24:27FREMM variants and the extent of Constellation's redesignNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:08:56India's iterative frigate-building strategyQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:21:41How underinvestment created Canada's replacement bow waveQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:40:59Four Indian carriers for two coasts, and the value of a fifthNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:15:35Mass-production ship orders and an Azur Lane comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:32:01Why early battlecruisers displaced an intermediate cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:33:21Warspite and Tiger: battleship and battlecruiser costsNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:37:14Why shipboard electronics cost more than consumer hardwareNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:38:55What a modern mass-escort programme might buildQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:39:41Nuclear warships require industrial capacity beyond the hullQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:57:34If the Zumwalt programme had continuedQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:10:51Why NATO does not need one standard surface combatantQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:21:19What Canada could gain from a future UK air-defence programmeQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:49:30Why uncrewed vessels intended for LCS lost supportQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?18:53A proposal for hospital ships based on British amphibious hullsNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?36:31Mine countermeasures need hulls as well as technologyNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?41:30Did wars-of-choice thinking begin after the Cold War?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:17:19Japanese, Chinese, and US shipbuilding approachesQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:17:28How political ideology enters warship designNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:21:43Why do large navies underinvest in hospital ships?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:26:22Russian patrol vessels in the export marketQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:31:39Warship concepts are not yet procurementNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:59:56How repeated visits could support a joint destroyer programmeNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:02:34Shared hulls and national weapon fitsQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:25:53Visby corvettes and Sweden's turn to frigatesChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:38:40British procurement and diplomatic presenceChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:39:05Research spending and delayed British equipment ordersNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:51:18What might replace a Royal Yacht?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?3:05:43Could Britain and Sweden share a Type 83 program?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?3:05:56Why has British defense underinvestment not become a scandal?Q&A
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?0:00Why naval plans depend on the state and industrial baseNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?25:20What turns a warship announcement into a construction programmeNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?28:54Why national prestige may revive a status-ship programmeNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?29:50Why the larger Gorshkov may delay the LiderChapter
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?33:06Gorshkov and Lider replace different parts of Russia's fleetNotable Point
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?41:33Experienced project leaders are the human bottleneckChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia0:00Reading Swedish strategy through warship designChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia27:19Deterrence, presence, and layered force designChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia38:55Luleå-class frigates and Baltic sea controlChapter
- Swedish Destroyers of the Cold War and Beyond: Balancing the Soviet Union & Russia43:33A speculative modern Halland as an all-arms flagshipNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...9:03The Type 1936A response repeated earlier choicesChapter
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...16:40Type 1936C showed how late German destroyer recovery had becomeNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...35:01Plan Z escorts were a missed small-cruiser opportunityChapter
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...38:18Project J was fast enough for the capital ships it would escortNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...41:13The 1938 projects pursued refinement instead of availabilityNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...46:54The 1945 project finally reflected the destroyer lessonsChapter
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...49:56Germany could not match Allied quantity, so timing and quality matteredNotable Point
- Nazi Destroyers of WWII: Failing to Learn, Failing to Build, Failing to Deliver...54:19A thousand Type XXI boats in 1939 would still need basesNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 241:42Possible international partners for Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 29:28Naming a future US capital-ship classQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:31:31What the Revenge-class preliminary designs traded awayQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:01:36Should Canada join Type 83 or a US nuclear cruiser program?Q&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:58:12When revived warship names signal mobilisationQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 23:00:35The US Navy's NFR-90 frigate planQ&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)0:00Can navies standardize too much?Q&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)49:17Could naval treaties have lasted as building limits?Q&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:13:46Fleet-wide treaty tonnage constrained cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:19:17Why a land missile may not become a naval weaponQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:24:21Magazine depth is a recurring lesson of modern warQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:25:09A hypothetical Type 45 with deeper missile magazinesNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:36:13Separate treaty allowances could have changed carrier fleetsQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:38:19Electromagnetic catapults and the cost of reverting to steamQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:40:21Briefings, cabinet time and defence technology decisionsNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:53:23Slow carrier construction also slows technical learningNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:16:43Presidential carrier names and congressional fundingQ&A
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s3:26Palestro, Curtatone, and Generali in postwar serviceChapter
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s15:51Sella, Sauro, and Turbine under fiscal pressureChapter
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s18:32Italy's First World War position and postwar procurementNotable Point
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s59:17Destroyer quality and procurement affordabilityNotable Point
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s1:03:44Soldati production, attrition, and competing constructionChapter
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:45Royal Fleet Auxiliary investment and amphibious shippingQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:09Canada's submarine choice and confidence in the Type 212Q&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:11Why Town-class cruisers were not simply turned into carriersQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:42Could later Type 42 batches arrive before the Falklands?Q&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:23Could British submarines carry Tomahawk in time for 1982?Q&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:36Trump-class naming and fleet requirements across administrationsQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:16The Daniels programme in a Europe without warQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:04Rumsfeld-era procurement and Beatty's command rolesQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:22Reusable oceanic USVs have different costs from expendable dronesNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:44The uncertainty behind ten-year defence commitmentsQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:03A hypothetical Nakhimov and Type 055 group off BritainQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:50How to protect naval procurement across governmentsQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:38Why Anglo-Dutch amphibious-ship armament remains uncertainQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:34Why sixty Arrowhead 140 frigates are not cheapQ&A
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?0:24What would let Australia and New Zealand survive Washington?Q&A
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?4:53Canada's stop-start fleet policy slows the 1909 schemeNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?6:42Lord Dudley drives Australia's rapid naval procurementNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?11:11Dudley's political weakness makes a procurement delay plausibleNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?20:37Delay the orders and build 15-inch-gun TigersChapter
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)33:23Britain had already won the quantitative naval raceNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)49:40Why Vickers' Japanese interests affected contract biddingQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:02:30Salamis and the opportunity to inspect German shipbuildingNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:13:01Why Brazil might keep buying ships during an economic downturnQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:15:19Could a fast battleship with nine 16-inch guns appear by 1920?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:09:08The US Navy's 21-knot battle-line trapChapter
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:31:26Why naval control accelerates carrier aviationNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:39:27The Royal Navy already had the largest submarine forceNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:46:23Germany trades numbers for a few fast heavy shipsChapter
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:20:18Would the United States still build Lexington battlecruisers?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:21:27Could American battlecruisers reuse guns from the standards?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:21:53Why rebuilding the US standards may not payQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:32:31How hindsight changes the reputation of Japan's 1914 naval scandalQ&A
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI6:36Isokaze-class escorts for the Eight-Eight FleetChapter
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI8:29Isokaze gains fighting power with relatively few extra crewNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:00Four capital ships a year and the economics of continuous constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:30Why headline prices obscure naval procurement costsNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:00Spain's Oquendo-class destroyers and delayed constructionQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:39Type 91 vessels as Type 45 force multipliersQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:43Future destroyers, gun mixes, and LUSVsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:30Who actually shapes British defence procurementQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:48A Zumwalt-hull route to the US Navy's DDG(X)Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:51Belgian and Dutch frigate-program tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:44Defiant before a British F-35 amphibious shipQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:31What would bring twin-gun mounts back to destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:39How to expand Royal Navy shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:43Why France's FDI is unlikely to solve US frigate problemsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:06Canadian submarine choice and AUKUS limitsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:47Could new Canadian SSKs bridge the wait for nuclear submarines?Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:47What immediate 3.5 percent defence spending would changeQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:11The case for more 76 mm guns on surface combatantsQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today13:32National priorities shape early destroyer designNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:13:39Post-Cold War destroyer progress stallsNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age41:56Continuous shipbuilding lets Italy adapt through procurementNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age52:25Why future parliaments weaken long-term defence promisesNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:01Near-term spending is the useful test for the planNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?10:31Delayed projects reflect underfunding and political scope creepNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?20:08Funding sources expose the plan's procurement assumptionsChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?25:29Hybrid Navy ambitions are tested against their budgetNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?45:01Norwegian Type 26 frigates remain under national controlChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?52:38CCV, Type 32, and Type 83 are compared as programme signalsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:03:31Munitions spending and Type 45 air-defence upgrades are weighedChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:12:04Future cruise and anti-ship weapons still need a delivery timetableNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:25:29Procurement criteria omit strategic need and combat utilityNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:45:26An SSN-AUKUS ceiling leaves the actual order undefinedNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:50:34CCV orders are the likeliest bridge for Rosyth after Type 31Q&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:59:44A navalized Gripen nuclear role would require paid developmentQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:07:02Types 91 to 94 are ambitions without production-scale fundingChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:20:48The Gripen carrier argument rests on an undeveloped proposalNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:47:57Cancelling Type 83 does not necessarily end its sensor and missile workQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:59:04Uncrewed warships require costly control and survivability engineeringQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:59:53Larger general-purpose ships can be cheaper to maintain in serviceQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:13:43Minehunting support-vessel funding precedes actual ordersNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:26:18MRSS complexity leads back toward Dutch amphibious cooperationNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:47:46Limited consultation helps explain the plan's costing gapsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:50:13The Royal Navy need not become the Hybrid Navy's irreversible guinea pigQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:58:51The uncrewed-vessel allocation may barely cover designQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:37:03Wind-farm interference has been part of the radar-replacement discussion for yearsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?4:51:41British F-35 weapons plans depend on integration agreementsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:03:27Germany's frigate switch favors a design ready for productionQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:44:51Defence reform divides accountability among policy, armaments, military command, and the nuclear enterpriseChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:51:37A fixed fraud-recovery target needs an explanation of the expected lossesNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:53:06The plan's own caveat limits every programme promiseNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered4:04Why Farragut could not replace a destroyerNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered6:52Bainbridge-class variations complicate the first mass orderChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered9:23Nineteen battleships outpace sixteen early destroyersNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered13:56Four large torpedo boats leave the battle line top-heavyNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered26:35Fleet ratios expose the Paulding order's limitsNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered33:43Naval acts demand speed inside a fixed destroyer cost capNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered34:47Cassin begins the thousand-tonner lineNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered36:56Thousand-tonners lead from four-ship batches to 111 WickesChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered38:38Why two ships struggle to replace the rule of threeNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered42:03O'Brien-class war service meets a six-ship limitChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered43:30Capital-ship status outpaces the supporting fleetChapter
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered45:15Destroyer quality cannot erase a four-to-one gapNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:05Why procurement announcements need their supporting infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:19Service budgets, procurement authority, and long-term shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:50F126 cancellation and a Baltic-focused German fleetQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:50Defence Investment Plan gaps and the time needed to rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:56Type 83, Type 32, and the risks behind an Anglo-Dutch LHD planQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:46Export orders, active shipbuilding lines, and production slotsNotable 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...1:23:08What cancelling Type 83 would mean for destroyer developmentQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:24Why an Anglo-Dutch LHD would take five to ten yearsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:30The missing infrastructure behind an uncrewed fleetQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:05Eight extra Type 23 frigates and continuous shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:57What remains of the Royal Navy's naval architecture departmentQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:18Which British frigate program faces the greater cancellation risk?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:40Could Fisher have softened Dreadnought's disruptive effect?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:43Sea Lord responsibilities in Azur Lane's rigging problemQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:23An early DDG(X) programme and a larger Type 45 missile fitQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:56Reported Type 83 cancellation and the Common Combat Vessel proposalNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:34Why fleet recovery needs policy continuity beyond one Defence Investment PlanQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:23Election promises and the cost of cancelling defence programmesNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:14CVA-01's likely service life and replacementQ&A
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century0:00Continuous construction sustains Japan's destroyer fleetNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century7:00Kongo combines long-range air defence with fleet command facilitiesNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century14:58Takanami increases missile capacity with a common Mark 41 launcherChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century33:52Continuous construction enables iteration but can encourage complacencyNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:01:3413DDX could combine Asahi and Mogami ideas for a wider marketNotable Point
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:02:27Maya refines Japan's Aegis destroyers but leaves little maintenance marginChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century1:05:29Mogami adds wartime escort mass and deeper VLS magazinesChapter
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:29Carrier defense depends on mobility, stockpiles, and layersQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:11Defence ambitions have to match the money providedQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:39Fleet Air Arm control and the argument over engine developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:41Turning a merchant ship into a peer warship means rebuilding itQ&A
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?32:07A 15-inch standardization bargain changes the treaty pathChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?54:24Treaty tonnage could produce three or four F3-style capital shipsChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...0:20Design studies versus ships the Royal Navy actually builtNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...2:50The Third Sea Lord tied procurement to one accountable officeNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...7:46NATO focus collides with a wider Royal Navy missionChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...12:42Rifles and warships could not share one procurement cycleNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...24:25How could the Navy fund missile research despite defence cuts?Q&A
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:00:29Falklands airborne early warning arrived late despite prewar developmentNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not11:16Five tests for a defence investment planChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not25:38Watchkeeper and the cost of procurement churnNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not39:27Type 31, Type 26, and AUKUS production linesChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not44:32Dry docks and auxiliaries as serious capabilityNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not45:52Floating dry docks need orders that British yards can justifyNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not58:38Capability criteria before platform detailQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:00:14A basic OPV needs an active production lineQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:15:47Why foreign orders may not sustain a floating-dock programmeQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:24:50Full-spectrum attacks punish single-threat procurementNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:34:13GCAP investment and industrial sovereigntyChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:37:08Joint programmes and accountable service procurementNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:46:52Layered air defence for British basesNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:48:16Gripen as a contingency for carrier aircraft shortagesQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:51:19Uncrewed boats remain testbeds for a crewed fleetNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:30:34How short-war nuclear assumptions cut conventional fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:07Munitions stockpiles expose procurement seriousnessQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:03Dry docks turn fleet numbers into usable shipsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:57Treaty-free navies would build their own Tiger Cub cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:06A 1970s Commonwealth battlecruiser would sell nuclear power and statusQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:17Admiral names help the Royal Navy make a case for naval powerQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:00New Zealand's frigate choice points toward MogamiQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:58Nuclear shipbuilding needs certified yards and specialist labourQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:43Fleet ambition ends where yards, money, and specialist labour run outQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:02Nuclear shipbuilding wages reflect scarce skills and civilian competitionNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:13Pre-1914 British yards competed by outscaling and underbidding rivalsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:08Russian fleet recovery begins with repeatable frigates and usable turbinesQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:52A continuing Canadian carrier arm would require a different navyQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:20Canada can judge conventional submarines by the capability package around themQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:00Commercial trawlers supported Irish fisheries patrolsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:44India's SMART missile shows the learning curve of indigenizationQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:59The dreadnought race was qualitative as well as Anglo-GermanQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:35Social-media speed clashes with procurement and diplomatic timeNotable Point
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:14Without the Spanish-American War, US naval growth likely continues with more cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:31"Built for but not with" works only if wartime upgrades actually arriveQ&A
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?6:25Shrinking fleets drive a capability-and-cost spiralNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?40:16Why reactivating retired Perrys cost too muchChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?56:53How a fleet gets trapped in a high-cost spiralQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?59:58Could NATO develop a shared modern frigate?Q&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:02:34Old hull refits versus a continuing Perry lineChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:03:37Why shipbuilding claims need yard evidenceNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:33:48Modernized Perrys as a frigate benchmarkChapter
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?1:47:10How a continuing Perry line changes ConstellationQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:08:13Why clear ownership matters in frigate requirementsQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:11:23How the Defence Investment Plan exposed a readiness gapQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:14:00The effect of cancelled Type 45 and Type 23 hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:35Testing threat claims against military procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:27Why another French transition class would not fix the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:29What successful naval technology transitions look likeQ&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?29:54Beatty and RAF control block an otherwise plausible carrier policyNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?45:24A cruiser-carrier programme keeps shipyards and Dominion procurement activeChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?1:08:38Employment politics can protect an interwar carrier programmeNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy49:05Why Katari wanted defence and finance inside naval planningNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?0:00MEKO plus StanFlex raises the problem of too much modularityNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?13:28Shared modular systems depend on companies learning from one anotherNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?21:17Export orders can keep a modular frigate line readyNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?22:26MEKO offers a general-purpose ship when requirements remain broadNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?26:37An early MEKO-StanFlex partnership could create shared module poolsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?28:22Common modules separate ship purchases from weapon purchasesNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?28:53A shared module market lowers entry costs for more naviesNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?33:04Modularity can spread through procurement politicsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?33:52Small navies gain an upgrade path without rebuilding patrol shipsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?41:18LCS shows how contractor coordination can undermine modular weaponsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?42:08Common modules require contracts that enforce compatibilityNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?43:38Moflex export success could pressure Britain to sustain its yardsNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?44:26Small fleets could buy light ships with credible growth potentialNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:27Constellation's off-the-shelf value problemChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?5:39Post-Cold War transformation and the move toward LCSChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?9:27LCS mission overload sets up the next frigate problemChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?12:14FFG(X)'s initial requirements and deferred growth optionsNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?14:40VLS and Aegis expectations raise frigate costNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?24:50The parent-design competition offered several kinds of risk reductionChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?52:01Why construction continues on the first two Constellation hullsNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?53:43Small-combatant numbers and a proposed baseline for the successor frigateChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:10:21Why Constellation invited comparisons with the BurkeNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:16:50An unstable procurement drumbeat erodes cost and yard confidenceChapter
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:19:45Why the first frigate carries design and tooling costsNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:26:03How equipment substitutions spread through a parent designNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:36:30Requirements control depends on someone empowered to say noNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:38:52An early Burke Flight III proposal and the sequencing of improvementsNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:40:05Why was the wider Constellation program cancelled?Q&A
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:44:03Design rights and the value of what a derivative retainsNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:46:01The case for buying a flotilla frigate in numbersNotable Point
- The Rise & Fall of the Constellation Class: What happened to the FFG-62 Program?1:47:44Could the US Navy preserve real parent-design commonality?Q&A
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...14:20Mission systems define the hull around themNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...33:02Sloops, frigates, and corvettes embodied different standardsNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...34:01Uncrewed warships need trials before wartime trustNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...35:27Uncrewed escorts inherit small-escort logicNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet1:33Domestic design teams adapt foreign systems to Korean needsNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet6:09Internal consensus may explain steady Korean naval procurementNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet11:28Hyundai and Hanwha anchor KDX constructionChapter
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet15:34Cancelled variants and long gaps interrupt KDX developmentNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet19:03Commercial shipbuilding sustains KDX skills between naval batchesNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet21:41Multiple suppliers build Korean systems-integration skillNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet30:52A late KDX-II upgrade points to roughly forty years of serviceNotable Point
- Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet34:19Sejong the Great scales up the Burke-shaped destroyer ideaNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI16:36Balancing production numbers and destroyer qualityNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI27:52G96 and the late-war peak of the large torpedo boatChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI47:32Redesign the boats under real German constraintsNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:44Why a larger Type 83 hull need not drive the whole ship's costNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:41Arleigh Burke success and USN procurementQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:35Limits of post-Civil War Italo-Spanish naval cooperationQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:14European VLS and Sylver adoption limitsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:41VLS supply reliability and industrial sovereigntyNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:53Specialist versus general-purpose frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:06Contracted cable work and sovereign repair capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:54Why the French FDI frigate can make sense for SwedenQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:48Why escort refueling cannot replace a fleet-oiler programNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:24Escaping the Arleigh Burke procurement benchmarkNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:06Why contemporary US warships carry limited VLS magazinesQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:54Supercarriers versus sea-control shipsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:43Why prevention earns little procurement creditNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:38Technical possibility versus value in a Type 45 ExLS refitQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...1:53Build quality and class variationChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...4:28Fixed versus moving shock trialsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...16:32Type 23 life extension and the frigate gapNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...19:27Speed trials and commissioning politicsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...43:49Test infrastructure, class size, and readinessNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...53:53Full-ship shock trials expose structural weak pointsChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...55:36Computer shock models need physical trial dataNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)3:47Why the program starts with four, two, and twoChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)9:19CVA-01 leaves a carrier-policy gapChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)20:56Sea Wolf upgrades advance at the rate funding allowsNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)30:52Procurement restraint disguises fixed-wing potentialNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)35:15Australia and Canada need different carrier argumentsNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)42:14Sea Harrier logic makes the hull and mission growNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)57:39Was there an Iranian order for three Invincibles?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)58:32Would India or Iran join the enlarged Invincible program?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:01:38Could Eurofighter become a V/STOL naval aircraft?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:07:06Would the US Navy adopt an Invincible as a Sea Control Ship?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:09:53Was an Invincible-derived strike cruiser likely?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:10:34How should a navy make the political case for a carrier?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:14:58Will Britain return to catapult carriers?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:30:18Sea King AEW wins the procurement argumentNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:31:30Why choose Sea Wolf's six-round launcher?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:39:07Why favour Sea King AEW if Dynavert could carry Searchwater?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:40:06Eight carriers reshape the Harrier production ecosystemChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:08:01Would Canada add the CL-84 Dynavert to the carrier program?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:08:49Why did Royal Navy ships use Exocet and Harpoon?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:09:04Would wider Sea Eagle use displace Exocet and Harpoon?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:09:45Would Sea Wolf integration fix Sea Dart's land-clutter weakness?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:19:33What would escort Canadian Invincibles?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:22:34Was the CL-84 too small for the proposed carrier role?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:23:17Would Australia build its Sea Harriers locally?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:24:17Would the Commonwealth develop a fixed-wing V/STOL AEW aircraft?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:25:05Would Canada's two carriers still be serving today?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:25:27Would France replace its carrier plans with Invincible?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:29:13Would Type 42 and Type 22 start with Batch 3 improvements?Q&A
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI7:07The Arquebuse program creates a two-coast destroyer forceNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI11:15Industrial specialization constrains French destroyer growthNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI20:29Infrastructure limits procurement doctrineNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI45:07The final prewar classes gain range and carry larger crewsChapter
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI49:43The M89 fleet destroyer remains unrealizedNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI53:24Larger destroyers compete with the need for more hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:04Exquisite weapons, fleet numbers, and layered defenceQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:29Rebuilding the Royal Navy to Cold War sizeQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:35Refit scope and responsibility for remaining defectsNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:16Shipyard automation and order stabilityQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:16Modern warship command preferencesQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:03Type 31's Danish ancestry and StanFlex adoptionQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:46Sea-based AA forts and layered air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:29Why imperfect defences still belong in a layered systemNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:06Reserve crews for laid-up shipsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:13The panel's interpretation of the BBGN labelNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:47Why the RFA converted only one ArgusQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:18How larger orders reduce warship unit costNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:50Why a single European NATO navy would struggleQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:06How Congress could reshape a proposed BBGNQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:33Why an allied NSM opening may not speed British ordersQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:08If Japan had revealed the Yamato classQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:23A stretched Lion as a hypothetical answer to YamatoNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?0:22Historical auxiliary warships depended on weapon stockpilesNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?7:07A larger gun does not turn a River into a frigateNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?22:06Why keep the newest Irish patrol ship in reserve?Notable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?36:47An OPV design can support wartime constructionNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?41:22Legend-class conversion can approach a new buildNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?44:24Shipyard workforce is the slowest capacity to rebuildChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?56:31OPV design needs an affordable margin for dangerNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?1:01:22The case for a 76 mm gun on smaller warshipsNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century2:21The persuasive style behind Japanese naval procurementNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century4:37Why Japanese naval ideas can mature after their sponsor leavesNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century44:35Compromise leadership and usable capabilityNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:08Thirty-year plan as a shipyard signalChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...13:14Nuclear shipyard capacity comes before nuclear fleet growthNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...20:13Planned orders and the shipyard workforce gapChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...25:02Dedicated SSGNs for concentrated conventional strikeNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...26:06Why criticize a fleet plan for outlasting one presidency?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...31:39The surface-combatant retirement bow wave arrives before replacement growthNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...48:29Golden Fleet high-low procurement logicNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...51:44Hedge strategy and balanced fleet designNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:01:21Amphibious force recapitalizationChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:14:49Battle-force shortfall and acquisition riskNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:20:51Shipbuilding economies of scale depend on actual order volumesNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:51:24FY2027 requests and the wider procurement totalNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:15:42Submarine budgets and the cost of a quiet deterrentNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:31:29Japanese destroyers illustrate the cost of improving each shipNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:44:43The frigate becomes the low-end anchor and uncrewed-force coordinatorChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:51:10Columbia construction and the submarine industrial baseChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...2:55:23Post-Cold War expectations and procurement urgencyNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:07:37Carriers and amphibious shipbuilding detailsChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:30:01Oiler block buys and predictable shipyard workChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:01:41A thirty-year plan needs political and institutional durabilityNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:26:59Is the battleship partly a vehicle for shipyard investment?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:32:14Why might battleships initially cost more than carriers?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:36:15What historical procurement failure does the LCS resemble?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:45:20Will the Navy build both the battleship and DDG(X)?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:52:07Is the medium landing ship an affordable option for other navies?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:14:14Are Constellation frigates included in the plan's totals?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:17:29How many surface-combatant types should the Navy keep?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:20:23Why does the plan buy one carrier every four years?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:29Torpedo reliability as a testing lessonQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:12Zumwalt, cruiser politics, and Burke procurement inertiaQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:02The larger Flight III destroyer leader recalled from the 1980sNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:42Why very different Burke flights keep one class nameQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:01How larger main guns could make room for 3-inch weaponsNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:11Horizon air-warfare replacement and missile sovereigntyQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:14A more conventional Zumwalt with mixed VLS batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:45The cost argument against a 16.5-inch Colorado reboreQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:46Could Japan afford a fleet without the Washington treaty?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:06Type 26 exports and a possible larger second batchQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:11Likely Baltic buyers for Swedish fire-support shipsQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:39Treasury power over British defence procurementQ&A
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?0:00A possible century of Arleigh Burke influenceChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?5:45A proven Burke hull reaches its design limitsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?19:04Flight II offers evolution more than transformationNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?28:43Why AESA radar needs more than a new antennaNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?33:04Flight IIA brings the practical upgradeChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?43:43Zumwalt becomes a Christmas-tree programNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?46:36A shrinking Zumwalt production run magnifies program costNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?49:29Different destroyer roles complicate the Burke comparisonChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?51:30A proposed Zumwalt alternative with familiar weapons and more aviationNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?54:41Gloire and Warrior as an analogy for accepting a new warshipNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?57:33Flight IIA restart chooses reliabilityNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:04:45Useful Burke retrofits meet a structural limitNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:13:18DDG(X) and the new-hull dilemmaChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:21:25The Flight IIA technology insert bridges toward Flight IIINotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:23:47Construction dates reveal the long transition between Burke flightsNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:26:19Flight III takes on cruiser duties without the old 122-cell expansionChapter
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:31:25Frigate requirements must escape the Burke comparisonNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:33:18How a successor's classification affects its comparison with BurkeNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:36:31A Zumwalt Flight II would still need political touchstonesNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:41:28The replacement must balance novelty and continuityNotable Point
- Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?1:43:43Burke and Richardson warn against institutional complacencyNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)22:10Procurement shapes the fleet before warChapter
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)25:13Type 23 and Type 45 choices that removed fleet slackNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)30:00Keeping British armoured-vehicle production runningNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)31:00Electoral incentives and defence underfundingNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)37:06Third Sea Lords and procurement continuityNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)54:57Why emergency defence procurement creates later tradeoffsQ&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)57:43How urgent purchases miss later requirementsNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:02:11Why combat damage changes specifications for ordinary equipmentNotable Point
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:06:49The modern case for a twin-gun mountQ&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:09:43Why the post-Cold War procurement comparison needs careQ&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)1:49:16Engineering requirements analysis applied to naval historyChapter
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)2:01:39Demonstrating procurement requirements instead of merely asserting themQ&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)2:03:42Why minimum specifications can miss future equipment demandsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development7:28Aube's battleship pause leaves France the restart problemNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development55:22Battle-class armament reflects a wartime design pauseNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:19:17Burke success raises the replacement thresholdNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:24:31Order size changes average destroyer programme costsNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:26:18Why later warship batches can cost lessNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:28:18Allied reliance on Burkes encourages shallow magazinesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:29:07Destroyer budgets and competing spending choicesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:32:12Larger destroyer proposals raise questions about magazine depthNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...18:05Akizuki develops an indigenous flotilla leaderNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...21:29Japan adapts allied advice to national force designNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...24:23Amatsukaze makes the missile-destroyer leapNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...33:02Yamagumo, Takatsuki, and Minegumo keep the yards buildingChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...37:05Continuous construction sustains naval capacity over decadesNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...38:13Type 23 replacement illustrates the costs of interrupted constructionNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...41:00Why can naval capability appear to grow suddenly?Q&A
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...48:17Carrier politics channel Japan toward the Haruna designNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:02:01Hatsuyuki and Asagiri carry Cold War habits into the modern JMSDFChapter
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:14:39Integrated yards sustain Japan's naval growthNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:15:49Built ships beat perfect designs left on paperNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:26Indian naval development and selective borrowingNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:26River-class OPV replacement pressureQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:50British procurement cuts and lost naval careersQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:13Japanese army-navy friction and wasted industryQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:55F-35B weapon integration and Britain's carrier choicesQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:19One-off warships that should have had sister shipsQ&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....19:03A stronger French ironclad could force Britain to build upwardChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....25:17Baldwin Walker narrows the choice to frigate or two-deckerNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....38:51An armored two-decker fleet could be too costly for many rivalsNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes14:21Barak missiles as a transition choiceNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes18:21Making the case for Indian sea powerChapter
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes20:34Project 15A modifications amid fleet shortfallsNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes22:03Kolkata stealth growth and decade-long deliveryNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes28:39Indigenization builds political support for the fleetNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes35:15Mixed weapons and remote guns on Project 15BNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes36:44Construction cadence improves across Project 15BNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes37:50Peer comparisons and three-batch learningNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes41:20Project 18 and Indian destroyer force structureNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes42:41Indigenization's learning curve in force planningNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:42Type 83 points toward a larger air-defence destroyerChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)15:28York and Exeter show the limits of buying smaller cruisersChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)31:14Type 45 shows the cost of deleting planned marginsNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)50:00Black Swan fell between OPV and frigate requirementsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)50:31Continuous shipbuilding preserves skills and controls costQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)53:11Type 83 timing depends on complex-warship yard capacityQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)56:50Type 83 partnerships need not be limited to EuropeQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)57:33Type 83's design horizon outlasts current governmentsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)58:59Naval designers work on both current ships and future requirementsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:00:47F127 straddles Germany's change in defence prioritiesQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:22:14India's Project 18 offers a practical Type 83 comparatorChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:40:47Type 83's missile examples leave room for successor weaponsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:44:50FFG(X) is a rushed attempt to reset the US frigate baselineQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:46:55StanFlex needs a wider module market to pay offQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:47:55AUKUS delays cannot be assigned to one partner aloneQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:50:41European shipyard capacity exists, but activating it takes investmentQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:52:47Sixteen VLS cells can be a false economyQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:56:53The Burke benchmark pulled Constellation toward a destroyerQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:01:36A limited Constellation buy could bridge the US frigate gapQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:02:09Rapid-fire guns remain a practical answer to dronesQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:08:41Pakistan's mixed suppliers preserve independence and interoperabilityQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:10:17The 192-cell proposal is an aspiration, not a settled limitQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:29:04A twelve-ship Type 83 fleet and an illustrative design menuQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:34:55Indian destroyer growth highlights the Royal Navy's shortfallQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:38:47A dedicated German carrier remains a forecast in this discussionQ&A
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII3:52Swedish alert policy makes invasion costlyNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII8:02Hugin develops Swedish turbine and shipbuilding capabilityChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII15:08The Ehrensköld class moves Sweden toward larger destroyersChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII19:30Judge destroyers against national needsNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII22:50Type 83 and the complete air-defence threat pictureNotable Point
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII34:48The Göteborg program expands from two ships to six as war approachesChapter
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII44:49Öland trades maximum speed for Baltic enduranceChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima8:09Prestige could not close Russia's capability gapNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima13:41Ukrainets showed what a capable Russian destroyer could carryNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima17:08German-influenced destroyers missed TsushimaNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima21:46Russian procurement struggled with industry and distant authorityChapter
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima23:35Firepower depended on its supporting systemsNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima26:50Four-ship orders exposed Russia's rebuilding limitsNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima43:13Novik's descendants reached service across a prolonged programmeNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima45:32Four separated fleets required far more destroyersNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima52:35What if Russia had built balanced destroyers earlier?Notable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:56Royal Navy readiness in a sudden crisisQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:11Japan with Kii-style battleships in 1918Q&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:35Senator Tillman, naval yards, and cruiser spendingNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:04Saving cancelled Cold War ship classesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:31Political pressure and British naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:07Why navies seek the cheapest workable fuelNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:25Why Spanish Perry-class frigates cannot fill the U.S. gapQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:37Developing anti-drone weapons and putting them aboard shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:36Why a carrier air wing requires far more than 36 aircraftNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:27:00British battleship orders without treaty limitsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:04:50Continuous construction replaces older capital shipsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:47:54Earlier carrier losses leave construction lead timesQ&A
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 12:44Visual design in the Black Hawk competitionNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 15:35Black Hawk scale and the Navy's LAMPS requirementNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 19:30Why naval helicopter equipment can prompt Army upgradesNotable Point
- SH-60 Seahawk/Oceanhawk/Rescuehawk/Romeo/Knighthawk... Key Aircraft Series 4 Aircraft 121:13Seahawk economics and the S-3 Viking tradeoffNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate0:39The 1923 naval law and Dutch destroyer shortfallChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate5:43The capability behind naval deterrenceNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate6:50A coalition split turns naval planning into a crisisChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate8:38The Dutch East Indies as an economic-security problemNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate9:57When Dutch defence became a left-right fightChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate12:14Why early deterrent procurement is hard to justifyNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate15:18Ministerial procurement after the naval law failedChapter
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate17:18Perfect solutions at the minimum priceNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate28:41How an all-or-nothing dispute blocked naval compromiseNotable Point
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate29:45Planning slack for an uncertain futureNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart1:40U.S. Navy fast replenishment oilersQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart7:16The capital-ship expertise lost under Jeune EcoleNotable Point
- Bruships4:12Pahlavi Iran as a high-end regional navyQ&A
- Bruships5:29Japanese destroyers and the cost of equipping a large fleetNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans38:09Why smaller, cheaper warships remain elusiveNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:06:51Australia and the Mogami-class frigateQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)11:11Treaty allowances and funded fleets give different naval rankingsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)52:00France assembled a balanced fleet despite uneven fundingNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?0:00Churchill applies the wrong shipbuilding lessonChapter
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?3:20New ships could replace old crews and compound fleet strengthNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?7:38Cruiser build times lengthen despite protected shipyard laborNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?9:45Prewar escort orders complicate the emergency-building rationaleNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?11:59A selective pause had a stronger case than a blanket haltNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?14:10The King George V class took progressively longer to completeNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?22:11Stopping construction scatters skills and invites redesignNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?29:32Paused carrier materials remained exposed beside the yardsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?33:04The Royal Navy lacked carriers, cruisers, and fast capital shipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?34:30Selective pauses could preserve the most urgent warshipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?36:23Scharnhorst's smaller guns concealed a fast-battleship threatNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?53:48Finishing Graf Zeppelin diverts resources from U-boatsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:22:43Later escort gains do not outweigh the major-ship delaysChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?9:33Aircraft and carrier shortages limit further coastal raidsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?18:31Semi-private design work prepares a carrier procurement caseNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?22:40A 1915 carrier order is plausible if war does not interruptChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?36:54Sueter supplies ideas and Beatty secures political supportNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?59:01Carrier hulls could finish before their gunship counterpartsNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:02:16Gallipoli creates an appetite for a naval successNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:22:27An earlier victory preserves interwar spending powerNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI4:53Brin's industrial program and Italy's divided naval leadershipNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI9:21Lampo and the cost of chasing speedNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI21:38Mirabello's coal allowance, training, and Adriatic defensesChapter
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI27:09Cattolica's Indomito class and the mathematics of combat advantageNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI31:45Why Italy developed destroyers faster than it funded themNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI33:57Naval arms races and the German army's budget ceilingNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI35:29Ardente, Ardito, and the Indomito class boundaryNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI36:20Rosolino Pilo and continuity in prewar destroyer designChapter
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:10Carrier spending also upgraded escort dry docksNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:11A British five-inch gun for Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:00Why a ship lift would not fix British productionQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:10Why 48 VLS cells was not enoughQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:50A narrow amphibious role for automatic eight-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:16Europe's least nonsensical NATO procurementQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:47When StanFlex makes sense for a navyQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:25Could an international StanFlex standard have changed LCS?Q&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:41More British warships from the same budgetQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:38Keeping British StanFlex from repeating LCSQ&A
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...0:00Burke's CNO tenure and procurementChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...6:40Peacetime funding and constituency interestsNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...31:02How continuity gave Burke institutional authorityNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...33:18The US Navy inherits global sea-lane securityChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...38:22Enterprise and the value of long program stewardshipNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...40:30Conversions and destroyer leaders build the guided-missile fleetNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...47:29Burke, program results, and personal creditNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...51:15Burke moves the Navy from Jupiter to PolarisNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...52:12Four stages of Polaris submarine constructionNotable Point
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...52:51Polaris submarine names and cancellation politicsNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?3:35Shrinking fleets and the unvirtuous circleNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?6:48Post-Cold War fleet cuts and national spending prioritiesNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?11:20How navies bought the sensors but cut missile cellsNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?13:54Type 45: Sea Ceptor magazine growth and the Mark 41 alternativeNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?18:42Missile rearming needs investment in logisticsChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?19:41Why four hulls give a stronger availability guaranteeNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?38:23Recurring threat panics and counters left ashoreChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?59:00Slow construction can cost extra hullsChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:03:30Yard switching and dry-dock bottlenecksChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:04:59Defence slack makes logistics more resilientNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:07:16The hidden cost of missing capacityChapter
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:10:14Assumed military superiority as a reason to cut forcesNotable Point
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?1:11:52Installed systems drive the cost of the fleet-cut cycleNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?0:00NFR-90 and the magazine-depth problemChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?5:04NFR-90's order book could not overcome cost and delayNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?7:29Why NFR-90's common frigate coalition broke apartChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?10:48The Type 42 replacement clock could not be pausedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?13:50What one missing Mark 41 module costs a frigateNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?16:36Horizon, radar quality, and destroyer expectationsChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?19:36How the 48-cell limit returned after the Cold WarNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?28:07Leaving Horizon did not deliver an earlier destroyerNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?31:19A hurried destroyer design combined several unproven systemsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?33:29How should a destroyer programme introduce unproven technology?Q&A
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?38:10Twenty-year frigates and forty-year refit demandsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?42:01Mark 41 options and the SAMPSON advantageNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?46:21Propulsion trouble and lost design slackChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?50:35Electric propulsion promised flexibility but lacked redundancyChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?55:08First-of-class accounting and the cost of unfitted equipmentNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?59:35Measure defence spending by the capability it buysNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:01:06Construction stretch and the six-ship forceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:05:36The HMS Diana and HMS Decoy story remains unconfirmedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:26:59Twenty-four Sea Ceptors and the alternative Mark 41 loadNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:28:42BAE offered land-attack and anti-submarine Type 45 variantsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...2:54Pacific threat logic and the cost objectionNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...6:46What Lion traded in range for speed and gunpowerNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...11:28Two Dominion Lions would make a four-ship squadronNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...14:47The crew and infrastructure bill for a Dominion LionNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...18:3613.5-inch guns as a status purchase and an industrial commitmentNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...20:27How a commerce-protection label narrowed the ship choiceNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...24:22The Type 45 analogy for mission-limited procurementNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...28:24Why the older design did not deliver soonerNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...32:17Why a flagship should not be second-classChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...37:30How upgraded Dominion Lions reshape TigerNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...38:11Tiger's cost reopens the large-cruiser nicheNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...43:08Why Germany might answer with a second SeydlitzChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:00:46The foreign impact of introducing 15-inch guns in TigerChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:03:45How two 15-inch Tigers complicate Renown and Queen ElizabethNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:08:24Why a 15-inch Tiger would need a sisterNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:19:24The hidden cost of another German battlecruiserNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:25:04Capability exists only in fielded systemsNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?0:14AUKUS destroyer case starts with systemsChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?3:12Hobart, Type 45, and Burke replacement pressureNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?5:41A Super Burke name for a redesigned successorNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?11:42Fleet aging and procurement planningNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?13:13A battleship cannot replace every BurkeNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?14:09VLS depth and design lock-inChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?19:00Type 83 and the danger of revolutionary promisesNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?20:39Institutional arguments for a shared destroyer projectNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?24:40Constellation shows how good requirements accumulateChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?31:01Sovereign capability and supply-chain riskNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?51:20Order volume and requirements in NF-90 and HorizonChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?54:39The Defence Investment Plan and procurement fundingNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?57:43Post-Cold War indecision accumulated damageNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?1:00:17Burke architecture is reaching its design ceilingNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?0:43Dutch destroyers and the Far East problemChapter
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?20:53Wartime orders and simplified emergency destroyersNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?30:49Banckert, Quilliam, and the manpower for JapanChapter
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?33:27Destroyers as the fleet's shield and spearNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?34:56S-class ships and postwar Dutch lessonsChapter
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?37:34Why the S class was not an austerity destroyerNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?39:17The destroyers the Netherlands ordered too lateNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)3:20V and W destroyers as a wartime reserveChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)4:13Planning for the postwar halt in warship ordersNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)26:09V and W destroyers were built beyond emergency standardsQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)30:50The Royal Navy expected to replace older destroyers in the 1920sQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)31:21Reserve ships preserved a balanced Royal NavyChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:17:46Rowland's objections to sending escorts out under-equippedNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:34:43Building ships directly into reserveQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:42:00A manageable first step for domestic warship buildingQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:53:13British Mark 41 VLS production is technically possibleQ&A
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds0:31Capabilities still need deployable hullsNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds19:52Forrest Sherman brings the new-build caseChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds31:37Charles F. Adams combines missile armament with a proven designChapter
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds31:37FRAM modernization reaches its physical ceilingNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds34:52Older destroyers buy time for a clean redesignNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds51:49Why a small order can justify a premium warshipNotable Point
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds1:01:43Could the US Navy have retained specialist destroyers?Notable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:43Defiant-class numbers for carrier escortQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:54Why an air-defense Type 26 would require a major redesignQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:40Transport and escort requirements for weapon bargesNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:43German MEKO A200 buys and F126 delay riskQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:09Supplier dependence in Trident replacement discussionsQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:42How Zumwalt cancellation shaped later Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:02How far to up-arm a River-class patrol vesselQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:58Why a complete new large-combatant fleet would take decadesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:16Flight IIA Burkes alongside a full Zumwalt programQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:06Why the Arleigh Burke replacement keeps recedingQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:30More Type 055s or a Chinese nuclear surface combatant?Q&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:48A Russian nuclear-destroyer counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:37The panel's anti-submarine frigate proposalQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:17How quickly China may iterate beyond Type 095Q&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:27Why Britain cannot trade land procurement for naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:30Whether China might export Type 052D destroyers to PakistanQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:26Three specialist frigates versus one general-purpose classQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:47A Japanese-style construction cycle for the Royal NavyQ&A
- 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...4:01:10Why a shared European fleet becomes an industrial contestQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:19Procurement contracts that overlook later consequencesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:03What an empowered First Sea Lord could change in procurementQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:13How continuous construction could fund a larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:11A larger Type 83 and a hypothetical U.S. design responseQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:53Fleet support and requirement control in the U.S. Navy discussionQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:11The Horizon follow-on questionQ&A
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?34:01Plan Z and inward-looking strategyNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:01:08Delaying warship purchases while the fleet is short of shipsNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...22:50Plan Z and individually powerful destroyersNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...25:10Mine warfare crowded onto surface shipsNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...33:16Cruiser shortages and Germany's destroyer roleNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...53:46Type 1936A stability and fuel-use improvementsNotable Point
- Hitler's Destroyers: How Type 1934 & Type 1936 Classes, including their variations were developed...1:00:00Narvik and rushed destroyer developmentChapter
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33The cost of delaying the Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:44Polaris-armed Richelieu knock-on effectsQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:10A larger treaty allowance for Nelsons, F3s and WashingtonNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:21Why Mark 41 costs more than its launch cellsNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:08Turning a naval windfall into permanent capacityQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:48Retiring a huge Cold War US escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:51Was a US five-inch triple turret seriously considered?Q&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:31A Type 83 proposal with weapons on uncrewed companionsNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:49Why US frigate requirements grow toward a destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:38Who is said to fear liability in naval procurement?Q&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:46The Type 45 cost of designing without power marginNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?8:08Containerised missiles require investment before a warNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?16:28Specialization shrinks the pool of wartime auxiliariesNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?36:27Second-hand conversions begin with buyer bewareNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?45:01Platform supply vessels expose an OPV procurement choiceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....4:02Why three high-end destroyers do not make a high-low mixQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....7:51Small destroyers still need commissioning resourcesNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....13:35Intercept cost depends on the ship at riskNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....30:20R-class flexibility in wartime productionNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....35:59Existing destroyer programmes speed wartime expansionNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....36:44Why the Clemson class set an interwar benchmarkChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....52:42Why mass fleets rarely buy the perfect destroyerNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:05:27Why the generational examples lean toward benchmark naviesQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:17:13Arleigh Burke and the networked escort tradeoffNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:22:57Post-Cold War assumptions and shallow missile magazinesNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:36:44Refinement costs more across a large destroyer programmeNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:48:42Commercial testing could mask an Admiralty requirementNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:09:33Warship timelines outlast political decisionsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:10:01Canada's River class as a destroyerized frigateQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:12:52When to lengthen a Type 26-derived hullNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:19:26Why Type 45 received reused CAMM launchersQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:24:54Crew growth scales differently from training overheadQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:30:51An air-defence Type 31 would be a much more demanding buildNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:32:18Why Type 83 is unlikely to be a 96-cell Type 26Q&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:36:11The Royal Navy's mixed US and European systems pathQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:37:22More Type 31s still need a defined missionQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:39:11Polish Arrowhead 140 choices reflect a different missionNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:45:43Type 31 missile trucks still need orders and yard capacityNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:56:59Type 83 hull choices depend on a still-distant design decisionQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....3:00:06A Burke successor needs support for a new designQ&A
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...0:14Why destroyers were a difficult imperial investmentChapter
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...15:59How rising warship costs pressed Germany's naval budgetNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...17:24Austria-Hungary was an intermittent entrant in the qualitative naval raceNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...18:19Austro-Hungarian engineering drew on foreign machinery designsChapter
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...22:22One yard built the Tatras after a dispersed Huszar programmeNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...38:43A replacement class learned from wartime lossesNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...40:46Adriatic confinement weakened the case for naval fundingChapter
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...42:32Capable multilingual crews still needed more destroyersNotable Point
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...43:35Would more Tatras and earlier destroyer investment change the Adriatic war?Q&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:04How annual budget clawbacks distort defence spendingNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:06Repairing defence procurement before expanding the budgetQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:16Who answers for Treasury decisions on defence procurement?Notable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:42Designing a modern Black Swan-style escortQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:18Why StanFlex requires a fleetwide commitmentNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:19What earlier PLA reform could do for Chinese destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:16Why Gulf warship purchases are also alliance purchasesQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:05Why Fincantieri can profit from expanding warship capacityQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:05Why Type 32 would evolve from Type 31Q&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:13How Ark Royal's name could influence a refit decisionNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:07Type 32 evolution and a larger British defence budgetQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:16Why rebuilding USS Midway loses to a new conventional carrierQ&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?0:08How post-2003 capability gaps accelerated the declineChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?16:49Type 26 and the lost frigate replacement cycleNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?20:48Batch building and frigate costsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?25:34Ministerial churn and procurement indecisionNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?51:14The 1998 pattern of promises and immediate retirementsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?54:18Tomahawk loadouts and the delayed Astute replacementNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?58:48Share combat systems without forcing one common warshipNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:09:262003 cuts to escorts and submarinesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:11:21The command roles that Type 45s inherited from Type 22 frigatesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:15:21Why HMS Daring needed a first-of-class refitNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:25:30Type 45 costs and the cheaper-frigate tradeoffNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:43:35The Type 45 power margin that could have prevented a later refitNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:47:43Why senior officers remain in a smaller forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:06:18Force 2025's air-wing and support-ship delivery gapNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:11:36When the 2015 risk register did not match the forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:15:10More Type 45s and a proposed Mk 41 missile fitNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:22:21The 2021 growth promises sat a decade awayNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:28:29The 2021 warning against retiring proven capability for promisesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:35:13Hypersonic missiles were a known procurement problemNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:46:322021 shipbuilding ambitions and industrial capacityChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:53:35Minehunter retirements and the timing of autonomous replacementsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:59:34The 2025 review still depended on future funding decisionsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:01:13Helicopter orders and the number of deployable squadronsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:07:39Planning the post-Dreadnought deterrent across six ParliamentsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:10:28AUKUS funding and Britain's submarine industrial capacityNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:22:35The 2025 hybrid fleet and autonomous air defenceChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:30:51Procurement cycle targets and the integrated-force promiseNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:33:21Risk-first procurement and accountabilityChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)28:20Why Beatty rejected the cruiser-carrier ideaChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)32:37Beatty's interwar procurement prioritiesNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:05:22A larger carrier force could return the Fleet Air Arm earlierChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:16:29Carrier spending still needs a country-specific political caseNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:22:45Small carriers could widen Japan's shipyard baseNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:37:12What if carriers arrived with destroyers and sloops?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:41:58Where the carrier counterfactual stops being usefulNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:49:03Would an independent Fleet Air Arm accelerate fighter development?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:02:08Would Stalin build treaty-era light carriers?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:02:19Does a larger carrier fleet make Churchill's pauses more defensible?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:03:30Could Britain fund carriers by cancelling cruisers?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:04:57Could civilian shipyards build treaty light carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:49When aircraft gas turbines gain naval cousinsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:36The Royal Navy's most consequential unbuilt designsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:23Extra Type 45s, earlier surface combatants and a paper carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:40What a sixteen-frigate Dutch force would signalQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:36The tanker example: a completed contract and changed requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:04Buying a navy from the fastest production linesQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:32How Henderson-style admirals might have changed the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:48Why six Type 31 frigates would still be too fewQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:17Wartime satellite capacity for an uncrewed fleetNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...0:00Why the 6-6 fleet still needed light forcesChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...7:16Light forces spread shipbuilding capacity across JapanNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...13:11Why destroyers began displacing torpedo boatsChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...18:26Testing Thornycroft and Yarrow destroyer ideasChapter
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...34:33War spreads destroyer production across JapanChapter
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)45:18Why repeat orders give a navy purchasing powerNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:04:00Selling Dreadnought as a saving constrained its designNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:24:44Which countries offer better naval-procurement models?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:48German coastal-battleship proposals under TirpitzQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:54Babylon 5's Omega-class destroyer-carrierQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:00Three Audacious-class carriers and an Australian HermesQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:29How old is a modern warship design?Notable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:52One Australian capital ship or several cruisers?Notable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:21Making the case for a 1952 Royal Navy carrierQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:55A nuclear-powered SS Leonardo da VinciQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:37Could Canada field nuclear-powered surface combatants?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:07A larger Oliver Hazard Perry escort fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:27Gun and CIWS weight in proportion to the shipNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:48Hood and the LCS as ships burdened by impossible idealsQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:35A Star Destroyer hangar needs more than empty spaceQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:54How surviving Perrys relieve the Burke fleetQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:48When navies moved beyond protected and armoured cruisersQ&A
- 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?11:12Leadership turnover reshapes naval aviation procurementNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?18:28Prestige and competing budgets undermine Germany's fleet plansNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?37:03Large destroyers take over small-cruiser dutiesNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?41:55Peacetime deterrence sustains missile researchNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?47:37Avoiding war also removes the postwar frozen decadeNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?53:23American destroyer procurement favours prestige over numbersNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?59:47Institutions decide whether design talent reaches the fleetNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:05:45Mine warfare can misdirect escort productionNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:14:43Auxiliaries and adaptable merchant ships support larger fleetsNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor0:11How did Japan procure and plan its naval aircraft?Q&A
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor10:25Early carrier fighters trade engine power against weight and agilityNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor13:28Aircraft licensing as a path to self-sufficiencyChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor25:24Sempill, Mitsubishi, and aviation intelligenceNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor40:32The B2M combines imported components with Japanese productionChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor46:22The B3Y exposes uneven results in Japanese aircraft and engine developmentChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor53:20Patient funding turns the failed 1MF10 into the A5M breakthroughChapter
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:02:02Was the D4Y intended for a Pearl Harbor operation?Notable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:05:48Synchronized force planning leaves no development slackNotable Point
- Forging the Kido Butai's Teeth: Imperial Japanese Aircraft Development from Hosho to Pearl Harbor1:27:10D3A testing fixes instability and meets a demanding dive requirementNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be8:00Type 052 turns imported ideas into domestic capabilityChapter
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be15:19The Type 052's early missile fit remains uncertainNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be30:17Shenzhen bridges imported machinery and Chinese designChapter
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be32:30Rising warship costs brought the German Army into the naval raceNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be41:24Sovremenny procurement buys a strategic backstopNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be51:47Shared combat systems for a hypothetical AUKUS destroyerQ&A
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be1:50:32Industrial learning made large-scale destroyer production possibleNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:08Competing explanations for French reciprocating-engine ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:18Why Long Beach was the last purpose-built US cruiser hullQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:13How Type 42 kept Royal Navy destroyers smallQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:51Super Gorshkov plans and the pace of Russian shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:18The limits of building six warships in one dry dockNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:37Why Type 31 is not a revolution in build speedQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:31Why allies should share combat systems instead of one hullNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:51Canada's submarine choice is driven by oceanic and under-ice rangeQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:58:34Arrowhead 120 trades a finished fit for adaptable volumeQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:56How familiarity with a supplier can affect procurement judgmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:33Why military experience needs to be kept currentNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:56Why the Type 45 program cannot be judged from a £4.96 billion figureQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:27Why six ships provide more than one extra hull over fiveNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:27Growth margin is the key requirement for a future warshipQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:12Why allied frigates cannot replace national fleet numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:38Why Zumwalt did not become a new HMS WarriorQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:49Would a higher Type 45 Batch 2 price include better equipment?Q&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:13How reactor disposal and industrial scale shape nuclear warshipsNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More27:28Cheap coastal defence and the naval funding gapNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More34:37Why Britain built lighter frigatesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:30:42British fleet building and the cost of deterrenceChapter
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)15:00Why a U-boat-only strategy could not defeat BritainNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)57:03Failed prefabricated boats in the home-fleet totalQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:05:43Near-term Royal Navy investment prioritiesNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:15:35Akizuki and Fletcher destroyers: design and numbersQ&A
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet2:19Gorshkov survives opposition to the surface fleetChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet4:09Project 56A brings missiles to a compact destroyerChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet11:39Gorshkov's book makes a case for naval investmentNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet19:03ASW requirements support larger Soviet destroyersNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet30:02Why class displacement is not one exact numberNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet33:38Destroyers provide a political backup plan for Soviet naval powerNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:03:19Steam reliability protects visible Soviet powerNotable Point
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:06:54Destroyer mass supports Soviet cruiser prestigeChapter
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet1:28:47Post-Soviet financial damage delays destroyer replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:41How Swedish industrial backing shapes a frigate choiceQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:02Lider and the value of an unbuilt prestige projectNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:42Harpoon as a classic and Naval Strike Missile for a new fitQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?38:15Naval treaties leave the Eastern Fleet old and slowNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?3:04Why a warship shortage has no quick shipyard fixChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?4:26Sole-supplier dependence changes the shipyard ownership questionNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?15:17Why later ships in a class can be dramatically cheaperNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?22:24Sea Viper Evolution and the projected 2032 capability dateNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?48:38Retained core capabilities still take time to expandNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?50:51Gulf and NATO taskings shaped the twelve-destroyer planChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?53:12Staff cuts can make later expansion more expensiveNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:03:32Submarine dive cycles drive the replacement tempoChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:06:54A 32-year replacement cycle for submarines and escortsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:10:05Steady orders support shipyard investment and competitionNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:13:22Rolling Burke production can lock the US Navy into one designNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:27:20Los Angeles service life sets the submarine building tempoChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)13:22The peace-dividend interpretation of the frigate gapNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)22:36Rumsfeld-era transformation and immature naval technologyChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)33:32How LCS requirements defeated fleet-scale efficiencyChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)37:50Deriving fleet size from missions and availabilityNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)39:20Why splitting LCS across two hulls reduced usable fleet strengthQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)54:42Why the sonar priority mattered for an ASW frigateNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)59:30FREMM production continuity and parent-design riskChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:02:02MEKO A200 and planned space for adaptationNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:13:31How continuing Italian FREMM production reduced some design risksNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:23:00The proposed battleship's strike-cruiser comparisonNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:25:39A practical speed ceiling for the Littoral Combat ShipQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:28:57Why selecting the F-100 parent would not cure Constellation's problemsQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:29:44Why joining a later Type 26 or Mogami buy would not solve the requirement problemQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:30:02Why buying both LCS designs damaged the programQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:31:42US standards turned FREMM adaptation into a redesignChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:37:39Shipyard oversight and continuing design changesNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)1:47:07The gap between small-combatant force goals and the serving fleetChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:00:17USS Congress and the politics of ship namesNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:03:19Multimission language pushed ASW out of first placeNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:11:26Geographic risks and changing threats in a 30-year fleet planNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:13:53LCS retirement changes the arithmetic of future frigate totalsNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:17:22Unit-cost precision arrived before design maturityNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:20:08Low commonality erased the parent-design advantageChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:23:38Knox-like duties with Perry-like numbersNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:31:51Proven systems still require integrationNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:33:23The Navy announced a homeport before finishing the shipNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:37:10Shipyard pay, competing employers, and workforce retentionNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:42:26Construction percentages with an unfinished designNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:52:11Would a different FFG(X) bidder have solved the problem?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:52:45The Legend-cutter successor inherits the production problemChapter
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)2:56:48What the Legend build history says about frigate outputNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:00:06Domestic jobs make ship programs politically durableNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:18:30Would a revived General Board improve US ship design?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:21:12How Ernest King might have imposed discipline on ConstellationQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:21:44Finding earlier versions of the frigate reportQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:40:01European comparisons with Constellation procurementQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:46:21How industrial capacity constrained ConstellationQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:46:42Could Type 26 have worked as a US frigate?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:50:46Why South Korea was left out of the procurement comparisonQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:51:15Research possibilities and equipment readinessQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:54:15Could shorter class runs reduce US procurement risk?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)4:11:12How the Global War on Terror widened the US frigate gapQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start18:36How building CVA-01 would change Britain's next carrier generationQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start49:15The long U.S. Navy search for a true cruiser successorQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start50:54Would the new large combatant keep the DDG(X) name?Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start55:20Why reactivating Yavuz in 1968 would mean building a new shipQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:03:31How the Admiralty controlled Royal Navy building plansQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:09:33Why British Mark 41 integration pressures the Sylver familyQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:22:52Protected cruisers as affordable ships for distant stationsQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:28:34Why Type 212CD order totals remain difficult to predictQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:29:07Existing frigate orders delay Type 32 and Type 83 constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:32:20The force-structure gamble behind a Type 83 hybrid fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:40:00Type 45 and Horizon retained common launchers after Britain left the joint programNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:38Planning against an adversary's claimed capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:26A first dreadnought division instead of a single new battleshipNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service8:00Warship trials keep acceptance risk with the builderChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service10:33Testing capacity is part of fleet readinessChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service15:10The first crew turns design drawings into a usable shipChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service27:38Speed trials depend on load, machinery, wind, and currentNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service52:29King George V and Prince of Wales show the cost of rushed trialsQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:09:17Offensive weapons advertise themselves; defensive demand followsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:11:55Arming a Merlin for air combat displaces its ASW missionQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:45:46A Queen Elizabeth catapult refit depends on the future air groupQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service3:00:13A sole naval supplier and sole state buyer can trap each otherNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...11:46R, S, and V/W classes become a design laboratoryChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:09:34Foreign destroyer orders become wartime reinforcementsNotable Point
- How do you Compare & Analyse Warships?2:29Why four super ships may not meet a twelve-ship requirementNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15Why Japan could not simply swap carrier conversion hullsQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:54Japan's need for a mass small-escort programNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:50The Royal Navy escort replacement bottleneckQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:27What Type 31 upgrades mean for the escort pipelineQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:28Finish old Soviet cruiser hulls or start again?Notable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:47Why the Ministry of Defence needs capacity more than a sudden trillionQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:42Wedgetail order size and delivery problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:47Linking British ground air defence to Aster productionNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:30Why tugboat orders depend on available shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:03Using service experience to plan defence procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:28Ajax hull consistency and the need for field repairsNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:12Testing procurement promises against missed milestonesNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:58Why relabeling Legend as a destroyer escort may backfireQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:55A modernized Bofors 120 mm gun in 2010Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:30Why a MEKO report did not yet mean F126 replacementQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:00:32Could replacing Tiger justify a third British capital ship?Notable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:09:02Using a capital-ship accident to unlock replacement tonnageNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:10:09Why Britain declined a Hermes-derived small carrierNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:18:48A failed London settlement and continued shipbuildingChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global9:45The 1915 Naval Act combined fleet planning with a constrained destroyer orderChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global16:34Small destroyer orders sacrificed economies of scaleNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global27:56Six destroyers left only three escorts per new battleshipNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global31:03Destroyer orders needed to precede wartime demandNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global38:20The 1916 Naval Act shifted destroyers to mass procurementChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global41:26Warship price ceilings and the argument over design compromisesNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global44:26Defense budgets leave very different archival trailsNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global45:50A submarine contract withheld payment until trials and acceptanceNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global46:43Cancellation and resale risks complicate warship financingNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live6:17Escort construction was already under way before the pauseChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live13:26Moving workers disrupted specialist armor skillsNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live24:00Advanced battleship hulls presented a different choice from new startsNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live38:17The Royal Navy had already applied the First World War escort lessonNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live44:25Foreign navies already expected Britain's announced warship programQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live46:04Modern ships and continuous production strengthen the later fleetQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live52:07Why a sister ship for Unicorn still requires a new orderQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:20:50Continuous British building keeps Germany from closing the gapNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:22:56An 800-day cruiser assumption changes deliveries and later programsNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:49:40Equipment ordered for Vanguard could help modernize HoodNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:07:39Would continued Lion-class construction make Vanguard unnecessary?Q&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:12:40A 9.2-inch cruiser is possible, but has no clear missionQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:35:08Fleet-carrier continuity favors Audacious and Malta designsQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:35:35British naval success could encourage Soviet capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:50Why naval procurement can resist competing requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:46North Korea's new submarines and aspiring destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:58Admiral Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:33Building the Tiger-class cruisers with Talos from the outsetQ&A
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?10:50The coastal-defence ships Norway never replacedChapter
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?15:21A possible British bargain for Norwegian rearmamentNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?21:26Why steady fleet investment can cost less than neglectNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?4:25British-built boats helped Germany test the conceptChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?21:06Low prestige gave torpedo-boat designers room to divergeNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?21:58Army budgets kept the cheap-boat idea aliveNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?35:35The S138 label concealed a design revolutionChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?44:34Why were the S138 batches called one class?Q&A
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?53:57V1 economy retained large crews and weak gunsNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII8:55The J class compromise was industrial capacityChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII9:23Why ending the Ten-Year Rule did not immediately expand shipbuildingNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII21:40HMS Jubilant's disputed cancellationNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII27:42Why prewar destroyer numbers shaped the whole warNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII32:28How fleet size affects maintenance and availabilityNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII34:28Matching the ships an opponent can deployNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII35:45Why repeated warship production lowers costsNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII42:37Why long wars modernize existing warshipsNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:33:30Missiles expanded the missions carried by one destroyerChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:40:16Burke production continuity raised the bar for every successorNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:47:26A Burke successor has to preserve shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:08:08Zumwalt exposed the cost of tying a new hull to immature systemsNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:36:35How much did Royal Navy type designations shape destroyers?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:37:11Would a long Type 45 production run resemble the Burke story?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:43:43Should Britain partner with Germany on a future destroyer?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:53:22Which destroyer options could follow Canada's River class?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:56:44F127 missile capacity was still changing during preliminary workNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order6:29Zumwalt's revolutionary procurement burdenQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order38:51Why half an inch could fail to justify a new gun industryNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order41:34Fleet replacements depend on support ships and yard capacityNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order42:26How low-rate production preserves fleet optionsNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:45How British shipbuilding could answer a loss of Warrender's squadronNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:12Dönitz's decisive U-boat fleet would provoke an Allied answerQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:01Unie's gun armament and the wait for dependable missilesQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:32How superferry conversions can lead to useful naval transportsQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:44Finishing Malta-class carriers instead of rebuilding VictoriousQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:24Why Victorious's reconstruction is criticized as a sunk-cost problemQ&A
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...3:46HMS Captain, political pressure, and dockyard reformChapter
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...21:52Building Monarch modernized Chatham DockyardChapter
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...23:16Why weaker French ironclads still mattered to a worldwide navyNotable Point
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...43:31Why the Orion class kept the 13.5-inch gunNotable Point
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...44:03How a fourteen-inch Orion could have changed later gun choicesNotable Point
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...49:42Why Monarch's exact construction cost is uncertainNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers32:27Early Whitehead torpedoes delayed the case for full adoptionNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:08Vickers, Spanish yards, and the market for smaller warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:17Canadian destroyers before the Tribal classQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:47What fleet the Royal Navy's current budget can supportQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:24What full Royal Navy production runs would have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:30A Coast Guard cutter hull for the US Navy frigateQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:24Shipyard geography in the panel's procurement argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:03FDI or Type 31 for Sweden's next frigateQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:45Why ice strengthening affects Sweden's frigate optionsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:10What frigate America could buy after war startsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:53European air-defense missiles and the size of their user fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:47Why European autonomy still depends on transatlantic supply chainsNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:14Are navies building more ice-strengthened warships?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live13:33How Fisher delayed an early purpose-built carrierNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:02:31How the Admiralty encouraged private aviation researchQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:12:06How an earlier Cuckoo order could reduce production delaysNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:45:03How could wealthy Americans promote naval expansion?Q&A
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...29:19French political instability limits sustained naval investmentNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!0:10Define the nation before designing its warshipsChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!11:29Test the fleet against a thirty-year horizonChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!18:22Timeline decides whether to design or adaptChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!22:23Choose between a common hull and a specialist icebreakerNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!29:35Check shipyard capacity before fixing the designChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!36:26Shared development can add coordination timeNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!37:08Adaptable designs still require compromisesNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!43:12Balance new combat systems with proven equipmentChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!55:00Flashy concepts reverse the procurement sequenceChapter
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!1:06:34Carrier aviation takes decades to rebuild after a gapNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!1:10:43Winning a war does not validate every ship purchaseNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?50:20Fewer hulls create a capability-and-cost spiralNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?51:21The Arleigh Burke class distorts the warship design marketChapter
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun12:09Do Canada's River-class combatants offer value?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun12:50Eight or sixteen VLS cells on Dutch and Belgian ASW frigatesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun20:58Modern warship cost and the danger of cascading failuresNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun27:24G3 battlecruisers with 16.5-inch guns before the Washington TreatyNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...26:25Testing naval requirements before ordering a shipNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...33:16Auxiliary self-defence complements the frigate escortNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...36:21How 32 VLS cells fit Constellation's escort missionNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...43:21Azur Lane's Chinese roster and an unbuilt 200 mm cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:17:45Weather and geography limit which foreign warship designs fitNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:24:30Norway's landing-force transport problem and tank weight growthNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:31:00Why US wartime shipbuilding did not prevent early escort shortagesNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:17:05Shipyard employment and the SNP's influence on naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:28:46Concerns about the ships needed to replace Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:32:40Competing views on continuity in American naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:48:58Why a Fletcher-style hull is a poor basis for an optionally crewed sloopQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:50:43Why Type 32 is expected here to continue the Type 31 production lineNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:59:32Provisional launcher figures in the Defiant concept discussionQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:15:48A Harry DeWolf-derived corvette risks replacing the patrol ships it should complementQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:02:45Whether a twelve-submarine plan will be cutQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:07:10Lion and Tiger exposed battlecruiser cost growth before HoodQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:21:05Saudi MMSC: different combining gear and procurement choicesQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)10:49How fewer ships produce larger generalistsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)14:02Specialist fleets depend on procurement continuityNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)19:13Limited shipyard capacity favors larger hullsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)25:47Why short production runs inflate warship pricesQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)40:21Measure defensive expenditure against the ship protectedNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)55:51Efficient construction can widen a fleet's high-low mixQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:16:45Goalkeeper made Phalanx a stronger competitorNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:45:06Small contract batches leave shipyards carrying expansion riskNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:01:28The criticism of fitted for but not withNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:31:33The full Type 82 promised more than HMS BristolQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:43:14Off-the-shelf guns constrain a large combatantQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)3:21:13Cruiser classes and the later sloop roleNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!1:27Why the Type 26 update is about strategyChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!8:50Scottish yards and Britain's domestic-build requirementNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!15:48A ninth British Type 26 could bridge the gap to Type 83Notable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!41:09Construction photographs make frigate progress harder to dismissNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!44:43The strike-missile sequencing dilemmaNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!47:09Sharing one carrier air group strains people and aircraftNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!55:26The case for restoring naval procurement leadershipChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!57:28Why naval procurement needs experienced senior officersNotable Point
- Navy Food: A Beginning13:25Why warships cycle between generalists and specialistsNotable Point
- Future Fleets: Some Ideas of Naval Warfare14:03Type 23 cuts and the size of a light frigateNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far8:25Fleet commitments and the economics of a two-ship orderNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far17:03The gap between an announced fleet target and delivered shipsNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far23:26Possible allied design input remains speculationNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far25:24Interpreting the early cost estimate and propulsion uncertaintyChapter
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far41:05Political identification and the risk of program cancellationChapter
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far44:49Mature weapons keep lasers and railguns off the critical pathNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics2:13Why logistics is combat powerChapter
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics3:18VLS endurance depends on reloading between engagementsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics3:55Which capabilities should survive a peace dividend?Notable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:44Why retaining more Constellation-class frigates is not enoughQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:43Would heavier Denmark Strait losses accelerate Vanguard?Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:50A more radical Imperial Japanese NavyQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:03Keeping the royal dockyards after World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:26Why a modified F100 frigate would keep growingQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:37Why a smaller Burke derivative draws objectionsNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:44A BAE air battlecruiser starts a new arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:58Which service would own a flying warship?Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:00How long could BAE keep a flying-warship monopoly?Q&A
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?34:05Fisher and Lloyd George collide over naval reformChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?38:03Trade and economic growth give naval strength a different purposeNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?41:12Trade economics reshape imperial naval coordinationNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?43:31Trade protection expands the battlecruiser programChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?1:07:28The German Army's budget limits the response to extra British shipsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...4:38Why the scenario starts with 13.5-inch LionsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...17:16Lion and Indefatigable: comparing complete procurement costsChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...22:15Matching Dominion ships to future threatsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...33:42Tiger's price jump and the cost of choosing LionNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...1:05:57Second-batch Lions accelerate British designChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:16:21Why a Vickers triple turret would not guarantee adoptionQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping4:50How Constellation lost its off-the-shelf advantageQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping11:46The National Security Cutter as a restartable frigateQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping28:31Procurement delay can age a design before it enters serviceNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping36:15The LST 100 plan tests strict change controlNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping44:03Contractor remedies and Navy responsibilityQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping46:21Technical responsibility in earlier naval procurementChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping48:19Royal Dockyards gave the Navy an independent price checkNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:28:41Consultants and institutional memory in ship designChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:34:31F100 capabilities and the expanded Constellation requirementChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:39:04Type 26 and River illustrate the cost of an early eligibility ruleNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:40:10Visitor facilities explain apparently excessive ship toiletsNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:41:33Order commitments, pay, and shipyard capacityChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:45:17A hypothetical second Type 45 batch spreads development costsNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:46:37Cancellation restarts the promise of more ships soonerNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:48:20Possible uses for two remaining Constellation hullsQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:51:31Coast Guard capacity concerns about the cutter adaptationNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping2:00:06Technical literacy matters to procurement accountabilityNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping2:06:17The Warrior principle for defining a future frigateQ&A
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series13:54Vikrant exposes the cost of missing project experienceNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series16:50Vikrant's changing design drives major cost growthNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series28:55Mark 48 scarcity cancels a Knox-class armament planNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII8:22River covered several Canadian destroyer designsNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII11:24Percy Nelles confronted industrial readinessChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII23:15Flower corvettes followed a mobilization timetableChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII42:04Tribal destroyers exposed the meaning of off the shelfChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII44:00Emergency orders hedged against two warsNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...48:05A Vickers salesman selling oversized phasersQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:55:36How USS Puritan became a replacement disguised as a rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:02:34What Ajax reveals about defence procurement failureQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:09:23Creating a defence monopoly and then avoiding itNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:14:14Engineering expertise on the government's side of a contractNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:46:45Why shipbuilding reviews need credible outsidersQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:42:00Could a ship's name make cancellation harder?Notable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:27:26How option framing shaped the Invincible classQ&A
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?0:00Procurement leadership across ships, tanks, and aircraftChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?2:12A conventional weapons fit for the Zumwalt hullChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?6:14Type 45 numbers, politics, and sunk program costsChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?1:19:10Contractor incentives and delayed political accountabilityChapter
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit1:20:04Carrier investment hedged risk before combat proved the conceptNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:04:03Churchill repeated a World War I shipbuilding pause in 1939Notable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:10:05Convoys required escorts, funding, and political supportChapter
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates5:22Constellation's mission and the cost of a smaller combatantQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates8:24Why Fletcher-scale capability needs large ordersNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates10:26Type 31, Type 32, and Britain's available shipyardsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates13:45How continuous frigate orders sustain the supply chainNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates14:45Why Burke production keeps defeating its replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:20Why Vanguard could be built while the Lions stalledNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:49Holding new capital-ship ideas for the next pairNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:47The modern readiness lesson most like Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:21Would Vanguard have been useful without construction pauses?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:28How steady annual orders lower warship costsQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:40How large might the continuous-production saving be?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:49Does Britain need four new OPVs each year?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:29Constellation's naval requirements and political presentationQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:13Domestic origin in the US frigate follow-upQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:41Could Type 26 replace the cancelled Constellation?Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:02Age-of-sail parallels to modern procurement failureQ&A
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 37:52Why Japanese carriers could concentrate in 1941Notable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 311:50Short-war assumptions meet industrial limitsNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)55:34The Third Sea Lord turned field improvisation into ordersNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi20:23Fletcher and Flower: different ideas of a cheap warshipNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers15:33US and Royal Navy light-carrier build pathsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers16:10Industrial potential still requires long-term investmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers20:04Earlier British carriers would increase demand for aircraft enginesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers21:28Hercules power and the redesign of the BarracudaQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers24:23Bomber priorities shape naval aircraft engine supplyNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:32Why visible British frigate construction does not erase the delayQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:31Constellation cancellation and the missing US frigate roleQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:44A favourable assessment of Zumwalt's hull and power systemQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:09Why a smaller railgun programme could be easier to deliverQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:55How a smaller Zumwalt fleet raised the cost of ammunitionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:04When an expensive guided shell approaches missile costsQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:39How conflicting requirements obstructed ConstellationQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:21Why selling Italian FREMMs could improve later batchesQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:00Type 26 procurement and the limits of a symbolic shipyard visitQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:40What dismantled tooling means for a Zumwalt restartQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:23Rebuilding large naval guns from an 8-inch starting pointQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:10New Zealand replacement needs and regional frigate choicesQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers26:44Hybrid warships can lose focus in both missionsNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers48:13Treaties could not erase knowledge of larger warshipsNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-458:30Mission growth reshapes Commandant TesteChapter
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships2:31Why dock limits could change a battlecruiser's gunsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships11:07Why every capital-ship design is a compromiseNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships48:30Why U.S. naval capability depended on congressional fundingNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle26:57US Navy priorities without the Washington Naval TreatyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle29:21Why an Agincourt battlecruiser conversion lacks a purposeQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:34:28What a US warship production swarm really meansQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle4:36:39If treaty powers had to buy capital ships from one anotherQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:03:36Why the Royal Navy built Castle-class corvettesChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:28:53The utility-versus-complexity test for convoy escortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle7:38:13A rapid route to a modern coastal combat boatQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:03:011960s missiles and radar arrive in 1932Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…2:49:31Informal conversations around naval procurementNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:01:27Why navies rarely admit a warship failedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…3:10:31Why Russia is unlikely to buy Chinese destroyersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:29:10Aster versus SM-6 as an industrial choiceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:35:05Comparing Dreadnought and Columbia construction datesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:12:01Why Russia moved away from 650 mm submarine torpedo tubesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:46:29The institutional logic behind Treasury and Congress cutsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:49:25Canada's mine-warfare ships need their own defenceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:56:13A Canadian path to replacing the Kingston classQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:04:14A ship's designer may not receive its building contractNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:08:09Choosing Canadian submarines by oceanic missionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:02:35The November 2025 estimate for Type 83 constructionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:23:14Type 26 users chose smaller hulls and crowded themQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:39:37Who pays for testing after a ship commissions?Notable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:47:34Vikramaditya as a carrier conversion that consumed the fleet budgetNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:13:03How an off-the-shelf frigate becomes a new designQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:23:40Why eight Type 82s would not erase the Type 42Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:27:04Why Type 26 is protected by more than naval needQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:20:38Why an affordable Type 23 production line still stoppedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:22:21Had the case for more escorts been made at the time?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War6:32:56How Vickers salesmanship extended beyond the gun contractQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:16:26What fleet a stable early republican China might buildQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:20:47Vickers proposals for Chinese ten-, twelve-, and fifteen-inch shipsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:40:07Why shared waters make joint warship design easierNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:20:49Why Type 32 activity follows Type 31 progressQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:02:39The monopoly case for Crown-owned naval dockyardsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:13:37Why Australian submarine orders need not create another British yardQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:04:29What a return from EMALS to steam catapults would involveQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:06:07The larger catapult Queen Elizabeth drawing was France's PA2Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:15:58Why Littoral Combat Ship contracts continued despite criticismQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust18:56How allied orders can create a default frigate designQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:19:03What the naval treaties allowed shipbuilders to exportQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:33:21Funding choices behind American and Italian ASW rocketsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:43:21Why the Type 21 was not a Knox-class ASW equivalentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:53:48Where Britain might find extra shipbuilding capacityQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:05:35Why the interwar US Navy built many destroyer classesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress33:38Why Britain delayed building offshore patrol vesselsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress35:58Why early Royal Navy OPVs carried surplus BoforsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:22:31Why unwanted LCS hulls kept being commissionedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:06:50How Type 45 cuts sacrificed cheap follow-on hullsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:52:11Why new ships alone could not fix the Ottoman NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:34:46A proposed general-purpose role for the Zumwalt hullNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:43:01The limits of a two-coast U.S. battleship fleet in the 1890sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:40:02How foreknowledge could accelerate the 1850 Royal NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress9:19:39A British alternative for China's first ironcladsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress9:32:10Torpedo-boat doctrine and unreliable enginesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress10:24:57Why the Oregon City cruisers became a new classQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:16:58How navies might answer the Deutschland class without treaty limitsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:50Could Japan have built the Number 13 battleship design?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida44:01Using armor to keep modern warships repairableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:25:48Why China's naval expansion appears suddenQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:30:18Why China does not fill every shipyard with warshipsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:37:23How the Reichsmarine could build experience under treaty limitsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:50:14Why the Republic of China needed submarines more than cruisersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:50:56How a 1909 super-steel would change British warship designQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:22:32A critique of the Dingyuan class's gun layout and seakeepingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:30:04Why Russia is unlikely to buy a Chinese-built carrierQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:34:10Why Russia could buy Mistrals but not a foreign carrierQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:51:30Why the post-Cold War shipyard contraction is criticisedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:52:11Can steady production reduce shipyard delays?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:26:54Two extra pre-dreadnoughts and wartime availabilityQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:40:47A US ten-and-ten battleship program in the 1890sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:25:02Could Chile buy new Vanguard-type battleships before a delayed war?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:57:40The Royal Navy's overlapping secondary and destroyer gunsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida11:03:58Could Henderson have narrowed the pause in capital-ship construction?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida11:05:07Which construction would Churchill pause if forced to choose?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:06:41Can modern civilian shipyards switch to warship production?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II4:59:11Why Chinese naval exports face a crowded marketQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:04:11Why a larger County programme does not fix postwar export totalsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:44:10Selling a Typhoon without displacing a submarine programmeQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:56:15Why two ships do not guarantee one availableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:36:35The risk of assuming governments can choose when war beginsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I23:45Large armored cruisers as affordable heavy-ship massQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I25:38Designing a fleet around a known budgetNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I56:52Why a hypothetical WE.177D would extend an existing familyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:01:22Spearfish speed and the American engine behind itQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:06:33Why shared Spearfish technology did not produce a NATO torpedoNotable Point
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:41A deliberately bad but plausible small-navy procurement planQ&A
- Sergey Georgyevich Gorshkov: The Architect Behind and the Face of the Soviet Navy1:04:49Warships as measures of industrial capabilityChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception2:36Restoring Reginald Henderson to the rearmament storyChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception35:16Cunningham challenges wartime ship designsChapter
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:30Admiral Henderson takes on US Navy procurementQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:56How Fisher might phase out obsolete warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:51Replacement orders could accelerate British cruiser evolutionQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:33The Royal Navy's slow move to the 5-inch/62 gunQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:02Project Ark Royal was an option study, not a programNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?2:37Why the Third Sea Lord could shape the whole fleetChapter
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?10:04The modern procurement lesson of restoring a naval integratorNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?14:16Why the Third Sea Lord could plan beyond a personal legacyNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?19:32How HMS Unicorn passed as an aviation support shipNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?26:53Why Henderson stockpiled designs before warNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?29:58How requirements became Royal Navy warshipsNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?46:19Turreted secondary guns become a manpower reformNotable Point
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!24:32Why fleets need quality, quantity, and balanceNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)25:34Yamato's 18-inch guns distort every rival building programNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)59:59Can the same forecast be made for smaller navies?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:13:44Would peacetime navies fund radio-guided weapons?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:29:28How many destroyers would the major navies need?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:39:06Would navies modernize or replace old battleships?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:45:20Could new naval treaties stop the 1940s arms race?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:56:06Would Hitler choose battleships or carriers?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)3:02:30What navy could a victorious Nationalist China build?Q&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:28Vickers' dive-bomb sight and Air Ministry prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:50Britain's F-35A purchase and undefined carrier droneNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:34:52What a surviving Royal Dockyard could provideQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:15Why StanFlex modularity workedNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:49Why stopping Type 45 production at six cost readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:19Did British yards have workers for more ships?Q&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:03Why navies hedged between battleships and carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:55What an American reconstruction budget would permitNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:14Could France buy dreadnoughts or seek foreign yard assistance?Q&A
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:46Procurement must prepare for peace as well as warChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft34:40Successful deterrence looks like an unnecessary expenseNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:05:09Treaty rules distorted the choice between sloops and destroyersChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:18:17Treaty building holidays disrupted naval productionNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:22:31Crewing cuts can undermine force generationNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:34:39Design fleets from commitments and force-generation mathChapter
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy47:03Different departments pull British industry in opposite directionsNotable Point
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy58:36Industrial decisions shape wars decades laterNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:11The R class in Britain's prewar fleet-renewal planNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:30Non-US missiles for the Mark 41 launcherQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:04Which regional navies might have bought Australia's proposed LSH?Q&A
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?1:06Reliability is the hinge of the X-1 counterfactualNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?6:20Cruiser submarines need a mission strong enough to justify their costNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?39:12Britain matches destroyer orders with Commonwealth sloopsNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?41:00Germany enters an established submarine-ASW race lateNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?45:51Foreign cruiser submarines sustain a much larger British escort fleetChapter
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?29:48The U.S. stopped short after the Virginia classNotable Point
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?35:01Type 26 shows why programme labels can changeNotable Point
- 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
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:46Why Australia might stop at two large landing shipsQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:34The JMSDF appears more conflict-ready than European fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:31Britain's layered shipbuilding plansQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:38The Type 82 procurement pinch pointNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:38A Dreadnought-class SSGN before railguns and lasers matureNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:17Why modern navies understate ship classesQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:37French naval reconstruction and strategic autonomyQ&A
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age8:11Why early missiles forced a cautious destroyer transitionNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age12:18Why a missile destroyer came before a missile cruiserNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age23:11A destroyer navy preserved postwar global presenceChapter
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age41:11Why cheaper Type 42 comparisons missed Type 82's wider roleNotable Point
- Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?9:15Hyuga may have been the bridge to IzumoNotable Point
- Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?47:22Future-proofing is Izumo's long-term procurement valueNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War41:22Layered defences require fleets built for availabilityChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War45:15Reserve hulls could separate ship availability from peacetime crewingNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War46:36Production gaps turn fleet cuts into ageing-ship problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:08Who could use surplus treaty-era warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:41Reading the Type 31 missile fitQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:05Type 26 export savings and the cost of a sail training shipQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:11The case for a naval sail training shipQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:36Reusing battleship names in a no-treaty fleetQ&A
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships0:00Why navies build apparently obsolete shipsChapter
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships5:07The two fears governing naval innovationNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships21:58Balancing gun-crew exposure against magazine riskNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships36:55How battleship roles changed after carrier ascendancyNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships39:58Why modern warships retain deck guns alongside missilesChapter
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships41:55Cutting-edge technology still needs insuranceNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships45:32Choosing cutting-edge capability or affordable massNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:37A market for second-class dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:40:00Why one European warship cannot fit every navyQ&A
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation48:41Controller of the Navy placed Suckling over naval resourcesChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?21:28Midway lessons for fighters, torpedo bombers, and screensChapter
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut10:43A 1937 cruiser built around six 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut24:34UK naval procurement and the sail-training debateQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:18:45Why impossible requirements rarely produce balanced warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:59Why a Black Swan escort cost less than a Tribal destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:37When a larger DDG(X) becomes a new Burke flightNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...22:56National identity shapes warship procurementNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:29:31Cutting Type 45 numbers squandered development costsNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?0:00From the Six-Six Fleet Plan to the Maya classChapter
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?7:28Why Maya's upgrades suit a two-ship Japanese buyNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?47:32Could Britain and Japan share a future large destroyer?Chapter
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...19:51British rearmament plans assumed a later warNotable Point
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...26:20War interrupts a different kind of naval programNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:37:30Why an archived warship design may never have been intended for constructionNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P33:35:59A conservative Constitution built from mature weaponsNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:24How procurement decisions can slow shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:44British yards could build export carriersQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:46Why surface combatants may pass 30,000 tons againQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:27Blue Ridge and Mount Whitney's unusually long serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:27A hypothetical 1950 navy built from surplus shipsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:19Whether to reorder cancelled SH-60 airframesQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:17Why prewar escort-carrier studies did not produce ships soonerNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:22More flight decks sustain carrier-aircraft ordersQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:27Why Norway's minehunter may not fit BritainQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:18:35County names for Britain's future amphibious shipsQ&A
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik10:25Norway's missed coastal-defence modernizationNotable Point
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik41:48The excluded 14-inch-monitor branchNotable Point
- Battle of Cadiz(1656): Going Godly for Gold27:23Why seventeenth-century ship labels misleadChapter
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:06Nordic frigate orders and British yard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:40Nordic fleet repairs and Britain's missile production reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:13A Danish Type 31 could demonstrate StanFlex to BritainQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:34Modular warships still need their modules purchasedNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:01County-class armor and aviation-ship classificationNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:23Why cutting Type 45 production wasted development investmentNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:24Could Norway's Type 26 order lead to another British batch?Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:02Could Canada or Australia join Type 83?Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:01Why an early Norwegian Type 26 could come from the British orderQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:38A practical route to German submarine-launched cruise missilesQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:19If Britain never paused carrier constructionQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:50Earlier carriers could support Force Z before their air groups were readyNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:07Why a nuclear Zumwalt cruiser would be a new designQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:55:15Why demographics may not slow China's naval buildup soonQ&A
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why20:45The neglected US Navy 4-inch gunNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why32:29Swedish 120 mm guns for medium and neutral naviesChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why52:58How Ansaldo and OTO competed over Italy's 120 mm gunsNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...53:39The 1942 rearmament horizon and Churchill's carrier pauseNotable Point
- Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic26:13History as input to Type 83 destroyer designNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:58Norwegian Type 26 orders and the Type 83 timetableQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:25The case for a ninth British Type 26Notable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:40Why Type 32 was tied to the Type 31 production lineNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:37Zumwalt's likely service life and hypersonic refitQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:38Why Norway's Type 26 decision mattersQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:48Neo-Constitution nostalgia versus Intrepid and Excelsior IINotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:09Why another Type 26 yard could matter more than Type 31 capacityQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:08Could Norwegian Type 26 orders change Type 83's design?Q&A
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.0:00Why navies need warfighting and presence fleetsChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.10:46Cold War studies and the recurring Burke stopgapChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.16:43The discarded surface-combatant alternativesNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.20:59Designing high-end ships for a second-line convoy roleNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.23:23Why lower-cost destroyer programs escaped interferenceNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.24:15From a 32-ship plan to three ships over forty yearsChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.27:15Congress turns a class into a technology demonstratorChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.33:08Why 'any destroyer will do' is not a strategyNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.34:22The Navy's sudden 2008 reversal toward more BurkesChapter
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.38:08How quantity cuts created the six-billion-dollar shipChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?22:39Private gun development outpaced conservative Royal Navy ordersNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?2:03:14Salamis combined a German hull with foreign naval technologyChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?2:09:42Greece used a British mission to compare global suppliersNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:00A British-American submarine for the South China SeaQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:01Why Royal Dockyards constrained private shipbuilding costsNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:23Why conservative governments retained public dockyardsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:42When naval orders serve employment goalsNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:59Selling young frigates to keep shipbuilding continuousNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:40:04Why Abdiel's speed was too costly for a standard destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:37Ships to add beyond the Royal Navy pipelineQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:40Why China would not sell Liaoning to RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:15Why British Type 42s lacked antiship missilesQ&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:24:13Why Australia contributes no carrier of its ownNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:14:40The 1939 construction pause magnified Britain's carrier shortageNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:39:24Would surviving Force Z bring the Lion class into service?Q&A
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?3:25Royal Navy gun diversity reflected changing prioritiesNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?4:52How abundant funding could delay gun standardizationNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?7:03The alternate history requires a 1935 service-ready gunChapter
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:36Why Scharnhorst's 11-inch guns did not define her typeNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:51A Philippine order for Abukuma-class escortsQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:40Why British Phantoms used Spey enginesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11:24Why modern warships take longer to buildQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:43:11Earlier 16-inch battleships without the Great DepressionNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:47:26Why changing Jeune École takes more than one personQ&A
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction1:39Why interwar navies invested in battleships and carriers togetherNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction27:36Incremental warship design as risk controlChapter
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction37:38Light-cruiser labels concealed a wide design spectrumNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction38:43The 9.2-inch cruiser that might have raised the treaty ceilingNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction40:22Design ambition constrained by politics and treatiesNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?17:45Early budget cuts and Britain's dreadnought leadNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?20:36Why ambitious dreadnought studies became conservative shipsNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:12:37America built battleships without a balanced fleet screenChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:20:16Mahan's naval influence and the neglected fleet screenNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:20:45Why America's modern fleet screen arrived too late for World War INotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:23:08Britain's escort orders assumed a later start to warNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:25:03The interwar sloop fleet Britain could have builtNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)18:52Why Britain's F-35Bs need more carrier trainingQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)33:39Economies of scale and ships in ordinaryNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)50:24What Japan could build instead of YamatoQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:11:41How deferred refits created the Type 45 backlogQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:30:32Price air defense by damage preventedNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:19Why six Type 45s look like billion-pound destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:54Why U.S. ships keep larger crewsQ&A
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!4:58Compact mounting and worldwide serviceNotable Point
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!31:40Why so many navies adopted the OTO 76Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft43:44A displacement ladder for general-purpose warshipsNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:04:03Apollo and Gem cruisers were procured for peaceQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:04:23How modern fleet design changed after UkraineQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:05:32Peacetime acquisition in the age of sailQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:08:14Great rebuilds and preservation sustained sailing fleetsNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft2:21:37Why Japan, Korea, and China build warships fasterQ&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft(Part 1)3:35Procuring military capability for peaceChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft(Part 1)10:30Why warships combine combat and diplomatic utilityChapter
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...33:39Fisher's legacy and a divided Royal NavyNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...35:17How Dreadnought design choices shaped the naval raceNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...1:15:05Why Germany lost the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:55Changing Washington Treaty construction limitsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:48Where Canada should put rapid defense spendingQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:02Naval design books sent back to 1933Q&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:12The admiral most disappointed by today's Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:43:31Twentieth-century warship design misstepsQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:06:58Why interwar naval treaties became a pressure cookerQ&A
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys5:42Orzel-class power versus Baltic mission fitNotable Point
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys48:13O 11 exposes the resource inertia of German salvage plansNotable Point
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:07:40Norway enters 1940 with submarines from another eraChapter
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:23How the Royal Navy might have handled Mark 14 failuresQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:38Why higher defense budgets do not instantly create weaponsNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:00More Type 45s and the fleet availability problemQ&A
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy6:42Gorshkov turned sea-power theory into procurement for peaceNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy59:54From Black Sea commander to builder of a blue-water Soviet NavyChapter
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy1:03:47Good enough meant a credible 75-to-80-percent solutionNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy1:51:41Strike doctrine supported Kiev, Kirov, Slava, and KuznetsovNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:11:00A fleet is built by the whole national economyNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:11:00Lenin and Engels make naval funding politically orthodoxNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:38:41More Soviet cruisers could revive the US strike-cruiser programQ&A
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:42:55Small ships make a globally distributed balanced fleet affordableQ&A
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:51:57Why Soviet naval spending is difficult to compareQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:27Why rebuild a British battleship instead of a Soviet design?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:06The SparrowHawk modular-cruiser compromiseQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:27A conventional frigate instead of LCSQ&A
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:14:57Type 45 program cost obscured the price of additional shipsNotable Point
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:31:24Military capability cannot be improvised after the crisisChapter
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...6:09Why major warship experiments normally came in pairsNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...9:30The Bellerophon class was cut from four ships to threeChapter
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...18:27Philip Watts and serving officers refined the Bellerophon designNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...28:10Bellerophon was planned before the dreadnought panicChapter
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...39:49Royal dockyards trained the wider shipbuilding workforceNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...1:02:09The Bellerophons proved the dreadnought squadron conceptNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...1:05:22Shipyard closures traded mobilization capacity for short-term economyNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...1:06:19Four-ship programs matched Royal Navy tactical needsChapter
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...1:10:30Britain could not preserve naval primacy on the cheapNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:19:27Why most navies favored floatplanes over flying boatsQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:52:43Why Supermarine had reason to prioritize a Royal Navy fighterQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:06Fleet formations depend on buying enough shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:59Improved Kilo as the fallback for Russian diesel submarinesNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:51Judging Zumwalt's curtailed programme and LCS speed requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:35Project 23900: amphibious value and limits of a two-ship programQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:13What Constellation and carrier delays revealQ&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?27:43Barham exposes the cost of refitting twiceNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?46:31Standardization closed the adoption windowNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?1:12:30Nelson refits compete with new constructionNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat14:01Connolly flies the F-111B and reverses his verdictNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat50:47A carrier's aircraft mix sets its practical capabilitiesNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…28:05Operational concepts and procurement shaped each otherNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:24Retrofitting data links and agreeing fleet standardsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:13Why more frigates require more shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:49Why New Zealand funded an Indefatigable-class battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:00:06Why a Japanese large light-cruiser project was canceledQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:08:17Large Lions and competing carrier prioritiesQ&A
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō32:40When defense institutions began driving Japanese policyNotable Point
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō34:00Why the Mogamis' larger guns were a disputed choiceNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?1:37:46Three ways naval procurement can lose capabilityNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:09:51Technology complicates war without changing its fundamentalsChapter
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:27:47The Moskva lesson navies may choose to avoidQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:33:46Will explosive USVs become the new torpedo boats?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?56:26Dominion fleets could absorb early battlecruisers as Britain modernizedNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?58:00A 24-knot battle line would pressure British and American successorsNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:18When French carrier ambitions become a funded programNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:17Why navies rarely control their own budgetsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:04Why prewar US destroyers came in many small classesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:57Why CATOBAR dominates carrier debatesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:08Norway's frigate choice: manning, capability, and presenceQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:39Naval treaties based on hull count instead of tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:35Competition and ownership in Royal Navy shipbuildingQ&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?1:09What really went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth class?Q&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?10:26Parsons, Brown-Curtis, and turbine competitionNotable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?13:51Fisher, Churchill, and the compromise designChapter
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?29:13Small-tube boilers and Britain's industrial baseChapter
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?34:03Budget restraint left shipbuilding capacity unusedNotable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?55:13Ideal sketches were not procurement designsNotable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?1:02:07Risk aversion and national survivalNotable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?1:04:15Britain, America, and an unrestrained naval technology raceNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?3:14A Scharnhorst-based fleet could have arrived soonerNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?8:13Why the German navy remained a lower priorityNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?9:08Why German commissioning dates can overstate readinessNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?28:44Why Type 45 programme cost was not the cost of another shipNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?44:01Capital-ship ambition crowded out essential escortsNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose47:58A fleet survey could not overcome political delayNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:36:52Why domestic steel capacity matters in naval mobilizationNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:11Reboring German 30.5 cm guns offers little strategic gainQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:19Venezia cruisers force Britain to prioritize existing capital-ship designsNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:22:42A hull insert could support a Queen Elizabeth-class CATOBAR conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:42:12More British battlecruisers do not bring Kongo forwardQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:42:27Continuous infrastructure spending removes Royal Navy bottlenecksQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?32:42The U.S. Navy reaches the Bofors after the 1.1-inch gunNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?46:51A global navy needs viable weapons, not perfection everywhereNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:20:45Judge weapons by the metrics that matter in combatNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:05:11Which ships could the new Admiralty staff influence?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:31:53A capital-ship program without the We Want Eight crisisChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:45:25Could the Revenge class become faster Queen Elizabeth follow-ons?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:11:12Why German battlecruiser losses could have lasting effectsNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:23:46Why the Admiralty won ships but lost the strategy debateNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:26:08Would Britain release Ottoman warships under the new Admiralty?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:31:48Could Ottoman warships reach Istanbul before the war?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:36:45Could British yards build the extra cruisers without cutting battleships?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:40:41Why the Revenge ships do not become Renown-type battlecruisersQ&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:52:36Why extra battlecruisers need not replace the prewar battleship batchesQ&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:55:26Why Palmers declined despite building Queen MaryQ&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:55:44Would extra construction send more pre-dreadnoughts overseas?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:58:37Why the Royal Navy stopped with the Indefatigable classNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?3:13:15Why better briefing could keep battlecruisers out of the battle lineQ&A
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII28:48A two-destroyer-a-year path to readinessNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII48:13A counterfactual Canadian fleet for 1939Notable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:38HMS Unicorn was presented as support rather than a carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:02Ernest King pushed the Essex-class carrier programQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:57Ernest King would have served the navy placed in his chargeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:01Brunel could normalize larger experimental ironcladsQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:05A US withdrawal would delay rather than automatically end AUKUS submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:32Cruiser orders could double as recession employment policyNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!53:47King expanded aviator training and challenged a fragile supplier baseChapter
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:06:03King designed a fleet-wide anti-aircraft rearmament planNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...32:35Congress and interwar U.S. naval growthNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...39:13American rank policy complicated coalition commandNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...42:02Why procurement programs need senior officersNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:35How Malaysia's Lekiu class aged as a Sea Wolf frigateQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII8:44How smaller navies chose submarines before World War IIChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII51:53Why the Royal Navy built U-class submarines before wartime demand peakedNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII56:51Greek submarine choices under tight financial limitsChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII1:32:27Dutch submarines for Europe and the East IndiesChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:34:19Norway's B class: licensed production without a modern forceNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:47:10Did smaller navies consider buying Japanese submarines?Q&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:24:59A better interwar submarine force for NorwayQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:27:52Why Britain requisitioned foreign warships under constructionQ&A
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?49:13Russia concentrates its first rates at VyborgNotable Point
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!21:30Symbolic display cannot replace usable naval powerNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...11:31What a Queen Elizabeth-class CATOBAR conversion would entailNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:55How the Royal Navy planned to replace V/W-class destroyers and flotilla leadersQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:02Could an earlier First World War U-boat campaign force Britain to negotiate?Q&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:47How a submarine-first German fleet would change British strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:21Why the Fleet Air Arm welcomed American carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:58How the West might answer twelve Project 23560 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:50:22How 1939 navies might exploit one Tier X battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:35Carrier construction as a response to stronger battleshipsNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction48:37Royal Navy procurement faced several qualitative rivalsNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned20:03Grand Duke Alexei's strategy-free fleet buildingChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned43:05Theodor Avellan administered without challenging strategyChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:10:30Rebuilding after Tsushima without strategic coherenceNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:57Why heavily arming River-class OPVs could cost the Royal Navy frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:30A postwar Royal Navy standardized on 5.25-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:17A third Dido-class run with Vanguard's improved 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?7:53Percival linked fleet air defense to industrial capacityNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?38:44Why the U.S. Navy stopped at eight AtlantasNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?43:14Universal guns traded experimentation for logisticsNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?45:19More directors would leave Atlanta with the same main gunNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?11:35Availability and fire control shaped 40 mm procurementNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?30:05The Swedish requirement that produced the Bofors L60Chapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?36:07Aircraft growth makes 40 mm volume of fire decisiveNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?56:48Tribal-class Bofors plans and a possible hybrid mountNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:43:12Did Sweden's Bofors requirement prove universal superiority?Q&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:55:29Why wartime fleets kept mixed fire-control systemsNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:10:49The first Type 22 frigates retained Bofors after allNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:25More Lexington hulls and larger American shipyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:52Continuing British battleship and battlecruiser constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:58:21Building a sustainable Japanese fleet without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:46When a warship needs a new hull rather than new enginesQ&A
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List37:10Why Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were called battlecruisersNotable Point
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List1:11:10What modern fleets lost with the riskable destroyerNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?25:20Fast promotion limited Scheer's command developmentChapter
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic25:40William May turns convalescence into an Admiralty apprenticeshipNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic36:17The Third Sea Lord's responsibility for a future fleetChapter
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic44:08Jellicoe's path toward the fast battleshipNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic45:58Fleet economics behind the Grand Fleet's scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:15Why arming patrol vessels for ASW can backfireQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:22Why Argentine Type 42s carried ExocetQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:33Why Royal Navy corvette advocacy depends on timingQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:47Why navies buy the high end before the low endQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:30The gap after New IronsidesNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership37:26The Jeune École legacy compounds French policy instabilityNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership58:23The building holiday erodes shipyard and armour capacityChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:08:51Why scrapping HMS Tiger without replacement matteredNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:11:21Cruiser ratios reveal a budget-driven compromiseNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:22:38The treaty saves pennies but costs poundsChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?36:28Atlanta and Dido emerged in parallelChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?44:23Did Dido incorporate lessons from C-class conversions?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?46:07Did Dido replace the C- and D-class cruisers?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?52:14Armament shortages changed early Dido completionsNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:22:05Does every new warship class replace an older one?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:30:47Why converted C-class cruisers stayed in serviceChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:27:20Why the US Navy built few Atlanta-class cruisersChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:28:10Why an earlier Alaska class might have matteredNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:58:28Were the Tiger-class cruisers victims of naval treaties?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?3:14:06Would the 5-inch/54 have prolonged Atlanta production?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?3:16:54What do Houthi attacks suggest about fleet size?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:17Why US shipbuilding plans must be judged by deliveryQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:00Where South Korean warship exports are most likely to succeedQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:51Why the US Navy needs many Constellation-class frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:36Would Catherine the Great suit Russia's Project 23000E carrier?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:32Would France export its tumblehome frigates?Q&A
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...2:10How naval orders sustained specialist aircraft firmsNotable Point
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...5:49Why IMAM suited a hypothetical Regia Marina fleet air armNotable Point
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...23:28Why the Ro.43 remained Italy's shipboard aviation mainstayNotable Point
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:42Why Britain appeared ahead in current frigate procurementQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:52Why major warship refits are normal lifecycle planningQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:36Which navies might want the Short Hellcat missile?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:41What a Short Hellcat missile would add to Royal Navy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:08What could replace the Constellation-class frigate programQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:33Why River-class OPVs are not armed as convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:15The ambition-capacity gap in Soviet naval plansQ&A
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?58:18A carrier is a support node, not a substitute for its escortsNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina29:17Caio Duilio class: 18-inch guns and a carried torpedo boatChapter
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:18Identifying HMS Splendid in the Falklands carrier huntNotable Point
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:01Carrier and LHD procurement when allies cannot rely on the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:40How allied procurement changes with less American backstoppingQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:07How fixed launch cells and changing missiles shape Canada's River classQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:38Whether a Norwegian Type 26 order would change the British shipsQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:53The name Warspite and the still-conceptual Type 83Q&A
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...8:28The Landing Craft Committee and the inter-service funding disputeNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:32:46Post-Cold War assumptions created a Royal Navy replacement gapNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:03Which naval decision would each speaker change?Q&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:24How an F3-derived fast battleship could preserve 15-inch productionNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:18When a cut-price cruiser becomes a false economyNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:23Replacing the Audacious programme with Malta-class carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:14Why Royal Navy type numbers skip unbuilt designsQ&A
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?19:26Foca's loss exposes niche-production riskNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...23:38Arsenal ship firepower versus battleship utilityChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer28:18Why expanding missions made destroyers largerNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer54:15Nelson-class armour came at the price of speedNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194120:59When did the US Navy expect to be ready for war?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194127:49What happens to a buildup if war never comes?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 194143:33Three institutional pressures on US fleet readinessNotable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:59:40Would an early fleet battle change US shipbuilding priorities?Q&A
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?39:53Single-customer defence industry defies ordinary market logicChapter
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?52:14Shipyard specialisation limits competition and adds capacity costsNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?2:16:53Deleting hangars creates an amphibious false economyNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:08:31Why Canadian warships were repeatedly run downQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:19:19Can the Constellation frigate escape the LCS legacy?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:22:49LCS firefighting limits and the 45-knot requirementNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:31:41The escort-cruiser studies deferred by PolarisNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:53:30Can Britain sustain a competitive naval-shipyard model?Q&A
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?6:29Why a modern battleship could never be a cheap shortcutChapter
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition10:04The imperial fleet's cruiser gapNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition14:29Palmer's only battlecruiserChapter
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition17:50Reliable capital ships as conventional deterrenceNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:00:15Who might buy one, and why size should stop near 60,000 tonsChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:07:29Should the Iowa class be reactivated as an uncrewed control ship?Q&A
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:57:46Railgun costs depend on development and production scaleChapter
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live2:34:30An expensive deterrent remains useful if deterrence failsNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?3:23Reginald Henderson built the Royal Navy's wartime fleetChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?8:07Archives recover Henderson from Chatfield's selective memoryNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?18:52Bruce Fraser inherited a Henderson-sized institutional gapNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?37:30Treasury yard closures collided with naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?54:58A negotiated answer to Churchill's construction pausesChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:15:28Slow warship construction preserved yards at a high priceNotable Point
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:35:24Jacky Fisher's Renown and Repulse set a wartime procurement precedentNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class5:25Procurement should answer manageable threats, not impossible absolutesNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class29:02A balanced fleet means balance against national needsChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class49:59The fleet hidden behind the Six-Six headlineChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class57:59The Six-Six Fleet was a coalition design, not a prophet's blueprintNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:07:06Why twelve 90-percent ships may beat ten perfect onesNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:28:25Applying Six-Six Fleet principles to a modern navyNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:19How many non-treaty heavy cruisers Japan could buildQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:11Why the US Navy did not buy more eight-inch armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:56Why the Constellation-class frigates are likely to surviveQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:13Why the Type 12 family began with conservative armamentQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:16Why modern navies have not standardized on 155 mm gunsQ&A
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:03:15Standardization linked guns, ship plans, and accountabilityChapter
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:07:13Common ship plans made dockyard performance comparableNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:18:12Evolutionary design made first rates useful experimentsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...13:01How prescriptive naval treaties limited fleet adaptationNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...2:24How naval officers narrow the ship designer's choicesNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...15:09Why costly warships usually evolve cautiouslyNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...26:16Wake-Walker makes Warrior a heavy frigateChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:21:51Carrier concepts meet procurement and wartime adaptationNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:29:04Cumulative treaty tonnage governs carrier numbersNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:44:19Successive CNOs shape the Arleigh Burke classChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:47:43Zumwalt's questions begin a long institutional transitionNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!3:51How many Illustrious-class carriers could Britain have built?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!9:50What an early Royal Navy rearmament could have changedQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:26:18Type 31 names and support for an uncrewed fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:28:43Can European naval systems replace US-sourced components?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:49:24If James Stanhope had remained First LordQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:53Could Britain replace US components in future frigates?Q&A
- An Indomitable Force Z3:21Construction pauses delayed the Royal Navy's carrier programChapter
- An Indomitable Force Z21:09The King George V class and the case for updated 15-inch gunsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z29:41Reginald Henderson linked carrier command to procurement politicsNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live41:15Rated warships filled different fleet price pointsNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live1:16:27Cast-iron cannon change the economics of fleet firepowerChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live1:39:12Ordnance standardization leads toward the EstablishmentsChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live1:58:29Rebuilding keeps dockyards, skills, and material in useChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:11:10Copper sheathing depends on industrial depthChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:13:18How could existing capital ships meet an Establishment?Q&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:51:19Why the early United States lacked ships of the lineQ&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:56:31Victory's 1800 refit restores a hospital ship to battleNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:29:17Queen Elizabeth carriers lacked their planned LHD partnersNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:29How often the Royal Navy considered nuclear surface shipsQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:47An ASW-leaning Type 26 for NorwayQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:34Planning a sister ship for HMS DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:00Five Type 31s and a proposal for rolling frigate batchesQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:01Why HMS Belfast was an unlikely Norwegian Type 26 transferQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:47Projects proposed as early, under budget, and effectiveQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:37How postwar British shipbuilding could have stayed strongerQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?6:41How early-war carrier decisions weakened the Far East deploymentChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?12:35Ark Royal's loss, deferred refit work, and counterfloodingNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?27:53Why pausing warship construction also congested shipyardsNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:10:41Albion and Bulwark: maintenance cycles and disposal decisionsQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:25:20Would an earlier victory prevent the Daring-class destroyers?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:08Why interwar anti-submarine development appeared slowQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:43Why the Royal Navy chose 14-inch guns for the King George V classQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:39How to rebuild modern US and Royal Navy capacityQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:15How Italy matches naval commitments to designed capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:04Absalon, StanFlex, and Danish procurement disciplineNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:07How cost-plus contracts can shift underbidding riskNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:58Hoche and the problems of successive redesignsQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:10A fully funded postwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?5:47Roosevelt, Taft, and the politics of an American treaty initiativeChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?36:08Austria-Hungary's divided politics meet Montecuccoli's battleship driveChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?49:45The plausible treaty: cap individual ships, not fleetsChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?58:07Roosevelt, Tillman, and Britain could support the cap for different reasonsChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?15:45Split Fleet Air Arm control obstructed a tender programChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?22:12The US Navy example exposed Britain's funding problemChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?25:39Trade protection was an insurance argumentChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?52:51A mobile tender network traded completeness for flexibilityChapter
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth40:20Oil had to replace a mature worldwide coal systemChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command11:20War College studies connect Greenwich to Admiralty procurementNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command26:52Astley Cooper Key establishes Greenwich for practical professionalismChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command47:12Ragnar Colvin teaches command decisions through integrated staff workChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:51Frigate missions and criticism of the Littoral Combat ShipQ&A
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked19:21Institutional rivalry as an anti-corruption controlNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked21:52Why the Controller could resist a First Sea LordChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked31:13How the Third Sea Lord inherited surprise-inspection powerNotable Point
- 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 worked52:03Russell uses workmanship to police patronageNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:55Cruiser choices for a neutral Atlantic navyQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:45Why the Royal Navy does not need Japan's new FFMQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:15Foreign ironclads and cruisers as British design comparisonsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:03Why Francesco Caracciolo is the 1910s foreign-design choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:12Hōshō as a British escort-carrier experiment in the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:42:05North Carolina and the limits of importing a carrier designNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:21:32Repair cost and age behind the 1969 grounding write-offQ&A
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him16:44Why wartime warship programs arrive lateNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!39:30Why secondary theaters needed their own aviation supportNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!54:00How a tender fleet could strengthen the case for naval air controlNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:21:23Could tenders have brought Catalinas into naval service before the war?Notable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!1:27:51The earlier gull-wing naval fighter called SeafireNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:06:22Why the seaplane-tender case lost in interwar procurementChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:08:52Choosing between an airfield, carrier, and tenderChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:19:02Why three planned maintenance carriers did not mean three ordersNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:32:46Why new merchant-style hulls beat old cruiser conversionsQ&A
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:55:14Could surplus destroyers become seaplane tenders?Q&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...0:36Could a blank cheque transform Royal Navy research after 1900?Q&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:04How naval research and development worked in 1900Chapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...2:35State and industry took different research risksNotable Point
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...13:59Boilers, turbines, and the hidden cost of warship developmentChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...17:00Why six Type 45s carried the development cost of twelveNotable Point
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...51:45A plausible funding mechanism under the Third Sea LordChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...52:53The Blackburn Skua illustrates discreet Admiralty sponsorshipNotable Point
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:13:53Small-tube boilers needed funding to reach larger warshipsNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live20:00The Navy Board offices that sustained the fleetChapter
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live29:38How the Third Sea Lord shaped procurement decisionsNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:19:04Russell used patronage to test naval contractorsNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:30:17Why the Royal Navy retained its own dockyardsQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:22:49Treaty-exempt sloops could have expanded escort capacityNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:29:46Why peacetime ship limits favor larger warshipsQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:39:43Why warship contracts went to politically important yardsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II10:30Why Emerald-class cruisers entered service with triple tubesQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:14:08How Yamato competed with Shokaku for Japanese resourcesQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:35:51The value of Canada’s Protector-class Arctic patrol shipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:07:03The Littoral Combat Ship’s design failure: requirements without disciplineQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:09:00Why Zumwalt and LCS had different programme failuresQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:40:27How many more British carriers could have been ordered in 1935?Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:28:17The missing escorts in Japan's Circle One programmeQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...2:04:36Why naval auxiliaries are hard to build jointlyQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...2:09:37How navies tested guns, shells, and armourQ&A
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 108:21What gun counts miss about fighting valueNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1018:21The fifth rate as a naval price pointChapter
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1046:11Choosing a fleet a country can sustainChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?8:44Why government money changes naval innovationChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?17:34The industrial scale behind Edwardian naval innovationNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?39:14Jellicoe's boiler decision and the cost of proving machineryNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?46:48Testing 14-inch guns and triple turrets earlierChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?1:03:50A workable 1900 Admiralty research systemChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?1:21:56How discretionary funds would work inside the AdmiraltyNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:14:42Could firms export government-funded technology?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:22:25The 15-inch/42 gun supplies the funding modelNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:23:06Was the Royal Navy already pursuing radical technology?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:23:35Prizes for proven naval technologyNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?4:18France's strategic dilemma and the appeal of small shipsChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?10:23A future technology still needs a present-day forceNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?26:25Hoche enters a disrupted construction systemChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?33:38Pausing capital-ship orders erodes industrial capabilityChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?37:12Aube's battleship halt as political theatreNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?38:05Redoutable's changing machinery and armour specificationsNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?50:17Redoutable's final approval came after work had begunNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?53:49The Terrible class was restoring a repeatable build rhythmNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?56:23Hoche, Amiral Baudin, and Formidable took roughly ten yearsNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?59:11The 1886-87 pause and a widening British production gapChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:00:28Brennus was not simply the cancelled Charles Martel rebuiltNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:02:01Chronology rules out Royal Sovereign as Brennus's modelNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:06:35Factional leadership turns procurement into a political contestChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:14:20One-off battleships deny France a coherent squadronChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:32:17Hoche and the price of single-ship classesChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:33:37The closing test for a technology gambleNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...4:13Presidential carrier names and protection from cancellationQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...41:21The Hunt-class stability problem in contextQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:31:20Vickers salesmanship and the international 14-inch gunNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:32:44Common systems and different hulls for the European Patrol CorvetteQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:02:39The price of a fast, heavily armoured 1913 battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:05:00Why a future DDG(X) launcher may still be Mark 41Q&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:39:05Would a 5-inch gun refit make sense for the Type 45?Q&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:07:18Why naming a Ford-class carrier remains politicalQ&A
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience2:12:51Porter turns available schooners into mortar vesselsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea31:12The naval race before 1914 combined ship numbers and design competitionNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea59:46Admiral Hipper's complexity exposed a fragmented procurement systemChapter
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise14:59How allies would view a Spanish naval modernization planQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise19:14Can state support keep shipbuilding competitive?Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise24:49Keeping Royal Dockyards at a distance from political interferenceNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise48:42The uncertain prospects of proposed UK naval conceptsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:04:17Graf Zeppelin and the danger of poor system integrationNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:22:15Why a future Harland and Wolff LHD remains hard to predictQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:57:42Why future obsolescence does not justify retiring useful ships nowNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:35:20Why a joint UK-Canada-Australia LHD is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:15:27Canada's industrial transition to Type 26 frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:18:36Why British paper warships look more buildableQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:49:54A Spanish fleet-rebuilding strategy from 1923Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:08:53Why Britain could not trade two Queen Elizabeth carriers for three smaller shipsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:28:58When a River-class OPV replacement might appearQ&A
- Flotillas of the Danube1:29:14Why surplus special-operations boats cannot replace Danube minesweepersNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:40:06Why river bends favoured Romania's spar-torpedo boatsNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:41:45Romania combines foreign shipyards with assembly at GalațiNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube1:50:16Small patrol craft protect scarce major warships from routine dutiesNotable Point
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership59:36What an economical 1930s British battleship might look likeQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:00:29Why modern warships remain bespoke rather than production-line productsQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:51:00A modern sloop built around StanFlex modularityQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership4:37:40Four powerful 1937 capital ships reset the naval arms raceQ&A
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?0:00The choice between gun caliber and speed was political as well as technicalChapter
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?35:18Perceptions of Jutland favored armor over strategic mobilityNotable Point
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?40:20F3 speed and common ammunition offered peacetime and wartime flexibilityChapter
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?46:09Carrier aviation was emerging, but not yet matureNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War10:13Lionel Tufnell brings engineering logic to Greek naval reformNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War11:08The Salamis design combines German, American, and British strengthsChapter
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War15:15Why regional powers keep warships useful for longerNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War42:46A cancelled Argentine order modernizes the Greek destroyer forceNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War58:48Lemnos confirms Greek control and drives Ottoman battleship ordersChapter
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force4:12High-speed operations wear out destroyers and shape postwar fleetsNotable Point
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force6:28Fisher's 33-knot requirement and a builder competitionChapter
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force33:09J. Samuel White builds fast craft and develops the Tribals in batchesNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...56:34Selling F3 through cost and 15-inch standardizationChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:33:05Fast capital ships could reshape British cruisersNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:56:19A London treaty bargain permits new battleshipsChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:59:19Japan could replace Fuso and Ise while retaining KongoNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:00:29Could Depression shipyards absorb five new battleships?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:10:30An early King George V program replaces the R classChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:23:42New treaty quotas accelerate Italian and French design choicesNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:41:17Long shipbuilding plans still need adaptable logistics depthChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 30:01Why carrier design begins with experienceChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 340:17Britain's STOVL choice balanced naval and air prioritiesQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 341:09Carrier operations during Britain's strike gapChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 345:44Britain's wartime carrier-fighter procurement lessonNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 347:16A carrier must be bought as a system of systemsChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 350:40The Incredibles analogy for a complete carrier forceNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:01:42Why larger US carriers gain operating efficiencyChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:07:32Slow carrier construction narrows the industrial baseNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:19:42Choose the carrier that fits the national missionChapter
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates40:54Postwar navies chose River-class frigates from the surplus fleetNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates1:10:52Waging the war and the modern escort questionNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:42:41Why the Multi-Role Support Ship risks inheriting a counterinsurgency conceptQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:07:14Why fleet availability blocked Hood's reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:55:41What a new surface-warfare capital ship would be calledQ&A
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?18:44John Porte's procurement conflict and engineering valueNotable Point
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?1:01:14Design a practical ASW hunting forceNotable Point
- Battle of Elli14:02Admiral Tufnell's mission rebuilds the Hellenic NavyChapter
- Battle of Elli17:09Tufnell orders a Greek battleship across national rivalriesNotable Point
- Battle of Elli25:14Did Tufnell visit the German shipyards?Q&A
- Battle of Elli44:37Averof's regional strength and conservative designNotable Point
- Battle of Elli1:25:11British-built Greek destroyers outmatch Ottoman torpedo boatsNotable Point
- Battle of Elli1:32:19Averof's purchase and the limits of comparing armour thicknessNotable Point
- Battle of Elli2:05:56Elli pushes the Aegean naval race toward firepower and speedNotable Point
- Battle of Elli2:11:29What supports claims of a Greek battlecruiser programme?Notable Point
- Battle of Elli2:15:47Could Greece and the Ottoman Empire afford balanced fleets?Q&A
- Battle of Elli2:17:14What if Greece had ordered a battleship from America?Notable Point
- Battle of Elli2:27:10What if Greece had bought Swiftsure and Triumph?Q&A
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 420:20Churchill, escort construction, and managing upwardsNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 449:42Why warships do more than their headline missionChapter
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?16:52The Queen Elizabeth carriers and F-35B developed togetherQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?49:13When Royal Navy procurement last had real momentumQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:29:39When smaller Tiger Cub cruisers become economicalQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:03:01The unofficial frantic stamp in US Navy procurementQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:12:23Why the Royal Navy needs overlapping submarine classesNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:00:08If Pearl Harbor's battleships cannot returnQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:23:23Why Tillman might promote enormous carriersQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 98:30Tiger's building program and the Admiralty's fast-battleship bluffNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 918:22Why Tiger's cost encouraged smaller cruiser conceptsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 91:15:07The case for preserving and modernizing TigerChapter
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 91:26:34Why officers soon questioned preserving Iron Duke insteadNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 335:49Cheap hull-count politics can lock a fleet into obsolescenceNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 31:12:26Distance, economics, and secrecy create believable technology gapsChapter
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 31:14:09A Canadian Arctic carrier tests capability against affordabilityNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!23:40Naval procurement rules outlived a much deeper shipyard marketChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!27:54Carrier-capable shipyards become strategic national assetsChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!48:13Ukrainian engines show how one supplier can halt a fleetChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!51:16EMALS procurement turns allied supply into a wartime priority questionChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!59:02International electronics can coexist with national shipbuildingNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!59:59Allies may share technology without forcing one common hullNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:12:31Interceptor economics follow the value being defendedNotable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes4:01Trade protection depended on sustained shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes1:29:29Could navies accept a modern sixty-percent escort?Notable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...28:53Why the Admiralty brought Coventry into gun-mounting contractsNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:00:02Project continuity matters more than a fixed GDP targetQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:57:41Why a Soviet carrier program could revive the Malta classNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:59:57How Scharnhorst's label shaped British carrier spendingNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:38:10How one German order unlocked four British battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:56:59Why a British carrier fleet would probably buy HawkeyeQ&A
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings45:54Quick-firing guns undercut the Jeune École's cheap-warship promiseNotable Point
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...19:03Seafire procurement and Churchill's oppositionChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...20:46Churchill, sea power, and pre-war escort ordersNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...12:52How competition can make open-ended naval research productiveNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...32:23Type 26 yard investment prepares the way for Type 83Notable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...36:05Why AUKUS is more durable than one electionQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:22:49Japanese cruiser capacity depended on yard investmentQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:28:12The Royal Navy's Hawkeye requirement disappeared with CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:33:09A later US entry preserves Montanas and most of the prewar programQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:38:28A Columbia-based SSGN competes with the SSBN scheduleQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:51:05A 1923 Italian battleship program could accelerate LittorioQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:51:44Why cheap drones do not make naval defence uneconomicNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:59:12Drones add depth rather than erase naval fundamentalsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:22:17Budget ended Australia's post-Falklands carrier optionQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:30:24Russia's Lider design remains a paper super-warshipQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:48:12Why navies deferred the low end of the fleetQ&A
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates10:51The Royal Navy of 1814 was built around third and fifth ratesChapter
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting1:13:12Swift and Viking as a challenge to Type 83 gun armamentNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...8:34Why two carriers cannot guarantee certaintyNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...18:33How the RAF's two-fast-jet model shaped carrier aviationNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...30:35Distributed block construction as industrial policyChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:17:01Future carrier aircraft and electronic warfareNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:22:52The 85-percent value testChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:27:03Future escort design and affordable numbersNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:29:15Rosyth assembly and the cost of delayNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/423:23What a new Third Sea Lord inherited and left behindNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/432:33How the Third Sea Lord controlled naval contractsNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/451:06Orions, Lions, and Jellicoe's capital-ship programChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:02:12Lion's speed requirement against German battlecruisersNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:03:51How Jellicoe won construction battles without confrontationNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:15:38Jellicoe's Queen Elizabeth concept as the fleet's anvilNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:16:26Why the Dutch stopped at eight protected cruisersQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:37:10How the L70 destroyer proposal led toward the Daring classQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:39:15What the Third Sea Lord title added to the Controller's roleQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:13:00Why monopoly naval yards become a public responsibilityNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:20:49Why Italy built so many torpedo-cruiser classesQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:40:35Why Los Angeles-class submarines kept propellersQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:39:29Constellation frigate weapons and production capacityQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:42:12CVA-01 as an alternative to the Invincible classQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:16:57Dido-class 4.5-inch refits and disputed wartime gun fitsQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/426:44Why alternating army and navy budgets would cripple both servicesQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:05:58Why a longer-serving Zenker would not transform the German NavyQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:08:17Japanese battleships and the doctrine behind their sizeNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:46:11Could a Type 83 be named HMS Prince Philip?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:55:24Why the Mediterranean needed more U-class submarinesNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:56:30Earlier U-class orders and the difficulty of expanding submarine crewsNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:20:17How requirement growth complicates the Saudi MMSCQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/433:18Counter-drone defense is a systems and cost problemNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/436:28Why two York-class cruisers did not justify the cut-price conceptQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:49:07A 1934 plan to rationalize Royal Navy gun calibersQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:32:45Comparing Soviet and German fleet threats if war is delayedQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/43:49:23How Churchill's construction pause disrupted rather than accelerated escortsNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:48:34Why an early naval-treaty collapse would not hand the Axis parityQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:50:43Could commercial yards build sloops instead of Flowers?Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:52:27Dominion torpedo craft depended on budgets more than designQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:30:21Retiring Albion and Bulwark creates an amphibious capability gapQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:32:48Radical Admiral-class redesigns would cost nearly a new shipQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:34:54Why wartime governments fund armed forces more readilyQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:37:24Why a larger cruiser limit may not yield ships soonerQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 752:48When a Queen Elizabeth conversion should become full CATOBARNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 754:56Procurement politics can determine the carrier a navy getsNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 757:24Type 45 fleet size changes unit cost and readinessNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 759:28The F-35B turns procurement rivalry into partnershipNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:06:55Graf Zeppelin could accelerate British carrier buildingNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:18:23Why the Lion class would not simply mount larger gunsQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:00:05The L70 destroyer and early radar integrationNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax2:45:19Why an aviation support ship would also need a carrier roleQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:12:52Why US naval procurement stands out for wasted scaleQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:28:20Sail training ships are useful inheritances, not first-priority purchasesQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax5:20:48The economic case for Royal Navy-owned specialist yardsQ&A
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:23:27Trade normalization, infrastructure, and Japan's long-term recoveryChapter
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 724:28Why Chile did not buy Almirante Cochrane backNotable Point
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 748:28How treaty-era industrial contraction favored quadruple turretsNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:21:24When the Malta carriers would need replacingNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:10:50Using ship names to protect a carrier programNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!46:53Choosing a shipbuilder for an emerging navyQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!59:34What a joint European carrier project would requireQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:44:50Why another Iowa-class modernization is uneconomicQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:47:33How long would restarting 16-inch gun production take?Q&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:03:18Could corporate naming rights pay for warships?Q&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:38:10Congress delays an American Tiger Cub cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:41:29Why a 6.1-inch gun adoption could displace the 5-inch/62Q&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:54:19A large frigate replacement can justify an Italian domestic classQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:11:53Why a common European warship is harder to organize than AirbusQ&A
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'0:01Why the Royal Navy might have built Tiger CubsChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'3:13Gun selection was also an industrial policyNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'31:22Cruisers as technology trials and command schoolsNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'41:18British yards and Dominion orders could create a large classChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'46:12American yard politics could reshape the Lexington programNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:05:15Tiger Cubs displace Fisher's large light cruisersChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:09:29Why the Royal Navy needed visible wartime victoriesNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:00:31Tiger Cubs rewrite postwar cruiser and treaty categoriesChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:11:55The missing third rate of the First World WarChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:13:48The 'We Want Eight' compromise shows Admiralty leverageNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:59:37Would Britain complete the Lion-class battleships if war with Japan were delayed?Q&A
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:00:49Delay also gives the Allied navies time to concentrateChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers18:48How unbuilt carrier programs could reshape rival planningNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers22:38Graf Zeppelin and the cost of engineering perfectionChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers25:35The Malta class as Britain's missed postwar fleet carrierChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers30:03CATOBAR, STOVL, and STOBAR tradeoffsChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers50:41How institutional conflict overloaded Graf ZeppelinChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers1:03:27PA2 and the operational value of a second carrierChapter
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:32Could Spain build a navy that deters the war of 1898?Q&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...13:53Regular orders and changing colonial cruiser requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...20:10Spain would need trained crews and dockyards as well as shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...23:40Royal ship names complicate a rapid replacement policyNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...48:08Brunel would need to balance durability with fleet numbersQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:44:24Why the Perry class was not rebuilt into a premium combatantQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:48:53Why early Ticonderogas could not cheaply receive VLSQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:15:56Attractive hull lines do not settle the LCS design debateQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:55:36Gun availability favored 4-inch escort armamentQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:58:03Only globally oriented medium powers need a new battleship-scale combatantQ&A
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!44:32The battle Germany cannot easily avoidChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!51:37Helgoland deepens the army-navy struggle in BerlinChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!55:34Could Germany build slow, heavily protected siege battleships?Chapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:03:14Tirpitz and the danger of copying the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!0:00Why a third rate was not a third-class warshipChapter
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!1:35How procurement politics changed warship labelsNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!44:16A third-rate lesson for modern force designNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!45:50Cold War prestige versus specialized warshipsNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:34The alternate-history case for Tiger CubsChapter
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...19:43Idle battleship yards made the class buildableNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...29:55Benjamin Tillman and Charleston shipyard politicsQ&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...44:35Why commissioning followed extensive trialsNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...48:55Why the Courageous class may never be neededNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...54:50Where would the unused 15-inch turrets go?Q&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:18:38Why Germany could not simply match the Tiger CubsQ&A
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s0:39Béarn's specialized lifts and political designNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s5:12Carrier versus air base: more than a cost comparisonNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s14:03Béarn's air group and national independenceChapter
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s39:58Béarn's mixed propulsion compromiseNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s48:16Britain paired carrier and capital-ship procurementNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s48:32Fleet design should follow strategyChapter
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s56:12Joffre's delay and lost wartime potentialNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:28:30Libyan oil and an Italian cruiser-heavy naval programmeQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:10:36Building Queen Elizabeth-class carriers for catapult aircraft from the outsetQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:21:55What Britain would need to build a nuclear carrier or cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:02:55Fairey aircraft and the danger of meeting the wrong requirementQ&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:13:20A fleet built for the battle at HeligolandNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:30:39A slower, more heavily armoured German fleetChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!0:00Why a carrier force needs spare hullsChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!1:24Domestic technology still needs enough ships and support crewsNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!3:20A carrier programme spanning 26 years and several strategic erasNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!15:47How shipyard politics constrained the carrier's designChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!18:06Funding pauses, renaming, and a delayed carrier programmeNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!23:25Propeller problems and the 2007 refitNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!25:48The cost of a one-off domestic carrier and the lost PA2Chapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!1:02:26PA2 and the cost of converting a carrier to CATOBARChapter
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.41:57An alternative French naval strategy from the 1880sQ&A
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?1:17:54Different victories change the battlecruiser's reputationNotable Point
- Soviet Naval Aviation Doctrine: Always Wrestling the Same Demons12:31Political fragility meets radically different seasNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:44:11LCS as a naval Atari 2600 momentQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:07:28Why an off-the-shelf Burke replacement is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:11:35How shrinking Zumwalt quantities broke the AGS caseNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:30:29The lost US Navy strike-cruiser capacityQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....4:04:53British defence cuts and the emergency-procurement cycleQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....4:29:10Why general-purpose cruisers converge near 10,000 tonsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...8:17Meteor, F-35 integration, and alliance asymmetryNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...17:37Missile production, stockpiles, and unit costNotable Point
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 10528:28Why commissioning dates can exaggerate fleet readinessNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut29:14A stepping stone to larger carrier capabilityChapter
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut31:43How Type 23 upgrades de-risk Type 26 technologyNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut35:44Why carrier shipbuilding capacity cannot simply be multipliedNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:57:38Why navies did not always use their treaty tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:20:10Interwar priorities for a forewarned First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:49:49Why preserve the Commencement Bay escort carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:23:27When an undersea guided weapon would need replacementQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:24:04Why the next U.S. attack submarine may resemble SeawolfQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!24:08Would early large carriers strengthen the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!24:48Early carrier programmes as rearmament and employmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!28:10Could an early carrier race improve US torpedo testing?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!43:20Why Royal Navy anti-aircraft standardisation laggedQ&A
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin5:49Why rearmament depends on national capacityNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin8:56Judging carrier capability by value as well as costNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin29:04Why multi-role LHDs appeal to regional powersNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:19:00A carrier capability needs an industrial ecosystemChapter
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!21:32Why future warship designs usually evolveQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!35:28Why the County class used its distinctive missile launcherQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:41:32Choosing an LHD for a smaller navyQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:03:39Why Russian battleship purchases might never reach RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:05:55Why postwar navies kept testing 6- and 8-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:34:38The case for completing more C-, D-, and E-class cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:43:26Why a Gearing could not simply take the 5-inch/54Q&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage0:00A World War II generation designs a Cold War carrierChapter
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage3:47Why cheaper sea-control carriers could not replace a supercarrierNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage58:50Britain’s battleship building supplies the Nimitz analogyNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:12:11Ship names can protect naval procurementNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:56:52Capital ships outlive the politics used to judge themNotable Point
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage2:17:56Design exercise: build a 2030s Nimitz carrier groupNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:07:07Why a foreign-yard clause would sink the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:36:50Why Australia selected Spanish warship designsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:38:32The best 1960s Royal Navy program starts in the 1940sQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:14:47Jackie Fisher runs the Star Wars Imperial NavyQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:21:20No Soviet-built Indonesian fleet under continued Dutch ruleQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:42:36Foreign carrier designs and American operating requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat4:07:07What an F-15N design study establishesQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat4:09:52The Flight III Burke and the cost of surface-fleet risk aversionNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...0:01Separating carrier choices from commentaryChapter
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...27:59CATOBAR is powerful, but no longer the global defaultNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...40:45Designing carriers for larger future aircraftChapter
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...48:30Why carriers are harder to future-proof than missile shipsNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...57:29Why every carrier programme repeats old argumentsNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s34:16National Shipbuilders Security and the loss of naval yardsNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s36:01Shipbuilding capacity as rearmament insuranceNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s51:15How the Third Sea Lord shaped naval procurementNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s1:17:09Why early investment compoundsNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:13:30Starting King George V-class construction in 1933Q&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:18:26A much larger Argentine destroyer force needs more than shipsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:44:39Why telescoped ammunition has limited appeal for warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:44:07Why one larger battleship does not dictate the next generationQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!22:53Shipyards and carriers must be designed for future loadsNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!26:49A larger Royal Navy sloop program before 1939Q&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!59:46An F3-style heavy cruiser makes the carrier trade harderQ&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
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:24:04Henderson's priorities: 15-inch guns, lifts, and sloopsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:29:44Removing cumulative limits changes carrier constructionQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:02:37Why navies did not build a double-razée frigate directlyQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:11:12Why broad French specifications produced the Charles Martel problemQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:31:43Britain's defence industry needed consistent plansQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:53:12Exporting capital-ship parts tests treaty wordingQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!3:08:11A major postwar Royal Canadian Navy needs national commitmentQ&A
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?19:05Why timing mattered more than noveltyNotable Point
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?1:06:41The verdict: a good idea executed too lateChapter
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...0:00From USS United States to an all-role supercarrierChapter
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...12:50Forrestal marks a Dreadnought-like carrier breakChapter
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...17:37Multiple shipyards could still build American supercarriersNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 356:24Abrupt funding cuts disrupt naval programmesNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 31:43:46When it pays to delay a light-cruiser orderNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 33:13:40Ordering the first battlecruiser squadronNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure9:19Why a carrier capability gap is costly to reverseNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure36:02The interwar development behind light fleet carriersNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure38:28The missing modern light fleet carrierChapter
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 211:45Training a fleet while prioritising carriersNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 21:51An American naval campaign under pressureChapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 210:17Pursuing battlecruisers through machinery researchNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 244:30Funding economic growth before fleet expansionNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 22:18:05Why heavy research spending can still leave a navy behindNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier11:41German raiders improvise around a thin supply baseChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion18:00Audacious: survivability versus aircraft growthChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion21:59Uncrewed aircraft do not remove carrier space pressureNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion30:04Midway and the cost of treaty limitsChapter
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments15:46Battle cruiser and battlecruiser as different strategic rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments18:00Why German battlecruisers strained risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments41:12Japan's economic constraints on fleet planningNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments41:52Why assume Japan could afford a hypothetical fleet programme?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments45:38Advising the Third Sea Lord on future fleets in 1937Chapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 13:58Building a usable coastal battleship from limited technologyNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:50:51Heavy cruisers for a national port networkNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier0:20Modernisation plans do not stand stillChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier17:22France: fast capital ships, carriers, and Mediterranean deterrenceChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier25:43Japan: qualitative superiority versus shipyard bottlenecksChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier30:43Shinano as a battleship and Japan's construction choicesNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier45:19Germany: Plan Z's quality-quantity trapChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier47:24German shipyard readiness and the cost of changing designsNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!26:24An improved economy with hard industrial limitsChapter
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!28:21Why Germany's dreadnought race was also a budget fightNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!56:10Defence policy, doctrine, and qualitative deterrenceNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!59:27When deterrent capability became strategic surpriseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign38:37A large dock is not the same as shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:15:58Designing HMS Deterrence as a battlecruiserChapter
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:33:19Ordering a battlecruiser class for a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier18:31Guided-weapon intelligence reaches British ship design earlyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign10:22Turning construction tonnage into useful ship numbersNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign49:23When destroyer guns erode the case for a cruiserNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign59:29Mine warfare as a driver of escort constructionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:39:38How navies retire old ships by cohort and exceptionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:47Why a large defense budget produced a cruiser-heavy fleetQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!43:53Canadian submarine choices and AUKUS logicQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:04:17A Royal Navy force structure for the 1950 cutsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:11:29Why no major Royal Navy lend-lease omission stands outQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:36:44F/A-18 commonality versus a domestic British carrier fighterQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:53:06Which two British capital ships should be accelerated?Q&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!4:27Reginald Henderson and institutional naval-aviation leadershipNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier6:55State finance is not military commandNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier40:42The electoral and naval-spending trapNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier50:08Tillman, Charleston Navy Yard, and procurement politicsNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:13:23Peace settlement and dreadnought consequencesChapter
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign30:19Could a historically constrained fleet win UAD?Q&A
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:48:39Refitting old hulls versus replacing themNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:35:51Mine warfare and ASW buildoutNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage5:18Small air fleets as a strategic problemNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage18:30Nils Soderberg and air-industry policyNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage21:40Supply independence under armed neutralityChapter
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage31:51National service shaped maintainabilityNotable Point
- Swedish 1930s Torpedo Bomber Strategy: Key Aircraft Series 7, Aircraft 7 & ScandiShip24 Montage34:54Ca.313 and wartime strategic flexibilityChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 511:17Evolutionary procurement and national riskNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 540:17Third rates as the fleet's working strengthChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 544:05What later warship filled the 74's all-rounder role?Notable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff11:47British Far East fleet plans and imperial scaleQ&A
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?1:36Escort carriers were planned before the emergencyNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?4:01What makes a war emergency carrier differentChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?22:08Independence class as a flight-deck gap fillerChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?28:29Colossus class after the British carrier pauseChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?44:50Three-year ships built on a strong design lineageNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?49:47Peacetime quality must leave a path to wartime massChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?53:48Available production shaped every emergency carrierNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?56:19A three-year label protected the fleet-carrier programmeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign40:09Cruiser building and turret-weight cautionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:24Naval industry beyond maximum yard sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!10:13Portable breakwaters versus urgent procurementQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!13:41Coastal submarines come after existing British programsQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!30:11Reginald Henderson and wartime construction continuityQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!32:31A Canadian hospital ship could start from an Arctic designQ&A
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 414:13Why the Royal Navy kept building second ratesChapter
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 429:21Second rates for the early US NavyNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers24:24How quickly could Fisher build the carriers?Notable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers30:59What an early purpose-built flight deck could get wrongNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers59:19A carrier-heavy Royal Navy changes the postwar settlementChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:07:10A mature carrier fleet breaks Washington treaty arithmeticChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:15:31Treaties may invent three carrier categories earlyNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:24:28A 35,000-ton carrier ceiling drives bigger battleshipsNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!3:49Henderson's leverage over Royal Navy constructionNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!11:31Unicorn carries deep aviation maintenance forwardNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!51:23What earlier Unicorn-type ships could have supportedNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!54:01Procurement politics and three possible wartime variantsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:04:52Research and refit prioritiesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:19:22Building a fast light cruiser inside a weight budgetChapter
- Bruships Gothenborg style...31:19Constellation frigate redesign and the cost of U.S. crewing assumptionsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:05:18A royal disaster could delay Germany's first naval lawsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:30:36Why the SBD Dauntless lacked folding wingsQ&A
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,6:43Aviation design had no trivial faultsNotable Point
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,17:17DB-3 range filled a Soviet naval gapChapter
- Ilyushin DB-3 & Il-4: Great Patriotic War Soviet Torpedo Bombers - Key Aircraft Series 2,26:39Each Il-4 improvement multiplied the redesign burdenChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 315:18The Kongos approach the fast-battleship boundaryNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 335:08More Japanese battleships could form a full squadronNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:45:29Close fighting could accelerate fast-battleship developmentNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:51:56Jutland's result redirects postwar capital-ship programsChapter
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:00:52Fleet size versus force structureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:05:56Research priorities for fleet qualityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:59:09Modern armor, heavy cruisers, and submarine researchNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:00Implacable's uncertain design recordChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 38:35A delayed carrier force and Force ZNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 317:09Second London Naval Treaty limits and escape routesChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 355:15Construction delays and the Royal Navy's aviation-fuel safeguardsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:28:03The missed modernization choiceNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:32:28The postwar economy behind fleet contractionNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:43:42What if carrier construction had continued without the pause?Notable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 218:08Shipyards and armor plate set the hard limitChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 222:47Five German laydowns face nine British laydownsChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right19:00Constellation and the difficulty of retaining a high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right22:27Low-end escort mass must exist before warNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:07:52Protecting Eagle with bulges would have cost speed or availabilityNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:11:12The Jeune Ecole's torpedo strategy meets quick-firing gunsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign21:24G3-style battlecruiser design choicesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:56:46Oil revenue supports naval expansionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:02:39The crew pool constrains fleet expansionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:09:15Submarine strength and fleet balanceNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?26:16Type 27 midget submarines and ASW pressureQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?47:45Malta, CVA-01, and carrier replacement timingQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?51:41French Navy force mix from 1890Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:00:05Larger destroyers under treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:42:46An early Barracuda and the Fleet Air Arm's AvengersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:58:14Fast Nelsons and Royal Navy battle speedQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:04:27Four battleships and two battlecruisers each yearQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:24:26Building a fleet around a 28-knot battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:55:56Why the Blackburn Roc was not a true stopgapQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:09:16An Anglo-Italian 3-inch naval gun projectQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:27:36Western response to a large Soviet cruiser programQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:29:46Why the Royal Navy ordered sixty-eight Type 191 helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:45:00How to build a credible naval counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:11:01Navies, climate change, and procurement uncertaintyQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:25:13Canadian Tigers and the later Lexington classQ&A
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 532:02Dutch rearmament as a strategic warning signNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 553:37Sea Otter and postwar Seagull successorsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:50Naval procurement as economic stimulusChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 13:55Senator Tillman and Charleston Navy Yard patronageNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 120:56Washington Treaty shock to shipyardsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 121:45Why continuous warship orders preserve industrial skillsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 144:49Sloops and cutters after the destroyer-building surgeNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 147:21Why distant stations could still require a new heavy cruiserNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 148:33Britain's construction reflex and Japan's sense of securityNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:07:11London Treaty failure and Depression spendingChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:31:45How non-treaty navies widen the building raceNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:48:28Why the counterfactual cannot yield precise job totalsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:55:37From naval wages to local spending and tax receiptsChapter
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more39:58Uncrewed AEW and procurement between peace and warNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more58:59H-class starts and shipyard experienceQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:05:05The domestic 11-inch gun choiceQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:05:30H-class schedules and earlier German construction timesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:11:44Expanding H-class construction capacityQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:25:31Five fast Nelson-style ships in the Tillman treaty scenarioQ&A
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines0:45Churchill's capital-ship pause and the Scharnhorst threatNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines15:21Shokaku scarcity and the Yamato resource tradeoffNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines38:14Political limits behind carrier design choicesNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines50:27Essex class mass production and deck-load strikeChapter
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign34:12Small destroyer design under tonnage pressureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:08:23Research gates the next Rodney designNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:21:28Rodney-class gun, armor, and speed compromiseNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:32Why Iowa-class propulsion machinery was leasedQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...7:34Twin-engine carrier aircraft were technically viableQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...11:31British Phantom carrier mods and US Navy valueQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...24:03HMS Eagle's wartime armament reflected a ship awaiting replacementQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...32:07Building a balanced hypothetical fleet for 1939Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...35:44Japanese fleet carriers answered national requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...40:11Why Ryujo was Japan's clearest prewar carrier replacement candidateQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...41:00How wartime priorities constrained Britain's later battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...49:17A faster British battle fleet, war debts, and treaty bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:08:26Eight Queen Elizabeths would strengthen British treaty leverageQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:29:55Cruiser machinery in Unicorn and light carriersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:43:15Mistral-style LHDs and Royal Navy prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:50:19Yamato's firepower versus a faster 16-inch battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:01:31Preparing the US Navy for night fighting in the SolomonsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:03:16An earlier Hosho-derived carrier and the later construction timetableQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:03:33Why numbers of Hermes-sized carriers would not suit British doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:04:02Labor cost drove shipboard automationQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:05:52Trading older 13.5-inch battleships for new treaty constructionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:32:07Six Queen Elizabeths and eight Revenge-class ships at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:35:50Canadian Queen Elizabeths would not instantly create battleship yardsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:55:38Proof charges and testing naval guns to destructionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:02:56Uninterrupted wartime construction brings British battleships and carriers forwardQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:04:02British armored carriers and the reuse of design studiesNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:11:20Bismarck's success was not needed for a 15-inch German twin refitQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:13:50Why a Japanese-sponsored treaty-evasion yard would be hard to concealQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:38:32How revealing Yamato in 1940 might disrupt Allied shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:00:42An accelerated German fleet would mobilize larger rivals soonerQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:19:56Why Imperial Japanese Navy automation faced a skills limitQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:23:23The Blackburn Roc's turret weightQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:25:03The Blackburn Roc was a fighter tied to Skua procurementQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:26:22Ordering two Tigers before Battenberg preferred fast battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:27:03Improved Hosho-type carriers instead of RyujoQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:30:53Royal Navy automation began with saving hands aboard sailing shipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:48:12Why earlier German construction would trigger a larger naval responseQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:54:47The Royal Navy's many medium-caliber gun systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:03:47A P-8 Poseidon for South African maritime patrolQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:04:36Japan's ocean liners designed for carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:14:53How an early end to naval treaties changes the approach to warQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:24:41Admiral Henderson as a wartime First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:34:25Why hiding battlecruiser construction is an industrial problemQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:40:43How completed ships drive further building in the Red Fleet scenarioNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:53:31Benjamin Tillman's battleship schemes as political patronageNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:03:00How interwar sloop production could have created wartime slackNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:05:23Simple sloop escorts and an interwar reserveNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:07:35Carrier shortages and the Singapore advance forceNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 211:03Why first rates were individual construction projectsChapter
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 216:08Victory, peacetime economy, and wartime activationNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 222:45Ports, timber management, and Britain's first-rate fleetNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 245:05Fleet numbers versus individual ship strengthNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)19:27Why a captured French ship did not become a British copyQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)47:56HMS Terrible and the 74-gun production systemChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:54:12Royal Oak and the continuing evolution of the 74Chapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:21:16Paper warships and the commitment to order themQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:40:51Age-of-sail classes as evolving production batchesQ&A
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class35:46Design compromise under the 1941 deadlineChapter
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class58:28Shipyard capacity limits carrier ambitionNotable Point
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class1:13:44Design compromises reveal what a navy valuesChapter
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!33:29Royal Navy shipyards, money, and personnelQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!55:58A mixed nuclear and conventional US carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!58:46London Treaty exit timingQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:05:46Imperial dockyards and Royal Navy strategyQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:19:36British shipbuilding without interwar pausesQ&A
- 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!4:00:23Dominion cruiser-building options in the interwar yearsQ&A
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem25:33The Falklands amphibious force needs ships, craft, and helicoptersChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem37:07Merlin transition and the risk of minimum airframe planningNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered24:24The Elbonian navy as a warning about incompatible fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered35:16Estimating US destroyer-leader needs after 1918Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:56Lion-class battleships in Cold War serviceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:07A mutually destructive Jutland and the postwar building raceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:49:54Checking the premise of a British 5-inch gun questionQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:31:51What would follow the G3 and N3 capital ships?Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:33:46Keeping older British battleships without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:46:21Postwar rearmament without working nuclear weaponsQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:24Designing ships for battles or warsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign51:23Germany's interwar naval development gapNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:02:31Engineering perfection as a procurement trapNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:18:36Port capacity, personnel, and submarine sea denialNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:34:38Long-range guns and the politics of modernizationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:52:53Merchant cruisers and convoy-defense researchNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:57:13Destroyer and submarine mass buildoutNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:48:12A thousand-submarine fleet goalNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:28A mixed heavy squadron for war with AmericaNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!0:26Henderson's four hidden Town-class hullsChapter
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!18:01Machinery commonality and the Adelaide caveatNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!24:58Oil firing, an Atlantic bow, and 30-knot machineryChapter
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!29:00Destroyer guns on a cruiser hullChapter
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!30:31The production choice behind a dual-purpose 4.7-inch gunNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!33:21Treaty freedom and unused yard capacityNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:00:48September 1939 availability and early-war jobsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:02:01Why the rebuild favors a 4.7-inch upper-deck mountingNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:20:35Why four extra early-war hulls create cumulative advantageNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:24:20Why Henderson could push the conversion through in 1938Notable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 14:51Midway as the US Navy's dream carrierNotable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 129:02Modernization stretched the hull and the budgetChapter
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?1:28:50What a thousand-bomber cost comparison leaves outNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement9:08Accepting mistakes before copying another navyNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement11:52Know the nation before buying the forceChapter
- Musings on Procurement18:17Matching ships to threats and rolesNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement35:46Designing a coherent British flight-deck forceNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement51:48Making budgets match real requirementsChapter
- Musings on Procurement54:19Why British and Dutch amphibious requirements divergedNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement56:35The limits of a common amphibious ship familyNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?29:46Langley helps make the Lexington conversions workableNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?1:08:29A third Lexington conversion becomes a naval-architecture exerciseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:13Propulsion research over submarine upgradesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:47:17A 3,000-ton ASW destroyer runs out of weightNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote14:04British surplus ships for FinlandQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote59:51Japanese Aegis cruisers and a new size competitionQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:00:53Sizing an amphibious ship from its missionQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:11:11No-treaty Royal Navy renewalQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:31:15Interwar shipbuilding as employment and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:42:28The fiscal case that Britain could afford the G3sNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:16:40Recapitalizing the force before adding new capabilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:47:13Why Vanguard would reject American 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:16:55Postwar US Navy priorities before the next crisisQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:03:51Continuous building changes super-battleship riskNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:05:05Why a mature heavy cruiser still needs successorsQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:10:23Why no treaty does not guarantee a balanced US fleetQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion50:33Carrier storage pushes aircraft toward multi-role designNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 30:00Fighter value depends on production and support as well as performanceNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 32:01Fleet Air Arm control, American fighters, and industrial capacityChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 37:25Treaties also slowed carrier-aircraft developmentNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 318:45The dream fighter arrives after the problem changedChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193818:19Four Town-class survivors at PembrokeChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193843:53Destroyer-armed Atlantic cruiser refitChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193850:11Why not fit 4.5-inch guns?Q&A
- 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
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:13:16Could all four conversions be ready for September 1939?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:16:06Why use four-inch guns instead of developing the mounting?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:57:30Designing a purpose-built cruiser-destroyer successorChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19382:22:18Would foreign navies copy the rebuilt Towns?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:20:14Funding both JMSDF destroyer purchasesQ&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:33:47Rebuilding the Spanish Navy from 1890Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:42:08Iterating the Furor torpedo-boat programQ&A
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:45:42Making the radar refit the next production standardNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off19:52Sea Wolf and Exocet on Batch 3 LeandersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off21:29Why wartime corvettes stayed smallQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off26:46Corvettes, sloops, and build standardsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off43:55Why £200 million in 1937 arrives too lateQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off54:15An outcome-based prize for interwar aircraft enginesNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:10:12Keeping a 16.5-inch gun program aliveQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:12:34Who might buy Britain's worn-out prewar capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:21:18How armor plate could be reused after a ship's disposalQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:22:06Pom-pom failures as a logistics problemNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:35:09Joffre-class construction and American carrier transfersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:37:30Why capital ships survive technical obsolescenceNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:55:23Why American equipment is not automatically right for every allyNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:26:19Singapore's Independence class and mission fitQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:51:32Destroyers as cycle shipsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:41:37Chatfield's influence on King George V armamentQ&A
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast14:31SCB 132 and a submarine built to work on the surfaceNotable Point
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast35:40Triton's cost and the price of naval critical massNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 104:12War turns existing technology into practical systemsNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 108:50Building the Ardent class across British yardsNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1013:02Thomas Slade and the design systemChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1048:32Agamemnon's service valueChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:22:0164s, specialization, and fleet sizeNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:23:26Type 83, air defense, and the cost of specializationNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:31:38Carrier programs must fund escorts and auxiliaries as a systemNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...3:19:59Great rebuilds could conceal a nearly new warshipNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence3:04Prepared forces make deterrence cheaper than warNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence8:12Force structure exposes a military mirageNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems24:49Reeves turns war-game ideas into deck practiceChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:04:23Treaty limits collide with large-carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:08:33Escort carriers answer wartime necessityNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:11:20Ranger compresses a large air group into a treaty hullChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:40:10Wargaming culture reinforces large US carriersChapter
- 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
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:51:27Essex production scales the doctrine while exposing its limitsChapter
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign29:34Repairs compete with fleet constructionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign42:09Dock size limits G3 and N3 designsQ&A
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:50:21Research links mines, screens, and fire controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:52:56A stable cruiser can still exceed its displacement limitNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends9:48Why the IJN planned around implausible steel forecastsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends28:33Nuclear strike cruisers in the 600-ship NavyQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:46:55Replacing an inherited Royal Navy battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:52:31Why Britain could build more than two super-battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:55:45Autoloaders and warship design pressureQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:31:29Why Russia modernized Admiral NakhimovQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:10:51The role of large cruisers in a super-battleship fleetQ&A
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World14:24British 18-inch battleships would change Washington's bargainingNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World16:20Earlier U-boats would provoke earlier British escort buildingNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World45:17The Ship Characteristics Board gains authority but loses planning scopeChapter
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World52:53Rising costs reshape the radar-picket submarine forceNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:07:14A giant SSRN becomes a short-lived attack submarineNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:29:24Specialist submarine lessons beyond radar picketsNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World1:34:36Q&A: Triton's cost and the missing programme totalQ&A
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World3:26:27Q&A: Proven technology for a long ship service lifeQ&A
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans7:47An earlier battleship design offers a different Soviet divergenceNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans10:00Two divergences make the Soviet carrier plausibleNotable Point
- The Red Fleet Project Teaser: Discussing Graf Zepplinski with Fleet of Oceans18:17Graf Zeppelin combines too many unproven carrier ideasNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!13:35Furious separates wartime improvisation from postwar carrier learningNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!15:10Langley gives the US Navy a small carrier laboratoryChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!31:29Hosho starts Japan's carrier and aircraft learning curveChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!46:13Japan sees carriers as an industrial offsetNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:04:09South American dreadnoughts shape the US strategic horizonNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:14:27Treaty tonnage limits close off a Hermes-style fleetChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:20:06A larger Hawkins design reshapes the carrier treaty counterfactualChapter
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign32:41Submarine and minelaying research priorityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:02:49Repairs compete with new constructionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:21:47Tillman's battleships as shipyard politicsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:27:33Industrial logistics for shipbuildingNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:28:54Choosing a minelaying submarine designNotable Point
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:17Hawkins and cruiser treaty categoriesQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:57:53Pearl Harbor losses and Iowa-Montana construction priorityQ&A
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:09:18Why Fisher's Baltic plan begins with the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:13:28A Fisher-class fast-battleship memorialNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:37:35Fast battleships instead of battlecruisersChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:09:28The postwar legacy of an 18-inch-gun fleetChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:35:45Could Japan accelerate its warship construction?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:40:22Could the North Carolina class enter service earlier?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:42:38Could Germany finish Graf Zeppelin in response?Q&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 30:58Separate carrier requirements from construction realitiesChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 35:08Test the strategic case before buying a carrierChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 359:56Freeze core design choices before constructionNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:09:44Count the aviation costs of defensive weaponsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:21:46Size the escort fleet for refits and lossesChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:25:12Fund the full force behind a carrier capabilityChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:30:13Plan for service beyond the nominal retirement dateNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons9:30Béarn, treaty constraints, and a missed carrier forceChapter
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons22:50Why industrial sovereignty shaped French naval procurementNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons36:53Clemenceau and Foch anchored a distinctly French carrier armNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation: A Quick Historical Overview & Introduction to it's Squadrons48:58French requirements, procurement politics, and carrier depthChapter
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:04Naval research must be balanced against ships in serviceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:30:51Continuous construction keeps cruiser strength recoverableNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed19:50Why rams survived the quick-firing gun eraQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed42:14When the Royal Navy disclosed new warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed46:33First-mover costs in an uninterrupted capital-ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed55:15Carrier limits and the Implacable alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed58:56Naval construction as Depression-era policyQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:04:15How the Royal Navy governed ordnance procurementQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:25:39How a higher carrier floor changes treaty fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:48:01Which navies struggled most to secure government funding?Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:48:37How naval treaties enabled the Ten Year RuleQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:01:41A windfall of 18-inch naval guns in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:22:33Why destroyers are bought as flotillasQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:52:44Reginald Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:38:05Why the G3 programme did not preclude cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:15:27A Washington treaty with two cruiser tiersQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:24:17Royal Navy classes best left unbuiltQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:53:44Why naval manpower is a design and budget choiceQ&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier15:04Helium, institutions, and the rigid-airship programmeChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier20:35Moffett, the Naval Aircraft Factory, and aviation procurementChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier26:42How the Naval Aircraft Factory checked private pricesNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier58:47Flight demonstrations built political supportNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:11:11Proving aircraft recovery in front of lawmakersNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:37:45Why a naval airship fleet needed a civilian industryNotable Point
- 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?1:23:40The circumstantial case for a different AgincourtNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:29:43Jutland reinforces an 18-inch fast-battleship Admiral classNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:31:55Would Battenberg stop after one fast Agincourt?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:59:50Would Battenberg change wartime aircraft procurement?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:15:44Would the fast battleships serve as overseas presence ships?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:15:58Completing the Admiral class without repeated redesignNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:35:28Would the Admiral-class ships be ordered earlier?Q&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
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 123:10Hansa-Brandenburg aircraft for a hypothetical German carrierNotable Point
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 130:45Why technically minded navies suited Hansa-BrandenburgNotable Point
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 136:11How an interned W.12 led to Dutch licensed productionNotable Point
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 136:58Austro-Hungarian flying boats and unreliable enginesChapter
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 146:26Blockade denial kept late-war prototypes fundedNotable Point
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 156:26How W.29 production survived the armisticeChapter
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 11:02:24The late Austro-Hungarian W.29 orderNotable Point
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 11:10:00W.33 development and licensed production in NorwayChapter
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 11:16:38W.33 service in Japan and the limits of the evidenceChapter
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist14:12Did pilots' preference for the Dauntless settle the Helldiver comparison?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist21:06Why range could not give the Helldiver a unique missionNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist45:25How visible carrier capability can give an opponent a reason to back downNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist49:36Queen Elizabeth carriers: operational adequacy and deterrent valueNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions0:00Defense planning must start with national needsChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions8:34Why rapid aviation conversions signal a preparedness gapChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions44:45Why Britain did not order escort carriers before warNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions56:23Warship availability depends on numbers and operating stressNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions58:25Invincible-class size and air-group resilienceChapter
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:11:02Continuous production reduces procurement riskNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:19:08Why aviation conversions recurred across three warsNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions1:21:19Designing merchant ships for modern mobilizationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:26:15Could Fisher have disguised repeat Renowns as large cruisers?Q&A
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:07Could prewar spending have deterred Germany?Notable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:47How a six-versus-four demand became eight capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built32:07How a more destructive Taranto attack changes Roma's prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built37:22Why spare 15-inch turrets defined HMS VanguardQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:16:10How Germany might answer foreign 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:28:37How building CVA-01 could have reshaped British shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:49:09Navies need sustained attention, not crisis spending aloneQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!43:02Heavy frigates could not replace a balanced fleetNotable Point
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 83:10Merchant aviation gave the Kriegsmarine only indirect lessonsNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier41:51How Goodyear and Zeppelin turned an airship concept into AkronChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier56:56Why the Navy kept its own aircraft factoryChapter
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier2:16:08Training pilots and demonstrating the trapeze to CongressNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier2:21:17Why a working trapeze did not secure the airship programmeNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:20:27The nine-aircraft ZRCV needed a stronger investment caseNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:30:28The 350-foot limit made ZRCV impossibleNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:32:13Who could have replaced Chatfield as First Sea Lord?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:40:35Which London treaty imposed the 23,000-ton carrier limit?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:50:15Was Plan Z meant to exhaust Britain's economy?Q&A
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers37:42Hermes establishes the purpose-built carrier layoutChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers48:57Eagle shows how war and peace change carrier procurementChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:01:59Why the US Navy reached the flight-deck carrier lateChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:25:12Treaties keep experimental carriers in serviceNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign13:02Designing a fleet to avoid fair fightsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:11:51How repairs and refits compete with new ship constructionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:30:02Ordering four battleships beyond the campaign budgetNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?5:00Why the first fast battleship would matter before it foughtNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:02:27What Britain gains by maintaining its capital-ship programQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:10:54Why ordering a foreign battleship is easier than getting one deliveredQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:42:32Treaty limits shaped the Crown Colony cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:51:31Capital-ship spending as deterrence and industrial policyQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:03:31A Falklands War without the Invincible classQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:09:49Why Britain prioritized fleet growth over rebuilding the R classQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:24:43Would a rising super-dreadnought building rhythm make sense?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:39:14Germany's dreadnought program starved its overseas cruiser forceQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:46:49How a costly British victory at Jutland could reshape the Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?5:08:08How an expanded County-class program would enter serviceQ&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193847:49First World War trauma and French rearmamentNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193852:38Stalin and the prestige battleshipNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 100:18Why the SB2C Helldiver's reputation needs contextChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1010:55Specification 113 captured a carrier-aviation transitionNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1012:11How the Curtiss-Douglas cycle preserved experienceChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1025:32A rival designer's measured verdict on the HelldiverNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1040:17From hundreds of changes to combat over RabaulChapter
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1051:15Modification churn became a production problemNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1058:54How Fleet Air Arm priorities changed by 1943Notable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 101:08:56The Helldiver's procurement lessonChapter
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation3:02Why German naval aviation struggled for institutional supportChapter
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions9:00Why turning Wasp into another Yorktown was not simpleQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions31:48How Admiral Pratt planted the US Navy's carrier programQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions49:30Why USS Hornet repeated the Yorktown designQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions51:47The difference between obsolete aircraft and obsolete requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:06:24What remains of in-house naval ship designQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:15:19Why Canada should standardize a purpose-built destroyer programQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:13:17When navies built for need instead of one-for-one replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:44:54Why landing-platform decisions need long-term fleet planningQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:56:26Why a larger Royal Navy begins with peopleQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions4:07:34How battleship prestige starved the early US balanced fleetQ&A
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!7:42The industrial price of a Soviet treaty fleetChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!14:24Foreign technology and Soviet naval industryNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:12:52French and Italian construction choicesChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:25:53Why German naval alternatives still trigger stronger answersNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 63:26Political economy collides with credible capital-ship designNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 612:00Continuous design work preserves a navy's ability to respondChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 644:49Small battleship studies as a political exerciseNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 647:28Renewed escalation dooms the small treaty battleshipsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 61:00:14Treaty collapse may still produce one restrained generationNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:01:26North Carolina alternatives: Design A and three quadruple turretsNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:16:06Why hidden carrier damage did not settle the armored-deck debateQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:51:21Which naval habits would survive in a Star Destroyer?Notable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:53:06Soviet expansion and the durability of better-funded constructionNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:59:52German procurement and the absence of final design authorityNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:02:39American heavy-cruiser development and Alaska's uncertain roleChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:03:44The Royal Navy's unfinished transition and its 1942 planning horizonNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:07:02What a September 1940 war could have changed for British shipbuildingQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:11:20Treaty escalation and interrupted British capital-ship constructionNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:49:15Sixteen 5.25-inch guns and the limits of extra firepowerNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:56:26How a later Wall Street Crash could alter naval treaty politicsQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:57:31An economic crash during naval-treaty negotiationsQ&A
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)11:13Fairey III and Seal show the value of incremental aircraft developmentChapter
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)15:07Interwar aviation procurement balanced innovation against wartime riskNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)32:04The Barracuda belonged to a disrupted plan for a modern carrier air groupChapter
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)38:49The sudden end of Lend-Lease disrupted postwar naval planningNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)1:04:45Define 824 Squadron's missions before choosing its next aircraftNotable Point
- Check Campaign 10: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:12:37Quality control protects designed ship performanceNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered30:50Finishing Ukraine's Slava-class cruiser would be ruinously expensiveQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:07:37Armor plate and slips constrain maximum warship outputQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:23:40Avoiding war with America could preserve the five-Yamato programQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:13:28Visby could inform LCS but not meet the requirement unchangedQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:21:05Earlier snorkels change fleet building more than ASW doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:13:32G3s serve future needs rather than replace old ships one for oneQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:32:13Scrapping pre-dreadnoughts does not finance new battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:53:31The Alaska class arrived too late to inspire successorsQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle13:39Fleet expansion also served British industrial recoveryNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle42:15Japanese limits meet American industrial massChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle47:27The Fletcher succeeds as a general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle50:18Cleveland firepower expands bombardment choicesNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines6:04Why wartime procurement control sent the Royal Navy to AmericaNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines11:33From light bomber design to urgent fleet fighterChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines38:32The two-year stopgap that wartime delays kept flyingNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines1:01:29Churchill's early shipbuilding pause and the cost of lost momentumNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London11:45The Five-Year Plans create a brutal naval-industrial baseChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London16:04Shipyard employment softens Labour resistance to naval spendingNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London46:04Would Soviet competition push Britain toward higher-pressure boilers?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London47:15Stalin opens with twelve battleships and hundreds of submarinesChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:05:03Extra tonnage reshapes British battleships, carriers, and escortsChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:49:38Extra carrier tonnage favors a longer Yorktown series over WaspNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:05:30How would the larger British allowance reach Commonwealth navies?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:20:19Regular naval orders could sustain British shipyards through the DepressionNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:31:18Could Germany buy Italian 15-inch guns?Q&A
- 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
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:08:32Commonwealth expansion still depends on budgets and crewsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign44:01The Smoked Haddock class balances torpedoes, armour, and global escort demandChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:30:39The Washington class becomes a cruiser-sized super destroyerChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 56:53From Conte di Cavour to Andrea Doria and Francesco CaraccioloNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 535:13Commissioning rules shift risk between navies and shipbuildersNotable Point
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 833:31Graf Zeppelin's planned air group reveals the procurement failureNotable Point
- 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 Books45:01How surviving Russian battleships might slow reformQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books59:30Which parts of warship construction can be automatedQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:17:12Who benefits from larger treaty destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:26:18Completing the Lord Nelson class after DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:43:13Why receiving more frigates does not guarantee a better fleetQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:44:26Loch frigates versus American escort transfersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:52:41How to read carrier-sale stories in budget seasonQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:19:08Foreign foundations for Type 31 and ConstellationQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:54:21Preserving failed warships as procurement warningsQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!38:57Economy without sacrificing capabilityNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!1:20:31How treaty relief shaped Revenge's likely replacementNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction26:07CAMM-MR development funding and Royal Navy procurementNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:24:24Who owns the mismatch in British defence procurement?Notable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:27:22What makes a procurement reform announcement credible?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:28:28When the air wing rivals the carrier's costNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction3:39:51What military hardware could $140 billion buy or operate?Q&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered13:27What a fourth battleship turret really costsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:15:30Why Australia was the likeliest Surrey-class buyerQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:17:33Why steady warship orders lower industrial costNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:33:14Why Queen Elizabeth-class carriers lack catapultsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:21:01Why the Sea Control Ship was not truly cheapQ&A
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History13:15American entry begins correcting a top-heavy fleetNotable Point
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History50:50U.S. naval procurement loses its political generationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:46British and American battleship guns reach different balance pointsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:04:39Béarn's long service reflected continuing French needQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:15Mass destroyer construction changes fleet scaleNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:50:16A global empire should have more distributed shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:50Resource gaps limit a rival's naval arms responseQ&A
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:28:53Long builds make launch-day refits inevitableNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:52:04Industrial capacity supports six super-battleships at onceNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!24:20Why Tillman would favor new cruisers over rebuildsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:42:21Royal Navy programs from 1916 onward already looked beyond the warQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:03:20Today's Royal Navy carries Cold War commitments with far fewer shipsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:03:58Navies without nuclear weapons would emphasize large conventional missilesQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:04:46Why some offshore patrol vessels omit helicopter hangarsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:44:34A 1943 Allied victory would favor Malta carriers and completed LionsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:56:36Similar River-class silhouettes do not imply equal capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:13:57Cut-price County cruisers make sense only in a large seriesQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:23:32Modern navies need more proven hulls before exotic new typesQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty9:04Why Tillman wanted a maximum battleshipChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty23:16Distributed shipbuilding buys presence as well as votesNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty39:54Charleston's limits make the Omaha orders decisiveChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty42:48Why merely adequate cruisers serve Tillman's planNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty47:05A shipyard coalition decides which hulls surviveChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty54:54Foreign hard lines become Tillman's Senate leverageNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 312:18Landing-craft development predates the official 1940 storyNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 314:37How postwar institutional politics shaped the design recordNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 315:35What a four-month conversion implies about prior planningChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 347:03Britain was short of ships, not necessarily ideasNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 348:08Britain had plans before it had funded shipsChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 350:02The evidence for preplanned Glen conversions remains circumstantialNotable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI7:37Why an amphibious vehicle buy works better across several brigadesNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers4:32Seaplane carriers as an institutional compromiseChapter
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers6:24Italian warship design sharpens the carrier paradoxNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers37:37A hero's name strengthens the ship's political caseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:26:39Mass-producing ocean-minelayer submarines for defenseChapter
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered30:22How political meddling compounds flawed warship requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:00:15The industrial answer to American wartime steel shortagesQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:12:09Tillman battleships and the qualitative naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:56:52Why County names can protect a cruiser programQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:12:22Why the Royal Navy built the Hawkins classQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:21:33The weight behind County high-angle fireQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:23:36Why the United States keeps building Arleigh BurkesQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:30:22Why Type 83 concept art did not settle the designNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:54:53What navies lost when yards stopped building speculative showcase shipsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:06:43Why a showcase warship needs an intended buyerQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:09:00Private ship funding and merchant ships hired for warQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:17:04Why a light cruiser need not approach heavy-cruiser sizeQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese10:25How raid success strengthened the Essex priorityNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese17:15Counterfactuals expose procurement dependenciesNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:09:14The light-cruiser shortage exposed prewar procurement lagNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...11:02Tillman's foreign threats serve his procurement goalsQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...16:03A battleship ceiling clears the way for cruisersChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...41:51The Omaha orders reveal the first divergenceChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...49:11Omaha's mixed battery hedges an experimental designNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:03:22Shipyard politics decide which capital ships surviveChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:25:49Three South Dakotas reshape the American settlementChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:02:46Navies would spend carrier tonnage graduallyQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:07:28Naval gains do not rehabilitate TillmanQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:09:30Succession planning can preserve the naval coalitionNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began10:30British naval aviation and service procurementChapter
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began12:30Cruiser shell use created a quality-control advantageNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began14:13Interservice rivalry and the Royal Air ForceChapter
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began50:22Buying aircraft is not building a capabilityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:18:43Why selling old submarines is historically plausibleNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!30:55Why Greece would more plausibly adapt an existing American carrierQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:13:05Why postwar carrier rebuilds could cost more than new shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:29:24Why British capital-ship plans appeared one class at a timeNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:35:35Why multinational workshare can dilute Italian warship designNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:44:10Can a country create a coastal navy during a war?Q&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:02:37Why early Type 83 renderings should not be treated as a designQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:27:23Why a modern twelve-ship class can take two decadesQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:16:55Why the Treasury would not define a heavy cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:32:48Britain's enormous post-World War One shipbuilding advantageQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:57:28How naval construction could soften an economic downturnNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:05:42Why navies built battleships and carriers togetherNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development5:26Naval aircraft requirements pass through two ministriesNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development19:19Carrier orders could sustain yards and design skillsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:29:23An eight-ship squadron exceeds construction capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered24:49Type 45 refits and the path toward Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered42:30Forrestal-class carriers as a Royal Navy alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:06Why Germany did not adopt its 5-inch dual-purpose gun soonerQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:43:42How Britain might build a Yorktown-sized carrier seriesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:08A continuous four-carrier American building cycleQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:33:02Modular hangars and catapults for aircraft carriersQ&A
- Twelve Odd Ships12:34Japanese recruiting lagged behind new warshipsNotable Point
- Twelve Odd Ships40:50Prestige kept cruiser submarines attractive after testingNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.19:13What else could the hybrid conversion resources support?Notable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.29:24Battle-carriers as an unresolved fleet compromiseNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.31:34The age of Ise and Hyuga at conversionNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.42:11Why outsourcing does not create a warship marketQ&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.57:57Would SBX need a warship escort at sea?Q&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:06:54FLIP's replacement-cost and mission-creep questionQ&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:19:19A treaty-legal cruiser submarine still had to justify its costNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:21:20Would a separate treaty category encourage cruiser submarines?Q&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...42:18Fleet carriers as political targetsChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...47:18Through-deck cruiser as political languageChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...50:02Carrier procurement shaped by changing politicsChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...56:08Aircraft carriers as civil-military compromisesChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign13:40Could viewers compete for warship design contracts?Q&A
- Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign42:32Balancing speed, protection, range, and secondary fire in a campaign battleshipChapter
- Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:58Why accept Allied orders when the shipyards are already full?Q&A
- Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:39Ordering ships for the force needed years aheadQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered51:32Why one-off HMS Unicorn remained affordableQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:40:48Could Italy finish the Francesco Caracciolo class?Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:06:17How the Type 21 entered Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:09:12Why the Littoral Combat Ship lost a stable design standardQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:15:45If Constellation replaced LCS from 2008Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:29:04Iranian proxy pressure, shipping costs, and Western rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:33:32Why a cheaper Type 47 could displace the Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:41:49Why early DDG(X) images reveal littleQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:30:12Why destroyers avoided a single 5.25-inch gunQ&A
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 122:30Henderson treats standardisation as a fleet-wide multiplierNotable Point
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 11:04:59Jet modernization loses priority to angled flight decksChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s23:52Moffett turns helicopters into a funded naval programChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s42:52How replacing Warspite's seaplane would affect SupermarineQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s56:31Helicopter sloop orders support shipyards and dispersed patrolsNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s3:03:41Naval control of helicopters changes engine procurementQ&A
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/20243:41Keeping naval alternate history close to real constraintsNotable Point
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals1:05:12809's return needs a larger supporting forceChapter
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign7:40Allied orders crowd out domestic shipbuildingNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:29:24How prolonged procurement debate shrinks a defense purchaseNotable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time25:58Chinese replacement orders would probably follow Japan toward British yardsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time43:11Carrier systems make a six-aircraft flight deck uneconomicQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:12:08Claims about Hawkins reveal the politics of naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:15:24Queen Elizabeth construction was modular; delay created the exceptional costQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:47:26Alaska's procurement case weakened as its completion date slippedQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:45:17Postwar yard competition made G3 and N3 hulls unusually affordableQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?8:52Hybrid carriers consume scarce shipyard capacityNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?10:53Why an escort-first order could not instantly free shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?13:05Carrier fleets must plan for wartime lossesNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?28:49Why over-deck aircraft platforms remained experimentsNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?55:09Night carrier operations required money and research depthNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:01:12Reginald Henderson linked carrier exercises to wartime fleet designNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:20:08Treaty limits and actual fleet strength divergedNotable Point
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 50:01Why French naval aircraft followed a distinct pathChapter
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 56:23Levasseur's selection exposes an uneven procurement methodNotable Point
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 57:50The PL.2 solves a small French carrier orderChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:27:49Peace dividends can make later procurement more expensiveNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:59:20Aircraft carried are not the same as an operational air groupNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids2:17:24Contract rules shape when a ship is commissionedNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō12:16The treaty loophole behind small carriersChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō15:14Why the Royal Navy rejected very small carriersNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō18:30Why cruiser and carrier roles conflictedChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō31:12A more viable forward aviation shipNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō49:42Why small carriers were pushed into fleet-carrier workNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō51:04A 1924 flight-deck-cruiser counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books36:32Budget systems shape how navies answer a ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books39:17Who owns British defence spending decisionsNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:41:40How many 1941 Admiral-class heavy cruisers Britain might buildQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:02:00Omaha answered a US light-cruiser needQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:21:52When an amphibious ship loses the spaces that make it usefulNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI23:45Extra Type 45 hulls spread development cost and create depthNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies13:43Caliber proliferation multiplies fleet burdensNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies23:39Interwar research depended on money and surviving evidenceNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies33:00Production runs were part of weapons developmentNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?31:53Why British shipyards failed despite a huge maritime industryNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?41:49Why the Admiralty did not punish Thames IronworksQ&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:25:54Britain's qualitative challenge mattered more than Germany's numbersNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers14:21Early aircraft had to prove their naval valueNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers23:11German budgets chase British innovationNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers43:03Why navies trusted torpedo bombersQ&A
- Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes18:59Why bomber-versus-battleship arithmetic misled plannersNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!22:59Comparing American, Italian, and Japanese naval failuresQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:06:39A new quad Bofors or a reworked pom-pom?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:28Germany's shortage of usable destroyer strengthQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:54:18Why US pre-dreadnought gun calibers variedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:55:59The case against suspending carrier construction in 1939Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:02:41What the loss of HMS Captain provedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:06:45Parliament, Congress, and naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:28:00Why heavy turrets are difficult to add laterQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:47:43Why Britain canceled later Monmouth and Topaze cruisersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:20:16How continuous cruiser building could have improved OmahaQ&A
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War31:30Fast tankers became indispensable amphibious shipsNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s19:32Naval purchasing power and Vickers' dive-bombing sightNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s21:03Why peacetime trials matter for turbine adoptionNotable Point
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s27:43Why U.S. shipbuilding politics delay gas turbinesNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 100:11USS Independence exposes the Great Frigate tradeoffChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:17Mobile gunboats promise coastal defence on the cheapNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1034:04America repeatedly starts but rarely completes battle fleetsChapter
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!40:25Without war demand Britain would build smaller submarine generationsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!54:38Small warship classes make every hull look more expensiveQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:44:21Churchill's large cruiser changes size with the strategic eraQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:45:38A Batch 3 River could add aviation support and enduranceQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:03:23Type 31 turns a Danish basis into a flexible export designNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:10:40Constellation frigates cover the Legend cutter role better than the reverseQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:21:10A comparable battlecruiser class would likely exceed one shipQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:52:22Reginald Henderson made shipyards answer to informed oversightNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:08:21Machinery savings unlock dual-purpose destroyer gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:33:52Six parallel gun calibres expose a procurement problemNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:45:39A gas-turbine fleet needs a different fuel economyNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?43:57Why battlecruiser visits led back to light-cruiser numbersChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:11:38Judge a sloop by its mission, not first-rate statusChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:22:40Enterprise survived the postwar cruiser debate, Euphrates did notNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:08:47HMIS Pansy and the interwar sloop revivalChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:17:40How sustained sloop building could aid destroyersQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:50:52Threat tiers keep patrol ships out of destroyer missionsNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:59:29Why 40 mm leaves room for better ammunitionNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:02:15A 57 mm gun changes the patrol-ship cost equationNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:06:26The right OPV gun depends on the fleetQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:13:34Why many NATO patrol ships retain 20 mm gunsQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:14:47StanFlex pays off only as a fleet-wide systemNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:18:22Retaining Type 23s beats converting Rivers for the frigate gapNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:35:37Why the River-derived Avenger lost to Type 31Q&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:39:27More modest hulls improve force generationChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 812:16How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated unit costNotable Point
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 848:05Reserve ships as insurance for refits and crisesChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:23:07Carrier success did not instantly end capital-ship developmentNotable Point
- '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
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 714:47The Ten Year Rule and the Royal Navy's 1942 submarine plansNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 716:18Large wartime orders did not make every S-class boat inevitableNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 719:48War-emergency orders and Britain's 1942 risk planningNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 611:30Construction numbers in fleet contextChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 11:01:33What earlier naval control might have done for fleet spottingNotable Point
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...30:18Finance constrained Chile's battleship alternativesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...43:26Reagan-era heavy cruisers become Kirov-scale missile and gun shipsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...50:47A Royal Navy ASROC remains possible but unconfirmedQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...51:02A merged German capital-ship line aims for 25 to 26 knotsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...52:52The Littoral Combat Ship is the design-by-committee cautionQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:15:47A 1930 treaty walkout puts carriers and fast capital ships firstQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:35:59Prewar naval mistakes in carriers, destroyers, intelligence, and strategyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:49:03Control of Vickers in 1930 links radar, guns, carriers, and fightersQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:01:29A hostile procurement list pairs impressive ships with hidden weaknessesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:07:40Battery production constrained Japan's submarine forceQ&A
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response9:30How Britain planned a 22- or 23-ship capital fleetNotable Point
- HMS Cossack: A Dangerous Destroyer to Behold - KSS3 S1 Comment Response3:18Studying destroyer tactics alongside strategy and technologyQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 247:29Henderson, Unicorn, and delayed carrier prioritiesChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 254:51The Third Sea Lord's construction powerChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 257:34Procurement as a way to reduce merchant lossesNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:00:35Wartime priorities and the fast fleet oilersNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:36:25Treaty tonnage and global fleet numbersNotable Point
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri50:19Would the US Navy fund fast battleships sooner?Q&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:53:58Status and exports in the 1905 naval marketNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:32:39A Pacific crisis exposes Britain's capital-ship production pauseNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:03:46Would defeat favor American carriers or new battleships?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:12:01Would Britain accelerate Vanguard and the Lion class?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:18:02Would the United States answer with 18-inch guns?Q&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response10:54Tillman's shipyard politics challenge a building holidayQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response16:46Leadership losses fragment German capital-ship designNotable Point
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response42:08Why the Tillman designs were politically plausibleChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 25:16Why Britain did not simply build more strike carriersQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 214:17Unicorn's label protected an aviation-support capabilityNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 214:51Why Britain's carrier programme did not dovetail in wartimeQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 219:09Henderson turned naval requirements into funded shipsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 221:16A war arriving early reordered British shipbuildingQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:41:20The Abyssinian Crisis validated carrier requirementsQ&A
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 412:59Churchill's battlecruiser label had a budgetary useChapter
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 422:43A repeatable German capital-ship designNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 425:58Foreign turbines inside Germany's capital-ship programNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 428:59What Tirpitz gained for 10,000 extra tonsChapter
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 444:46Dunkerque pushed Scharnhorst toward a third turretNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:02:45Why cramming in every new technology failsNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:07:07What should have followed Scharnhorst?Notable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out43:00The gap between modular-warship proposals and deliveryQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:12:31A practical ceiling for an untreatied large cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:18:53Redirecting Alaska-class resources to USS KentuckyQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:12:27Large naval guns may return under a new labelQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response4:16Should Germany have built a training carrier first?Q&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response13:00Why an imperfect conversion could have taught Germany moreNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response18:41A simple German carrier faced institutional barriersNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response20:31How British practice shaped naval treaty rulesQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?23:23Churchill's escort switch disrupted several building programsNotable Point
- Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?15:22Small production runs drive defence inflationChapter
- Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?18:13Specialized yards limit real competitionChapter
- Who killed the Battleship? / Why no more battleships?30:45Why no more battleships: justification and costNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...7:32Small reactors and nuclear surface warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:15:45When power demand might revive very large combatantsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:20:03Why Upholder exports were mostly implausibleQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:46:52An Argentine King George V in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:50:30A common successor to Blue Slug and Green CheeseQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:50:47Argentina's procurement was better than its command systemQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:21:08Why the French Navy was vulnerable in 1905Notable Point
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 117:07Why Italy lost its all-big-gun head startChapter
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 134:33A rushed British answer must use what industry can supplyNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:58:30F2 and F3 designs show why interception speed matteredNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:06:33How did British capital-ship construction delays affect the raid?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy52:48Would reconstruction move Hood toward the battle end?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:02:02One Hood or more Renown-class battlecruisers?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:02:21The R class was not designed as second-line battleshipsQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:33:54Why the Lion-class battleships kept slippingQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:40:31Treaty tonnage met production economicsChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:40:38Were the Dunkerques designed mainly against the Deutschlands?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:44:12Why the Royal Navy fielded several medium gun calibersQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:45:40Why Britain lost competitive capital-ship yard capacityQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:50:48Could Iron Duke have returned to wartime service?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:22:26Were battleships obsolete after 1945?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:31:14Gun caliber does not locate a battlecruiser on the spectrumQ&A
- HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response2:46When French shipyards reshape naval requirementsQ&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War24:48Fighting fleets and designing them require different admiralsNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War1:17:35Second-class battleship savings bought no tactical escapeNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War1:25:53Japan built, bought, and reassigned ships to useful rolesChapter
- Osmaniye: KSS1 S5 Comment Response3:00How much Ottoman political context does Osmaniye require?Q&A
- Osmaniye: KSS1 S5 Comment Response4:08Ottoman geography and imported shipbuilding knowledgeNotable Point
- Building A British Super Battleship!47:06Can a budget design defeat several US Standard battleships?Q&A
- Building A British Super Battleship!50:57How closely does the game model historical warship cost?Q&A
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response6:31Visible threats unlock peacetime defence investmentNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response9:01Peacetime Cerberus versus Civil War emergency monitorsQ&A
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 925:39Could a fast German battle line have strained the Royal Navy?Notable Point
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 934:38Dante Alighieri and an early fast-battleship alternativeNotable Point
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 951:13What if Germany built fast battleships instead of battlecruisers?Notable Point
- Bruships 130: Battleships29:34Why fleet modernization works best as a rolling programQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:48:22How long a modern battleship would take to fieldQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:50:19Benefits and compromises of standardized warship hullsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:57:11A StanFlex-inspired replacement for Canada's Kingston classQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:21:00Why simply enlarging the Arleigh Burke hull is a dead endQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:44:55Why the Royal Navy declined a carrier Gloster MeteorQ&A
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?0:01Standardization instead of paper perfectionChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?19:24H-class escalation versus repeat constructionNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?20:34Why the Kriegsmarine remains third in lineNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?25:59Why a common-hull fleet is more plausible for JapanNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?28:45Why repeated construction becomes cheaperNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?44:55Why Germany still lacks enough destroyersNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:48:40A larger German fleet unlocks British overmatchChapter
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response32:30Why one experimental battleship was not enoughNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response38:15Parsons turbines, U.S. procurement, and German dependenceQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:01:17Why would France build Joffre at home?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:04:43A dive-bombing sight may reveal an Admiralty workaroundNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:28:31Would the United States expand battleship production?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:31:12Would Britain arm the Lions with 15-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:01:50Could spare 11-inch turrets arm large cruisers?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:02:08Would Hitler sell unfinished ships to the Soviet Union?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:04:23Would early Lion-class ships make Vanguard unnecessary?Q&A
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett9:43Shipbuilding strategy begins before the ship designNotable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett19:48Multinational procurement gives suppliers political leverageNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign37:34A Spanish Queen Elizabeth-based battleship proposal dies unbuiltNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign39:21Procurement delay leaves navies fighting with yesterday's forceNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat28:45Why G3 and N3 successors remained undefinedQ&A
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 27:49Town names turned cruisers into civic institutionsNotable Point
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 243:05Presence fleets were planned in generationsNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:14:38Carriers would cover more of the passage to AustraliaNotable Point
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 824:16Foreign powers misread Japan's battleship programNotable Point
- Asahi(1899): Cornerstone of the Six/Six Pland - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 849:02A good hull outlives its primary weapon roleNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?1:11:05Why Nelson and Rodney remain unchangedNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:38:21Why shipbuilding capacity depends on continuous investmentQ&A
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies38:02Treat missile performance claims as sales claimsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: There was a game update1:35:09New construction follows a proven refit designNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare44:57A balanced Canadian combatant inside a much larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare46:32A separate treaty limit for heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:32:19Invincible-class battlecruisers versus 9.2-inch armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:35:48Why no A-140 design solves Japan's yard limitsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:20:35The scale of the postwar Royal Navy building programNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:37:52Japan needed shipbuilding infrastructure before a larger fleetQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:33:36Long cruiser runs made standardization practicalQ&A
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion1:45Replacement, renewal, or continued productionChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion17:54Why submarines are easier to define than surface shipsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion34:49Ship replacement requires a multi-decade horizonChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion46:31Service-life extension can postpone the real decisionChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion49:48Visible trouble is not the whole procurement pictureNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion51:56Political change reshapes a class's assumptionsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion1:06:07Replacement timing is an uncertainty problemNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides3:31Replacement begins with more than a ship's ageChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides6:21Modular construction spreads a large-warship programme across yardsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides9:51The core tests for replacing a classNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides24:31Upgradeability must be designed into the shipChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides26:28A common launcher creates options and dependenciesNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides36:43A navy must be able to crew the ships it buysNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides40:10Budget and political purpose decide the final choiceChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1136:24Sequencing research before the next ship designNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1154:38Spending saved gun weight on shells, protection, speed, and radarChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:24:05Mass-producing cruisers for Singapore and home watersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:27:54Retiring old battleships as the fleet's standards riseNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases48:45Why cruiser production runs should overlapQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:16:16Planned, announced, ordered, and built are different fleet countsQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:13:42Britain would answer the LCS requirement with proven frigate familiesQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:23:02A 20,000-ton navy built around modular shipsQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:50:59Empty missile cells preserve cheaper future growthQ&A
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty0:01Why make battlecruisers a separate treaty category?Chapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty6:36Anglo-American competition without an expected warNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty41:02A Royal Navy programme that sustains shipbuildingChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty49:04Why continuous building makes later warships cheaperNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty52:27Japan's Kongo force and new battleship choicesChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty57:03French redesign versus an Italian Caracciolo programmeChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty58:37Caracciolos as an industrial and logistical programmeNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:03:21Lexingtons as a US reconnaissance forceChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:05:50USS Washington and the US sixteen-inch battle lineNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:09:05Congress, carrier conversions, and a US scouting forceNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:15:14Fast treaty fleets leave German raiders few safe rolesNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...22:45Austro-Hungarian design for the AdriaticChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...32:15Francesco Caracciolo and the cost of 28 knotsChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:01:56How one fast battleship could trigger several foreign responsesNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:04:02Why Britain's post-G3 plans remain uncertainNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:11:37How institutions shaped British, American, and Japanese ship plansNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:16:57Normandie, Lyon, and French design momentumChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:36:24Montana, Iowa, and an enduring American doctrineChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...2:00:39Unbuilt warships as a record of national ambitionChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:07:16Naval orders as regional employment and industrial policyNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:32:53How much did the First World War accelerate US naval modernization?Q&A
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 110:03An emergency answer to the 5.25-inch shortageChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 108:13Aging cruisers can remain useful in presence rolesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1036:56The York class as a warning about false economyNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1050:53An accelerated Alaska class could reach the Guadalcanal campaignNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1056:29A battlecruiser building challenge leaves too few destroyersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:49:08Eight 34-knot battleships mark the fleet's transitionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:54:13Motor torpedo boats depended on a civilian industrial baseQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 103:44:14Why the campaign uses light cruisers instead of destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series9:33An Arleigh Burke-scale British destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series23:36Why titanium hulls can become an obsessionQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series25:19Fitted for but not with predates modern procurementQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:46:48A future US cruiser needs more than eighty VLS cellsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:54:59Missile shortages alone may not fund a gun revivalQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:14:39Why a naval gun should not begin as land artilleryQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:44:22Missile enthusiasm was institutionally difficult to stopQ&A
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 714:36Why Britain chose the 13.5-inch stepChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 725:12Design judgment and the limits of hindsightNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 744:36What the Orion class reveals about design choicesChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 746:39Counterfactual: a faster, 14-inch Orion classNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)33:09How Seymour secured Pickle without prior Admiralty approvalNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 92:40:01Why scrapping young cruisers wastes fleet valueNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 93:11:24Shipyard capacity under a 90,000-ton battleship programChapter
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series26:39Why timing mattered more than redesigning British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series51:29Where British destroyer design might go without wartime economic damageQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:27:50Why buying American can be the practical procurement answerQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:31:12How small supply delays become major shipyard delaysQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:32:14Turning an imported helicopter into a British naval systemQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:41:56Why alternate histories should not preserve familiar frigate typesQ&A
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 60:07The cruiser debate behind the Neptune classChapter
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 68:30Why specialist fleets demand more hullsChapter
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 616:19Flexibility versus wartime building capacityNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 625:17Why delaying Neptune past 1946 killed itChapter
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 629:40The risk of a wartime cruiser arriving obsoleteNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 630:18How the Neptune programme ran out of momentumChapter
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:46:54Victory could delay British shell reformNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner2:19Higher Cold War spending did not guarantee better procurementNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner3:38Why a defence risk matrix cannot replace judgementChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner9:25A steady shipbuilding drumbeat preserves capacityNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner56:29Two carriers cannot guarantee one available shipChapter
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner59:55Why the HMS Invincible replacement claim is implausibleNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner1:03:05Norway plans that assumed the ships would not returnNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 856:56Why missiles on a carrier create flight-deck tradeoffsQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 859:38Naval upgrades lose out when long lead times meet short-term politicsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:00:52A naval weapon choice also chooses a supply relationshipNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:02:18A Type 47X concept still needs a yard and a build slotQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:13:42Royal dockyards gave naval procurement a public benchmarkNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:18:33When a shipyard has one state customer, ownership becomes a strategic questionNotable Point
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:08:56Why the Brave-class fast attack craft remained fewQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:19:01Why a different empire would need different naval equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:28:37Why Germany could not quickly exploit larger treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:55:44How a stronger Commonwealth might organize naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:06:13Why the Type 2000 SK was unlikely to enter U.S. Navy serviceQ&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs20:44The US Navy excluded a ready sea-sled starting pointNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs29:03US PT trials chose several usable designsNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs46:10Institutional resistance narrowed the PT programmeNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs1:33:52Political clout could determine Soviet design creditNotable Point
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 517:43Procurement cover for Dreadnought's new gunsChapter
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 522:41Type 23 refits as preparation for Type 26Notable Point
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 523:31Cost, construction pace, and overlapping classesNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre18:17C-378: a fast sea sled delivered as the war endedNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre20:42The 1938 US Navy PT-boat competitionChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre28:49The 1938 US requirement already included a gunboat optionNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre31:38Why a PT-boat competition winner preferred the excluded sea sledNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre34:14How Higgins, Elco, and Huckins entered the PT-boat raceNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre1:11:17Japan's pursuit of destroyer-killing torpedo boatsChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre1:20:57Why Japan's Type 51 was not a German SchnellbootNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre1:26:52Good-enough boats versus borrowed perfectionNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre2:28:12The D-3 and the cost of unproven propulsionChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre3:03:27Crew additions and the British response with purpose-built gunboatsNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 412:05Why rigorous gun and shell testing was discouragedNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres28:13The Schnellboot's torpedo-focused flexibilityChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres1:15:29Why new motor torpedo boat types stopped late in the warNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:38:51What Canada's proposed 1910 fleet might have becomeQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:48:48Royal Navy cruiser construction without World War IQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:55:08Why the Tide-class decision does not predict foreign-built warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:32:37How long 12-inch dreadnoughts might last without World War IQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:37:47Why too few hulls drive the Royal Navy toward larger shipsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:48:57The shipyard constraint behind a larger German capital-ship programQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:53:48Why a stronger empire would not simply accelerate Type 21 and Type 42Q&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics3:22:05When older protected cruisers would leave serviceQ&A
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian8:13Capital ships must fit the operator's risksNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian26:09A Chilean dreadnought designed to be supportableNotable Point
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 915:20Cost uncertainty and competitive naval procurementChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 929:20Tryon's brief for a colonial-funded cruiser squadronChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 930:56Concentration, compensation, and a squadron built to growChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 71:07:40Fleet renewal depends on the crew poolNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!46:33What the Weapon class was meant to beQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!53:09Why the Weapon class retained twin 4-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:31Sea Eagle after Green Cheese and Blue SlugQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:30:05Why a surviving British imperial fleet changes the Falklands premiseQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:53:37A common Commonwealth close-in weaponQ&A
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 35:00Could earlier Hunt orders have changed 1940?Notable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 333:46Why transferring shipyard workers could delay escortsNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 31:15:50The wider question: escorts ordered a year earlierNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 61:27:53Shipyard capacity constrains a growing navyNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 61:44:15Economic growth, naval funding, and wartime reservesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 62:06:55Research priorities shape fleet capabilityNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 62:13:08Fisher and the personal levers of naval policyNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 62:25:00Scrapping obsolete ships to renew the fleetNotable Point
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!23:10A Russian destroyer refit tests procurement accountabilityQ&A
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 17:48HMS Auckland's survey-ship design was built for conversionNotable Point
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 114:42Peacetime duties created a reserve of adaptable wartime escortsNotable Point
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 129:33The Egret-class design question: adaptable sloop or tougher specialist?Notable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 103:52Spreading sloop construction kept escort-building skills aliveNotable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1026:43Nine sloops a year offered a treaty-era escort alternativeChapter
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1027:42Which Flower class was the wartime emergency design?Notable Point
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?0:35Italy entered the war before its naval buildup was readyChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound9:25Why peacetime utility and wartime strength belong in one warshipNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'1:43How boiler choice limited the Queen Elizabeths' speed goalNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'12:04Larger British orders and pressure on Germany's naval raceNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'17:04How launch tempo killed the 'super-dreadnought' labelNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'22:03Building for fleet needs rather than the race aloneNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 627:20Presence, prestige, and a balanced designNotable Point
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 50:00Carrier design reveals how medium powers understood their placeNotable Point
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 56:18Budget pressure redirected French carrier and aviation policyChapter
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 526:33Two carriers competed with wholesale fleet recapitalizationChapter
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 40:22Why a benchmark navy is not a universal blueprintChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 30:00Why wartime learning can outrun a ship designChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 31:10Fisher, Churchill, and wartime construction powerNotable Point
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 34:00A replacement programme overtaken by warChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 315:00A decade from launch to planned replacementNotable Point
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 212:46The Future Building Committee and the post-war fleetChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 228:57Why the Royal Navy did not begin with Malta-sized carriersChapter
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 10:02Why land-based air repeatedly looks cheaper than carriersNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:51:08Why paper capability cannot replace fleet capacityNotable Point
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:20:54Why shrinking a Town-class cruiser created a poor compromiseQ&A
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits16:53The force-structure burden of global presenceNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits17:17Paying to set the technical benchmarkChapter
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits21:07Why the Queen Elizabeths stopped short of the benchmarkNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits26:07Fisher, Jellicoe, and the fast-battleship benchmarkNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits28:40How the U.S. Navy sets modern standardsChapter
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits31:35Losing the benchmark and choosing what to leadNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 522:58Why Tribals could offer better value than DidosQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 537:02Fast capital ships, allied orders, and class scaleNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 552:13Cheap torpedo craft can threaten far costlier shipsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 52:06:20A self-escorting battleship needs layered firepowerNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built57:48A Royal Navy return to 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:25:30Planting oak for a fleet two centuries awayNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:31:31Oak ordered after Copenhagen matures two centuries laterNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:34:22How more carriers change the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1025:27From the old Monarchs to battleships eight to elevenChapter
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1027:24Could an Ersatz Monarch have reached service in wartime?Notable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1031:11Why four Ersatz Monarchs strained the naval budgetNotable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1039:20Would Italy answer one completed Ersatz Monarch?Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?24:19Why the Deutschland class was not simply a WWI-derived mistakeNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?47:22Why carriers did not simply replace battleships before 1939Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:00:00What limited wartime shipyard expansion?Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:49:33How pausing capital-ship work disrupted British outputChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:22:18What the paused Lion class might have changed in the Far EastNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?3:09:48Were 16-inch guns the real reason the Lion class stayed unfinished?Notable Point
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion11:44The 15-inch gun applied strategic pressure beyond the shipyardNotable Point
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion23:36HMS Dreadnought paired a radical concept with proven technologyNotable Point
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion29:41Royal Navy ships had to make their specified speedNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era18:38A treaty as budget control and security policyNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era33:31Replacement rights and keeping shipyards aliveChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era41:30Nelson and Rodney as an industrial bridgeNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era58:00King George V and British rearmament capacityChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:22:04Could rolling quotas have saved the treaty system?Notable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 42:03:19Defence industry survives through political geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:35Why French naval investment stalledQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!16:37Why a heavily altered Lion needs a mission before dimensionsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!28:41How Senator Tillman would answer IncomparableQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!31:59How quickly an interwar submarine could be builtQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:04:25Why reviving the Dallinger amendment would require public yardsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:08:18How an interwar sloop programme transforms convoy defenseQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:38:19Royal Navy priorities with eighteen months' warningQ&A
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 90:00When procurement delay becomes strategic defeatNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 97:44The destroyer design Britain wanted but could not yet buildNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 918:18Why Alsace required more than a new designNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 919:24How treaty parity tied French choices to BritainNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 83:34F3 and the 15-inch alternative to all-forward turretsNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 828:19Fast 15-inch ships or armoured 16-inch bulwarksNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 834:10Navigation Acts as a way to finance naval infrastructureNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 844:04Three counterfactual tests for Fisher and treaty-era warshipsNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough2:06Why fourth rates sat in an awkward middle groundChapter
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough36:31The procurement problem of the fourth rateNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 65:22Industrial preparation made the design plausibleNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 628:27The Eight-Eight Fleet as shield and sledgehammerNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 510:40The competing Dutch dreadnought designsChapter
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 510:49Why the winning design remains uncertainNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 512:31Almirante Latorre as a construction benchmarkNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 513:53Fleet size depended on industrial learningNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 520:16Delivery risk and self-escorting capital shipsChapter
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 521:58The single-funnel Blohm & Voss proposalNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 525:00Why a Vickers ship could be strategically usefulNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 536:00The 14-inch-gun supply problemNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 544:38British shipbuilding depth helped end the naval raceNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties0:45Treaty limits did not prevent naval preparationChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties39:01Cruiser construction as presence and treaty leverageNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties40:38Naval orders as domestic economic investmentNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:13:24Britain tested sloops but ordered too fewNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:14:54The F3 option and a 15-inch gun development pathChapter
- 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 40:01Paper strength versus industrial realityChapter
- 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 46:40Political patronage distorts technical judgmentNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 48:14Prestige turns a practical design into escalationNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 411:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 440:36H-42's gun existed ahead of its factoryNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 441:46Plan Z needed time, money, and naval priorityChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 443:23H-39 as the practical German limitNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 449:19The Royal Navy's three-theatre nightmareNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 458:40Commissioning was not operational readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?29:44An Empire submarine force outside treaty limitsNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?35:41Would British cruiser designs have better served the Dutch Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:38:28Why France underbuilt cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:57:58What the 20-knot sloop rule actually limitedQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:08:44Did the treaties prevent naval infrastructure investment?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:20:00The United States Navy's cruiser shortfallChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:40:19Australia's cancelled interwar naval programChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:40:48Why domestic shipbuilding orders differ from tax cutsNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:47:14Could Australia and New Zealand keep battlecruisers?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:48:48Britain's case for steady escort constructionChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?3:06:01Treaties as an excuse for underinvestmentChapter
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?3:02How Britain might answer continued Yamato constructionNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory17:25Naval Laws met a shallow maritime baseChapter
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory20:04Why published fleet targets alerted BritainNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory40:20Queen Elizabeth class raised Germany's costsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 343:16Balancing naval budgets against growth and unrestNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 357:51Scrapping obsolete craft while retaining useful battlecruisersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:00:57Why refit older capital ships?Notable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 32:08:25When fleet demand outruns shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer12:54British operation of Illinois and KentuckyQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer30:06How an earlier Sea Hawk could change Fleet Air Arm ordersQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer33:30Fleet replacement is a rolling processQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer35:09Treaty escalation after an unexpected warshipQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer50:45Why the US Navy did not need a foreign replacement for Bonhomme RichardQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:19:44Japan could afford a fixed ten-to-seven capital-ship ratioQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:20:35What interwar public finances say about naval affordabilityChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:51:53Separating Austro-Hungarian planning from partisan framingNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:12:50Japanese shipyard capacity for super-battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:52:19When a warship rebuild becomes a new shipNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer3:29:05Why the Weapon-class destroyers stopped at fourQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...16:24Industrial capacity behind American arms controlNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...36:54Australian sea security and competitive shipbuildingNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...38:06Royal dockyards, profit margins, and continuous workNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...56:41French coalitions and fragmented shipbuildingNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 328:14Project 23's implausible construction programmeChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 331:17The dictatorship information trap behind Project 23Notable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 338:20Why shipyard competition changes naval procurement costsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 343:10Shipyard experience matters as much as a battleship blueprintChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 346:31Why sophisticated foreign design ideas could hinder Soviet constructionNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 355:29Could foreign yards have jump-started the Soviet battle fleet?Notable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 356:23Why a first battleship batch is also an industrial learning loopNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 31:03:20Could Project 21 have been a more realistic Soviet start?Notable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?28:04America's priority: peace without a naval billChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:21:01Canada's low-cost route to Commonwealth securityNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:38:28The unrealised dominion cruiser bargainNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:40:37Was George Pearce a technocrat?Q&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:52:31South Africa prioritises internal security and infrastructureNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:00:19Competition need not mean an Anglo-American warNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:03:04Sastri links naval capacity to Indian nation-buildingNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:10:32How forty-eight Counties reshape a war with GermanyQ&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:34:04Higher carrier allowances and a second Ark RoyalNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:36:11Would Germany still build a surface fleet?Q&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:36:37Staggered construction keeps the armour industry workingNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?26:37Industrial capacity favors proven standard gunsNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?29:42Infrastructure limits on gun productionNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?40:42Firepower is a whole-ship trade-offChapter
- What Cannon is right for this ship?44:39Reading a ship's hidden mission from its designNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 237:08Research and shipyard capacity govern fleet renewalNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 21:26:00Why naval treaties imposed capital-ship limitsNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 22:18:17Survivability equipment in a 30-knot capital shipNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture30:55The Type 82's cost was rooted in its scaleQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture35:06The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture40:17Why Germany moved from 11-inch to 12-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture52:01When a treaty-era cruiser would replace the battlecruiser AustraliaQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture53:18How available equipment narrowed the Renown designQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:38:34The missed opportunity for a common improved British 15-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:12:33Would Centaurs have replaced the earlier light fleet carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:46:12Churchill's naval advocacy under European-war prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:54:45The Royal Navy's intended carrier replacement ladderQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:34:13Why flexible warships can hide the fleet size needed in warQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:49:15Can scrapping ships finance a reserve fleet?Q&A
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock20:51German battlecruisers under naval-law constraintsChapter
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock30:45German 11-inch guns in a worldwide design raceNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock40:12Larger guns and the limits of German naval lawsNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock55:51Queen Mary and annual design improvementsNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:36:42Battlecruiser squadrons and Japan's 8-8 planNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:44:32Renown class and Britain's wartime force shortageNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:48:08Why each navy wanted a different battlecruiserNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 24:05Cancellation as a wartime timing decisionNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 25:36Why a Lion hybrid signaled desperationNotable 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
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 257:50Yamato’s resource trap in an infrastructure warNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:05:36Why navies retain proven capabilitiesNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:07:19How a rival could revive battleship constructionNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:23:33Lion batches for a globally divided fleetNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:26:54A faster successor for carrier cooperationChapter
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD24:47An off-the-shelf Lion successor with quadruple turretsNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD1:24:42Design ships for the fight their weapons permitChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...9:30Shipyard investment underwrites fleet expansionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...1:43:06Cruiser research creates an early battlecruiser leadNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy...2:11:15Design progress outpaces shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy26:54Why a post-war Vanguard successor needs a new gun programmeQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy41:31What an earlier British battleship emergency programme might yieldQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:08:49Vanguard traded novelty for rapid constructionQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:09:13Reading professional defence arguments against budget rivalryQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:16:36Churchill advised the pause, but government accepted itQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:17:03How institutional confidence can become procurement blindnessNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:58:25Why one design change rewrites later specificationsNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 16:39Treaty limits did not end British capital-ship developmentChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 19:00The Royal Navy's thirteen-ship replacement problemNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 112:39Why weapons research still needs practical spin-outsNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 127:19Vanguard and Lion: two ways to build quicklyNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 131:28A common improved 15-inch gun optionNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 145:05Why the Royal Navy de-risked its battleship programmeChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 146:27A twelve-gun alternative to King George VNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 154:43A larger Lion as Britain's possible Yamato responseChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 11:20:23A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament scenarioNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology21:36Italy's rapid naval build-up outpaced integrationChapter
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas15:36Japanese capital ships and British industrial accessNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:56:54Shipyard capacity limits a 1915 Japanese designNotable Point
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...2:44A plausible Soviet capital ship for 1935Chapter
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...30:07Rebuilding the Soviet battleship around 1930 constraintsChapter
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...40:23Ambition versus a buildable Soviet battle fleetNotable Point
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...44:21How Soviet 16-inch ships could alter British calibre politicsNotable Point
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...45:03A common 15-inch development path for the battle fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?23:55Interwar delay was not belief that war was impossibleQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?32:34How a treaty-free imperial battlecruiser programme might developQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?58:02How naval treaties handled an accidental battleship lossQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:13:06Britain retained heavy-gun knowledge after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:42:51Why scrapping alone cannot sustain shipbuilding capacityQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:54:02When 'better not built' still requires a replacementQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:26:50Why modern destroyers build more like capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:31:34Why trimaran warships failed Britain's cost-benefit testQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:35:24Why the Littoral Combat Ship problem began with its missionNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:02:14Why common calibre does not require a common 155 mm shellQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:09:09Why Type 31 received Bofors rather than CTA 40Q&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years6:21Treaty strength and Churchill's construction pauseNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years19:46Reginald Henderson's route from destroyers to carrier constructionNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years31:31Carrier size, hull numbers, and dedicated commandNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years50:07How treaty sloops preserved escort design capacityNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years52:53The prewar design timeline of the Hunt and Flower classesNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:27:21Procurement volume and the cost of single-source supplyNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?44:24A 14-inch advantage only lasts while rivals lagNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?46:49Plan against the threat, not the preferred counterNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?55:02Politics could sustain a big-gun arms raceNotable Point
- Modern Gun Tech: What would WWII style battleship & cruiser guns look like with modern technology?58:50Why successors fail to displace proven designsNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:20:18The Hunt class as evidence of prewar planningNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:23:46The Hunt programme revealed Britain's shipyard reserveChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:35:41Could Lion-class battleships have entered service by 1942?Q&A
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!18:40Using 1812 to criticize a neglected navyChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!39:26Cruisers, readiness, and procurement prioritiesNotable Point
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...35:24Building the economy before expanding the fleetChapter
- The Imperium of Man: at SOME POINT I will figure this game out...2:06:39Budget-limited fleet expansion and local defenseNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:24:20Commonwealth shipbuilding needs machinery and timeQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:12:36How the 1939 carrier pause reached Force ZNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:19:17Henderson's naval politics and Cunningham's fleet commandQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:21:49Plan Z runs into industrial limitsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:27:51Treaty replacement priorities for British capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:04:17Order dates determine the Crown Colony subclassQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:30:33Possible battleship suppliers for Argentina and ChileQ&A
- Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs30:15A modern Spanish battleship and national design identityNotable Point
- Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs1:42:27Could Poland's Grom serve as an export Tribal?Q&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:13:14A proper Glorious rebuild would trade availability for capabilityQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:45:22Italy would provide escorts for the Francesco Caracciolo classQ&A
- How to Build A Navy2:18Start with the questions a navy must answerChapter
- How to Build A Navy9:09Shipyards set the limits of naval independenceChapter
- How to Build A Navy9:52Domestic naval spending circulates at homeNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy12:06Sustainment outlasts acquisitionChapter
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:10:45The King George V design was a political compromiseQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:24:05Britain tried to close yards while rearmingQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:31:55More prewar sloops would multiply escort capacityQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:57:34A rolling frigate programme preserves industrial capacityQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:16:06Dominion capital-ship transfers were possible, not plannedQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:19:36A modified treaty could preserve battleship-building skillsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:21:09Small escort orders can alter a war's openingNotable Point
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 845:47Wartime construction speed and the triple-turret alternativeNotable Point
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 850:42A triple-turret Renown at Jutland and afterNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda55:25Secrecy, naval politics, and the Tegetthoffs' Mediterranean statusNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda57:14Ersatz Monarch class: the 14-inch battleships that never sailedChapter
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:04:41An empire's navy: multilingual officers and industrial ambitionNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:08:47Shipyards borrowed ahead of naval budgetsNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response29:02Why rebuilding a fleet takes more than ordering shipsNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response32:02Congress and the Navy divide over nuclear surface shipsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)2:26When older machinery improved global supportNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)17:29Selling turbines while competing at seaNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)27:52Why the most powerful destroyer may be the wrong shipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)30:48España: a dreadnought sized for Spanish limitsChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why Japan moved toward the fast battleshipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)59:12The best dreadnought depended on the missionNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response26:28Why Terrier became too costly and did not suit carriersNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response28:44Nuclear escorts compete with the need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response32:04A steady nuclear-escort production policyQ&A
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 734:07The single-seat fighter Illustrious was meant to carryNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 738:02The Ten Year Rule and Illustrious's timingNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!13:47Italian capital ships and the danger of planning for the wrong warQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!23:20Crown Colony cruiser conversions were a funding choiceQ&A
- USS Monitor: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 68:28Urgency made Monitor an experimental warshipNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response0:28SALT limits and Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response7:27NTU performance and naval technology lifecyclesNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response11:16Designing a realistic nuclear destroyer leaderQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response13:21VLS cell length as a fleet-design constraintNotable Point
- Albany Class: Comment Response0:31Why convert old cruisers after World War II?Q&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response18:04Parallel NATO conversions and the limits of imitationNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway53:07Japan needed cheaper escorts alongside elite destroyersNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway56:39Yamato and the opportunity cost of naval megaprojectsNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway1:18:50Midway's fleet-building lesson: make the force viableChapter
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 58:26Industrial depth behind destroyer fire controlNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney50:19Why Vanguard's real alternative was not simply more carriersNotable Point
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?27:20Keeping big guns alive requires more than engineeringChapter
- What would battleship and cruiser guns look like If modern technology were applied to them?31:18Why a successful warship can outlast troubled successorsNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole16:09Postwar introspection reaches French procurementChapter
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole22:39A cheap weapon still demands research and purposeNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole36:20Interwar France mixes doctrine but underuses treaty freedomChapter
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole41:21A technical method is not a complete strategyChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane32:11Postwar debt and British naval retrenchmentQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane41:38Why treaty-era sloops stayed below 2,000 tonsQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response25:03Why Britain built the R class and what might have followedQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response37:58Fallback designs beyond warships: HST, B-32, and Kitty HawkNotable Point
- Slava Class: Comment Response39:25Why a larger Kirov backup was impracticalQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response41:44Why second rates were not fallback warshipsQ&A
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 325:32Why the Queen Elizabeth class raised the stakesChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 328:42Why British and American institutions approached warship risk differentlyNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 330:58Refit economics preserve Britain's qualitative advantageNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 355:52A wartime building decision leaves the fleet short of carriersNotable Point
- Kara Class: Comment Response13:33India's shift from older imports to domestic warshipsQ&A
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses12:29Why completed Soviet capital ships would demand a responseNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses16:21The Second Five-Year Plan meets shipyard capacityChapter
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses39:28A realistic ceiling on the Soviet fleet planned for 1947Notable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses45:24Keeping the Malta class as a postwar reserve optionNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response26:11Nineteenth-century naval contracts and cost overrunsQ&A
- The Shipwreck Museum - The Destroyer Models #NavHistAus 21:28Why a small destroyer force needs flexibilityChapter
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response13:51Why Lexington's 8-inch guns were a poor carrier compromiseQ&A
- What books did I bring for #NavHistAus23?40:17Why German warships grew overweightQ&A
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 82:16Tillman’s maximum-battleship challengeChapter
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 83:29Naval spending and South Carolina politicsNotable Point
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 88:44Why Tillman first opposed naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 89:24Tillman’s leverage on the Senate Naval Affairs CommitteeChapter
- Tillman's Maximum Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 817:28Josephus Daniels tries to restrain battleship growthNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon0:00The counterfactual is better shell quality controlChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon24:19Dreyer's rapid wartime shell-reform programmeChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon28:45Short appointments let industry delay shell reformNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon33:48A Goeben encounter as the reform triggerNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon39:11Wartime damage evidence could break industrial resistanceNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon59:13Institutional division blocked known shell reformNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...23:35A limited fleet budget turns cruiser procurement into a capability tradeoffNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...2:08:35Income development creates an upfront-investment problemNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... This really did not end well...2:47:13Fleet expansion fails without early investment in the economic baseNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat48:19When experimental carriers force treaty definitions to changeQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat59:28A standardized triple 6-inch gun in the Cold War Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:39:47Could Britain build Vanguards before the war?Q&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:49:00Type 32 as a likely Type 31 follow-onQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:18:09Why interwar fleet totals need matching planning horizonsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:27:23What actually constrained Project HabakkukQ&A
- Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 70:01If Stalin had lived to see his fleet builtChapter
- Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 78:46Why cancelling Stalingrad was not immediateNotable Point
- Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 725:46How Stalingrad could change Western shipbuilding and SuezNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?1:22:27How long would German naval industry have needed to recover?Q&A
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 210:14Production rates as naval powerNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 216:13Brandenburg trials and procurement disciplineNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 223:27Continuous construction and evolutionary designChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 230:40National construction rhythms before DreadnoughtChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 258:21Small classes for innovation, large classes for confidenceNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 259:14Why shipyards need continuous ordersChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 21:07:04Did rivals drive British battleship construction?Notable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...3:13:09Why King George V carried ten 14-inch gunsQ&A
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...3:21:20Why a fast 14-inch salvo could still be decisiveNotable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...3:30:03How treaty limits constrained capital-ship test bedsNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland14:30Why a much larger British fleet changes the Washington premiseQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland18:02The construction gap behind JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland34:39How larger British guns could reshape treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland43:05HMS Canada's ten 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:45:00When a paper design is not a cancelled warshipQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:03:44Orders to a shipyard distinguish cancellation from an unselected designQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:14:40How a 13.5-inch Dreadnought changes the naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:28:04Why warship cost figures need to be standardizedQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland3:00:00Why cheaper N3s misunderstand battleship costQ&A
- Building the Fleets for Jutland15:07Recent launches kept strengthening the Grand FleetNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland28:11Germany’s fleet programme competed for resourcesChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland52:38Tiger and Derfflinger embodied rival procurement systemsChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:09:00Turbines exposed dependence on a wider industryChapter
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 610:19Could treaty navies race for fast battleships?Notable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 610:54Ambition constrained by what shipyards could buildChapter
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 612:41Warship construction as interwar politicsNotable Point
- Building a NelRod County Class...10:31Protection choices on a fast heavy cruiserNotable Point
- Building a NelRod County Class...55:40What cruiser could Canada have ordered?Q&A
- Building a NelRod County Class...1:23:13Cutting a cruiser turret to reduce costNotable Point
- The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?2:29:02A Soviet battle-fleet programme would reshape rearmamentNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett29:14Why larger naval guns came with higher shipbuilding costsQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett3:15:38Why design ships a navy may never build?Q&A
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine9:01Bearn's machinery changed after the hull was laid outNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine11:44What makes a warship a Bearn?Chapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:09:23Ranger received a smaller refit for night-fighter trainingNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:11:32The Sims class attempted too many improvements at onceNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:15:47Texas and Maine were flawed but formativeNotable Point
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 50:29Why Japan wanted large cruisersChapter
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 529:08Industrial networks behind Japanese capital-ship plansNotable Point
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 536:49What Japan could likely have completedNotable Point
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power1:04:52What if Britain had replaced its battle fleet with dreadnoughts at once?Notable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History10:39Why Graf Zeppelin needed more than land technologyQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History16:31How Graf Zeppelin could change British carrier constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History18:20Churchill's like-for-like naval procurement logicNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History48:30Italian shell quality was a procurement problemQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:26:43A forty-ship County-class programmeQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:57:57Old shipyard capacity cannot simply build modern warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:16:18What a surviving nuclear surface fleet changesQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)29:03How Graf Zeppelin could keep British carriers buildingChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)37:39Ingenious design versus operational effectChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)40:21The limited escort cost of keeping carriers under constructionNotable Point
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 420:20A six-ship programme across American yardsNotable Point
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 426:56What treaty limits removed from naval planningChapter
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)1:07:18British and French influence armed rival Japanese forcesNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)1:38:19From Confederate Stonewall to imperial KotetsuChapter
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)1:55:24Neutrality froze an already unequal supply positionNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation3:52Why 1920s planners could not assume carrier supremacyNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation9:14Why postwar battleship construction stoppedNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation15:01Aircraft generations raced past treaty-limited warshipsNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation42:12Building for the war you might faceNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation44:41Why the specialist night shadower lost its carrier spaceNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 35:13Infrastructure, not aesthetics, drove the compact layoutChapter
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 310:24Why G3 and N3 would disrupt rival battlefleetsNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 313:20G3 as concentrated capability, not one breakthroughChapter
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 325:47A single K3 could make an old fleet too costly to retainNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 326:36A K3 counterfactual: treaty limits and rival responsesNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 328:02Francesco Caracciolo and a harder Mediterranean treaty bargainNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 126:11A large carrier for a modest air groupChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 135:51Casemate guns and the cost of design creepChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 146:08From treaty allowance to an overloaded carrier briefChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 158:33Why sixteen guns exposed an escort shortageNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 11:00:56Committee design under political and interservice pressureNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 11:07:26Why scarce hulls attract too many requirementsNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 11:10:03The danger of making a first carrier too complexChapter
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 101:00How delayed 12-inch guns reshaped RenownNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War12:41Chile’s naval-spending and deterrence debateNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War17:05Alberto Blest Gana as novelist and naval diplomatNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War17:56Ordering the Cochrane-class ironclads in BritainNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War24:08Why Chile chose Earle’s of HullNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War1:11:48Which ships each side could use in the civil warNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 915:22Why a shared name does not mean identical technologyNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 920:55The Royal Navy’s recurring 13.5-inch preferenceNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 937:34Reserve service preserved Repulse’s utilityChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 939:46When admirals could argue openly for replacement shipsNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?2:11:05Testing claims that Britain was bankruptNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada31:01Buying ironclads as a national insurance policyChapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada35:36A diplomat brings naval expertise to the contractNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada38:01What a fixed-price warship contract asked of Earle'sNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada58:59The ironclads Chile nearly sold before warNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:15:22Modernization undermined by patronageNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:29:16Why Congress had to win before Capitán Prat arrivedNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...3:04:24Why equal-cost fleet comparisons can misleadQ&A
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)23:11The Admiral class as a development familyChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:26:08Enterprise as a possible EMALS testbedQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:55:20Why missing early-war light carriers were not one simple lost chanceQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:34:00Type 32 as a Type 31 Batch 2 procurement pathQ&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:51:52Bastions and convoys demand different NATO fleetsNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas24:04Why the Type 81 programme stopped at seven shipsChapter
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas34:30How the Type 45 power system was cut downChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)47:59Tillman battleships as a naval-policy questionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)2:59:12Capital-ship building, shipyards, and organised labourChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:26:06Making the cost case for Malta-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:35:10Mahan on preparation before a crisisChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:51:20British victory and Mahan's appeal to CongressQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:17:07The U.S. Navy's 1897 coastal-strategy problemNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:38:44How foreign cruiser labels can reshape procurementQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History14:26Naval logistics as an aviation advantageNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History37:15Separate naval procurement creates competitionNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:00:56Treaty limits became a political funding floorNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:13:05Naval procurement could accelerate jets and gas turbinesQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:18:41Why naval aircraft needed stronger enginesNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:36:15Larger escort carriers could replace a separate light-fleet tierNotable Point
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 78:05Huáscar's namesake and the rivalries behind naval demandChapter
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 716:55Why armour became a naval requirementNotable Point
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 718:06From anti-Spanish procurement to 31 years of serviceChapter
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 728:20Why lost warships led to renewed procurementNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 768:12Why naval logistics changes aircraft procurementNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7639:28Why battleship investment did not exclude aviationNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:04:41Direct expertise changes aircraft and air-defence decisionsQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:12:29Naval purchasing power in the contest over aircraft procurementChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:14:04How launches multiply the Admiralty's engine ordersNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:17:33Aircraft suppliers face competing service buyersNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:19:52Could industry supply separate RAF and naval aircraft?Q&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:21:49Naval engine investment could also improve RAF fightersNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:46:57Is the industrial scenario too ambitious?Q&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:50:25Naval orders keep first-year apprentices in the yardsNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent20:16Why a navy needs persuasive communicatorsNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent23:24Writing sea power for the people who funded itChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent42:42Why early U.S. naval growth favoured battleshipsChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent47:20The Spanish-American War made the case for cruisersNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 8(March 2023)3:51Choosing when to invest in first and second ratesNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:55:52Different Cold War navies, different investmentsQ&A
- HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 67:46Peer conflict as a naval technology testNotable Point
- HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 613:37Naval investment for Dutch securityNotable Point
- Osmaniye: Key Ship Series 1, Ship 50:04Abdülaziz and the Ottoman fleet programmeChapter
- HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 33:40Who pays when an arms maker proposes a bigger gun?Notable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?53:02Fast capital ships for the German surface threatChapter
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?59:19More carriers and large destroyers for Atlantic hunting groupsChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:34:45Britain could start an anti-destroyer sloop programme earlyNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:43:52Diesel range does not erase Germany's numerical weaknessChapter
- 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
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck1:14:19The 14-inch gun Dreadnought that might have changed the arms raceQ&A
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck1:16:00A five-triple-turret Dreadnought before the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck2:10:21The procurement weakness behind German naval radarNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition45:21Why Britain invested in the ironclad transitionNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition47:46Obsolescence did not erase service valueNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword29:11How Fisher judged an obsolete warshipQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword32:43How Tillman-style politics might shrink the U.S. fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword41:04Using extra funds for anti-aircraft modernizationNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword58:23Why good-enough ships can win warsQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:00:25The treaty cost of better Italian cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:51:08The case for a nuclear CVA-01Q&A
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover3:35Rickover's influence and the politics of his removalNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover10:12AUKUS and the infrastructure behind nuclear submarinesNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover36:51The strategic cost-benefit test for nuclear powerChapter
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:10:19A mass submarine programme would trigger a responseNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:21:35Minesweeping requirements shaped escort fittingsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:08:25Germany's submarine and capital-ship trade-offQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'52:41Why four hulls make a dependable naval capabilityNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'55:39Enterprise as the proof of concept for the Nimitz classNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:12:32Why understrength fleets create oversized shipsNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:37:38Why German wonder weapons could not reverse the warNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword8:28Three more peacetime years transform the British capital-ship programmeQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword17:23Australia's interim SSN fleet would be limited by cost and capacityQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword24:33Recycled turrets could turn retired battleships into new VanguardsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword26:21A large cruiser is more plausible than an immediate battleship revivalQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword27:12Why 15-inch Scharnhorsts would trade commonality for delayQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword35:44An eight-ship battlecruiser force implies a rolling replacement cycleQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword37:43Gun stocks did not solve the 15-inch turret bottleneckQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword39:29Dominion fleet choices mixed local budgets with Admiralty influenceQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword44:02Peacetime is the best moment to expand naval industryNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword49:11The Royal Navy often ordered a lifetime supply of gun barrelsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:39:58Song naval power depended on improvised fiscal instrumentsNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:11The counterfactual is shell quality control, not a paint colourChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?24:19Dreyer turns post-Jutland criticism into new shell standardsChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?27:37Dreyer and Pollen took different routes into fire controlNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?28:45Why a known shell problem resisted reformNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?36:26The Orion programme offered a peacetime route to better testsNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?40:31Wartime evidence could break industrial resistanceNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?49:35Early-war shell reform faces less industrial competitionNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI7:51Why research did not necessarily produce reliable weaponsNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI13:34Shell quality mattered more than promises of a new designNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI17:23Funding novelty could leave service shells unreliableNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI18:16Engineering refinement demands admission of earlier mistakesNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI20:50Dreyer could challenge the shell system more directly than a committeeNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI30:08The historical lesson: retest the assumptions behind the dataNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.27:30Dreyer's shell trials and the eighteen-month development cycleNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.29:34Why earlier shell reform required tighter quality controlChapter
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.39:56Why peacetime shell reform kept stallingNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.48:56How authority over naval construction changed after the First World WarNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:44:01Could Britain equip the Grand Fleet with improved shells in time?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.2:17:19Could all four Admiral-class ships be built?Q&A
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century58:21K XI and the logistical penalty of mixed torpedo calibersNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:01:47Los Angeles class: nuclear attack submarines come of ageNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:09:29Seawolf and the post-Cold-War price of peer-war specializationNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?50:19Would Hood keep 15-inch guns beside Agincourt?Notable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books10:14Why older capital ships would become treaty tonnage placeholdersQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books21:01How the Orlando experience tightened naval engine procurementQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books39:19The component evidence behind an 18-inch Agincourt hypothesisNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:15:46Emergency conversions for Russia, new battleships for FranceNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:17:17How political support shaped Walker's steam-fleet programmeNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:17:58How Baltic bombardment needs secured new small craftNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:04:33How many extra Scharnhorsts could replace Bismarck and TirpitzQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:10:45How machinery conversion could extend Type 82 serviceQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:11:23What would replace hypothetical Type 82 losses in the Falklands?Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books3:03:53Why Royal Navy launch dates cluster in certain monthsNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!43:16Steam-engine builders could not promise schedule, power, or efficiencyNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!1:15:51Why the sail-to-steam transition was harder than it looksChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas5:01Building Germany's maximum 1912 counterpartChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas57:20Why Skoda triple turrets strain the German counterfactualNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas2:13:46How an 18-inch prewar flagship could reshape the naval raceNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources2:56:33Malta-class angled-deck changes without a Victorious-scale rebuildNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:37:41Why Malta-class ships could finish with different layoutsNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources4:05:30German and Soviet naval plans competing for guns and carriersNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response2:22Why navies rarely fitted the largest possible gunQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response5:14More Queen Elizabeths and the puzzle of a sixth shipQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response14:14Why the Tillman maximum battleships were drawnQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response15:23Oil firing, Welsh coal, and fleet infrastructureQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response41:27Why Britain considered 16.5-inch rather than 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response58:12The industrial cost of Canadian Queen Elizabeth-class shipsQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:02:16When oil and small-tube boilers became credible fleet choicesQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:04:49Churchill's minimum program and the four fast super-dreadnought choiceQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:14:46Why waiting for small-tube boilers carried strategic and industrial costsQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:17:53Did the building race distract from preparing the fleet to fight?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:23:24Agincourt and the qualitative arms-race gambleQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:30:13Why dreadnought programs resisted neat squadron arithmeticQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:33:15Why politics and unit cost produced the Revenge classQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:39:01Why British shipyards failed during the naval building boomQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood8:01Treaty tonnage and ships fitted for equipment they do not carryNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood32:03Why tankers also need escort shipsQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:49:19How a war delayed to 1945 changes naval rearmamentQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:57:06Yamato and British battleship retention in a delayed warNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History50:14Patents, MAN, and naval submarine adoptionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)16:34Third rates and affordable fleet powerNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)26:07Wartime debt and the limits of simulationNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 2(February 2023)1:10:00Danish frigates and StanFlex accountingQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...49:30Complete the Malta carriers or refit older ships?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?34:53Admiralty arguments behind the designNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?42:38Why the 15-inch gun was the practical leapNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?52:58Small-tube boilers and conservative revolutionNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response28:48Battlecruiser availability and Vanguard's uncertain futureQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response48:56When the Vanguard idea becomes a designQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response51:39A 1939 war reshapes naval constructionQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response53:05Would surviving First World War ships stay in service?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?24:27The global dreadnought race around 1912Notable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:04:33Churchill, Admiralty offices, and oil fuelNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:09:48Using quality to break the German raceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:19:07Why 15-inch twins were the restrained choiceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:32:26Small-tube boilers and the faster ship not takenNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:37:28Would keeping Jellicoe at the Admiralty improve the design?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:45:04Could Queen Elizabeth Maximus eventually stabilize the race?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:47:15Why build Revenges instead of more Queen Elizabeths?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:49:16How quickly could America develop an 18-inch gun?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:49:34Was Revenge much cheaper than Queen Elizabeth?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:02:16Could Queen Elizabeth Maximus slow later development?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:08:03Did parallel shipyards speed Queen Elizabeth construction?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:28:57Was Gordon Moore technically unqualified to choose the boilers?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:41:29Would an 18-inch Agincourt restart the naval race?Q&A
- Blockade!!46:43Design warships for blockade duty and battleNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:37:57Unfinished Dutch fleet plans in the world warsNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak28:03Getting a 9.2-inch Royal Navy cruiser into wartime serviceQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:12:34A retained royal dockyard as an industrial benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:21:06A StanFlex model for Commonwealth frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:56:25What should have followed the Upholder-class submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:03:01French or American cruise missiles still create dependenceQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:08:23Polish submarine procurement and real technology transferQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:43:31A lower-risk path for the Zumwalt-class destroyersQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?17:05A Far Eastern war could favor the Lion class over VanguardNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?34:32The Fleet Air Arm's interrupted single-seat fighter programNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:01:20Yamato's size and the case for big-gun deterrenceQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:51:35A Far Eastern war redirects military technologyNotable Point
- Ship Design14:32Requirements-first design versus fixed constraintsNotable Point
- Ship Design20:13King George V and Queen Elizabeth design prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build36:23Infrastructure for an Australian light-destroyer programQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build36:33An oversized British candidate for Australia's light destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build36:55Type 26, Iver Huitfeldt, and the hidden cost of StanFlexQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build38:12StanFlex as a long-term capacity investmentNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build53:23After Type 26, UAVs for British carriersQ&A
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class46:41Sloop capacity, anti-submarine cover, and Far East readinessNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:31:23Treaty-exempt small ships and missed procurementNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:54:31Small ships, aggregate value, and modern OPV successorsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)4:52Royal Navy standardization and industrial rootsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)6:21Rope quality control and naval bureaucracyNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)14:15Offcuts, tolerated corruption, and dockyard economicsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)38:09Merchant ships and naval timber standardsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)59:27The 32-pounder boom-and-bust marketNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)1:00:41National arsenals and competing gun demandsNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII10:20Warship-grade steel capacity versus total outputNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:08:01Sloop shortfall and Royal Navy procurementNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:23:22How sloop orders could strengthen the naval industrial baseNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:24:36Were Flower-class corvettes converted fishing vessels?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:45:46Treaty exemptions for small combatantsNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:51:42Fairmile D dog boat design and productionChapter
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII2:34:21U.S. PGM speed problem and PT boat supportNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII2:49:11Were PGMs only meant to escort PT boats near the attack area?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII3:00:59Converting submarine chasers during an ASW shortageNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response27:25Royal Navy light-cruiser production tradeoffsNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response34:21A Dutch armored-cruiser design with 9.4-inch gunsNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response52:04Technology gaps and cost-driven follow-on warshipsNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?8:58British finance and procurement shape the treaty bluffNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?22:40Battlecruiser tonnage becomes trade-protection politicsNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?26:53Tosa gives Japan a visible treaty winChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?35:07Six Lexington hulls become a logistics advantageNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?37:51Britain turns Admirals into carriers and keeps G3 logicChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?46:45Five new capital ships produce a three-tier battle fleetChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?54:34The London Treaty risks triggering a new building spreeChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:12:30A larger 1920s program preserves capital-ship infrastructureNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:16:20A perceived treaty victory could redirect Japanese naval thinkingNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:18:48The Enterprise refit and the case for new shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:43:06Using CVA-01 infrastructure to lock in a carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:54:42Joinville's steam battle fleet and the cost of HMS TerribleChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:32:57Why a three-LHD fleet could restore British amphibious depthQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:34:35Limiting simultaneous technology changes in capital shipsNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts21:55Tribals, Crown Colonies, and 4.7-inch commonalityQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts34:25Repulse refit, dual-purpose guns, and Force ZNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts1:01:07Crown Colony 4.7-inch weight tradeoffNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response17:25Confidence votes and French planning instabilityNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response24:48Bearn's turbines, range, and conversion economyNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response33:11War losses, depression, and French naval procurementNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response11:29Unfinished German capital ships would arrive too lateQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response37:16American aid drained British assets without requiring anti-British intentQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response54:00Royal Navy rebuilding would begin with familiar ships, then escalateQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century0:00Why warship ratings are planning averagesNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century10:20Naval timber control and dockyard enforcementNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century20:43Timber stockpiles and generational planningChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century26:06Princesa and Britain's first design responseChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century29:39Anson's threshold and the 74-gun balanceNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century31:33Captured French 74s and Slade's ordering programChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century47:02The rating system as budget controlNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century48:17Rating revisions and tons burthenNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:35:59Third-rate balance and administrative depthNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?7:36Unused carrier tonnage sharpened the French puzzleNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?12:27Bearn and lost carrier momentumNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?55:48Britain's carrier program and the scale of French delayNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:17:10An early Joffre and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History39:52Early American ships of the line without the supporting infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History45:29British super cruisers and a heavier King George V responseNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:09:19A County-class heavy cruiser for CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:45:01Tirpitz's fleet program as politics and industryChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:34:26Why treaty limits mattered more than money to Royal Navy cruiser numbersQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:50:38Anglo-American naval treaties as non-zero-sum politicsChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:19:46India's carrier fleet and expansion plans in 2023Notable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:23:51Soviet battleships and NATO's capital-ship reactionQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:36:32Shipbuilding steel and real industrial capacityNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines13:01HMS Rattler as an experimental screw sloopChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?31:10Government turnover and naval programsChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?54:03Why French naval chiefs carried less political weightNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:08:14The Maginot Line crowded out naval aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:27:00France had yards available for carrier constructionNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:39:57Could France pair Dunkerques and carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:40:54Did French yards retain carrier-building skills?Q&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class5:29Dutch shipbuilding and German design politicsQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class21:41Kynda's smaller hull did not guarantee lower costQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class30:15Interwar naval money was a policy choiceQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class42:38Soviet incentives encouraged conservative redesignNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class1:05:14A refitted Yavuz could guard the SkagerrakNotable Point
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions7:05Existing battleships offered the faster wartime routeQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions38:17A Type 31 batch could avoid a fresh Type 32 competitionQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions1:49:53Nitrate wealth would not guarantee a dominant Brazilian NavyQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:30:06Specialized warship yards create a two-sided monopolyQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:30:08Without treaties, a US-British race might stay qualitativeQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:43:40DDG(X) requirements were already driving displacement upwardQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?43:56The non-intervention branch and a later Anglo-German warChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?59:52How the Channel battle reshapes later naviesChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:03:33Why fleet victory makes naval treaties less likelyNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:09:29Tirpitz's risk fleet succeeds tactically but fails strategicallyNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:12:04The post-battle choice between heavier guns and fighting rangeNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine3:46Konigsberg and Leipzig expose design governanceQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine17:17Purges and infrastructure both crippled Stalin's fleetQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine33:35Nine-gun Panzerschiffe echoed the O-class conceptNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine35:07Scharnhorst offered a better model than prestige copyingQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine44:13Nazi competitive bureaucracy weakened naval productionNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine52:46Prestige pushed cruisers toward capital-ship appearanceNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?20:31Tirpitz turns competition into a threatNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:16:08Neutrality postpones the larger warNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:24:40A new Trafalgar renews the Royal Navy's political powerNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:28:33Rebuilding the Royal Navy after the Channel disasterChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:55:35What replaces the lost battlecruisers?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:58:23Why not rebuild with heavily armed monitors?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:59:26The Channel wrecks become a design laboratoryNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:23:40Why Dominion navies expand after the battleQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:53:25Would Courageous and Glorious still be built?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?3:02:53Would Britain build a Channel motor-torpedo force?Q&A
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course29:07The 1708 Cruisers and Convoys Act reshapes fleet designChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course42:51Commerce warfare shapes warships and merchant shipsNotable Point
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course48:51Private fleets eventually justify national naval taxationNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain39:26Churchill combined decisive leadership with a risk of overcorrectionNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain3:15:49Hood's lifetime cost needs inflation and class-size contextQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...7:16Nunn-McCurdy cost controls meet procurement politicsChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...21:27Christmas-tree programs recruit allies but can threaten rival budgetsNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...27:44Zumwalt design overreach reaches the peripheral VLS arrangementNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...36:30LCS failure does not prove modular warships cannot workChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...38:12StanFlex offers a baseline for a Danish-American frigateNotable Point
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late34:27Whitehead torpedoes and the Civil War blockadeChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind20:07HMS Bee and the cost of one-for-one replacementNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind42:12HMS Gnat at Nanking and the next gunboat generationNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind46:03Scrapped Insect-class hulls and the late Dragonfly programChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind49:25Gunboats and sloops as force multipliersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers21:07Comparing major- and minor-power cruiser programmesNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers22:10Town-class cruisers restore Royal Navy numbersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers22:50Cruiser procurement as naval strategyNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers25:41The Royal Navy's treaty cruiser calibre choiceChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers33:56U.S. cruiser production through iterative refinementNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers34:42Chilean-Peruvian rivalry in late gun-cruiser purchasesNotable Point
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...37:36Huge dry docks enable fast capital-ship choicesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...45:06US Pacific needs point toward earlier battlecruisersQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...59:23Ford-class problems came from changing many systems togetherQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:05:18Royal Navy priorities with a bigger prewar budgetQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:20:23A large missile cruiser would complement the Tiger classQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:24:14A true Ticonderoga replacement points back to the strike cruiserQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:45:37Chinese naval growth renews the arsenal-ship argumentQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:46:50Rail wear obscured the larger railgun power problemQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:47:14Type 31 frigates offer New Zealand a plausible replacement pathQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:55:17Reliability kept the 4.5-inch Mark 6 in serviceQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:01:35DDG(X) combines a conventional hull with Zumwalt-style powerQ&A
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All10:18Why the strike-cruiser case collapsed after the Cold WarNotable Point
- Ticonderoga(1981) Class: Aegis Covers it All22:03Modernization spending versus early retirementChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed0:01Why recent nuclear-cruiser history requires cautionChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed9:59The peace dividend changed what counted as too expensiveNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed22:52Reclassification politics turned destroyer leaders into cruisersChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed27:19Nuclear variants made sense only while the peer threat enduredNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed56:40CGN-42 failed the emerging acquisition testChapter
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed1:02:17Fisher's Dreadnought compromise illustrates more with lessNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed1:06:04Peer threats determine whether expensive capability looks necessaryChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers19:14Could missile shortages bring naval guns back?Q&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers45:17The nuclear-powered strike cruiser conceptQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:04:59Why German cruiser designers overengineeredQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:18:34How cutting the Zumwalt class drove ammunition cost upwardNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:25:35Why late-war cruisers were not designed for missilesQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:26:28Zumwalt ammunition lock-in and the cancellation logicChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:27:15What the Washington treaty actually limitedQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:31:28How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated the headline costNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:09:48Gun cruiser cost-effectiveness depends on missionQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:31:02Three Tribals for the price of one DidoQ&A
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...10:44One nuclear escort in each batchNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...12:46Belknap shipyards show procurement concentrationNotable Point
- Belknap Class(Truxton Class): Good Ships, not sure about the naming...56:22A nuclear sister ship isolates the logistics tradeoffNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen1:01:17Destroyer-built cruisers became a bridge to nuclear experienceChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)3:13Chicago shows how radical the rebuild wasChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)4:45A battleship conversion could retain guns forwardNotable Point
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)5:42The conversion economics look doubtfulNotable Point
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)11:40Albany's service life required repeated modernizationChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)13:25Columbus exposes an uneven conversion learning curveChapter
- Albany Class; Conversioning for a Missile(A quick boxing day recording)15:00Chicago repaid a slow conversion with heavy serviceChapter
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service2:02:25Micmac and the stop-start life of a postwar Canadian TribalChapter
- HMCS Haida & The Tribal Class: Always Service2:04:12Why Canada wanted Tribal-class destroyersNotable Point
- The Second Ottoman Venetian War: An Introduction8:38Kemal Reis, Grimani, and uneven fleet commandChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-199150:38Treaty parity would not solve Soviet fleet divisionNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-199156:30Big-ship support depended on Baltic and Black Sea yardsQ&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:09:23A Soviet treaty allowance could change Japanese and German planningQ&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:14:32Five-Year Plans made fleet expansion an industrial problemChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:22:17Zumwalt's troubles and dependence on an unfinished railgunNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:26:03Long procurement schedules make multiyear planning commonNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:28:07Kirov-class cruisers combined Italian influence with Soviet prioritiesChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:32:01An alternative proposal for fitting Zumwalt's new technologyNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:34:37Political hostility did not end Soviet naval technology purchasesNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:39:09Stalingrad battlecruisers and the argument for postwar naval presenceChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:42:49Would a completed Stalingrad have prolonged the Alaska class?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19911:44:45Was Khrushchev responsible for canceling the battlecruisers?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19912:15:24S-class submarines exposed a gap between Soviet output and confidenceChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19912:40:57Whiskey-class submarines turned wartime lessons into mass productionChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19912:51:14Would another year or two under Stalin have produced battlecruisers?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:16:44Did cost alone explain the move away from nuclear cruisers?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:21:18Slava cruisers filled gaps beneath the KirovsChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:27:15Were ballistic missiles considered for surface ships?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:44:04How did a low-priority Soviet Navy secure major projects?Q&A
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:44:58Chernavin continued major programs after GorshkovNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:48:16The late Soviet fleet struggled to fill its middle tierChapter
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:55:06Gorshkov's long command depended on managing political supportNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:59:01Completing Stalingrad could have affected Vanguard's retirementNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19915:00:49Larger missiles could help justify larger Soviet shipsNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?7:58Investment and training in a long peaceNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?14:02La Gloire and the cost of first-rank sea powerChapter
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?20:46Scaling HMS Mersey into WarriorNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?25:44Narrower gun ports behind Warrior's delayNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?29:22Thames Ironworks capacity and contract riskNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?34:39The financial rescue behind Warrior's constructionNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?54:30Armstrong guns and breech-loading riskChapter
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?57:09Rushed procurement and the Armstrong breech sealNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:23:58Cost, trials, and early correctionsNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?0:00Slava as the Kirov program's backup cruiserChapter
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?6:16Kara lineage reveals a design built around available systemsNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?7:24Slow construction exposes the backup roleNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?12:13Flagship duties outgrew the backup's maintenance priorityChapter
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?18:53Command facilities did not give Slava a unique fleet roleChapter
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?34:34Osa point defense reflects Soviet procurement limitsNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?44:25Ukraina shows the class's Cold War afterlifeNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?50:35Off-the-shelf equipment shortened the modernization marginNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?1:05:10Staggered construction made the class internally unevenNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...0:01Long Beach as a nuclear cruiser with light-cruiser limitsChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...5:00Why hull growth margin mattered to Long Beach's futureNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...6:43Why Quincy was a logical nuclear-cruiser builderNotable Point
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...25:24Designation, cost growth, and a changing weapons fitChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...46:33Gulf War service and the Aegis-VLS counterfactualChapter
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat46:16Why the U.S. Navy built the Oregon City classQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:15:08Why HMS Bristol survived the Type 82 cancellationQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:18:38CVA-01 was a practical carrier, not a remote paper studyQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:34:27Washington Treaty carrier-gun logicQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:00:02Why Rickover resisted more nuclear surface combatantsQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:10:13Testing six-inch dual-purpose guns on a Brooklyn hullQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:04:03Armored cruisers were useful despite later obsolescenceQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:04:29An invasion of Japan would redirect Royal Navy productionQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:05:43Single gun mounts trade firepower for easier upkeepQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:07:25Postwar Britain was broke on a very large scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:15:37Why a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier had strategic valueQ&A
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?22:26Papa-class speed and the Spearfish responseChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?43:20Kirov as a prestige capital ship beside SlavaChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?51:31How conscript personnel shaped Soviet naval equipmentNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?53:09Typhoon and Delta as status procurementNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:02:11Kuznetsov and Gorshkov's fallChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:04:48Gorshkov's succession and the programs that continuedNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:09:40Chernavin keeps the submarine projectsNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:13:29Neustrashimyy class and the missing medium tierChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?1:19:14Naval strategy as procurement strategyChapter
- 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.1:25:09Heavy machinery makes colonization an industrial projectChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:51:13Why a laboratory solution may not be operationally readyQ&A
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.2:15:49Send construction trades, not generic astronautsChapter
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.2:32:21What a very large Irish fleet would require ashoreQ&A
- Calypso (1883) Class0:10From Daring-class experiments to Calypso's finalized pairNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class2:11Presence ships, fighting readiness, and visible powerChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class11:36Naval strategy begins with procurement, training, and infrastructureNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class13:17Calypso as a larger Comus final formNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:52Why convoys needed Flower-class critical massChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class7:03From First World War sloops to the 1939 Flower classChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class12:17How interwar policy reduced Britain's escort-building capacityNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class13:00Did the Royal Navy forget small escorts between the wars?Q&A
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class17:00Why treaty-exempt sloops still lost the budget contestNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class20:12Henderson and Goodall turn escort demands into a shipNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class31:13Why Cunningham changed his view of large destroyersNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class42:09How boiler delivery times shaped the Flower designNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class45:49Scotch boilers and triple-expansion enduranceChapter
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...29:37Environmental pressure and neglected naval force multipliersNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...41:59A 1940 war gives Britain an escort advantageQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...50:16Why British carrier construction matteredQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...53:48The arithmetic behind King George V's 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:08:23An interwar naval race would reward quality over numbersQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?5:39How the failed five-inch project split British gun developmentNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?27:06An Abdiel-class minelayer with six 4.7-inch gunsNotable 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
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?41:45An existing 4.5-inch plan makes mass conversion credibleNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?46:06A common calibre makes wartime supply more resilientChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:03:12Redirecting 4.5-inch investment into the common gunNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:05:26Why the Royal Navy kept specialist gun solutionsNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6539:35Arkhangelsk and the cost of supporting capital shipsNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6546:26Whiskey-class submarines as Soviet test bedsChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6550:10Western naval technology exposed a Soviet prestige gapNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6552:36Political risk encouraged iterative ship and weapons developmentChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:23:24Postwar destroyers traded refinement for reproducible quantityNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-651:33:01Kresta II grew within the politics of de-StalinizationChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?17:47How interwar doctrine left 4.7 inch low-angleChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?22:42Britain's broad gun-development baseQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?25:49A single calibre reshapes much more than destroyersChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?29:02Why capital ships received 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?36:46Projectile weight, range, and the price of developmentQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?48:03Fixed ammunition was not the only 4.7-inch obstacleQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?50:22Why the 4.5-inch upper-deck mount arrived too lateNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?51:35The four-inch, 4.5-inch, and 4.7-inch roles were not inevitableQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?53:21Britain did not need a foreign 4.7-inch designQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:02:25Common ammunition still needs mount engineeringNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:13:27Where displaced four-inch guns could goQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:15:08Tribals, Didos, and massed high-angle fireChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:18:52Why Nelson kept her 4.7-inch batteryQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:20:09Why the 4.5-inch upper-deck mount kept slippingQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:23:06Could the 4.7-inch approach the US 5-inch/38?Q&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:24:55How 4.7-inch secondaries could spread to new cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:09:12Removed destroyer mounts could return on new shipsQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:25:50Checking a claim about British defence spendingQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:29:12Why not adopt the US Navy 5-inch/38?Q&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:31:08Mount assembly was not the same as turret productionNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:43:13Wartime production freezes earlier development choicesChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:56:30Why Battle-class destroyers reached the war so lateNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style1:20Using Polmar as a source open to challengeNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style2:19Khrushchev's status fleet meets affordability limitsNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style10:01Missile-control limits drive the next design stepNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style11:36Political limits shape Gorshkov's naval caseNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style13:35Conservative procurement changes one risk at a timeNotable Point
- Kresta Class Cruisers Iterative Development of the Soviet Style48:05Senior leaders inspect Admiral Makarov at BaltiyskNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy7:47Reading Gorshkov's rhetoric against procurementNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy24:25Gorshkov's design laboratory at LeningradChapter
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy35:02Iterating air defence and machineryNotable Point
- Groznyy/Kynda (1961) Class: Gorshkov's Template for a Blue Water Navy41:25Radical missiles paired with conservative safeguardsNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers0:32Comus and a Navy in transitionChapter
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers8:46An affordable cruiser for a worldwide presence missionChapter
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers12:20Protection and numbers instead of a fleet of first ratesNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers28:54Breech-loaders, muzzle-loaders, and the search for a reliable gunNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers43:20Sponson guns and a practical second batchChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat20:45Industrial preparation sets the pace of British rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat40:43A 1954 program for better Royal Navy air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat50:17Hitler's Secret Commandos on German midget submarinesChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:09:46Why the absence of Soviet battleships ended the typeQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:29:22The six-ship Lion program had unsettled namesNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:07:13A cruiser-leader category invites rapid counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:17:23Armor production limits an early King George V programQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine3:48Why dictatorship could make naval administration less efficientNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine5:04The Deutschland-class cruiser dilemmaChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine21:02Theory, procurement, and reality as three different fleetsNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine34:38Covert submarine development as a known secretNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine36:19Deutschland displacement and the 11-inch treaty gambleNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine45:18From treaty-system exclusion to the D-class escalationChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:21:03Competing bureaus and oversized cruiser designsNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:30:43Why German cruiser policy failed to cohereNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193924:17Slow construction squandered Russian destroyer ideasNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193940:38Five-Year Plans put capacity before fleet ambitionChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193945:02Gnevny destroyers and a fleet that could be builtNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193949:23Kirov cruisers and the demand for an instant navyChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-19391:05:33Five-month leadership cycles erased institutional memoryNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-19391:09:49The Winter War exposed purges and overambitionChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:05Germany could afford more cruisers than its program deliveredQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII8:12The strategic choice behind Germany's 11-inch cruisersChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII17:43Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in placeNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII23:38Why the Scharnhorsts escaped some design interferenceQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII27:44Plan Z needed shipbuilding investment a decade earlierNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII54:37Polycratic bureaucracy made Bismarck inefficientQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:33:24How the Hipper class became an expensive eight-inch cruiserChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:45:04The treaty category created the Hipper requirementQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:19:20Fast scout cruisers and the counterforce they would provokeChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:28:03Scharnhorst used a battleship hull for cruiser-scale gunsChapter
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:37:31A standardized cruiser family would outperform prestige projectsQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:55:38Why German cruiser procurement never matched its strategyNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response8:11Could a treaty battleship reserve space for larger turrets?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response24:01Fleet standardization versus the prestige of 16-inch gunsNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response36:25Where an oversized barbette's treaty savings disappearQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response47:55Beatty's support for the F2 and F3 alternativesNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response50:39The twin 4.7-inch dual-purpose alternativeQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response57:05Why an unrestricted navy would not build the F3Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:04:20Why Vanguard returned to a conventional battleship layoutQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:05:11How faster Nelsons would reshape the Royal Navy battle lineNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class0:01Why the Admiral Hipper design disappointedChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class6:22The cost of reinventing each German warship designNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class7:52Plan Z needed industry Germany had not builtNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class11:02German cruiser policy kept changing its answerChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class16:45Machinery complexity and unchecked design growthChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class24:24Admiral Hipper was still being altered as war beganChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class25:00Raeder's personal stake in the name Admiral HipperNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class1:00:56Seydlitz, Lützow, and the class's unfinished alternativesChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class1:02:27Germany sold Lützow and cruiser technology to the Soviet UnionChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class1:07:59The Admiral Hipper class as a policy failureNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response18:11Why the Royal Navy delayed higher-pressure boilersNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response32:39Treaty diplomacy, public opinion, and what navies chose to protectNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response1:00:38How more US cruisers might have changed later treaty bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books1:02:46Could Soviet industry sustain its 1930s fleet program?Q&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books1:34:49Project 23 battleships versus Soviet yard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books1:45:57How battlecruisers might have evolved without the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:05:31Why Australia and New Zealand received battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:07:35Kirov, Slava, and the late Soviet cruiser programChapter
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:35:13Why Soviet industry struggled with very thick armorQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:41:55Stalin's fleet plans depended on German supplyChapter
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:53:20Could NATO tolerate Soviet-built Icelandic frigates?Q&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:15:13Why British CATOBAR carriers would probably use F-18sQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:16:56Six Ganguts or four Kongos for a smaller navy?Q&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:36:39Why an Iowa-class carrier conversion solves the wrong problemQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:52:55Mistral sales and the fading 'war of choice' assumptionNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:56:36Why three available ships may require seven or eight hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:00:14Why defense-industry disruptors rarely stay independentNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:21:32Why container-ship capacity does not equal carrier capacityQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:24:48Why 2030s surface combatants keep growingQ&A
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships18:39The Washington Treaty squeezes Britain's battle lineChapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships22:11Britain's constructor bench tackles the treaty tradeoffsNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response5:08Why continued Sverdlov construction suggests a practical naval purposeNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response51:39Buccaneer's development time and the short-war planning gapNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response56:19How more Sverdlovs could have reshaped British gun cruisersNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response58:58Why calibre alone cannot explain modern naval-gun performanceNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response59:38Minotaur, early guided missiles, and the case for fundingNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?38:39Would Britain keep building battlecruisers without the Washington Treaty?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?52:21How G3 and N3 designs could disrupt rival procurementNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?59:37How the Washington Treaty interrupted capital-ship developmentChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:08:56Could Japan afford a capital-ship race against G3 and N3?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:21:52Would G3 and N3 have changed German naval rearmament?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:10:30Why Nelson's water armour frustrated Admiral KingChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 127:40Why warships cannot be future-proofed against unknown threatsNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1236:45How the Admiralty enforced class standardizationNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:27:38The Cressy disaster, hindsight, and the escort lessonNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:31:40Why a Cressy would not have solved CoronelNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:34:35The unbuilt post-Minotaur medium-cruiser questionNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...22:25Why British and American interwar naval economies differedQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:11:46Why better British machinery was not a simple answer for the NormandiesQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:52:25How removing Tirpitz could change the Anglo-German naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:18:01How the Royal Navy might spend 80,000 extra treaty tonsQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:39:01How early King George Vs could accelerate the Lions and VanguardsNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:09:45Why Type 82 destroyers might replace the Type 42sQ&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)10:57Foreign-built warships as an industrial springboardNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)25:57How Elswick turned a speculative hull into AsamaNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)39:10Elswick takes the risk of building a major cruiser on speculationNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)5:58Balancing Diadem's cost, range, and rough-sea speedChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)19:41Trials, vibration, and the value of an adaptable hullNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)22:22What the Diadem accounts reveal about dockyard cost controlNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)36:59Niobe and the political founding of Canada's navyChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)44:18Deferred maintenance defeats Canada's cruiser exchangeNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:03:02Spartiate's high cost and machinery failuresChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:06:32The recurring 11,000-ton problem of a middle-tier cruiserNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:08:19Why the Royal Navy abandoned the middle cruiser tierChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)2:06Châteaurenault and France's protected-cruiser experimentChapter
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)11:14Shipyard capacity behind the Columbia-class comparisonNotable Point
- Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)22:16One-off design culture and the missing torpedo escape weaponNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)15:09Naval constructors enforce class disciplineNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)21:38France's 1890 fleet plan pursues numerical superiorityChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)23:39Descartes takes years to turn a novel design into a usable shipNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)43:48A possible Pascal refit fails the military-value testNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers19:58The larger Soviet task-group vision behind SverdlovNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers37:27Soviet retention kept the gun-cruiser option alive into the Falklands eraNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers1:25:21The Sverdlov threat shaped Western strike-aircraft and fleet planningNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)0:20Apollo-class cruisers balance capability and quantityChapter
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)3:49The Naval Defence Act makes second-class cruisers the fleet's massChapter
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)4:33Naval procurement deters through diplomatic behaviorNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:03:47Rainbow's purchase tests operating-cost assumptionsNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:17:02Apollo service trains captains for independent commandChapter
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:23:33Instant communications narrow the cruiser's diplomatic autonomyNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:28:39Which modern frigate fills the Apollo's quantity role?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books23:43The seized battleships and Ottoman entry into the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books46:03Balancing Canada's future surface-combatant fleetQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:48:29British yards as a source of interwar Baltic submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:49:40Balancing present capability with future growth marginQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:51:59Why the York class looked like cut-price CountiesQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:30:37Why destroyer development advances in wavesQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:33:24The Revenge class and the danger of cut-price capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:53:09Why fleet availability needs several hullsNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:55:12Why more small ships are not automatically cheaperNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:03:38Hood was intended to lead four shipsQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty32:47Carrier tonnage rules produced fragile fleet numbersChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty54:00The building holiday redirected competition into reconstructionChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty55:50A controlled shipbuilding drumbeat could constrain fleets indirectlyNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:04:18Britain repeated the wartime seizure Article 17 was meant to stopNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:49:38Could American naval construction serve as a jobs program?Q&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?13:43Treaty limits turned cruiser design into a cycle of countersNotable Point
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?22:42Late construction left useful ships with almost no Italian wartime careerChapter
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?27:30Twelve planned ships became four completions and two long-lived rebuildsChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road6:40Why treaty-era capital-ship trades required much more than Admiralty approvalQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:15:01Fleet construction policy also preserves shipyard capacity and skillsNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:59:28German raiding theory, Plan Z, and actual construction never alignedNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road4:10:59Germany never settled what foreign-policy purpose its navy should serveNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road4:16:02Waiting until 1948 would not solve Plan Z's strategic and economic contradictionsQ&A
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)2:57Why intermediate cruisers became a German fleet foundationChapter
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)14:50Commissioning did not make Victoria Louise immediately readyNotable Point
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)36:29Why a sound cruiser design became obsolete so quicklyNotable Point
- Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)40:08Which warship classes lost their practical value even faster?Notable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 530:36Marine-engineering competition behind the Blake classChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 411:14Medusa's Dürr boiler purchase and the Formidable debateChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 36:32Aube's ministry produced specifications in less than a dayNotable Point
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 310:55Government arsenals and a private competition produced parallel cruiser pathsNotable Point
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 319:37Coëtlogon's engine failures drove a lesson in compass protectionChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control23:43The German cruiser force at CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control47:10The missing Town-class cruiser screenNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 28:01Design evolution for an Italian presence cruiserNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 439:28A clash with Russia could accelerate Dutch capital-ship plansQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:06:12Klingon forces combine different real-world naval analogiesQ&A
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:12:09Wasp squeezed a fleet carrier into too little tonnageNotable Point
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:15:19Illustrious traded aircraft flexibility for armored protectionChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:23:12Carrier designers keep relearning the cost of false economyChapter
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)1:07:52Treasury limits differ from shipyard capacity limitsQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:18:16Could Béarn's experimental status benefit France?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:26:03Were early carriers prohibitively expensive force multipliers?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 652:54:57What later carriers learned from the interwar experimentsChapter
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?9:15An insurance policy against risky light-cruiser innovationNotable Point
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?10:20Lady Herbert's launch links Pembroke Dockyard to naval politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War29:15Royal Navy aircraft procurement favored sustained operationsQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War50:49A Supermarine alternative to the Blackburn RocQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:53:12A cheap ship is different from a ship cheapened in designNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:35:45Treasury limits kept British carrier conversions austereQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:33:27Mature weapons often work first when war beginsQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War4:03:42Named ship classes build political attachmentQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War4:05:14Making Harrier the carrier aircraft was a calculated gambleQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:20:40Why low hangars constrained later British armored carriersQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:28:12Why Canada chose a Leonardo naval gunQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War11:12How an early Yamato disclosure could revive the Lion classNotable Point
- Bruships 88: Way of War31:32Would Lexington battlecruisers trigger a naval race?Q&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:37:27Why Royal Navy class names can be ambiguousQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:38:33Why Britain traded capital-ship work for escortsQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:10:32The industrial opportunity cost of YamatoNotable Point
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:29:44How a Soviet battleship could break treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:56:19Why Britain's battleships disappeared after the warQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History52:07The escort surge's hidden cost in carrier strengthNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:18:21Zumwalt's design inherits the blame for unready technologyNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:02:20Deutschlands and the logic of cheating properlyChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:13:34A British super cruiser as a fleet-design release valveQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:26:03A public Yamato forces an Allied shipbuilding dilemmaNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:35:45Yamato trades fleet numbers for extreme scaleNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:37:31Postwar fleets designed around missing capabilityChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:50:53Cheap defense becomes a procurement false economyNotable Point
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations22:20Would Britain still build Vanguard if Hood survived?Q&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:11:36Why capital ships still slow escort productionQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations2:13:48Why France did not rebuild carriers to Western patternsQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video40:04Why dockyards must precede battleship programsQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:22:01A no-pause timetable places four armored carriers in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:25:53Avoiding a carrier pause compounds shipyard outputQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:41Why trade-protection carriers stalled before the warChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations17:26Treaties and budgets narrow the small-carrier opportunityChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations21:33HMS Unicorn signals a new prewar aviation directionNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations27:13Unicorn exposes the shipyard case for merchant conversionNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations44:20Winchester Castle shows the scale of a multi-role conversionNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:00:15A separate treaty category might have preserved small-carrier capacityNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:24:36Essential wartime ships are hardest to justify in peaceChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)9:55A larger Type 26 as command ship and escort leaderQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)17:19Balancing naval affordability and combat powerQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)27:54Why fitting for upgrades does not guarantee installationQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)28:21K130 and F125 procurement tradeoffsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)29:28Why early German cruisers borrowed incompatible ideasQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)30:09The lost Zumwalt railgun fleet conceptQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)31:09Why a two-ship economy cruiser class failsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)36:19Why Gefion was not a productive learning shipQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:00Why Britain did not build escort carriers before the warChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations7:42Why Britain kept to carrier treaty limitsQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations18:35Why the Board of Trade resisted merchant-carrier conversionsNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations39:05Did a gun shortage create the Independence class?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations53:09Why HMS Unicorn outranked an escort carrierChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations54:38The case for a continuous Empire sloop programNotable Point
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide11:50The Greek origins of the Birkenhead subclassNotable Point
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide53:34The Town class as a cruiser capability programChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)46:07Why Type 31 could fit New Zealand's naval needsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)2:55Why converting line-of-battle ships into ironclads was costlyQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)15:06Why unprotected cruisers were often too slow to escapeQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)32:24Wampanoag, fast steam cruisers, and engineering politicsNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)49:09Russian warship delays and displacement growthNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)59:00Why navies might hide a failed warshipNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)1:05:39Learning from a failed warship before combat exposes itNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?29:03Dunkerque speed versus four Richelieu-class shipsQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?1:15:28How French survival changes British shipbuildingNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:36Yamato and the industrial cost of prestige battleshipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 321:28Why US battleship guns advanced in whole-inch stepsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:54:41Batch versus flight in warship productionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:57:15How a new government changes a follow-on warship batchQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:57:54A fast-patrol-craft program ready for UkraineQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:58:39The paradox of smaller warships with more missionsQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1246:26Gefion's lesson for long-term warship designNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4210:22Why Canada did not acquire interwar cruisersQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4231:56Why Repulse received only a minor refitQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4236:26Why British carrier changes did not prove US incompetenceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:38:36Why delaying war would not complete Plan ZQ&A
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 113:53Speed compromises meet American sea-power politicsNotable Point
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1113:39George Melville makes the engineering case for ColumbiaChapter
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1153:44British cruiser quantity changes the tactical problemNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1051:28A national flagship creates modern escort demandNotable Point
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p91:28Sfax and the origins of a French cruiser lineageChapter
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p931:34Sfax's refits and the speed of naval obsolescenceNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:33:28Retiring the S-3 Viking without a replacementQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:39:29Why the common Viking-Greyhound-Hawkeye airframe failedQ&A
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers14:04The Bureau of Construction and Repair behind the classChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p426:02The institutional problem of a failed warshipNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out11:33Why South American navies bought old gun cruisersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:04:29What a Cold War German carrier might look likeQ&A
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p332:10Designing a response to General-AdmiralNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4016:22Churchill applied the last war's escort lesson to a future submarine threatQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4057:45Chatfield's 14-inch-gun bargain with HendersonQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:14:38Why Benjamin Tillman would hate his battleship legacyQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:15:52British rearmament planned for a war in 1942, not 1939Notable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:32:40Only Anson and Howe retained a theoretical redesign windowQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:09:19British 14-inch guns for the Dutch Design 1047Q&A
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p23:25The Wampanoag threat behind Inconstant's designChapter
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p219:50Comparing Inconstant, Raleigh, and ShahChapter
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p227:25The industrial dilemma behind building a minor navyNotable Point
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p14:21Esmeralda and the commerce-raider threatNotable Point
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p129:51Cruiser capability versus costChapter
- Tre Kronor Class: Because the Swedish had a lot of Bofors guns to use..14:32Sweden debated its cruiser force while war closed inChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading37:17Project 66 and the Soviet heavy-cruiser debateChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading43:47Why bad Soviet paper warships could still matterNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:04:54Venezuela's proposed cruiser optionsQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:08:49From Project 65 to the Sverdlov classChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:50:14How giant Soviet cruiser submarines could reshape Western fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:57:24British capital-ship responses to Soviet battlecruisersQ&A
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation5:52Treaty-era procurement complicates the battleship-centric labelNotable Point
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments36:33Iowa as the fast wing of a Montana battle lineQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments47:16Building naval counterfactuals from contemporary argumentsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments1:04:31The two-book naval hindsight exerciseNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again13:09Would Hood destroying Bismarck cancel HMS Vanguard?Q&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19427:28Dominion governments also owned the escort shortfallNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194211:18American supply and Lend-Lease could not erase scarcityChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194217:20HMS Triumph demonstrates the shipbuilding time lagNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194221:40Choose one naval change for January 1937Notable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194214:00Delayed American readiness and the security value of naval treatiesNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194217:05The case for Canadian escorts over prestige cruisersChapter
- Algerie (1932): Marine National9:37A decade of investment made Algérie possibleChapter
- Algerie (1932): Marine National21:26Treaty limits froze earlier ships while French design advancedNotable Point
- Algerie (1932): Marine National22:48Algérie as a procurement lesson for smaller naviesNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19410:09Fixing Axis fleets without perfect hindsightChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19410:31What can still be fixed by January 1941?Chapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:28:13Why did a cruiser war produce a battleship obsession?Notable Point
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments0:25Why 1939 fleet planning cannot use 1945 hindsightChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments8:59Churchill, Chamberlain, and wartime carrier constructionQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments36:23Why fleet reform needs an artificial start dateQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments45:08Rebalancing British construction toward carriers and escortsQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War20:59Why French yards could outpace USS Maine's constructionNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:50:32Why Cristóbal Colón sailed with wooden gun replicasQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19405:08Greek public support for naval acquisitionNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19406:09The Dutch need finished ships, not more plansChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194022:26Money, indecision, and the minor-navies trapChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19400:00What naval reform can still achieve in January 1940Chapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 19404:50A 1940 Japanese carrier and escort construction surgeChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194010:20How Illustrious-class carrier delays accumulatedChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194037:41Build an Australian submarine force before the Pacific warNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19390:30What minor navies could still change in January 1939Chapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19391:46A rush British torpedo-boat order for PolandNotable Point
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19396:16Destroyers, submarines, and torpedo boats for PolandChapter
- Portland Class: Heavy Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen?1:01:46What should the US Navy have done in 1930?Notable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19391:15Racial prejudice as a barrier to learning from Japanese carriersNotable Point
- 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 19395:45A continuous Dunkerque production alternativeNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193913:26The policy choice behind the King George V class's 14-inch gunsNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193930:45Fast oilers designed for escort-carrier conversionNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193934:26Ordering more Yorktown-class carriers in early 1939Notable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.13:42Continuous orders preserve shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.20:08Steady batches and treaty space could have preserved Australian yardsChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.45:26Why 1934 capital-ship choices cannot use wartime hindsightNotable Point
- 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
- Offset Strategies One to Four30:27Today's ship programmes constrain tomorrow's fleetNotable Point
- Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths18:46Shipyard capacity during the dreadnought transitionNotable Point
- Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths21:21Why HMS Liverpool's builder seems surprisingNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books9:50How many UP.41-type battleships might Italy build?Q&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books26:02Why modern warships cluster near 30 knotsQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books2:21:08USS New York and the politics of ship namesNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)21:17What Russia sought in a Kirov successorNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)25:46The Baltic Shipyard as strategic industrial capacityChapter
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)34:28Admiral Nakhimov's prolonged modernizationChapter
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)38:18Why the Slava class insured the Kirov programNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today22:19Fleet economies in an imperial federationQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today34:04Why Greece chose the French battleship offerQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:54:39Why active fleet spending undermines naval treatiesQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:02:00A lower-risk gun path for ZumwaltQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:03:46A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament blueprintQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:16:39Why two ships do not sustain a capabilityQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:19:38The industrial case for two LCS production linesQ&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine47:15Why did Italy not convert Francesco Caracciolo into a carrier?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:12:06Would Italian carriers change British planning?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:52:49Bolzano restores speed under industrial pressureChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:55:56Cruiser tonnage might have bought battleships or torpedo swarmsNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine3:04:08Should Italy build only Zaras and Capitani Romani?Q&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)5:20The three constraints behind a cruiser designNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)8:35French turbines reveal the limits of industrial autonomyNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)10:22Eighteen cruisers spread across at least five yardsNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)19:09Private-yard specialization made cruiser orders a strategic tradeoffChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)20:53A cruiser order could preserve a small yard for mobilizationNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:13:22Emile Bertin exposed construction and machinery bottlenecksNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:16:34Elegant ships from an inconsistent naval systemChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)22:45How the Cold War pushed navies toward total warshipsQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)30:32Why DDG(X) may perform a cruiser roleQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions44:08Where surplus Neptune-class cruisers might goQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:12:01How far a ship class can change between hullsQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:18:52Why the LCS could not reproduce StanFlexQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:19:56Why cost killed the K25 light cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:09:07Why supply politics could shape Spain's carrier choiceQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)31:55How air-defence frigates occupy different task-group layersNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)35:10How Constellation reshapes the FREMM baselineChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)42:05Type 054A trades global range for affordable fleet massChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)56:24Horizon shows where multinational standardization worksChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:11:54The F125 mismatch between size and air defenseNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:17:47Álvaro de Bazán and Hobart blur frigate and destroyer labelsChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:21:52Indian frigates combine imported systems with national growthChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:27:05Type 26 variants reflect three national fleet structuresChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:34:23De Zeven Provinciën as a general-purpose cruiserChapter
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)13:17Why USS Concord deserved preservationQ&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)21:38Industrial capacity made Allied design learning possibleQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?52:09Classify the ship that is fittedQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:22:25A Royal Navy force built around Type 26Q&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:01:57Why more F125s would not fix the fleetQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:04:21Should fleet tankers use civilian standards?Q&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:11:32Questioning fleet-tanker gun installation hoursQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:42:33Two separate Dutch frigate replacement programsQ&A
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)6:37Pembroke Dockyard synthesizes the scout-cruiser experimentsNotable Point
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)29:52Warship launches, Welsh politics, and dockyard employmentNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 230:39Other navies' Bureau of Ordnance failuresQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:48:07Why restarting Type 45 production is impracticalQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:31:07How a successful naval weapon becomes fleet standardQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:39:00A Franco-Italian global-presence cruiserQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:50:55Why a revived naval gun would begin at 6 inchesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:52:01Why France chose Dunkerque's gun calibreQ&A
- Questions & Answers On Naval History Until The BRU Runs Out!5:09British battlecruiser costs from Invincible to HoodQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)30:15Why Type 31 did not fit the US frigate competitionQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)35:24Why firms valued retired senior officersQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:25:18Alexander Ramsay advised naval aviation without a sea commandChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:52:13Should navies revive massed 20 mm fire against drones?Q&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:18:28The limits of America's industrial lead timeQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels24:16What a modern-scale budget would do to the 1900 US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels32:50A vast postwar naval budget and British reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:12:15Getting the Lion class into service requires earlier escort investmentQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:06:51How should a Canadian offshore patrol vessel be armed?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:12:47Why choose Canadian and British guns already in service?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:24:34Could Canada join a British Bofors 40 mm purchase?Q&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)36:59A replacement calendar built around service lifeChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:47:38Selling steady naval construction as deterrence and employmentQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:04:09How continuous destroyer building could accelerate the 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:42:18The missing sloops were a political choice, not a treaty limitNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)33:38From sound hulls to coherent American cruisersChapter
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)38:42Omaha as an institutional design warningNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)3:13Interventionist economics underpins the treaty counterfactualChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)49:14Limits drove building while unlimited needs languishedNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)51:43Interwar escort advocates lacked supportNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)34:14Destroyer quantity versus individual capabilityChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)39:12Mediterranean navies feared a second destroyer raceNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)50:47Why the Royal Navy needed at least twenty flotillasNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)5:30Why Britain argued that it needed seventy cruisersChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)13:30Political premises for a more expansive 1930 settlementNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)39:26Naval construction as recovery and industrial preparationChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:42Holding navies accountable for role-driven designNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)18:25Carrier building as Depression-era economic policyNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)7:50Shipbuilding as Depression-era industrial policyNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)46:03Treaty limits for a twenty-capital-ship fleetChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)26:52Why a steady shipbuilding drumbeat preserves naval capacityNotable Point
- SMS Admiral Spaun & the Novara class: Scout Cruisers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy (Long Patrol)15:29Montecuccoli's fleet to contest the AdriaticChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:10:38Protector and the limits of an off-the-shelf polar shipNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy1:25:24How survey ships informed Flower-class merchant-hull thinkingQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy1:32:47Third Sea Lords who prepared the Royal Navy for warQ&A
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)0:54The torpedo's giant-killer promiseChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)24:39Why one Dreadnought left Britain's lead catchableNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)34:20When a torpedo attack becomes too valuable to riskNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)43:56Albacore, Barbel, and Britain's limited design capacityNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)45:55Early sea-based missile concepts under uncertaintyNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine18:52Why the Mark IV followed the Mark IIQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine27:53Why the Admiralty did not buy Whitehead outrightQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:07:32Britain kept motor torpedo boat development in private handsQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:33:16Torpedo development required long testing cyclesQ&A
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)0:05The Admiralty turned a scout-cruiser competition into its own designChapter
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)39:20The Boadiceas worked hard but exposed the cost of cautionNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:25:26Long development as the price of adaptabilityNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)3:13:06How quickly can the Federation build a Galaxy-class ship?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:05:06Why was the Defiant class difficult to operate?Q&A
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:12Why a longer Type 45 run would change its apparent costNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN7:53Australia's geography, industry, and the Type 26 modelChapter
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN33:12Why uneven shipbuilding raises Australian program costsChapter
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN54:58Shared destroyer design can spread development cost and improve availabilityNotable Point
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:12:58A two-percent fleet plan must choose where commonality paysNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)5:40Emergency construction versus industrial limitsNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)12:01Could Britain have afforded more Audacious-class carriers?Q&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)16:35Politics behind Royal Navy turret choicesNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)36:44Admiralty conservatism amid rapid technological changeChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN19:26Using history to compare future fleetsChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:20:52The cost of boom-and-bust Australian shipbuildingChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:04:43Canada's NATO spending gap and small-batch ship costsChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:06:08Type 26 as a shared architecture with national variantsNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:29:40Why shared development matters more than shared steelChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:39:03Why common programmes need strategic compatibilityNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:46:42A Commonwealth high-low frigate mixNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:49:07Common designs, national fleet mixesChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:51:49A shared Type 83-era destroyer familyNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:57:31Why cooperation does not mean a single Commonwealth fleetQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN3:10:13Building the case for complementary military capabilitiesChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century21:05Modularity explains the long development cycleNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:53Why Implacables would yield to Audacious and Malta carriersQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature9:29Ten Malta-class carriers would be a long postwar programmeQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature17:05The expensive part of a modern warship is increasingly its systemsQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:18:40The Type 21 made sense as a short-term numbers solutionQ&A
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)9:28Why cut-price County cruisers were a false economyChapter
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)12:45Why did the Mark II turret become heavier?Q&A
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)16:03Could simplified Type B cruisers save money through repetition?Q&A
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)17:33Operating costs undermine the cheap-cruiser caseNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)20:08Why two Type B cruisers could not justify a new designNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:41:19London Treaty scope for a larger sloop forceNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)3:02:06Escort procurement and carrier availabilityNotable Point
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)2:50An Elswick export cruiser for RomaniaNotable Point
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)16:00Modernization as a signal of commitmentNotable Point
- NMS Elisabeta (Romanian Navy): A Cruiser's Purpose (Long Patrol)18:02What fitted weapons communicate about commitmentNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...6:39When a large destroyer is functionally a cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...19:31Why equal submarine limits would be hard to policeQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...23:31Why navies avoid calling modern ships cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:30:48Why submarines do not automatically crowd out armiesQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:08:13How a fleet of modern-sized warships would look in 1900Q&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...4:26:44How Tiger and Leopard could lead to a 15-inch King George VQ&A
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)46:30Alternative cruiser schemes make the County choice historicalNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)48:47Why design institutions make the County choice more revealingNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)51:04Reconsidering the 10,000-ton cruiser category in 1930Chapter
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)10:35Treaty ceilings distorted cruiser designChapter
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)39:28Cruiser construction continuity as a design capabilityNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)45:36Britain accepted the limit but never funded the numbersNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)58:04Design a cruiser force within the 10,000-ton limitNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)21:46Chile and the continuing South American naval raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)30:59South American battleships were not bound to a 14-inch limitQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)34:04Choosing Minotaur over Neptune after the Tiger-class costsQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)25:47Replacement cycles instead of preserving HoodQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)32:19A flexible 3-3-2 British building programmeNotable Point
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)37:40How national priorities shape treaty battleshipsQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)47:53Naval budgets, public spending, and warship exportsNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)25:44Industrial depth, competition, and naval outputNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...48:52The Queen Elizabeth class and claimed savingsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:11:07Reginald Henderson's overlooked rearmament workNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:39:04Why Hood's submerged launchers became an integration problemQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:14:07Industrial capacity as part of national defenceNotable Point
- Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)51:17Albion and Bulwark show the cost of deleting useful marginNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:14:10Rebuilding Royal Navy air power from 1934Q&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:34:21Why military ships cost more than civilian equipmentNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:24:30The impracticality of completing the cruiser UkrainaQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:07:34How 'equipped for but not with' worksQ&A
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)4:16Reichsmarine design choices and institutional memoryChapter
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)22:10German shipbuilding constraints and combat effectivenessNotable Point
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)19:43Why Plan Z needed industrial preparation before 1939Notable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)26:06Why purpose-built carriers used tonnage betterNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)35:29Why 27,000 tons changed the carrier trade-offNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)53:40Conversion deadlines and carrier service livesNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)58:32The Royal Navy's three-fleet carrier arithmeticNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:03:26US carrier choices for two oceansNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:08:47A British 27,500-ton carrier programmeChapter
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)35:27Continuous building could split fast and slow battle linesNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:00:01What extra treaty tonnage does for a Nelson-type shipNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:04:26Continuous construction as a deterrent signalChapter
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events2:38:02Designing a history course beyond one research interestNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)11:52Two heavy cruisers inside a six-inch cruiser navyNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)34:48Why treaty labels did not make a convincing heavy cruiserChapter
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)36:30Spain had treaty freedom to protect its two flagshipsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)43:34Why two flagship showpieces were the wrong force-structure betNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)49:14Trade speed and endurance for a survivable flagshipNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)0:13Why York and Exeter were cut-price CountiesQ&A
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)13:34The economy case versus lost fighting powerChapter
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)20:30County cruisers balanced many roles at onceNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)35:48A two-ship order defeated the quantity argumentNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)44:03York's order and the dockyard that outlived Palmer'sNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet11:18How the 32 planned Tribal-class destroyers were dividedQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet16:55Why the final planned Tribal-class ships disappearedQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet29:04The fleet-design trade-off between quality and numbersQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet38:41Sea Fury delays and inter-service engine prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:41:36How Admiralty offices divided responsibility for naval gunsQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:34:59Land-based anti-ship missiles already existQ&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)7:10H-class battleships and the risks of paper designNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)2:50Could continuous capital-ship building have accelerated naval radar?Notable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)4:15Destroyer doctrine starts with the missionChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)45:11Force Z, gun choices, and interrupted carrier constructionNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)59:50Fleet Air Arm bureaucracy and the missing 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)21:17Continuous construction as a spur to radarNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)50:04All-forward designs meet canal and turret limitsChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)53:50Controlled naval competition as deterrenceChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?0:43Read doctrine through missions and ship designChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?12:48Henderson and Chatfield argue over destroyer sizeNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?23:01Should a navy buy more small destroyers or fewer powerful ones?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?29:30Could the H-class losses at Narvik still count as success?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?32:08German destroyers: ambitious roles, inadequate numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?48:30How Britain prepared escorts before the U-boat warQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:44:09Greece lacked the destroyer force its islands requiredChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:55:01Naval treaties tried to stop wartime seizure of export shipsQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:01:58A wartime fleet must be designed to lose shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:22:56Could Norway have afforded more capable destroyers?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:25:12Why S-boats could not replace German destroyersQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:52:52How many Tribal-class destroyers Britain, Canada, and Australia plannedQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?3:04:09The Sims lineage behind the Fletcher destroyersChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion16:26Volume of fire versus the perfect cruiserNotable 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
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion37:27Treaty-induced neglect and wartime rearmamentChapter
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)3:31From Argentine authorization to British completionNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)7:39An Ottoman order became an Argentine training shipNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)9:17Warship bargains priced in an international currencyNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)26:13The modern namesake arrived too late for the Falklands WarNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)17:46Replacement rules that keep shipyards workingChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)29:22Shipbuilding as interwar industrial policyNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)30:29A Royal Navy of early fast battleshipsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:24:39A workable ceiling rewards naval constructorsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:35:49Credible limits and continued modernizationNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:47:12Continuous construction and equitable outcomesChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)34:42A 1936 fast battleship using Nelson's 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)36:09Why treaty declarations manipulated displacementQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)37:49Warspite's reconstruction nearly matched her build costQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)47:42The practical margin around treaty displacementQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:03:01Replacing the Hawkins class before the next warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:08:53Why Elswick would develop a British 15-inch/45 gunQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:22:54How Admiralty money could conceal aviation developmentQ&A
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)15:00How pre-dreadnought habits outlasted the typeNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)44:37From mixed gun batteries to VLS loadoutsNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)49:25Specialists, generalists, and fleet compositionChapter
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)14:14If Japan cancelled the Yamatos, where could the resources go?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)21:52Why propose a 40,000-ton treaty limit?Q&A
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)0:48When the Royal Navy set the terms for shipbuildersNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)8:53Why quality defined Cammell Laird's reputationNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)13:45The merger behind Pathfinder's shipyardChapter
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:30How a delayed war changes fleet balanceNotable Point
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:43Were the Königsberg-class cruisers mainly training ships?Q&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)51:36Why counterfactual history clarifies real decisionsNotable Point
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:08:42Why identical ship plans do not produce identical shipsNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)54:01A replacement HMS Birmingham and the limits of emergency buildingNotable Point
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)20:49Why French battlecruiser designs deserve attentionQ&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?18:16Would a reactivated Tiger class shape postwar designs?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?33:16Could Japan afford the 10:10:7 treaty ratio?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?37:02Mitsumasa Yonai's case for infrastructure over prestige shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?49:34How would early Yamatos change Allied battleship design?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:08:04Big ships, big guns, and the insecurity of treaty limitsChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:16:00Could more realistic treaty limits reduce conflict?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:28:47Would Vanguard still be built in this timeline?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:45:44Industrial capacity shapes the naval arms raceNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:48:48What carriers would Britain build next?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:03:25Would the Battle and Daring classes arrive earlier?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:18:24A Pacific-first war could reshape the CommonwealthNotable Point
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion5:02From treaty tonnage to a full-load warshipNotable Point
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion42:19What 41,000 tons buys a capital shipChapter
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion58:28The 35,000-ton limit lacked a clear ship benchmarkNotable Point
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion1:02:08Did negotiators know 35,000 tons meant compromise?Q&A
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion1:09:14The danger of unenforceable naval limitsNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)33:26Fleet numbers, production, and standardizationChapter
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)1:14:29Capability cannot replace force structure and resolveNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:18:42A stronger postwar fleet still needs a new missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:26:08How the Tribal hull shaped later British destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:07:17Why battleship contracts attracted international corruptionQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:24:03A Zumwalt hull could bridge the U.S. destroyer-design gapNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:36:29Procurement booms create corruption opportunities across servicesNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:43:18How corruption erodes a navy's real capabilityChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:11:40The Fat Leonard scandal and port-service leverageNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:51:46A second Ark Royal would narrow the interwar carrier gapNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:54:18A 1939 Anglo-Japanese war reshapes fleets and alliancesNotable Point
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion11:09Why the Royal Navy needed cruisers in quantityChapter
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion39:06Deutschland class and Germany's shipbuilding recoveryNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol45:16Ordering cruisers before settling what they were forNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol57:10The Königsbergs as a force-structure lessonChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol1:02:02Requirements drift and the reality behind a tidy planChapter
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)29:29Why Britain did not extend its 24-inch torpedo to destroyersChapter
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)39:06Navies build fleets, not isolated shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World20:08When a rebuild effectively creates a new shipQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World24:52Why three carriers do not require three air wingsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:05:40Why a delayed Washington Treaty could raise battleship limitsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:26:29How to build a navy from scratchQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:33:35The narrow market for surplus dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:13:50Paper warships as treaty bargaining toolsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:14:41French battleship calibres and ammunition commonalityQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:36:41Why warship software integration delays deliveryQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:45:46Replacing the Royal Navy's experimental carriers earlierQ&A
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)0:51Trading older capital ships for new constructionChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)20:24Procurement is about a fleet, not one shipChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)28:08How a larger order could sustain industryNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)40:16Why a two-ship pair produces a different designChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)41:05Why the Revenge class becomes the slow secondary lineNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)44:21Why treaty-maximum guns made the pair preciousNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)2:27County cruisers, Hawkins, and replacement choicesNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)13:47How prescriptive replacement schedules constrained fleetsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)21:25Industrial options for cruiser renewalChapter
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)22:48Why defence cuts reveal themselves decades laterChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)0:26Why the planned Norfolk class shrank to two shipsChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)14:05Why County cruisers were not built for one enemyChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)27:32Treaty limits and the heavy-cruiser force Britain wantedNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)42:31Why Surrey and Northumberland were cancelledChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)56:47Ship numbers turn tokens into usable capabilityNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)1:00:50From full Counties to the reduced York-class answerChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment32:57Did the Coast Guard rely on former Navy ships?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:30:02Legend-class cutters as long-range national-security shipsChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:58:06The polar icebreaker readiness gapChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:13:18Heritage-class cutters and the danger of shrinking the fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:18:43Would future large cutters carry missiles?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:27:52When a proposed Type 45 missile upgrade becomes realQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:56:18Could a multinational carrier group support the Queen Elizabeth class?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:36:59Why Russia's submarine force retained operational priorityQ&A
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)27:32Treaty tonnage and French capital-ship choicesChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:02:01Dunkerque: forward guns for French strategyChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:35:55Why class size changes acceptable design riskNotable Point
- 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
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)22:33Constellation and the costly last ten percentChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)41:42When changing Type 26 means designing a new shipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)46:00Type 45 class cuts, power choices, and missile spaceChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)52:28Force generation is the real comparisonChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament17:07Why the Royal Navy did not build faster Nelson repeatsQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament20:47Treaty limits make compact capital ships attractiveChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament25:56Why did Italy's allowance still account for Leonardo da Vinci?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament41:18How would a modernised N3 compare with Yamato?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament44:35Were G3 and N3 bargaining tools at Washington?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament52:40How the G3 and N3 design letters workedNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:03:51Two flagships versus a usable fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:15:28How faster Nelsons could reshape the battle fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:17:03Chatfield, gun policy, and the turn away from NelsonQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:19:57France's twelve-gun alternative and its fleet costNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:42:37What an export-machinery report can and cannot establishNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:45:16Could Canada have built its own battleship?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:40:59Could energy revenue support two Kirovs?Q&A
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion39:46Ask why a navy built that shipNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion59:45Evaluate warships within the fleetChapter
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)6:51A competitive tender that spread naval ideasNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)39:11A cautious specification missed the chance to force turbinesNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)42:03How scout cruiser orders spread shipbuilding knowledgeChapter
- 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)35:51Upgrading dock capacity by adding sectionsNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books21:47Why six capital ships invite different compromises than twoNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:18:34The Admiral class lacked a convincing opponentQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:45:56The force-structure cost hidden inside HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:50:08Why deterrence depends on more than owning one shipQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:01:28A Washington Treaty that forced every capital ship to be rebuiltQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:14:34The procurement case for evolving a proven hullQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:27:32How nuclear propulsion could change CVA-01 politicsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:28:43Why HMS Vanguard reused stored 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:30:50What keeping HMS Hood until 1982 would really requireQ&A
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)8:14Why navies build ships in pairsChapter
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)10:35Turret mechanisms and conservative designNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)12:02Dockyard capacity behind the Renown decisionChapter
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)14:07What wartime dockyard expansion might have changedNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)34:55Treaty horse-trading and shipyard continuityNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)37:04Why two ships are not a durable capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney15:26Production runs spread naval costsNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney19:55Q&A: could Britain build more Type 45 destroyers?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney23:56Why two ships are not a dependable capabilityChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney30:56Q&A: can British warships be built abroad?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:03:44Why Repulse missed a full reconstructionNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:12:51Repulse, Force Z, and the missing carrierChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:32:05The Washington Treaty made Nelson and Rodney a pairChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney3:55:30The strategic risk of only two sistersChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)1:53The unbuilt twin-9.2-inch alternativeNotable Point
- 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...10:13Why the Tiger light cruisers were not inherently a bad ideaQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...59:09Who crews a warship during sea trials?Q&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:10:24When Britain and America nearly chose different 40 mm weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:13:46The British follow-on considered for the Sea VixenQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:20:25How a Churchill victory in 1945 might change carrier procurementQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books20:41Town-class cruisers and the design spiralChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books24:50Armament choices drove the Town-class design spiralNotable Point
- Some Sunday Naval Books36:37How treaty limits changed British strategyChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)4:58Beresford's late opposition to HMS HoodQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)59:31The Gardner gun from Admiralty manufacture to Abu KleaNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:03:59Naval spending, HMS Undaunted, and the 1889 ActChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:26:57Outbuilding rivals after they paid for innovationQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:32:02Beresford's alternative to two keels for oneNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:43:03Would Beresford have demanded Hood's modernization?Q&A
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)1:38Russian turbine orders became German war assetsNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)9:49The missed minelayer programChapter
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)18:04What navies learned about dedicated minelayersNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)38:28Build modest capacity before the emergencyNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)44:19Minelayers as an offset strategyChapter
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)47:33The evidence for mines already existedNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)7:32Existing docks favored a 20,000-ton cruiser forceNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)12:25Annual dock surveys linked new ships to shore spendingNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider21:57Why the 1944 Lion design changed its secondary batteryQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider27:20Designing Vanguard around spare triple 16-inch turretsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider54:28Staging new technology in Ford-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:36:08Why shipyard concentration hurts smaller navies firstQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:35:23Type 45 and the cost of VLS flexibilityNotable Point
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: The 1509 Battle of Diu (Long Patrol)1:24:32Diu's legacy: trade power needs investmentChapter
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality UAD - HMS Queen Mary 3 (Long Patrol)22:04Cost and numbers complicate battlecruiser superiorityNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)9:21Why building warships at home became politically vitalNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)23:18Naval orders as industrial policyNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)51:15Fleet size and the economics of yard competitionNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)58:19Admiralty dockyards as procurement cost benchmarksNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:31:49Why the Ticonderoga cruisers remained in serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:59:58Why a larger hull does not make a modern warship simpleNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:10:06Why a shipyard may deliberately stretch a carrier buildNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"39:00A cut-throat market of private yardsNotable Point
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)0:23The Royal Navy's unusually fertile procurement environmentChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)6:47The Admiralty's scout-cruiser design competitionChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)18:10Armstrong's origins and an early conflict-of-interest safeguardChapter
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"51:28Fisher's Incomparable versus the ship Britain might have builtQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:34:56When a modern cruiser becomes more than a singleton flagshipQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"3:09:50How HMS Diana might have protected a larger Daring-class orderQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"3:13:39How a symbolic ship name can protect a procurement programNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol33:00Naval plans reshaped by the DumaChapter
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol41:34Shipyard capacity turned plans into late shipsNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol44:21Why the Duma mistrusted military rearmamentNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol45:17The risk of ordering cruisers from a potential enemyNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol58:48A buy, learn, and build strategy for Russian dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- 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 Patrol1:13:44Why infrastructure mattered more than another paper fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:13:11The 1907 naval plan met a state unable to fund itChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:30:55The 1911 program expanded beyond the GangutsChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:32:42Gangut: innovative layout, limited strategic marginNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:39:41Ordering Russian cruisers from a potential enemyNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:07:10Imported submarine designs became a Russian construction portfolioChapter
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:26:00Q&A: Did Russia plan British-built coastal-defence ships?Q&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."2:40:16Q&A: What should Russia have built for the Baltic?Q&A
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)25:32Pluton's original armament and a possible Allied refitNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)26:40From programme to commission: an interwar specialistNotable Point
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)28:13Converting a minelayer into a gunnery schoolChapter
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru9:18Why the 2022 DDG(X) concept remained provisionalQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru34:02Why Courageous and Glorious became carriersQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:22:13Why a 1918 navy cannot answer super-battleships with carrier spamQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:59:31What might happen to Malta-class carriers after forty yearsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:16:39The armor limit behind the battleship's declineQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)3:57Who really controls cruiser design?Notable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)10:20Four questions that shape a warshipChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)20:38Numbers versus individual cruiser powerNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)23:07Four questions before designing a cruiserChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)37:17Was Zumwalt itself a waste of money?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)45:11Fleet numbers limit the individual cruiserChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)52:35Why fleet growth must include maintenance yardsQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:18:27How StanFlex supports flexible cruiser workQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:30:32Why did Britain retain the County-class cruisers?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)3:06:38What if naval treaties had allowed true heavy cruisers?Chapter
- Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol34:11Defensive capability constrained by politicsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)29:43How one 18-inch battleship could start an arms raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)49:32Naval construction as economic policyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)58:11Why a purpose-built naval fighter was not producedQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:33:29Saving money on a County cruiser without sacrificing speedQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:02:02How the Tribal class turned reputation into forward presenceNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)1:55Could Britain have kept pace before Washington?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)0:51Quirky warships as clues to naval requirementsChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)34:29Abdiel class: speed, mines and a narrow design marginChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)6:42Why navies preferred purpose-built carriers by the Second World WarQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)48:36A Lexington model photograph and US Navy bureau politicsNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:14:22Deutschland class: keeping naval skills aliveChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:21:40Why the Royal Navy declined Pegasus-class hydrofoilsQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:26:14Did service funding incentives help drive Pegasus?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:42:48Is the Pohjanmaa class underarmed?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:44:06Zumwalt: a capable hull in a broken programmeChapter
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued24:03Why Britain rapidly sold the reserve fleetNotable Point
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued49:38Australia’s five-year naval plan and County orderNotable Point
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued1:01:35Why one navy’s cruiser differs from another’sChapter
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered23:09What Canadian capital ships might have looked likeQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered29:31Why Germany left Admiral Hipper-class hulls incompleteQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered30:10Choosing a British escort for mass productionQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:12:09Block building as dispersed wartime ship productionQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:19:22The Weapon class and shipyard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:23:27How War Emergency destroyers reduced design riskQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:50:29Building fast six-inch cruisers for overseas stationsQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)2:49Royal Navy test ships and the missing experimentNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)23:37Annual ordering and a possible experimental breakNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)27:26One-off battlecruisers and design experimentationNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)34:48Deterrence financing and the cost of warChapter
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)26:46How a triple-turret tradition could persistQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)10:37Turret production as fleet-level firepowerNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)26:01Why the Royal Navy may have kept twin turretsChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)12:11Cruiser classification after the treaty systemNotable Point
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)15:25Why the Navy kept finding other jobs for AbdielsChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)38:34Apollo and the politics of postwar defence budgetsNotable Point
- So How Do You Do Archival Research? (Long Patrol)11:15Read catalogue results for institutional cluesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)19:55Armoured-cruiser limits invite disguised expansionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)41:46Dominion battlecruisers could sustain British fast-capital-ship buildingQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:07:41What a navy can build in one yearQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:45:55Losing Illustrious could accelerate British carrier buildingQ&A
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 948:44Survivability kept fire support availableNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 957:35Sustained missions require more hulls than a surgeNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 91:03:11The modern problem of protecting a landing forceNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)3:06Interwar escort numbers were a budget choiceNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)16:10Interwar replacement plans sustained a large wartime submarine armNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)23:39Sloops as long-range anti-submarine convoy escortsChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)43:10The escort programme was built for a later warNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:05:35Preparing civilian trawlers in peacetime carried a naval budget costQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:05:06Why Britain would fold carrier delivery into a future Merlin replacementQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:30:37Why a faster Nelson was possible but not necessarily quicker to buildQ&A
- Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 827:17Why the Royal Navy kept supporting the 15-inch gunNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:04:47Why the best component was not always the best Royal Navy systemQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:47:02Hood's planned radar refit depended on available setsQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:34:12Peacetime doctrine shaped an awkward fleetQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:25:11Yamato secrecy undercut deterrenceNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:32:01Britain could dock Yamato and design an answerQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?27:35Why an unaffordable peacetime refit could work in warQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?29:16Modernizing an old carrier versus building MaltaQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:05:01How the Royal Navy planned to replace its old carriersQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:56:42Converting a merchant hull into a missile arsenal shipQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived2:52Destroyer design as a policy choiceChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?23:01Big ships and big guns as deterrenceNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?44:22Doctrine and unbalanced Japanese cruisersNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?45:28Preparing for war while trying to avoid itNotable Point
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?50:20Yamato and the missed deterrent messageNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov32:23Did the United States decisively win the Great Lakes race?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov36:42Would Mahan have ordered dreadnoughts in 1905?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov38:19Why the fifth Kirov-class battlecruiser disappearedQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov46:45What modern ship should carry the USS Hammann name?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:21:49What would Mahan and Roosevelt make of US carrier numbers?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:43:13A possible Royal Navy 12-inch heavy cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:48:39Could old battleship turrets arm new cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov3:51:03Was the Littoral Combat Ship underestimated?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:40:28Keep Type 45s or fund more replacement ships?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:47:21LCS and Zumwalt: ambitious requirements and shrinking classesNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:49:56Zumwalt's automation ambitions and the tumblehome correctionNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5:00:00Ship names as a procurement safeguardNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat4:15The Pepsi Navy story in contextQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat28:16Liberty ships and scaling a proven designQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat36:01Neptune or Shackleton: similar aircraft, different choicesQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:44:50Defence affordability is a government choiceQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:50:01Why navies keep pursuing larger automatic gunsQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:08:24Were early Type 83 images official designs?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...3:06:01Why was CVN-65 not used as an EMALS test ship?Q&A
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol1:00:23The limits of merchant conversion in a major warChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions1:29:00Merchant aircraft carriers built around urgent convoy needsChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:04:38Type 45 gains missiles within a constrained VLS choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:09:14Why modern warships carry only a few close-in systemsQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:06:19Do not design OPV support around a war-zone missionQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:07:29Funding cuts held the Audacious class to two carriersQ&A
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?24:55Specialist British escort or all-round Commonwealth combatant?Chapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?47:07Long-war endurance: rearming ships and rebuilding missile stocksChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?49:21A Batch 2 case for 40 mm guns and deeper resilienceNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...4:48A frigate shaped by a quarter-century of changeChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...23:17Why warships still favour shaft-and-screw propulsionQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...48:31Why later Type 26 batches should remain similarQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...51:00Why Canada favours one large surface-combatant classNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...56:23Reusing upgraded Type 23 equipmentNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:02:54The Danish StanFlex alternative to fitted-for-but-not-withNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:09:49Why a Canadian FREMM split buy could cost more without solving the fleet problemChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:50:55An LHD was one possible successor to Albion and BulwarkQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:57:31Railguns trade desired firepower against power and ammunition supplyQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:04:02Why converting Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to catapults is technically possible but unattractiveQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:07:41Why the final British F-35 total remained unsettledQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:08:45A carrier conversion would also require larger yards and basesQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books18:22Modular ships need room to growQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books20:55Hypersonics and British frigate trade-offsQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books2:58:50A two-tier fleet for a West African navyQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:38:47A Zumwalt hull as a shortcut to a new US destroyerQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol14:54When technology outruns warship constructionNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol40:13Seventy-percent ships and fleet availabilityNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol45:17Dreadnought built for speed and readinessChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol48:11Tsushima accelerates an all-big-gun raceNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol51:59All-big-gun marketing and practical technologyChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary4:03:06Why Italy struggled to finish aircraft carriersQ&A
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol19:55Why battleships remained credible in interwar planningNotable Point
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:11:22Short-term thinking and the LCS problemQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:26:35Naval nuclear propulsion depends on fuel policyQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles10:42Why the 74-gun ship became a naval standardQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles32:29Why navies test new machinery in small shipsQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles39:20How the Victorian Royal Navy could afford physical trialsQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:27:19Could the Royal Navy have built an all-big-gun ship in the 1890s?Notable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)20:11Why the Royal Navy needed cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)33:54ME3 shows how older warships preserved new-build capacityChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)57:35Italy's entry changed fleet and shipyard prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat40:16Why triple turrets do not fit an accelerated DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:03:39Turning Nelson into a faster economical battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:49:30What extra Type 26 and Type 31 orders would signalNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:28:48Why more T-class submarines were not ready for the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:30:51How the Royal Navy became locked into the Tiger classQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:45:15Why budget alone cannot restore fleet numbersQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore5:25Industrial concentration and defence procurementQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore23:03Fast oilers arrived late for both naviesNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:08:20A German war prioritized different shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:21:04German submarine expansion drove British ASW prioritiesNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:32:39Naval treaties relied on mutual restraintQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:04:50Tanker design reflected industrial bottlenecksNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol4:45Why fast fleet tankers were not the only priorityNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol8:08Why peacetime budgets neglect logistics equipmentNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol20:36Fast tankers competed with combat-ship productionNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol21:34One fleet, three opponent-specific requirementsNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol29:48War arrived before the planned industrial buildupNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol43:02Dale, Wave, and Fast Leaf tanker capabilitiesNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol46:43War redirected the construction programChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol21:57Where Fisher and Tarkin diverge on fleet buildingNotable Point
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol31:42Bendemann's heavier guns reveal real fiscal optionsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)35:40The Louisiana Purchase and Napoleon's naval spendingNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)50:40Pitt's government and Britain's large wartime fleetsQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:02:18Royal Navy expansion continued after TrafalgarNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:16:53How many frigates did the Royal Navy need?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:28:49Why Napoleon could not simply build past TrafalgarQ&A
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities33:00Forward blockade required a larger navyNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol18:28Gunnery, torpedoes, and the creation of HMS VernonChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol37:38The Fishpond and Admiralty control of ordnanceChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol43:06Destroyers, boilers, and the limits of industrial adoptionChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol45:11Why Fisher could not use 1930s-style industrial policyNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:22:04Dreadnought as a first-mover deterrent signalChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:22:55Dreadnought's gun and turret tradeoffsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)34:28Why changing U.S. carrier size does not solve force structureQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)39:11Making the case for a larger Type 83 destroyer forceChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)50:13Where an Anglo-American destroyer programme might convergeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:03:39How domestic industrial value can favour naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:28:38How delay made the Queen Elizabeth carriers expensiveQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:46:00Why British planners considered 14-inch battleship gunsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:26:41Why British capital-ship planning was about growth, not simple replacementQ&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)2:46:12The battle's aftermath: Dutch reform and Commonwealth overconfidenceChapter
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol27:40Fleet composition and merchant-built warshipsChapter
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 835:55Why cheap heavy-gun monitors remained usefulNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)29:30The Vickers 14-inch gun and treaty politicsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)53:01Britain used 14-inch guns as a treaty signalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)55:44The logistical case for a common British 15-inch/45 gunNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:00:38Why Type 45 diverged from the Horizon programmeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:10:05Treaty warships take shape before ratificationNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:26:22Could fleet-age limits replace the treaty construction holiday?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:46:10Why navies build before the ideal design is readyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:06:36How the Essex programme expanded after Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:51:48Clues behind the hypothetical 18-inch AgincourtNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:01:53Why Australia looked beyond the French submarine dealQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:36:13Designing for requirement growth in naval procurementNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…41:48Could railguns bring back armoured gunships?Q&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:51:19Yamato and the infrastructure choice behind capital shipsNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:02:46British rearmament as a budget choiceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...41:26When a navy can afford battlecruiser specializationQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...44:17Warships assembled from multinational supply chainsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:34:35What might follow the 1914 British programme?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...2:00:40Why navies kept buying slow battleshipsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...2:07:44Submarines as a realistic Chinese naval priorityQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...2:16:13Vanguard was shaped by wartime time limitsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)8:05Bellerophon and the Royal Navy's rapid design cycleNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)17:20Why France laid down the Danton class after DreadnoughtNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)25:06What happened when Britain requisitioned a foreign warshipQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)30:27Why slow reaction alone does not excuse the DantonsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)32:35Industrial capacity, not prestige, set the paceChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)40:32Why Russia preferred Italian shipbuilding assistanceQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)44:37When wing turrets made grudging senseNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)47:16The Courbet class and France's slow dreadnought transitionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:05:54How Canadian battleships could have complicated WashingtonNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:17:16Queen Elizabeth speed, firepower, and production limitsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:22:01Why Hood's planned reconstruction was financially plausibleQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:25:45Bayern versus Britain's 15-inch production advantageChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:32:03Refit or build anew: the yard-capacity decisionQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:42:37American 16-inch guns widened the dreadnought competitionChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:58:58More Strasbourgs or the Richelieu classQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:07:45How gun politics complicated the King George V classNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:11:50Dunkerque's armour reflected French industrial limitsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:18:24South Dakota as an American R-class compromiseQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:20:30Why Britain did not build a larger Vanguard classQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?26:40Why Air Ministry priorities constrained the Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?37:45Boeing P-12 and growing American aircraft procurementNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:19:50Supermarine's naval work before the SpitfireNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:21:27Why Britain deferred small-carrier construction in peacetimeQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:31:53The unrealized Supermarine gull-wing naval fighter pathChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:41:19Why powerful engines so rarely reached Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:45:18Why Gloster was chosen over Supermarine's Type 224Q&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:12:10Curtiss SBC Helldiver and the retractable-undercarriage debateChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:22:23Could the Hawker Henley have replaced the Skua?Q&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:26:39Why Blackburn was well placed to win naval aircraft workQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:35:41The B5M and Japan's search for a second production lineNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:52:50What earlier Royal Navy control could have changedQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:34:58The delayed TBY Sea Wolf was unlikely to displace the AvengerQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:43:05A postwar cruiser-destroyer could have been a durable Royal Navy platformQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/44:48Could Cavagnari have confronted Italy's shell-quality problem?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/49:13An Australian SSN transition through leases and productionQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.0:28Why modern amphibious ships still look familiarChapter
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:20:49Commercial standards do not erase military requirementsQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:24:41Buying headroom can prevent a later crash programmeNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:28:59HMS Hood's refit could not be frozen earlyQ&A
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)34:20Myoko and treaty limits as fleet policyChapter
- 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
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?50:30Why Japan refitted captured Russian warshipsQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:50:21The industrial problem behind Japanese cruiser compromisesChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:55:26A proposed alternative: fast carriers for the scouting roleNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:57:26Why a guiding naval philosophy mattered to fleet designNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?3:01:15So, were Japanese heavy cruisers worth it?Chapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?3:13:11Slipways and the infrastructure shortfallQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli6:28Resignation over fleet cuts and opposition to Fascist alignmentNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli14:36Modernising the Italian battle lineNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli17:53Heavy cruisers as Burzagli's building legacyNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli26:49A fleet programme that still lacked a carrierNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff11:32Winning naval resources from an army at warChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff42:05Convoys required political and industrial choicesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff49:00Why a 1917 submarine campaign faced a different BritainNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence23:02Why the Attack-class dispute was about industry as well as submarinesChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:33:31How foreknowledge could redirect Royal Navy preparationQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:50:00Hull condition and replacement timing shaped battleship modernizationsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:57:06The prewar US Navy needed better propulsion more than battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:59:06How a smaller German program could avoid the naval arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:17:29Naval rearmament as long-term industrial policyQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:22:12Extra defence money should restore depth before adding new missionsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:39:02The Spanish-American War and US naval identityQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (33): The World's Merchant Fleets 19397:24Limits on converting merchant ships into armed merchant cruisers and escort carriersNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?43:02Why cramped submarines slow construction and upkeepQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:53:39Riccardi still needed six months to secure a carrierNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:42:05Modular U-boat production arrived too lateNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:21:45Why the Third Sea Lord shaped Royal Navy warshipsQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:27:45How First Sea Lords overrode normal procurement channelsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany4:05Why modern naval conclusions date quicklyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany9:37How MAC-ship conversion moved from idea to serviceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany13:03The Admiralty work behind the MAC-ship shortcutNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz17:16Plan Z meets industrial capacity and escort productionChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz22:10A U-boat advocate at the top of the navyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (31):8:41Spanish contacts and naval-industrial projectsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: Long Patrol - P5/14: Arturo Riccardi9:34Could an earlier appointment have mattered?Notable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War10:00How Types 12, 14, and 15 formed an escort familyChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War11:44The mass submarine threat behind postwar shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)22:44Why the US Navy is not the interwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)36:46How to build a deliberately incoherent 1960 fleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:54:17A deliberately poor cross-bloc fleet for 2010Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:59:53Why Ticonderoga did not receive the 8-inch Mark 71Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:00:53A proposed US naval procurement resetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:16:43The treaty allowed US parity that the Senate did not fundQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out0:13Why battleships fizzled outChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out4:07Why the carrier was the more adaptable investmentChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari13:25Battleships and submarines over a balanced fleetChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari14:17Treaty breakdown and a lost procurement openingNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory2:05What the loss of maintenance ships says about war planningNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory15:02Government procurement must preserve continuity under shockChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu16:40A missed chance to build naval capacityNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu22:00War planning constrained by interservice rivalryChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s12:14Technology changes, but fleets need continuityQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s38:16The Powerful class and experimental cruiser buildingChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s38:51Planning a fleet during rapid technological changeQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:25:55The Dutch 1913 battleship proposalQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:44:43Why smaller naval powers could still afford cruisersQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:51:41Treaty loopholes and the missing sloop fleetChapter
- 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
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different17:20Industrial capacity changed the carrier-survivability calculusNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different18:50From carrier conversions to fleet programmesChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different19:27A second Ark Royal and the Yorktown trio as force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder7:26Loyalty, pocket battleships, and expedient naval choicesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder8:39The 1932 fleet plan for Baltic and North Sea defenceChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder17:09A decade to prepare the KriegsmarineChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder21:49How long tenure made Raeder accountable for the fleetNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder23:22Procurement complexity versus a sustainable raiding fleetNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties23:17Admiral Henderson's procurement authorityChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties24:41How smaller navies magnify a narrow doctrineNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea18:25Sloops could build escorts and shipyard capacityChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI13:36The interwar dilemma of replacing old escortsChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI14:58When emergency shipbuilding success becomes a peacetime excuseNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy2:12Construction time reveals industrial capacityNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy6:23Fleet design must look decades aheadNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy8:34Regime change breaks China's fleet programmeChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)10:07Queen Elizabeth-class carrier delays and production policyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:16:31HMAS Melbourne and the Falklands WarQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers13:03Why treaty limits must produce viable shipsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 2/11 1890s Battleships2:17French arsenals and uneven building speedNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class4:19Torpedo cruisers before the destroyer nameNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper24:23What a higher British defence share would have to fundQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:35:38Carrier cancellation and the cost of CVA-01Chapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:37:00Could a smaller carrier have survived the 1966 review?Q&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:54:45Programme cost is not the same as ship unit costQ&A
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper14:31Imported equipment and deferred integration costsNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper21:28CVA-01 and the cost of carrier aviationChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:42:28Midway-class carriers instead of EssexesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:53:50The Soviet fleet in a war delayed to 1942Q&A
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean2:13Jeune École repackages an old promiseChapter
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean14:43Austria-Hungary's armoured-cruiser mismatchNotable Point
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean45:55The Radetzky alternative for Adriatic defenceNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:16:21How the Royal Navy approved a warship designQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:57:30Why good cruiser plans would not fix a patchwork fleetQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class5:02The modern fleet's missing cheap shipNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class8:24Why sloops offered a low-escalation rearmament optionNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class10:32An emergency class built at wartime speedNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class11:11Propulsion shortages and uncertain monitor recordsNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class46:59Preserving the yards that can build small warships quicklyNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response2:06Escort procurement across three possible warsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response17:41Why an escort carrier conversion took more than a hullQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response35:09Trade-protection carrier plans before the warQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response59:54The Royal Navy understood submarines but paused carrier procurementNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response1:01:36How an earlier sloop programme changes escort totalsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response10:42Earlier mass production locks in older U-boat designsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response24:23Escort designs still take time to deliverQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response35:10The Ten Year Rule did not produce instant rearmamentNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:46:11Chevaline, Poseidon, and the alternative of another submarineNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:46:43Longer-term deterrent options and the limits on French cooperationNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:30:20Why battleship money could not instantly become U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:32:01Why the Royal Navy needed to prepare for three different opponentsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:39:31The arithmetic behind replacing battleships with U-boatsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:46:59Why more submarine docks would reveal Germany's prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:48:22Why a smaller hull did not guarantee rapid U-boat constructionQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:52:18How a different German fleet might have changed British battleship prioritiesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response34:22Fast raiders and British force-planning pressureQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response37:29Flower-class timing and the convoy-planning disputeQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:17Japanese hybrid warships as a naval aviation problemChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW223:26Treaty gray areas and planned escort-carrier conversionsChapter
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW228:52Royal Fleet Auxiliary oilers as a planned carrier reserveNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW236:31Akitsu Maru and army amphibious aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW250:36Kaiyo as a useful liner-to-escort-carrier conversionNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:07:05Why the Royal Navy sold carriers after the Second World WarQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:09:08The rare naval skill was turning insight into funded capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:34:50Were the Ise-class hybrid conversions worth the cost?Q&A
- Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live16:19Prewar seaplane tenders as carrier-reserve preparationChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol0:22Ordering, design, and escort readinessChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol6:06Kingfishers, trawlers, and prototype escortsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol8:51From DNC requirements to a shipyard-ready designNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol13:08Flower-class design for commercial-yard capacityChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol15:33Carrier construction and scarce shipyard laborNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol21:20Bittern hull lineage and iterative escort designChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol29:31The treaty-exempt sloop fleet Britain did not fundNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)5:10Battleships were supplanted, not simply beatenQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)29:22Why ten secret Montanas would trigger a naval raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:11:29German U-boat standardization and innovationQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:20:30What fleet growth requires another admiralQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:02:04A ten-year replacement rule instead of a battleship holidayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:06:20World War II without a two-ocean US NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:13:31Super-battleships that their navies could not buildQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:28:26A sixty-ship Constellation programQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:38:48A 1937 crash program for British cruisers and carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:48:39Specialist escorts versus the Dido compromiseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)4:20:35Build an SSGN from the SSBN production lineQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/72:39Escort orders and the 1938 answerNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/75:22Escort production through capital-ship pausesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/715:01More U-boats provoke counterbuildingNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/718:04ASW weapons and institutional learningNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/719:28German capital-ship construction bottleneckNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/721:32U-boat program opportunity costsNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:59:53Steam rams failed when collision became the main weaponQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions26:43Why pausing carrier construction did not solve the escort problemQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions38:50Armor supply, escort building, and carrier delaysQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions52:55Carriers, destroyers, and the industrial tradeoffQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions1:17:39Force Z, hindsight, and Japanese naval capabilityQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions13:03R-class procurement politicsQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions16:05Did Revenge end Britain's battleship-design lead?Q&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions19:59Agincourt and the super-dreadnought pathNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/717:01British shipyard asymmetry multiplies escortsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/724:20German balanced-force alternativeNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/732:27A disguised forty-knot commerce raiderNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/733:33Axis naval infrastructure sets different limitsNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/70:29Confederate steam rams and Royal Navy purchaseChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19415:09Carrier pauses, shipyards, and escort productionNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194113:33Carrier construction pause and Far East consequencesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194115:07Learning from naval paths not takenNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/710:10The case for ending cruiser-submarine gun experiments soonerNotable Point
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/79:31Roc development costs and a more powerful SkuaNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (19): British Battle Tanks13:44Best-fit procurement and modern warshipsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War13:46Airships as cheap, fast scout-cruiser substitutesNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z6:33Churchill and the carrier construction pauseNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z8:19Illustrious-class build delaysNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z13:22What faster armored-carrier construction could changeNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z16:56Implacable-class delays and lost momentumNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z18:25Why Force Z had no carrierChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z20:27The Audacious class and the British Pacific FleetNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z22:36HMS Unicorn's lost year of wartime serviceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...25:24Modern carrier size, aircraft size, and survivabilityNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks2:03RNAS armoured cars lead to the Landships CommitteeChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks4:42Why a tank sounded like a crackpot schemeChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks7:24Mother outlives Churchill's Admiralty tenureChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism5:01The eight-dreadnought compromiseNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism5:51From Queen Elizabeth ambition to R-class compromiseChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism9:31From the best ship to a bare-minimum follow-onNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism13:47The larger Queen Elizabeth counterfactualNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant18:25Taranto and Fleet Air Arm public visibilityNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:48Were early US pre-dreadnoughts really coastal-defence ships?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:04:46Norway's Tordenskjold class and cost-imposing deterrenceChapter
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:11:41Why coastal warships could remain in service for decadesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber6:01A moving-warship requirement diluted at committeeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber16:17The multi-directional ring-sight dead endNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber21:00Blackburn development and the limits of surviving evidenceNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:25:16A large destroyer was Russia's likely next shipbuilding testQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:04:34Postwar Royal Navy decline was also about choices and leadershipNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:44:49A launched hull can wait years for fitting out or fundingQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:23:11Wartime production must balance quality and quantityNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail4:16Capital ships as political statementsNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail27:56How a navy specified a new frigateQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:10:25Admiral-class carriers without BeattyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:14:12Railgun readiness and the Zumwalt lessonQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:25:34De-risking warship development with proven systemsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:38:26Type 26 numbers and a Type 83 industrial planQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live30:44Wartime aviation technology limitsQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live42:38Why U.S. wartime development had room to runQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live1:20:50Taiho versus additional light carriersQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:52:28Japan's wasted investment was trained peopleQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books57:30Why captured modern warships are hard to useQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:06:42Yamato versus destroyer investmentQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:09:46Beatty and Fleet Air Arm controlQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:28:54Royal Navy debate over new amphibious shipsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19563:29Italy studies answers to DunkerqueNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19566:42Reconstruction trades some combat power for fleet renewalNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-19569:07Italian design quality and selective copyingNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-195611:04Cavour gun caliber pits logistics against moraleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (5): Italian Battleships - Conte di Cavour & Duilio Classes 1911-195613:44Cavour rebuild costs and hidden-hull riskChapter
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI57:49Command instability behind the fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:03:45How much blame belonged to the navy rather than politicians?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:25:57The 1914 French fleet balance sheetNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:45:13Procurement inertia outlasted the dreadnought revolutionNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:18:47Berkeley and the Bordeaux communications networkChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron35:12Armstrong and Dahlgren gun reputationsQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron43:00Naval-constructor training as procurement protectionNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron57:46Could naval-constructor training hinder an officer's career?Q&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:35:47A lower-risk route to a new U.S. surface combatantQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:44:14When old ships stop being worth keepingQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:49:46Zumwalt, LCS, and the risk of technology leapsNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:57:51Type 26 and the growth of frigatesNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron4:00:11Commercial versus military warship standardsQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”18:35Capability cuts versus salami slicing after 1918Notable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:57:18What the Royal Navy funded first in 1930s rearmamentQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:34:13Why the early twentieth-century naval race was globalQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)34:34Why the US Navy retained triple-expansion enginesQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)39:12How a Tillman battleship could reshape the arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)46:48Germany's larger design gap without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:15:25A German jump to 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:47:49How national procurement systems shaped dreadnought constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:09:03The three-ship Canadian Queen Elizabeth proposalQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:20:00Why the United States still built battleships after MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:46:01Battleship growth without Washington and LondonQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:48:28The missed small-tube-boiler rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:52:35Why destroyer mass did not replace a balanced fleetQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19153:20Wartime components reveal pre-existing programmesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191511:37Agincourt’s programme logic and technical complexityNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19142:08Wartime shipbuilding exposed the industrial gapNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19149:31War stopped Greece's Bretagne-derived battleshipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19114:57Agincourt's Brazilian big-gun ambitionChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19116:47Erin and the Ottoman capital-ship orderChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191111:54The 14-inch gun race reaches Chile and the United StatesChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191125:41German turret choices and industrial capacityNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191021:03Rivadavia pairs long range with a compromised gun layoutChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December7:50Why Britain chose 13.5-inch guns for OrionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December14:30British production raises the 1909 dreadnought standardNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December15:52Global dreadnought building: orders versus operating strengthNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June5:32Exercises turn dreadnought experience into new designsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June24:05Laid down and commissioned define the fleet totalsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19081:29The Danton class reveals France's dreadnought delayChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190823:29Foreign dreadnought orders preserve surge capacityNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190826:18British trials and German tempo create different design cyclesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-74:03Delaware-class machinery trials and industrial politicsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-79:58Dreadnought reset the type while Britain kept its industrial leadNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers4:02Battlecruiser design begins with strategic purposeChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers13:11Hood preserves capability beyond the current warNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers15:13Blockade intelligence tests German shipbuilding claimsNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers18:22Hood survives wartime priorities and Admiralty pressureNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers1:04:35Postwar task-force doctrine reinforces G3's battlecruiser characterNotable Point
- Bruships 48: Reading History28:20How a 14-inch Dreadnought could accelerate gun-caliber competitionQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:47:06Why wartime fleet snapshots hide production lagNotable Point
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:07:07Why carrier competition differed from the dreadnought arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:59:52Mission fit matters more than a universal best warshipQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:02:58How early Fleet Air Arm reform had to begin for 1939Q&A
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:47:15The Hoopoe's repeated redesigns pursue naval-fighter performanceNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s1:51:00Why the Admiralty depended on Air Ministry adviceNotable Point
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:06:46From Hawker Hart to Osprey fleet air defenceChapter
- Hawker Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s2:17:59How filtered technical advice limited naval procurement choicesNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class8:18Ramillies gives up her turrets for the Marshal Ney monitorsNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class12:35An R-class battlecruiser counterfactual tests wartime procurement choicesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:25:25What six more months of peace gives the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:55:35What a modern German fleet would give Imperial GermanyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:20:20Why cheap escorts do not justify a compromised battleshipQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19070:43Dreadnought production reshapes the 1907 naval balanceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19074:16St Vincent-class batch production builds a battle squadronChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190721:45Peer navies advance unevenly by subsystemNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190723:43Brazilian orders give British yards a technology testbedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190726:50Maintainability slows the transition from engines to turbinesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 19064:52Why Britain could treat HMS Dreadnought as an experimentChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 19065:40Why Fisher followed one Dreadnought with three battlecruisersChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190614:53Trade dependence behind the South American dreadnought raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190619:42Britain's lead while other navies evaluated the dreadnoughtChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190516:34Britain had the margin to risk the Dreadnought experimentChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190520:48Continuous orders encouraged cautious dreadnought adoptionChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190522:47Useful older ships still had limitsNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)15:44The Malta class and Britain's postwar carrier choiceChapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)26:48Attlee's fiscal priorities and the Malta cancellationQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)31:33Why existing light carriers weakened Malta's caseQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)36:38Could Audacious have been traded for Malta?Q&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:27:14Why interwar naval procurement controlled costs betterQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:32:49Why government shipyards were not judged by dividendsQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:33:21Why procurement needs experienced career officialsQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:34:31Why an Australian-built submarine costs more than an off-the-shelf boatQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:58:42How older carrier hulls crowded out Malta fundingQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:28:10Why Sea Cat remained in service during the Falklands WarQ&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 History25:33Private yards build most US naval tonnage with public investmentChapter
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity34:40A promising experiment became a procurement failureNotable Point
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity42:17Cancelled K-class orders carried into the M-class programmeNotable Point
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity1:02:32The K class was an idea ahead of its machineryNotable Point
- Prince Philips Navy38:16Why the aging Revenge class remained usefulChapter
- Prince Philips Navy1:41:43Why War Emergency destroyers accepted design compromisesQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:25:21Why postwar records can call a sloop a frigateQ&A
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)13:13Naval estimates and the We Want Eight campaignChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers6:46Replacing wartime cruiser lossesChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:41:04Cheap reconstruction options created expensive failuresQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:58:16Why the Royal Navy stayed with 4.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:14:54Unfinished Tigers were offered across the CommonwealthNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:31:40Tiger offered poor value against SverdlovQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:33:24Why the Tigers sailed without BoforsQ&A
- Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War15:49Dockyards, displacement, and CVA-01's size ceilingNotable Point
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies49:49Warship maintenance as procurement strategyChapter
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans27:09Italy's industrial climb behind its dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans58:49Doris Miller, Pearl Harbor, and wartime recognitionNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans1:56:56Budget politics delayed Ersatz Monarch into wartimeNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:50:46Second-tier powers did not build second-rate shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:54:23Why advanced warship exports could fund developmentQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:26:57Vickers and Spanish rearmamentQ&A
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War9:46Naval planning must assume a capable opponentNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease7:30The 1936 London treaty constrained an expected rearmamentNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease17:35Armour-steel capacity cannot be switched back on overnightChapter
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:52:33Why mine countermeasures are moving to remote systemsQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:13:01Would extra Type 26s arrive in time to supplement Type 45?Q&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:17:48Tonnage limits versus a naval building holidayQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:18:56Hull fatigue sets the ceiling on warship upgradesQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:22:41How long should a warship hull last?Q&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...32:50Canadian ambitions versus the Royal Navy's longer planQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...36:44Light fleet carriers were already on the Royal Navy's horizonQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...44:58Canadian shipyard work as a route to a larger navyNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland52:50Why criticize the 1936 naval treaty but not earlier arms limits?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya39:04Crown Colony cruisers were prewar designs, not emergency shipsNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from20:40Why arms-control promises were difficult to trustNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from26:52Cruiser limits met expectations of a coming warNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from32:07Naval planners questioned whether the treaty was practicalNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from36:31Alexander challenges plans to replace rather than retain cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:59:00Would a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier suit Australia?Q&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...4:09:55Could Britain have replaced the R-class before 1939?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers9:09The unstable 1936 setting behind the Crown Colony classChapter
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers11:18How King George V could challenge a naval proposalNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers36:27Parliament challenged cruiser scrapping and treaty interpretationNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:18:46Why didn't Britain convert more light-cruiser hulls into aircraft carriers?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers2:58:05Ceylon's early sale to Peru and the debate over the TigersNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:24:44Would more Edinburgh-class cruisers have been a better choice?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:26:35Why Royal Navy designers left room for wartime growthNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:28:58Why favor the larger Town class over the Crown Colonies?Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class1:36Abercrombie-class monitors built around 14-inch gunsChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class5:12How the Greek battleship Salamis supplied British monitor gunsChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class21:43Salamis grew amid the Greek-Ottoman dreadnought raceChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments12:27Why constructor-admiral partnerships matter in warship designNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s23:48The larger Invincible design Britain chose not to buildNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World18:38The Warsaw Pact's answer to amphibious obsolescence claimsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World23:48Modern quality versus shrinking replacement ratesNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World25:03Defence spending as a political choiceChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World29:40The cost of delaying naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World35:52A case for longer-term procurement decisionsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)8:12Why ship cuts cannot rely on jam tomorrowNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)22:15From cancelled CVA-01 to the Invincible classChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)2:19Could the defence budget afford improvements and Trident?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)6:20Hunt-class mine countermeasures for NATO watersChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)9:17The high-low fleet balance behind the Type 23Chapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)10:46Ship orders, dockyard employment, and election timingNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)19:34How continuous shipbuilding preserves skills and controls costNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed40:07Type 45 underarmament tests Speed's procurement ruleNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy12:13Frequent defence reviews collide with long-lead procurementNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy19:05Short-war assumptions hide maintenance, losses, and enduranceNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy23:26Britain claims Atlantic and global roles while ordering no new escortNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy28:00Did Labour empty the warship order book before the election?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy29:08Cammell Laird's modernization needs a continuing order bookChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy30:38Polaris replacement competes for specialist warship capacityChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy35:27Was Duffy satisfied with Labour's naval construction plans?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy37:08Minehunting and amphibious lift reveal neglected support fleetsChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:02:09The Ford class problem is resources, not foreign expertiseQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:14:14Warship design is a best-fit problemNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan47:19Could Britain rapidly mass-produce escorts?Q&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan49:55Why the U.S. four-piper reserve was accidentalQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan52:47Two shipyards and a continuous frigate drumbeatNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan54:38Polaris replacement versus surface-fleet renewalChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:12:52Minehunting gaps, estuaries, and amphibious liftNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:09:24Could modernization and Trident fit the defence budget?Q&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:12:42Hunt-class mine countermeasures for vulnerable European watersChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:17:10Balancing high-end warships with simpler ASW hullsChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:18:34HMS Challenger and the breadth of naval procurementNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:21:33Why ammunition capacity does not simply mean bigger shipsQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:29:49How the Type 31 contract limits redesign churnNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:37:10When could sonar drones replace towed arrays?Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class3:41Foreign orders and numbered names in the monitor forceNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 1, Humber Class17:42Light and heavy monitors filled different fire-support rolesNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:24:02China's fleet buildup and the test of replacementQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:30:09Could Gripen operate from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier?Notable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:30:27The 2021 estimate for Britain's eventual F-35 fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:42:10When cheaper, simpler warships can do the jobNotable Point
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)16:34Did corruption keep the Temeraire program going?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:18:10Treaty-exempt sloops offered a route to fleet numbersChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History19:13Roosevelt's twenty-ship argument for naval preparation before warNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History33:39Modern Naval Strategy charts the battleship cost spiralChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History38:59Barham and Admiral Scheer test the case for smaller battleshipsNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response2:18Could Britain afford the G3 and N3 programmes?Q&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response6:34Treaty tonnage rules and Britain's need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:32:48Ford-class ambition and crew-saving systemsQ&A
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:43:56Why a navy cannot solve every problem with larger shipsQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes39:55Why the last Revenge-class orders became Renown and RepulseQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:33:53Why the G3 reached the order stage before the N3Q&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:52:22Capital-ship orders as employment and national policyChapter
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:20:41Why British 16-inch gun development slowed after NelsonQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered14:38Why German naval expansion would trigger countermobilizationNotable Point
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys20:41Naval suppliers in the 1946 annualNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers38:15Graf Zeppelin's four-carrier plan overtaken by early warNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers42:16Carrier capability needs sustained investmentChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 323:17American carrier scale reshapes British planningNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties9:25Why Britain studied 22,000-ton carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties26:20Converted fast cruisers and the scale of carrier investmentChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties30:06Air-group accounting changes carrier comparisonsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s42:45Why naval guns and missiles are likely to coexistQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s55:11Selling HMS Eagle could free treaty tonnage for a replacementQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:37:22How naval treaties shaped interwar carrier fleetsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:35:25Why the G3 battlecruisers were not converted into carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:51:33Interwar construction challenges the battleship-only mythNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:54:20Royal Navy retention challenges the battlecruiser failure mythNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:14:18Carrier investment was established before Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:17:14Treaty carrier tonnage reflected a sea change already underwayQ&A
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy2:17Why a postwar multi-role destroyer became too largeNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy15:37How treaty limits freeze today's design assumptionsNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships0:09The 1889 programme begins a generation of war preparationNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships3:17What the Naval Defence Act actually deliveredChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships5:29Royal dockyards and private industry sustain fleet constructionNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships6:55Delays feed a continuing shipbuilding programmeNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships34:18The delivered programme becomes more cruiser-heavyNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate3:45Private contracts build national shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate6:19Four tests for judging the 1889 naval programChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate15:08How the act divided its £21.5 million programNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate18:24Finish ships quickly instead of stretching programsChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate20:15Peacetime hid the cost of obsolete funding rulesNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate27:38Why cruisers dominated the construction programNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate34:40Strategy gives procurement decisions their purposeNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:05:36How Royal Navy design conflicts were resolvedQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192028:51Why steady shipbuilding can lower fleet costsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:01:58Why politicians resisted cancelling Clemson ordersQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora6:54The act ended through its own program rather than a simple repealQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora37:34How Britain kept civilian shipbuilding under Admiralty controlNotable Point
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:03:42The £21.5 million act changed how Britain paid for complete warshipsChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:12:05Commercial yards built the capacity Britain used in 1914Q&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:22:19Naval orders acted as an indirect industrial subsidyQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:25:24Opponents warned about cost, obsolescence, and parliamentary controlChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:42:54Torpedo boats were short-life experiments, not durable fleet assetsNotable Point
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:45:40Cruiser roles limited the program's obsolescence riskNotable Point
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:32:55The program overran but made ship costs more predictableChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:45:11How German naval laws constrained the treasuryQ&A
- Paddle Ships at War2:45:18Why navies retained paddle warships into World War IIQ&A
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters17:55How war disrupted Royal Navy carrier replacement plansNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters37:00Carrier experience did not give the Royal Navy full procurement controlNotable Point
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War6:50City names strengthen the case for large light cruisersNotable Point
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction0:42Why the Minotaur design became the Town classChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction30:46What a Super Town would demand from its hull and magazinesChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction35:36Gun-cycle averages behind cruiser procurementChapter
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers4:06Four pressures shaping Royal Navy cruiser designNotable Point
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…1:19:13Why the 20,000-ton 9.2-inch cruiser lost outQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…1:36:24Public arms-race restraint did not end British cruiser planningQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…1:55:09Why the Royal Navy retained its 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…2:00:40Town-class adaptability delayed the next cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:32:44Would Type 32 be a modified Type 31?Q&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint10:02The cruiser age and changing design pressuresChapter
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books17:43Should cruiser describe a mission or a ship type?Q&A
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"12:39The Buccaneer as an answer to Sverdlov-class cruisersNotable Point
- Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:41The Wyvern as a turboprop insurance policyNotable Point
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"21:42Rebuilding the political case for naval aviation after 1945Chapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"25:56Caspar John's influence on Buccaneer, CVA-01, and PhantomNotable Point
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"31:06The Blackburn Firebrand's multirole ambitionNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...1:41:47A Black Swan sloop programme could have transformed early-war convoy escortNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"37:00Carrier cancellation and industrial continuityQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"42:22CVA-01 was more than an affordability questionQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:05:50CVA-01 was envisioned as a four-carrier programmeQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:00:25Why India might seek foreign carrier adviceQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"3:01:55Canada's High North support-ship choiceQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol1:02:48Why Australia acquired Sydney from the slipwayNotable Point
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol1:40:41Why the Amphions stopped at threeNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay58:01Why did 60- and 70-gun ships remain?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay59:12French ships and the rise of the 64 and 74Notable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:32:19Why ships of the line were rebuiltQ&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:49:38Were any warships less useful than Kamchatka?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:14:40The 2020 proposal to grow Royal Navy escort numbersNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:17:54Technology leadership before mass productionQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:33:21Why Type 32 should build on Type 31Q&A
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American0:39Theodore Roosevelt-era fleet exercises and force coherenceChapter
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American3:16Financial neglect and the emergence of a modern U.S. NavyNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American14:37Wartime carrier orders for a postwar U.S. fleetChapter
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American15:24Carrier spending before postwar budgets contractedNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation22:51Why a Tribal was not automatically better for the DutchQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:57:50Why civilian carrier conversions wait for a major warQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:03:22Why Japan might seek a newer carrier design than Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:07:30Why the Royal Navy chose a Danish-derived Type 31 designQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:14:36Why a destroyer label could be easier to fund than a battlecruiserQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/239:15Ruggedizing shipboard electronics for combatNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/228:25A new torpedo threat can impose fleetwide refitsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/237:02Lasers and the cost of chasing perfectionChapter
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/237:18From Star Wars defence to the airborne laserNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard37:49Shipbuilding politics could send disappointing designs into reserveNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:05:42How First and Third Sea Lord authority could shiftQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:11:47The Orlando class in the 1884 commerce-protection programmeChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:20:42Would Fisher have made the Littoral Combat Ship work?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:10:31Which heavy cruiser design would Japan standardise on?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:39:32Could studying Graf Spee revive a British heavy cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:41:18Names were ready for more Tribal destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:51:58What was the Royal Navy's CVA-01 project?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:52:06The Far East war and the limits of 'betrayal' narrativesQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War4:04:49Why land-based fighters are not all carrier-capableQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers54:28How Australia selected British cruisersQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:14:54Why Australia chose Sydney before launchChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-165:58The force margin hidden behind peacetime numbersNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1015:30Article 9 and controlled fleet replacementChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1020:34Why treaty-era choices lasted into World War IINotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:06:28Comparing navies reveals the assumptions behind their shipsQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:20:52A River-class export to PolandQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:21:55Arethusa and Leander trade-offs reached the Australian NavyChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:25:21Foreign cruiser threats could help unlock Treasury fundingNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 5: HMS Coreopsis2:26Why peacetime small ships needed several rolesNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol4:52Sloops as the escort-development templateNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol7:23The scale of interwar small-ship ordersNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol9:11Naval standards versus wartime escort productionNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol26:59How the London Naval Treaty shaped sloopsChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol1:12:44From refined sloops to mass-produced escortsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:20:48Dominion financing of cruisersQ&A
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea11:06German navy laws and the cost of capital shipsNotable Point
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes0:14How the Royal Navy shaped the Skua specificationChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)50:42M.1/30 turns fleet needs into detailed design rulesChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)57:20Operational requirements bridge Admiralty and Air Ministry controlNotable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)0:55How M.1/30 became S.15/33Notable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)1:34M.1/30 engine choice and the 100-hour service testNotable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)1:51Defining the Fleet's future strike aircraftNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:15:53Type 31 gun choices and the presence missionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:41:31Brassey's 1939 debate over the right cruiser sizeNotable Point
- Cretan War 1645-1669; An Introduction & Overview26:34The sultan orders a naval answer to Venetian galleonsNotable Point
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul50:27Vosper designs for a night in the ChannelChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul57:57Shipyard consolidation narrows design optionsQ&A
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 317:26Racing knowledge and available engines shape British MTBsNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 318:04Fairmile B modularity turns one hull into several rolesNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 319:29A Vosper private venture meets an engine bottleneckNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?1:10:03The Leanders as a middle tier between Arethusas and TownsChapter
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car9:41What is known about Reginald Henderson's death?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car16:02Understaffing magnified Henderson's Admiralty workloadNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car23:38Why Repulse entered the war without Renown's reconstructionQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:08:58Why the Royal Navy moved from Arethusa to DidoQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:11:36Why build Crown Colonies instead of more Towns?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:13:23Why the Leanders felt like stepping-stone cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:41:57How one cruiser class could contain distinct subclassesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A43:34British aircraft specifications as design evidenceChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:17When aircraft specifications follow a private designQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:27:48Reading the design tradeoffs behind British cruisersChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:32:18Why spare battleship guns do not create a free shipQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:33Why Queen Elizabeth rebuilds beat replacement battleshipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:10Unofficial support for convertible trawlersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:54What would make a paper BCG proposal plausible?Q&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:08:49Fisher's economies and Britain's overseas positionsNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/315:05Why a simple escort still took almost a yearNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:33:13Industrial limits matter more than treaty limitsQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:19:54Canada's escort-and-cruiser navy in a Pacific warQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:41:30A naval war removes peacetime funding restraintsQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:05:24How Pacific combat could reshape the Lion successorsQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:06:02How a Pacific war could reshape Royal Navy ship designNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:11:53Pacific combat would decide the County-class cruisers' futureQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 417:56Cruiser construction, treaties, and long-term choicesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...17:04Why politics can weaken industrial mobilizationNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...57:56Cruiser design choices shaped by treaty hopeChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 47:39Dido-class cruisers expose the cost of treaty-limited hullsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 48:52A Pacific war accelerates British fleet constructionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 430:17Henderson's pre-war refit plans become availableNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 46:49Launching is not commissioning for the King George V classChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:04The cruiser pipeline cannot be redesigned overnightNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 416:33Could E-class cruisers carry a mixed battery?Notable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 424:48Hawkins hulls offer room for a heavier conversionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 431:31Late Axis entry meets an already-mobilized allianceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:01A Pacific-first war changes the ships Britain buildsChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 447:57Treaty collapse accelerates battleships and fleet carriersNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...25:36Coalition service tests German design assumptionsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...27:41Blockade, invasion, and Pacific fleet prioritiesChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 410:12How a Pacific-first war changes British procurementNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald9:46Could the unbuilt Euphrates have equipped an Irish navy?Notable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A30:12Why the US Navy selected a FREMM-derived frigateQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A37:40Continuous shipbuilding preserves naval capacityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:28The Border Force capacity gap behind naval assistanceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:29Sea Ceptor production and common-missile benefitsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:05:19Choosing an LHD design for CanadaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A9:29When budget limits shape official defence testimonyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A9:57Naval Strike Missile as an interim Harpoon replacementNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A49:26Alliances should share costs, not conceal force gapsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A50:27The disputed case for retiring Sea HarriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:00:15Why a multinational carrier remains difficultQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:18:06How the Great Depression shaped naval developmentQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:24:37EMALS maturity aboard USS Gerald R. Ford in 2020Q&A
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN12:46Article 17 protected foreign warship ordersNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN15:06Brazilian H-class orders and HMS InglefieldNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN18:03I-class minelayers and Turkish ordersNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)20:06The C-class and the cost of cutting a flotillaNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 215:39Treaties and budgets shaped submarine sizeNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:28:32Why the F-35B remained the available choiceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:40:48John Holland as submarine entrepreneurQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:00:18Understanding Flight III Arleigh Burke procurementQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:30Designing a medium Pacific navy under a fixed budgetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:40A CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth class for the U.S. NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:45Matching a Polish frigate to Baltic operationsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20:52A modern Royal Navy cruiser conceptQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:31:44Why converting the Queen Elizabeth class to CATOBAR would be difficultQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:28:42Why extreme options appear in defence reviewsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:46Why a noisy engine could ruin a fisheries survey vesselNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:51:36Why interim large-calibre naval guns are a poor investmentQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:54:18Modular warship hulls need credible interim systemsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:37The political compromise that most often weakens warship plansQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:58Why some navies standardized on the five-inch gunQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:51:31Are modern warships under-armed for their sizeQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"11:40Type 31 frigates and the economy of presenceNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians6:22Rickover's nuclear navy and deterrent logicChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians9:04The risk of pursuing the perfect warshipNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians11:12Why high-end fleet capacity starts before warNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians25:12Gorshkov's naval diplomacy and political strategyNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians30:10Zumwalt's high-low fleet mixNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians40:09Vladimir Vysotskiy and a pragmatic Russian NavyChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A47:16Why LHDs are hard for medium navies to acquireQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:03:45India’s mixed carrier fleet as a development pathQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:08:53Why a mixed US carrier fleet is politically difficultQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:50:25The offer behind Britain's eight-dreadnought programmeNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:12:34Why rebuilding a capability takes more than new factoriesQ&A
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…21:41Ministerial turnover weakens defence continuityChapter
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…25:06Carrier procurement outlasts successive ministersNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…28:47Continuity gives the Treasury institutional powerNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…29:42A case for sustained tenure in critical ministriesNotable Point
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal10:06Fitted-for-but-not-with needs real capacityNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?20:47Lifeboat construction as a latent naval industrial baseNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?45:15A treaty ceiling can also become a naval budget floorNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:03:05The danger of buying naval technology at the wrong momentNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:07:15The Danae class reflected tonnage and role constraintsQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:24:01Why a major rebuild can cost less than a new shipNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:43:17A 1920s fleet still needs a 1940s modernisationQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:45:49Sloops could reduce the early-war escort gapQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:47:43Imported warship designs must fit national strategyQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:51:29Why cruiser sizes grew so sharply after the treaty eraQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A43:53Sources for following the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:57Corvettes, frigates, and the cost of more hullsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A56:45Treaty limits as British strategyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:49An alternative Royal Navy rearmament programmeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:43Triple-turret King George Vs and an earlier VanguardQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:13:08The operational case and political trap of medium US carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:48:02Why Polish naval procurement strugglesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:52When a middle naval gun calibre adds only complexityQ&A
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class6:20Why eight Darings contained four machinery combinationsNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class10:20Specialist machinery and Admiral Fraser's backingNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)6:12Bruce Fraser and the unbuilt L-class lineageNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)3:40The cruiser shortage Henderson had to solveChapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)6:17Henderson frees the destroyer from the torpedo-boat modelChapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)8:41What the Tribal design bought for its costNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)18:39The gun-mount compromise behind the Tribal classNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:26:21Stable requirements as a defence economy measureQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:08:44Where the Littoral Combat Ship went wrongQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:33:58Promising warship designs under development in 2020Q&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister39:03Britain's nuclear-submarine shipyard limits fleet numbersNotable Point
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister39:35Conventional-submarine partnership and Falklands basingNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers24:22Why wartime escort production needed a prewar foundationNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers31:01Treaty-era escort designs and the cost of too little warningChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops23:05Why escort carriers needed fighters as well as ASW aircraftNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:36Why successor warship programs begin decades earlyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:36:26Dockyard closures narrowed warship-building competitionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:53:03A crisis fleet would favor ships that can be built nowQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:48A contemporary Falklands crisis might have saved a third CVA-01Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:38:34Admiral counts and warship costs need contextQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:46:37The Type 45 reached a narrow export marketQ&A
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 218:32Why useful cruisers missed their overhaulChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 317:25Exercise incentives concealed air-defence weaknessesChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 31:32Wars begin with the fleet already availableChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 36:32Quality and quantity are relative procurement advantagesNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 310:05Seawolf cuts trade short-term savings for future scarcityNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 318:43Dreadnought and Zumwalt as innovation signalsNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 418:08A slower convertible design could have avoided the treaty trapNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 413:41Article 8 left room for unlimited small escortsNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war14:45Why navies could risk small attack craftNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:16:47Keeping small-boat designs alive after the warQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:04:25A long-range submarine alternative to the I-400 classNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 219:28Vosper 73-foot boats and the Admiralty fight over coastal strike craftChapter
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style20:20Queen Elizabeth's reconstruction competes with wartime constructionNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style28:12Rodney loses modernization resources to higher prioritiesNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…45:13Type 45 capability and engine compromiseNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:08:10The Alaska class arrived after its best momentNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:20:47Foreign designs for a larger Royal NavyQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:25:46Why warship categories keep growing and resettingNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:03:39Reform must not become another name for cutsNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:18:58Defense procurement needs ministerial continuityNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 123:12Why First and Third Sea Lords need political strategyNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy34:25Hood versus a larger force of smaller battlecruisersQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:16:36Why air-defense awareness did not guarantee enough gunsNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:31:01Why the Kirov class made strategic sense for the Soviet UnionQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:01:14The tanker opportunity cost of a modern battlecruiserQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:04:15Why gun caliber does not define a battlecruiserQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A23:32Why warship costs rise when fleets shrinkQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A33:08How common hulls make escorts affordableNotable Point
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history55:12Why the US Navy chose an off-the-shelf frigateQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:22:15Why Type 26 moves to a five-inch gunQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie4:17Why Implacable stayed close to existing designsQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie8:14Reginald Henderson and the carrier building programmeChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie10:50Could Henderson have accelerated carrier construction?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie54:46Did the Abyssinian Crisis shape British carriers?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:26:24Why carrier procurement needed an experienced Third Sea LordNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:52:17Why wartime production reused interwar designsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A14:11Why intermittent British warship building costs moreQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A29:34FREMM offered the US Navy a low-risk frigate starting pointQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A38:25Type 26 construction reduced clean-sheet procurement uncertaintyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A59:26Royal Navy demand as an Industrial Revolution catalystQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:52:20A future fast attack craft might be unmannedQ&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:04:54From six-pounders to destroyer guns on landing craftChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:08:03When LCA mass production crowded out a successorNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?9:07London Treaty rules created free small-ship tonnageChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?24:01Endurance for global convoy escortChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?25:53Halcyon minesweepers grew from sloop designNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?39:50Bittern design linked peacetime needs to wartime escortsChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:04:42A Danish patrol-ship lesson for the Littoral Combat ShipNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:09:49Henderson, Chatfield, and the King George V compromiseQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:24:38First and Third Sea Lord responsibilitiesQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!12:04Why wartime aircraft began as prewar designsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!29:24How Tribal-class destroyers could protect carriersQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!34:38Why HMS Unicorn was not classified as a battleshipQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!42:57Prewar studies become wartime carrier designsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!44:00The missing biography of Reginald HendersonQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!47:06Why losing Courageous and Glorious did not erase the carrier planQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:01:53Why the Blackburn Skua was not retained as a dive bomberQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:11:02Why Britain did not field twin-engine carrier aircraft earlierQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:20:26Why Mark 37 directors arrived too late for most wartime shipsQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:36:57Reginald Henderson's practical influenceQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:44:49War interrupts a planned carrier transformationNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream4:47Henderson and the Royal Navy case for the Tribal classNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream17:25Heavy Tribal losses and the search for a successorChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream26:23Battle-class complexity, late arrival, and Tribal disposalChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream35:26Flotilla-scale construction enabled larger destroyersNotable Point
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile6:00Overseas experience and the political case for Town-class cruisersChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile9:36Why new technology does not simply replace shipsNotable Point
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile18:00Why spare space distinguished the Town classNotable Point
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile48:03Force attrition and the ships left to fightNotable Point
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video4:38Shipboard aviation facilities and independent scoutingChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)15:13Henderson's shipyard knowledge and maintainable warship designNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)19:13Henderson's shipyard intelligence and practical naval innovationNotable Point