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- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?8:51Tsushima: fleet condition before the battleNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:03:42A Russian fleet forced to fight before its long voyageNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:04:45Training budgets, gunnery drill, and the memory of TrafalgarNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?28:44Alliance specialisation and missing mine-warfare capacityNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?30:46The Joint Expeditionary Force and carrier-led leadershipNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:19:02Royal Fleet Auxiliary pay and support-ship availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:14Presence ships free destroyers for maintenance and trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:16How more ships ease readiness and retention pressuresNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:28Estimating a US Navy for simultaneous conflictsQ&A
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?21:08When allies assume someone else can sweep minesNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:53:09Allied naval commitments still require available hullsNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:54:38Dry-dock capacity controls warship availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:06Keeping 110 ships at sea strains a much smaller supporting fleetNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?50:33Why navies handle peacetime diplomacyChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:52:46Hospital ships and disaster readinessQ&A
- Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership36:33Sumter's equipment delays and the threat of blockadeNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:43The rule of four and sustainable fleet readinessQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...15:37From wartime flexibility to peacetime disciplineNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:03:26Restraint after a Russian warship fired at a yachtQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not3:01:05A small navy still needs multiple maintenance slotsQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:07Pakistan's naval funding cycles and readinessNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy21:45How routine survey work prepared Katari for naval commandNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy53:49Building a national fleet through tradition and hard exercisesChapter
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...44:03Fleet expectations can outstrip funded readinessNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?19:38Irish patrol ships separate submarine detection from attackChapter
- 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?46:25Wartime conversion plans need industrial stress testsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?49:16Rapid up-arming must be proven before warNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century43:17Submarine availability and constant force readinessNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes30:11Kolkata range and the Maareech torpedo decoyNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes30:57Threat-driven readiness under pressure from Pakistan and ChinaNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:10Carrier spending also upgraded escort dry docksNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:00When public attention can force a Royal Navy policy responseQ&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:17:12Funding unexpected operations without hollowing out the fleetNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:32:46Reading the Future Force 2020 readiness tiersChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:38:03Extended readiness and real reservesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:48:44How Future Force 2020 removed operational slackNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:02:56Force 2025 and the depth behind amphibious operationsChapter
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:11Why launched ships are not yet fleet strengthNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...13:41Courbet and Paris support bomb trials, accommodation and reserve firepowerNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...51:20Draug's reactivation exposes the cost of neglected reservesNotable 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...43:24Why Russia's Pacific reinforcements faced such poor oddsQ&A
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...49:56Why improved Russian gunnery could not prevent disasterNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...51:34Russian fear reveals the destroyers' deterrent effectNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More4:27Roosevelt turns the War of 1812 into a naval caseChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More33:35Preparedness beyond the frigate victoriesChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:03:02Demobilization keeps American sea-power advocacy cyclicalNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)55:29Why warships are maintained before their service limitsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...0:00Why destroyer fighting edge fades in peacetimeChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...38:19Easier machinery access reduces maintenance workloadNotable Point
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series22:01Wars of choice encouraged neglect of the submarine threatNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:28:28Why Chinese destroyer totals need a replacement allowanceQ&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:39:53A significant share of the PLAN is better suited to secondary rolesQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:51Which admirals would make effective inspectors generalQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:01The North Korean Navy's appearance-capability gapQ&A
- What happens if Japan persues Synthetic Fuels from 1930 onwards?40:24Dispersed plants protect operational enduranceChapter
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:34Why Japan keeps sea-lane security in viewQ&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 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:36Why Japan's Coast Guard stood out for operational experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:03What Japanese naval bases reveal about readinessNotable Point
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik18:51Why Eidsvold and Norge had no heavy reserveNotable Point
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik25:20Late Norwegian readiness meets German naval hubrisChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?51:41Luck and readiness explain Force Z better than underestimationNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)43:50Disaster relief as amphibious trainingQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)48:38Why an engine-room hit is the most disablingQ&A
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit48:35Richardson turns protest into a formal warning recordNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:41:58Gorshkov would condemn the modern Russian Navy's declineQ&A
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:07:38Fleet numbers on paper concealed readiness questionsChapter
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:58:23Norway kept prewar submarines far beyond a safe hull lifeNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII1:34:20Early Dutch K boats: colonial service, obsolescence, and trainingNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII2:27:17Norway's A class and the illusion of submarine readinessChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:23:53Why a refloated North Korean destroyer could remain unsafeQ&A
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...25:01Liverpool's destroyer flotilla guarded a vital port before warNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned2:11:21Effective government keeps capacity in reserveNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley1:09:10A reserve admiral around whom the Navy could build a fleetNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:00:33Why wartime fleets kept using obsolescent gunsNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:02:35Drone protection can drive a return to heavier gun defencesNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:33Russia's continuing bastion strategyQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:04How CSG25 compares with a US carrier strike groupQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:10How paperwork can erode naval readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:39How navies preserve institutional knowledgeQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:00Whether Russia could move the Baltic Fleet before a NATO warQ&A
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:10:35Rodney as a fast response battleshipChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:45:49Could Pennsylvania, Colorado, and Saratoga join the demonstration?Notable Point
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:45:49Could Pennsylvania leave dry dock for the sortie?Q&A
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:12:42Presence missions and maintenance protect national credibilityNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!50:44How navies learned to preserve mothball fleetsQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!55:40Why restoring frigate reserves would require new shipsNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!56:34Why reserve planning cannot assume wars of choiceNotable 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!2:14:16Western navies suited to coalition escort workQ&A
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?12:15Gunnery readiness depends on designing a ship to be cleanedNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z22:07Older destroyers remained useful ASW and AA assetsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z42:18Repulse lacked the systems for a 1941 task-force flagshipNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:22:42Operation C could not simply be rushed forwardNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…21:20Surveys, inspections, and material readinessNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:23:54Why Jervis said invasion would not come by seaNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth1:07:20The Queen Elizabeth class marked oil's operational maturityChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:51Why readiness differs across Russia's regional fleetsNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:47:25Richard Vesey Hamilton harmonizes a modernizing AdmiraltyChapter
- Lord Howard of Effingham: Leadership of a Disparate Band of Individualists... the 'English Fleet'4:52Elizabethan crew pay creates a retention dilemmaNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War34:46Fleet-in-being orders constrain the Ottoman commanderChapter
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War37:13Ottoman ironclad refits blur paper strength and readinessNotable Point
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force4:12High-speed operations wear out destroyers and shape postwar fleetsNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!6:32How peacetime navies lose their fighting focusNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 314:22Peacetime service creates different readiness and firing habitsNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:41:04What determines naval readiness for a sudden major warQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:43:32Why the Black Sea Fleet cannot represent all Russian naval readinessNotable Point
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo2:46:54Why published speed figures conceal wartime machinery strainNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:06A position over the Elbe and Kiel Canal approachesChapter
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!11:32Numbers create naval presenceNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!50:28Finding the good-enough warshipNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!48:18The COVID-19 outbreak and the limits of shipboard isolationNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...20:52A reserve fleet must be ready to surgeNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...21:36Why a tailored air wing can become a trapNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...51:27Carrier capability as independence of actionChapter
- Finding Forrestal Class... The First Supercarriers...21:22Rated carrier speed leaves an emergency marginNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure9:19Why a carrier capability gap is costly to reverseNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier28:16Soviet naval logistics loses its experienced organisersChapter
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 11:24:04Distributing torpedo boats for local port defenseNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:07:42Strategic patience while ships and research matureNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:18:33Mothball savings create remobilization frictionNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:58:15Scrapping obsolete ships to release trained crewsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:16:59Reserve fleets are normal peacetime force structureNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!56:30Protected cruisers do not create a ready Dominion navyNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 530:08Tomozuru exposes the cost of excessive topweightChapter
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 532:14The Fourth Fleet storm becomes an industrial crisisChapter
- Bruships Gothenborg style...56:12How an early twentieth-century warship answered a distress callQ&A
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast57:56Fathometer failure turns deep water into a navigation riskNotable Point
- Around the world without Fresh Air: USS Triton and Operation Sandblast1:06:50Promotions reveal crew quality and Beach's morale practiceNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1030:23HMS Ardent's capture and battle careerChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1054:36Stately at Zealand PointNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:19:47Nassau and the quiet value of presenceNotable 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
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:18:47Carrier exercises expose first-blow and Pearl Harbor risksNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign36:59Why damaged ships should not be committed before repairNotable 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
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered23:14Ukraine's Slava could serve as a flagship only if made operationalQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:05:15Why missiles and drones do not make surface ships obsoleteQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:53:34What Admiral Nakhimov's refit revealsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:03:35Why Black Sea Fleet losses resist quick assessmentQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:33:32Martlet missiles as a wartime Type 23 growth pathNotable Point
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution45:11The best carrier for a mission is the one availableChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 342:28Conversion completion did not mean immediate readinessNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:01:53Refits, crew shortages, and retiring obsolete shipsChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:19:27Raids seized the initiative while training the carrier forceNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 650:43Peacetime torpedo testing bought wartime reliabilityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:01:00Fleet readiness before diplomatic escalationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:25:28Concentrating a refit-limited fleet against the weaker opponentChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō21:13Royal Navy exercises defined a carrier's escortNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response25:28When Hollywood filming competed with Enterprise's trainingNotable Point
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?20:31Debt, military cuts, and Ottoman fleet readinessChapter
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?36:25Why Ottoman ships of the line stayed away from SinopNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?29:42Lütjens took two battleships out to attack tradeChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:23:18Britain blocked the Iceland route but still depended on patrol disciplineNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:10:26Haruna-class retention for earthquake reliefQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:21:08Why the French Navy was vulnerable in 1905Notable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett1:13:25Major wars depend on equipment held before fighting beginsNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:31:00Global stations consume a ninety-cruiser fleet quicklyQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:12:49One carrier-sized dry dock creates a fleet-wide bottleneckQ&A
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 426:40Refits explain why fleet size is not fleet availabilityChapter
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 438:53Nucleus crews and the fragility of engineering knowledgeNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian16:52Admiral Kuznetsov and the burden of carrier upkeepNotable Point
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 946:23Nelson as a visible instrument of deterrenceChapter
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:24:14How the Soviet and Russian Navy's reputation rose and fellNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:47:27The Black Sea Fleet's limited options after a reported command strikeQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:12:05Why more money alone could not fix the Revolutionary French NavyQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:16:21How hull numbers become a deployable capabilityNotable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 820:14Veracruz patrols and the Atlantic Fleet's war trainingNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'0:01The 13.5-inch ships as the Grand Fleet's backboneChapter
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'3:45Why a new battleship may be at its weakest on commissioningNotable Point
- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 105:41Why capital ships need a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:06:53Starting large marine diesels is a readiness problemQ&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:15:15From Medway to Scapa Flow: hubris at naval basesNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:13:17Infrastructure, readiness, and Lord SandwichNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:15:19Can hurricane losses excuse a fleet's weakness?Q&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:27:52How fleet mismanagement interrupted sea controlNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology12:02Unification left Italy with an unready fleetNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years42:19The 1942 readiness horizon and escort carriersNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:09:23Prewar conflict shaping in the Far EastNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!8:36Naval diplomacy depends on what a fleet showsChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!21:51War as a severe test of naval readinessNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda12:29Habsburg class: a pre-dreadnought tailored to the AdriaticNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response17:00How the post-Cold War drawdown shed nuclear expertiseNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response18:12Why guns regain value in a prolonged warNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 738:38Why Illustrious worked up at BermudaNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 745:20Attrition frustrated British multi-carrier doctrineNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:27:39Why a carrier force needed a spare landing deckNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 420:44Kimmel, forward basing, and Pearl Harbor readinessNotable Point
- Slava Class: Comment Response44:02Moskva's loss as a damage-control warningQ&A
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 227:49A grounding exposed the cost of uncertain navigationNotable Point
- USS Texas: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 238:21Maintenance cycles turn fleet numbers into real readinessNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation52:32Carrier readiness depends on spare-parts depthNotable Point
- Iron Clad Battles of the War of the Pacific & Chilean Civil War41:17From British yard to Chilean flagshipNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:44:10How two affordable ironclads sustained a permanent navyChapter
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)2:33:25Pre-war positioning without triggering the warNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat39:07Why the new Victorious still joined the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Osmaniye: Key Ship Series 1, Ship 55:56When prestige keeps capital ships out of actionNotable Point
- Osmaniye: Key Ship Series 1, Ship 511:20A reserve fleet needs crews and dockyardsNotable Point
- Osmaniye: Key Ship Series 1, Ship 514:49The Russo-Turkish War and unready ironcladsNotable Point
- HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 318:21The value of warships without battle honoursNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron20:59Blockade service as a school of experienceNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 239:41Atlantic deployments weaken the Channel FleetNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 21:22:43The home fleet had to come firstNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-657:41The early Northern Fleet lacked operational depthQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions49:04Cold steam plants needed hours to raise powerQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions1:03:05Readiness often meant keeping boilers runningQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:45:54Much of the pre-1907 fleet was unfit for the main battle lineQ&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect19:32Why naval readiness resists a fixed timetableNotable 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?1:26:36Presence missions and readiness balanceNotable Point
- Slava Class: The Spare that became the Heir?1:00:20Maintenance failures crossed the Soviet and post-Soviet divideChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 1/3: 1918-193920:22Civil war left a fleet stronger on paper than at seaChapter
- 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
- Admiral Hipper Class24:24Admiral Hipper was still being altered as war beganChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class35:42Why Admiral Hipper never returned to readinessChapter
- Admiral Hipper Class38:40Blücher entered Weserübung barely ready and without surpriseNotable Point
- Admiral Hipper Class54:42A British magnetic mine delayed Prinz Eugen's sortieNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....28:07Aurora's Canadian presence mission ends in budget collapseChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....34:34Penelope survives a U-boat torpedo and presses the coastChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....38:54Royalist and the tempo of Grand Fleet screeningNotable 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
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)39:10Niobe's grounding exposes command and readiness failuresNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)41:12Niobe rebuilds a crew and corners Prinz Eitel FriedrichChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)44:18Deferred maintenance defeats Canada's cruiser exchangeNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers37:27Soviet retention kept the gun-cruiser option alive into the Falklands eraNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)22:27Andromache links reserve readiness to wartime mine warfareNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)37:14Sappho survives flooding and returns quickly to serviceNotable Point
- 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
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 317:03Forbin's exercises tested towing and divided-fleet strategyChapter
- Forbin(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 323:19Coëtlogon's exercise career ended with an official warning not to rely on herChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 210:45Torpedoes turn a protected cruiser into a costly riskNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 235:33American power remains short of coalition dominanceNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:10:44Demand for flight decks repeatedly saved Argus from retirementQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video12:29How regime change weakened the Batavian fleet before CamperdownQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video37:00Sailor pay as a recurring readiness problemQ&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:38:16How much British reinforcement was available?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:10:16Overconfidence turns forecasts into force-structure trapsChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:10:16St. Louis fights out of Pearl HarborChapter
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1137:32Why reserve warships still matter in a long warNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1049:42Royal-yacht escort duty as a test of cruiser qualityNotable Point
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p418:52Delayed commissioning and brief Pacific serviceChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p420:54From cruiser to Warrior's tenderChapter
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p210:47Channel Squadron service followed by eight years in reserveChapter
- Town Class (1911): Chathams24:07Replacement cost shapes which warships commanders riskNotable Point
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War27:10A renewed Philippine rebellion meets Dewey's hard-trained squadronChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War44:01Manila Bay's shore batteries fail to close the entranceNotable Point
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War50:34Dewey defends Montojo after Manila BayNotable Point
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War1:02:26Cervera commands Spain's hollow Caribbean SquadronChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:15:40Were the Spanish alert when Dewey arrived?Q&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:16:00Montojo's outclassed and partly disarmed squadronChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:21:22Why Dewey's breakfast pause was not exploitableNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:22:49Why Manila Bay's shore batteries barely foughtQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:28:59Cost saving and Spain's neglected fleet trainingQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:43:10Cervera inherits a fleet hollowed out by neglectChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:03:58Coal and manoeuvres in the Santiago pursuitNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:40:08Could Spain's heavy ships have changed either decisive battle?Q&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)0:45Why French cruiser policy pulled in three directionsChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)7:07Why losing five frigates matteredChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)1:04:00Why Perrée's crews could not make the escape workNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)27:04False security after the First World WarNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)47:12The treaty underfunded wartime fleet screeningChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)50:47Why the Royal Navy needed at least twenty flotillasNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:18:40The Type 21 made sense as a short-term numbers solutionQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)15:22Ship quality does not erase numerical and missile threatsNotable Point
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol49:14Hanno and the cost of wartime naval demobilisationNotable Point
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol53:22The skirmish before Cape EcnomusNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)5:23Why the loss of Royal Oak mattered beyond one battleshipNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)13:50An exercise ground that concentrated fleet trainingNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)20:45Gunnery space bought readiness at a morale costNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)22:43Training at Scapa Flow and the Jutland deploymentNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)33:42Interwar optimism became a readiness riskChapter
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)38:16Deferred maintenance made wartime defence more expensiveNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)41:48Why U-47 was able to attack Royal Oak twiceNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)43:05Threat forecasts, the Ten Year Rule, and neglected basesChapter
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)51:54A future resupply base and mobile-basing lessonChapter
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:19:34Could Royal Oak have reacted after the first torpedo?Q&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:00:52What it means when a warship is paid offQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:35:13What Moskva's loss may revealNotable Point
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)47:22Nürnberg's torpedo response exposed peacetime habitsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)51:54Continuous construction as industrial deterrenceNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)12:26German destroyers and the Narvik lossesChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)35:04Soviet destroyers without the planned fleetChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:15:41Destroyer doctrine outran prewar fleet readinessNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion37:27Treaty-induced neglect and wartime rearmamentChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)37:13Why security matters to treaty enforcementChapter
- 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)1:41:32A forward fleet needs a functioning baseNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)45:21Why one capital ship is not a durable capabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#33:04Why the carriers and cruisers were often at seaNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#35:28William Pye and the confidence Japan would not attackNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#38:06Readiness choices under incomplete warningChapter
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#59:39A constrained commander, not a simple scapegoatChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:15:21Halsey's defense of KimmelNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships32:00Long peace and a missing battle fleetChapter
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships40:13Security assumptions after twelve centuries of peaceNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:21:44Battleships as schools for warfighting during peaceNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:52:27Deterrence fails when weapon use is unthinkableNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships2:39:13A vast fleet defeated in penny packetsNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:05:44A presence fleet still needs a warfighting coreNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:24:13Use frigates to preserve aggressive command skillNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:31:25Science fiction as a neutral strategic case studyNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World44:51Tsushima and the limits of paper strengthNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)1:37Why a capability needs more than one hullNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)20:24Procurement is about a fleet, not one shipChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)21:50Preventive maintenance makes a fleet realChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)25:03Preventive maintenance defines real fleet strengthChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)38:51Medway testing created immediate repair capacityNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)46:37Repair resilience matters as much as carrier numbersNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)14:21One suitable dock becomes a strategic vulnerabilityNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)43:44A naval dock trades commercial profit for assured readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:37:49High operational tempo, not a weak classNotable Point
- 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 Wars2:11:22What a 22-submarine fleet could keep forwardQ&A
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)31:09Why realistic night exercises were politically costlyNotable Point
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)56:08Nelson and Rodney in the night-fighting conceptNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII47:34Routine exercises kept night fighting from becoming a specialist trickNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:25:17Night fighting did not create a separate Royal Navy watchkeeping serviceQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:01:39Thirty minutes could activate Pearl Harbor's defensesQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:12:53What warning could have changed at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:16:45Pearl Harbor was not fully ready to sustain warNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:48:31Richardson tied deterrence to fleet readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:51:33Why a larger modern reserve fleet remains unlikelyQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...34:25Why a warship may sail with empty launch cellsNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol40:13Seventy-percent ships and fleet availabilityNotable Point
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat54:49Bonhomme Richard and readiness for a shipboard fireQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:12:51Why navies kept obsolete ironcladsQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:13:44Read naval exercise successes in contextQ&A
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)7:13Why HMS Eagle still mattered in 1940Notable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)24:14The nine-day repair window that might have returned Eagle to TarantoNotable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)26:46Availability matters more than paper strengthNotable Point
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)30:26How carrier losses reshaped fleet availability far beyond TarantoChapter
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:07:19Why capability numbers must survive an unchosen crisisNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)1:21:56De Ruyter wins at Plymouth with an overworked convoy fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)2:19:13Why Rotterdam's heavier ships were underrepresentedNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:34:35Every major navy entered the war with a different readiness gapQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:42:41A delayed war would have transformed carrier forces on every sideQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/417:34What made a navy ready for war in 1939?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/445:30The Sino-Japanese War and readiness for 1941Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?1:07:43Naval treaties postponed Japan's infrastructure reckoningNotable 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
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P2/14: Prince Fushimi Hiroyasu24:01The architect who warned Japan was not readyNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder25:13Why the Kriegsmarine entered war least readyNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response46:24Battlecruiser numbers and force availabilityNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol16:21Flower construction speed and the early-war shortfallNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol29:31The treaty-exempt sloop fleet Britain did not fundNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/721:02Trained ASW crews as capacityNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol10:57Two navies are ordered to become one fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol34:39Italy's paper gunnery advantage never deploysNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol39:39Drache absorbs punishment and stays in the fightNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol41:34The ramming melee sinks Re d'ItaliaChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:14:13Inflatable mothball enclosures and ship preservationNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron4:03:09Why six hulls may mean two deployable shipsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune16:21Amazon watches invasion ports on the Dutch coastNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune19:22Parker, Nelson, and Amazon prepare for CopenhagenChapter
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity1:01:04Advanced submarines still require enough hulls for availabilityNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!28:30Coppered hulls and fresh water turn readiness into speedNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy53:17A fleet without loss capacity is strategically brittleNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:45:31No major navy entered the Second World War fully readyQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:54:23French confidence exceeded French naval readinessQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:46:12A balanced fleet for alliances that can changeNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 178119:45Hyde Parker asks for better ships and younger officersNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 230:17Counter-piracy sustains readiness and maritime primacyNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 213:47Credible presence begins with ships and crewsNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 17:51Why Camperdown offers a near-peer fleet comparisonChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History19:13Roosevelt's twenty-ship argument for naval preparation before warNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History37:49Why Modern Naval Strategy ties battleships to an enemy battle fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History44:28Could Admiral Scheer handle alert coastal battleships?Q&A
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...27:08The world cruise nearly wore out its pre-dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...27:58Carrier operational tempo can undermine visible readinessNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...30:37Peacetime deployments reveal wartime logistics weak pointsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...18:46Far East preparedness and ten-years-away assumptionsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction0:44Béarn's lift traded rapid launches for space savingsNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships0:09The 1889 programme begins a generation of war preparationNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History8:46COVID-19 and naval force readinessQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?3:00Pearl Harbor as a high-risk Japanese gambleChapter
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?2:08:01The long chain of Japanese luckNotable Point
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions10:08Warships covering the Greek evacuation refuel and return with almost no restNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond28:23Readiness and modernisation shape harbour-attack survivalNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"15:08Why late 1861 was an awkward moment for the UnionChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:15:18The 1861 Pacific naval imbalanceQ&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle17:01Why the Allied fleet carried so many senior officersNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle22:19Why one Atlantic cruise could not create readinessNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle24:00Multinational crews and the hierarchy of seamanshipNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:33:58Jean Bart Deployed with Limited ReadinessQ&A
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol52:38Why Lowestoft stayed behind during the Tsingtao crisisNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:33:39Finding naval material and readiness informationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:05:57Escort numbers need maintenance and training marginNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 24:20An unready Danish fleet concentrated at CopenhagenNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 26:14Denmark's strategic bind and its naval consequencesNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:22:36The Algeciras fleet demonstrationNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...23:56Folkestone's emergency dash to TsingtaoNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:41:22A Pacific war as a warning to Europe's dictatorshipsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:22:47Renown's refit before a Pacific deploymentNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:26:37Japan's 1941 strength cannot be projected into 1939Notable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:00:39Which German capital ships could join an early war?Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:13:50The carrier inventory that actually existed in early 1939Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 429:05American preparedness and British commerce raidingQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:00The American-Japanese coalition problemNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:35Japan's incomplete 1939 carrier forceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 414:29Japanese refits and an unready battle lineNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 420:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 425:34Could newly commissioned Ark Royal be sent east?Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 432:01Concentrating British carriers in the Far EastNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A16:50Why a permanent deployment needs several shipsQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister22:11Personnel growth as the cost of a larger fleetNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville22:15The health cost of preparing the interwar fleetNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)6:21Why small exercises concealed the shipping gapNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video11:32Waiting becomes part of Graf Spee's economic warNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)1:08Royal Navy plans and command arrangements in 1939Chapter