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- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:00Hidden movement, patrols and imperfect knowledge in naval wargamingNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?4:27Why cruiser support called for 28 knotsChapter
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?43:17Combining Soviet surface raiders with submarinesNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers37:46The planned Lexington battlecruisers relied on speed for scoutingNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:03:06What would a Red Navy carrier actually do?Q&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)19:07How the Swordfish and Fulmar combined compatible rolesNotable Point
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s9:52Leone-class scout cruisers as large destroyersChapter
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s11:45The Mediterranean Fleet as an imperial response forceNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered39:36Destroyers double as scouts when cruisers are scarceNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?35:22An aviation flagship has to coordinate several kinds of carrierNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:14:16Breaking the High Seas Fleet opens the BalticChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?5:17Chance and preparation in the encounter with Force ZNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start46:11Using a modern RIB to scout an age-of-sail fleetNotable Point
- How do you Compare & Analyse Warships?1:45First World War Town cruisers and unexpected merchant raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:59A Royal Navy carrier at JutlandQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:30:39What role remains for seaplane tenders?Q&A
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...2:26Gotland as Sweden's mobile reconnaissance hubChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...4:54Sweden adapts the Hawker Osprey to local needsNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...8:34German cruiser aircraft multiply surface-raider reachChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...15:44The Heinkel He 60 provides a basic scout with an engine penaltyNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...31:18Italy needs organic reconnaissance for Mediterranean convoy warChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...41:17Japanese cruiser scouts find targets without exposing carriersChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...47:06Tone-class layout puts air search ahead of balanced gunneryNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...52:09Reliable aircraft and elite crews underpin Japanese scoutingNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...55:14US cruiser scouts locate targets for the battle forceChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...59:29Covert scouts and counter-reconnaissance need different strengthsNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:07:38Royal Navy floatplanes extend global sea controlChapter
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:54HMS Eagle transforms Jutland reconnaissanceQ&A
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...29:02Why a balanced fleet matters more than ship totalsChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...30:18The Pensacola class keeps its scout-cruiser roleNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...37:40Kido Butai's escort strength and surface riskChapter
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:28Why an infantry nano-drone has little naval scouting reachQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers23:40U.S. baby carriers could extend cruiser scoutingChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:47:15Why Douglas Haig might communicate better than Beatty at JutlandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress5:56:06Why six guns could suit a fleet scoutNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:08:27Locating a force without identifying every shipQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:53:04The fragile kill chain behind long-range antiship missilesNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I46:15Why USS Isabel missed the Japanese invasion fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I49:26Why satellites do not make every ship continuously visibleNotable Point
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy10:06The Fleet Air Arm plans a silent night-shadow aircraftNotable Point
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy11:10S.24/37 asks one carrier aircraft to do three jobsChapter
- The Real Life Captain Jack Sparrow: Peter Tordenskjold4:34Independent command in the BalticChapter
- The Real Life Captain Jack Sparrow: Peter Tordenskjold26:17Reconnaissance and surprise inside DynekilenChapter
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:31Where naval Zeppelins repaid Germany's investmentQ&A
- Kaigun-chūjō Gunichi Mikawa: The IJN's Pearl Harbor back up plan42:06Reconnaissance gaps amplify the Savo Island defeatNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?40:54Kinkaid had practical picket forces availableNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?26:11Midway's broken contact and the shadowing problemChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?48:11The Task Force 34 message that left the strait openChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?51:14Why the Royal Navy invested in night shadowingNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?55:24Clear orders and verification as Leyte's lasting lessonChapter
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?11:13A safe pair of hands in reconnaissance commandNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:15A historical analogue for Mass Effect's NormandyQ&A
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…51:49Stealth was essential because Kido Butai could not risk a surface battleChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:06:38Tone-class reconnaissance protected the carrier force's secrecyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?31:42A Japanese-held Midway could become a decisive-battle trapNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?35:05Why submarines struggled to provide tactical scouting reportsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?36:45Long-range missiles still need fresh moving-target dataNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:52Periscope cameras were rare rather than standard in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:09A floatplane Albacore would scout for battleships and cruisersQ&A
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:36:33Japanese reconnaissance failed before the carriers metChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...1:44:26The June 3 warning that Japan left unansweredNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:03:12Concentration as a command-and-control solutionChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:16:20Rearming against the reconnaissance clockNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:54Why naval reconnaissance requirements shaped the Blackburn BlackburnQ&A
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?53:55Scheer's Jutland plan met a changed British forceChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?55:07Jutland intelligence failed in both directionsNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?1:05:14Beatty turned Scheer's trap against himNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:59:05Carrier limits and reconnaissance across the oceansNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?53:38What TSR meant for the Fairey SwordfishNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:37:03Indomitable's reconnaissance could reshape the Malayan campaignChapter
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:11Why Japanese carriers relied on cruiser scoutsQ&A
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...51:22Reconnaissance before the Battle of the Yalu RiverChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:40:16The Aleutian carriers give Japan another chance at MidwayQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:54:54When a large floatplane cruiser could make senseQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1084:53Why Kido Butai was so hard to findChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 10817:09Task Force 3 provides the plausible sightingChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:09:34The scenario exposes America's patrol shortfallChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:19:40A B-17 patrol variant was possible but never fieldedQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:44:53Brooklyn-class cruisers offered the strongest scouting fitQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!37:30American scouts for a faster Grand Fleet divisionNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:06:45Existing cruisers and carrier duties shape fleet quotasNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers11:32A Kaiserliche Marine carrier for tactical reconnaissanceChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers24:15Aquila's case for reconnaissance and fleet air defenceNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers36:17First World War carriers as offset strategiesChapter
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song59:24Why the Supermarine Seagull lost out to helicoptersQ&A
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:01:57Night aviation required trained units as well as skilled pilotsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:03:47Simultaneous searches trigger the battleChapter
- Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 94:14Long service and Cuban Missile Crisis reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Vought F 8 Crusader: The Cold War Corgi! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 916:00Reconnaissance design and supersonic rangeNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!37:18How reconnaissance protected Japan's decisive-battle planQ&A
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin56:33Falklands carrier striking power lacked reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!21:28World War I and Tsingtao: aviation proves its utilityNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:03:05Yugeki zengen sakusen: interception and attrition before the fleet battleChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?8:44Lexington began as a battlecruiser for information warfareChapter
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?1:03:17The Lexington model points toward the modern carrierChapter
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion49:09Carrier reconnaissance enables battle-line gunneryNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:27:20Reconnaissance counters Japan's interception-attrition planChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!55:42Fleet Air Arm institutions shape Hermes's small air groupNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!58:28The Fairey IIID makes Hermes an information carrierNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier33:20From scouting platform to airborne command postChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier55:17Perches, spare trapezes, and a larger airborne carrierNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:08:02The unstable spy basket beneath the cloudsNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:54:59What airborne carriers might have added in wartimeNotable Point
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 83:10Merchant aviation gave the Kriegsmarine only indirect lessonsNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines17:04Reconnaissance range and forgiving carrier handlingNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines20:16Fleet Air Arm control and the observer-led view of air powerChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines1:04:24Tracking Bismarck and the Royal Navy's carrier tradeoffChapter
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment32:40Dardanelles patrols create a steady information flowChapter
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment42:10Ben-my-Chree becomes a regional aviation flagshipChapter
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment1:08:34Could Ben-my-Chree have changed aerial scouting at Jutland?Notable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War17:13Reconnaissance mattered more than early bomb loadsChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War31:50Why Cuxhaven was more than an airship raidNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War35:20Finding Königsberg in the Rufiji DeltaChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War46:05Rutland's aerial sighting at JutlandChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War56:27Why carriers became fleet command nodesNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered58:38The 1920s aircraft that signals a fleet nearbyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:45:35Why a three-person carrier aircrew matteredQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time4:17:23Why Midway's bombardment ships followed the carriersQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?24:06Balloon carriers made information a naval weaponChapter
- 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?32:56How aerial reconnaissance might have changed JutlandNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?34:04HMS Hermes proved seaplane reconnaissance in fleet exercisesNotable Point
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 515:14The PL.4 develops French fleet reconnaissance and spottingChapter
- Pierre Levasseur: A Designer of Note, Key Aircraft Series 1 - Aircraft 531:16The PL.10 family combines reconnaissance with ditching survivalChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids24:11Naval aviation begins as an information systemChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids2:11:49Mission and future air groups define the carrierChapter
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō46:58Enterprise finds Ryūjō and Saratoga sinks herChapter
- Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes48:30HMS Tuna and an expert submarine commanderChapter
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!45:34Beatty's circular searches after losing contactQ&A
- Fairey Albacore: Oh bring back my Stringbag to me, to me - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 322:45A more comfortable but heavier TSR aircraftChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response9:31A carrier's scouting value during Operation BerlinNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:02:36HMS Glorious and the cost of ignoring carrier doctrineQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:10:27German and British carrier doctrine divergeNotable Point
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 246:36Edinburgh and Belfast patrol north of IcelandChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)49:49Fast unloading reduced the ships exposed at the beachheadChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...11:19Mackensen, Ersatz Yorck, and Germany's battlecruiser problemChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...56:47South Dakota and Lexington as a fleet systemChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:24:09Plan Z and the limits of German rearmamentChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:49:20Aircraft spotting and the declining battlecruiser roleNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty18:35Why carrier spotting belongs in capital-ship planningNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:18:21Why battlecruisers do not lead the line of battleQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:43:55A larger Pensacola remains a scout before a cruiser fighterQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:44:32Why Japan keeps the Kongōs instead of converting themQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:22:12The Lexingtons as America's fast scouting forceNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)32:07HMS Pickle reveals the fleet's reconnaissance burdenNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 348:39Renown's reconnaissance design closes the escape routeNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 31:35:21Searching through fog with battlecruisersNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:00:30Kongō class for the Pacific and battle lineChapter
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response5:22Aircraft changed the value of high-speed scouting cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:01:48A simple alternative for HMS GloriousQ&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:59:47How could German raiders shadow a convoy without being clearly spotted?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:26:50Route choice turned bad intelligence into a predictable breakoutChapter
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?2:22:56Carrier aircraft for hunting a scattered convoyNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:01:54Pensacola's gun layout amplified rollingChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:12:29Giussano's speed and exposed aviation facilitiesNotable Point
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 412:22Scouting, information denial, and Japanese rivalsChapter
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation10:26Mayfly and the naval problem of finding the enemyChapter
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation12:44Spotting and shadowing make aircraft combat multipliersNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation21:41Beyond the caricature of the battleship admiralNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation34:45The Blackburn’s information-warfare roleNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation44:41Why the specialist night shadower lost its carrier spaceNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation46:33Integrated sensors are an old naval operating conceptNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation50:14Multi-role carrier aviation and the risk of lost contactNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation51:55The Merlin as a multi-role naval helicopterNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation53:51Modern carriers still serve the information chainChapter
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation58:17The constant missions of naval aviationNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 149:53Why German raider doctrine wanted a carrierChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?50:46Would Canadian battleships have led to carriers?Q&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?52:08The early carrier as an information systemChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?54:42From a reported contact to a carrier strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:15:15Why the Fleet Air Arm made Swordfish its scoutsQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History10:33The RNAS already had a global naval roleChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History23:32Jutland's missed air-reconnaissance opportunityChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:13:53Scout carriers for reconnaissance and raider huntingChapter
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History1:33:34More carrier scouts constrain surface raidersNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7642:20RNAS patrols against U-boats in 1917Notable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7645:13Jutland as the proof of fleet aviationChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7654:42Information is potential until a force can actNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:21:00A Washington treaty category for scout carriersChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:32:01Scout carriers for global cruiser stationsNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:32:17A scout carrier watches the Norwegian coastNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:11:48Scout carriers push Japanese cruisers toward fighting powerQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition3:21:52A victualler brings Hawke the decisive warningNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:56:37Southampton reports the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect2:02U.S. cruisers as the scout forceChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect8:38Pensacola as a purpose-built scout cruiserNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect10:15Pacific scouting and war-plan assumptionsNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect20:22Heavy-cruiser labels versus design purposeNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect37:03Baltimore and the fighting-cruiser culminationChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect41:27Specialized American and general-purpose British cruisersChapter
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?40:20Yak-38s, aircraft identification, and peacetime interceptionNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 3/3: 1965-1991 - Trying to Win Cold War before it turned Hot?49:09Why shadowing Kirov became a political problemNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:17:03Why a cruiser needs a chosen missionChapter
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response20:51Could Cradock shadow von Spee until reinforcements arrived?Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:01:08Balloons offered limited reconnaissance against blockadesQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:30:25How Beatty's reporting constrained Jellicoe at JutlandQ&A
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers0:00Why the Brooklyn class paired firepower with reconnaissanceChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers17:30Why 6-inch volume fire suited the scouting missionChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:31:45Brooklyn's balance carries into the Cleveland classChapter
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1211:44Gefion's Norse namesake and reconnaissance roleNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194116:38German surface raiders need organic air reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194117:27Graf Zeppelin could matter despite a flawed designChapter
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina20:33IMAM Ro.43 gives the fleet organic reconnaissanceChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)22:06Iowa surface action groups still depended on carrier aviationQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)19:33Why modern sensors changed the cruiser’s scouting roleNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:37:02A mission-based definition of the modern cruiserChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion5:00Why the Royal Navy retained six-inch cruisersNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion31:16Battlecruisers as sea-control toolsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:03:42Carrier scouting for a slow American battle lineNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:41:32A forward fleet needs a functioning baseNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:56:01What reinforcement did Pearl Harbor need most?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:03:01How culpable was Kimmel with inadequate resources?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:22:25The fourfold reconnaissance shortfallNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:24:17Why Kimmel searched the southwest approachesChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:34:11Why Catalinas, not bombers, carried the search burdenQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)2:51:01Could carrier aircraft cover the patrol gap?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)28:04How might Japan ambush Allied forces north of the Philippines?Q&A
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)11:42How the heavy-cruiser battle group worksChapter
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound14:45C6N reconnaissance undone by serviceabilityNotable Point
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound36:04Reconnaissance of Ulithi and a fragile launchChapter
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)14:45C6N Saiun reconnaissance and logistical fragilityNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)30:56Why support aircraft and submarines matteredNotable Point
- Operation Tan No 2 (Sound Missing)49:18Reconnaissance disproves the expected second Pearl HarborNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)11:05A reconnaissance chain with modern strike-warfare lessonsNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)43:23Reconnaissance depends on the Nakajima C6NNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)1:03:17Reconnaissance losses before the raidNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)1:38:01Submarine logistics and unreliable reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)1:45:13March reconnaissance fixes the attack dateNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:21:15Truk was the C6N reconnaissance baseQ&A
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol20:00Königsberg as a reconnaissance flagshipChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol54:24Köln and the Fl 282 naval helicopter trialsNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol57:10The Königsbergs as a force-structure lessonChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)43:57Scouting ahead of the destroyer sweepChapter
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:22:31Second Narvik: Warspite, reconnaissance, and fighting destroyersChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)30:24Tone class and reconnaissance-cruiser compromiseChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:30:35Gotland's seaplanes and Baltic reconnaissanceNotable Point
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol42:56The sighting report that exposed the German sortieChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)52:02How Germany might replace lost battlecruiser scoutsQ&A
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)0:55Japanese heavy cruisers as reconnaissance by forceChapter
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)23:59Three cruiser roles in the decisive-battle planChapter
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)46:00Mogami class reconnaissance capacity and conversion costsChapter
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)51:30Tone class aviation park and unreplaceable scoutsNotable Point
- 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
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)1:02:11Essential cruisers, distorted by doctrineChapter
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)1:05:38The intelligence sequence behind Kantai KessenChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?40:31Cruisers caught between scouting and battle-line supportChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:10:25One broad role for very different cruiser designsQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:53:04A reconnaissance cruiser needs aircraft, not another gun turretNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:59:04The risk of making an 8-inch cruiser do scouting workQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:02:11Should an aircraft-heavy scout cruiser seek local superiority?Q&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:03:08Tone's all-guns-forward and all-aircraft-aft compromiseChapter
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:19:31Force reconnaissance was not the same as post-battle mopping upQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:20:11Ibuki's conversion points toward the carrier solutionNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:32:31Agano and the late-war scouting problemNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:43:47Japanese cruisers depended on controlling the engagementQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?2:46:12Ōyodo's reconnaissance layout concentrated risk aftChapter
- 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
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli5:06Reconnaissance, a world cruise, and naval educationChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli28:37Comparing Italian, Japanese, and German fleet balanceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War7:58Zeppelins, scouting, and German risk theoryChapter
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail18:29How early frigates acquired familiar cruising rolesQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:11:32Did the Allies fail to scout the Dardanelles minefields?Q&A
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune16:21Amazon watches invasion ports on the Dutch coastNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers2:00Battlecruisers link sea control to economic warfareChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!2:17:04Holland's mission unfolded under armed surveillanceChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments7:30Twilight visibility in the 1696 Dogger Bank actionQ&A
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 231:05The Supermarine Seal served carriers as a flexible search aircraftChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction3:08Why naval aviation began with reconnaissanceChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction10:38What naval reconnaissance can teach space warfareNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction32:14Why fleets needed organic air powerChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192022:27USS T-1 and the fleet-submarine experimentChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192031:22Why a fleet submarine was not a cheaper cruiserQ&A
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers6:00The cruiser as a long-range patrol shipChapter
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint23:21Why aircraft did not eliminate cruiser scoutingQ&A
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII1:46The Fairey Seafox at the River PlateChapter
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII3:19Designing a reconnaissance floatplane for light cruisersNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation14:15Reconnaissance and spotting turn separate ships into a networked fleetNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 3 of 4: The Difficult Next Generation17:52The three-seat Fairey Seal points toward the SwordfishChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond11:27Why a second strike at Taranto was not pursuedNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,38:38British destroyers strike the Narvik forceChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour2:25Charles Lamb's reconnaissance errand and unofficial wartime historyNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour4:26Convoy dispersal conceals the northward turnNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour4:59Why lost maintainers and stores reduced Italian air operationsNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour8:30A Sunderland gives the final confirmationNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 2 of 3: Fleet Air Arm's Finest Hour1:01:47Why Charles Lamb thought he was the only survivorNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark9:22Henderson creates a specialist carrier-planning staffChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:21:01Operation MB8 hides the real objectiveChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:24:30Missing scouts leave a misleading intelligence pictureNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:32:35Swordfish attack the reconnaissance aircraft that could find the fleetNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:36:52Carrier fighters create a reconnaissance blind spot east of MaltaNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:53:19Damage to battleships and reconnaissanceChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:47:03Planning the second wave's harbour approachChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:02:35How aircrews recognized ships in the harbourQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:28:00Why Italy did not find Illustrious after launchQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:44:10Why Sydney's seaplane was not launchedQ&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson13:16Operational speed sends Nelson past the FrenchNotable Point
- Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video1:45Cabin space for long reconnaissance sortiesNotable Point
- Blackburn R.1 Blackburn - 4 Minute Video2:45A full-depth fuselage for three crew and fuelNotable Point
- Blackburn T.5 Rippon - 2 Minutes (ish)1:58The Ripon II's fuel system for fourteen-hour reconnaissanceNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers3:33Eagle and the cruiser-carrier roleNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers6:49Formidable as a battle-fleet support carrierChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers41:10Why the Swordfish kept returning to depleted air groupsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:49:24Testing Napoleon's view of naval commandNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:09:48A failed radio delays contact with Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/36:44How the Arctic summer exposed convoysChapter
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/317:48When an established convoy routine became a liabilityNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:42Night fighting and the problem of finding BirminghamNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4351:37Radar reconnaissance let Somerville track an enemy that could not find himNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)53:21Dispersal created a fleeting counterattack opportunityNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War7:43British flying boats as fleet reconnaissance assetsChapter
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War10:45Japanese seaplane tenders and forward reconnaissanceNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War16:30Catalina search radius and force employmentChapter
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War21:00Singapore's Catalina reconnaissance shortfallNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War28:19Rohrbach Ro X Romar and the pusher layoutNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)20:24How the Tribals were meant to support cruisersChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:04:29Grey paint is not the main issue for satellitesQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy22:31Why battlecruisers lost the scouting roleQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:13:12How carriers planned night strikes before radarQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:56:02Radar's value to British night carrier doctrineQ&A
- Namsos & the Central Norway Campaign (Norway 80)1:31Tribal-class destroyers enabled reconnaissance and landingsChapter
- The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)3:23Warspite's Swordfish exposes the ambushesNotable Point
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video24:01Liverpool's scouting tools and visible presenceChapter
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video0:09Graf Spee loses her last working Arado scoutChapter
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video0:53The Arado's offensive and defensive scouting rolesNotable Point
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video1:57Graf Spee's radar and the limits of target identificationChapter
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video3:19Ammunition and escape constraints at River PlateNotable Point
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video4:38Shipboard aviation facilities and independent scoutingChapter
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video5:39A proposal for VLS-launched scouting and attack dronesNotable Point
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video6:08The Arado lesson: reconnaissance needs redundancyChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)20:35Narvik used the Tribals as fleet scouts and gun-heavy destroyersChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)29:04Tribals linked Cunningham's forces at Cape MatapanChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)33:20Tribals hunted Japanese movement ahead of a possible Singapore returnChapter