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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?1:04:45Training budgets, gunnery drill, and the memory of TrafalgarNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live28:15Rebuilding Napoleon's navy around training, Toulon and GibraltarQ&A
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...37:46How barrel wear restricted gun-crew trainingNotable Point
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...45:48Assessing the destroyer that the yard actually builtNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:41Training habits and missile expenditure in combatNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?27:05Turbine manufacture, crew demands and machinery redundancyNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...15:28Marmion's rescue work after the Hoste and Negro collisionChapter
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:46Why navies retain sail training shipsQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:30:58Radar performance and practice at seaNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...24:12What was at stake in the 1940 fleetChapter
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live20:02Did explosive training produce fish dinners?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:44:11Why more ships would not quickly transform the postwar Indian NavyQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:46:53Nelson-class blast damage and training restrictionsQ&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars3:25Interwar destroyer training and calculated riskNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars17:00Fleet screening and the drop-back manoeuvreNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars19:12What did warships practise besides gunnery?Q&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars46:15Asdic contact and coordinated depth-charge attacksNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars47:03How air exercises overlooked attacks on destroyersNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:36:44Would more radar practice improve its wartime use?Q&A
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?1:09:40How early U-boat losses weaken later officer trainingNotable 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?1:15:01Honda Point and the discipline of navigationQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:08:22Why impressment gave way to professional serviceQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:19:32Where untrained men fitted aboard shipQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:40:46Navigation exams and the captain's tableChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:01:56Where powder monkeys came fromQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:14:38How midshipmen learned command during battleNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:00:28Training reform without a pastoral information systemChapter
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:42Twelve F-35As, conversion training, and nuclear availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:02The most competent fleet in naval historyQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:16Are India's 45,000-ton carriers too small?Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:47Could new Canadian SSKs bridge the wait for nuclear submarines?Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:18Flag officers and their senior enlisted counterpartsQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today23:03Destroyer command builds future fleet leadersNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today26:27Information overload and the judgment learned in destroyersNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today29:20Exercise bias understates destroyer air defenceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today50:30Destroyer gunfire on the Belgian coast and the rewards for fast crewsNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy28:18Why educating successors was part of an officer's jobNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy39:40Partition left India ships but weakened naval training infrastructureNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy40:53INS Delhi, ship culture, and learning cruiser commandChapter
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy45:08HMS Birmingham: fuel economy limited practical cruiser trainingNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy51:03Institutional memory and coaching in a navy under transitionNotable Point
- Ram Dass Katari: Father of the Modern Indian Navy1:05:50Division duties: daily conversations between officers and sailorsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...57:38Commissioning crews write the operating manualChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...1:01:14Major refits require revised operating manualsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...1:03:10Fleet exercises reveal integration problemsChapter
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century20:51Disaster response and overseas training in Kawano's service recordNotable Point
- Admiral Katsutoshi Kawano: The defining Chief of Staff of Japan's Joint Staff of 21st Century43:17Submarine availability and constant force readinessNotable Point
- Japans Cold War Destroyers: Building up a Navy the Right Way...1:06:46Hatakaze combines group command with a heavily armed destroyerNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....46:21Visible gun count can outweigh effective firepower in public judgmentNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:19:48Splitting one class between propulsion systems weakens commonalityQ&A
- Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII32:39Expanded wartime crews change the risks of live-weapon trainingNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima47:22Destroyer crews benefited from close cooperationNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima53:25Towing torpedo craft to Tsushima reduced trainingNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)26:06Béarn is limited but still usefulNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:39:38Early U-boat losses could damage Germany's training cadreNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:02:05Experienced aircrews could strengthen new carrier squadronsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:13:39A larger carrier force could improve Ark Royal's damage controlNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:17:58A slower U-boat expansion risks losing its training cadreNotable Point
- Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI21:38Mirabello's coal allowance, training, and Adriatic defensesChapter
- Admiral Arleigh Burke: The Convenor of the Modern US Navy...54:43Daniel Webster's training role and uncertain preservationNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?33:13Long ship lives connect generations of crewsNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)19:31Why Royal Navy commissions were not purchasedQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)58:09Naval examinations, Marine commissions, and warrantsNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:10:17Personnel cuts create a naval training problemNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....42:20Destroyers become independent diplomatic and combat assetsNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More41:07Could American first rates break the British blockade?Notable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:06Who gets tested on historical English?Notable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:47Why modern officers still learn sextant navigationNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service58:00Navies simulate fire damage with very different risk tolerancesQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:44:17Stirling power loses its submarine advantage on the surfaceQ&A
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...3:42Harwich Force turns aggression into a methodChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...8:24Vian's handling accident tests the value of candourNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...31:03Harwich memory becomes an institutional systemNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...45:05A Greenwich floor fits wargaming, but was that its purpose?Notable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...45:05Night exercises build delegated destroyer commandChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...49:19Night competence required risky practical trainingNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:13:40Flotilla tactics turn torpedo numbers into a weaponNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global55:37A deep destroyer reserve made aggressive training affordableNotable Point
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live31:15Norway's surviving U-boat crews supported later German expansionNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:27Damen's catalogue of standard naval designsNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202655:37Modernizing another navy's ships as a design exerciseNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:48:50Technical entry standards and the cost of training recruitsQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:49:46Civilian mechanics, naval reservists, and ships kept in ordinaryNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:52:33American recruiting examples: aptitude, technical training, and service commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:00:23Carrier damage-control lessons reach the captainNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:31:08Recruiting more personnel: pay, accommodation, and trainable fitnessQ&A
- The World Naval Review 2026: A Great Key Book Series8:22Japan pairs a 50-combatant goal with rolling submarine productionNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...1:03:36Swordfish night attacks and the price of trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:55Replacing cruisers with the game's Minotaur in 1935Q&A
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 315:05Expansion timing shapes naval aviation trainingNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 331:17Carrier damage control depends on specialist knowledgeNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 335:15Why warrant officers practiced strategic planningNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:24Why reactor-circuit water was no place to make teaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:16:49Kandahar's exercises beside the losses on the Tobruk runNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:52:11Why new ships alone could not fix the Ottoman NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:11:49Why Pakistan lost the naval war of 1971Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress6:43:25The small pool of German battleship commanders in 1939Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:56:12Why a CIC did not make the U.S. Navy expert at night fightingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress10:23:38How far a Tribal-class officer could move forward in timeQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:37:23How the Reichsmarine could build experience under treaty limitsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:30:26Twelve Dingyuans would still need ammunition and trained crewsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida8:13:29Checking crew and fire-control assumptions after a simulated defeatNotable Point
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:34A frigate matters more than a new sail training shipNotable Point
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?17:48Training, disposal, and battle-damage costsNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...10:37HMS Seahorse and Nelson's first combatChapter
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...1:01:16Age-of-sail navies built commanders from adolescenceNotable Point
- What if duing the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Vice Admiral Ching Lee does a Nelson at Copenhagen?25:52Destroyer culture rewarded attacks against stronger shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:52Why aircraft carriers counter-flood earlier than other warshipsNotable Point
- HMS Gorgon(HNoMS Nidaros) takes part in the First Battle of Narvik21:44Why confined-water training mattered at NarvikNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:17:26Taranto as a twenty-year set-piece operationNotable Point
- Battle of Actium(31BC); Last Gasp of the Roman Republic34:34Agrippa's trained fleet executes the planChapter
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:50Swordfish observers flew amid leaking fuel at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:27Why the Perisher course can allow a second attemptNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:39Aggression, mistakes, and destroyer command cultureNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:02Augustus Agar after his coastal-motor-boat raidNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:24:03Why submarine commanders now get a second Perisher attemptQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:54The Royal Navy's weekly command warNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:03When exercise habits delay wartime decisionsNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:26Rebuilding the Russian Navy from training upwardQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:41The limited answer on Royal Navy close-quarters trainingQ&A
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s0:00Why fleets needed pilotless aerial targetsChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s8:54Recoverable Queen Bees gave fleets realistic moving targetsNotable Point
- Battle of Gravelines 1588: Point of No Return for the Spanish Armada1:08:24The Armada's lesson in planning and logisticsNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power1:15:57When Camperdown's signal book gave way to mission commandNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:22:50How capable were Dutch crews in the 1790s?Q&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?1:23:58Battlecruisers as Dominion flagshipsChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?3:15:20Beatty with a standardized battlecruiser-fleet staffQ&A
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!24:57King's naval-training reform struggled to change the bureau systemNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII1:26:22H68 served Britain, the Netherlands, and Germany across two warsNotable Point
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?17:05Why a conventional officer can win with a superior fleetNotable Point
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?36:27Could Sweden have broken the Russian line at Öland?Notable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)2:48:42What kept Swedish forces competitive with Russia?Q&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:55Why Iron Duke was retained as the gunnery training shipQ&A
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List51:10Eugeniusz Plawski helps build and preserve the Polish NavyChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?7:51Scheer's ordinary start concealed practical strengthsChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?33:17George Tryon's loss made subordinate judgment essentialNotable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic11:23HMS Excellent and Jellicoe's gunnery standardsChapter
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic58:29Gunnery coaching that earned Grand Fleet trustNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:20How destroyer flotillas cultivated extreme aggressionQ&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:02:54When did naval radar become effective?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:54:44How the S-boat threat wore down convoy escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:39How navies preserve institutional knowledgeQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:18Why early U-boat losses had a compounding personnel costNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?3:28Narvik cost Germany the crews needed to rebuild its destroyer armNotable Point
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:30Did trainees sleep aboard British school ships?Q&A
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina23:21From decorated captain to naval institution-builderChapter
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:43Why global deployments gave the Royal Navy a torpedo-testing advantageNotable Point
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?28:49A large capital ship can double as a training platformNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:03:27Why Ark Royal's air group was ready for BismarckNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:11:24Why modern sailing warships still carry enginesQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:51Ships of the line as twentieth-century training shipsQ&A
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:34:52Rickover imprints standards on the Nuclear NavyChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:39:51Elite identity and status in the submarine serviceNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live57:58How did navies borrow institutions and practice?Q&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live1:54:18Were Establishments mainly meant to help crews find their way?Q&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:38:56What kept gun crews busy outside battle?Q&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:36Forward presence needs maintenance and less paperworkQ&A
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:41:09Sydney Dacres integrates the ironclad fleetChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:01:36Funding reform could reach beyond naval technologyNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...58:20Why drill requires discipline under fireNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:02:02Why mutiny does not automatically mean indisciplineNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:08:27Teaching officers and organizing the Standing FleetChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:34:07Why delay favored the Beiyang FleetNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...1:35:29The operational culture Tōgō left JapanChapter
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:48:33Why navigators still need charts and dead reckoningNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:10:52High-alert carrier operations carry fratricide riskNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates33:30Shipboard maps helped wartime recruits find their wayNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates49:44Commonwealth navies operating as one wartime systemNotable Point
- Battle of Elli14:02Admiral Tufnell's mission rebuilds the Hellenic NavyChapter
- Battle of Elli1:53:27Why concentrated Ottoman fire struggled against AverofNotable Point
- Battle of Elli2:13:15Elli shows why ships alone do not make a fleetNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 41:04:20Building common naval culture in a fragmented ageQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 916:18Why Tiger was not rushed into action before she was readyNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 938:28Henry Pelly and the rapid creation of a reliable crewChapter
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview1:46:01Command decisions, uncertain contacts, and active sonarChapter
- Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes36:05Merchant mariners supplied experienced corvette commandersChapter
- The Roman Navy with Simon Elliot... #2Historians22:19Roman galley rowers were usually professionalsChapter
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo1:25:38Sealion's radar approach against KongōChapter
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/415:33How First World War failures shaped Royal Navy preparationNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/436:51Why storm-battle training could not follow a timetableQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:15:35The U class: small training boats and underwater performanceChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS17:02Formed for Ark Royal's intended Far East serviceChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS20:44How the Fleet Air Arm spread hard-won experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax2:00:17How an early-1910s warship called action stationsQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:28:20Sail training ships are useful inheritances, not first-priority purchasesQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...20:10Spain would need trained crews and dockyards as well as shipsNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!32:18Officer losses and French naval effectivenessNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!43:11Why France used American carrier-training facilitiesNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut1:06:45Fujian's importance and Kuznetsov's uncertain successorChapter
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage28:33Damage-control practice preserves institutional memoryNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s18:29Sloops and cruisers as foundations for Commonwealth naviesNotable Point
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier0:42Institutional memory and the submarine ambush ethosChapter
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier3:19How Tribal destroyers and the SAS built operational identitiesNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:13:07Starting a new navy with subchasers and a training flagshipQ&A
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 211:45Training a fleet while prioritising carriersNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:07:34Capital ships and light carriers for Australia and CanadaNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:11:25Colonial escorts and joint imperial fleetsNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:35:34Swedish national service, delegated command, and Norwegian rearmamentNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:38:39Why Britain and America gain most from the delayChapter
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!10:50The promise and danger of quality over massNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:04:23Jutland, cruiser losses, and the British appetite for risky trainingNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff24:21Observer corps careers and limits on aviation trainingNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?40:48Melbourne and the limits of peacetime readinessNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign14:23Weather, radar, and crew quality in a capital-ship duelChapter
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign21:48Why veteran crews can justify modernizationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:53:34US battleships and Grand Fleet gunnery readinessNotable Point
- Bruships Gothenborg style...39:58Fatigue, training, and human factors aboard warshipsNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 330:45Choosing a commander without weakening Japan's home fleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 338:49Harwich could accelerate Japanese destroyer experienceNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 340:13Fuso could bring a Japanese divisional commander into the Grand FleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 345:46Squadron naming and seniority complicate Japanese integrationNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 349:34Rosyth's crowded anchorage could encourage gunnery rotationsNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191222:14The aviation bureau inherited a training bottleneckNotable Point
- Japanese Naval Aviation Organisation; Going their own way from 191229:19Front-line experts were not recycled into trainingNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:00:15Armored hangars protected skilled people as well as aircraftNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right6:15Early carriers trained the next generation of damage-control officersNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission45:16Learning a cruiser command through private conversationsChapter
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission50:59Building the Kriegsmarine's officer corpsNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:44:34Why old British capital ships could build Dominion naviesQ&A
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?39:07Competitive fleet exercises need freedom and real incentivesNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:33:47Rebuilding the Spanish Navy from 1890Q&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:54:50How Britain would support a larger Canadian fleetQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins44:08Why a carrier's accident rate may spike during workupsQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:00:47A powder explosion revealed Essex's collapsing command systemNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers43:29Useful volume and simpler armament define design efficiencyNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions22:41Which South American navies sustained professional standardsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:50:11What British night training could and could not change for AtlantaNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)1:00824 Squadron trains the Royal Navy's Merlin submarine huntersChapter
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)56:01Merlin integration supports continuous Royal Navy ASW readinessChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London46:04Would Soviet competition push Britain toward higher-pressure boilers?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:20:42Would Britain sell older carriers to the Soviet Union?Q&A
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 812:01A carrier air group had to exist before Graf Zeppelin entered serviceNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:07:30Ad hoc destroyer pairings eroded Japan's prewar night-fighting systemChapter
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:19:54Was U.S. Navy night fighting inherently inferior?Q&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:43:13Why receiving more frigates does not guarantee a better fleetQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:53:53Advanced equipment still needs operational knowledgeNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids38:25The Hermes name links carrier training, the Falklands, and ViraatNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books55:36Fleet size, promotion, and personnel retentionQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI37:31Old hulls become training infrastructureChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?26:26Reserve fleets need exercises and realistic readiness ratiosNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?40:49Two Bramble-class generations outlast their original eraChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:05:11HMS Philomel becomes a foundation of New Zealand naval powerChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:14:24A reserve fleet depends on training and support infrastructureNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:35:39Preserving German naval expertise after VersaillesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:54:15The limits of rebuilding Napoleon's navyQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:28:30How rolling affected sloop deck-gun fireQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:18:53Perisher needs a command step after the courseQ&A
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 830:28Diamond's construction and peacetime serviceChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response35:23A carrier is an aircraft, crew, and doctrine systemNotable Point
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 940:12Why Hipper selected Seydlitz as his flagshipChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?7:18What a common capital-ship hull changesNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat43:34Comparing wartime naval officer trainingQ&A
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:04:05Bernard Austin from destroyer combat to naval administrationChapter
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?1:11:05Modern ships still depended on trained crewsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series40:58World War II priorities varied by navyQ&A
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 743:37Post-war service and the end of the OrionsNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...1:40:03Could the Kriegsmarine still train in the Baltic?Q&A
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)6:59Why attacking in columns demanded trained crewsChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)10:48Villeneuve faced Nelson with defeat already in mindNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)25:25France rebuilt ships faster than naval experienceChapter
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics4:17:50A cautious assessment of PLAN professionalismQ&A
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 923:24Northampton’s overseas, reserve, and training careerNotable Point
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 942:21Fairfax carries forward a political admiral’s workNotable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1015:48Sloop assignments show deliberate prewar ASW specializationChapter
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1018:57Shikari showed where Johnny Walker's skills layChapter
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?47:49A spare-parts shortage also becomes a training shortageNotable 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
- What Cannon is right for this ship?14:53Recoil, rate of fire, and gunnery trainingChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:25:21Exercise Sunrise exposes carrier limits in bad weatherNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:27:32Anson and Howe train the fleet under fuel and manpower restrictionsNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:54:03Submarine escape training as a test of pressure and nerveChapter
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:41:48The crew constraint on small marine reactorsNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology18:07Ironclads demanded skills sail-era fleets lackedNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology36:57Re d'Italia shows why drill mattersChapter
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology41:43Powder without shot exposes unready gun crewsNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology50:23Why historians study mistakes made in bloodNotable Point
- Fleets of Lissa(1866): Lessons for Technology52:04Lissa's central lesson: technology needs trainingChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!14:21Chesapeake and Shannon: training over excusesNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!18:40Using 1812 to criticize a neglected navyChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!34:36The simple theory: build and train the right fleetNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!43:02Monroe Doctrine and peace with honorChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!49:00Preparation matters more than impressive hardwareNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:38:27Roosevelt's War of 1812 history and the purpose of heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:45:01Training and discipline at Shannon and ChesapeakeNotable 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
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)24:37A young Wren's result changes fleet instructionNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane49:19HMAS Castlemaine's second life as a training shipNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 320:01A rebuilt Warspite still carries old mechanical problemsNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon47:49Poor shells create pressure for more accurate fireNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:24:56Night-fighting reform survives a shorter JutlandNotable Point
- How do Navies Learn from War24:24Teaching a lesson without exposing its sourceNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:37:30Small warships as command and presence assetsQ&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?29:29Did interwar German naval service necessarily expose officers to foreign views?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?30:23World cruises broadened Lütjens, but the Reichsmarine narrowed his command pathChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?58:01Karlsruhe's world cruise offered a rare chance to develop junior officersNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:25:12Technology without practice in the First World War U.S. NavyQ&A
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:39:30Ships were easier to replace than experienced crewsNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:09:23Ranger received a smaller refit for night-fighter trainingNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō51:11Kasuga Maru teaches Togo how a warship worksNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 38:59What the unusual turret position gained and lostNotable Point
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 1029:01Renown's final service as a training and support shipChapter
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:39:23Blanco Encalada as training base and political symbolNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History54:50More carriers create an industrial reserveQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:08:22Dominion crews gain experience through the wider fleetQ&A
- Navigation: From Coastal Tracking to Satelite Navigation33:47GPS denial makes old navigation skills strategically relevantNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:03:50Canadian experience built inside the Royal NavyChapter
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition3:10:55How months of blockade improved health and fighting practiceNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron20:59Blockade service as a school of experienceNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:10:31Hawke rolled up the French rear with local superiorityChapter
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy47:47Denmark's unused strength and training gapNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy1:09:05The cost of Copenhagen's static defenceNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay19:30Naval training and the peacetime cost of readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books3:59:41Why a cork-filled battleship target did not need to sinkQ&A
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)2:39:39Captain in merchant service, navigator in a warshipQ&A
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)2:45:58Age, sea time, and the lieutenant’s examinationQ&A
- Blockade!!38:01Pellew's loose blockade against French exercisesNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?28:47Pilot pipelines and maintainability shape carrier enduranceNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response47:26Exeter work-up and crew readinessNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts27:23Practical 4.7-inch versus 4.5-inch rates of fireQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts56:33Exeter's crew workup and changing gunnery performanceQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:55:27Could a skilled crew overcome Bearn's slow lifts?Q&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class0:39Small wars expose neglected naval readinessNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen54:09Halsey trained at the Pacific Missile RangeNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19912:45:20Pravda-class submarines combined large size with training and transport rolesNotable 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?53:42Fleet funding priorities shaped readiness and trainingChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class11:36Naval strategy begins with procurement, training, and infrastructureNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class29:02Calypso's sailing-squadron, survey, and salvage serviceNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class52:34Training ships, reserve drill ships, and inherited namesNotable Point
- Soviet Navy Part 2/3: 1939-6520:39Submarine attrition and purges destroyed institutional learningNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers36:05Gun handling turned personnel into part of deterrenceNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response18:11Why the Royal Navy delayed higher-pressure boilersNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response20:40Could Georgios Averof upset the Spanish Navy?Q&A
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1246:22HMS Sutlej's escort, training, and convoy careerChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1255:01HMS Hogue's service and Heligoland supportChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:12:45Euryalus from fleet flagship to Gallipoli and the Red SeaChapter
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:15:38Why a blue-water navy requires experience as well as shipsQ&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)6:20A balanced fleet needs supporting craft and infrastructureChapter
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)27:37Asama's three-war service ends in gunnery trainingChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)30:47Diadem's global service in an era of rapid changeChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)48:09Andromeda becomes a radio experiment and training establishmentChapter
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers11:08Sverdlov's four overlapping missionsChapter
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers41:47Helicopter trials widened the class's training and experimental valueNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers44:03Alexander Suvorov's Aden broadside made gunboat diplomacy literalNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers49:09Admiral Senyavin linked a Northern Sea Route transfer with Far East presenceNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers1:13:55Project 70E turned a Sverdlov into a missile test shipNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:03:47Rainbow's purchase tests operating-cost assumptionsNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)1:15:31Sirius moves from China Station service to the Ostend raidNotable Point
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 48:10Medea's collision, repair, and mine-training roleNotable Point
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 420:35Reserve cruisers as a mobilization and training assetChapter
- 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
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?1:15:11Breslau breaks formation to reinforce the lineNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:21:45Mass production makes escort carriers the dominant US typeChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:46:00Why the IJN built dedicated training shipsQ&A
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p315:11Prince Alfred's Royal Navy education and commandsChapter
- Town Class (1911): Chathams49:16Brisbane sustains training, exchanges, and submarine supportChapter
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194221:40Choose one naval change for January 1937Notable 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 War38:14Why Spain's Manila cruisers could not fight as a fleetChapter
- Cruiser Actions of the 1898 Spanish American War46:02Protected cruisers overwhelm unprotected cruisers at ManilaNotable Point
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War44:22Dewey builds a cruiser squadron for warChapter
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:28:59Cost saving and Spain's neglected fleet trainingQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.52:46Was HMAS Australia suited to be a floating university?Q&A
- Northampton Class: US Treaty Cruisers (Long Patrol)32:39USS Louisville as training ship, rescuer, and neutral gold carrierChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:58:38Reservists, qualifications, and wartime naval expansionChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)45:32Junon links peacetime training to expeditionary warNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:01:53What was the French Navy good at?Q&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)1:05:00How escort mass could disrupt U-boat learningNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)3:40Why ships and crews still require fleet trainingNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:12:49Magpie turns practical surveys into real-world trainingChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)50:33Harwich Force and training for aggressive commandChapter
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)38:33Wars use operational ships and worked-up crewsNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)39:12How preparation creates opportunities for luckNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)39:52What interwar ASDIC exercises taught - and distortedChapter
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)51:29Peripheral vision as a movement-detection toolNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)42:34Savo Island: the outcome was not proof of designNotable Point
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future1:22:43Isolation turns the Grand Fleet into a practiced forceNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:03:39What effective naval damage control demandsQ&A
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)34:08From damaged cruiser to training ship and Baltic supportNotable Point
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)43:29Experimentation did not require preserving a poor arrangementNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)9:06Crews and formations turn ships into doctrineNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)43:26Dutch destroyers lose their planned formationChapter
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)2:38A cadet-training cruiser built to make a statementChapter
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)7:39An Ottoman order became an Argentine training shipNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:18:35The institutional reform that could transform the Georgian NavyQ&A
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#13:42Kimmel's reputation as a gunnery officerNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#14:25Training detail as a command strength and riskNotable Point
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#31:33Cancelled exercises and a fleet short of suppliesChapter
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)15:00How pre-dreadnought habits outlasted the typeNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)46:54Cuniberti, Percy Scott, and William Sims on battery standardizationNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)16:00Kimmel's practical readiness measuresChapter
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)55:30Why submarines avoided Great White Fleet-style cruisesQ&A
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships1:21:44Battleships as schools for warfighting during peaceNotable Point
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)3:38Twelve centuries of peace and combat readinessNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)31:37Were galley oarsmen slaves or elite crew?Q&A
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:10:57Experience reserves and the cost of larger galleysNotable Point
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)1:17:26Rome abandons the corvus and trains for maneuverChapter
- Battle of the Aegates (241BC)2:07:16Did Rome build a navy in 23 years?Q&A
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol29:52Karlsruhe's training cruises and welded-hull weaknessChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol47:37Köln's cruises rebuilt presence and exposed her designNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol53:17Köln's Australian visits and a naval football matchNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol36:38Ushakov and Russian naval effectivenessChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today56:29Ushakov's fleet training and aggressive tacticsNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:09:39Crew confidence as part of naval presenceNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)45:58Fleet command: display, discipline, and initiativeNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)32:26Lieutenant qualification and gunnery training aboard HMS ExcellentChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:11:05A fleet rehearsal ashore provokes FisherNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:44:17A limited case for Beresford's reforming roleNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:24:36Beresford's inconsistent support for officer trainingQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:40:08How a fleet uses one month of warningQ&A
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)38:06Modern systems and training overtook the cost of the hullNotable Point
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)32:24Attentive and the risks of destroyer-style trainingNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:04:18Why peacetime ASDIC trials had limitsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:29:02How Jellicoe tightened ammunition handling after JutlandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:06:55Why a replacement carrier is not immediately combat-readyQ&A
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)52:01Radar refit and working up HMS KentNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:22:57How often destroyers and submarines trained togetherQ&A
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)15:00Why early beacons depended on specialist aircrewNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII39:01How the Royal Navy trained for night fighting before radarQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII41:27Training let Cunningham plan around a fleet action after darkNotable 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 WWII49:24Roger Keyes sold night fighting as proof of naval proficiencyNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII55:00Why German night fighting did not meet expectationsQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:16:02Why interwar destroyers made night fighting their momentChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:44:28Calculated risk was part of destroyer training cultureNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:08:36Commonwealth navies learned night fighting from the same instructionsQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:27:22Italian night-fighting skill remained concentrated in small elite unitsQ&A
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?46:42Pearl Harbor as a forward-base problemChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov27:24Why Mahan questioned the steam-age naval meleeNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov49:09Roosevelt on training rather than national characterChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:10:04How should Roosevelt's racial language be read?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:09:04Training shipboard AI without spreading corruptionQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary38:29Experienced Swordfish crews after carrier lossesQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)8:57Robert Blake versus Nelson as naval commandersQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)54:55Investment, training, and officer losses in the French navyQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:09:52Why numbers did not decide TrafalgarQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:14:23Why sea time forged Nelson's captains into a teamQ&A
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion27:16HMS Africa and independent combat initiativeChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion31:16Sea-going training gives the Royal Navy tactical depthNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion40:20Paper plans fail without ships and crewsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion41:09French design and British fighting enduranceNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders1:18How blockade weakened French commandChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders23:36Rosily, hydrography, and active sea serviceChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders27:02Amiens and France's lost training opportunityNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/443:59Carriers and the Japanese pilot-training problemQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:40:14Cruisers as a training fleet for ChinaNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy0:26Submarine quality depends on trained crewsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 5/11 Building a Navy7:34Doctrine did not produce a balanced French fleetChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)27:18How news of recent battles circulated through a navyQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class29:44M23's journey from expeditionary monitor to reserve drill shipNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books1:03:05English-language equipment and Royal Indian Navy recruitingQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/711:56Wolfpacks, intelligence, and veteran lossesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/721:02Trained ASW crews as capacityNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/71:53Why ancient ramming does not translateNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/77:42Ramming invites the enemy to cross the TChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant8:19Mobilizing a cruiser Walrus aircrewNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)18:54Jimmy Thach and the training cycleNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:24:41The survivors expose Japan's training trapNotable Point
- Kantai Kessen: The Battle of the Philippine Sea 1944 (Long Patrol)1:25:49Lee refuses to gamble on night battleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune12:05Amazon trains sails and guns before convoy dutyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune19:22Parker, Nelson, and Amazon prepare for CopenhagenChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:32:04Royal Navy and RAF navigator trainingQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:44:04What the loss of IRIS Kharg suggested about damage controlNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:54:02The HMS Tiger training-ship tradeoffQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:49:05Royal Navy night training versus night-fighting doctrineQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class27:47Marshal Soult and Marshal Ney find long second livesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19072:00How a fleet reserve preserves wartime capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War31:41Destroyer routine and Operation Hats in the MediterraneanChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:19:25Tiger's guns destroyed an expensive target aircraftNotable Point
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies2:14:51When did sailors have to know how to swim?Q&A
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies2:44:10Beiyang leadership and training declineQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland43:17Newfoundland's reconstruction and postwar East Indies dutiesChapter
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers1:10:43Why did wartime cruisers still carry practice rounds?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:13:21Uganda returns as HMCS QuebecNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:20:12Newfoundland's Pacific operations and postwar reconstructionChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan58:29Where emergency naval crews would come fromQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:14:55Why a cheaper new P-3 could cost more than extra P-8sQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:24:28Retention and the Royal Navy's specialist shortagesChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:26:22Widening women's technical and nursing roles in the NavyChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:27:26Pay, family separation, and moving between regular and reserve serviceNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 178120:18Dogger Bank as a test of crews and commandNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19161:36:16French-built ships created a Russian training problemNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations8:16How the Royal Navy trains with foreign naviesQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:19:12Older veterans as technical instructorsQ&A
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 212:17Alliances turn naval training into deterrenceChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 213:47Credible presence begins with ships and crewsNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 216:01Officers must think above their current rankNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 17:51Why Camperdown offers a near-peer fleet comparisonChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History2:30:37Dumbarton Castle's officers and a disputed propeller improvementNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History2:32:58Monkey Stephenson's working-up drills demanded initiativeNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet8:35Roosevelt's case for preparation and sea powerChapter
- The Great White Fleet12:48How training changed the balance between three naviesNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet15:32Roosevelt on ancestry and common naval trainingNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...24:42Voyage lessons reshaped US Navy training and retentionChapter
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:38:18How could a navy turn landsmen into capable sailors?Q&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…29:45Battle Cruiser Fleet experience shaped later gunnery thinkingQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…49:38Royal Navy destroyers practised torpedo aiming by firelightNotable Point
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…56:04Commonwealth navies operated as one professional systemNotable Point
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…57:25The Tribal class as an elite within an eliteQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol59:21Why Australia chose destroyers over a training cruiserNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark17:23Pound's close-passing drill risks Warspite and ArethusaNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark23:26The uncertain value of prewar anti-aircraft estimatesNotable Point
- HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/46:14Dudley Pound tests cruiser seamanship at close quartersNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:11:15Who could absorb French warships in 1940?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:39:24Wartime RNVR officer training at HMS King AlfredNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:47:35Signals training for naval officersQ&A
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words5:45Cunningham's naval education between sail and steamChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy56:51Sea time matters more than a common languageQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:10:51Why returning officers alone would not transform the French fleetQ&A
- Flower Class Shorts no 4: HMS Polyanthus1:17Saxifrage survives as HMS PresidentNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol38:11Sloops in task-force doctrine and command trainingChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)29:26The Dart and the rise of night carrier operationsChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)43:34Reliability as a route to Fleet Air Arm proficiencyNotable Point
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:48:48Blackburn's interwar Fleet Air Arm legacyChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A39:59Why USS Wolverine's fierce name did not match her jobQ&A
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 322:37Star shell, communications, and practiced readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:21:21Why Italian surface officers could be more experienced than German advisersNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:26:58Balanced fleets versus fragmented task groupsNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 212:33Fleet totals, small ships, and officer developmentNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era22:49Why wartime naval expansion runs short of NCOsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:03:18How Hornby learned diplomatic commandQ&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:10:11Fisher's approach to better-trained personnelQ&A
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy14:40Training, ironclads, and the practical gunboatNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 47:03Jutland's legacy for Royal Navy night fightingNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:47Night operations, radio beacons, and SwordfishNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro41:48John Byng trained an improved fleet he did not trustNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:03Building naval capability from the small ships upwardQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:03:04How early staff work gave the Royal Navy organizational depthQ&A
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy42:25Training partners for their own missionsNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:53:57What lower command ranks signal about fleet scaleQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister46:02Archer-class training craft and reserve linksNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 36:38Exercises must resemble the war a fleet may fightChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 313:16Layered experience kept the Royal Navy fighting at TrafalgarNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 313:54Rapid expansion can leave naval experience trapped at the topNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 324:48Why command opportunities preserve naval memoryNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A8:14How navies gain and lose institutional knowledgeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A46:53Why Japanese damage control produced uneven resultsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:52:05Why American formations adapted better in Pacific battlesQ&A
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192115:46Training and crossing the T at TsushimaChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video11:32Waiting becomes part of Graf Spee's economic warNotable Point