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Pre-World War I

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  1. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    0:24Torpedo boat destroyers as fleet screensChapter
  2. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    4:12The first six destroyers and the later A-class labelNotable Point
  3. Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)
    2:40:21Briefings, cabinet time and defence technology decisionsNotable Point
  4. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    3:02HMS Greyhound and the first destroyer screenNotable Point
  5. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    5:25Destroyer evolution offered battlecruiser designers a warningNotable Point
  6. Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today
    13:32National priorities shape early destroyer designNotable Point
  7. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    0:00Mahan's case for naval preparednessChapter
  8. The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered
    6:52Bainbridge-class variations complicate the first mass orderChapter
  9. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    0:00Aviso torpilleurs and France's destroyer starting pointChapter
  10. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    45:07The final prewar classes gain range and carry larger crewsChapter
  11. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    56:55Sweden's layered coastal defence before 1914Q&A
  12. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:49:30Danton variants and French dreadnought transitionQ&A
  13. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    0:00Russian destroyer labels versus actual rolesChapter
  14. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    3:17Sokol combined destroyer armament with 29-knot speedNotable Point
  15. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    13:41Ukrainets showed what a capable Russian destroyer could carryNotable Point
  16. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    52:35What if Russia had built balanced destroyers earlier?Notable Point
  17. Building for National Survival: Italian Destroyers prior to WWI
    33:57Naval arms races and the German army's budget ceilingNotable Point
  18. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    11:01Greyhound's speed margin and balanced armamentNotable Point
  19. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    16:34Speed and firepower before the First World WarChapter
  20. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    24:49Oil-fired destroyers test technology before capital ships adopt itNotable Point
  21. Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....
    25:43Laforey-class firepower on the eve of warChapter
  22. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    0:14Why destroyers were a difficult imperial investmentChapter
  23. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    3:06The Huszars arrived with a conservative destroyer designNotable Point
  24. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    15:59How rising warship costs pressed Germany's naval budgetNotable Point
  25. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    17:24Austria-Hungary was an intermittent entrant in the qualitative naval raceNotable Point
  26. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    18:19Austro-Hungarian engineering drew on foreign machinery designsChapter
  27. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    19:23Why the small Huszars still count as destroyersNotable Point
  28. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    20:21The Tatra class balanced guns, speed and enduranceChapter
  29. Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...
    22:22One yard built the Tatras after a dispersed Huszar programmeNotable Point
  30. Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...
    0:00Why the 6-6 fleet still needed light forcesChapter
  31. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    49:42Could Dreadnought have created a stronger deterrent lead?Notable Point
  32. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    57:26The feasible Dreadnought Britain did not buildNotable Point
  33. Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)
    1:10:56How a stronger 1906 programme might have changed the naval raceNotable Point
  34. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    21:03Battlecruisers instead of a battle fleetQ&A
  35. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    48:44Mahan's Christian and imperial argument for organized forceChapter
  36. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    52:02Mahan takes sea power to his audienceChapter
  37. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:24:05German fleet building reshapes international alignmentsChapter
  38. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:30:42British fleet building and the cost of deterrenceChapter
  39. The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More
    1:34:22Naval policy is national strategyChapter
  40. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:30:03Dropping 1945 American gunmaking into the dreadnought eraQ&A
  41. Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:29:17Four first-generation Dreadnoughts change the Anglo-German raceQ&A
  42. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    28:53The technologies that remade navies from 1815 to 1914Q&A
  43. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    46:54Blücher against Britain's 9.2-inch cruiser proposalsQ&A
  44. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:07:44An 1895 Russian-backed alliance and the Scandinavian reactionQ&A
  45. The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global
    2:26Tucker and Sampson classes set an Atlantic destroyer baselineChapter
  46. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    51:59The civilian goods behind Britain's arms exportersNotable Point
  47. What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?
    0:00Why the Royal Navy needed a modern staffChapter
  48. Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...
    10:04Dominion cruiser squadrons and imperial cost sharingChapter
  49. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:02:56A continuous US scout-cruiser building program before 1920Q&A
  50. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon
    7:49:28Avoiding an Anglo-German naval race in a Wilhelm II counterfactualQ&A
  51. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War
    4:39:31Why German torpedo boats remained smaller than desiredNotable Point
  52. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    1:49:36Long-lived carriers return to a multipolar worldChapter
  53. How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier
    43:30Fleet imbalance and global infrastructureChapter
  54. How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier
    1:13:23Peace settlement and dreadnought consequencesChapter
  55. Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 2
    3:42Why the German Army blocks the naval gambleChapter
  56. Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 2
    11:30Prince Henry becomes the narrow naval workaroundNotable Point
  57. Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 2
    18:08Shipyards and armor plate set the hard limitChapter
  58. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    12:04Automated loading before DreadnoughtQ&A
  59. Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:32:07Could prewar spending have deterred Germany?Notable Point
  60. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    21:14Why obsolete shell tests concealed a gunnery problemQ&A
  61. Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built
    48:40Shipyards, not money alone, capped prewar British expansionQ&A
  62. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    27:50Triple and quadruple turrets were feasible before 1914Q&A
  63. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    37:36Why an Anglo-German naval treaty was politically implausibleQ&A
  64. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    39:16Why early cruisers carried guns wherever they couldQ&A
  65. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    2:40:17Britain could have made Heligoland a formidable fortressQ&A
  66. Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time
    1:53:33Spain's underfunded fleet could not match Europe's major naviesQ&A
  67. Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 6
    3:34An overseas cruiser for the East Asia SquadronChapter
  68. Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock
    2:43Why battlecruisers were a compromiseChapter
  69. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    59:29How the 1897 Naval Annual organizes a fleet referenceChapter
  70. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    1:06:05The 1897 Naval Annual's criticism of the Arrogant cruisersNotable Point
  71. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    1:07:09Canopus class details from period source workChapter
  72. Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History
    15:10Early motor ships prove the marine caseNotable Point
  73. Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History
    18:45Diesel's prestige problem against steamNotable Point
  74. Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    12:51The qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
  75. Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    22:16Revenge class and race-winning numbersNotable Point
  76. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    24:27The global dreadnought race around 1912Notable Point
  77. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    1:09:48Using quality to break the German raceNotable Point
  78. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    1:23:57Could British yards build a Hood-sized ship in 1913?Q&A
  79. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    49:12A Britain-Germany-Japan grand alliance before 1914Q&A
  80. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    7:20Britain's naval lead before the Belgium decisionChapter
  81. What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?
    14:36When a naval technology race becomes a political grudgeNotable Point
  82. Calypso (1883) Class
    13:17Calypso as a larger Comus final formNotable Point
  83. Calypso (1883) Class
    19:50Machinery, guns, and protected-corvette fighting valueNotable Point
  84. Calypso (1883) Class
    31:52Calypso at Heligoland and Zanzibar's diplomatic handoverChapter
  85. Calypso (1883) Class
    37:34Samoa's imperial crisis crowds Apia HarborChapter
  86. Calypso (1883) Class
    42:18Calliope, Samoa, and the Apia cyclone escapeChapter
  87. Calypso (1883) Class
    57:27Heligoland-Zanzibar and Britain's fragile prewar alignmentsQ&A
  88. Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....
    2:13From scout cruiser to modern light cruiserChapter
  89. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    14:14Cressy at the turn from Victorian to modern cruisersChapter
  90. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    1:34:35The unbuilt post-Minotaur medium-cruiser questionNotable Point
  91. Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)
    1:26Yamamoto's East Asian two-power calculationChapter
  92. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    30:47Diadem's global service in an era of rapid changeChapter
  93. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    5:01The longer naval race behind Jeune EcoleChapter
  94. Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)
    24:09Descartes represents France during Nicholas II's Cherbourg visitNotable Point
  95. Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)
    3:49The Naval Defence Act makes second-class cruisers the fleet's massChapter
  96. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism
    2:47Churchill's turn toward navalismChapter
  97. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism
    5:01The eight-dreadnought compromiseNotable Point
  98. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    4:45Orion makes the super-dreadnought leapChapter
  99. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    7:50Why Britain chose 13.5-inch guns for OrionNotable Point
  100. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    13:22German armor strength meets British caliber escalationNotable Point
  101. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    14:30British production raises the 1909 dreadnought standardNotable Point
  102. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    15:52Global dreadnought building: orders versus operating strengthNotable Point
  103. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    16:42Why American battlecruiser logic changed after World War INotable Point
  104. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    17:52Why Britain did not panic over 1909 building totalsNotable Point
  105. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December
    19:00The logistics of leaving the 12-inch gun standardNotable Point