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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live53:58Will the next British carriers still operate crewed aircraft?Q&A
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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:13Carrier aircraft after a hypothetical loss of US supplyNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:09Electrical capacity is only part of an EMALS conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:09How long might four CVA-01 carriers have served?Q&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?30:46The Joint Expeditionary Force and carrier-led leadershipNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?32:18Why did Britain build two large carriers rather than more small ones?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:06:20A $5 trillion US Navy: escorts, carriers and maritime logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:00A modern Royal Navy in World War II: capability and ammunition limitsQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:25Larger Type 45 and Type 26 designs under fixed ship numbersQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:04:40A Swordfish air wing on a modern Queen Elizabeth carrierQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...4:15:07Swordfish flight operations on Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:10:59The larger Queen Elizabeth carrier alternativeNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:14:19Alternatives to rebuilding India's ex-Baku carrierQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:15:51Could a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier become a dedicated commando ship?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:17:22Why carrier availability supports dedicated amphibious shipsQ&A
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:22:12Export prospects for the enlarged InvincibleNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:23:42The infrastructure cost of CATOBAR independenceChapter
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:42British carrier studies approached Ford-class scaleQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:29:57A maximal post-Falklands Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:00Would an EMALS failure endanger British or French carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:01:34A third carrier hull as a missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:24:28A third carrier hull as a royal yachtQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?3:01:03Type 26 frigates are not status shipsQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:14:27Carrier numbers, submarine production and missing hangarsNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:57Why a 161,000-ton Queen Elizabeth carrier needs a missionQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:01:50F-35B nuclear carriage raises weapons-bay and stealth questionsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:59:44A navalized Gripen nuclear role would require paid developmentQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?2:20:48The Gripen carrier argument rests on an undeveloped proposalNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:56Type 83, Type 32, and the risks behind an Anglo-Dutch LHD planQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:35A Soviet carrier acquired in 1991 could redirect British naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:34:00Prince of Wales, routine failure, and missing supportQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:29What successful naval technology transitions look likeQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...12:06Why new ships need sailors before commissioningQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...57:38Commissioning crews write the operating manualChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:16:34Did Queen Elizabeth reuse Illustrious's weapons handling?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:57:41Four Invincibles create a different successor fleetChapter
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:10Project Ark Royal and CATOBAR optionsQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:56Queen Elizabeth's namesake and Royal Navy naming practiceNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:22A carrier-capable Saab GripenQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:36Why a carrier air wing requires far more than 36 aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:00Why a ship lift would not fix British productionQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:41More British warships from the same budgetQ&A
- Why do Modern Warships just keep getting bigger?59:00Slow construction can cost extra hullsChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?22:56S1850M gives European air-defense ships their distant viewNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:08A Canadian carrier derived from Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33The cost of delaying the Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:39Why a carrier-sized dry dock still needs investmentQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:58Naming Australian and Canadian Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:16Why rebuilding USS Midway loses to a new conventional carrierQ&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:23:43The 2010 carrier conversion plan and the Harrier gapChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:06:18Force 2025's air-wing and support-ship delivery gapNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:38:27The 2021 carrier-group promise and its design compromisesChapter
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:53Navalized Typhoon and a CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- How many Warships does your Navy need?36:04An unrealized five-deck fleet could have shared F-35BsNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:24:32Why amphibious lift is part of blue-water powerQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:24:12Commissioning crews turn trial evidence into operating doctrineChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:32:07Operational exercises teach a carrier to obey the task groupChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:36:00STOVL carriers can specialize in rapid air-defence launchesNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:45:46A Queen Elizabeth catapult refit depends on the future air groupQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:48:30No aircraft carrier is untouchable without its task groupQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:29An enlarged Queen Elizabeth carrier and a naval aircraft variantNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:22Why carriers should not become their own area-defence escortsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:47When a medium power should choose a nuclear carrierQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:40:53The proposed British five-flight-deck force and aircraft commonalityNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!47:09Sharing one carrier air group strains people and aircraftNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates10:26Type 31, Type 32, and Britain's available shipyardsQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:23The five-deck logic behind Britain's carrier planNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:57Could stretched Invincibles have closed Britain's carrier gap?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:24:28The carrier length proposed within Royal Navy infrastructure limitsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:30:32When an F-35B would need to jettison stores before landingQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:24:02The interservice cost of CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:14:24When an amphibious assault ship becomes a sea-control carrierQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:06:07The larger catapult Queen Elizabeth drawing was France's PA2Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:21:00Redundant power and machinery in modern warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:01A licensed Hawkeye still needs a CATOBAR carrierQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:27Dry-dock length limits practical carrier sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:02Project Ark Royal was an option study, not a programNotable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:41Choosing the best modern Royal Navy shipQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:50Britain's F-35A purchase and undefined carrier droneNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:26Airborne early warning for Queen Elizabeth carriersQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:50Debating conventional carriers alongside US nuclear carriersQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:18:15A five-flight-deck British carrier conceptNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:31:07Carrier size, automation, and construction capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:32Queen Elizabeth class carriers use helicopter-based early warningNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age42:22Falklands command problems revealed the value of flag spaceNotable Point
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:36Replacing six Invincible-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:47Midway versus Queen Elizabeth as a British carrierQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:40Extending Queen Elizabeth-class carriers at midlifeQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11:17When Queen Elizabeth II might receive a ship nameQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:37Ships to add beyond the Royal Navy pipelineQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:41A STOL loyal wingman for Queen Elizabeth-class carriersQ&A
- Grumman A6 Intruder: Utilty Bomb Truck that gave Aircraft Carriers Reach, Punch & Flexibility0:00The Intruder as the carrier air wing's long-range punchChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft25:44Reserve ships as readiness and deterrenceChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft31:31Shipboard social spaces make diplomacy possibleNotable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:28What navies can learn from Türkiye's drone carrierQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:28A modern Royal Navy in the world warsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:25:09A modern Royal Navy still dominates without submarines or nuclear weaponsQ&A
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s29:05The modern carrier drone control dilemmaChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s33:22Why useful carrier drone pools must be largeNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:57Early CATOBAR concepts for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:18Choosing among modern destroyer, frigate, and carrier designsQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:41:35How the Royal Navy sustains a global carrier deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:04Royal Navy caution over carrier aviation fuelQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:49:52The lost five-flight-deck force structureQ&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:52:22Could Britain crew a third carrier?Q&A
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?3:03:39Why Britain chose STOVL instead of catapultsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?52:01A late CATOBAR conversion cannot cheaply undo force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:54A Queen Elizabeth-class carrier becomes an isolated command postQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:20:07Sea Guardian drones extend Queen Elizabeth-class surveillanceQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:22:42A hull insert could support a Queen Elizabeth-class CATOBAR conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:24:00Batteries or capacitors for electromagnetic carrier catapultsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:34:29Carrier drones should match the Queen Elizabeth class's aviation systemQ&A
- Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers38:45Five common V/STOL flight decks offered greater flexibilityChapter
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...11:31What a Queen Elizabeth-class CATOBAR conversion would entailNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...11:31Why two carrier hulls leave little fleet breadthNotable Point
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?52:41Amphibious lift and the F-35 dependency problemChapter
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:27Is South Korea's drone carrier the future of light aviation?Q&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:55Sketching a combined CANZUK fleetQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:04How CSG25 compares with a US carrier strike groupQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:59Why Britain is unlikely to navalize TempestQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...34:12Why a carrier is a poor model for battleship manningQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 21st Century Battleship: Chat & Comment Response...39:00Why carrier size grew faster than electrical demandQ&A
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:51:21LHDs and distributed ships serve different amphibious jobsNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?2:03:30CATOBAR conversion would trade commonality for a new gapNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:04:38Why the Queen Elizabeth class adopted STOVLQ&A
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?41:54Distributed electric power for battle-damage survivalChapter
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?59:30An armored magazine that reloads VLS cells at seaNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:11:14Gas turbines, electric power, and four-way redundancyChapter
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:37How Queen Elizabeth-class carriers move people, stores, and weaponsNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:29:17Queen Elizabeth carriers lacked their planned LHD partnersNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:28British, Indian and Chinese carrier propulsion choicesNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:45Why Queen Elizabeth-class carriers are conventionally poweredNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:12Azipods, warship maneuverability, and cruising efficiencyQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:17Queen Elizabeth carriers if the F-35B failedQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:29Post-Falklands carrier and amphibious prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:13Why Harrier could not cover a forty-year carrier lifeNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:54Where to add Queen Elizabeth-class dry docksQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:54Could smaller American CATOBAR carriers replace wartime losses?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:41F-35 variant choice and competing British aviation programsNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:03A British supersonic STOVL fighter in the 1980sQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:09Why GCAP is unlikely to fly from Queen Elizabeth-class carriersQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:29:46Why peacetime ship limits favor larger warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:45:52Why Britain did not build nuclear CATOBAR carriersQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:50:55Why EMALS cannot be cheaply retrofitted to Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...6:56Why a one-carrier fleet loses availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:52:39Define the drone mission before adding a Type 45 launcherQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:08:53Why Britain could not trade two Queen Elizabeth carriers for three smaller shipsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:47:03If the F-35B had failedQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 34:48Air-group size, sortie cycles, and human limitsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 335:25Ski-jump launch tempo and aircraft tradeoffsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 341:09Carrier operations during Britain's strike gapChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:15:21Training, refit, and the carrier availability equationChapter
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:37:31Why Italy's Trieste does not simply restart British amphibious constructionQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:44:39When a six-ship Invincible class might finally retireQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?16:52The Queen Elizabeth carriers and F-35B developed togetherQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:55:49How many large amphibious ships would the Royal Navy need?Q&A
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!5:31Type 31 weapon commonality could strengthen carrier self-defenceNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!25:42Modular construction spreads carrier work and preserves skillsChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:15:10National carrier weapon fits reflect aircraft and readiness choicesChapter
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:38:01Why Queen Elizabeth carrier air groups need more aircraftNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...7:32Why carrier tonnage alone cannot compare fleet optionsNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...8:34Why two carriers cannot guarantee certaintyNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...27:06How dry docks constrained carrier sizeChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...30:35Distributed block construction as industrial policyChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...31:44Larger dry docks and a longer carrierNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...38:23Carrier dimensions and dry-dock fitChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...39:39Propulsion redundancy and shaft riskNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...42:17Carrier sensors, fitted weapons, and aircraft capacityNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...48:47How extra length changes hangar capacityNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...51:28The infrastructure cost of nuclear carrier propulsionNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:07:59Carriers as diplomatic signalsNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:16:13F-35B cross-decking across allied shipsNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:22:52The 85-percent value testChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...1:29:15Rosyth assembly and the cost of delayNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:29:54A Queen Elizabeth-sized carrier with Second World War systemsQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:08:54Turbo-electric drive versus geared steam turbinesQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:15:24How integrated electric drive shares power across a warshipNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 752:48When a Queen Elizabeth conversion should become full CATOBARNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 754:56Procurement politics can determine the carrier a navy getsNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax41:39The interservice politics behind the Queen Elizabeth carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax2:08:16Carrier vulnerability depends on the task group and scenarioQ&A
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 70:00Why the name Eagle matters in Royal Navy historyChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 11:57:47Catapults and the cost of reducing carrier capacityChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:00:31Would catapult-equipped Queen Elizabeth carriers need to be larger?Q&A
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:05:03How dockyards and bases shape carrier designChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:14:59Project Ark Royal and a mixed carrier air groupChapter
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:49:11Elizabeth I receives two generations of namesake warshipsQ&A
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers30:03CATOBAR, STOVL, and STOBAR tradeoffsChapter
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...45:05What would a modern European light fleet carrier look like?Q&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:10:36Building Queen Elizabeth-class carriers for catapult aircraft from the outsetQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:36:39What four Queen Elizabeth-class carriers would demandQ&A
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!15:47How shipyard politics constrained the carrier's designChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!25:48The cost of a one-off domestic carrier and the lost PA2Chapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!46:08Allied escorts and covering commitments during warNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!53:12How carrier choices separate regional from global powerNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!1:02:26PA2 and the cost of converting a carrier to CATOBARChapter
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!1:04:01PA-NG's larger flight deck and disputed speed claimNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:45:45Modern carriers sent back to the Second World WarQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...21:45Allied dry docks are not a nuclear-carrier support systemNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin30:30Carrier size, hangar volume, and future growthChapter
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:40:13The limits of an allied thousand-ship navyChapter
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage1:47:21The 600-ship Navy carried greater aviation densityNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier47:11The Royal Navy's incremental path to a mixed air groupChapter
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier53:31Rugged drones offer the Queen Elizabeth class optionsNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier1:17:55The strategic cost of modifying a scarce carrierChapter
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:56:30An Izumo conversion cannot match Queen Elizabeth scaleQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!19:03Why carrier crew savings must be designed inQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more34:49A common V/STOL flight-deck fleet for BritainNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:19:25Electric-drive speed versus time to produce itQ&A
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 247:33First-rate logic in a modern allied task forceNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion41:36Common aircraft can turn several flight decks into a flexible forceNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...1:08:54Thirty-six F-35Bs support overlapping CAP and strike cyclesNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:19:35Carrier hangars balance aircraft, stores, and maintenance spaceNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:31:38Carrier programs must fund escorts and auxiliaries as a systemNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:34:37British carrier escort plans lost ships and crewsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:38Confined seas and blue-water assetsNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends16:39How nuclear power would reshape Queen Elizabeth-class islandsQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 316:54Choose carrier type by the missions it can sustainChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 347:16Let deck choice shape independence and interoperabilityChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 354:27Adapt the deck across aircraft generationsNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 359:56Freeze core design choices before constructionNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:04:34Design the carrier for deterrence and peacetime presenceNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:30:13Plan for service beyond the nominal retirement dateNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist35:44Why eighteen aircraft became a carrier minimumNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist49:36Queen Elizabeth carriers: operational adequacy and deterrent valueNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built35:36Powering a hypothetical modern battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built56:32Four Queen Elizabeth carriers transform the 1982 Falklands campaignQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:32:58Why nuclear Queen Elizabeth carriers would become CATOBAR shipsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:04:34Project Ark Royal and carrier drone launchesQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:11:55F-35B strike aviation across several naviesQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:52:41How to read carrier-sale stories in budget seasonQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction27:14Which modern warship feels most like science fiction?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction1:28:28When the air wing rivals the carrier's costNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:28:22What would four Queen Elizabeth-class carriers be called?Q&A
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues20:43From carrier groups to wings and uncrewed aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:28:51The historic ship most useful to today's Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:33:14Why Queen Elizabeth-class carriers lack catapultsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:43:09Why Britain needed a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:27:35Why adding medium guns to a carrier is costlyQ&A
- Trident Fails to Fly8:05Test failures and promises of constant carrier availabilityChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly9:04Fixing carrier propulsion faults while there is timeNotable Point
- Trident Fails to Fly9:32HMS Prince of Wales accelerates deploymentNotable Point
- Trident Fails to Fly10:13Replacing five British flight decks with two carriersChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly12:48How stretching carrier construction raised costsNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:13:24Royal Navy readiness versus too few hullsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:10:48A modern Royal Navy could stop Germany through the NetherlandsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:43:06Domestic warship construction and foreign standard componentsNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:47:34A third Queen Elizabeth versus two light carriersQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:13:26Uncertain engine origin and widely available diesel sparesNotable Point
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:28:46Hull count does not equal operational availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:27Why Queen Elizabeth's repair illustrates the two-carrier problemNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:38:43Why a medium power needs a five-ship aviation poolNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered4:06:02Why airborne early warning may become uncrewedQ&A
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...49:35The short-war assumption behind Britain's carrier gapChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...50:02Carrier procurement shaped by changing politicsChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:13A modified Trieste LHD for Royal Navy amphibious aviationQ&A
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals53:58The F-35 era depends on more than fightersChapter
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:15:24Queen Elizabeth construction was modular; delay created the exceptional costQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:02:48Why Queen Elizabeth can be a fleet or strike carrierNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:16:37Why one carrier does not create continuous availabilityNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:39:22Tailored air groups turn deck numbers into force structureChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:42:17Could Britain mount a modern Falklands operation?Q&A
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:57:24One carrier gives status; three create capabilityChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids2:02:35Carrier length rankings mix capacity with political statusNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence17:47Deterrence without unnecessary provocationNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response12:27Why carrier bridges stayed in the islandQ&A
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 27:49Town names turned cruisers into civic institutionsNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion24:31Hull numbers determine real availabilityChapter
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides36:43A navy must be able to crew the ships it buysNotable Point
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series52:07A retained Hong Kong lease changes Royal Navy presenceQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:16:35Britain sourced Queen Elizabeth carrier propeller shafts from SwedenQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:55:08Why the Tide-class decision does not predict foreign-built warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:37:47Why too few hulls drive the Royal Navy toward larger shipsQ&A
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian27:35Queen Elizabeth class: presence, access, and common aircraftNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 45:05What the CVA-01 carriers might have been namedNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 47:42A 64,000-ton carrier below American supercarrier scaleNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 425:35Reliable global capability without American scaleNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 433:17Carrier design as command, sustainment, and deck managementNotable Point
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 437:34The operational case for a STOVL carrierNotable Point
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos41:04Why a two-carrier fleet repeatedly faces availability gapsNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:36:26What the Queen Elizabeth class's official speed leaves unsaidNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer50:45Why the US Navy did not need a foreign replacement for Bonhomme RichardQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:00:18Why Britain favored STOVL carrier commonalityQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response7:19Why a flagship needs room for a command staffQ&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response24:48Why carriers depend on escorts for defenceQ&A
- Albany Class: Comment Response25:53How escorts divide carrier-group defenceNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation52:32Carrier readiness depends on spare-parts depthNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation36:48HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for Elizabeth INotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:16:40Why adding EMALS would be more than a catapult refitQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:29:10Queen Elizabeth-class aircraft capacity depends on sea stateQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:29:16Escorts before extra missiles on a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:38:10The F-35 shortfall is a procurement choiceNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition16:04Warship design as diplomatic theatreNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover12:07Nuclear carrier costs and air-wing optionsNotable Point
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover36:51The strategic cost-benefit test for nuclear powerChapter
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'2:29:57Why Japan's next carriers could become much largerNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...52:05Dry-dock length constrains carrier supportQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:21:36Taking the Falklands is not the same as holding themQ&A
- Ship Design14:32Requirements-first design versus fixed constraintsNotable Point
- Ship Design44:08Queen Elizabeth carriers and looking rightNotable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:54:13Warship knowledge disappears when institutions stop practicing itQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:26:57Queen Elizabeth-class survivability relies on redundancy and automationQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:15:37Why a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier had strategic valueQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:33:38A modern Queen Elizabeth carrier in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:54:49A Trieste-type ship as the task group's helicopter hubNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:38:45Five force-structure changes for the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:20:05France's next carrier follows Queen Elizabeth at smaller scaleQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:28:07Modern air groups overwhelm Second World War carrier fleetsQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)29:24Central and local magazines balance endurance and survivalQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)32:45Carrier figures understate an independent starship's crewNotable Point
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:36:25How would a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier rank in 1940?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video28:38Queen Elizabeth's first deployment as visible deterrenceQ&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…1:43:36What might a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier cost?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations57:06Could Queen Elizabeth launch a Swordfish today?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:42:59How to classify the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:07:25The missing resilience in British carrier dry-dock capacityQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 218:57How the Royal Navy names ships for monarchsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 225:32Why two carriers cannot guarantee a carrier groupQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:16:12A balanced British carrier and amphibious fleetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:12:46Crew transfers between Britain's two carriersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:20:20How different are Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:27:38How construction delays age seals before launchQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:00:30Assessing recent Royal Navy ship classesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:53:59Why Britain needs another carrier dry dockQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading1:57:40Allocating four protective shields across a task groupQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:01:24The case for a third Queen Elizabeth-class shaftChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:11:46Why cross-connected shafts do not replace propulsion redundancyQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:49:35Why carrier drydocks lose political funding battlesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:07:44The political threshold for nuclear British carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:23:55Why one fleet carrier can outperform two aviation LHDsQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books37:36Reading the plus sign in Royal Navy speed figuresQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today28:02Doug Clarke's aircraft-carrier design workQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today36:18Why relitigating the Queen Elizabeth-class decision can waste effortNotable Point
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today42:06Pairing fleet carriers with amphibious flight decksNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack47:14Why a British carrier was the wrong Black Sea signalQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack51:33Why CATOBAR conversion remained difficultQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:20:58Why Ark Royal fits a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrierQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:00:02Why 76 mm guns matter for close-in defenseNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:17:36How amphibious ships could provide a third carrierQ&A
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:12:49Magpie turns practical surveys into real-world trainingChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:17:45A carrier and LHD mix for British aviation depthChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:20:01The escort shortfall behind British carrier groupsNotable Point
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:23:27How many British aviation ships are enough?Q&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:25:35Why Britain cannot simply borrow a spare American carrierQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:33:03Why Queen Elizabeth is not a light carrierQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:38:08Why U.S. Marines valued British carrier deploymentsQ&A
- Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)51:17Albion and Bulwark show the cost of deleting useful marginNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:23:33What 1935 Britain could learn from a modern carrier groupQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:56:18Could a multinational carrier group support the Queen Elizabeth class?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:38:09Converting Queen Elizabeth carriers to catapultsQ&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney4:07:49Q&A: why Queen Elizabeth carriers have two islandsQ&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)14:21One suitable dock becomes a strategic vulnerabilityNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)52:01Carrier procurement without Portsmouth support creates false economyNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)15:47Why the Queen Elizabeth class has few dry-dock optionsChapter
- Bruships 69: The Decider6:25Why two large carriers led to LHD thinkingQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider22:55Why the Royal Navy would avoid the BalticQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:31:47The danger of building a navy only for wars of choiceQ&A
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)12:02Cammell Laird and the value of a large graving dockChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)33:19Harland and Wolff's changing industrial roleNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:05:40Dock size as a constraint on ship designNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"3:22:52Why Royal Navy monarch names do not always mean the reigning sovereignQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...54:01STOVL aircraft as a medium-power fleet systemQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:11:31Carrier crew size reflects the operating modelQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:43:43Why smaller ships do not guarantee a larger fleetQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:04:02Why converting Queen Elizabeth-class carriers to catapults is technically possible but unattractiveQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...2:08:45A carrier conversion would also require larger yards and basesQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:00:22A modern carrier group against BismarckQ&A
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p47:28Carrier design follows the missionNotable Point
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:34:25Why Trafalgar to Dreadnought forms a useful centuryQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:10:33Why a larger twin-engine carrier aircraft costs deck capacityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:28:38How delay made the Queen Elizabeth carriers expensiveQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:52:53A Sea Ceptor fit for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:38:57Why Britain sometimes used American aircraft differentlyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)10:07Queen Elizabeth-class carrier delays and production policyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:32:08Merlin helicopters in carrier anti-submarine screeningNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)3:01:32Carrier design must fit the navy that operates itChapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:16:15Why air-group logistics argue against adding the OspreyQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:47:22Buying carriers without enough aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)5:00:50Catapults and UCAVs for the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)5:03:26Joint RAF and Royal Navy F-35B procurementQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:23:19A modern Queen Elizabeth would dominate the 1982 air warQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:28:40What two, three, or four ships buy a navyQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:59:17What seventy extra meters would give the Queen Elizabeth classNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:12:16Why carrier stores compete with aircraft for hangar spaceNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:23:37Balancing carriers and amphibious ships for a medium powerNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:28:53Why CATOBAR conversion would not suit Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:29:47Where drones might fit on a Queen Elizabeth-class deckQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:37:13Why useful carrier size grows across the jet ageQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:03:09Why carrier air groups need more crews than aircraftQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:54:32Why cruisers made better wartime flagshipsQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:42:01Where modern Royal Navy command staffs goQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation38:11Queen Elizabeth class sortie generation without catapultsNotable Point
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation40:24F-35 numbers and a mixed crewed-uncrewed air groupQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation58:27Why a carrier's navigation bridge stays high and aftQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation4:11:32America-class LHAs already test the light-carrier ideaQ&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi40:56Could Queen Elizabeth operate fixed-wing airborne early warning?Q&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi55:28A longer Queen Elizabeth hull and the cost of more hangar spaceNotable Point
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans38:40Carrier air wings and loyal-wingman tradeoffsQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:18:54How admirals chose their flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)2:20:12Why British strike brigades depend on carrier aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:06:32A proposed Harrier bridge to Queen ElizabethNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:08:58Crowsnest and Queen Elizabeth's planned Asian deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)4:14:46Queen Elizabeth and the Five Power Defence ArrangementsQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...34:40Balancing carrier air groups and shore trainingQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:59:00Would a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier suit Australia?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)8:12Why ship cuts cannot rely on jam tomorrowNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)10:46Ship orders, dockyard employment, and election timingNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:30:09Could Gripen operate from a Queen Elizabeth-class carrier?Notable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:36:40Why Britain benefits from shared STOVL flight decksQ&A
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:42:10Queen Elizabeth-class airborne early warning in 2021Q&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)2:42:32Did construction savings cause Prince of Wales's leaks?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 36:30Langley shows how funnels govern carrier islandsNotable Point
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"5:53Colossus-class dimensions expose the cost of aircraft growthNotable Point
- The Fairey Story Anew...3:01:56The Queen Elizabeth-class air group was still building toward strength in 2020Q&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:54:27Using LHDs beside the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark11:54Peacetime port photographs retain intelligence valueNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation26:17Carrier engineering depends on fleet requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:03:22Why Japan might seek a newer carrier design than Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:12:14The 2020 expectation that Prince of Wales would remain in serviceQ&A
- Bilge Pumps does Battlestar Galactica Deadlock for Navy Con 1/239:15Ruggedizing shipboard electronics for combatNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:51:43Sharing naval air groups across carriers and LHDsNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:27:51Queen Elizabeth carriers: crew size and damage controlQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A41:46Why sixty aircraft is a useful medium-power carrier benchmarkQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A20:46Gerald R. Ford class: one island, better close-in gunsQ&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:31:20Aircraft-carrier hangars as diplomatic theatresNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:52:04Why a carrier should rely on escort missilesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:01:05A gun-based close-defense layout for Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A13:55How retired Harriers still supported naval trainingNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:17:59The Queen Elizabeth class's fitted defensive gunsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:26:37Why steam catapults did not fit the Queen Elizabeth designNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:40A CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth class for the U.S. NavyQ&A
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.1:28:00Chinook lift influenced the size of sea basesNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:31:44Why converting the Queen Elizabeth class to CATOBAR would be difficultQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:56How nuclear power could reshape a Queen Elizabeth-derived carrierQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:05:08Adapting the Queen Elizabeth design for FranceQ&A
- 50th Live Special: Thank You41:30Fleet numbers sustain credible flight-deck presenceNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: What, Why & How of Armed Forces…25:06Carrier procurement outlasts successive ministersNotable Point
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal12:34A full-spectrum carrier task forceChapter
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister10:30Queen Elizabeth-class troop and air group optionsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:53:57Carrier escort strength changes from peace to warQ&A
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 340:30Fleet depth turns presence into credible deterrenceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:05:37Labor-saving systems trade unit cost for lower crewing pressureQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…9:09Disease control in cramped warshipsQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…43:04What makes a modern warship visually compellingQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:28:33Queen Elizabeth carriers in a five-deck fleetQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:59:47How British Apaches operate from shipsQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:10:25A two-tier US carrier fleetNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A34:00Queen Elizabeth power and electromagnetic catapultsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A34:12A five-flight-deck British carrier and amphibious forceNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:09:29Why Queen Elizabeth did not need catapultsQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:07:44Why electromagnetic catapults favor nuclear carriersQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:14:02F-35B and the value of multiple flight decksQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:18:49Why Queen Elizabeth carriers use twin islandsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A42:31Joint F-35 ownership made training the carrier constraintQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:49:56Why two British carriers did not justify nuclear propulsionQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:28:03Design continuity from Unicorn to Queen ElizabethQ&A