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- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live22:25Eagle, Hermes and the prominence of Ark RoyalNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live40:34Which navies could maintain a global blue-water presence?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live53:58Will the next British carriers still operate crewed aircraft?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:17:22Would a France-Japan war leave room for the Moroccan crisis?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:20:17A 62,000-ton British battleship with fifteen heavy gunsQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:23:26The Royal Navy if war began over Czechoslovakia in 1938Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:32:45Henderson, Backhouse and wartime carrier employmentQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:54:18CAPTAS-4 and Sonar 2087: recognising shared equipmentNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:07:33Henderson and Mountbatten as political operatorsNotable Point
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:15:17Could a Polish battlecruiser escape to Britain?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:22:58An unidentified naval officer's photographQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:47:34Reading for a Cold War Royal Navy alternate historyQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:50:17Corporate ship sponsorship or regular defence funding?Q&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:03:37Faster Type 31 production needs an earlier follow-onQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:29:07A French sortie at Mers-el-KebirQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:29:58The Royal Navy's answer to a modernised IowaQ&A
- Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:34:17Royal Navy shock testing: components, simulation and fleet sizeQ&A
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?15:00The Six-Six Fleet and protection against a hostile coalitionNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?26:34How France could misread Britain's willingness to fightNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?39:01What the January 1904 fleet comparison leaves uncertainChapter
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?41:03Battleship totals versus fleets that can concentrateNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?42:17Cruiser and destroyer strength changes the fleet balanceNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?43:33Standard classes and screening make a fleet easier to assembleNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?53:00HMS Cornwallis and an immediate British trade offensiveChapter
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?58:27Suez, Gibraltar, and the race to mobilise reservesChapter
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:00:57Why British intervention would isolate Russia's Pacific fleetNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:02:58Why France could not put its whole budget into the navyNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:03:42A Russian fleet forced to fight before its long voyageNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:04:45Training budgets, gunnery drill, and the memory of TrafalgarNotable Point
- What happens if France joins the Russo-Japanese war from the beginning?1:06:38A short war, colonial bargaining, and pressure on French portsChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!14:33American heavy frigates and the limits exposed in 1812Notable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!21:22Why destroyer escorts and frigates overlapNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:38:42Type 83 and the consequences of an occupied shipyardNotable Point
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:39:47Why Britain divided the Type 26 and Type 31 requirementsChapter
- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!1:42:44More frigate orders need a credible production timetableNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:54Future Royal Navy guns without a 76 mm optionQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:39Irish sailors and the limits of abusive shipboard authorityNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:16Frigate delays and the cost of interrupted shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:43Destroyer replacement schedules and life-extension riskNotable Point
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:27Matching Dutch and British amphibious ship requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:33Sea Wolf as a vertical-launch system from the outsetQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:54Norwegian Vanguard concepts as modular mothershipsQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:44More frigates require a delivery and funding planQ&A
- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:31Continuing Royal Navy development of the 3-inch/70Q&A
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?18:15Why the Active-class scouts struggled to lead destroyersChapter
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?21:48Chilean orders supply Britain with flotilla leadersChapter
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?41:07Useful leaders and short postwar service livesNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?46:28Later leaders fulfil Swift's fast-leader ambitionChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?6:00Coastal Command and the maritime aircraft funding problemChapter
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?25:13How delaying aircraft carriers can increase procurement costsNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:07:50Why are more Royal Navy patrol vessels unavailable for Channel duties?Q&A
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:25:40Carrier damage control and the need to retrain instinctNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:28:32Continuous training, adaptability, and Thursday WarNotable Point
- Britain's Rearmament 1937 vs 2026: What Lessons are we forgetting?1:34:24Overseas bases need docks, stores, and training facilitiesChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one0:00Allied destroyer production and misleading class namesChapter
- Japanese Destroyers of WWII: Quantity is a Quality of it's own, it can also be a Decisive one39:51A superior destroyer still faced multiple FletchersNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live6:35Why a first submarine visit makes the Swiftsure class memorableQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live12:55Dauntless's unidentified boxes and spare ship capacityQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live15:39Frigate age, destroyer dry docks and interrupted replacement ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live44:44King Edward VII preferences and the earlier Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live50:30Uninterrupted construction of the later King George V battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live57:00Why two Royal Navy 30 mm gun systems overlapQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:19:06Reading tiny handwriting in naval service recordsQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:32:18Political programme resets, shipyards and industrial influenceNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:36:45Paying shipyards to build slowly and retain unused capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:38:40Foreign raw materials and naval supply during the Anglo-Swedish WarQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:41:07What could replace Sea Vixen if its development programme failed?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:45:52When Furious would have been replaced in a larger carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:51:34Why a slow battleship could frustrate faster surface raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:01:26A reference for wartime combined-operations trainingQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:03:40Royal Navy submarine strength and wartime interdictionQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:38:42Did ending the Anglo-Japanese Alliance weaken Britain's position?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:40:10Choosing a modern Royal Navy ship for the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:44:07What would a Royal Navy of 42 escorts require?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:07:25Why British submarines did not need American fleet-boat rangeQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:29:15Could Britain withstand all Europe supporting Napoleon?Q&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:31:33Why combining Europe's fleets against Britain was difficultNotable Point
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:52:12HMS Protector and the cost of a hard polar service lifeQ&A
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:56:51Why five Type 31s, and what happened to the follow-on plan?Q&A
- What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?6:55Why did Britain allow French intervention despite the Monroe Doctrine?Q&A
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance4:09Long production runs and lower frigate costsChapter
- Soviet Destroyers of the 1930s: Trying to Rebuild/Build a navy in the face of heart led shipyards...4:52Strategic depth, natural borders and the cost of territoryNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:04Diesel cruisers, treaty limits and established machinery systemsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:53Jellicoe and the Treasury battle over battleship disposalQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:43A German fleet without large surface warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:51Jellicoe's early Cold War importance and Soviet battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:58Type 23 frigates as the Royal Navy's Burke-era comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:31Winning parliamentary support for naval fundingQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:31A prewar British route to wire-guided torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:20Middle Eastern oil was already part of naval fuel planningQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:49Corvette-sized OPVs and the risk of replacing frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:34Pre-dreadnought service lives and rapid Royal Navy constructionQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:16Why Britain might tolerate Germany buying old dreadnoughtsQ&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 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:59HMS Amethyst and the political choice to contain a naval incidentQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:26A blank-cheque Royal Navy battlecruiser with nuclear power and VLSQ&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:06Royal Navy pets, mousing and morale without formal ranksNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:47Hood, Lancastria and Victory: which losses count as warship disasters?Q&A
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:29Henderson, Jellicoe and Cunningham in a modern naval thought experimentQ&A
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?40:09Turning endurance into a usable combat radiusNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?42:34Carrier-supported raiding groupsChapter
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?53:14British construction priorities under a stronger German threatNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?55:25Why the Norwegian campaign would also changeNotable Point
- What does the Kreigsmarine look like if it goes all diesel powered & Scharnhorst framed?57:25Force H and British resource strain in the wargameNotable Point
- The Big Frigate Discussion: ASWFs, F110s & Pohjanmaas vs Gowind, European Patrol Corvette & FF(X)1:29:55How a small sloop could signal the fleet behind itNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:35Why British destroyer orders differed from Clemson and WickesChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...3:15Britain's pre-war destroyer depth and wartime adaptationChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...4:45William Sims and wartime destroyer design learningNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...5:33Admiralty M-class capabilities and rapid productionChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...7:40Destroyer screens expand from the Grand Fleet to convoysChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...9:45Talisman-class Ottoman orders enter British serviceChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...11:58Talisman design practice and the V and W classNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...12:40Medea-class Greek orders and small flotilla groupsChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...13:36Turbulent at Jutland and requisitioned destroyer designsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...14:44Faulknor-class Chilean orders and destroyer-leader lessonsChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...15:49Shipbuilding throughput cushions destroyer lossesNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...17:28Reserve strength buys time to improve wartime designsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...19:24Strategic decision time and infrastructure depthNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...20:48Marksman or Lightfoot: launch order and class namesNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...23:00How destroyer leaders commanded flotillasChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...38:34Why mines posed such a serious destroyer threatNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...40:17S-class destroyers and the demand for wartime numbersChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...42:04S-class ships as late-war strength and a later reserveNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...47:21The V and W classes and their shared design inheritanceChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...48:20The V-class flotilla leadersChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...49:07Building destroyers before the postwar budget contractionNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...50:22Admiralty V-class armament and enduranceChapter
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...51:10V and W survivors and the forty cancelled shipsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...52:08Air-attack exercises and misleading lessons for destroyersNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:00:40More torpedoes for independent convoy defenceNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:02:25Napoleonic convoys and blockade at both endsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:10:54Mission creep and wartime destroyer growthNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:12:37Wartime availability and the cost of sustained speedNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:13:40Destroyer range and preparation for future conflictsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Destroyers of WWI...1:14:37What if the cancelled destroyers had been completed?Notable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live20:12Royal Navy admirals and the loss of the Third Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live28:01Why interwar armoured carriers made senseQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live36:32Did Blackbeard deliberately ground Queen Anne's Revenge?Q&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live48:10Would a new overseas market unlock naval funding?Q&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:13:24How Commonwealth navies ordered interwar shipsQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:15:47Britain's rapid capital-ship expansionChapter
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:20:20Could steady British orders have reduced naval-race alarm?Notable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:25:42How risk-fleet theory was supposed to deter BritainNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:26:30A Third Sea Lord responsible for deliveryQ&A
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:01:08Flag-officer cuts and command layersQ&A
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?0:00Tiger and Queen Elizabeth approaching the fast battleshipChapter
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?26:37French intervention and the Anglo-Japanese allianceNotable Point
- What happends if you Tigered the Queen Elizabeth Class?1:05:38Making the German naval race financially unsustainableNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:12Two new battleships in exchange for four older shipsChapter
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?34:36New capital ships accelerate retirement of older vesselsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?40:11The tentative case for Admiral-class carrier conversionsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?48:15Carrier funding still depends on sea trade and politicsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:04:48Different national motives sustain competition in better warshipsNotable Point
- What happens to the Navys if the Washington Treaty is held off till 1927?1:32:35New orders could remove First World War ships from primary rolesNotable Point
- William Adams - the English Samurai from the 17th Century... whose memorial I stumbled into!18:22Tudor royal ships and the later naval institutionChapter
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings9:59Crew recollections describe extra light antiaircraft weaponsNotable Point
- USN Destroyers Fletcher to Gearings41:22American destroyer escorts and British Captain-class frigatesNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...0:30The scale of M-class destroyer constructionChapter
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:25Larger Type 45 and Type 26 designs under fixed ship numbersQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:12CCV, Type 32 and the future air-defence destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:18Why Type 45 destroyers could remain until 2040Notable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:18Luring German ships into naval trapsQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:32Dry docks and the reputation of idle warshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:34Could Britain cooperate with India on amphibious ships?Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:52The Type 23 idea with 32 extra Sea Wolf missilesQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:44Astute sea trials and the dry-dock bottleneckQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:13Type 23 hull options and cuts to the building programmeQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:47If Queen Elizabeth's crew had spotted the frogmenQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:55A possible 2030s return for Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:33Dreadnought construction and what laying down meansQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:28Why dispense with an armoured conning tower?Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:33An unrestricted British fast battleship and the gun-size raceQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:59:55Continuous shipbuilding and Germany's loss of design experienceQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:52How many ship-design options did the Royal Navy consider?Q&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:24Why secondhand Burkes would be a poor Royal Navy fitQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:53Mechanical and manual torpedo reloads in battleQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:58Obstacles to invading Canada during the Civil WarNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:16American ships in a Mers-el-Kébir counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:17MEKO 100 and a River-class replacementQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:04Why an operational Graf Zeppelin would attract intensive attackQ&A
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:57Old ironclads without Fisher's scrapping programmeQ&A
- Momi to Kagero - The Story of the Japanese 1920s & 1930s Destroyer Program45:19Fubuki's enclosed guns and the protection tradeoffNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live55:15Thirty advanced destroyers for the Royal Navy in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live58:07French naval expansion without the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:20:20Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth as emergency carriersQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:29:20Tugboats and trawlers in coastal convoy defenceQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:31:47Gun availability and British auxiliary conversionsNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:06:08Armed merchant cruisers as commerce raidersQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:42:52Later French warship designs in the fleet of 1750Q&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:09:30Integrating Polish, Dutch and Free French shipsQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:16:40Carrier armour, air groups and treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:20:58Wooden flight decks, fire and jet exhaustQ&A
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:24:15Giving the Royal Navy later warship designs in 1750Q&A
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...2:22French and Italian fleets in the treaty eraChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...7:38Why a convoy escort should resist a raider's decoyNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...10:26French fast capital ships and Allied naval strategyChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...26:53The Allied loss of the fleet and Mers-el-KébirChapter
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...56:18How radar helped British night fighting before radar fire controlNotable Point
- Marine Nationale go all Free French in June 1940...1:03:12French ships and the allocation of British capital shipsChapter
- Five Doomsday Weapons of the Sci-fi universes, and the theories of Deterrence... why do they fail?18:38Fleet building takes longer than a signalNotable Point
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?22:33How navies understate or exaggerate capabilityChapter
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?30:17The overlooked Mediterranean submarine warChapter
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:21Reactor capacity and submarine-yard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:28Four CVA-01 carriers and the Falklands counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:46What UK breakup might mean for Royal Navy ordersQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:45How Dreadnought construction constrains later submarine ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:17Rescue duties after people are recovered at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:06Carracks, galleys and favorite age-of-sail fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:16Why a shore base can be a stone frigateNotable Point
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:19Why Vanguard's cafeteria change angered sailorsQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...12:39Early balloon-defence guns and awkward mountingsNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...27:31Why the 3-inch gun suited air defence in 1916Chapter
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...47:14The expanding reach of interwar anti-aircraft gunsChapter
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:08:47Saltburn's radar trials and an earlier fleet rolloutNotable Point
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:43:27Why early weapon adopters also develop countermeasuresQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...1:58:09Why Royal Navy gun standardisation kept restartingQ&A
- Air Defence At Sea: From Air Ships in 1906, to drones in 2026 and everything in between...3:54:38Dry-dock capacity controls warship availabilityNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?6:50Night crossings and British night-fighting experienceChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?14:26Nine days of minelaying would advertise the invasionChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?18:13Landing-craft production and the limits of air superiorityNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?19:45Why British forces were already watching for minefieldsNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?38:07How Britain could anticipate the tidal windowNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?39:36Fortifying Britain and attacking the invasion fleetNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?47:44Germany's worst case: the first wave caught at seaChapter
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?50:04Signals warning and British fleet concentrationNotable Point
- Operation Sea Lion: How bad could it have gone?1:01:40A failed invasion with costs for both sidesNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live14:34Giving William White the Nelson-class plans in 1895Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live20:02Did explosive training produce fish dinners?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live26:51Cruiser gun calibres without the Washington limitQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live43:51How naval orders could encourage the tinned-meat industryQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live46:12American and British obstacles to wartime ship productionQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live54:20British labor transfers between carriers and corvettesNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:11:53Tiger class and the end of British cruiser constructionQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:17:59Landing craft crews' repeated journeys under fireNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:23:53What would get the Minotaur, Neptune and Tiger cruisers built?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:49:15Why Britain preferred larger twin guns to an all-triple Iron DukeQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:51:02Armoured cars and boats within the Royal Naval Air ServiceChapter
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:52:33Separate services inside the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:54:59A recalled naval landing-party defence in BelgiumNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:56:17Could steam ironclads at Trafalgar enable an invasion of Britain?Q&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:08:50British escort orders and gaps in shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:10:59The larger Queen Elizabeth carrier alternativeNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:26:28Tiger cruisers and interwar destroyers in naval gamesQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:36:10Naming the Type 42 and Type 22 combinationQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:36:57Rebuilding Implacable instead of VictoriousQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:38:44The Royal Navy's postwar Type numberingNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:44:16Royal Navy raids on enemy coastal shippingQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:54:59Falklands deterrence and submarine availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:06:49Counting the Falklands garrison and wider defence presenceQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:17:11Tiger and the last British gun-cruiser generationQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:26:56An alternative postwar Royal Navy missile programmeQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:28:11Hull options for early British missile developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:38:07Type 91 sensors and radar height above the seaQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:40:13Fleet logistics after nuclear attacks on British basesQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:55:16A maritime alternative to the 2010 defence reviewQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:57:48A Type 22-based light air-warfare destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:59:00Future amphibious transport ships and an earlier five-deck ambitionQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:13:15Reconsidering the mix of submarine warheads and decoysQ&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
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:18:57Securing funding before choosing naval innovationsNotable Point
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:20:39Political attention and the Navy's funding caseNotable Point
- What if Britain joined with Australian & Canada to build a 'Maximum' Invincible Class instead?1:25:18Australia and Japan could extend the joint programmeNotable Point
- Admiral Henry Trollope: A Great Carronade Career with Sad End0:32Henry Trollope: promotion without further sea commandChapter
- Admiral Henry Trollope: A Great Carronade Career with Sad End6:56Trollope's final years: honours, illness and isolationChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous15:07Oil fuel and Britain's dependence on overseas suppliesChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous53:01The 1939 shipbuilding pause and its competing prioritiesChapter
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:15:10British chivalry and the use of overwhelming forceQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:16:11Charles Forbes and responsibility for naval operationsNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous1:26:08A 1920s Anglo-French-Japanese naval allianceQ&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous2:19:27Why keeping Force Z in Europe offered limited reliefNotable Point
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous3:40:13Which later admirals merit warship names?Q&A
- Churchill's Good ideas: the actually good, the bad, and the ridiculous3:43:45Warship names and diplomatic offenceQ&A
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers39:41Mahan and Corbett spoke to different naval audiencesNotable Point
- 14 Acts and 7 Classes - the story of the USN Interwar Destroyers1:38:12Why maintenance capacity matters to British fleet availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:36Would a British nuclear Tomahawk improve deterrence?Q&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:41How interservice language left Force Z without fighter coverNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:02What would a modern Royal Navy fourth-rate look like?Q&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:31German and British battlecruisers converged from different doctrinesQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:45Naming six additional Type 45 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:38Why Britain and Japan pursued night fighting for different reasonsNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:38Which pre-1950 ships could still serve with a light refit?Q&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:05Why steady interwar naval research funding matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:13World War I losses shaped British cruiser ASWNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:01Restoring historic names to US carriersQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:54How Infante Juan might have fared in Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:24Why Prince of Wales was not named for Edward VIIINotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:24Common Type 23s offered more value than a small Type 22 remnantQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:23The proposed production link from Type 23 to later escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:33Iowas for every First World War fleet create a race to strike portsQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:57A German surface fleet redirects the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:39Why the Royal Navy kept its existing ship-identification systemQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:07A Malayan Dido-class cruiser would find many claimantsQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:27Why the Type 45 is proposed as a British equivalent to the BurkeQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:54New machinery could transform HMS Tiger's modernization marginQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:37:49Vanguard's possible preservation after a Falklands deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:30Why further refits might not keep the cruiser Tiger in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:39A layered system protects Atlantic sea lanes from raidersQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:21A Falklands defeat could devastate the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:00A 1930s Falklands attack meets overwhelming British sea powerQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:13Capturing a carrier is much harder than sinking itQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:42British carrier studies approached Ford-class scaleQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:49British power in a world without the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:54A faster radar-guided Sea Cat could have helped in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:45Why the Iowa counterfactual uses an approximate British fleet countNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:27Why naval exercises point to a crewed and uncrewed fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:36:40James II and VII as a provocative capital-ship nameQ&A
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class3:57Why a large cruiser looked usefulChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class6:44An escort that can delay a stronger enemyNotable Point
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class45:05Larger British battleships and an earlier VanguardChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class47:48A British 9.2-inch cruiser responseChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class50:1327,000-ton carriers with more room for protection and aircraftChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class52:26Earlier destroyer, aircraft, and factory ordersChapter
- America goes Big Cruiser in the 1930s: Ending the Naval Treaties for the Alaska Class1:01:33A carrier-large-cruiser command pairNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs4:06Type 26 as a specialist submarine hunterChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs6:25City, River, and Hunter variants in allied task groupsChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs53:11The uneasy symbolism of HMS CampbeltownNotable Point
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs54:14Type 31 as the task group's defensive goalkeeperChapter
- Key Frigates of Today & Tomorrow: Type 26s, FREMMs & Nilgiris vs Mogami, Type 31s & FDIs58:49How stop-start orders slow British frigate productionChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live26:14What happens when a fleet loses its nearby bases?Notable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live40:54Why the first HMS Africa lasted only thirteen yearsChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live45:59HMS Africa's independent fight at TrafalgarChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live53:44HMS Africa on the eve of HMS DreadnoughtChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:01:12Why stronger guns encouraged fleet concentrationNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:28:10Why attack toward Chongqing without roads?Q&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:32:53Wellington's coastal supply advantage in the Peninsular WarNotable Point
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:40:44What became of the first HMS Africa?Q&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:41:17Could privateers replace a French battle fleet?Q&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live1:44:41Why Britain preserved so few old warshipsQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:00:29How another Falklands invasion date changes the carrier debateQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:02:15If HMS Hood had survived Denmark StraitQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live2:08:34The missing paper trail for British spy shipsChapter
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:15:46Why there was no HMS King George IIIQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:18:23What Type 94 testing says about the CCV programQ&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:23:24Did the Royal Navy choose survey ships instead of spy ships?Q&A
- Guadalcanal, HMS Africa, Spy Ships, Metacentric Height & Cruiser build Ticonderoga: 5 in 1 Live3:24:43Why so many Royal Navy survey ships began as sloopsQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live16:42Mers-el-Kebir as a communications failureQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:09:47Royal Navy shell supply and explosive fillings in World War IQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:12:01Gun-fit choices for the Royal Navy's CCVQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:15:30Why Navy and Army procurement diverged in World War INotable Point
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:17:36Beatty's suppression of the Harper and Bacon reportsQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:19:53Corruption in the Navy of Samuel PepysQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:56:57Stratus and Royal Navy missile commonalityQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live3:12:59Little room for larger Type 26 and Type 31 magazinesQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:14:22Why Britain did not plan a successor to HMS UnicornQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:21:58STUFT powers survive with a smaller British merchant poolQ&A
- Bruships 256: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:29:57A maximal post-Falklands Royal NavyQ&A
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars0:43HMS Walker and the V and W classChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars2:31Why Britain could replace its V and W destroyers graduallyNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars3:25Interwar destroyer training and calculated riskNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars5:31What an ordinary destroyer career can showNotable Point
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars22:12Baltic intervention and damage off KronstadtChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars27:05Interwar doctrine and dispersed naval forcesChapter
- HMS Walker: A Reliable Warrior in Two World Wars32:21Reserve service and prewar recommissioningChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:13:16Britain's larger 1942 escort and carrier forceChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:15:13Prewar escorts need trained reserve crews as well as hullsNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:24:49Peacetime lets research mature before implementationNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:50:16The Royal Navy's immediate answer to Plan ZQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)1:52:22Tiger's design lineage leads toward the G3Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:03:09Later British carriers would follow ImplacableQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:26:07Would streamlined submarines develop during the longer peace?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:26:20Would Britain still pursue the larger Implacable design?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)2:40:49Norway becomes a test of Allied sea controlChapter
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:05:17Why more T-class submarines remain in the Far EastNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:06:32A Pacific deployment still leaves fleets guarding EuropeNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)3:44:15Anglo-French strength could divide the Axis fleets between two theatresNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:05:07Why would Britain continue with the larger Implacable design?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:06:15Would Italian light carriers make Britain build light carriers too?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:09:33Early warning is more plausible than air refuellingQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:10:21The unrotated projectile loses its rationaleQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:12:37Would 20 mm guns replace British half-inch machine guns?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:15:20Three years barely changes naval high commandQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:16:35When might Britain begin a light fleet carrier programme?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:21:44Hood's planned refit follows RenownQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:22:06Would Hood miss the opening of a delayed war?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:23:41Mers-el-Kebir and distrust of the French governmentNotable Point
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:28:01Why Britain would strike ships in harborQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:33:55Three German capital ships would draw a larger British forceQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:52:49Unicorn is a forward aviation support shipQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:54:25Naval commandos are likelier to emerge than the SASQ&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:57:20Would French warships use British ports?Q&A
- What happens if WWII took place as scheduled... after 1942? (Patreon)4:57:59Would T-class submarines still be in the Pacific in 1942?Q&A
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?23:04The limits of importing an allied destroyer designNotable Point
- Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?25:04How shipbuilding capacity kept destroyer development movingNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...0:24Torpedo boat destroyers as fleet screensChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...4:12The first six destroyers and the later A-class labelNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...5:29Daring, Ferret and Havoc: different lives of naval namesNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...12:17The A-class as industrial researchChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...13:50A-class orders spread destroyer building across BritainNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...19:16B-class destroyers: raising the requirement to 30 knotsChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...24:35C-class 30-knotters and the case for earlier turbine adoptionNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...27:18HMS Fairy rams UC-75 during convoy escortNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...28:46Private yards carried early destroyer productionChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...29:36D-class hull shaping and real speedNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...32:21River-class seakeeping, range and the weight of fuelNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...36:48The Cricket class and coastal torpedo-boat defenceNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...38:30Tribal-class speed, oil, and turbine trialsChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...47:29HMS Swift, an expensive destroyer-leader experimentChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...50:52HMS Swift and HMS Broke in the Dover StraitNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...52:27Beagle-class economy and a firmer specificationChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...55:21Two signatures controlled acceptance of a destroyerNotable Point
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...59:10Acorn-class oil firing within a common designChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:06:00Acheron-class competition and Yarrow specialsChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:09:51Acasta-class turbine and framing experimentsChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:15:57Laforey-class armament, geared turbines and new buildersChapter
- Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...1:19:39Prewar experiments fed the M-class production programmesNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:05How a longer Type 45 run might have evolvedQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:47Why the Royal Navy could use a hospital ship named BritannicQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:16When offering cuts created a naval cutQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:33Why HMS Westminster may have had only four Sea Wolf missiles availableQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:21Which Type 26 hull might go to Norway?Q&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:56The sailing-era institution worth restoringQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:30Why Britain would keep SSNs and SSBNsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:18How large the Royal Fleet Auxiliary needs to beQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:48What Royal Navy type numbers meanQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:04Prospects for Enforcer 15628 in the British-Dutch programQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:16Why the CCV may outgrow a 6,000 ton Type 31 hullQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:08Why later Type 45s might have used an Italian 5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:59The Royal Navy's can-do strength and weaknessQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:34Gun variants in an enormous Type 45 production runQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:12What a new Royal Navy sail training ship would requireQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:49Why Royal Navy theory often appeared in steelQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:36The simplest way to reduce British warship costsQ&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:42Could a royal yacht also evacuate wartime casualties?Q&A
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:18Large uncrewed vessel studies without funded ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 255: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:36:38Why the CCV timetable depends on the chosen shipyardQ&A
- No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America14:51Extra time does not repair Allied command in MalayaNotable Point
- No Pearl Harbor: Japan Enters WWII without attacking America30:04How "no air support" concealed available fightersNotable Point
- ShinMaywa US-2: Seaplane for the Future6:17Why allies value a small fleet with a specialist roleNotable Point
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)2:46:56Is preserving the Grand Fleet the strongest objection?Q&A
- What happens if instead of Gallipoli, Fisher gets Churchill to go for the Baltic? (Patreon)3:00:23Would HMS Canada remain in British or Canadian hands?Q&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live17:42A diplomatic yacht alongside an amphibious fleetQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live19:05How a two-carrier limit encouraged larger shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live41:20Why the CCV and T9X delivery timetable raises doubtsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:01:34A third carrier hull as a missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:37:06A Royal Navy cruiser with twenty torpedo tubesQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:37:36Anglo-French rivalry without the French RevolutionQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:41:59A modern Royal Navy with Napoleonic-war budget priorityQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:46:33The cost of a wholly independent UK nuclear fleetQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:53:31Britain's choice to emphasise maritime powerQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:30:30British distrust of the French government in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live2:45:41Why Britain has not converted submarines into SSGNsQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:14:17Tracing the chosen Minotaur-class preliminary designQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:17:31The German surface fleet as a fleet in beingQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:21:19What Canada could gain from a future UK air-defence programmeQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:39:45Why British asbestos compensation developed differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 254: Naval History Questions Answered Live5:00:51A stronger Graf Zeppelin and the Royal Navy responseQ&A
- What happens if the French navy goes all Free French in 1940?19:19Why Britain would not gamble on ambiguous French ordersChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?18:53A proposal for hospital ships based on British amphibious hullsNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?34:00The Cod Wars as conflict management at seaNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?1:31:39Warship concepts are not yet procurementNotable Point
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:35:18Britain's planned diplomatic fleet mixChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:38:40British procurement and diplomatic presenceChapter
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?2:46:28The Royal Yacht as a diplomatic assetQ&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?3:05:43Could Britain and Sweden share a Type 83 program?Q&A
- Balancing the Humors: How are modern nations balancing diplomacy and war in the ships they build?3:05:56Why has British defense underinvestment not become a scandal?Q&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:04Historical names give a fictional warship a characterQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:26An elderly Beatty would be kept in a policy roleQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:24HMAS Tattoo and Australia's flexible ship-naming traditionsQ&A
- Bruships 253: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:59The Dog Star as a naval navigational nameQ&A
- Raphael Semmes: A Legacy of Literary Leadership29:13Global raiding under British commercial neutralityChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...5:25Why wartime fleets needed sudden manpowerChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...17:18Pubs, pay, and the press serviceChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...21:03How officers recruited experienced crewsChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...25:29Why a patron's recruits affected his own careerNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...28:08Prize money and the Royal Navy's capture economyNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...32:51Reading wartime manpower figures carefullyNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...42:06Emergency press gangs and the limits of forceChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...46:45Impressment and the British-American citizenship problemChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:02:28Why a pub fight need not prove forced naval recruitmentQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:08:22Why impressment gave way to professional serviceQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:11:17Foreign sailors in a British fleetQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:19:32Where untrained men fitted aboard shipQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:21:52What actually drove emergency naval recruiting?Q&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:25:48Why ships could not rely on unwilling majoritiesChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:30:20Moving a trained crew to a new commandNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:36:14John Quilliam and the meaning of a press recruitNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:38:41Why naval officers needed money without buying promotionQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:40:46Navigation exams and the captain's tableChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:43:12How captains kept a followingNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:47:07Why an officer's recruiting reputation affected his careerQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:49:18Desertion, debt, and incentives to enlistChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:50:39Forced separation and family life aboard warshipsNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:55:16Why the Navy could not empty a merchant crewChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:57:13Merchant wages and false impressment alarmsNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:01:56Where powder monkeys came fromQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:04:32Were Royal Navy officers mostly noble?Q&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:08:23Was Mr Hollom's stalled career unusual?Q&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:12:25What patronage did and did not doQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:14:38How midshipmen learned command during battleNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:16:49How the Royal Navy employed its admiralsQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:19:30Did gold rushes encourage naval desertion?Q&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:21:57How the Navy managed royal officersQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...2:24:49Princess Anne and a naval career that never happenedNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:36Why Cape Matapan makes a compelling battle storyChapter
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 28:52The Glorious First of June as a mid-ocean interceptionNotable Point
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 223:42Was Britain wrong to enter World War I?Q&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 236:53If Hoche's French expedition had landed in IrelandQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 241:42Possible international partners for Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 26:55Arming a hypothetical 1988 Royal Navy cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 233:33When the Royal Navy was best fundedQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:02:00Why Courageous and Glorious were not modernised like Akagi and KagaQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:09:08President as a British reminder of a captured American frigateQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:31:31What the Revenge-class preliminary designs traded awayQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:02:47If Britain captured Santisima TrinidadQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:40:56Japan without Singapore's oil reservesQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:47:10Could Britain have built more Tribal-class destroyers?Q&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:49:12A larger River-class offshore patrol vesselQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 22:58:12When revived warship names signal mobilisationQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 23:04:03World War II with allied Japan and neutral ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 23:21:02Have naval officers become less aggressive?Q&A
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)1:39Royal Navy gun standardization created more variationChapter
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)2:12Why one gun calibre did not guarantee one fleet standardNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)6:46How a 12-pounder became a de facto standardNotable Point
- The Perils of Standardisation: Can Navy's Standardise too much? (Patreon Premier)14:17How British and American yards refined each other's turbinesNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)4:08Task forces predate their American numbering systemChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)8:34Falklands command shows why task-force labels matterNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)13:35Age-of-sail commanders assembled named forcesChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)16:27Commodore appointments could bypass an unsuitable senior captainNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)27:06Sturdee sailed as a squadron but gathered a task forceQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)50:48Treaties met three different strategic problemsQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)56:02Three navies began with three different problemsChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:07:12Imperial commitments drove British testing and flexibilityNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:13:29HMS Unicorn linked aviation support with carrier developmentNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:15:02Britain's balanced force for holding sea areasChapter
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:16:00Britain planned for simultaneous wars in several theatresNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:19:22King George V class design suited mixed task forcesNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)1:35:37Reserve officers gave Britain depth for wartime expansionNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:09:37Britain's alphabetical forces absorbed local commandsNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:12:36Five Leanders and three modified Amphions made eightQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:13:20Navies often avoid renaming ships already in serviceQ&A
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)2:13:46Fleet-wide treaty tonnage constrained cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Task Force Doctrine; How it evolved from WWI to WWII in the big three navys - IJN, RN & USN(Patreon)3:10:32A proposed limit on naming warships after living peopleQ&A
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s9:52Leone-class scout cruisers as large destroyersChapter
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s11:45The Mediterranean Fleet as an imperial response forceNotable Point
- Claiming Mare Nostrum; Italian Destroyer Design & Procurment of the 1920s & 30s48:25I-class and Tribal armament compared with Italian destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:32How Royal Navy cooks carried their skills ashoreQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:45Royal Fleet Auxiliary investment and amphibious shippingQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:28Protecting wrecks from low-background-steel scavengersQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:31Why Elizabeth I kept her fleet together after the ArmadaQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:00How long could Belgrano have remained a threat?Q&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:41Admiral Cowan's extraordinary return to warNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:04What might future Royal Navy submarines be called?Q&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:11Why Town-class cruisers were not simply turned into carriersQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:48Which obsolete ships Fisher could scrap most easilyQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:41The Royal Navy's 1959 next-generation missile shipQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:21Britain's 16.5-inch gun as the next design stepQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:17If the War of 1812 began after NapoleonQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:45Lord Nelson's semi-dreadnought design studiesQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:31Azur Lane ship choices and the case for HMS CavalierQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:33Why the Royal Navy might become a space serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:08How Commonwealth navies already supported the Falklands campaignQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:40Preparing the Royal Navy for a known Falklands warQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:43The rule of four and sustainable fleet readinessQ&A
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...0:46Why naval disputes could begin in governmentChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...3:37Why wartime food grievances were not mutiniesChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...11:19Vian and Cunningham's reciprocal loyaltyNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...14:50Whose accounts of naval grievances survive?Notable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...19:46Walter Cowan's return to combat in his seventiesNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...22:49Admiral Cowan and the Baltic command climateNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...27:26Lawful orders and the volunteers-only pledgeNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...36:00Three Royal Navy pay scales before InvergordonChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...38:34Naval service and household ambitionsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...41:26Why frigate prize money attracted sailorsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...42:36Why a nominal 10 percent cut could mean 25 percentChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:00:28Training reform without a pastoral information systemChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:20:30Tomkinson's concessions and the pressure to settleChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:22:57Dispersing the fleet and rejecting forceChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:26:14Punishment and the end of Tomkinson's active careerNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Mutinees... Volunteer Baltic & Invergordon...1:29:27Invergordon's legacy for personnel and retentionNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:24A delayed war revives the 9.2-inch cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:30Naming and arming the battlecruiser after TigerQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:48Funding the Type 45 midlife upgradeQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:39Why the 170-gun HMS Duke of Kent stayed on paperQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:35Hypothetical 28-knot battleships with 18-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:14Continuing the R-class submarine designQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:41Why HMS Duke of Kent would not start a naval reactionQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:25Cold-weather operation is already a Royal Navy requirementQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:22The pre-treaty path to a 9.2-inch cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:53Which preliminary design became the Tribal class?Q&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:56A sixteen-gun armored cruiser at CoronelQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:36Why older armoured cruisers would stay in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:38Why Anglo-Dutch amphibious-ship armament remains uncertainQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:09Existing orders at the Washington Naval TreatyQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:24A legal Royal Navy minimum built around foursQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:52Royal Navy 9.2-inch cruisers against the DeutschlandsQ&A
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:12The cruiser red line at WashingtonQ&A
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?24:50The new battlecruisers could arrive in time for JutlandNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?48:24Britain still needs County-class cruisersNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?51:49Britain could divide its allowance among three battlecruisersNotable Point
- What would need to change for HMAS Australia & HMS New Zealand to be retained under Washington?53:51Different fast wings could preserve Anglo-American parityNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)33:23Britain had already won the quantitative naval raceNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:07:55Why Britain keeps the six-inch secondary batteryQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:09:57Small-tube boilers and the end of the battlecruiser splitQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:16:26Could a Royal Navy exercise have deterred escalation?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)1:19:49Large cruisers at Weihaiwei and Australia's capital shipQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:24:03Britain's projected 18-inch and 21-inch capital shipsChapter
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:27:22Capital-ship transfers as imperial infrastructure policyNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:31:26Why naval control accelerates carrier aviationNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)2:39:27The Royal Navy already had the largest submarine forceNotable Point
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:31:02Could hydrophones and ASDIC mature without the war?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:33:30Pink slips trace Royal Navy fleet movements day by dayQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:35:06Why Britain no longer uses privateersQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:35:16Which 1920 navy is best prepared for the future?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:37:58A new mission for battlecruisers after the battle line acceleratesQ&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:44:55How much of the 1914 Royal Navy survives to 1920?Q&A
- WWI delayed by six years? What would the Navies look like? (Patreon Alternate History)3:47:18Purpose-built carriers instead of HMS EagleQ&A
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI11:57Japan's Mediterranean anti-submarine expertiseNotable Point
- Building upon experience from a position of strength; Imperial Japan's Destroyers in WWI18:43British Acorn-class destroyers ease Japan's wartime shortageNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13The communications foundation missing from the Defence Investment PlanNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:29G3 guns and completion dates in a no-treaty scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:00Four capital ships a year and the economics of continuous constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:54Three battle squadrons for the Home Fleet, Mediterranean, and Indian OceanNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:22Which experimental Royal Navy carrier was worth rebuildingQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:30Why headline prices obscure naval procurement costsNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:24What quantum technology means in British defence planningQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:19Why Royal Navy constructors bet on G3 speedQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:39Type 91 vessels as Type 45 force multipliersQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:26AI, drones, power, and the Defence Investment PlanQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:00Royal Navy signalling habits and drone communicationsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:14Large naval drones still need scarce dry docksQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:24G3 appearance and a possible F3-style turret layoutQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:05The naval logistics behind Wellington's Peninsular campaignsNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:42HMS Belfast and short-range drone defenceQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:34Retrofitting remote power control to British cruiser gunsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:47Royal Fleet Auxiliary integration and LUSV supportQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:27What eight additional Type 23 frigates would have changedQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:21Containerized medical care after the hospital-ship proposalQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:32How far Prince Philip might have risen in the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:38Lasers, deep-diving drones, and undersea communicationsQ&A
- 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...2:27:22G3 battlecruisers as visible instruments of presenceQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:25How battlecruisers and smaller warships divide naval workNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:21Damen shipyards, changing clients, and British build politicsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:44Defiant before a British F-35 amphibious shipQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:18Iroquois-class equivalents and the value of a larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:29Thirty Buccaneers arriving in Britain in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:22Modern submarines and covert insertion missionsQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:26Sea-level rise and shipyard resilienceQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:33Ideal Royal Navy composition with proper fundingQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:23Afghanistan's lessons for naval trauma careQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:39How to expand Royal Navy shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:01The most junior officers to command a post ship in battleQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:35Why Britain studied corvettes in the early 1960sQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:27How leaving Nelson before Trafalgar reshaped an admiral's reputationNotable Point
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:23Lion-class battleships in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:05Adapting Trieste for a Royal Navy LHDQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:31How a modern hunt for Bismarck would unfoldQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:00Why the America class is a poor Royal Navy fitQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:55Flight-deck risk in the Royal Navy's amphibious replacementQ&A
- Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:30Why a second-rate ship of the line was a major honourQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today3:02HMS Greyhound and the first destroyer screenNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today12:36Funnels become shorthand for destroyer powerNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today13:32National priorities shape early destroyer designNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today20:27World War I gives destroyers several kinds of escort experienceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today21:42Interwar destroyer mass lets navies experimentChapter
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today36:46Destroyer presence and winning the peaceNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today46:02Independent destroyer forces before World War IINotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today48:54Postwar destroyers combine dual-purpose guns and ASW weaponsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today50:30Destroyer gunfire on the Belgian coast and the rewards for fast crewsNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today52:27Daring-class presence makes deterrence visibleNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers: Screening Fleets & National Interests from 1890 to Today1:13:39Post-Cold War destroyer progress stallsNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age48:09What if Horizon had spread Italy's 76 mm emphasis?Notable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:01Near-term spending is the useful test for the planNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?25:29Hybrid Navy ambitions are tested against their budgetNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?27:31Twelve F-35As add a nuclear role but weaken carrier growthChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?33:57Housing and family pressures drive Royal Navy retention problemsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?45:01Norwegian Type 26 frigates remain under national controlChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?48:33An ideal Royal Navy sketch built around escort groupsQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?50:08SSN and SSBN infrastructure overlap hides different force demandsQ&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?1:03:31Munitions spending and Type 45 air-defence upgrades are weighedChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:07:06A new air-defence centre adds to existing command layersNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:37:47Maritime receives £18 billion despite Britain's trade dependenceNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:41:35A NATO-first force may lose independent crisis optionsChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:51:10Hybrid Navy growth appears to have become an accelerated replacement planQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?1:55:28Defence reporting needs service-specific expertiseQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:01:52The maritime budget is principally an ASW programmeChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?3:50:13The Royal Navy need not become the Hybrid Navy's irreversible guinea pigQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan is Out... Let's Talk it through, Good, Bad & What the Frigate?5:25:42Project Proteus develops a full-size autonomous helicopter for anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered12:40A capable Connecticut still needs a screenNotable Point
- The USN Pre-WWI Destroyers; Never Enough Ordered24:02From Jeune Ecole shortcuts to flotilla defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:04Trafalgar, Channel invasion pressure, and French commerce raidingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:16Why Victory might lead a fictional age-of-sail Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:16Red, white, and blue squadrons in Royal Navy commandNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:06Yellow admirals and the limits of promotion by seniorityQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:08What cancelling Type 83 would mean for destroyer developmentQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:18Replacing the Grand Fleet with 1940s counterpartsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:58HMS Hood's cylindrical turrets and low freeboardQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:24Why an Anglo-Dutch LHD would take five to ten yearsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:44Rosyth expansion versus Devonport's military lakeQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:05Eight extra Type 23 frigates and continuous shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:57What remains of the Royal Navy's naval architecture departmentQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:15S85, S90, and the recurring promise of smaller warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:03The Type 83 as an air-defence and ASW hybridQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:53Floating dry docks as a bridge to fixed-dock modernizationQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:18Which British frigate program faces the greater cancellation risk?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:54An ideal British amphibious force built around four LHDsQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:28Common AAW and ASW hulls before NFR-90Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:14Montana and Conqueror replacing Anglo-American battleships in World War IQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:42Ice cream, rum, and naval barter in the wartime PacificQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:40Could Fisher have softened Dreadnought's disruptive effect?Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:27How dockyard investment affects British and Japanese warship reliabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:43Sea Lord responsibilities in Azur Lane's rigging problemQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:36Yarrow's three dry docks and Type 26 capacityQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:53Prince Louis of Battenberg as wartime First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:00Warspite replaced by a Vanguard-class battleship in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:37The 1959 Future Frigate studies and the path beyond LeanderQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:56Reported Type 83 cancellation and the Common Combat Vessel proposalNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:04Twelve fully supported Type 45 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:24Why serving officers rarely criticize defence policy in publicNotable Point
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:26Why Leander conversion studies began during constructionQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:55Western fleets without the post-Cold War peace dividendQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:34Why fleet recovery needs policy continuity beyond one Defence Investment PlanQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:39Narvik as an accurately reported but underhyped naval battleQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:09Twelve Type 45 Maximus destroyers replacing the current sixQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:01Full-specification Type 82 destroyers in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:48Why the Type 43 destroyer was studied with HarriersQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:14CVA-01's likely service life and replacementQ&A
- Yak-38 Forger: The Nasty Surprise of the Kiev Class42:01Invincible's air-defence role and delayed early warningNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality0:34Press gangs targeted seafaring manpowerChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality2:28Wartime expansion drove emergency recruitmentNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality4:33Trafalgar illustrates British fleet depthNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality13:10Captain reputations and bounties attracted volunteersChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality15:32Officer retinues helped sustain long naval careersNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality16:39John Quilliam rose from impressed sailor to Victory's first lieutenantNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality17:23Pressed men carried a reputation for desertionNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality17:53Naval service could lead to merchant commandNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality19:35Debt protection could draw sailors toward naval recruiting partiesNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality21:02The King's shilling and limits on recruiting abuseChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality24:14Press officers could become volunteer recruitersChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality26:36A fully rigged merchant ship could not lose its whole crew safelyChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality29:07Guard ships could insist on merchant wages before enlistmentChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality30:03Emergency manning left pursers responsible for sailors' unpaid wagesNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality31:58Pay arrears discouraged sailors from bounty-hoppingNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality32:45The merchant marine was the Navy's peacetime reserveChapter
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:32Interwar shipyard closures removed rearmament capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:00Four Admiral-class battlecruisers would reshape treaty fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:10Rodney's captain planned to fight through to the beachesNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:11Defence ambitions have to match the money providedQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:22What the County-class destroyers lost during designQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:20Beatty's strengths fit subordinate command better than flag rankQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:37What replacing Beatty before Jutland could changeQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:32Destroyer captains inherited the frigate-captain traditionQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:34Intercepting the Norway invasion force could change the warQ&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 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:44A 1937 3-inch/70 would reshape Royal Navy air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:14HMS Tiger's crew had changed by JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:31How HMS Hood exceeded her original trial speedQ&A
- Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:03Commodore rank and the US Navy's rear admiral lower halfQ&A
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?0:37Tiger's beam leaves room to consider larger barbettesChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?4:42Tiger approaches the fast battleship from the battlecruiser sideNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?6:08Tiger's trials and stability suggest scope for an oil-fired refitChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?9:35Jutland supplies combat evidence for Tiger's resilienceNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?18:29Tiger's strategic speed could put heavy guns at Singapore in timeChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?22:48The London treaty removes Tiger before her replacement is readyNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?32:07A 15-inch standardization bargain changes the treaty pathChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?44:02A 1918 reconstruction could keep Tiger useful while new designs took shapeChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?47:26Four fast ships support a deploy-train-refit cycleChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?50:48Accepting Tiger may be cheaper than reopening the treaty bargainNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?54:24Treaty tonnage could produce three or four F3-style capital shipsChapter
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?58:57Two battle lines give Britain worldwide task-group depthNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:01:03Fleet depth supports faster Queen Elizabeth refits and live raider exercisesNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?1:06:08An eighteen-ship fleet could support another battle squadronNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...0:20Design studies versus ships the Royal Navy actually builtNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...2:50The Third Sea Lord tied procurement to one accountable officeNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...4:30The Cold War starts with a destroyer-heavy Royal NavyChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...5:28Destroyer flotillas gave future admirals early command experienceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...7:46NATO focus collides with a wider Royal Navy missionChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...12:42Rifles and warships could not share one procurement cycleNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...13:43Daring class destroyers set a high postwar benchmarkChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...19:13Sea Slug shows how missile systems changed destroyer designNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...22:37World War II infrastructure made Cold War missile research cheaperNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...24:25How could the Navy fund missile research despite defence cuts?Q&A
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...26:29Radar and the CIC moved command away from the bridgeNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...27:33County class destroyers kept presence and air defence togetherChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...29:30Sea Slug's Falklands use extended beyond air defenceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...39:07Presence tasking explains the cruiser shortage problemNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...45:15Global trade made early naval presence cheaper than crisis responseNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...49:16Type 82 was conceived as a fleet leader and presence shipChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...54:11Collective security did not erase Britain's own naval tasksChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:03:37Deterrence required both persistent patrols and a credible heavy forceNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:06:21Type 42 added Sea Dart firepower to a larger task groupChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:13:28Falklands success required ships to perform an unexpected missionChapter
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:16:57Lynx helicopters inherited the fight against small surface combatantsNotable Point
- Britain's Cold War Destroyers: Logically Building for the War they didn't Fight...1:20:12What could a fleet built around Type 82 and CVA-01 have changed?Notable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not39:27Type 31, Type 26, and AUKUS production linesChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not41:25Submarine endurance matters during peacetime intelligence patrolsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not44:32Dry docks and auxiliaries as serious capabilityNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not50:57A national drydocks board for mobile repair capacityNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:01:18Navy bonds as a defence-funding instrumentQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:03:26Restraint after a Russian warship fired at a yachtQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:06:56ASW frigates as command ships for uncrewed screensQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:43:13F-35 maintenance capacity limits carrier readinessNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:51:19Uncrewed boats remain testbeds for a crewed fleetNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not1:55:47From XV Patrick Blackett to optionally crewed support shipsNotable Point
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:57:18Possible responses if the Russian frigate incident escalatedQ&A
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not3:01:05A small navy still needs multiple maintenance slotsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:07Munitions stockpiles expose procurement seriousnessQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:02Royal Navy infrastructure supported expansion in the 1840sQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:58Type 43 would find few export buyersQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:03Dry docks turn fleet numbers into usable shipsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:17Admiral names help the Royal Navy make a case for naval powerQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:06Britain should repair existing bases before reopening distant stationsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:41A German victory would prevent the interwar naval treaty pauseQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:57British nuclear-rated facilities extended beyond the submarine-building yardQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:02Tsushima carried higher immediate stakes for Japan than Trafalgar did for BritainQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:13Pre-1914 British yards competed by outscaling and underbidding rivalsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:22Retaking the Channel Islands would use overwhelming post-Normandy sea and air powerQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:35False musters collapse when a ship has to performQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:20British and American floatplanes needed different shipboard equipmentQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:20Royal Navy Kingfishers served mainly in training and patrol unitsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:47A British Curtiss conversion would be a multi-year Blackburn test programmeQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:35Jutland produced night-fighting frustration more than fearQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:10Vindictive tested carrier arrangements while naval aviation was still developingQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:24Vindictive's return to a surface-combat role may have been uniqueQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:09Vindictive's limited flying platforms allowed a return to cruiser serviceQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:50Fleetwide Exocet fits could change British Falklands targeting choicesQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:12Royal Navy Seamew totals are recalled only approximatelyQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:05Surviving Invincibles could enter reserve before IndefatigablesQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:11A 1914 Brittany earthquake could turn mobilization into disaster reliefQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:01An expanded prewar Royal Navy could use a Tiger as a testbedQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:31"Built for but not with" works only if wartime upgrades actually arriveQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:05Historic admirals would first have to relearn modern naval politicsQ&A
- Bruships 246: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:06Rhadamanthus was a fast, fragile step toward RenownQ&A
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?16:58Woodward's Falklands command covered the carrier battle groupNotable Point
- Flotilla or Squadron? What Naval Unit is this?17:34A proposed Bristol headquarters for the Falklands task forceNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?50:03Perry and Type 22 reflected different fleet rolesQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:11:23How the Defence Investment Plan exposed a readiness gapQ&A
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:12:52Keeping Astute production moving between batchesNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:14:00The effect of cancelled Type 45 and Type 23 hullsNotable Point
- Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?2:16:14Why fleet size affects retention and career depthNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:49Nelson, insubordination, and the protection of victoryQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:31Chamberlain, rearmament, and the search for timeQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:10Navies, coast guards, and counter-smuggling workQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:15Larger alternatives to the Malta-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:52The Royal Navy's costliest Second World War mistakesQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:03Royal Oak and the dispute over responsibility for Scapa FlowNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:14Crete: sending ammunition-depleted cruisers back into dangerNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:45Why Libertad would not surprise Azur Lane's CommanderQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:48Four Malta-class carriers found in 1938Q&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:47British super-long gun experiments before the treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:06British studies for 18-inch and 22-inch naval gunsQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:27Why the Royal Fleet Auxiliary is force structureQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:09An American battle line before the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:13A dual-role ballistic and cruise-missile submarine fleetQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:06Larger Tiger-class helicopter cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:30Tiger Cubs as escorts for cruiser carriersQ&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:57A British Pacific-first strategy in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:42British first-rates on the Great Lakes before 1812Q&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:14Uncertain submarine contacts in the Falklands WarNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?0:18What would a class of small Hermes carriers change?Q&A
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?5:50Experimental-carrier rules give Britain an early replacement advantageNotable Point
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?10:50Global commitments reward six smaller carriers over a few giantsChapter
- What if HMS Hermes was the first of a class of Cruiser Carriers?32:18British maritime power depends on more than treaty parityChapter
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?21:17Export orders can keep a modular frigate line readyNotable Point
- Modularity Squared... What happens if the Stanflex & Meko combined into a single program?43:38Moflex export success could pressure Britain to sustain its yardsNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...0:52Why British cruisers carried ASDICNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...19:06HMS Unicorn supports British carrier enduranceNotable Point
- How Ship Design is a reflection of Navy's attempts to balance technology, strategy and memory...49:38Royal Navy station ships offered successive diplomatic warningsNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?3:18George IV and the royal promiseNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?7:02A Hawaiian cruiser base could change Pacific war planningNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?12:08Protectorate status keeps Hawaiian government intactNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?17:33Ships, a hospital, and guards make protection visibleChapter
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?18:49Royal Navy medicine becomes diplomatic influenceNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?19:44British support expands Hawaiian seapower and coaling tradeNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?20:52A modest base deters interference and creates its own tradeChapter
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?24:03Naval transport could change the risks faced by Hawaiian royalsNotable Point
- What if Hawaii became a British Protectorate in 1824?24:46American influence faces an entrenched British guaranteeNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI8:37Offensive design from strategic shortageNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:14How blockade could shape a longer War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:46How a giant Spanish fleet would alter the naval balance in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:14Resupplying a postwar Scapa Flow baseQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:44Why a larger Type 83 hull need not drive the whole ship's costNotable Point
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:28Tiger, Iron Duke, and treaty-retention politicsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:30The cost of giving America the 1812 Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:34Why HMS Renown was not retained after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:27Suez without American interventionQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:00HMS Renown as Force H's rear guardQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:07Designing a River-class OPV successorQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:50What a larger 1910 Town-class cruiser would gainQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:13How larger Hawkins cruisers would shift treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:38Technical possibility versus value in a Type 45 ExLS refitQ&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:35Reforming long-term UK defence procurementQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...12:06Why new ships need sailors before commissioningQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...14:27Crew access checks change Type 45 firefighting arrangementsChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...16:32Type 23 life extension and the frigate gapNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...38:37Type 45 shore integration facilitiesChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...50:04Weapons testing after JutlandNotable Point
- 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)3:47Why the program starts with four, two, and twoChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)9:19CVA-01 leaves a carrier-policy gapChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)13:42NATO's German front wins the budget fightNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)15:23CVA-01 deck studies and Invincible's single islandNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)20:12Real Invincibles set the technical baselineChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)20:56Sea Wolf upgrades advance at the rate funding allowsNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)25:41Invincible protects Norway reinforcement and Atlantic ASW groupsChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)30:52Procurement restraint disguises fixed-wing potentialNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)39:15Rebuilding a navy requires time and industrial capacityNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)42:14Sea Harrier logic makes the hull and mission growNotable Point
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:14:58Will Britain return to catapult carriers?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:15:19Would a legal carrier minimum guarantee readiness?Q&A
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)1:47:20Falklands air defence changes sharplyChapter
- 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
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:03:51Carrier groups pull Type 42 and Type 23 numbers upwardChapter
- What Happens if Australia, Canada & the UK go all in on the Invincibles in the 1970s? (Patreon Live)2:04:32How many escorts were envisaged for a British task group?Q&A
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI16:11Flotilla defence still requires a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:48Which former Royal Navy bases would still matter?Q&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:29Rebuilding the Royal Navy to Cold War sizeQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...59:16Modern warship command preferencesQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:33Replenishment ships follow commitmentsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:08Alongside replenishment and the loss of Britain's fast oilersQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:41How the Royal Navy sustains long deploymentsQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:36What an impossibly large 1939 Royal Navy would changeQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:19Why Batch 2 Rivers cannot become frigates cheaplyQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:33Why an allied NSM opening may not speed British ordersQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:44The panel's comparison of Type 83s and battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:50Why six third rates would not replace the 1812 frigatesQ&A
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?4:22River-class range and economy suit patrol workChapter
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?13:45Civilian patrol agencies can call naval boarding teamsNotable Point
- What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?1:01:22The case for a 76 mm gun on smaller warshipsNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...39:34The Great White Fleet depended on coal logistics it did not ownNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...42:56British-American cooperation before a formal allianceNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...51:44Hedge strategy and balanced fleet designNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:22:07Distributed modular shipbuilding trades scale for coordination riskChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:36:53AUKUS within the US undersea acquisition portfolioNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...1:53:36Does the Royal Navy have more admirals than ships?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:40:39Shorter maintenance periods can improve readiness or fragment the fleetChapter
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...3:46:07Maintenance authority and the sailors needed to use itNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...4:57:38How many carriers are needed to keep three available?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:10:22British amphibious lift extended beyond dedicated warshipsNotable Point
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:13:12What was the Royal Navy's large amphibious force for?Q&A
- US Navy Ship Building Plan 2026... a Live look at what is being planned...5:25:35Would larger Invincible-class carriers have found replacement buyers?Q&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:46Reserve frigates and Falklands force availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:48Earlier Type 23 replacement and a usable reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:29Torpedo reliability as a testing lessonQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:53Battlecruiser speed, guns, and armor coverageQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:01How larger main guns could make room for 3-inch weaponsNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:04Shipboard sports teams and fleet competitionQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:27Replacing Hood's 5.5-inch secondary batteryQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:11Great Eastern as an American Civil War troopship targetQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:36Tiger-class cruisers as Falklands command shipsQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:36Anti-slavery patrols, abolition, and maritime powerQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:02A collision and Tiger as conditions for rebuilding HoodNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:12:06Why Britain would not rent Warrior to the UnionQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:48Why admirals beat saints in Royal Navy ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:04Where a treaty-free battleship gun race would plateauQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:06Type 26 exports and a possible larger second batchQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:32An American Hood and the Washington treaty ceilingQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:21Sea Dart as a substitute for ExocetQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:14An Anglo-German alliance before the naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:00Wilhelm II's admiration for Britain and naval rivalryNotable Point
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:39Treasury power over British defence procurementQ&A
- Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:27:41Mark 57 versus Mark 41 VLS for Royal Navy retrofitsQ&A
- Five Topics which tend to lead to me debating vigorously with other historians... (Patreon Live)2:16:56Admiral Leach and the decision to fight for the FalklandsQ&A
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development50:46Tribal-class guns support night torpedo attacksChapter
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development55:22Battle-class armament reflects a wartime design pauseNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development56:52Daring-class destroyers become cruiser substitutesNotable Point
- Destroyers: Modern Navy's most powerful surface combatants - 134yrs of development1:28:18Allied reliance on Burkes encourages shallow magazinesNotable Point
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:31Royal Navy camouflage after 1945 and radar's limitsQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:26River-class OPV replacement pressureQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:12Britain faces a German-Russian-Italian bloc after 1890Q&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:36Warspite as a Star Destroyer machine spiritQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:50British procurement cuts and lost naval careersQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:06Royal Marines carried by Type 22 frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:36Would Brunel have made HMS Warrior a two-decker?Q&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:35Reading Type 22 nuclear blast-hardening figuresQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:55F-35B weapon integration and Britain's carrier choicesQ&A
- Bruships 241: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:13Why sailors received a gallon of beerQ&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....0:39The Warrior moment depends on production as much as designChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....0:39What if HMS Warrior had been a two-decker ironclad?Q&A
- Ironclads go Two Decker....8:38Large frigates made Warrior a natural British answerChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....12:13Warrior made new technology look like familiar powerNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....19:03A stronger French ironclad could force Britain to build upwardChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....25:17Baldwin Walker narrows the choice to frigate or two-deckerNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....30:49How a two-decker Warrior might distribute roughly a hundred gunsChapter
- Ironclads go Two Decker....38:15Britain could build separate ironclad battle and frigate fleetsNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....38:51An armored two-decker fleet could be too costly for many rivalsNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes5:16Doctrine, design evidence, and learning from RajputNotable Point
- Modern Indian Destroyers: Creation of an Indigenous Naval Capability, Dehli to Visakhaptnam Classes28:39Indigenization builds political support for the fleetNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:42Type 83 points toward a larger air-defence destroyerChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)10:54Distributed missile ships still need sensors and presenceNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)15:28York and Exeter show the limits of buying smaller cruisersChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)20:07Britain's land-based air-defence gap expands Type 83's roleNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)33:23Type 26's ASW design sets limits on an air-defence conversionChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)44:48Type 83 does not need battleship fire supportQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)45:20Type 83 is expected to exceed Type 82's size and capabilityQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)47:28Optionally crewed craft fit task forces better than global patrolsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)49:21Henderson treated the York class as a design warningQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)50:00Black Swan fell between OPV and frigate requirementsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)50:31Continuous shipbuilding preserves skills and controls costQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)53:11Type 83 timing depends on complex-warship yard capacityQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)55:18Older battlecarrier proposals are a poor Type 83 modelQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)56:50Type 83 partnerships need not be limited to EuropeQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)57:33Type 83's design horizon outlasts current governmentsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:15:07Nuclear escorts would change carrier support and port accessNotable Point
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:17:18Warship ambition must match support infrastructureChapter
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:46:02Electronic warfare belongs across the fleetQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:47:55AUKUS delays cannot be assigned to one partner aloneQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)1:48:44Royal Navy type numbers preserve role-based bandsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:04:06Hawkins-class geometry worked against an 8-inch refitQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:09:27Type 83 deployments are likely to remain six to nine monthsQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:09:36Type 83 is more likely to use a British AESA radar than AegisQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:13:34Everyday food routines as clues to naval service experienceQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:22:15Alfred's fleet was professionalized before there was a Royal NavyQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:25:28France's FDI is not the Type 83 comparatorQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:29:04A twelve-ship Type 83 fleet and an illustrative design menuQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:30:09Naval fiction writers suggested for Royal Navy readersQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:34:55Indian destroyer growth highlights the Royal Navy's shortfallQ&A
- Live: What the Royal Navy's Type 83 Will Not Be: AKA Reality of Future Air Dominance System(FADS)2:39:28Type 83 crewing depends on more than shipboard automationQ&A
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima8:09Prestige could not close Russia's capability gapNotable Point
- Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima9:18Stronger rival navies strained Britain's two-power standardNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:58Carrier aircraft against pirate junksQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:22Bismarck with Scharnhorst and GneisenauQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:44F3 battlecruiser protection tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:47Royal Navy wartime maintenance cyclesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:56Royal Navy readiness in a sudden crisisQ&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...1:01:31Royal Navy scientific voyages and ShackletonQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:34:22Replacing Renown after a 1927 machinery fireQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:03Why post-Hawkins cruisers started at 12,000 tonsQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:31Political pressure and British naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:36A Green government and Britain's nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:32Could a junior coalition partner scrap nuclear submarines?Q&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:14Lord Nelson turbines and a different DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:28An Anglo-Japanese alliance and the U.S. naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:50The post-Hawkins cruiser's missing middle roleQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:05British twin-engine carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:32Foreign responses to a 9.2-inch post-Hawkins cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:19How the 1914 cruiser losses hardened Royal Navy zigzag doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:22The Battle of Cape Bon night ambushNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:23British coal logistics as naval powerNotable Point
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:33A missile-armed Tiger-class cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:28Balanced introductions to the British EmpireQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:45Eight 9.2-inch guns on a post-Hawkins cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:36Why a carrier air wing requires far more than 36 aircraftNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)12:29The Six-Six fleet relies on coalition deterrenceNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)18:02A battleship fleet needs enough escortsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)24:55Lansdowne combines trade power with a local allyChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)30:01Japan seeks security while modernizingNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)32:42British neutrality as Japanese leverageNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)36:31Russo-Japanese War cooperation without interventionChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)39:33Japan prepares rapidly for TsingtaoChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)59:30Dominion politics and Pacific policyNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:05:04The alliance and the Pacific balance of powerQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:07:29Why the Dutch accepted the Anglo-Japanese allianceQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:08:54China, spheres of influence, and restraintQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:10:17Japan could expect protection beyond formal neutralityQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:14:40A Trafalgar-scale Jutland ends the war earlyChapter
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:19:20Victory at sea unlocks L3 battleships and dockyardsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:27:00British battleship orders without treaty limitsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:32:42Debt repayment and the appeal of naval treatiesNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)1:38:12G3 and N3 armament without the treaty settlementNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:04:50Continuous construction replaces older capital shipsNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:11:34Treaties soften the British-American power transitionNotable Point
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:18:02IJN officers continue studying Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:18:20Standard displacement belongs to the treaty systemQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:25:35Nine- or ten-gun cruisers improve on York and ExeterQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:40:03Carrier knowledge flows in both directionsQ&A
- What happens if the British & Japanese refuse to break their alliance? (Patreon Live)2:48:19Britain was already considering 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- The Dutch Interwar Destroyer Debate27:32The risks of waiting for British and American fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart2:17Exocet space on a large gun cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart4:38Reserve Warspite after the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart23:52Vanguard, treaty limits, and the meaning of fast battleshipNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart25:46HMS Incomparable as deterrent and white elephantQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart28:48How Incomparable could disrupt naval limitationNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart31:16Refitting Incomparable for radar-controlled gunneryNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart32:32How much could new boilers improve Incomparable?Q&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart35:33A radar-controlled Incomparable at Denmark StraitNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart36:52A carrier-battlecruiser hunting group for IncomparableNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart40:02Why alternate gun fits would not simplify IncomparableQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart42:39Where did Britain's quadruple-turret studies come from?Q&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart48:51Why six 20-inch guns are poor for pre-radar rangingNotable Point
- Bruships17:33Seventy cruisers and treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships19:13Carrier strike victory and dominion carrier flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships21:25A French navy still at war and British forces in the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:36Getting U-boats past GibraltarQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:59Admiral Hood transfers his flag after damageQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:19S-boats in the Thames EstuaryQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...26:47A surprise R-class bombardment in 1940Notable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:38British fireships against invasion harborsNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:08HMS Beagle without cartography missionsQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:29How the Royal Navy checked the East India Company at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:43How reserve time affects a destroyer's hull lifeQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:41Tiger as a small-tube boiler test bedQ&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:24Anglo-German alliance in 1880Q&A
- Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:15Two-pounder fire against escort flotillasQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans9:36Superfiring Invincible at JutlandQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans28:34HMS Renown and the ethics of naval preservationQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans33:46Why warship yard labor was not interchangeableNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans38:09Why smaller, cheaper warships remain elusiveNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans39:39Four French carriers would also need more escortsNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans49:09St. Vincent and Britain's layered fleet strategyQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans52:15Why a badly damaged Invincible would not be rebuiltQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans53:25Recreating lost destroyers and early carriersQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:28:08Trading Hood for an F3 battlecruiser programQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:33:36F3s, a common 15-inch gun, and continuous yard workNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:41:13What a larger Tiger-class cruiser hull buysQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:46:07British carriers in the U.S. Pacific roleQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:48:11Would British carriers face range problems in the Pacific?Q&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:54:55Ark Royal operations challenge her published enduranceNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans1:57:19Why Hood's armor belt was not F3 protectionNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:04:25Reading Vanguard's design lineage forwardNotable Point
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:12:56Using N. A. M. Rodger's Royal Navy historiesQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:14:55Big-wing Harrier naval tradeoffsQ&A
- Special Catch Up Ramblings on Behalf of @TheFleetOfOceans2:21:24Goeben and Breslau in the Indian OceanQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)11:11Treaty allowances and funded fleets give different naval rankingsNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)16:43France's fall was a low-probability, high-impact naval riskNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)24:49French specialist forces complement Royal Navy massNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)30:52Submarine treaty limits left France and Italy more freedomNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)32:49Why Britain expected French submarines to cover the MediterraneanQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)34:02Britain's submarine-ban campaign coexisted with heavy investmentNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)35:18Submarine abolition could win Britain concessions elsewhereNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)57:41Existing ammunition postpones a wholesale French rearmamentQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)58:39Allied industry could sustain mixed French ammunitionQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:00:25France could buy ships abroad before rebuilding yardsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:01:42Early French AA standardization would favor British weaponsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:06:15British 5.25-inch and 4.5-inch rearmament optionsQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:08:14Treaty limits did not cap French submarine numbersQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:08:56Britain benefited from the story that it hated submarinesQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:11:25Seventy French destroyers improve Churchill's bargaining positionQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:12:04A Mers-el-Kebir sortie still favors SomervilleQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:12:59Darlan is the hinge for a whole-fleet evacuationChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:27:07French control of the western Mediterranean frees Force HNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:28:31French North African airfields shorten the Malta supply problemNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:32:04A freed Ark Royal transforms the Taranto strikeChapter
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:36:49French submarines preserve Britain's Far East screenNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)1:58:31French fast ships tighten the Atlantic netChapter
- 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 the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:03:12French escorts keep British destroyers with the battle fleetNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:22:33Production-security plans help sustain unique French calibersQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:23:46A modern 15-inch/45 refit would be formidable but hypotheticalQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:26:09A full Eastern Fleet could replace isolated Force ZQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:30:39An early Allied command gives Singapore a fleet instead of Force ZNotable Point
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:43:56France planned to join its Far East force to the Royal NavyQ&A
- What happens if the entirety of the French Navy decides to carry on fighting in WWII? (Patreon Live)2:47:04French fast battleships fit a Royal Navy weaknessNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?0:00Churchill applies the wrong shipbuilding lessonChapter
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?3:20New ships could replace old crews and compound fleet strengthNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?4:20American reserve capacity contrasts with Britain's interrupted pipelineNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?7:38Cruiser build times lengthen despite protected shipyard laborNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?9:45Prewar escort orders complicate the emergency-building rationaleNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?11:59A selective pause had a stronger case than a blanket haltNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?14:10The King George V class took progressively longer to completeNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?15:32Refits could release experienced crews for new shipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?17:01Earlier King George V-class battleships change the Bismarck problemNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?20:18A task-force war rewards modern ships that can deploy widelyNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?22:11Stopping construction scatters skills and invites redesignNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?24:35Earlier carrier completion would create maintenance timeNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?26:30Eagle's repairs could make Taranto a three-carrier operationNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?28:37A rested Ark Royal could join a stronger Atlantic battle groupNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?29:32Paused carrier materials remained exposed beside the yardsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?31:04HMS Unicorn could extend carrier air-group enduranceNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?33:04The Royal Navy lacked carriers, cruisers, and fast capital shipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?34:30Selective pauses could preserve the most urgent warshipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?36:23Scharnhorst's smaller guns concealed a fast-battleship threatNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?46:27A smaller Italian battle fleet frees Queen Elizabeth-class shipsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?49:30Crete's airfields ease carrier demands and support a larger eastern fleetNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?51:05North African airfields reopen a fast convoy route to SuezNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?52:49Extra carriers give Ark Royal time for overdue repairsNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:05:17Earlier cruisers could give Force Z a proper screenNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:09:17A larger Force Z complicates Japan's opening movesNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:11:58Earlier Implacables could reinforce a fleet built around Force ZNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:14:51Continuing major ships need not weaken British ASWNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:19:30Maintenance slack could modernize Hood before a Far Eastern deploymentNotable Point
- What happens if Winston Churchill doesn't pause the Carriers, Fast Battleships & Cruisers in 1939?1:22:43Later escort gains do not outweigh the major-ship delaysChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?0:23Tsingtao and Cuxhaven bring naval aviation into combatChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?22:40A 1915 carrier order is plausible if war does not interruptChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?29:29Eagle turns an improvised conversion into useful air coverNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?48:21Fisher's large light cruisers become carriersChapter
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?54:11Three carriers simplify a difficult strike packageNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?58:05The uncertain prospect of provoking a German sortieNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:02:16Gallipoli creates an appetite for a naval successNotable Point
- Could the Royal Navy have lauched a Carrier Strike in WWI on Wilhelmshaven?1:14:16Breaking the High Seas Fleet opens the BalticChapter
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:10Carrier spending also upgraded escort dry docksNotable Point
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:05Base-bleed shells for Royal Navy destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:11A British five-inch gun for Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:38StanFlex software, crews, and fleet scaleQ&A
- 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...2:10:10Why 48 VLS cells was not enoughQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:14British gun standardization and destroyer sizeQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:39Ceylon as the Royal Navy Far East baseQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:39A postwar NATO cruiser design to keep developingQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:34Modern-sized Panama and Kiel canals before the warQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:10How quickly a four-inch gun crew fires 86 roundsQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:19German naval strategy if Britain will intervene in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:41More British warships from the same budgetQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:53Edward Grey refuses Russian naval talks in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:23Every Royal Navy light cruiser becomes HMS PlymouthQ&A
- Bruships 238: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:38Keeping British StanFlex from repeating LCSQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?0:48Falklands lessons from costly Leander refits and weak air defenceChapter
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?3:39Escort losses and the problem of arming auxiliaries for warNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?10:58Type 31 and the missed opportunity to build a British module inventoryNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?17:31The original Type 23 fit and its long service lifeChapter
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?19:25Type 23 outlived assumptions about protection and replacementNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?21:31Offboard mine-warfare systems still need mothershipsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?24:24Stirling Castle's mine-warfare role and light armamentNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?26:00River-class presence, maritime security, and local intelligenceNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?28:49Why the Royal Navy chose proven fixed fits after 1982Notable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?39:04Dutch close-in defence and British ASW modulesNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?55:48Using an annual module budget as an emergency reserveNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?59:17A modular Type 45 with an eighty-eight-missile fitChapter
- What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?1:09:05Carrier defence and why early adoption mattersNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?0:00NFR-90 and the magazine-depth problemChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?5:04NFR-90's order book could not overcome cost and delayNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?10:48The Type 42 replacement clock could not be pausedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?16:36Horizon, radar quality, and destroyer expectationsChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?19:36How the 48-cell limit returned after the Cold WarNotable Point
- 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
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?25:52PAMS cooperation split over SAMPSON and EMPAR radar fitsChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?28:07Leaving Horizon did not deliver an earlier destroyerNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?31:19A hurried destroyer design combined several unproven systemsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?36:24A 36-escort fleet made 48 cells look less riskyChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?38:10Twenty-year frigates and forty-year refit demandsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?42:01Mark 41 options and the SAMPSON advantageNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?46:21Propulsion trouble and lost design slackChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?50:35Electric propulsion promised flexibility but lacked redundancyChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?55:08First-of-class accounting and the cost of unfitted equipmentNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?57:48Extra drones and a stern boat ramp remained unfittedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?59:35Measure defence spending by the capability it buysNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:01:06Construction stretch and the six-ship forceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:05:36The HMS Diana and HMS Decoy story remains unconfirmedNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:09:05The six-ship readiness model assumed a predictable worldChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:12:08HMS Daring's trials, coalition deployments, and disaster reliefChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:16:07Daring's completed power refit did not guarantee a return to seaNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:19:06HMS Duncan carried NATO duties in a de facto five-ship forceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:22:49Reserved machinery space made a stronger diesel installation possibleChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:26:59Twenty-four Sea Ceptors and the alternative Mark 41 loadNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:30:05Why not restart Type 45 production?Q&A
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:31:44Six land-attack variants could have retained a twelve-hull programmeChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:33:24Fewer destroyers also increased the burden on Type 23 frigatesNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:34:45Uncrewed escorts still need endurance and shipboard maintenanceChapter
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:38:03A dock-equipped command ship could help rearm uncrewed vesselsNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:40:10Type 83's development leaves time for another Type 45 upgradeNotable Point
- Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?1:41:36Could another Type 45 upgrade require a longer hull?Q&A
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...0:23Why the Dominion battlecruisers looked second-classChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...14:47The crew and infrastructure bill for a Dominion LionNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...18:3613.5-inch guns as a status purchase and an industrial commitmentNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...20:27How a commerce-protection label narrowed the ship choiceNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...37:30How upgraded Dominion Lions reshape TigerNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...49:54How Dominion battlecruisers could reduce other overseas deploymentsNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...54:52A German prestige deployment could trigger a Dominion battlecruiser huntNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:00:46The foreign impact of introducing 15-inch guns in TigerChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables; What if Australia & New Zealand go Battlecruiser not Battle Cruiser...1:08:24Why a 15-inch Tiger would need a sisterNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?3:12Hobart, Type 45, and Burke replacement pressureNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?19:00Type 83 and the danger of revolutionary promisesNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?20:39Institutional arguments for a shared destroyer projectNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?27:35SAMSON and SPY cooperation without radar uniformityNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?34:45Destroyer replacement needs across prospective partnersChapter
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?41:38How a submarine-only German fleet would change British deploymentsNotable Point
- Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?46:16Power margin must cover climate and shortfallsNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?14:28British and Dutch accounts of Gurkha's rescueNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?20:53Wartime orders and simplified emergency destroyersNotable Point
- Dutch Destroyers in WWII: The Free Dutch navy at it's Freeest?37:34Why the S class was not an austerity destroyerNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)3:20V and W destroyers as a wartime reserveChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)4:13Planning for the postwar halt in warship ordersNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)11:02William Denny and the depth of British destroyer buildingNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)13:39Harwich Force and destroyer professionalismNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)18:07Baltic service without a battle honourNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)21:02Cunningham, the A-to-K line, and interwar destroyer doctrineNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)24:32An attempted breakout from KronstadtNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)26:09V and W destroyers were built beyond emergency standardsQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)27:24Daring and Charles F. Adams among standout postwar destroyersQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)28:46How the A-to-K scouting line screened a fleetQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)30:50The Royal Navy expected to replace older destroyers in the 1920sQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)31:21Reserve ships preserved a balanced Royal NavyChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)35:04Why prewar reserve destroyers depended on British crewsNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)36:20The 1939 royal review brought reserve ships into serviceChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)42:20The Vanquisher collision and rescue of the woundedNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)48:55Norwegian evacuations and the last departure from NarvikChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)54:37Donald Macintyre and Walker's ASW command styleNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:03:50HX 112 and the fall of U-99 and U-100Chapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:11:21V and W destroyers on the outer troop-convoy screenChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:13:31Extra depth charges and improvised launching arrangementsNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:16:16Walker's long-range escort conversionChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:19:58Protecting the convoy's most vulnerable shipsNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:22:16Arthur Nicol Roll's experience before Walker's Arctic serviceNotable Point
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:30:34Normandy troop convoys and Walker's final wartime dutiesChapter
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:37:14Civilian skills and simulators for a modern reserve fleetQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:39:26The cost of losing an older destroyerQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:39:59W-class reserve life if World War II had come laterQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:43:11What is known about the Walker-Vanquisher collisionQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:45:05Thornycroft and White as personal favouritesQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:51:07Walker's true depth-charge load is uncertainQ&A
- HMS Walker(D27); a destroyer of two World Wars(Live)1:53:13British Mark 41 VLS production is technically possibleQ&A
- How the USN learnt the lessons to conceive the Arleigh Burke class... From the Gearings to the Kidds44:48Spruance and Type 42 solve different escort problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:24Why navies adopted regular gunnery drillQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:06What could still change in the Royal Navy by 1914?Q&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:22Counting warships does not establish their availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:49Future roles for 40 mm and 57 mm guns in the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:48Why operator choice determines amphibious ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:35Type 83 versus an air-defense Type 26 derivativeQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:01A British-Australian-Canadian cruiser familyQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:50A blank-check Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:46The mine-countermeasure capability gapQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:49Why HMS Tiger became a one-ship classQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:28Why naval Bloodhound lost to Sea DartQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:25A British or Canadian answer to the Freedom-class LCSQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:47A Japanese-style construction cycle for the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:03What an empowered First Sea Lord could change in procurementQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:44Why an N3 follow-on would not simply add twelve 16.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:13How continuous construction could fund a larger fleetQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:11A larger Type 83 and a hypothetical U.S. design responseQ&A
- Bruships 237: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:43Dockyard capacity in an emergency Type 83 scenarioQ&A
- Why did Hitler & Mussolini Declare War on America in December 1941? & What if they didn't?43:26Gloire, Warrior, and constrained naval counterfactualsNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:11Divisional channels and the decision to give an orderChapter
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)5:22Feeding a battleship and containing food disputesNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)8:59Why pay grievances differed in war and peaceNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)10:36How chief petty officer networks reveal organized mutinyNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)12:44HMS Kilbride and postwar Baltic resistanceNotable 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)21:06First Destroyer Flotilla and volunteer wordingNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)25:00The 1919 unrest reshapes demobilization planningNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)29:28HMS Invincible, fresh paint, and keeping crews occupiedNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)32:53Cowan's Baltic command meets a war-weary forceNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)36:29Class explanations versus food, bedding, and political voiceChapter
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)37:20The sailing master and the commanderNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)54:44Why naval pay differed by entry cohortQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)55:39What a Royal Navy Kiel-style mutiny would requireQ&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)1:01:08Delaying warship purchases while the fleet is short of shipsNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:04:51Why the Royal Navy did not repeat InvergordonQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:05:36Invergordon's 10 percent and 25 percent pay cutsChapter
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:13:41Atlantic Fleet learns through newspapersNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:21:45Tomkinson investigates complaints before testing the fleetNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:24:13Invergordon becomes a disciplined work-to-rule protestChapter
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:29:17The Admiralty's interim pay message fails to settle the disputeNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:30:29Officer sympathy keeps Invergordon from becoming a class fightNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:32:47The stoppage spreads as Tomkinson seeks specific pay concessionsNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:36:49How 'my earnest advice' carried command weightNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:38:18Tomkinson and the return from InvergordonNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:40:52Len Wincott and the difference between spokesmen and organizersNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:43:36Fred Copeman's naval reputation and later causesNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:47:31Who was responsible for Invergordon's communication failure?Notable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:49:27Pay policy determines whom a navy can retainNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:51:59Why a Labour pay cut carried an extra political stingNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)1:54:52A limited purge, Cabinet concession, and the gold standardNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:00:45Tomkinson's career and a cautious Admiralty inferenceNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:02:24Counting ships' crews against 200 dismissalsNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:06:01Chiefs translate between sailors' committees and officersNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:10:17Personnel cuts create a naval training problemNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:11:57HMS Nelson's captain avoids forcing a formal mutinyNotable Point
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:17:42Deployment records and naval infrastructureQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:24:39Mutiny and preventing an officer's war crimeQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:25:14How officers responded to the Geddes AxeQ&A
- Interwar mutinies of the Royal Navy...(Patreon Live)2:26:35The disputed Q-ship rescue decisionQ&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...35:44Polaris-armed Richelieu knock-on effectsQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:02The fleet-wide value of retaining three Type 23 frigatesQ&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...1:54:54Type 32 and the Royal Navy readiness problemQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:21Why Mark 41 costs more than its launch cellsNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:36Scaling triple secondary-mount problems to five inchesQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:08Turning a naval windfall into permanent capacityQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:03Building the 1938 raider-hunting group by navyQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:31A Type 83 proposal with weapons on uncrewed companionsNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:52Steam power breaks the geography of sail blockadeQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:53Minimum Royal Navy escort and support fleetQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:11Could Britain sustain a third escort-building factory?Q&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:28Dry docks, cannibalization, and Royal Navy readinessQ&A
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:46The Type 45 cost of designing without power marginNotable Point
- Do Armed Merchant Cruisers still make sense today?29:56HMS Dreadnought and inherited rope allowancesNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....16:34Speed and firepower before the First World WarChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....24:49Oil-fired destroyers test technology before capital ships adopt itNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....25:43Laforey-class firepower on the eve of warChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....27:58Crew usage and the pronunciation of ship namesQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....30:20R-class flexibility in wartime productionNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....40:39Tribal-class guns meet the aircraft threatNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....54:13Daring-class balance before guided missilesChapter
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....1:05:27Why the generational examples lean toward benchmark naviesQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:19:26Why Type 45 received reused CAMM launchersQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:27:31A 36-escort Royal Navy force structureNotable Point
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:32:18Why Type 83 is unlikely to be a 96-cell Type 26Q&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:36:11The Royal Navy's mixed US and European systems pathQ&A
- Ideal Destroyers down the generations from 1901 to present day....2:37:22More Type 31s still need a defined missionQ&A
- Building for the Adriatic: Austro-Hungarian Destroyers of WWI...15:59How rising warship costs pressed Germany's naval budgetNotable Point
- Cost Efficiency vs Capacity Efficiency1:44Why the 1930s Royal Navy preferred more usable submarinesChapter
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:28The F-35 maintenance limits discussed at AkrotiriNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:57Why carrier groups need deep tanker and stores-ship reservesQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:07When French hotel-style battleships might have workedQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:41Warrior and Black Prince operated with supporting squadronsNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:25How retaining Singapore could shift the Pacific campaignQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:17The Type 23 fittings that suppress self-generated radar clutterQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:02Why the Royal Navy did not fight to keep the Iron DukesQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:40Why superfiring turrets offer no certain escape at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:04Recovering a time-displaced HMS Malta for wartime serviceQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:43Suez without American opposition and the price of military autonomyQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:24Reordering the Royal Navy's 1950s carrier refitsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:24Rethinking the Courageous-class carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:05Why Type 32 would evolve from Type 31Q&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:26Four naval decisions worth changingQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:34Beatty's opportunity to restore naval control of aviationQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:56A broader British attack at the Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:33Coordinating cruisers and destroyers against BismarckNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:58Preserving HMS Thunderer at Pembroke DockQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:27:05How a Phantom-capable HMS Eagle could alter the Falklands pathQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:27A postwar Royal Canadian Navy built around large escort fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:30Why heavy Tribal-class losses do not prove a poor designNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:13How Ark Royal's name could influence a refit decisionNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:07Type 32 evolution and a larger British defence budgetQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:58A British night attack at the Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:50:40The Royal Navy's recurring SSGN studiesQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:53How superfiring turrets could reshape British dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:49Why oil firing was not ready for HMS DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:25Why statutory fleet minimums cannot guarantee usable shipsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:11Britain's economic security and its short and long sea routesNotable Point
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:51Building a modern nuclear cruiser from destroyer systemsQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:57Choosing between British T-, U-, and V-class submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:00When public attention can force a Royal Navy policy responseQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:13:01A fully nuclear Royal Navy after the 1950sQ&A
- Bruships 235: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:07The industrial and crewing case for British nuclear surface shipsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?0:08How post-2003 capability gaps accelerated the declineChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?4:13Risk and threat in maritime planningChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?13:14The 1997 Royal Navy force baselineChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?20:48Batch building and frigate costsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?34:511998 commitments and shrinking capabilityChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?44:22The force behind the 1998 Joint Rapid Reaction ForceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?47:44The 1998 shift from open-ocean warfare to the littoralChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?51:14The 1998 pattern of promises and immediate retirementsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:08:23The 2003 case for sea-based logistics and land attackNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:09:262003 cuts to escorts and submarinesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:15:21Why HMS Daring needed a first-of-class refitNotable Point
- 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?1:28:36Continuous deterrence as a force-generation lessonNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:38:03Extended readiness and real reservesNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:47:01Future Force 2020 reduced the naval system behind its missionsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:47:43Why senior officers remain in a smaller forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:53:36Carrier gaps and the Libya lessonChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:56:26Why Harrier versus Tornado was a false choiceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:02:56Force 2025 and the depth behind amphibious operationsChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:09:17River-class patrol numbers and Clyde's helicopter deckNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:41:20What the 2021 North Atlantic graphic required in practiceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:46:322021 shipbuilding ambitions and industrial capacityChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:49:53Royal Navy support to fisheries and border enforcementNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:51:35Littoral response groups versus amphibious massNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?2:53:35Minehunter retirements and the timing of autonomous replacementsNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:06:39Quantifying Britain's maritime dependenciesChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:08:51The 2025 review rediscovered an enduring maritime riskChapter
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:12:10Atlantic Bastion and the six-ship Type 45 forceNotable Point
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?3:18:09Why long-range missiles belong on escorts, not the carrier deckNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)12:27Why Britain protected cruiser and sloop numbersNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)17:20HMS Hermes as a cruiser-carrier presence shipChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)28:20Why Beatty rejected the cruiser-carrier ideaChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)32:37Beatty's interwar procurement prioritiesNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)34:50What battlecruisers were meant to do at JutlandNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)40:54Carrier pairs for distant cruiser stationsChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:05:22A larger carrier force could return the Fleet Air Arm earlierChapter
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:06:34Britain and Japan would lead light-carrier adoptionNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:07:33Overseas bases keep station carriers availableNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:18:58A carrier becomes the cruiser squadron's aviation workshopNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:33:12Would cruiser stations also receive seaplane tenders?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:33:45How light carriers threaten German commerce raidersQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:37:12What if carriers arrived with destroyers and sloops?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:37:56How Ben-my-Chree shaped British carrier fuel safetyQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:54:11How light carriers reshape early Royal Navy carrier lossesQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:55:55What would the Royal Navy do with a Lexington-class carrier?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)1:58:02Would every fleet carrier receive a defensive light carrier?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:02:19Does a larger carrier fleet make Churchill's pauses more defensible?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy's Aircraft Carrier HMS Hermes had sisters in the 1920s? (Patreon Live)2:03:30Could Britain fund carriers by cancelling cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:41Defending stationary warships at BahrainQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:53Gulf energy routes make naval absence consequentialNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:54Hong Kong, Weihaiwei, and the geography of British forward basesQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:53The political impact of losing British ships at BahrainQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:55A larger Trieste-style replacement for HMS OceanQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:42:36The Royal Navy's most consequential unbuilt designsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:33F3, longer 15-inch guns and the political appeal of 16-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:42The postwar Minotaurs' magazines and room for conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:23Extra Type 45s, earlier surface combatants and a paper carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:07A larger Centaur-class carrier familyQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:26Why hydrographic and icebreaking ships cannot be afterthoughtsNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:07Why an allied frigate cannot be assumed to fill Britain's escort gapNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:36The tanker example: a completed contract and changed requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:32How Henderson-style admirals might have changed the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:33:18The gaps in Astute construction and the case for extra boatsNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:41How Type 43 would have enlarged Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:18Why a British Aegis equivalent belongs on destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:09A joint Forrestal-class carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:50A hundred ships still need crewsQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:33:48Why six Type 31 frigates would still be too fewQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:11Destroyer commands as a window into Royal Navy family networksQ&A
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:32Correcting Sea Cat and SeaslugNotable Point
- Bruships 234: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:36:33Why naval helicopters usually avoid water landingsNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...10:27Courbet and Paris escape amid changing French government ordersChapter
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...15:06French naval strength makes the fleet a bargaining asset and a threatNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...22:48Surcouf escapes Brest but its British seizure causes deathsChapter
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...26:26Fleet agreements need contingencies for an ally's defeatNotable Point
- Escaping Hitler's Europe; How the warships of Europe escaped capture in WWII...38:16Lighthouse references and radio repairs bring Orzeł to BritainNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...6:13What the captured Akatsuki reveals about Japanese doctrineNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...37:12Kamikaze-class lessons for night operationsNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...48:20Why Tsushima and Trafalgar had different stakesNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...1:06:07Japanese destroyers learn anti-submarine warfare at MaltaNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)10:11Why K-class submarines made poor fleet scoutsNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)20:14How shipboard users shaped the marine chronometerNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)26:40Why longitude mattered differently to French and British fleetsNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)30:00The Great Panjandrum and the danger of an all-in-one solutionNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)40:13Rattler's propeller trial was also a crew testNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)45:18Why repeat orders give a navy purchasing powerNotable Point
- 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
- 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
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:22:25Why Panjandrum ranked below the K-class submarinesQ&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:24:49Which families repeatedly supplied Royal Navy officers?Q&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:30:20Copper sheathing as an operational advantageNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:38:14How long copper sheathing lasted and why crews benefitedQ&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:46:20Goodhart's optical landing system made jet recovery saferNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:56:03Nicholas Goodhart beyond the carrier deckNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)1:58:31HMS Captain and the limits of fighting-first designNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:06:41Destroyer radar, PPI displays, and night formation keepingNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:14:01How navies encourage crew-suggested improvementsNotable Point
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:23:40What nearly made the crew-innovation lists?Q&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:24:44Which countries offer better naval-procurement models?Q&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:27:42If naval treaties had not limited destroyer numbersQ&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:31:06Could steel warships be placed in ordinary?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:00Three Audacious-class carriers and an Australian HermesQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:41A Mississippi towboat in Napoleonic FranceQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:20Town-class cruisers and their Swordfish allowanceQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:24Cruiser aircraft and the hunt for Admiral Graf SpeeQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:55Royal Navy dual-purpose guns and the Dido roleQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:02What automatic 5.25-inch guns could have changedQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:42Why British and American automatic cruiser guns developed differentlyNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:25Dutch battlecruisers before the Washington TreatyQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:14Would Dutch battlecruisers invite a British attack?Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:21Making the case for a 1952 Royal Navy carrierQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:44Royal Navy port dredging in the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:51Extra Type 82 destroyers in the Falklands WarQ&A
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?7:35British supplies to Japan could buy time for rearmamentNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?11:12Leadership turnover reshapes naval aviation procurementNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?14:29Fast battleships force Britain to adopt new machineryNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?27:26Fleet Shadowers could evolve from night scouts into radar aircraftNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?29:09Larger carriers balance air groups, protection, and survivabilityNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?33:29Light carriers bring aviation to distant cruiser stationsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?59:47Institutions decide whether design talent reaches the fleetNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:04:26Submarine range could revive the cruiser-submarine ideaChapter
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:05:45Mine warfare can misdirect escort productionNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:07:28Submarine size follows oceanic and shallow-water commitmentsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:08:53Dedicated escorts free destroyers for fleet dutiesNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:10:51Most navies underinvest in unshowy escort hullsNotable Point
- If WWII is delayed, what do the Warships of the 1950s look like?1:18:35Maritime industrial blocs gain from a longer rearmament periodNotable Point
- Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be52:57StanFlex and a counterfactual Type 23Q&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:36How Japanese orders sustained British detonator productionQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:15Why amphibious mobility is more than flying troops to a baseQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:13How Type 42 kept Royal Navy destroyers smallQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:19Naval food, comfort, and national catering traditionsQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:05A rebuilt Warspite returns to JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:37What the Admiralty Interview Board is actually looking forQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:01What an enlarged Type 45 should gain in missile capacityQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:37Why Type 31 is not a revolution in build speedQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:01Queen Elizabeth's namesake and the controversy over Mary StuartNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:35Why offboarding Type 83 missiles creates a fragile flotillaQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:31Why allies should share combat systems instead of one hullNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:28What extra displacement would have changed on Type 45Q&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:15Why Britain attacked at Mers-el-KebirQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:18:13What a naval 155 mm gun would need beyond a land weaponQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:35How Black Sea mine clearance could reveal ancient wrecksNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:49:56Why the Type 45 program cannot be judged from a £4.96 billion figureQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:45Where Type 31 frigates fit in Royal Navy growthQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:27Why six ships provide more than one extra hull over fiveNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:38Which British light cruisers were the better missile-conversion candidatesQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:12Why allied frigates cannot replace national fleet numbersNotable Point
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:39Future-proofing a warship by leaving room to lengthen the hullQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:39:58What heavier 9.2-inch armament changes for British armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:36Fisher's proposed 1880s refit and the evolution toward RenownQ&A
- Bruships 232: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:14:51The elusive 1952 Vickers-Armstrong missile cruiserQ&A
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More14:34Rigging systems complicate undermanning comparisonsNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More16:13Hull and Dacres preserve a friendship across enemy naviesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More34:37Why Britain built lighter frigatesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:16:30Interior lines and Britain's dependence on the fleetNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:30:42British fleet building and the cost of deterrenceChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More1:36:28American theorists must justify the Navy itselfNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)13:10A submerged torpedo attack without modern fire controlNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)15:00Why a U-boat-only strategy could not defeat BritainNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)21:34The May 1945 scuttlings and U-boat surrenderChapter
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)54:38When Operation Deadlight planning beganQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:15:23Why the Allies agreed to destroy most surrendered U-boatsChapter
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:24:14Naval gunfire and parted tows in U-boat disposalNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:26:07The rapid disposal of Type XXIII boatsNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:29:10Did battleships participate in the U-boat sinkings?Q&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:32:20Type XXIII boats and British U-class experienceQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:39:00U-3514 and Deadlight weapons testsChapter
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:53:17What the Royal Navy learned from Type XXI and Type XXIII boatsQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)1:58:01Dreadnought-class missile tubes and deterrent payloadQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:05:43Near-term Royal Navy investment prioritiesNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:07:00Shared Trident missiles and British warhead developmentNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:08:03Interpreting Trident missile test failuresNotable Point
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:13:35British postwar submarine propulsion experimentsQ&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:21:10What happened to the Type XVII Walter boats?Q&A
- Operation Deadlight(not Deadbeat)... scuttling U-Boats(Live)2:24:53The Royal Navy's long postwar submarine lineageQ&A
- The Reality of Soviet Naval Presence in the Cold War: Destroyers are the Fleet30:02Why class displacement is not one exact numberNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:52America in the Central Powers and British coal controlQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...14:14Would an American threat prompt more Tiger-style battlecruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:14Argentina's amphibious limits in a renewed Falklands invasionQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:49A British counterpart to the Long Beach guided-missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:34How H39 design changes could obstruct German shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:47A 1939 Yamato disclosure reshapes battleship programsQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:43Replacing Mountbatten in the Fifth Destroyer FlotillaQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:54Who could take Mountbatten's later Combined Operations role?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:30Mountbatten's ability, royal connections and risk of captureQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:28Fashoda escalates into an Anglo-French warQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:34Earlier armored cruisers lead to dreadnought light cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:16A British Panama Canal after the Darien schemeQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:26What capital-ship hydrophones and ASDIC achievedQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:35A Royal Navy cruiser designed after the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:54Arming a penny-pinching interwar battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:28Replacing a battleship lost during the treaty periodQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:25A larger Queen Elizabeth, Revenge, and Renown fleetQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:06How extra battleships make reconstruction easierNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:03Dropping 1945 American gunmaking into the dreadnought eraQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:12An accelerated gun race strains German naval budgetsNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:14A Franco-Italian war during the Spanish Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:26How 9.2-inch Hawkins cruisers reshape treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:33A 25-capital-ship Washington Treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:15A larger treaty fleet with a construction holidayQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:03Would a larger Royal Navy deter German surface construction?Q&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:23How a private company's battle fleet would concern the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:17Four first-generation Dreadnoughts change the Anglo-German raceQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:10Fleet consequences of a prolonged 1920s oil crisisQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:53Navalized Typhoon and a CATOBAR Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:18Britain's route back into Europe without America or JapanQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:29Why upgrading Sea Vixen could not replace the PhantomQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:00Which British yards build submarines and supercarriersQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:29A postwar Anglo-French union expands across EuropeQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:13Why the Royal Navy accumulated so many gun calibresQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:48Annual budgets and the incentive to keep developing gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:12Why a new gun standard left older weapons in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:09A 15-inch/45 battery for the King George V classQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:33:32HMS Eagle at Singapore and the survival of Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:45Why Liverpool was the likely choice for Eagle's refitQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:05Export Harrier carriers and a wider sea-control fleetQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:48Falklands deterrence within Anglo-Argentine relationsQ&A
- Bruships 231: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:33British 16.5-inch guns versus American 16-inch/50sQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?2:45Jutland's legacy gives the Royal Navy a night-strike optionNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?3:45How surviving Force Z could anchor the Eastern FleetQ&A
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?7:34Tom Phillips reshapes ABDA commandChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?16:14The ships already available to build an Eastern FleetChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?22:30Industrial asymmetry makes a costly Japanese victory dangerousNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?25:08January reinforcements fill the fleet's carrier and AA gapsChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?34:27Air-support language and fleet air-defence lessonsNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?43:00Naval fire support slows the Malayan campaignChapter
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:17:33Saving Force Z eases the Royal Navy's 1941 capital-ship crisisNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:24:41Singapore could give US submarines a better-tested torpedo optionNotable Point
- What if Force Z(HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse) doesn't get sunk on the 10th of December 1941?1:26:14Earlier Japanese attrition leaves the wider outcome uncertainNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?0:53When an escort shortage sends a tanker after a submarineNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?18:36How Type 45 overuse created a readiness debtChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?22:24Sea Viper Evolution and the projected 2032 capability dateNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?24:45When patrol substitution preserves presence but loses capabilityChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?28:54NATO standing groups expose Britain's escort shortfallNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?29:55A refitted Bay-class ship still has to reach seaChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?31:05Global OPV presence has diplomatic value and hard limitsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?33:02The fleet-ready escort also protects the nuclear deterrentNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?35:10Amphibious retirements left a gap before replacementsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?36:04An unrealized five-deck fleet could have shared F-35BsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?40:47Regional protection and trade exposure produce different fleet needsChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?46:45Type 45s could provide mobile homeland air defenseChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?50:51Gulf and NATO taskings shaped the twelve-destroyer planChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?54:27Working out a 35-escort Royal NavyChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?59:00A 40-escort fleet creates both surge and recovery capacityChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:03:32Submarine dive cycles drive the replacement tempoChapter
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:32:47Why small task groups use one-stop supply shipsNotable Point
- How many Warships does your Navy need?1:33:37Fleet auxiliaries need rotation and protection tooNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)31:34Warrior and the limits of technological deterrenceNotable Point
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:15:52Why Britain and Japan need different frigate hullsQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:24:32Why amphibious lift is part of blue-water powerQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:31:02Britain's frigate factory took decades to secureQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:40:01European comparisons with Constellation procurementQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:46:42Could Type 26 have worked as a US frigate?Q&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)3:57:08Why allies cannot simply fill every US escort gapQ&A
- The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)4:03:32Ship numbers and carrier tonnage give different comparisonsNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start12:56Why even flagship carriers remain politically vulnerableQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start13:33How different navies embody fleet identityQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start18:36How building CVA-01 would change Britain's next carrier generationQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start21:02CVA-01, Falklands deterrence, and the case for nuclear propulsionNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start42:58Using Andrew Field as an entry point to Royal Navy Far East strategyQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:00:07Reusing Royal Navy R names for hypothetical battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:01:42How Termagant became a Royal Navy ship nameNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:03:31How the Admiralty controlled Royal Navy building plansQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:09:33Why British Mark 41 integration pressures the Sylver familyQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:10:43The unresolved choice after the F-35BQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:29:07Existing frigate orders delay Type 32 and Type 83 constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:32:20The force-structure gamble behind a Type 83 hybrid fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:40:00Type 45 and Horizon retained common launchers after Britain left the joint programNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:29HMS Hood's reconditioned engines in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:54Blücher against Britain's 9.2-inch cruiser proposalsQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:25How shipbuilding capacity limits alternative fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:26A first dreadnought division instead of a single new battleshipNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:46Why Warrior's sister ship mattered to naval deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:40Arctic ice loads on HMS Belfast and HMS SheffieldQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:38How navies would exploit an ice-loading treaty allowanceQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:32How far back could a modern Royal Navy captain command?Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:41Petty officers as a bridge between shipboard languagesNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:47Why modern officers still learn sextant navigationNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:35What removing Nelson's torpedoes could buyQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:21Why 9.2-inch cruisers would rewrite the path to HawkinsQ&A
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?4:56The Atlantic Conference brought together military and civilian leadersChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?7:46Different rank systems complicated Allied commandNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?19:34HMS Prince of Wales was both venue and strategic signalChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?22:35Anticipating war with Japan required earlier readinessNotable Point
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?28:26Britain sought American entry while Roosevelt faced resistanceChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?46:47Side talks carried the conference's practical workChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?57:52The charter gave neutral America a public narrativeChapter
- An introduction to the Atlantic Charter... creating a new world order in WWII?1:06:05Allied integration drew on months of earlier negotiationsChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service52:29King George V and Prince of Wales show the cost of rushed trialsQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service1:01:19HMS Thetis changed safeguards more than the need for trialsQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:50:20Dry docks determine whether an expensive fleet can deployNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:53:28RFA manpower competes directly with commercial shippingNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...0:00Why destroyer fighting edge fades in peacetimeChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...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...11:46R, S, and V/W classes become a design laboratoryChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...15:56Destroyers cross from boats to shipsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...17:22R and S destroyers share speed but differ in rangeNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...22:30Borrett at Jutland: aggressive intent and uncertain evidenceNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...24:08Effective destroyers need officers, doctrine, and shipsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...28:13Why Amazon became the preferred prototypeChapter
- 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...45:05Night exercises build delegated destroyer commandChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...46:19The war manual puts torpedo attack firstNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...46:45Global commitments make local destroyer dominance essentialNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...49:07Searchlights can reveal a battle fleet to destroyersNotable Point
- 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...55:00Independent operations push destroyers to growNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...56:04Alphabet classes grow around the torpedo attackChapter
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...58:18Why official torpedo loads omit spare weaponsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:05:23The E/F and G/H comparison questions a 60-ton savingNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:07:34I-class destroyers add endurance and supporting weaponsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:09:34Foreign destroyer orders become wartime reinforcementsNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:10:58Torpedo priority shapes destroyer layout and gun supportNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:13:40Flotilla tactics turn torpedo numbers into a weaponNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:14:50Destroyer officers learn fleet command earlyNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:20:05Ideal mass attack meets exercise realityNotable Point
- Harnessing and Maintaining Thoughtful Aggression! Royal Navy Destroyers of the Interwar Years...1:24:05What an early twin 4.7-inch mount might changeNotable Point
- How do you Compare & Analyse Warships?1:24The 1930s Town class and countering surface raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:39Could King George V carry 15-inch guns?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:24Likely names for Vanguard's hypothetical sistersQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:05Reading on the 1942 light fleet carriersQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:04Six admirals for a new Royal Navy classQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:29A German super-battleship in 1928 and the expected Allied responseQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:22Duncan's response to the mutiny before CamperdownQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:50Why readiness figures need checking against crew experienceNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:50The Royal Navy escort replacement bottleneckQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:27What Type 31 upgrades mean for the escort pipelineQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:46How Royal Navy gunfire literally reshaped landscapesQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:52Why Nelson-class tanker decoys would not fool GermanyQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:25Tiger modernization: machinery, radar and missile spaceQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:39Battleships or battlecruisers for Imperial Germany?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:18Did Germany drive every increase in British battlecruiser size?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:13What if Germany deployed battlecruisers to its colonies?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:34Historical ships with Starbug's fictional resilienceQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:52Who would crew Britain's specialist support ships?Q&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:04The Royal Marines' missing amphibious liftQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:25How HMS Campbeltown entered British serviceQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:30Why tugboat orders depend on available shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:51Why Britain might combine specialist support functionsQ&A
- Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:46Favorite fifth-rate frigates from the Age of SailQ&A
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?19:15What each navy historically chose to bendNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?33:13G3 conversions anchor a five-carrier strike forceChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?37:32A separate proposal for five declared 27,000-ton carriersNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?48:22Serial small carriers accelerate doctrine and designChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?57:18An F3-style fast capital ship prepared for extra armourChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?58:28F3 appearance as a personal argument about naval presenceNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:00:32Could replacing Tiger justify a third British capital ship?Notable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:10:09Why Britain declined a Hermes-derived small carrierNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:12:28More competition in cruisers and small carriersChapter
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:17:25Three new British fast ships change fleet comparisonsNotable Point
- Cheatimus Maximus Washington Naval Treaty: What happens if all the powers do all the cheats?1:19:50Perceived weakness and the credibility of diplomatic warningsNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global7:31Yarrow boilers and Brown-Curtis turbines show transatlantic design exchangeNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global33:21Caldwell-class experiments produced the flush-deck templateChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global49:43Wickes mass production exposed the cost of rapid yard expansionChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global56:44Sims learned destroyer command culture from Lewis BaylyChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:00:57An admiral's backing protected junior destroyer commandersNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:03:48Bayly's care for American crews sometimes bypassed their officersNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:05:32Bayly and Sims fed practical destroyer lessons into Clemson designChapter
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:07:29Allied navies divided scarce destroyers across the U-boat warNotable Point
- The USN's WWI Destroyer Designs... Making Four Stackers Global1:12:22Clemsons entered reserve before returning to global serviceChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live18:32Earlier King George V battleships give the Home Fleet more optionsChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live44:25Foreign navies already expected Britain's announced warship programQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live46:42Hood's modernization plans were already preparedQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:33:18A carrier-backed Force Z could contest the South China SeaChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live1:50:11A combined British-American carrier battle changes the Pacific warChapter
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:11:13Earlier British strength creates options for a combined Allied fleetQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:29:35Britain and the United States cannot leave the other to defeat Japan aloneQ&A
- What if Winston Churchill doesn't pause Carriers, Capital Ships & Cruisers in 1939? Patreon Live2:31:39Joint carrier operations would share lessons across different designsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:45Juan de Borbon's limited Royal Navy careerQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...40:50Why naval procurement can resist competing requirementsNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:54Could Prince of Wales have survived Force Z?Q&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:01How the meaning of air support affected Force ZNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:31Why HMS Tiger's gunnery reputation is misleadingQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:35Allow several days for Portsmouth's naval heritageQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:24A proposed anti-radiation role for Sea DartQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:07Why Britain and France count as medium global naviesQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:16How independent bases shape Britain's route to the Far EastNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:56Comparing naval task groups and their supportNotable Point
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:22:03What Sea Cat contributed in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:58Admiral Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:45Keeping battleships in the Red Fleet timelineQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:39Henderson's possible influence after retirementQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:26Mistral missiles on Type 23 gun mountsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:09A Talos-and-Harrier conversion of HMS VanguardQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:37Tiger's gunnery between Dogger Bank and JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:13Cruisers and smaller ships at Royal William YardQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:03Where extra Royal Navy money should go firstQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:57Albion and Bulwark were not retired for worn-out hullsQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:10Why Type 45 is unlikely to gain land-attack missilesQ&A
- Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:03Why Talos would add little in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?39:48Crated fighters and the value of service initiativeNotable Point
- Who was to blame for Norway falling in 1940?59:24Altmark exposed the limits of Norwegian neutralityChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?4:25British-built boats helped Germany test the conceptChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?5:55Why navies copied Royal Navy port-visit proceduresNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?17:10D10 combined a British hull with German weaponsNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?30:03How did the S90 compare with British turbine destroyers?Q&A
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?37:01Why Royal Navy destroyers grew beyond the S138sNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?39:42Cruiser cuts weakened German torpedo-boat support at JutlandNotable Point
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?1:03:52Torpedoes were meant to finish Germany's fleet ambushChapter
- Germany's Torpedo Boats 1890-1913: Torpedo Boats, Destroyers or Something Uniquely German?1:07:00What if the German fleet ambush became a brawl?Q&A
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII1:45How the J class complemented the Tribal classChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII3:49Why ten torpedoes changed the attack problemNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII6:24I-class torpedoes and wartime acquisition of export warshipsChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII8:55The J class compromise was industrial capacityChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII9:23Why ending the Ten-Year Rule did not immediately expand shipbuildingNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII15:09Why exercises against America differed from preparations to fight JapanChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII17:09Why identical J and K destroyers formed separate flotillasNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII18:39HMS Kelly commemorated an officer trusted after InvergordonNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII21:40HMS Jubilant's disputed cancellationNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII22:42The N class adapted the design for wartime air attackChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII24:31Why prewar air exercises understated the danger to destroyersNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII26:47N-class destroyers commissioned into other naviesNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII27:42Why prewar destroyer numbers shaped the whole warNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII43:58HMS Kimberley survived through repair infrastructureChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII45:53Kimberley and Manchester intercept a German freighterNotable Point
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII48:42Kimberley recovers Cossack and raids at NarvikChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII51:42Kimberley as a forward headquarters for Operation DragoonChapter
- The Tribal Class's Sisters... the Royal Navy's J, K & N Class Destroyers of WWII58:35HMAS Nepal's film role and Australian commissionChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202630:27British yards led torpedo-craft production and supplied GermanyNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202635:56Naval rivals still bought turbines and shell fuzes from each otherNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202647:23Jutland turned destroyer night fighting into fleet doctrineChapter
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202651:21Interwar destroyer abundance enabled experimentation and conversion planningChapter
- 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
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 202658:58Which class bridges the 1944 G class and the Daring class?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:13:42Ship names raised morale and made losses more visibleNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20261:59:04Carrier deployments test logistics and depend on destroyer availabilityNotable Point
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:25:58Which Cold War destroyer had the best modernization potential?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:36:35How much did Royal Navy type designations shape destroyers?Q&A
- 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 20262:43:43Should Britain partner with Germany on a future destroyer?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order1:49Why the Royal Navy fielded so many gun calibresQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order38:51Why half an inch could fail to justify a new gun industryNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order48:54How Type 42 destroyers loaded Sea Dart missilesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 18: Guns & Points of Order53:29The proposed Sea Wolf-equipped Batch 4 Type 42Notable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:29If the High Seas Fleet met Warrender in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:45How British shipbuilding could answer a loss of Warrender's squadronNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:34Habakkuk would help Britain more than a super-battleship helped JapanQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:15An unrestricted fleet for retaking the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:51If Orkney returned to Norway before World War IQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:51:40Britain's defence ambitions outrun the funded forceQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:50Extra Type 45s could have covered some escort shortagesNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:35Why Rapier was not pursued as Sea Cat's replacementQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:24:30Could Australian timber have supplied sailing-warship construction?Q&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:58The 1919 Grand Fleet in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:41Naval brigades in the Napoleonic Wars and at Torres VedrasQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:44Finishing Malta-class carriers instead of rebuilding VictoriousQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:24Why Victorious's reconstruction is criticized as a sunk-cost problemQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:55Operation Pedestal tested earlier Malta convoy lessonsNotable Point
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:12How navies handled captured slave ships before abolitionQ&A
- Bruships 227: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:04Did the sloop disappear or acquire the frigate name?Q&A
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...29:46Muzzle-loading gunnery at AlexandriaChapter
- Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...53:15Why the second Monarch left service after only eleven yearsNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!1:09How an anchor badge gave leading ratings the nickname killickNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!2:50How admiral, commodore, captain, and commander entered naval useChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!5:02Lieutenants as deputies and the shipboard origins of midshipmanNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!7:43Warrant appointments and the meaning of petty officerChapter
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!9:15Standardized ratings and the service identity carried by rank titlesNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!47:19Rank patterns reveal foreign influence and status politicsNotable Point
- The Ranks of Some Navys of the World... Round 1 of many!53:30Why engineering qualifications could send national-service recruits into officer trainingNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers6:50The Whitehead torpedo creates a new way to attack warshipsChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers10:08HMS Lightning turns the torpedo into a boat-delivered weaponNotable Point
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers30:16Kotaka, Rattlesnake, and Destructor search for a gun-torpedo balanceChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers43:04Jutland was numerically a destroyer and torpedo battleChapter
- An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers44:18Naval budgets shaped the light-force balance at JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:13Japanese carrier development without the Washington splitQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:03Could Britain reproduce a US-style Venezuela raid?Q&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:40Why HMS Vanguard kept sextuple Bofors mountsQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:28Britain's early helicopter assault doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:33Why UNCLOS faces an enforcement problemQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:30Royal Navy versus US Navy Arctic submarine experienceQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:47What fleet the Royal Navy's current budget can supportQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:24What full Royal Navy production runs would have changedNotable Point
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:34Keeping Type 45 destroyers alongside Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:59A Royal Navy carrier at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:08A Type 45 batch two with an inserted missile sectionQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:23Why nuclear depth bombs carry exceptional escalation riskQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:28Why a modern Fairmile motor torpedo boat is unlikelyQ&A
- Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:52British design help for Japan's Ryūjō conceptQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live8:25The Cuxhaven Raid and the origins of carrier strikeChapter
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live13:33How Fisher delayed an early purpose-built carrierNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:02:31How the Admiralty encouraged private aviation researchQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:09:26How peacetime sketches mapped German naval basesNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:36:17A crippled High Seas Fleet opens the Baltic problemChapter
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live1:48:31A shorter war changes British debt and American naval growthChapter
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:05:36Why the counterfactual supplies no pre-Washington carrier countQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:07:53Why Anglo-American naval rivalry need not become warQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:21:35How ready was Wilhelmshaven for a carrier raid?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:33:01Would the raid accelerate oiling and task-group doctrine?Q&A
- What if the Royal Navy carried out a carrier strike against Wilhelmshaven in WWI? Patreon Live2:54:31Would Britain occupy Wilhelmshaven as a naval base?Q&A
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!11:43Allied navies search for von Spee after CoronelChapter
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!13:32Cradock received cruisers unsuited to von SpeeChapter
- Tragedy & Revenge/Wolfpack... Key Books!42:19Hygiene leadership prevented disease aboard U-boatsChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...11:20Why a German war against France risks drawing in BritainNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...48:33Allied base-building breaks Japan's attrition timetableNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:07:38Royal Navy floatplanes extend global sea controlChapter
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:10:20Submarine shock shapes British cruiser cautionNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:13:02The Supermarine Walrus is designed to remain available worldwideNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:16:07Crated Walruses keep distant cruiser patrols supplied with aircraftNotable Point
- Why the different major navies used Cruiser Aviation in the 1920s&30s...1:19:07British engine standardization aims at simpler naval logisticsNotable Point
- How to go about Designing a Warship... and a Fleet!14:51Life extension cannot substitute for fleet renewalNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?3:57Fifth rates, skilled crews, and the limits of impressmentNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?22:31Third rates added weight to frigate diplomacyNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?23:34Prize money and pay as recruiting incentivesNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?31:18How merchant standards made the Flower class scalableNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?52:54Why hard-worked warships may look weatheredNotable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?1:06:51Will uncrewed warships revive the sloop name?Chapter
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun35:46Would a different Dogger Bank expose British shell defects?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 17: Missiles, Guns & Other Barrels of Fun40:03How Jutland's German escape shaped British night-fighting prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...46:06Type 26 cannot substitute for Type 83's fleet air-defence roleQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:06:30Naval patronage built independent officers and long institutional lineagesQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:10:29Were Royal Navy patronage lineages official?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:11:19Did officers recognise their own patronage lineage?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:12:28Did patronage lineages have names?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:21:18Extra fast battleships and escorts in 1939 would compound across every theatreQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:33:26Royal Navy expansion would recall expertise before new ships arrivedQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:34:37A surrendered Bismarck would become a contested war prizeQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:35:27What use would Britain make of a captured Bismarck?Q&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:40:53The proposed British five-flight-deck force and aircraft commonalityNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...1:55:17Warspite, Renown and the ships nominated for a fighting reputationQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:08:55Graf Zeppelin would provoke an Atlantic carrier concentrationQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:31:33An account of British carriers covering American availability gapsNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:33:49Twenty-eight-knot Queen Elizabeths would bring the fast battleship forward a generationQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:38:05Would 28-knot battleships end British battlecruiser development?Notable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...2:54:35A proposed 2040 Royal Navy based on three rotating task groupsQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:07:42River-class patrol ships are a poor shortcut to Arctic escort capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:18:44The imagined British response to a Luftwaffe base in the CanariesQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:24:12An Allied Italy in 1939 frees the Mediterranean route and strengthens the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:26:33How Jutland shaped the Royal Navy's interwar night-fighting emphasisNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:36:47CVA-01's Sea Dart fit and the prospect of its later removalQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:45:41Volunteer navies still trade training and mobility for serviceQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:46:18Had the economic incentive for voluntary naval service disappeared?Q&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...3:57:39Fleet-carrier anti-submarine patrols and the loss of CourageousQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:58:18Glorious and the gap between escort doctrine and the ships actually presentNotable Point
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...3:59:16Ark Royal and the carrier-specific case for early counterfloodingNotable 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...4:03:15A third Queen Elizabeth would turn availability into a standing carrier commitmentQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:07:10Lion and Tiger exposed battlecruiser cost growth before HoodQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:11:04Names proposed for a hypothetical British guided-missile battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:29:26Whether sustained advocacy can produce British naval reformQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:30:07Rebuilding British forces by completing the formations already plannedQ&A
- Bruships 225: Naval History & Current Affairs Questions Answered Live...4:31:08Recruiting more personnel: pay, accommodation, and trainable fitnessQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)43:53Peacetime firing restrictions can mislead historiansNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:30:27UK geography favors nuclear submarines over SSKsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:31:38Force Z and the deterrent value of uncertaintyChapter
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:36:15National commitments remain part of alliance fleet planningNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:37:34An account of naval cover for events in IrelandNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)1:40:23Naval status and broadly capable presence shipsNotable Point
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:23:05Where to research interwar Royal Navy explosivesQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:31:33The full Type 82 promised more than HMS BristolQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:33:34A royal dockyard can anchor skills and pricesQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:47:16Why more Type 31s may beat a new corvette fleetQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)2:52:05The case made for British destroyer designsQ&A
- Why are Modern Warships getting bigger? (Live)3:10:08Why Warspite is an uneasy SSBN nameQ&A
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!11:22Norway's delivery date meets Britain's frigate gapChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!15:48A ninth British Type 26 could bridge the gap to Type 83Notable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!26:13Late programs deepen Britain's escort gapChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!27:32Britain's two-yard model divides escort work by roleNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!33:20Type 23 retirements expose procurement short-termismNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!47:39Why guaranteed availability can require four shipsNotable Point
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!55:26The case for restoring naval procurement leadershipChapter
- Type 26 & Type 31 Frigate Program Updates: City, Hunter, River(Destroyer), Inspiration & the rest!57:28Why naval procurement needs experienced senior officersNotable Point
- Navy Food: A Beginning7:55Rum replaces bulky beer to extend operational rangeChapter
- Navy Food: A Beginning9:30Admiral Vernon's grog standard controls the rum rationChapter
- Navy Food: A Beginning14:05Burgoo's thickness and a salt-pork cooking experimentChapter
- Navy Food: A Beginning16:23Curry and rice flour in naval mealsNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far17:03The gap between an announced fleet target and delivered shipsNotable Point
- Trumps Battleship; A Naval History view on what we know of the Defiant Class so far45:43Would other navies follow Defiant with larger ships?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics36:27The Royal Navy's planned attack on Sea Lion logisticsChapter
- Scuttlebutt 16: Logistics47:36Why earlier wars did not produce a ready British logistics systemChapter
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:32British debt and naval spending after World War INotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:00Did paying off ships mean dismissing their crews?Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:23A royal marriage preserves Anglo-Japanese tiesQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:50Robert Blake as a modern logistics admiralQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:48Technical appointments and caste in the Indian naval comparisonNotable Point
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:08Britain destroys Russia's Second Pacific SquadronQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:03Keeping the royal dockyards after World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:55Naming the projected Tiger Cub cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:57Why HMS Gloucester was sent back off CreteQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:59Saving HMS Lion as a memorialQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:50What extra British destroyers could changeQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:48A British Aegis system in the 1980sQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:58Which service would own a flying warship?Q&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:42American strategic command of British convoysQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:50:43Why an early carrier strike on Wilhelmshaven still strugglesQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:27Greece and Italy join the Central PowersQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:02:48The ambiguity in Fisher's proposed fast capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 224: Alternate Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:16Courageous exposed by fleet-carrier ASW doctrineQ&A
- 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
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?9:25How Army briefings shaped ministers' defence prioritiesNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy gets a Proper Staff in 1905, instead relying on NID for everything?13:58How the Admiralty divided work among the Sea LordsChapter
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...29:53Why did capital ships adopt small-tube boilers slowly?Q&A
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...47:28The 1909 naval panic and a twelve-ship imperial orderNotable Point
- Lions not Indefatigables - the Dominions chose to build 13.5in Battlecruisers prior to WWI...2:17:31Why speed alone could not confer capital-ship prestigeNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping10:03British Type 26 progress and Australia's lighter frigate choiceQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping10:54Type 26 and Type 31 commonality is challengedQ&A
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping46:21Technical responsibility in earlier naval procurementChapter
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping48:19Royal Dockyards gave the Navy an independent price checkNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping1:10:34HMS Lancaster's farewell reflects Type 23 contractionNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII3:19British sea power and Canada's trade-defence problemNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII8:22River covered several Canadian destroyer designsNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII18:35Admiralty advice met Canadian political ambiguityNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII23:15Flower corvettes followed a mobilization timetableChapter
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII25:02Snowberry's construction, transfer, and forecastle refitNotable Point
- Building the Royal Canadian Navy for WWII46:05Haida screened Arctic convoys at North CapeNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...2:45:07Virginia-class work in Scotland and industrial cooperationQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:50:38British warnings about the Mark 14 torpedoQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...3:51:10Did Ernest King dislike all British officers?Q&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:13:08Why Britain rarely confirms submarine detectionsNotable Point
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:24:32Admiral Byng and the cost of setting an exampleQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:26:59UK interservice competition and rugbyQ&A
- Bruships 223: Naval History & Science Fiction Questions Answered Live...4:27:26How option framing shaped the Invincible classQ&A
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?6:14Type 45 numbers, politics, and sunk program costsChapter
- What the Frigate is wrong with how we buy ships, tanks & aircraft?1:05:09AUKUS reactor orders and the uncertain capacity estimateChapter
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?1:24:33Commonwealth patrol relief during the Falklands WarNotable Point
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?2:06:05If Britain joins an expanded Russo-Japanese WarQ&A
- Why did Germany & Italy declare war on the USA? & What happens if they don’t?2:17:51Why Britain avoided a formal Falklands declarationQ&A
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit8:40British coastal defence aimed to hold invaders for the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit10:44Scale and duration defeated short-war planningChapter
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit51:38Fleet operations continued between the famous battlesNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit1:11:19Naval signaling skills moved into military and civil aviationNotable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit1:35:43Procurement systems shaped battlefield capabilityChapter
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:04:03Churchill repeated a World War I shipbuilding pause in 1939Notable Point
- Talking through the Myths of WWI with @GariusTheBrit2:08:28Jutland paired battlecruiser misuse with continued sea controlQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates1:38Why general-purpose frigates suit a multipolar worldQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates10:26Type 31, Type 32, and Britain's available shipyardsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates13:45How continuous frigate orders sustain the supply chainNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates21:32Why army gun production does not translate directly to frigatesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 15: Frigates31:42How wartime naval air defense broke up mass attacksNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:40British stockpiles in 1937: pom-poms, ASDIC, armor and radarQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:58Vanguard's 5.25-inch guns and the 4.5-inch alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:47Britain receives a fleet of Defence-style super cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:47A Sea Dart path for the Tiger-class cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:02The hypothetical Royal Navy attack on Pearl Harbor's airfieldsQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:20:05Fuel-air explosives before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:08E-2 Hawkeye plans for CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:23The five-deck logic behind Britain's carrier planNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:52A late-1960s ASW conversion for the Daring classQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:43Why carriers buy coalition leadershipNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:11Nelson did not take the whole fleet into CopenhagenNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:28HMS Vernon tested worse ideas than the Mark 14Q&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:41Torpedo defects aboard the transferred Town-class destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:55Where Britain could store a large reserve fleetQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:38Allied air defence depends on an available shipNotable Point
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:16Escort numbers behind a three-LHD Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:24Why independent allied torpedo tests were harder to dismissQ&A
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...24:35Falklands merchant ships and improvised communicationsNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:07:05A Royal Navy attack from SingaporeChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:08:14Why friendly navies kept war plansNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:09:45Fleet depth, surge deployments and maintenanceNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:10:54The hypothetical six-carrier British forceChapter
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:12:17Treaty carrier design and operating theatersNotable Point
- Planning for Pearl Harbor: Decisions to Strike at the USN's mid-pacific base...1:15:07Pearl Harbor's Sunday routine was public knowledgeNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 30:00Three entry books for interwar naval preparationChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 37:52Why Japanese carriers could concentrate in 1941Notable Point
- 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 332:44How the Royal Navy tested Far East strategyChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 335:15Why warrant officers practiced strategic planningNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 338:25Scheme J1's paper fleet for war with JapanChapter
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 346:14Henderson challenges confidence in fleet air defenseNotable Point
- 3 Books to understand the USN, RN & IJN preperations for WWII! Key Books 31:07:38Exercise design determines institutional learningChapter
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)24:55A light railway for hypothetical 22-inch battleship shellsNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)55:34The Third Sea Lord turned field improvisation into ordersNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:20:15The hydrostatic pistol made depth charges practicalChapter
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:24:00Helicopter depth charges retained in the 2025 discussionNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:47:25Local traffic analysis before Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:56:40PPI and the multinational destroyer force at UshantNotable Point
- Exploring the meme: Top 5 & Bottom 5 inventions/systems of war that started in British Sheds(Live)1:57:28Destroyer crews modified radar rather than wait for refitsNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi20:23Fletcher and Flower: different ideas of a cheap warshipNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi22:38Using Royal Navy Pacific history to teach methodologyChapter
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi23:51Pacific commitments with only a few frigatesNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi47:50Philip Vian's aversion to staff work and why training mattersNotable Point
- Chatting Books, Amazon & Youtube with Glynn Stewart: #2historians #scifi51:16Honorary Marine rank: extra pay and unexpected authorityNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers1:03Sub-10,000-ton carriers as working fleet assetsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers5:13Small carriers push navies toward multi-carrier groupsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers8:54Light-carrier treaty arithmetic and fleet tradeoffsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers15:33US and Royal Navy light-carrier build pathsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers20:04Earlier British carriers would increase demand for aircraft enginesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers21:28Hercules power and the redesign of the BarracudaQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers24:23Bomber priorities shape naval aircraft engine supplyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers26:08Dominion flagships multiply imperial fast-ship strengthQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 14: Aircraft Carriers40:00W. D. Forbes and British carrier design workQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:29How shipboard food becomes a naval traditionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:32Why visible British frigate construction does not erase the delayQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:55Which unbuilt carrier concepts were least worthwhileQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:44Invincible's condition when a hull extension was discussedQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:21Why the Royal Navy retained the Fairey GannetQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:33Why Sea Dart belonged forward on InvincibleQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:00Invincible's hidden carrier flexibility and missing growth marginQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:52Why a larger original Invincible made more sense than stretching itQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:30Why shipboard shower limits depended on hot-water capacityQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:00Type 26 procurement and the limits of a symbolic shipyard visitQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:10Destroyer size, treaty tonnage, and deployable numbersQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:12Spreading submarine development cost across a larger classNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:46How ships in ordinary could improve Royal Navy retentionNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:21Initial versus full operating capability at seaQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:30HMS Belfast and the scale of even a light cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:00HMS Hermes and the World War I origins of purpose-built carriersQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:28What Swordfish could have changed at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:35Judging Sea Slug, Sea Cat and Sea Dart in contextQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:04Captain Coward and naval names that invite comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:13When naval aggression produces risk without an advantageQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:10The aviation escort cruisers planned around CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:57Could stretched Invincibles have closed Britain's carrier gap?Q&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:18Why the Royal Navy chose Sea King over Puma for ASWQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:38Operational camouflage and Royal Navy aircraft coloursQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:45:53Nagato appears in Japan before the Russo-Japanese WarQ&A
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:48:48Britain's hypothetical response to Nagato in 1900Notable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:54:19Lighter-aboard-ship logistics and the Mexeflote legacyQ&A
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers8:48Why Britain and Japan both needed survivable carriersNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers10:18The Royal Navy's unrealized 1931 carrier studyChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers12:58How British carrier studies turned missions into compromisesNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers13:56The 1931 carrier's larger lifts and flagship accommodationNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers16:20Deck parking could expand British carrier air groupsNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers17:57An early carrier could have joined scattered British programsNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers29:26Reference books for tracing carrier designNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers42:49Chatfield and Henderson reveal power inside naval administrationNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers43:57Chatfield's treaty strategy favored many small carriersChapter
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers47:16Small carriers could support Britain's fleet carriersNotable Point
- More Lessons of Never Built Carriers51:26Counterfactuals test when paper carriers could matterNotable Point
- Carriers for Christmas: French Aircraft Carriers 1920-2000 & Japanese Aircraft Carriers 1920-4512:20Seaplane-carrier economy versus fleet-carrier flexibilityNotable Point
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)1:17:10What role might Britain play in a Taiwan conflict?Q&A
- A Chinese Invasion of Taiwan: A Historian’s Eye View & A Patreon’s Request…(Live 2)2:19:53Torpedo types shape deniability and allied submarine rolesQ&A
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off7:19How Clapp's career prepared him for amphibious commandQ&A
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off35:47A commanding officer as an informal diplomatChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off49:25The institutional challenge of Commodore Amphibious WarfareChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off56:19Leaving the Navy and continuing the amphibious caseChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:03:34Why officers need naval history and public communicationChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:11:55Staff training behind joint amphibious operationsChapter
- Commodore Michael Clapp & the 1982 Falklands War; #2Historians 2025 starts off1:35:08Why Britain did not send a vice admiral southNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships12:49Why navies converged on fast battleships differentlyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships14:54Battlecruisers at Jutland: role versus misuseQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships15:32Were British battlecruisers designed to fight in the battle line?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships23:21Why imperial distance kept capital-ship speed valuableNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships43:57What an earlier integrated Royal Navy staff might changeQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships43:57An earlier naval staff and the adoption of existing technologyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships44:59Admiralty departments, intelligence workloads, and quality controlNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 13: Questions on Battleships49:04Staff qualifications and Beatty's communications appointmentsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:37How four Vanguard-class battleships might preserve one survivorQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle9:52How reports of Gloire shaped Warrior and Black PrinceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle13:53DragonFire's promise and the limits of an anti-ship laserQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle16:13Germany's paper response to British 18-inch capital shipsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle16:47Designing Queen Elizabeth and Revenge for a treaty-limited futureQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle17:42Why British shipbuilding scale was difficult to matchNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle19:18What if Britain rejected the Washington Naval Treaty?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle31:15A 9.2-inch cruiser program sent back to 1915Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle33:14Admiral-class carriers and an early carrier strike forceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle35:28Dual-purpose secondary guns for a redesigned 1915 fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle36:05Preserving naval aviation through the creation of the RAFNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle38:48Changing command and signals staff in the 1915 counterfactualNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle44:36Using foreknowledge to accelerate ASDIC, convoys, and escortsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle50:37If the fatal shell against Hood were a dudQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle51:50An enlarged Azores archipelago as an Atlantic naval baseQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle1:38:10Swapping the major navies of the Second World WarQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle2:26:54Why town names still create political support for warshipsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:25:16Flower-class names, propaganda, and naval moraleQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle3:47:20Why US Marine and Royal Navy Harrier upgrades differedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle4:58:51Why a victorious Germany might reuse British carrier designsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:03:36Why the Royal Navy built Castle-class corvettesChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:18:17Why wartime pennant letters could confuse ship identificationNotable Point
- 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: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:34:16How the Royal Navy assembled its wartime trawler forceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:34:41What early British surface-to-air missiles demonstratedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:37:49Floating dry docks as deployable naval infrastructureQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:39:20When a convoy needed battleship protectionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:41:18Refitting First World War cruisers for useful wartime serviceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle5:42:45What Hawkins-class cruisers could still do in the Second World WarQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:00:12Cromwell, Pitt, and politically unsuitable ship namesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:01:50Cromwell's funding and the institutional Royal NavyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle6:47:19Prospects for preserving a Type 45 destroyerQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle7:21:45Tiger versus Hood as the best battlecruiserQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle7:30:55Could Hood, Renown, or Tiger return as submarine names?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle7:37:21AUKUS submarine design decisions and fleet sizeQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle7:57:41A cruiser-scale successor to the Sea Slug County classQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle8:15:03Could a 15-inch Mark II refit exceed 30 degrees elevation?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle8:15:20Why a Type 82 concept can be a destroyer or cruiserQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…27:15The North Sea as the Royal Navy's permanent opponentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…54:01Who might Henderson have prepared as his successor?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…55:10Why the Royal Navy kept developing landing craft between the warsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…57:32What a doubled interwar Royal Navy budget could buyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:06:36What if the 5.25-inch gun achieved 12 rounds per minute in 1930?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:09:09Restoring Germany's pre-1914 shipbuilding capacity in 1933Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:22:31Fleet quantity versus Yamato and BismarckNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:36:58Why French budgets constrained interwar naval exercisesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:37:32A French victory at Trafalgar was only the first hurdleQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…1:51:30Four British battleships for Ottoman entry into the warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…2:47:16Which battleship from a foreign order did the Royal Navy like most?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…2:56:34Modern recruiting is a competition for technical skillsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…6:29:10Aster versus SM-6 as an industrial choiceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…7:36:03The Lion class as Britain's Iowa equivalentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:25:38A qualitative-only treaty transforms British carrier developmentChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:27:17Would earlier carrier construction give destroyers dual-purpose guns?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:35:28Deliberate and Reciprocity as Royal Navy namesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:43:02How class themes make warship names memorableChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:56:01HMS Churchill as a submarine-program compromiseNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P8 of 9 - UAD chat requested design testing…8:58:30Why titles, institutions, and the Crown complicate ship namesNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:18Why the G3 design adopted a transom sternQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:32How American shipbuilding could recover from a lost 1941 fleetQ&A
- 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
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:43Black Swan sloops contributed across the submarine kill chainQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:21Black Swan sloops as a submarine-threat reserveQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:36Type 26 as a modern Black Swan analogueQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon19:31What Black Swan's 20-knot rating concealedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon29:22North Sea endurance versus fleet-keeping speedQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon36:05American small ships also adopted active stabilizationQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon43:39Industrial depth decides who can replace a lost fleetQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:02:04How the French fleet could reshape Britain's 1940 warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon1:54:08Tracing Conqueror to Lion preliminary design 16E-38Notable Point
- 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: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon2:47:52Naval intelligence was a core institution before 1914Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:00:23Planning a three-week-warning Channel Dash interceptionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:28:35Industrial contacts mattered as much as covert naval intelligenceQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:30:27Turning Crown Colony cruisers into modern mission shipsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:35:11German battlecruiser intelligence shaped the Admiral classQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:39:49Why theater geography matters when swapping the RN and USNQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:45:18Why Britain grouped carriers while America planned pairsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:46:11The Revenge class behind an Indian Ocean night attackNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:49:04Alternate histories must explain how their fleets appearNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon4:06:35Why another Type 82 might still fail to become a museumQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon4:15:11A 50-knot Royal Navy and control of engagement rangeQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon4:19:01HMS Africa would make a mobile ship-of-the-line museumQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon4:59:43British shipbuilders in a Canadian investment counterfactualQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:22:23How the Royal Navy resolves duplicate ship namesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:27:41The industrial ecosystem behind British naval powerQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:37:06USS New Ironsides is a better comparison for HMS WarriorQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:38:29Britain requisitioned foreign warships in its yards in 1939Notable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:40:54An extra fast battleship could release Hood for refitNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:54:03An extra battleship at Denmark Strait or in the MediterraneanQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon5:59:27Would an unexpected battleship change Britain's building programme?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:28:32Falklands lessons for container-ship aviation conversionsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon6:57:05How a scout-carrier category could expand the Royal NavyQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:02:35The November 2025 estimate for Type 83 constructionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:09:20The 2025 case for keeping Type 45 in service until Type 83Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:13:08Why Type 83 should be more than an enlarged Type 26Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:17:09Designing a 1980s Royal Navy guided-missile cruiserQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:19:57Crew standards and command spaces shape Type 83Notable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:22:25Continuous escort production avoids the shipyard restart penaltyNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:23:14Type 26 users chose smaller hulls and crowded themQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:46:49Scaling the Queen Elizabeth class for 18-inch gunsQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:49:28Avoiding an Anglo-German naval race in a Wilhelm II counterfactualQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:51:12An all-monitor fleet would surrender high-seas controlQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:52:52Philip Vian risked his orders to stay with BismarckQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:55:56The Altmark boarding crossed into Norwegian internal watersNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon7:57:23Towing Pola home would reward unauthorized initiativeQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:18:21Destroyers strike at knife-fighting range off Cape BonChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon8:22:40Cape Bon denies fuel and delivers a British victoryNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War27:53The layered fleet defense against massed air attackQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War36:45An Axis-aligned French Navy in the MediterraneanQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War1:27:58How iron entered British ship constructionQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:07:56Why a modern two-power standard is the wrong British metricQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:15:15The production gap behind Britain's escort shortageNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:23:40Why eight Type 82s would not erase the Type 42Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:27:04Why Type 26 is protected by more than naval needQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:29:55A maximal Type 45 arsenal-cruiser thought experimentQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War2:58:21Why Britain did not emphasize LVT amphibious vehiclesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:08:27How a French stalemate in 1940 changes Axis and Japanese choicesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War3:22:21Had the case for more escorts been made at the time?Q&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War4:24:10Why ironclads dominate the awkward-looking warship examplesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War4:32:14How escaped French and Dutch fleets alter Britain's naval warQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:26:17Why Warspite is an unsettling SSBN nameQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:36:44British jamming and the Fritz X threatNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:37:43Why multiplying each alliance's best navy still favors the AlliesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:41:21Why an Allied fleet swap punishes the Soviet Union and BritainQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:45:35Why modern Royal Navy missile-jamming successes stay uncertainQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:47:02Why Royal Navy secrecy limits what spies and observers can learnQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:53:43An ideal Royal Navy versus what 2030 can deliverQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:57:11Mine warfare shifts from minesweepers to mothershipsNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War5:58:46Why a more capable OPV can threaten frigate numbersNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War7:10:44Why ASW skill could not spread instantlyNotable Point
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:03:18The Black Swans' thirty-year development lineageChapter
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:42:34A Washington treaty without a building holidayQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:47:02How wooden navies planned around timber shortagesQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P6 of 9 - The Royal Navy’s Submarine Killers – Black Swans at War8:54:37Why British wartime destroyers aged differentlyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust14:19Why naval charities can lose touch with former personnelNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust34:42Why Germany needed more than battleships to reverse JutlandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust59:07Why Imperial Japanese warships did not need an HMS-style prefixQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:01:11Why British guns retained pounder designationsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust1:35:04Why nuclear-gun fleet actions offered no useful victoryQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:04:28How successful automatic six-inch guns could reshape the postwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:17:36Eight automatic six-inch guns versus twelve conventional barrelsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:51:23How the Hawkins class set an outdated treaty-cruiser templateQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust2:56:18Taking Egypt would make the Ottoman Empire Britain's priority targetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:05:29Landing-craft conversions and the shortage of fast tankersNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:12:03How Italian neutrality could transform the Mediterranean warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:18:22How neutral Italy could release battleships for northern watersNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:23:34From specialized frigates to a Type 23 deck gunQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:32:16Civilian careers, service motivation, and Western recruitmentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust3:51:30Why the postwar Royal Navy adopted Type numbersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:11:34Why similar frigate designs can emerge at different timesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:13:58The Icelandic fishing fleet as the Royal Navy's surprising opponentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:20:49Why Type 32 activity follows Type 31 progressQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:26:27Why a 1938 Anglo-American fleet swap breaks British global coverageQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:49:09Why First World War losses distort the armored cruiser's reputationQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust4:52:14Tiger Cubs and the route from armored cruiser to fast battleshipQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:02:39The monopoly case for Crown-owned naval dockyardsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:24:11Britannia's combined soft-power and hospital-ship valueNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:58:26Why Fearless was not clearly better than the Raleigh-class LPDQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust5:59:02Why US and British warship speed figures are not directly comparableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:14:53A young midshipman's Mediterranean war diaryChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:21:17Michael Clapp's career and the Falklands amphibious campaignChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:27:08How Victorian expeditions shaped British amphibious doctrineChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:29:28Why command of the sea still required an army ashoreNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust6:58:01A 1940 fleet swap gives Britain powerful ships for the wrong warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:04:08Would larger American carriers help the Fleet Air Arm in 1940?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:26:35An uncertain torpedo-hit tally for HMS BelfastQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust7:58:36How the Royal Navy accommodates religious festivalsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:02:05Would an international Invincible fleet make the 2010 disposal harder?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:28:49Which Tribal-class destroyer scored the most torpedo hitsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:29:16Why Narvik's close fighting favoured guns over British torpedoesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust8:30:38Why a pub beside a naval base attracts steady customQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust9:34:23A wartime Royal Navy suddenly equipped with Implacable-class carriersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust10:10:20Temporary command and permanent rank in the early 1800sQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 5 of 9 - Royal Navy & Royal Marines Charity, The Royal Navy Benevolent Trust10:28:48AUKUS hull commonality and Australia's national systemsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:56How Britain might choose naval gun calibers without treatiesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust12:22What happened to obsolete Age of Sail cannonQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust14:33How extra anti-aircraft cruisers could change destroyer armamentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust18:56How allied orders can create a default frigate designQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust21:00US and Royal Navy missile-age air-defense tradeoffsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust23:58How a different radar system could help an allied task groupNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust25:22A criticism of the Type 45's missile magazine depthNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust30:35Where prewar Unicorn-class support ships would deployQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust44:23How prize captures could transform a Royal Navy captain's careerQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust50:31Why Raeder's surface fleet mattered even when its ships rarely foughtQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust58:18How different Washington Treaty retentions reshape the Royal NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:00:15Why Type 14 frigates had limited shock resistanceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:05:01Overconfidence in the loss of the three Cressy-class cruisersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:10:26How far an equitable capital-ship treaty might expandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:26:41A British rocket-delivered Sting Ray and the VLS questionQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:36:03How an early Type XXI could accelerate Allied ASWQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:43:21Why the Type 21 was not a Knox-class ASW equivalentQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust1:59:57Estimating the Cornish share of destroyer captainsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust3:58:22How the Deutschland-class raiders shaped Royal Navy deploymentsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:08:42Could a preservation law keep HMS Vanguard in reserve?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:09:22Why Vanguard would not deter Argentina in this Falklands counterfactualQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:10:45Why OTO's 127 mm gun leads this modern comparisonQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:29:56Why a better pistol would change little in the naval warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust4:36:17Thompsons as an alternative to rifles in boarding actionsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust5:07:54Why Royal Navy armour weight complicates thickness comparisonsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust5:10:04Which 1939 Royal Navy ships are worth duplicatingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust5:11:32Would the First Sea Lord's earlier commands affect ship choices?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust5:57:40Why Britain and France divided the intervention by ships and soldiersChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust6:01:02How naval access brought supplies and reinforcements to MontevideoChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust7:26:18A hypothetical 1920 program for Royal Navy basesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust7:53:22How a hypothetical 1984 Sea Dart VLS could change later destroyersQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust8:15:05Long deterrent patrols and crew recoveryNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust9:18:51Taking radar plans to the Royal Navy in 1913Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:10:14Why pickets and flagships received radar upgrades earlyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:15:55How navies defined the destroyer leader differentlyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust10:23:56Have comparable violent incidents occurred in the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust11:00:31Why American and British airborne radar developed at different ratesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 4 of 9 - Fly Navy Heritage Trust11:41:22SPY-1D, Sampson, and SPY-6 radar tradeoffsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress31:29Island-class OPVs after the Cod WarsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress33:38Why Britain delayed building offshore patrol vesselsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress35:58Why early Royal Navy OPVs carried surplus BoforsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress1:34:11Could Britain have built its own submarine-launched missile?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:05:49Alliance presentation and the shortage of carrier escortsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress2:06:50How Type 45 cuts sacrificed cheap follow-on hullsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:09:47Rumoured Fairmile armament improvisations at AlexandriaNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:18:13How early cast-iron cannon could accelerate the sailing battle fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress3:38:19A French Panama Canal and the politics of two-ocean fleetsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:03:13Bomber advocates and control of naval aviationQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:04:43Why leadership alone could not transform the Regia MarinaQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress4:25:03How a Mediterranean coverage gap helped Operation SonnenblumeQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress6:01:49Why QF and BL labels complicate British 6-inch gun comparisonsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:07:02Roskill's evidentiary standard for official naval historyNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress7:47:13HMS Warrior and the limits of gun-count ratingsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress8:40:02How foreknowledge could accelerate the 1850 Royal NavyQ&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 Stress11:04:38Preparing ships for radar installationNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:16:58How navies might answer the Deutschland class without treaty limitsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 3 of 9 - Combat Stress11:43:55The King George V class had usable Pacific rangeNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida23:39Building an early wartime combat information centreQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida40:32Choosing the battery for a 74- or 84-gun ship of the lineQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida47:35A neutral Italy and Spain reshape the Mediterranean warQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:08:21A 15-gun Bayern class accelerates the dreadnought raceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:41:41Three naval books to take to the Admiralty in 1905Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:48:18Assessing the game's Devastation as a British designNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida1:50:56How a 1909 super-steel would change British warship designQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:07:23Royal Navy commanders known for personal marksmanshipQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida2:28:05Frigate numbers for a larger Royal Navy escort fleetQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida4:48:31The Royal Navy's shift toward task groupsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida5:19:39Why the Royal Navy relied on objective commandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:00:16What Britain might demand for additional treaty scrappingQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:02:51A heavier 30-knot King George V proposalQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:06:34Dreadnought and South Carolina: speed despite equal broadsidesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:26:54Two extra pre-dreadnoughts and wartime availabilityQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida6:41:29The British response to a fifteen-gun BayernQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:14:50If the Sinai Peninsula vanished when the Suez Canal openedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:17:14If the full British Eastern Fleet concentrated at SingaporeQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida7:53:08Building and testing a fifteen-gun fast battleshipNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:08:07Speculating about names for the next British attack submarinesQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:55:13The British mechanized 9.2-inch cruiser as an Alaska answerNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:57:40The Royal Navy's overlapping secondary and destroyer gunsQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 2 of 9 - Friends of HMCS Haida10:59:49Where the Royal Navy's 5.5-inch guns fitQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II20:28A guide to the National Museum of the Royal NavyChapter
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II28:15How Admiral Henderson might reform today's Royal NavyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II45:47How many Royal Navy ships were named Defiance?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:17:44Six specialists to modernize the Royal Navy in 1905Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II1:52:03Better air defense at Cape Matapan and in the PacificNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:07:36Gun performance, barrel wear, and distance from home industryNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:30:09Pairing a dual-purpose destroyer gun with fire controlNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:36:08Spreading better dual-purpose guns across Commonwealth escortsNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II2:45:52Why prewar preparation shaped destroyer outputNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II3:48:28If the Home Fleet vanished in April 1940Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II4:26:53What a ship's crew does after an undamaging battleQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II4:33:50Why Hong Kong would not be another Falklands campaignQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II5:42:47Would Fisher revive the battlecruiser today?Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II6:24:08If France, Russia, and Germany intervened in the Second Boer WarQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:26:08If Alaska-class capability started the dreadnought raceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:36:01The Churchill cruiser answer to the Alaska classQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II7:46:18How Diamond Rock became HMS Diamond RockNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II8:31:40If the United States built an iron 84-gun ship in 1850Q&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II9:23:20Where Mogador might serve after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I30:12Starting points for studying naval cultureQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I34:22Why Royal Navy carrier nuclear options stayed limitedQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:01:22Spearfish speed and the American engine behind itQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:06:33Why shared Spearfish technology did not produce a NATO torpedoNotable Point
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:23:09Sea King AEW studies before the Falklands emergencyQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:28:41How predictable German construction could ease the naval raceQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:30:53Why Incomparable's sister would not be ImpregnableQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:40:04A better gun constrained by Flower-class availabilityQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:53:37Long-range 15-inch fire and a different JutlandQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I2:06:21The circumstantial case for Royal Navy funding of the Vickers sightQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I2:07:53How feedwater tanks became a wartime fuel reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:20A fully funded Royal Navy without nuclear weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:33Where submarine crews would go after nuclear warQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:40A starting book for post-Daring Royal Navy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:36A cautious explanation for Cunningham's sudden deathQ&A
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:34A frigate matters more than a new sail training shipNotable Point
- Bruships 220: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:42Britain's large armored cruisers became battlecruisersQ&A
- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"16:18Frigates, convoys, and British commerce defenseNotable Point
- Key Books: Prof Andrew Lambert's "No More Napoleons!"31:01The Wellington system and Britain's army reservesChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception0:00Cunningham's command ethic and aversion to wasteChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception6:45Nearly fifty years of Royal Navy serviceNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception7:47Operational command over staff apprenticeshipNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception8:45What Invergordon taught Cunningham about leadershipChapter
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception12:20Rebuilding trust through sailor welfareNotable Point
- Andrew Cunningham: Master of Deception41:51What if Cunningham commanded the British Pacific Fleet?Notable Point
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:48HMS Monarch's wreck in Hurd's DeepQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:50Fisher's obsolete ships still carried global missionsQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:56How Fisher might phase out obsolete warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:43HMS Africa charged Trafalgar aloneQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:51Replacement orders could accelerate British cruiser evolutionQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:04Royal Navy factions persist through patronage and strategyQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:49British nuclear cruisers reshape the Commonwealth fleetQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:33The Royal Navy's slow move to the 5-inch/62 gunQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:56Transferred warships create options, not automatic growthQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:14Fast boats in modern naval serviceQ&A
- Bruships 219: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:41Choosing the best modern Royal Navy shipQ&A
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?2:37Why the Third Sea Lord could shape the whole fleetChapter
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?10:04The modern procurement lesson of restoring a naval integratorNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?33:56Henderson arrives on the technological cusp of 1892Chapter
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?53:50Henderson overlaps the start of his own naval careerNotable Point
- What happpens if Admiral "Jackie" Fisher & Admiral R.G.H Henderson Swap Third Sea Lord Tenures?54:25Henderson's credit-free method of naval reformChapter
- Unryū class: Japan's Light Fleet Carriers!0:00The Unryu class was not a British copyChapter
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)1:11:27Did the Ten Year Rule imply war in 1942?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:30:00Alliances divide oceans because no navy has infinite shipsNotable Point
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:39:06Would navies modernize or replace old battleships?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:49:42Would purpose-built landing ships appear without the war?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:57:41Would anyone use a light carrier as a commerce raider?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)2:58:37Would the Royal Navy develop command cruisers?Q&A
- What would the World's Major Navys look like in 1950 if WWII didn't happen? (Live)3:01:00Would smaller navies buy light carriers?Q&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...1:52:42Pom-pom belt mixes and tracer ballisticsQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:29Hood's peacetime condition and missing major refitQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:18A major Perth naval base in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:53Why the Royal Navy did not adopt BrimstoneQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:42US fleet production and allied availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:13Why Tribal-class destroyers stayed with the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:40Why General Gwyn Jenkins fits First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:49Why Royal Navy destroyers had to serve globallyNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:04Heating older destroyers for Arctic convoysQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:09Ryūjō and the logic of treaty loopholesQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:28:49Why stopping Type 45 production at six cost readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:19Did British yards have workers for more ships?Q&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:52Aster production after the wars-of-choice assumptionQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:36:31A 1939 Royal Navy built from G3s and N3sQ&A
- Bruships 218: New Books! British Telecom is a terrible ISP! Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:40A larger Austro-Hungarian fleet and French planningQ&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...5:19:29Conventional submarines as an AUKUS complementNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft29:49Henderson's small ships spread deterrent presenceChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft32:18Why peacetime commitments imply twenty-four escortsNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft41:02Town-class cruisers fill the middle tierChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft53:46Allies must share the cost of persistent presenceNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft59:29Flag mobility is an operational capabilityNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:05:09Treaty rules distorted the choice between sloops and destroyersChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:15:25Tribal destroyers served as back-pocket cruisersChapter
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:18:17Treaty building holidays disrupted naval productionNotable Point
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:26:50Shrinking fleets consume their own readinessChapter
- Fairey Barracuda: A Tale of Engine Metalurgy, Government Lethargy & Too Late Entropy50:49Admiral Henderson preserves a balanced but undersized fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:34Royal Navy infrared sensors and the unanswered IRIS-T questionQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:53Why post-Civil War America could not annex JapanQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:15Would heavy 1918 losses produce N3 battleships?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:11The R class in Britain's prewar fleet-renewal planNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:37When German warships met the R-class threatQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:25Carrier choices after losing the Courageous classQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:44How often German raiders avoided R-class convoy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:15Why satcom could not precisely reveal the Falklands fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:49Would 'frigate' have clarified Fisher's battlecruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:56Could Type 83 influence the next US destroyer?Q&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:03Why an early U-boat buildup would not guarantee British starvationQ&A
- Bruships 217: Back from Japan 2025: Jetlag is a Myth - Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:22Why a larger Type 21 would not keep Sea CatQ&A
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?1:06Reliability is the hinge of the X-1 counterfactualNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?3:24Why X-1 was built as a cruiser submarineChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?14:30Britain first has to abandon submarine abolitionNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?23:52What would make Britain back the X-1 concept?Notable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?26:18A practical successor blends T-class weapons with X-1 rangeChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?30:02A combined cruiser-minelayer class releases ordinary submarine tonnageNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?35:41Cruiser submarines accelerate British ASW constructionChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?37:00Bittern and Egret development leads toward Black Swan and Hunt escortsChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?38:18Fighting cruiser submarines changes sloop protection and gun powerNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?39:12Britain matches destroyer orders with Commonwealth sloopsNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?45:15Congress may convert four-stackers and order destroyers earlierNotable Point
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?45:51Foreign cruiser submarines sustain a much larger British escort fleetChapter
- What happens if the X-1 Cruiser Submarine becomes genesis not a dockyard queen?48:08Trade-dependent powers become more sensitive to submarine rangeNotable Point
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?28:06Existing nuclear fleets lower the entry barrierChapter
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?30:56British basing would concentrate risk and costNotable Point
- Nuclear Powered Warships: are they worth the cost?35:01Type 26 shows why programme labels can changeNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...1:48Admiral Henderson and the cost of missing successionNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...7:12Maurice Suckling, patronage, and professional riskChapter
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...45:11Promotion raised the question of Nelson's peacetime valueNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...59:31National value could conceal Nelson's personal costNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...1:01:16Age-of-sail navies built commanders from adolescenceNotable Point
- Nelson: A Very British God of War...1:03:38Nelson died a vice admiral, not a full admiralNotable Point
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:09Which fleet would gain most from an early CICQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:28Why Britain disposed of surrendered warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:56Was Britain complacent before the High Seas Fleet scuttling?Q&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:34A modernized Italian fleet could push British capital ships from the MediterraneanQ&A
- 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
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:06American ships of the line would reshape the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:12Why surplus British monitors would find few buyersQ&A
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?18:44How the revised treaty restarts capital-ship buildingChapter
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?19:29Turning treaty allowances into a British building cadenceChapter
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?28:43A slow building rate keeps naval industry aliveNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?41:03The modified F3 as a treaty battlecruiserChapter
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?43:00The Royal Navy still needs a new cruiser fleetNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?48:02Continued building advances British gunneryNotable Point
- Flagships for the Dominions; What if the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty gives the Dominions Flagships?1:10:09British capital designs evolve by building batchNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:31Britain's layered shipbuilding plansQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:28How a stronger Falklands defense changes invasionQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:38The Type 82 procurement pinch pointNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:13Britain after a hypothetical French collapse in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:46German codes and British intelligence before JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:18Repairing Royal Navy ships in an Asian warQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:09Choosing a ship for an early combat information centerQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:38A Dreadnought-class SSGN before railguns and lasers matureNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:22A heavily armed Type 83 conceptQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:37Why Britain treated the County class as light cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:24Why the Royal Navy has no simple birthdayQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:15Why San Carlos lacked barrage balloons and improvised flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:11The institutional origins of the US and Royal NaviesNotable Point
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:28A thousand-aircraft interwar Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 215 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:35Treaty-era British battleship replacement cadenceQ&A
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age4:43Daring class as the peak Royal Navy gun destroyerChapter
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age10:16Cruiser tradition explains shifting Royal Navy ship labelsNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age12:18Why a missile destroyer came before a missile cruiserNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age16:37Why the Darings did not receive Sea Slug conversionsNotable Point
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age23:11A destroyer navy preserved postwar global presenceChapter
- Darings to Countys... and beyond; How Royal Navy Fleet Destroyer design evolved in the Missile Age51:04Type 83 revives the large all-round fleet destroyerChapter
- Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?28:10From Daring to County - and why Type 42 breaks the lineNotable Point
- Izumo Class; Building for the future or planned preperation?37:52Airborne early warning is the next carrier enablerNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War0:00Why British submarines constrained Argentina's attack planChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War2:23The airborne early-warning gap exposed an out-of-area assumptionNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War22:10Radar emissions could reveal the fleet, but submarines still barred the approachChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War41:22Layered defences require fleets built for availabilityChapter
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War46:36Production gaps turn fleet cuts into ageing-ship problemsNotable Point
- The Argentine Navy's Plan of Attack in the 1982 Falklands War48:50Modern Falklands defence rests on garrison, presence, and reinforcementChapter
- Why do Historians never seem to run out of projects?0:48How a destroyer question became a Royal Navy studyNotable Point
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:41Reading the Type 31 missile fitQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:05:05Type 26 export savings and the cost of a sail training shipQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:24How far ahead Britain plans warship constructionQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:36Replacing six Invincible-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:55Why Ardent and Acasta's captains received no VCQ&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:11A Royal Navy of fictional Conqueror battleships in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 214 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:56:24Revenge, flowers, and supposedly cursed ship namesQ&A
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships5:07The two fears governing naval innovationNotable Point
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships12:34Industrial limits kept wooden warships relevantChapter
- Building Ships Out of Time; or Why sometimes nations seem to build last generation ships17:45Why large muzzle-loading guns persistedChapter
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era34:16Why benchmark forces shape aircraft comparisonsNotable Point
- J-15 Flying Shark; The Foundation of a New Era50:29Why interwar carrier logistics favoured repairabilityNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?2:32The High Seas Fleet enters internmentChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?6:33Why Britain did not seize the fleet firstNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?9:05Did British inattention make the scuttling easier?Notable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?12:22British surveillance and response at Scapa FlowNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?17:48How an intact fleet reshapes Allied bargainingChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?40:36A plausible division of the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:00:38An intact fleet breaks the historical 5:5:3 ratioChapter
- What if the High Seas Fleet was not Scuttled in Scapa Flow?1:13:39Carrier programs grow before a delayed treatyNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean9:16Age, experience, and promotion before TrafalgarNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean11:42Press gangs, HMS Hornet, and an acquittal in JamaicaChapter
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean13:12HMS Badger as a proving commandNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean19:29HMS Excellent and Collingwood's gunnery cultureNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean39:02Command through grief and Britain's wider fleet depthNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean47:00Post-Trafalgar honors and Mediterranean commandChapter
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean55:11Major-General of Marines as a reward for continued serviceNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean58:58The institutional cost of treating leaders as indispensableNotable Point
- Cuthbert Collingwood: Nelson's Second at Trafalgar & the man who secured the Mediterranean1:01:26Quiet professionalism and the value of a trusted secondNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:56A naval-centric British Cold War forceQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:47Leaving Warspite as a grounded museumQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:13Prospects for Royal Navy full-deck LHDsQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:23Larger dreadnoughts force an earlier dockyard expansionNotable Point
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:05Canals behind Royal Navy industrial powerQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:31:11Britain joins Japan against Russia in 1904Q&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:34Overlooked British warships after HoodQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:21Funding a larger British Phantom and Buccaneer forceQ&A
- Bruships 213 On the Road Japan 2025: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:24Britain and America turn Kearsarge into a fast battleshipNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation0:00Maurice Suckling's naval family supported NelsonChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation4:44Patronage rewarded ability as well as connectionNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation6:42The Navy could sideline unsuitable officersNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation13:17Captain Thomas Fox trained Suckling for commandChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation17:33The lieutenant's exam tied sponsors to competenceNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation20:56Why naval patronage was not simple cronyismNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation24:38Byng and Townshend kept Suckling's career movingChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation28:23A captured ship made Suckling a posted captainChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation31:37HMS Dreadnought marked Suckling as a safe commanderChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation34:36Suckling fought the outnumbered battle of Cap-FrançaisChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation40:08Nassau and Raisonnable sustained Suckling's standingNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation45:35Thames guardship duty trained Suckling as an administratorNotable Point
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation48:41Controller of the Navy placed Suckling over naval resourcesChapter
- Captain Maurice Suckling: From Walpole to Nelson in one degree of Seperation51:27Suckling's last influence outlived his early deathChapter
- 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
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?1:19How the Royal Navy studied American Pacific battlesChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?5:52Coral Sea logistics and the fast-tanker shortageChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?15:47Why high-altitude dives obscured Coral Sea targetsNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?26:11Midway's broken contact and the shadowing problemChapter
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?32:33Why allied summaries could soften internal naval criticismNotable Point
- What the Royal Navy thought of Coral Sea, Midway and Leyte Gulf?51:14Why the Royal Navy invested in night shadowingNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut10:43A 1937 cruiser built around six 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut24:34UK naval procurement and the sail-training debateQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut56:15Why destroyer captains had to be told noQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:06:16Royal Navy policing is not a direct NCIS equivalentQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:13:54The Daring class as the Royal Navy’s dream destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:15:53Why an overseas squadron becomes a mixed forceQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:17:24Territorial commitments drive a larger carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:33:08A 50,000-ton British battleship sketch for 1922Q&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut1:58:36Legal safeguards and the Royal Navy's existing recruitment barrierQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:09:12The Royal Navy receives hundreds of Gearing-class destroyers in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...After Power Cut2:23:56Royal Navy “D” names for battleships and carriersQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:03Why the Zeebrugge raids were not wasted effortQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:43Why Allied navies would discard captured German battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:22Naval veterans as namesakes for modern warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...57:50Why Royal Navy cruiser studies used diamond turretsQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:59British first rates on the Great Lakes after 1812Q&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:41A Royal Navy carrier force at MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:40Extending Queen Elizabeth-class carriers at midlifeQ&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:51Could a US Buccaneer purchase save CVA-01?Q&A
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...22:34Why Britain and Japan diverged in maritime force structureNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...22:56National identity shapes warship procurementNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...32:50The civil wars changed Britain's army and navy differentlyNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:14:37Sea transport favored British light infantryNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:18:32How institutional tradition affects combat performanceChapter
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:18:53Some British units are older than modern statesNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:27:16Ship names carry battle honors into modern crewsNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:29:31Cutting Type 45 numbers squandered development costsNotable Point
- Cultural Drivers of National Military Organisation/Structure - a quick guide...1:37:28Naval power protects the economic base of warNotable Point
- Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?0:00From the Six-Six Fleet Plan to the Maya classChapter
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...6:52TNT lets armour-piercing shells detonate after penetrationNotable Point
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...19:51British rearmament plans assumed a later warNotable Point
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...23:11Torpex and the Mark IX torpedo develop togetherChapter
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...26:20War interrupts a different kind of naval programNotable Point
- Torpex: A Short History of it's History...27:38A Torpex counterfactual for Taranto and Cape MatapanNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P36:20A Royal Navy answer to Japan's Number 13 classChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P325:35An antiaircraft secondary battery for the Number 13 responseNotable Point
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:14:38A British rival for the Kongo contractChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P31:37:17German and British 90,000-ton fast battleshipsChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:11:22What would an R-class version of HMS Vanguard look like?Q&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:17:08Alternative designs for HMS AgincourtChapter
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:21:55What should a Type 83 destroyer class be called?Q&A
- #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P32:31:51How thick could British foundries forge battleship armor?Q&A
- Liberty Leadership: How the ships that were the blood cells of WWII came to be...1:00:52Royal Navy lessons meet US carrier air-defence institutionsNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:42Admiral-class carrier conversions reshape WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:41Type 26 task groups with uncrewed escortsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:40Where Britain's 9.2-inch coastal guns came fromQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:41Why dockyard photographs may be held before publicationNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:49How giant imperial dry docks change interwar capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:18Separate heavy and light carrier allowances in a different treaty systemNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:03Midway after losing Lexington and Yorktown at Coral SeaQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:57How navies identify the person behind a ship's nameQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:17Naval meals from salt beef to submarine barbecuesQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:02The Royal Navy's unrealized cruiser-carrier optionQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:01:17Why prewar escort-carrier studies did not produce ships soonerNotable Point
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:17World War II escorts worth saving as museum shipsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:22More flight decks sustain carrier-aircraft ordersQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:56:56Seven Years War officers reveal naval family networksQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:08:20How warships navigated without electronic aidsQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:55Norwegian purchases linked to Britain's Type 26 agreementQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11:17When Queen Elizabeth II might receive a ship nameQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:12:45Royal Navy chart quality in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:50Tribal-class firepower in a Narvik counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:27Why Norway's minehunter may not fit BritainQ&A
- Bruships 211: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:18:35County names for Britain's future amphibious shipsQ&A
- The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver15:40Blake and maritime security after Santa CruzNotable Point
- The Value of Surprise as a Tactic: Going For Spanish Silver25:40Disease drives naval preventive medicineChapter
- Sikorsky S-55/H-19 Chickasaw/Westland Whirlwind: Ploughing the Waves for the Modern Naval Helicopter27:46Air-sea rescue also retains experienced pilotsNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:13How postwar gun tests could mislead the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...18:06Nordic frigate orders and British yard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:08How HMS Warrior's armor was testedQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:19British design studies and resistance to triple turretsNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:05What a continuous Cold War shipbuilding program could preserveQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:42A German capital-ship windfall before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:17A proposed 9.2-inch-gun Edinburgh derivativeNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:15Would a paper fleet bring war closer?Notable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:55Why navies maintain contingency plans for hostile portsQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:20:07How the Royal Navy might have razeed Santisima TrinidadQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:09Why a Royal Navy first lieutenant is called Jimmy the OneQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:33:11Why navies plan even for wars with friendly powersQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:00How peacetime port visits could inform torpedo-attack plansNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:50Why Furious's 18-inch gun did not lead straight to HoodQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:05:16When the Admiral design studies preceded JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:15:55The Royal Navy's caution about unidentified sightingsQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:23Why cutting Type 45 production wasted development investmentNotable Point
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:46:24Could Norway's Type 26 order lead to another British batch?Q&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:01Why an early Norwegian Type 26 could come from the British orderQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:47Trincomalee, Singapore, and the defense of fixed fleet basesQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:02The difference between HMS Eagle's service speed and hull limitQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:05Why Malta no longer hosts a major fleet baseQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:01Bismarck joins the Arctic convoy threatQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:07Royal Navy carriers entered the war short of aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:19If Britain never paused carrier constructionQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:57Rum, ice cream, and differences in Allied shipboard lifeQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:06Singapore could refit a carrier, but geography governed the choiceQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:16How to weigh crew memories against ship-condition surveysQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:34Sea Dart gave the Invincible class a real fleet-air-defense roleQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:52How the Royal Navy reduced Luftwaffe damage in dockyardsQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:34Why Britain could not keep its wartime fleet in peacetimeQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:36:47Skjold patrol limits and a proposed CB90 amphibious roleQ&A
- Bruships 210: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:38:38How two Trieste-class LHDs would change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why12:10Why the Royal Navy fielded so many 4-inch gunsChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why24:54Britain's 4.5-inch path to a true dual-purpose gunChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why30:19The 4.5-inch Mark V: powered loading and barrel lifeNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why38:30The 4.7-inch gun and British destroyer tacticsChapter
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why41:41How peacetime exercises distorted destroyer air defenseNotable Point
- Destroyer Guns of WWII: Why, Why & Why48:22The missed high-angle future of the British 4.7-inchNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:26Henderson and British multi-carrier doctrineChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...26:46Three navies, three reasons for multi-carrier operationsNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...30:11Unexpected directions in Mediterranean raidingNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...53:39The 1942 rearmament horizon and Churchill's carrier pauseNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:17:26Taranto as a twenty-year set-piece operationNotable Point
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:23:43Mediterranean force deployment after TarantoChapter
- Admiral Henderson's Dream? A Four Carrier Battle of Taranto...1:31:58Glorious, command culture, and HarwoodNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:35A Royal Navy machine-spirit battle group for Warhammer 40,000Q&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:58Norwegian Type 26 orders and the Type 83 timetableQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:25The case for a ninth British Type 26Notable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:34The Navy Lark, Warship, and Royal Navy recruitingQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...56:40Why Type 32 was tied to the Type 31 production lineNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:21Royal Navy victualling and the limits of civilian influenceQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:13Royal Navy names for Imperial Star DestroyersQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:38Why Norway's Type 26 decision mattersQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:19When HMS Warrior might have become a two-deck ironcladQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:31:09Why another Type 26 yard could matter more than Type 31 capacityQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:08Could Norwegian Type 26 orders change Type 83's design?Q&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:50:09The Royal Navy confronts a Martian invasion in 1913Q&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:52:22Ian Fleming and the recovery of German naval researchNotable Point
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:36:23Why Australia ended the naval rum ration earlyQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:50:57How habitability sustains combat effectivenessQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:54:41Britain after a failed Dunkirk evacuationQ&A
- Bruships 209: Science Fiction Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:02:04How the Royal Canadian Navy became a top-three fleetQ&A
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...12:10Dutch penny packets invite local defeatNotable Point
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...14:16The Saldanha Bay reinforcement becomes a British prizeChapter
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...27:02Andrew Mitchell brings institutional confidenceChapter
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...36:33Eight Batavian ships face Mitchell's overwhelming fleetChapter
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...47:56Surrender formalities mask British controlChapter
- Vlieter Incident 1799: When the Dutch lost a Fleet to a Conundrum... or a Conspiracy...53:41Why Vlieter's intelligence victory is easily forgottenNotable Point
- Zumwalt Class: Defined by Procurment... Destroyed by Politics of Procurement.23:23Why lower-cost destroyer programs escaped interferenceNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?18:03Germany's battleship pause shaped the balance at JutlandQ&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?20:18British yards still lacked orders during the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?22:39Private gun development outpaced conservative Royal Navy ordersNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?24:25L20 Alpha belongs beside wartime British design studiesChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?27:52Revised Queen Elizabeth designs offered several replies to L20Notable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?32:48Hood's wartime design could underpin a heavier British responseNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?35:12British industry could answer credible German designsNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?37:58Lexington prompted new docks while British designs had to fit existing basesNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?42:26K3 and L3 combined nine 18-inch guns with different speed prioritiesNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?50:37Should Britain have chosen F3 instead of Nelson and Rodney?Q&A
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?53:23An early replacement bargain could have produced four F3sNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?1:08:06Daring's 30-knot rating included war loads and months out of dockNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?1:11:23Froude's hull research helped ships exceed their rated speedNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P2 of ?1:34:30A 15-inch Scharnhorst could have accelerated VanguardChapter
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?29:57Pohl's tightly constrained High Seas Fleet advancesChapter
- Admiral Hugo Von Pohl: Architect of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare or Short Term Improviser?36:16An enemy will not volunteer for unfavorable battleNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:32Why early battlecruisers still burned coalQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:02CVA-01 construction as an industrial bridgeQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:01Why Royal Dockyards constrained private shipbuilding costsNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:59Selling young frigates to keep shipbuilding continuousNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:47Restoring Imperial German naval capacity in 1936Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:28A Royal Navy for Atlantic lanes and Soviet bastionsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:23A missile-and-gun cruiser for the imagined 1980s fleetQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:27:40Warspite and Somerville at Savo IslandQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:34:35How a carrier gives Britain a coalition command roleNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:28How the Warspite swap affects Operation StabQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:43The machinery and scarcity of the Abdiel classNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:01:38If Veinticinco de Mayo stayed at sea in 1982Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:45The broom and Jolly Roger on a returning submarineNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:06:31Deterring Japan without revealing Britain's whole handQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:41Admiral-class ships with 16.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:45Why a twenty-ship tonnage allowance could support more hullsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:30:03An earlier Royal Navy adoption of the OerlikonQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:12A less conservative Queen Elizabeth designQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:58If Jackie Fisher's 1915 resignation were rejectedQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:07Six Nelsons under a twenty-capital-ship treatyQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:58A 35,000-ton Invincible-class carrierQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:53An unlimited-budget Royal Navy weapons fitQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:52Funding AGS or Japanese railgun developmentQ&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...4:04:33A modern British cruiser based on Kirov's missionQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:39Why the US Navy repeatedly changed the commodore rankQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:08An anecdote about ministers renaming naval ranksQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:10Why Japan funds more escorts than BritainQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:50:08Converting Courageous and Glorious along Eagle's linesQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:29Italian carriers force an Allied Mediterranean buildupQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:45Dogger Bank draws Britain and Germany into warQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11:36Henderson challenges the wartime construction pauseQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:12:44Canada funds rather than crews three Queen ElizabethsQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:12Admiral Duncan takes four hundred destroyers to the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:15Why British Type 42s lacked antiship missilesQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:28:33Three approaches to a 1919 British station cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:33:17A 1919 cruiser's secondary guns and destroyer developmentNotable Point
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:41:01How a 15,000-ton cruiser reshapes WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:51:06Malta-class carriers anchor postwar British strategyQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:53:28Agincourt followed by a 28-knot battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:54:52Perfect British naval gunnery from 1939Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:07:42Wilhelm II inherits Britain during the naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:27:50Modern special forces at TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:30:10Would another navy fire a Royal Navy captain?Q&A
- Bruships 208: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:32:16A 1920s Empire cruiser follows the County-class patternQ&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?23:00Destroyer command culture favors decisive responsibilityNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:14:20ABDA crews cooperated better than its staff systemNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:15:20The decisive carrier battle shifts toward the Java SeaChapter
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:31:38British fighter direction offers the US Navy a shortcutNotable Point
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?1:48:09Why Britain cannot simply stop Pacific wreck salvageQ&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:26:04Could American submarines use British torpedo technology?Q&A
- If Force Z survived... if HMS Prince of Wales & HMS Repulse what would the RN have done with them?2:51:39How many T-class submarines could reinforce Singapore?Notable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?3:25Royal Navy gun diversity reflected changing prioritiesNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?4:52How abundant funding could delay gun standardizationNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?14:34Henderson's carrier experience challenges a false exercise lessonNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?20:02Standardization spreads beyond the Tribal classChapter
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?28:38A ubiquitous British dual-purpose gunNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?30:32Fleet standardization changes weapons available to escortsNotable Point
- What changes if the Royal Navy Tribal class got built with 4.5in guns?35:41Prewar exercises expose mount and ammunition problemsChapter
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:16Aerial mines in Royal Navy port-attack planningQ&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...1:11:52Historical figures whose private judgments remain elusiveQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:12If Tirpitz left Norway for active operationsQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:51:30A 15-inch HMS Tiger against the German battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:16Would Tiger's successor have been called Queen Victoria?Notable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:03Why British destroyers kept the 21-inch torpedoQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:16A new Napoleonic France in 1895Q&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:41Reversing Anglo-American prewar fleet prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:59:52American battleships reinforce the MediterraneanQ&A
- 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...4:03:45Swapping Allied cruisers and destroyers between theatersQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:53Why the Admiralty held accounts of Pacific battlesNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:09:03When exercise habits delay wartime decisionsNotable Point
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:23American submarines borrowing torpedoes from SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:46US cruisers and destroyers become British classesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:10British requirements in a Crusader III counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:40Renown-class battlecruisers built as Tiger follow-onsQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:25:01HMS Warspite in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:02A temporary 40 percent speed boost for the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:35:22How navies borrow weapons from other servicesQ&A
- Bruships 207: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:39:56Falklands task groups and the need for an amphibious flagshipNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory2:50Failed invasion plans redirect France toward EgyptChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory16:33Promotion to admiral did not guarantee an active commandNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory33:34The opposing fleets: French weight versus British depthChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory53:02Recognition lights prepare the British fleet for darknessNotable Point
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:12:47The French van is attacked from both sidesChapter
- The Battle of the Nile 1798: Nelson's Most Decisive Victory1:40:28Command depth keeps damaged British ships in actionNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction0:00How Tennyson d'Eyncourt directed Royal Navy warship designChapter
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction7:43Wartime shipbuilding reveals Britain's industrial depthNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction13:43Training constructors through extensive design studiesChapter
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction30:40Light cruisers as experimental engineering platformsChapter
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction34:21Hawkins-class cruisers bridge war and imperial presenceChapter
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction37:38Light-cruiser labels concealed a wide design spectrumNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction40:22Design ambition constrained by politics and treatiesNotable Point
- Sir Eustace Tennyson d'Eyncourt: WWI Royal Navy's Director of Naval Construction59:35Nelson's 16-inch gun and the danger of a false test resultNotable Point
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!23:39The delegations reveal a military working conferenceNotable Point
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!33:17Prince of Wales and American cruisers as diplomatic signalsChapter
- The Atlantic Charter: Signed 14th of August 1941...84 yrs ago today!1:17:17Operational agreements made Atlantic interoperability the real prizeChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?13:41The triple-turret St Vincent alternativeChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?17:45Early budget cuts and Britain's dreadnought leadNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?25:45The Royal Navy's recurring fast-battleship choiceChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?37:36Why the cancelled Agincourt is difficult to reconstructChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?56:55Tsushima made battle-line cohesion the prewar lessonNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:03:12Fleet size shaped who could adopt fast battleshipsChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:06:50Jutland showed the value of British fleet depthChapter
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:09:21Britain's reserve ships restored strength after JutlandNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:23:08Britain's escort orders assumed a later start to warNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:25:03The interwar sloop fleet Britain could have builtNotable Point
- #2Historians Special: @Drachinifel comes to chat Dreadnoughts that Almost were P1 of ?1:38:39Would Japanese attrition work better against Britain than America?Q&A
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence4:12Flagship training built Hornby's global experienceChapter
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence13:07Political exclusion interrupted Hornby's rapid riseNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence14:28Hornby's restraint in the San Juan Islands Pig WarChapter
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence34:22Visible overmatch restrained an Austro-Hungarian squadronNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence46:43HMS Minotaur rewarded exceptional shiphandlingNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence48:35Warrior versus Monitor obscures two different fleet systemsNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence49:22Clean French ironclads exposed a readiness weaknessNotable Point
- Admiral Hornby: Britain's 19th Century Master of Conflict Management & Detterrence1:07:22What if Hornby's reforms began in 1876?Notable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)18:52Why Britain's F-35Bs need more carrier trainingQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)26:16A heavier Type 31 gun batteryQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)28:01HMS President and stone-frigate geographyQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)41:29Navies as police and alliances as insuranceNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)49:42What counts as a British naval yardNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)55:54A 6-inch and 128-cell Type 45 conceptQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:11:41How deferred refits created the Type 45 backlogQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...(Continued)1:12:34Why Type 31 has an unusually light mixed gun batteryQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:16Why Royal Navy recruiting needs fluctuateQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:02A larger Royal Navy reshapes WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:44Why British 15-inch/50 development stalledQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:25An eight-boat Vanguard SSBN and SSGN forceNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:19Why six Type 45s look like billion-pound destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:10Taranto was planned as a multi-carrier strikeNotable Point
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:38Explosive shells made iron hulls inevitableQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:32:39Royal Navy technologies hidden inside modern practiceQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:40:37Why Renown was too old to rebuild beside VanguardQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:31Choosing between today's 5-inch naval gunsQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:41The limited answer on Royal Navy close-quarters trainingQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:00A heavier Revenge class could gain speedQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:22Why Britain's naval-shipyard count is approximateQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:47Availability and grammar shape Royal Navy ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:10Why joining Zulu and Nubian made senseQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:46Why Scapa Flow suited the Grand FleetQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:42HMS Amazon was technically possible earlierQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:07:45The case for British fleet growth begins with tradeQ&A
- Bruships 206: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:32The Royal Navy's quiet lead in extra-large UUVsQ&A
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!34:12Flexible installations preserve coverage through failuresNotable Point
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!46:43San Giorgio anticipated later multirole support shipsNotable Point
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!53:47What if Type 31 carried three OTO 76 mounts?Notable Point
- OTO Melara 76/62: Flexible Capability in ways that matter!59:40Geoffrey Phipps Hornby contains the Pig WarNotable Point
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft40:03Town-class cruisers restored global presenceChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:10:18Tribal destroyers combined elite combat and diplomacyChapter
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:44:10How many ships do Britain and Canada need?Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:54:35Did Britain need more 1910 Town-class cruisers?Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:56:03An ideal British escort and OPV mixQ&A
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...22:06Grey's six-power conference lacks visible backingNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...25:16The Royal Navy's secretive staff cultureChapter
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...33:39Fisher's legacy and a divided Royal NavyNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...53:19Why the German Navy left the BEF crossing aloneNotable Point
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...1:14:19German naval preparations outpace BritainChapter
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...1:28:20Mobilization overtakes diplomacyChapter
- Britain's Declaration of War in 1914: The July Crisis & how the British Empire Joined WWI...1:48:57Could earlier British mobilization have deterred war?Notable Point
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:17A modern Royal Navy fast attack craftQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:35Naval manpower in First World War land battlesQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:59Nuclear propulsion in interwar British warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:29Royal Navy range and Pacific tanker supportQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:13Basing a much larger modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:30British response to the Dogger Bank incidentQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:15Unsinkable Sam and the danger of a lucky mascotQ&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...2:47:10Dutch and French plans for war with JapanQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:34A British maritime strategy adopted in 1980Q&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:09Were Royal Navy warships undergunned?Q&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:08Why a joint US-UK destroyer is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:14:09A solvent Britain reshapes its fleet after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:12The admiral most disappointed by today's Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:39Expanding the Royal Navy through existing programsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:23:52The panel's leading British battleship captainQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:25:09A modern Royal Navy still dominates without submarines or nuclear weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:31:08Modernizing Renown and Repulse togetherQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:43:31Twentieth-century warship design misstepsQ&A
- Bruships 205: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:55:17A German fleet that does not challenge BritainQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...5:42What Royal Navy officer titles originally meantChapter
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...13:02Warrants, petty officers, and leading ratingsChapter
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...53:12How fleet formation produced rear and vice admiralsNotable Point
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:12:52When Commodore became a substantive Royal Navy rankQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...1:58:23Who counted as an officer in an 1848 casualty notice?Q&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:00:56Why there is no single last naval CommodoreQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:02:32What rank structure should a new navy copy?Q&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:09:12Why cutting flag rank can weaken institutional authorityNotable Point
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:21:11Ian Fleming's real naval-intelligence workQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:23:38Master and Commander as a favourite lost rankQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:25:26The lowest rank likely to command a Royal Navy vesselQ&A
- Naval Ranks: The Video that will make all Lieutenants Hate me... permanently...2:28:03How Force K made Malta an Axis priorityNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s0:00Why fleets needed pilotless aerial targetsChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s3:01How target drones pointed toward remote strike weaponsNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s17:36Why the Queen Bee popularized the name droneNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s18:25The Fairey Queens that preceded the Queen BeeChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s21:05Two decades of work stood behind the Queen BeeNotable Point
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s22:37HMS Argus became an experimental drone carrierChapter
- Queen Bees: The almost 'Original Drones' from the 1930s38:06A Royal Navy remote-strike air group before 1939Notable Point
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys14:48Polish crews take Allied submarines to warChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys17:56Greek submarines carry the fight after Greece fallsChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys22:11Greek service with an Italian prize and British V-class boatsChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys30:20H6, O 8, and UD-1: one submarine in three naviesChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:00:18Advanced O 21 boats and Dutch experiments with Allied typesChapter
- WWII Submarines that served the Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Navys1:13:11Modern British boats restore Norwegian submarine powerChapter
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:12Irn-Bru already has a place in Royal Navy ship storesQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...31:18Force Z reaches Pearl Harbor before SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:49How sailors' messes turned rations into mealsQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:23How the Royal Navy might have handled Mark 14 failuresQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:22:44Royal Navy capital ships replace the Pearl Harbor battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:27How wartime upkeep might change British losses at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:40:16How the Royal Navy would view AtlantropaQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:44A 15-inch gun limit at the Washington Naval ConferenceQ&A
- 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...2:23:11HMS Malcolm as a Scott-class destroyer leaderQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:13Why Vanguard can be read as a fully armored battlecruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:44Why navies handle capital-city ship names carefullyQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:03HMS Lioness and feminine Royal Navy namesQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:03:51How German planning misread Britain's 1914 warningNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:14:32RAF fuel estimates and interservice budgeting cultureQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:45US capital ships replace the wartime Mediterranean FleetQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:53HMS Vanguard survives into the Falklands eraQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:59:43Why continued treaty-era construction could replace Renown and Repulse before TigerNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:33Could Britain have stayed out of World War I?Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:27:02Royal Navy logistics before pallets and containersQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:36:53Warship and merchant communications in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:19Questioning an Agincourt refit with single 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:38:00More Type 45s and the fleet availability problemQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:48A different commander aboard Courageous or GloriousQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:08Could Britain have concentrated more capital ships in the Eastern Fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:57:23Every British Cold War submarine returns todayQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:31Why Royal Navy battleships carried main-gun shrapnel shellsQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:04:18The Cod Wars and robust Royal Navy patrol vesselsNotable Point
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:09:46Could convoy escorts have received towed-array sonar in WWII?Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:24:20A shipyard that never stops building Lion-class battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:25:46Modern Plymouth and its warships appear in 1600Q&A
- Bruships 204: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:26:51Churchill's failure to explain the Navy's First World War strategyQ&A
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?44:04The invasion becomes a Mediterranean fleet battleChapter
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?50:42Italy faces a dangerous commitment off CreteNotable Point
- Fortress Crete: What if the Greek Government had invested in Crete in the 1920s & 30s?1:01:42An invasion fleet sacrifices freedom to maneuverNotable Point
- Admiral Richardson: The USN's Japan War Seer & First Casualty of Roosevelts Hawaii Gambit20:16Staged oilers accelerate reinforcement toward SingaporeNotable Point
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy1:40:25Why Britain sent a Russian squadron to the Isle of ManQ&A
- Admiral Sergey Gorshkov: Life, Lessons & Writings of the man who Conceived the Cold War Soviet Navy2:49:10More Kirovs would increase Western missile loadsQ&A
- Battle of Dornach(1499)16:12How Swiss pike warfare informed naval boardingNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:36Why a battleship threat calls for visible deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:09Could NATO share the battleship response to Royal Sovereign?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:48Would retaining Royal Sovereign stop Giulio Cesare's transfer?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...51:11Partitioning France after NapoleonQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:53If Beresford followed Fisher as First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:07:20Why replacing Fisher would not guarantee a naval staffQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:21Britain blocks the Louisiana PurchaseQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:25How a large Italian carrier changes British planningQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:23How interservice reporting failed before the Channel DashQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:10Britain abandons battleships for 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:13Political and technical reasons for a cruiser-only Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:04Italian and French completions reopen the treaty building holidayNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:26Operation Pedestal fails to reach MaltaQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:09Swapping Royal Navy and US Navy high commandsQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:52How the Royal Navy built its wartime fuel reserveNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:53How much naval fuel remained after World War II?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:51Hood survives the Denmark Strait hitQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:42Light-cruiser escorts for the PanzerschiffeQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:48A German raider threat drives British light-carrier policyNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:08:22Earlier carriers strengthen naval aviation and British shipyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:51French warships defect to Britain in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:32Did Fisher scrap ships needed in World War I?Q&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:21:24When naval forces bring heavy guns ashoreQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:31:07Britain fortifies Malta before World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:15:35Hood built as a K3 battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:29:04An Anglo-Dutch Wars fleet appears in World War IQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:49What private naval papers can and cannot establishNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:47Royal Navy cruisers designed for rapid upgunningQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:14:36Britain prioritizes the Navy in the Cold WarQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:16:38A faster four-shaft Nelson designQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:17:37County cruisers with twelve eight-inch guns and detachable armourQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:19:32Peacetime displacement and extra wartime ammunitionNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:45:31Britain remains a postwar naval superpowerQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:53:35The Çanak Crisis becomes a warQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:13:02HMS Argus transferred to ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:31:32Convoy escorts and specialist U-boat huntersNotable Point
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:52:01A mass German surface-fleet breakout in 1941Q&A
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)13:02The Falklands exclusion zone favored the dominant navyChapter
- Lessons of Falklands War(1982) and Ukraine War(2022-)1:14:57Type 45 program cost obscured the price of additional shipsNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...0:00Britain's real dreadnought advantage was industrial capacityChapter
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...6:09Why major warship experiments normally came in pairsNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...9:30The Bellerophon class was cut from four ships to threeChapter
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...13:26Fleet numbers turn naval power into diplomatic confidenceNotable Point
- HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...44:20Dreadnought and the Bellerophons formed a Home Fleet divisionChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability49:17How one service faction can unbalance an entire forceNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:17:29Why Allied operational pauses frustrated Japan's attrition planNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:21:47Where Britain expected to base a counteroffensive against JapanQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:27:30Would HMS Ocean have followed Unicorn?Q&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:28:08Why Britain and Japan both prized reliable naval aircraftNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:48:09Royal Navy cruiser aviation across primary and distant theatersChapter
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability1:55:35Why the Walrus survived production pressure and left some cruisersNotable Point
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:09:06Did Royal Navy crews race to assemble boxed aircraft?Q&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:12:32How HMS Unicorn became the light fleet carrier modelQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:15:59What the Supermarine Sea Otter improvedQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:20:30How small could an aviation cruiser be?Q&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:27:08Cruiser amphibians moved through the fleet like helicoptersQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:28:03How air spotting fitted Royal Navy gunnery doctrineQ&A
- Cruiser-borne aviation of the major navies; aspirations, doctrine & realities of this capability2:46:32Cruiser catapults as launchers for Queen Bee target dronesNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:01Why Britain did not have to invade Singapore in 1945Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:08Why defense reporting lost specialist depthNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:16Designing eight Royal Navy SSGNs in the late 1970sQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:16:23What does an SSGN add to a navy's conventional deterrent?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:40:57What Royal Navy submarines could have done from SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:15Why naval drones tend to become larger and multiroleQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:07Could US submarines have used British torpedoes?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:37Could old ships receive quick prewar engine overhauls?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:04Why high-pressure boilers would not refit the whole Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:24Britain's three-century position at GibraltarQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:23Was the War of 1812 a draw in willingness to keep fighting?Notable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:57British reinforcements and the proposed advance beyond New OrleansNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:13How 850 psi machinery would change the Nelson designQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:55The Mississippi route in Britain's War of 1812 plansNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:55Why extra aircraft power would not solve heavy-torpedo dropsQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:51The case for controlled naval alcohol rationsQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:50What would it take for a Malta-class carrier to be built?Q&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:41Defeating the RAF would not solve Operation Sea LionQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:52:18Modernized Lord Nelson battleships arriving in today's Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:32If Britain's 1915 battleships became 1939 Lion-class shipsQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:24:28The Royal Navy's postwar shift from high-pressure steamQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:54:42Why HMS Acheron's high-pressure steam trial did not spreadQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:03:03An 800-psi machinery plant for a Nelson successorQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...6:06:13Why the Velox boiler did not become a fleet standardQ&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?0:23What changes when 850 psi boilers arrive in 1934?Q&A
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?2:19Why the Royal Navy favored 300 psi boilersChapter
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?22:41How the 1934 building program divergesChapter
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?25:58The G class becomes the destroyer test fleetNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?30:58Machinery savings strengthen the Lion-class caseNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?40:25Re-engining Royal Oak, Courageous, and RenownChapter
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?46:31Standardization closed the adoption windowNotable Point
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?1:02:56A stronger fleet changes deterrence and destroyer designChapter
- Why didn't the Royal Navy go for High Pressure boilers & what if they got 850psi boilers in 1934?1:08:39A stronger Royal Navy alters the French-fleet riskNotable Point
- Tom's Cat: The Story of the F14 Tomcat48:23The Swordfish and the recurring one-airframe temptationNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…10:31World War I precedents for attacking fleets from the airNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…17:10Why carrier navies converged on attacks against ships in harbourChapter
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…39:53Pearl Harbor and Taranto were naval-air operationsNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…48:05Taranto's wave plan reflected the carriers availableNotable Point
- Attacking Pearl Harbour: The Decisions that led to the Japanese Planning…1:52:29Multi-carrier operations emerged from common technical pressuresNotable Point
- Suffren: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Voldermort0:00Why the Royal Navy feared SuffrenChapter
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:37Why the Type 31 is not an offshore patrol vesselQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...15:24Retrofitting data links and agreeing fleet standardsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:44Royal Navy captures of enemy equipment and codebooksQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:07Could modern warships still rig hammocks?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:05Why warship launches sometimes failedQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:28How a Type 32 could differ from Type 31Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:13Why more frigates require more shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...54:01Uncrewed missile trucks and fleet magazine depthNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:41Keeping Type 23 frigates through the escort gapQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:29:221970s Leander frigates transported to 1939Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:29If each British carrier generation arrived one class largerQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:16:51Would larger carriers secure better aircraft?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:30:32The sea as Britain's strategic depthNotable Point
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:19Which admirals would get along with Azur Lane's shipgirls?Q&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:15Azur Lane's diverse characters and the Royal Navy's crewsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:12How the Sea Lords divide Royal Navy administrationQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:32Why naval doctors needed unusually broad trainingQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:07:15Why codebook captures can remain secret for generationsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:27Agincourt as a Queen Elizabeth squadron flagshipQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:40When Lion-class battleships could have entered serviceQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:37Type 23 frigates and childhood visits to MontroseQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:42:23Flower names for the Royal Navy's Type 9X vesselsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:04Royal Navy caution over carrier aviation fuelQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:51The best and worst eras for Royal Navy sailorsQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:23Using related Royal Navy ship names togetherQ&A
- Bruships 201: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:08:17Large Lions and competing carrier prioritiesQ&A
- Chūichi Nagumo: The Creation of the Kidō Butai's Kaigun Chūjō51:14Unscripted exercises and the cost of readinessNotable Point
- How has Ukraine confirmed, dispelled or updated the lessons of the Falklands War 1982?2:46:11How uncrewed boats support mine clearanceQ&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
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?1:55Pom-pom or Bofors depends on the expected air threatQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?30:38An even Midway could delay Guadalcanal and enlarge British involvementNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?33:20Treaty tonnage forced carrier armor and air-group compromisesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?42:20Why Britain pursued supersonic V/STOL aircraftNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?47:42A small F-35A fleet can cost more than its purchase price suggestsNotable Point
- 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
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?54:13Could a stronger naval staff have fixed British shells before the First World War?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?56:26Dominion fleets could absorb early battlecruisers as Britain modernizedNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 12: Not Pocket Battleships, No Guadalcanal and a load of Submarine Signals?58:00A 24-knot battle line would pressure British and American successorsNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power0:00Why Adam Duncan became the Royal Navy's tower of powerChapter
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power4:48Keppel, patronage, and Duncan's gift for communicationChapter
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power7:22How the Admiralty managed promotion and the yellow squadronNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power14:30HMS Torbay and the identity of a rebuilt warshipNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power30:04Why HMS Valiant transformed Duncan's careerChapter
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power44:26From American naval raiding to a global coalition warNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power46:00How Duncan's family extended his naval serviceNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power55:38Cape Spartel and the value of peacetime commandNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power56:28Why the safe pair of hands received the North Sea FleetChapter
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power59:33Spithead, the Nore, and what sailors expected from officersNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power1:33:31Nelson turns Duncan's reputation into family patronageNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power1:34:45How Britain rewarded Duncan after CamperdownNotable Point
- Admiral Duncan: The Royal Navy's 18th Century Tower of Power1:36:20Duncan's legacy of quiet professionalism and calculated riskChapter
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...10:17Why navies rarely control their own budgetsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:02Refitting the Nelson class in 1937Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:15Why Britain would buy twelve F-35AsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:03:21How changing language reshapes Royal Navy ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:51Horatio Nelson in the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:57Rearming Tribal-class destroyers with 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:48Combat loading and the Falklands task forceQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:09Why HMS St Lawrence could not remain on the Great LakesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:55:10The largest backward steps taken by naviesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:58:35How the Type 26 fights submarines without fixed torpedo tubesQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:02Why Britain could not rebuild every capital ship at onceQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:10Why A400M tankers do not mirror US Marine carrier supportQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:35Why the Royal Navy rarely received privately donated warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:47A larger fix for Britain's mixed F-35 forceQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:12Type 31 as the Royal Navy's lighter frigateQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:55:13Why Type 32 is likely to evolve from Type 31Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:06:05The Royal Navy after the US Africa Squadron's recallQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:18Why first-rate ships served as fleet flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:21:19Why the Royal Navy studied an all-big-gun armoured cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:24:39Naval treaties based on hull count instead of tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:11Three Incomparable-class battlecruisers after 1918Q&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:35Competition and ownership in Royal Navy shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:12Why naval uniforms arrived late in the age of sailQ&A
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:00A reading path into naval history and treatiesQ&A
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?2:08Too many cooks shaped the Queen Elizabeth designChapter
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?34:03Budget restraint left shipbuilding capacity unusedNotable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?42:09Why not build the maximal fast battleship?Notable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?1:02:07Risk aversion and national survivalNotable Point
- What went wrong with the Queen Elizabeth Class Battleships?1:04:15Britain, America, and an unrestrained naval technology raceNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?9:08Why German commissioning dates can overstate readinessNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?15:40Versailles restrictions were meant to create warning timeNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?16:57The conventional anti-British concept of operationsChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?19:25Geography reversed British and German service prioritiesNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?20:48Why a surprise concentration was implausibleNotable Point
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?26:27The one-in-three rule changes fleet arithmeticChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?38:07Plan Z could not freeze the Royal Navy in 1938Chapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?49:01Raiding Britain, not defeating it for sea controlChapter
- Plan Z: What was the Concept of Operations behind it? Tirpitz Mk II or something else?50:56A longer arms race favored the maritime democraciesNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose25:20The failed Dutch expedition to Saldanha BayChapter
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose36:34How Elphinstone forced surrender without opening fireNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose53:53Andrew Mitchell and the Royal Navy's experience advantageChapter
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose1:32:35The Den Helder squadron faces overwhelming forceChapter
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose1:39:20Washington becomes HMS Princess of OrangeNotable Point
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose1:54:37The captured fleet accelerates Dutch naval collapseNotable 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
- The Vlieter incident of 1799: When Leadership meant a battle wasn't needed for the Batavian to lose2:36:52Why domestic steel capacity matters in naval mobilizationNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:29Bofors and pom-pom choices against different air threatsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:24Mothballed shipyards and British rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:13Fisher's 20-inch Incomparables replace the large light cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:51The French fleet joins the Royal Navy in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:47Jean Bart reaches a British port in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:09:51Constitution-class frigates multiply Royal Navy commerce warfareQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:43Could Britain and Germany ally in 1895?Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:06Seventeen N3 battleships anchor Britain's 1939 battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:42:05Royal Navy classifications, concealed gun development and treaty flexibilityQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:35Captain's loss and control of warship designNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:18Why trial-speed incentives can distort warship comparisonsNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:21Supersonic Sea Vixens carry an early radar-guided missileQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:42British naval rearmament begins in 1933Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:17British atomic strikes could halt the 1940 campaignQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:42:38Modernised Queen Elizabeths and Revenges give Britain ten fast battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:51:39A more powerful Spey creates a supersonic Buccaneer pathQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:54A renewed Anglo-Japanese alliance links NATO to the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:27The interwar Anglo-Japanese Alliance outlives a reduced US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:11:01Destroyer tow proposals and the limits of personal archival accountsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:11Why Dominion expansion would not produce six more IndefatigablesQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:22:51Britain remains the Gulf's external security guarantorQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:27:08Charles Beresford's resistance to naval technological changeQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:40:55The Royal Navy inherits Type 93 torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:41:26World of Warships cruisers replace Britain's heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:11Radar-equipped cruisers could catch German raiders earlierNotable Point
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:56:36Instant ship replication rewards very large Royal Navy designsQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:58:12An early 5.25-inch dual-purpose gun standardizes the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:59:44Modern night vision changes the night action at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:02:14Close-in weapons reduce Falklands task-force lossesQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:41A captured Musashi offers technical study and a possible museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:17:34Neutralizing Malta does not end Britain's Mediterranean warQ&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...5:30:09Germany and the Soviet Union attack Japan in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:35:53Malta-class carriers sustain larger Royal Navy flight decksQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:42:12More British battlecruisers do not bring Kongo forwardQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:42:27Continuous infrastructure spending removes Royal Navy bottlenecksQ&A
- Bruships 199: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:51:24A 15-inch Yukon design changes new battleships and older refitsQ&A
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?0:48Singapore shapes Britain's different route to war with JapanNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?4:02Layered air defense ends with one aircraft and one evasive decisionNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?9:24The pom-pom begins as a First World War heavy machine gunChapter
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?30:41Peacetime exercises produced a false picture of air attack prioritiesNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?32:42The U.S. Navy reaches the Bofors after the 1.1-inch gunNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?34:37Mark VIII mountings spread medium AA down the fleetNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?43:41Radar and barrel replacement altered wartime gun performanceNotable Point
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?54:09Norway exposes the demands of fleet air defenseChapter
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:05:59Mediterranean air threats rewarded a mixed 40 mm batteryChapter
- Pom-Pom or Bofors: Which 40mm do you want?1:15:53Pacific combat shifted the balance from reach back toward volumeChapter
- Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers4:25P.1154, the BS100 engine, and a failed joint requirementChapter
- Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers5:32P.1154 was cancelled before Britain's carrier retreatNotable Point
- Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers9:32Naval air defense and RAF strike requirements conflictedNotable Point
- Britains Obsession with Supersonic Harriers42:43F-35B completed a sixty-year search for a Super HarrierNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?31:53The Naval Intelligence Department as the Royal Navy's hidden staffChapter
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?39:47The Royal Navy's age and the origins of naval intelligenceQ&A
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?40:52Why informal naval education could not keep pace with mass politicsNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?44:21Why capable admirals missed the political shiftNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:18:39The Wash as a base for an enlarged battlecruiser forceNotable Point
- What happens to WWI if the Royal Navy got a full Admiralty Staff when the General Staff came to be?2:23:46Why the Admiralty won ships but lost the strategy debateNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII8:28From fisheries patrols to Kingsmill's staffChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII19:53Learning to build a navy's institutional depthNotable Point
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII21:21The first RCN officer to command a Royal Navy warshipChapter
- Admiral Nelles: The man who built the Royal Canadian Navy of WWII29:17Why escort comparisons can misleadNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...19:33Cross-Channel ferries became amphibious-warfare shipsQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:29Why the Royal Navy sank Pola instead of towing her homeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:08Preserving HMS Bristol depended on political fundingQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:56CVA-01's missile fit was not settledQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:02:38CVA-01's Sea Cat magazine still had layout choicesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:40How the Royal Navy could use the French fleet in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:12:04French capital ships would be harder to sustain in the Far EastNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:49Why Britain did not need a torpedo-boat carrier in Southeast AsiaQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:34Britain and America approached the Pacific from opposite directionsNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:38HMS Unicorn was presented as support rather than a carrierNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:39From the F3 concept to Vanguard's battlecruiser lineageQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:23A pirate third-rate would provoke a concentrated Royal Navy responseQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:10How first- through sixth-rate warships were dividedQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:57Ernest King would have served the navy placed in his chargeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:48Early 16-inch/50 guns could reshape the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:05:31Vanguard and Warspite used the same gun typeQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:39Modern coastal batteries did not depend on medieval castlesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:20A lieutenant could command a snow as master and commanderQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:05A US withdrawal would delay rather than automatically end AUKUS submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:31Why exact double-rescue figures for Dunkirk are elusiveQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:20:28The Royal Navy stored aviation fuel where the RAF did not expect itNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:23:13Victorian sloops supplied global presenceQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:32Cruiser orders could double as recession employment policyNotable Point
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:34:07Royal Navy submarines reached the Baltic's edgesQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:42:49HMS Venturer made the only recorded submerged-on-submerged killQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:46:31Britain was approaching an autoloading 4.5-inch mount before the warQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:53:32A mined Hormuz would put minehunters under carrier coverQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:59A Crown Colony-sized Dido needs fewer heavy mounts and more light AAQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:46Crown Colony cruisers belong with the battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:03:32Royal Navy support at the Battle of GabonQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:08:37Insufficient testing caused early-war torpedo failuresQ&A
- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:13:24Britain estimated Yamato's guns from photographsQ&A
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!15:10A Royal Navy uniform habit became King's trademarkNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!33:52King and Henderson offer parallel naval-aviation careersNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!48:18King planned against Britain as a worst case and Japan as the likely enemyNotable Point
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:12:47Atlantic escorts pushed the United States toward open warChapter
- Admiral King: America's Champion of Preparation they didn't turn too till too late!1:18:58Pacific war aims explain King's policy toward BritainNotable Point
- Ship Propellers: A Quick History & Discussion7:51Archimedes, Great Britain, and Rattler show the screw's valueChapter
- Ship Propellers: A Quick History & Discussion42:20If HMS Rattler had lost to HMS AlectoNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...8:18Why was the Royal Navy's final capital ship named Vanguard?Q&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...8:38Vanguard's long history and battlecruiser classificationNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...42:39Malta gives Napoleon a base but exposes his routeNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...56:26Nelson's promotion was more than simple seniorityNotable Point
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:09:43A homogeneous British battle line with experienced captainsChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...1:11:05Could Russian first rates defeat the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...2:06:29Command depth keeps damaged British ships fightingChapter
- Why the Battle of the Nile, 1798, was Nelson's Greatest Feat of Leadership...3:03:47The victory reshapes the Mediterranean and the coalition warChapter
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...27:31Japanese planning denied the Americans agencyNotable Point
- Leadership of the Battle of Midway: When decisions go wrong...2:13:10British naval staff measured Midway by the initiativeNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...17:08Prospects for preserving HMS CourageousQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:03Why Japanese carriers prioritized refueling speed over safetyQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:46Why French names could enter Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:18:30If Britain secured Norway's ports before GermanyQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:19Could Britain radio a Norwegian reserve mobilization order?Q&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:35:36Limits of Royal Navy aid in Ukraine and the CaucasusQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:00What a successful early Dardanelles assault requiredQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:41Replacing Britain's WE.177 tactical nuclear weaponQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:17:19How to read Royal Navy reports and ship-speed claimsQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:24:03Why retired nuclear submarines wait decades for disposalNotable Point
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:46British force contributions to the Five Power Defence ArrangementsQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:43:36Why Britain did not buy Charles F. Adams destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:00:18Why German Bayern-class prizes would complicate WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:41Why the Royal Navy delayed adopting the Mark 45 five-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:31What weapons Britain would choose for Japanese destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:01Choosing a Second World War navy when survival is guaranteedQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:05How an all-Bayern German fleet changes British wartime buildingQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:56Why Britain would not reclaim Halifax as a Royal Navy dockyardQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:53Naval gunfire on the First World War's coastal flankQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:30:43Why Royal Navy air-defense ships become destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 197: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:49Why equal post-Jutland fleets would fail at WashingtonQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII48:04Polish crews in British U- and S-class submarinesChapter
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII51:53Why the Royal Navy built U-class submarines before wartime demand peakedNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII1:13:12Italian Perla and British V-class boats rebuilt the Greek forceNotable Point
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII1:17:43Why Malta's 10th Submarine Flotilla was so effectiveNotable 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
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:19:28How Dutch submarines were sustained after occupationQ&A
- Submarines of the Minor Navys...Polish, Greek, Dutch & Norwegian Boats in WWII3:27:52Why Britain requisitioned foreign warships under constructionQ&A
- Rostislav: the Russian Victory from 1784?15:12Catherine II recruits Samuel Greig from BritainNotable 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?22:24Kronstadt experience prepares Greig for Baltic commandChapter
- Yi Sun Sins May 1592: When Preperation and Reading History really paid off!4:15When competence threatens the chain of commandNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 11: from SDSR to Pearl Harbor, with a stop at CVA-01 along the way...7:01Did Royal Navy manning shortages help cancel CVA-01?Q&A
- 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
- Admiral of the Fleet Philip Vian: Boundless Aggression or...47:30Mountbatten's destroyer success complicated his promotionNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:49Why early American isolationism still required overseas naval supportNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...23:26How Britain standardized battleships by squadronQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:50Why escaping an American port did not evade the British blockadeQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...41:55How the Royal Navy planned to replace V/W-class destroyers and flotilla leadersQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:47How a submarine-first German fleet would change British strategyNotable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:04:19What Henderson might do with Iron Duke in 1937Q&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:41Why British naval treaty limits still mattered in 1937Notable Point
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:04Horace Hood's possible path after surviving JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:35Royal Navy response to evidence of Japan's A-150 battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:57How an enlarged 1920s Royal Navy cruiser force would be receivedQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:55The communication failure behind Force Z's missing fighter coverQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:54Why Britain did not standardize very heavy naval guns in the 1780sQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:13:07Where American standard battleships could free British shipsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:19:36Why Renown and Repulse could not immediately join American cruiser groupsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:46:47Libraries and schools aboard sailing warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:37British battleship gun development in 1.5-inch stepsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:23If Italy solved its naval ammunition problems before entering the warQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:15:27Why Royal Navy carriers carried substantial gun batteriesQ&A
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?44:38Britain's first move: expand what is already in productionChapter
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?50:20Scaling British industry and cooperative engagementChapter
- Isolationist America: What should Australia, Britain & Canada do if it happens in the next 5 years?52:41Replacing Albion and Bulwark with credible amphibious liftNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction0:01Scheer's assumption that Britain would attackChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction10:28German planning did not test British restraintNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction14:15Scapa Flow signaled Britain's distant blockadeChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction19:54Empire required a balanced Royal NavyNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction26:43The opposing fleet strategies could not meetChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction43:17The Royal Navy failed to explain its strategyChapter
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction44:22British amphibious options lacked prewar preparationNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction46:35Corbett and Mahan explained sea power for the NavyNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction48:37Royal Navy procurement faced several qualitative rivalsNotable Point
- Battle of Jutland: The Strategic Leadership which both defined it and denied it satisfaction1:12:17Interwar exercises taught fleets to adaptNotable Point
- Leadership of the Russo-Swedish Wars of the 18th Century(1700-1790)2:58:17How could an Age of Sail warship be disinfected?Q&A
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned20:03Grand Duke Alexei's strategy-free fleet buildingChapter
- Battle of Tsushima: Leadership, Logisitics and Lessons to be learned35:57How the Anglo-Japanese Alliance constrained FranceNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:29Royal Oak-style modernization for the R-classQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...39:57Why heavily arming River-class OPVs could cost the Royal Navy frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:10Reading Ben Wilson's Empire of the DeepQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:00:27How naval use made the Union Jack name stickQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:02Would other navies demand ships after an early Italian challenge?Q&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:04If HMS Lion exploded at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:55Why Iron Duke was retained as the gunnery training shipQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:12Why the pre-dreadnought HMS Hood was not salvagedQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:25:37Royal Navy bases in a British AlaskaQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:30A postwar Royal Navy standardized on 5.25-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:40What a British fourth rate looked like around 1815Q&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:41Using D. K. Brown critically on British warship designNotable Point
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:32Using newer cruisers to retire older Royal Navy classesQ&A
- Bruships 195: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:41How Royal Navy ships display battle honorsQ&A
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?11:39The Dido requirement was fleet screeningChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?23:00Dido force design under treaty limitsChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?23:17Weather kept surface scouts in the lineNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?29:13Why Didos carried ASDIC without becoming submarine huntersNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?43:14Universal guns traded experimentation for logisticsNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?47:29C- and D-class conversions were the dedicated AA cruisersChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?57:35Layered air defense in the Bay of BiscayChapter
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:00:59How fighters and AA guns broke up an incoming raidNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:05:48Cape Matapan resembled a prewar exercise problemNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:11:31Screening success at the Second Battle of SirteNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:19:40Black Prince backed the 10th Destroyer FlotillaNotable Point
- Didos, Atlantas & Conversions: Which were the true Screening, Scouting or AA Cruisers of WWII?1:22:56Dido traded cruiser diplomacy for fleet specializationNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley1:59Joshua Rowley and the officers who made the wooden wall workChapter
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley5:10Toulon and William Rowley's professional exampleChapter
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley9:29What becoming a post captain meantNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley11:57Four commands in fourteen years: Rowley's accelerated experienceNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley17:35Prize money and the personal following behind Rowley's commandNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley18:59Pay, food, morale, and discipline aboard a warshipNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley27:38Saint-Cast and the command problem in an amphibious withdrawalChapter
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley48:05Keppel, naval politics, and the case for copper sheathingNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley56:23From Fisher and Beresford to Beatty and Jellicoe: containing naval factionalismNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley1:09:10A reserve admiral around whom the Navy could build a fleetNotable Point
- An Unknown critical plank in the Wooden Wall of Great Britain: Joshua Rowley1:11:02Balancing senior leaders by temperament as well as skillChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?22:00The Pom-Pom's First World War baselineChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:17:54Why Norway provided a different test of naval air defenceNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:20:39Exercise bias shaped the Tribal class's anti-aircraft tradeoffsChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:26:33HMS Gurkha closes the range and exposes the exercise errorChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?1:59:02Isolated cruisers faced a carrier strike without layered air defenseChapter
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:08:28The Eastern Fleet later operated Pom-Poms and Bofors togetherNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:12:23Tropical ammunition failures begin with wartime stowageNotable Point
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:46:44Was operating both 40 mm systems a serious logistics problem?Q&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:50:21Did Pom-Poms and Bofors complement each other?Q&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?2:53:34How capable was radar-assisted Pom-Pom fire control?Q&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:00:00A personal choice among British anti-aircraft cruisersQ&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:01:41Why did the Royal Navy not adopt the Bofors L70?Q&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:06:41Why Royal Navy opinion shifted toward tracer ammunitionQ&A
- 40mm AA in WWII: Pom-Pom or Bofors? how did the two systems compare in theory and practice?3:09:21Could the British services really have modernized the Pom-Pom together?Q&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:01Could Type 45 destroyers serve alongside Type 83?Q&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...38:28How ASROC could complement Royal Navy helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...42:40Matching an ASW drone to a 1,000 kg torpedo packageNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...50:34Why Beatty's flag signals caused confusion at Dogger BankQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:06How British Hawaii could reshape Pacific strategyQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:26How naval mines changed between the world warsQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:25Designing the Royal Navy and US Navy without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:52Continuing British battleship and battlecruiser constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:38Replacing the Clemson swarm and raising battleship speedNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:07:23Better-protected Counties and small carriers for global scoutingNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:32Modernizing the merchant fleet through overseas shipyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:52:13If Britain's 1939 battle fleet became Vanguard classQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:29What the Royal Navy learned and missed in interwar exercisesQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:35What Britain might build in response to the Alaska classQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:14How Australia might remember a sacrificed Royal Navy squadronQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:29Why the Royal Navy has no nuclear-powered surface fleetQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:36Type 83 power choices and the shortage of shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:12:33Five Tribal-class destroyers worth preservingQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:26:33Would future drugs interest the 1870s Royal Navy?Q&A
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List3:07Gerard Roope and HMS Glowworm against Admiral HipperChapter
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List35:14The repeated combat losses of ships named HMS ArdentNotable Point
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List43:08Philip Vian turns destroyer aggression into fleet commandChapter
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List46:53Vian turns destroyer adaptability into fleet and air leadershipChapter
- Not a Top 10 Mad Destroyer Captains of World War II List1:02:31The HMS Somali baked-bean story as destroyer oral historyNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:15:44Patronage can reward or suppress capable officersNotable Point
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:20:48Korean and British cannon comparedQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:25:29Why HMS Nubian deserved preservationQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:31:03Comparative naval aviation became a Royal Navy thesisQ&A
- A Turtle Ship May: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin2:33:47Benchmark navies are more useful than greatest-navy rankingsQ&A
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?0:01German strategy expected the Royal Navy to close inChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?4:46The High Seas Fleet fought its image of BritainNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?12:22Holtzendorff recognized Scheer as a problem solverChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?22:51Germany lacked a developed fallback strategyNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?33:17George Tryon's loss made subordinate judgment essentialNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?39:35Scheer pressed for raids under cautious commandersChapter
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?44:08Coronel confirmed the wrong British stereotypeNotable Point
- Admiral Scheer: Germany's answer to the wrong question?1:28:47What if Scheer had commanded from 1914?Notable Point
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic7:16Early combat and adaptable leadership in EgyptChapter
- Jellicoe's Jutland: Analytical leadership at its best and its most problematic1:19:44Jellicoe's legacy of quiet professional leadershipChapter
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...20:26Nelson's leadership, tactics, and political blind spotsQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:47Why Germany, not Britain, curtailed the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:20Would a yellow-fever vaccine earn a naval benefactor a peerage?Q&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:22Submarines as Britain's primary anti-ship platformQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:13How a submarine-only Germany could strengthen a British attack on TarantoNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:19Royal Navy ships proposed for Azur Lane's anniversaryQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:24:37An all-submarine Germany shifts Royal Navy power eastQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:26:14British submarine patrols and a Japanese surprise attackNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:12HMS Regulus shadows Hiryū during a Japanese fleet exerciseNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:30:22Why Argentine Type 42s carried ExocetQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:44:26Would a smaller German battle fleet reassure Britain?Q&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:33Why Royal Navy corvette advocacy depends on timingQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:28Why distant air bases leave a role for carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:21Visible naval force and the limits of economic pressureNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:21:58What a submarine reveals when it signals its presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:30A supersonic STOVL aircraft reshapes the post-Falklands fleetQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:50:20How destroyer flotillas cultivated extreme aggressionQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:22When captains could take trusted officers to a new shipQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:51How new cruiser classes released older ships for other rolesQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:09:25HMS Delhi's American 5-inch/38 conversionNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:42The unnamed fifth and sixth Lion-class battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:10Carrier strike group versus carrier battle groupQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:17:48Copper sheathing as an operational advantageQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:32:30A practical replacement for the Archer-class patrol boatsQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:35:23Where HMS Belfast's forward guns are aimedQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:55Sketching a combined CANZUK fleetQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:57:37Britain's interwar fuel-oil stockpilingQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:25:48Why the King George V class received 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:28:24The 15-inch KGV idea and Britain's parallel gun programmesQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:07Why Germany could not send its surface fleet to JapanQ&A
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:33:44British naval gun length, barrel wear, and distant basesNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:42:44Two ships named Prince of WalesNotable Point
- Bruships 193: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:44Why New Ironsides could not match HMS WarriorQ&A
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership19:27Hoover's promise of parity meets the cruiser gapChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership55:30A. V. Alexander faces the fleet his treaty curtailedNotable Point
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:01:22Stimson secures the image of parityChapter
- How Pursuing Peace(with bonus cost cutting) can lead to War: 1930s London Naval Treaty Leadership1:04:22Equal submarine tonnage masks unequal global missionsNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?24:45Was HACS an ineffective fire-control system?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?31:29The Dido class as screening cruisersChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?36:28Atlanta and Dido emerged in parallelChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?44:23Did Dido incorporate lessons from C-class conversions?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?44:50How did Air Ministry advice shape naval air defense?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:01:12Were Dido-class cruisers built for radar?Q&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?1:26:14C-class conversions as true AA cruisersChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:29:47A C-class cruiser covered Vian's convoy during the Bismarck huntNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:30:47Why converted C-class cruisers stayed in serviceChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:45:11What made a destroyer leader?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?1:58:42Cape Matapan realized the prewar battle planNotable Point
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:09:17First Sirte: light escorts, gunfire, and radarChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:13:01Dido-class air defence during the Crete campaignChapter
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?2:58:28Were the Tiger-class cruisers victims of naval treaties?Q&A
- Bring in the Heavies... AA Cruisers in WWII, what was their value?3:04:33What did auxiliary AA cruisers contribute?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:22Why HMS Hood needed a unique secondary-armament reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...25:03What was lost when Britain unified defence ministries?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:42Why an HMS Hood refit could not simply add mixed mountsQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:11:30Why newer pre-dreadnoughts quickly displaced Royal Navy ironcladsQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:19:01How rapid Norwegian mobilization could have disrupted Operation WeseruebungQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:21The case for arming the Nelson class with improved 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:28:38Why the Kidd class outmatched the Type 42 without making it a bad destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:47:04How CSG25 compares with a US carrier strike groupQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:48Why the Knox class was more capable than the Type 21Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:18How postwar Minotaur-class cruisers would transform the 1940 naval warQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:10:33How fully crewed Norwegian defences could have changed Operation WeseruebungQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:59Who launched HMS Queen Elizabeth in 1913?Q&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:39:18How extra British frigates would expand fleet coverageQ&A
- Bruships 192: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:43:32Would France export its tumblehome frigates?Q&A
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?5:51Falmouth shows deterrence through cost and geographyNotable Point
- Were Coastal Defences worth it in WWII?25:36The Home Guard made Sea Lion a war of delay and local resistanceChapter
- Industrie Meccaniche e Aeronautiche MeridionalI; Where Italy turned when they wanted special...2:10How naval orders sustained specialist aircraft firmsNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!10:01Joshua Rowley as the Royal Navy's reliable deputyChapter
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!10:37The Rowley family as a naval leadership networkNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!20:24Command failure at the Battle of ToulonNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!25:04Children, supervision, and survival aboard an eighteenth-century warshipNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!31:04Flogging around the fleet and shipboard deterrenceNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!37:21How keel-hauling moved a sailor beneath a shipQ&A
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!49:16Richard Howe's authority rested on trustNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:00:41Edward Hawke's talent-collecting patronageNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:02:49Sarah Rowley and captains' wives as informal shipboard staffNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:38:10Experienced captains as the Navy's fleet insuranceNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:39:31Keppel's high standards created command frictionNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!1:58:58How prize money treated captured warshipsQ&A
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!2:02:53Why dependable officers disappear from naval historyNotable Point
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!2:10:36Jamaica command and the value of quiet competenceChapter
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!2:16:08Which Royal Navy family formed the longest admiral dynasty?Q&A
- Vice-Admiral Joshua Rowley: The Trials of Being the Solid Deputy for the Greats!2:21:50Why Royal Navy ships seldom carry captains' namesQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...7:38How the Royal Navy settled on AC electrical powerQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...11:38Could Edinburgh-class cruisers carry 9.2-inch guns?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...34:42Why Britain appeared ahead in current frigate procurementQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:51Could the Royal Navy name a ship HMS Anzac?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:38How Royal Navy war plans evolved before 1939Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:07A 1935 modernization strategy to save HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:37:28Using Warspite to reshape interwar Royal Navy policyQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:41What a Short Hellcat missile would add to Royal Navy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:45:39Beatty, Jellicoe, and the limits of a simple rivalryNotable Point
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:45A Commonwealth cruiser for the GIUK gapQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:04:04From CVA-01 cancellation to the Invincible classQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:30Did trainees sleep aboard British school ships?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:55Why most pre-C-class cruisers became obsolete after 1918Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:17Why Swede Momsen would not transform British submarines in 1933Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:39The long history of transferring older warships to allied naviesQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:43A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament planQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:48:29What the 1920s Royal Navy should stockpile for the next warQ&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:12When did a tsunami last sink a Royal Navy ship?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:16:35Would Captain Johnnie Walker have thrived as an admiral?Q&A
- Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:44How the Royal Navy would answer Cristoforo ColomboQ&A
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?51:21Captaincy is the product of career-long professional formationNotable Point
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?54:55Reginald Henderson represents institutional admiralshipNotable Point
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?1:00:34An admiral must visualize a multidomain battlespaceChapter
- What makes an Admiral, but not a Captain?1:02:46Royal Navy warfare qualification bridges specialisation and captaincyNotable Point
- Simone Antonio Pacoret de Saint Bon: Father of the Regia Marina33:15How Duilio’s firepower created strategic statusNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty15:23How the verdict on the naval treaties changedNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty28:23MacDonald, Henderson, and Labour disarmament policyChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty41:27Hoover, naval parity, and the cruiser gapChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:21:04Interwar optimism meets the Great DepressionChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:28:51A Royal Navy without London construction limitsNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:31:04A. V. Alexander and the powers missing from disarmamentChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:46:13MacDonald's political weakness becomes bargaining leverageChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:52:45Stimson, fleet parity, and differing naval missionsChapter
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty1:59:05Carrier limits and reconnaissance across the oceansNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:00:24A cruiser allowance based on each navy's missionsNotable Point
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:06:09Did MacDonald's socialism encourage naval compromise?Q&A
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:43:30Why Italy could not make the Mediterranean Mare NostrumQ&A
- Leadership of the 1930 London Naval Treaty2:44:27Why twin 4-inch guns suited sloops better than a 6-inch gunQ&A
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership1:35Why the Royal Navy centralized officer educationChapter
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership4:34From the Portsmouth school to HMS BritanniaChapter
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership10:55Training junior officers for team leadershipNotable Point
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership20:46The debate over moving cadets ashoreChapter
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership22:09Shipboard schoolmasters and the officer recruiting poolNotable Point
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership28:30A network of Royal Navy colleges and specialist schoolsChapter
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership29:31Why naval intelligence was not a general staffNotable Point
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership31:46Education as a signal of institutional valueNotable Point
- Britannia Naval College: Evolution of Education & Cradle of Leadership33:49Britannia as the entry point for modern Royal Navy officersChapter
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...21:59A labour and industrial case for CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...45:27Why France retained CATOBAR carriers when Britain did notQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:46How carrier ASW doctrine met nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...55:18What sinking Veinticinco de Mayo would have meantQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:21:24Rebuilding the 1989 Royal Navy with future knowledgeQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:49:42Why new Royal Navy coastal submarines would probably be uncrewedQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:50How Roma would serve in an Allied fleet in 1942Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:21What uncancelled Royal Navy infrastructure could change after 1918Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:11:14Ship names worth reviving in Britain and CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:38Whether a Norwegian Type 26 order would change the British shipsQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:22:11Why Britain did not develop a US-style Coast GuardQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:41:39Why HMS Unicorn would suit a future aviation-support shipQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:53The name Warspite and the still-conceptual Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:55Whether the Royal Navy will reuse the name HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 190: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:08:07If the entire 1939 Royal Navy arrived todayQ&A
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...8:28The Landing Craft Committee and the inter-service funding disputeNotable Point
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...18:21The 1926 Motor Landing Craft tested waterjet propulsionChapter
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...20:26Britain divided its tiny MLC force between home waters and MaltaNotable Point
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...32:46A 12-ton tank requirement produced the first LCM prototypeChapter
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...39:11Amphibious training and mobile basing sustained naval interest in landing craftNotable Point
- Genesis of the Stomach Churners: Motor Landing Craft & Landing Craft Mechanised...41:31A faster LCM required flotilla planningNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?49:40Britain planned to defeat landings through defense in depthChapter
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?57:07Sea Lion required air superiority and lasting control of the ChannelNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?2:01:39Dieppe's artificial timetable converted shortages into mass casualtiesNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:24:27British public credit financed wars beyond current tax receiptsNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?3:32:46Post-Cold War assumptions created a Royal Navy replacement gapNotable Point
- General George S. Hammond USAF: A Science Fiction Flag/General Officer who lives up to the rank!57:15Why promotion from captain to admiral was never automaticNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued18:57Why two British 5-inch gun projects were not direct successorsQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued19:47The end of Royal Navy capture prize moneyQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued20:22Type 31 as the task group's inner escortQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued26:16Which ships were the most successful surface raiders?Q&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued27:10British steel capacity and future Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued33:22British First World War designs judged mistakenQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued43:30Choosing battleship main-gun barrel lengthQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...continued57:02Why Britain failed to preserve a modern battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:24How an F3-derived fast battleship could preserve 15-inch productionNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:18When a cut-price cruiser becomes a false economyNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...29:43Why global deployments gave the Royal Navy a torpedo-testing advantageNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...58:16Why the Weapon class was not simply a late-war redundancyNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:01:23Replacing the Audacious programme with Malta-class carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:16How 1970s missile refits shaped the Falklands fleetQ&A
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:00:25Cold War dual-purpose guns retained a surface-fire roleNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:06A British 5.5-inch dual-purpose gun pathNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:41:48Why KGV guns and Illustrious armour were rational prewar compromisesNotable Point
- Bruships 189: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:56:14Why Royal Navy type numbers skip unbuilt designsQ&A
- What happens if Pearl Harbor is empty on the 7th of December?50:48How First World War frustrations shaped fleet doctrineNotable Point
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,1:41Kempenfelt's long apprenticeship in fleet operationsChapter
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,5:08The Armada of 1779: overwhelming force undone by diseaseChapter
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,27:56From admirals' private codes to a fleet standardNotable Point
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,33:08Why HMS Royal George capsized at PortsmouthChapter
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,35:17The human loss and Kempenfelt's uncertain final momentsNotable Point
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,36:15Faith, welfare, and order in Kempenfelt's leadershipNotable Point
- Admiral Kempenfelt: Communication Infrastructure in the Age of Sail,37:22Kempenfelt's legacy: communication as command infrastructureChapter
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?12:27The Adua class paid heavily in contested watersChapter
- Italian Submarines of WWII: Shackled Potential or Victims of Geography?28:23Royal Navy cruisers carried anti-submarine lessons into battleNotable Point
- Why the Admirals and Staff of Star Treks Star Fleet cause me pain...59:48How Royal Navy commodores received staff supportChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer0:00Reconstructing Dalrymple-Hamilton's elusive careerChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer6:36A destroyer officer shaped by speed and early commandChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer15:10World War I command, collisions, and retained confidenceChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer22:50Father and son fight Bismarck from two battleshipsNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer25:01Why destroyer service produced senior naval leadersNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer31:37Reserve readiness and the Fourth Destroyer FlotillaChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer49:32Dartmouth and the making of Royal Navy cultureChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer54:15Nelson-class armour came at the price of speedNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer57:07Why a speed-obsessed destroyer officer received HMS RodneyChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:01:16Steering trouble created a chance to recover speedNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:07:43Hull cleaning, speed, and the limits of inferenceNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:10:35Rodney as a fast response battleshipChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:12:47Storm, bomb, and dockyard work strengthened RodneyNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:20:29Britannic's escort as a surface-raider deterrentNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:31:30What best possible speed demanded below decksNotable Point
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:50:17Boston repairs and command in IcelandChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer1:52:07Naval Secretary and the Navy's senior cultureChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer2:03:06Malta Dockyard prepared ships for the next warChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer2:04:06Scottish command, demobilisation, and WashingtonChapter
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer2:05:32Destroyer growth and a command-culture legacyChapter
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...10:33Carrier landings exposed a fixable undercarriage weaknessNotable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...25:33Could Canadian production have rescued the Buffalo?Notable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...29:22An aircraft without an upgrade team falls behindNotable Point
- Brewster Buffalo: An Aircraft let down by it's Company...30:43Why Britain bought a second-choice fighterChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19411:06:19A Pacific Fleet demonstration in the South China SeaChapter
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19412:24:56Would exercising with Force Z violate American neutrality?Q&A
- The Battle Line Sallied Forth: the USN Pacific Fleet goes to sea on the 6th of December 19412:34:42Could Force Z join the surviving American fleet?Q&A
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship17:04TB 95 gave Somerville an unusually early commandNotable Point
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship20:07Monitoring Russia's fleet during the Russo-Japanese WarNotable Point
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship23:31HMS Vernon turned aptitude into wireless expertiseChapter
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship48:12From a torpedo boat to flag captain of HMS BenbowChapter
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship1:08:49Why a private ship command mattered to a Royal Navy captainNotable Point
- Admiral James Somerville: Communicating a Command Apprenticeship1:10:27John Kelly made leadership Somerville's final lessonChapter
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:12:42Presence missions and maintenance protect national credibilityNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:32:24Expand frigate orders to sustain fleet and shipyardsChapter
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:35:23Extra-large uncrewed submarines can multiply the fleetNotable Point
- Strategic Defence & Security Review 2025: What would a naval historian do?1:40:48Standardization can matter more than superior machineryNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!14:42Greenboy shells and the Battle of JutlandNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!36:58Could the Allies have used a captured Bismarck?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!55:40Why restoring frigate reserves would require new shipsNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:08:31Why Canadian warships were repeatedly run downQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:10:38Canadian Queen Elizabeths and the case for F3Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:12:38Fishermen, smugglers, and Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:47:42The U-class hunter-killer path Britain did not takeNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:54:52F3 and 15-inch King George V alternativesQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!1:57:37Joffre, Malta, and an Admiral-class carrier conversionQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:04:38Why the Queen Elizabeth class adopted STOVLQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:07:34Hawkeye and Wedgetail in British carrier fundingNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:54:51Could Type 45 destroyers become reserve arsenal ships?Q&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!2:59:49If Bismarck reached a French Atlantic portQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:03:23A hypothetical carrier, bomber, and submarine attack on Bismarck in FranceNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:09:47Why Royal Navy multi-carrier plans exceeded wartime opportunitiesNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:17:19Why PQ 17's heavy escort stopped at 25 degrees eastQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:22:07Manning an Incomparable-sized carrier in the 1920sQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:25:00County-class destroyers versus helicopter cruisersQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:31:41The escort-cruiser studies deferred by PolarisNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:34:36A wartime fleet of British X1 cruiser submarinesQ&A
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers: 5yrs since the first live stream!3:53:30Can Britain sustain a competitive naval-shipyard model?Q&A
- 21st Century Battleship: What would a battleship built today need to be a battleship?12:15Gunnery readiness depends on designing a ship to be cleanedNotable Point
- A 1920s Caspian Sea Carrier: What happens if the German/Soviet relationship includes a carrier?56:56Wartime losses shape British safety prioritiesNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!5:42Reconstructing Dalrymple-Hamilton's early careerChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!17:58Destroyers as a school of commandNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!32:24Why family connections do not explain repeated independent commandNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!34:12Mountbatten, Vian, and preparation for higher commandNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!42:07Why destroyer officers became wartime admiralsNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!53:43What the gaps in Dalrymple-Hamilton's interwar record containChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!59:43HMS Keppel shows how destroyers grew after 1918Chapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:06:45The Nore reserve flotilla links people, ships, and dockyardsChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:12:02The Royal Navy's ideal of a small-ship manNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:29:11Why could Royal Navy engineers push machinery so hard?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:31:18Boiler safety margins allowed extra output at a costNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:33:55Why Invincible retained peacetime aircraft servicingNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:35:28Saltwater service makes aircraft maintenance more demandingNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!1:38:31Dartmouth and the culture of wartime officersChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:18:13Concentrating every available gun on BismarckNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:35:02From Iceland command to shaping promotionsChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:45:21Belfast's main and secondary guns at D-DayChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:51:45Malta Dockyard triages a fleet for the Far EastChapter
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!2:54:20The Clyde base and Dalrymple-Hamilton's Washington postingNotable Point
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:05:22Did Dalrymple-Hamilton's family remain in naval service?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:08:00What if the Royal Navy had captured Bismarck?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:18:13Did destroyers prefer capturing enemy ships?Q&A
- The Life of Admiral Sir Frederick Hew George Dalrymple-Hamilton: When Speed is never enough!3:30:08How would the Royal Navy pursue Prinz Eugen?Q&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...0:08What is known about the wreck of HMS CaptainQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...12:25Why Britain put a 12-inch gun on a submarineQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...16:33F3 versus G3 for Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...20:57Why F3's dockyard and ammunition needs matter against G3Q&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...34:02The prestige cost of Nelson's 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...35:47F3 and the timing of the Washington Naval TreatyNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...37:24A 35,000-ton British battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...45:58Why Western SSBNs avoid bastionsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...55:22Can British Trident submarines launch from alongside?Q&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:02:45Swordfish fighter control before the Wellington AEW trialsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:04:34A 9.2-inch Royal Navy super cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...1:35:39An improved Warrior as a doctrine of overmatchQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:32:50Sea Dart technology in a Sea Slug-sized missileQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:41:47HMS Argus as an early drone carrierQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:43:34An unresolved illness pattern among senior Royal Navy officersNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:01:08The Bismarck sortie without Churchill's production pauseQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:10:24Four German capital ships in Operation RheinübungQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:59:13Why Greenwich's Jason reactor was a different planning caseNotable Point
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:13:26Colorado and Nelson 16-inch guns comparedQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...4:48:50Sea Cat 2 and Royal Navy missile logisticsQ&A
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias11:08Anson's squadron exposes British mobilization failuresNotable Point
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias16:31Vernon's 1740 raids give Cartagena a year to prepareNotable Point
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias25:39Deaths at sea leave the expedition under command by committeeChapter
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias34:48A vast fleet brings twelve thousand troops but one engineerChapter
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias45:05The combined operation that captured Fort San LuisChapter
- Making Gallipoli Look Competent: The 1741 Battle of Cartagena de Indias47:48Shipboard manpower cuts the landing force before battleNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition7:52From battlecruisers toward fast battleshipsNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition10:04The imperial fleet's cruiser gapNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition17:50Reliable capital ships as conventional deterrenceNotable Point
- HMS Queen Mary: An Evolutionary Ship in a Time of Fleet Transition35:50Reginald Hall's command culture aboard Queen MaryChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?13:47A prewar health crisis stripped away senior naval leadershipChapter
- Leadership Alive: What happens if Adm R. Henderson & Adm W. Fisher Live through WWII?1:12:02Prewar admiral attrition outpaced the First World WarNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class17:30Why reform leaders sometimes need a subordinate's reportNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class38:27Threat analysis behind the six-battleship standardChapter
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class48:04The Anglo-Japanese Alliance as a strategic force multiplierNotable Point
- Leading the Japanese 1890s Six-Six Fleet Plan! Taikan Kyohō Shugi & the Origins of the Yamato Class1:07:06Why twelve 90-percent ships may beat ten perfect onesNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:13How Henderson and Fisher might redirect British carrier aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:17:13Stress, lead exposure, and senior Royal Navy deathsQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:41:12Town-class modernization and the postwar manpower transitionQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:53:29Why proportional naval response is always a judgment callQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:06Removing a naval commander who has lost authorityQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:57:12What an acting captaincy revealed about promotion and patronageNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:11:12Why gallon differences did not derail Allied naval fuelingQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:27Why an Admiral-class carrier's 1942 AA fit cannot be assumedQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:39:15Why the Supermarine Scimitar's short career was normal for its generationQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:13Why the Type 12 family began with conservative armamentQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:20How national requirements distort warship and aircraft comparisonsQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:07Why British Phantoms did not become target dronesQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:02:58What might have followed Britain's Canberra and Sea Vixen target dronesQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:19How low Buccaneer and Phantom crews trained to flyNotable Point
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:06:46Why the Royal Navy moved toward a five-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:18:12Why Buccaneer crews joked about descending to cruising altitudeQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:18Why an enlarged Town class could be easier to modernizeQ&A
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees6:02Mary Rose: refit, heavier guns, and stabilityNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees36:00Prince Royal grew through repeated rebuildsNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees37:42Caribbean service shortened the intervals between refitsNotable Point
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees49:01Cast-iron cannon made fleet-scale armament affordableChapter
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:09:19Hull form balanced speed, stability, and crew workloadChapter
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras0:00Saumarez turned defeat into victory in six daysChapter
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras9:22A temporary command at the Saintes made Saumarez's nameNotable Point
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras28:29Rigging systems reflected different manpower tradeoffsNotable Point
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras36:42French prizes shaped Royal Navy ship namesNotable Point
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras37:43HMS Hannibal grounded during the failed British attackChapter
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras56:18HMS Superb carried a captured French nameNotable Point
- Admiral James Saumarez & the Battles of Algeciras1:05:07The second battle restored the Cádiz blockadeChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live3:59Why Cartagena became an amphibious warningChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live29:43Why Army patrons preferred a European warNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live43:39A command structure destroyed before battleChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:03:48The later joint-command model answers CartagenaNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live1:33:40Bocachica falls to shore artilleryChapter
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:19:23The Caribbean commitment weakens the Mediterranean squadronNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:30:13Who selected the expedition's inadequate engineering force?Q&A
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:31:02Could naval carpenters replace the missing engineers?Q&A
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:38:14What should a plan provide beyond first contact?Q&A
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:41:06What engineers contribute before a gun firesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...29:29When sailing-warship ratings stopped matching fighting powerQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...38:00Why Royal Navy second rates disappeared from the active listQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...43:16How the Medway raid encouraged dispersed naval reservesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 9 - A long time coming...44:25Could a reinforced Royal Navy contest Japan in the Far East?Q&A
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...16:03Missions, sea control, and institutional continuityNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...16:03Sané's 74 and the Royal Navy's adaptationChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...26:16Wake-Walker makes Warrior a heavy frigateChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...39:20Warrior as managed naval escalationNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...48:19Graham and White build the Admiral class to endureChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...49:40Admiral names turn history into deterrent languageNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:04:56Hopkins and White prioritize Royal Sovereign seakeepingChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:10:28Fisher separates war fighting from global presenceChapter
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:15:27How battlecruisers became the public image of the dreadnoughtNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:16:46Why Britain had to make the Dreadnought leap firstNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:21:51Carrier concepts meet procurement and wartime adaptationNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:23:52Ark Royal's strike role and Illustrious's fleet supportNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:25:02War plans against Japan drive carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:29:04Cumulative treaty tonnage governs carrier numbersNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:39:51Elite identity and status in the submarine serviceNotable Point
- How Admirals Shape Ships? From the Frigate built Galleons to Arleigh Burkes...1:56:57Private ships and the changing meaning of stag shipNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!3:51How many Illustrious-class carriers could Britain have built?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!9:50What an early Royal Navy rearmament could have changedQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!16:01Pensacola, County, and York cruiser design comparedQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!36:15Trident succession and British strategic autonomyQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!48:17Was there a serious attempt to preserve HMS Renown?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:13:21Why cannon production constrained the early United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:26:18Type 31 names and support for an uncrewed fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:31:06How many ships contributed to the hunt for Bismarck?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:32:19How a 1916 end to the First World War changes the US NavyQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:49:24If James Stanhope had remained First LordQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:11The Thousand-Ship Navy as an allied fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:13Navies undermined by their own political leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...12:44How NATO priorities reshaped British force structureNotable Point
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...22:55Were FRAM destroyers really frigates?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:11Lord St Vincent takes command of the Imperial NavyQ&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:53Could Britain replace US components in future frigates?Q&A
- An Indomitable Force Z3:21Construction pauses delayed the Royal Navy's carrier programChapter
- An Indomitable Force Z6:28Losses and overwork exhausted Britain's available carriersNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z10:35Force Z was too small and too far forward for deterrenceNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z22:07Older destroyers remained useful ASW and AA assetsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z31:40Why Force Z sortied against the Japanese landingsNotable Point
- An Indomitable Force Z1:14:09British night strikes and American daylight attacks could complement each otherNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…0:00Jervis's impossible standards and effective fleetsChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…6:00The Total War faction and the efficiency trapNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…9:48Patronage, fourth rates, and Jervis's early trainingChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…15:43What post captain meant in the Georgian Royal NavyNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…22:11Jervis's flogging regime exceeded naval normsNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…27:32Flag captain, fleet staff, and command at seaNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…47:59Caribbean amphibious command and political backlashChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…51:13How blue, white, and red admiral ranks workedNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…56:26Jervis attacks the larger Spanish fleet at Cape St VincentChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:12:14The midshipman punished for robbing a fishing boatNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:15:09Roger Odell and the apparently ruined savingsNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:20:33Funding an orphanage for sailors' childrenNotable Point
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:35:53Return to the Channel Fleet and the Portugal missionChapter
- John Jervis, Earl St Vincent: Permanently Angry before it was fashionable…1:37:50Retirement, naval patronage, and Martha JervisNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live27:00Dockyard organization makes a fleet possibleChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live36:31What became of the Navy's timber organization?Q&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live41:41Great rebuilds blur the identity of a wooden shipNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live56:00First rates concentrate scarce skilled manpowerChapter
- 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 Live1:58:29Rebuilding keeps dockyards, skills, and material in useChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:00:36Families formed part of life aboard large blockading shipsNotable Point
- 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
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:41:15How did whipping, flogging, and the starter differ?Q&A
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live2:42:34HMS Victory as the product of an institutional systemChapter
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:09:03Peaceful-sounding Royal Navy names carry violent historiesNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:14:29Captured ships and reserve squadrons complicate Trafalgar totalsNotable Point
- From Mary Rose to Victory, How & Why Construction of the Wooden Wall changed... Naval History Live3:23:48Reserve depth stood behind the wooden wallNotable 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
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes0:41Rodney and the Royal Navy's officer factionsChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes28:54Patronage as professional talent managementNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes35:25Why admirals needed captains who could think for themselvesNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes41:13Prize money, marriage, and peacetime guardship lifeNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes56:54Flag rank, prize money, and Rodney's family ambitionChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:09:50Rodney's view of Washington and army officersNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:11:02Flag colours, seniority, and admirals of the yellowChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:12:20Why a commodore did not automatically succeed WoodwardNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:15:48Debt, Parisian exile, and Rodney's returnChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:40:24A political recall collides with Rodney's victoryChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes1:54:09Why Rodney received no further fleetChapter
- Admiral Rodney:The victor of Moonlight & Saintes2:00:58Tracing Rodney's command style across generationsNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:24How Royal Navy prize money faded awayQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...13:26Wartime wear, Victorious, and the carrier pauseNotable Point
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:16Why County-class cruiser conversions made little senseQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...28:29How often the Royal Navy considered nuclear surface shipsQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:10:34Planning a sister ship for HMS DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:15:28Where a UK defense uplift could deliver fastestQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:24Why the Courageous conversions were a tolerable treaty outcomeQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:34Why the Royal Navy adopted the 5-inch/62 gunQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:00Five Type 31s and a proposal for rolling frigate batchesQ&A
- 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...2:19:13A faster Nelson with 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:48:01Why HMS Belfast was an unlikely Norwegian Type 26 transferQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:25:06Could the Royal Navy join the race to Berlin?Q&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:34:44Why the Royal Navy chose geared turbinesQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:58:31How Britain planned to evacuate its Waterloo standardsQ&A
- Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:02:37How postwar British shipbuilding could have stayed strongerQ&A
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii15:42HMS Sulphur brought Catholic priests to prevent a wider disputeNotable Point
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii17:06Merchant rivalry trapped the Royal Navy in a national disputeNotable Point
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii27:20Rejecting the acting consul removed the diplomatic safety valveChapter
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii1:02:42The Hawaiian cession did not end Paulet's naval careerNotable Point
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii1:03:36Admiral Thomas restored Kamehameha III's sovereigntyChapter
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii1:09:01A station commander could combine naval and diplomatic powerNotable Point
- Paulet Affair of 1843: When the Royal Navy found itself in charge of Hawaii1:34:56Britain rejected annexation and moved toward professional diplomatsNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?3:23Why Force Z sailed without HMS IndomitableChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?6:41How early-war carrier decisions weakened the Far East deploymentChapter
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?6:47Why cruiser deterrence left Britain's battle-fleet strength uncertainNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?13:36How cruiser withdrawals weakened Britain's Far East deterrentNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?19:28The U.S. destroyers that might have reinforced Force ZNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?23:59What Prince of Wales and Repulse actually brought to Force ZNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?27:53Why pausing warship construction also congested shipyardsNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?31:01Tom Phillips's destroyer career and decision to sortieNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?52:08How a call-sign question gave a misleading impression before JutlandNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:02:35Why armored carriers had to keep operating after hitsNotable Point
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:08:36Could reserve warships be stored on mud banks?Q&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:09:06Where were the Hawkins-class cruisers before December 1941?Q&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:10:41Albion and Bulwark: maintenance cycles and disposal decisionsQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:32:03Did naval and RAF fighter controllers use the same frequency?Q&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?1:50:27Supplying a reinforced fleet at SingaporeQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:07:00Why the Royal Navy reused captured names and remembered defeatsQ&A
- What if HMS Indomitable replaced Prince of Wales in Force Z?2:17:48Would the ships recover downed pilots from either side?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...27:01How the Royal Navy might name a lunar baseQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...36:15If Admiral Tryon survived the Camperdown disasterQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:33A Royal Navy-sized American budget in 1900Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...46:15What a two-deck HMS Warrior would requireQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...49:17What Fisher might call a second DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:43Why the Royal Navy chose 14-inch guns for the King George V classQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:48:35Could the Royal Navy accelerate jet-engine development?Q&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:01An American War of 1812 against Napoleonic FranceQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:02:39How to rebuild modern US and Royal Navy capacityQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:08:13Naval evacuations beyond DunkirkQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:21Why twin 15-inch turrets cannot become triple 14-inch mountsQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:14:07Competing interpretations of Agincourt's proposed armamentNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:27:01Why only one interwar Ark Royal was builtQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:36:11If the King George V class entered service earlierQ&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...2:51:54Armament choices for Admiral-class carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:20:10A fully funded postwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:23:09Asteroid gold, national debt, and SuezQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:29:44G3 hulls as Washington Treaty aircraft carriersQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:43:46Colossus and Victoria: awkward capital-ship choicesQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:45:53A 13.5-inch route to DreadnoughtNotable Point
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:47:56Why Royal Navy gun calibers often rose by 1.5 inchesQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:05:59If Britain acquired Alaska after the Crimean WarQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:18:59Why the Royal Navy K class was so dangerousQ&A
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?15:06Why Britain would reject ratios and naval equalityChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?47:27Fleet ratios ignore the geography of imperial commitmentsNotable Point
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?54:33A qualitative cap turns every rivalry into a numbers raceNotable Point
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?58:07Roosevelt, Tillman, and Britain could support the cap for different reasonsChapter
- Could Teddy Roosevelt do a Naval Treaty in 1909 & if so what might it be like?1:18:08The Paulet Affair as a lesson in naval diplomacyNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?2:03Global trade routes met an infrastructure bottleneckChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?5:55War plans had to rest on current capabilityNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?14:23Fast fleet oilers were traded against amphibious liftNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?15:45Split Fleet Air Arm control obstructed a tender programChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?22:12The US Navy example exposed Britain's funding problemChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:03:53The tender counterfactual still needs a budget sourceNotable Point
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:08:42HMS Albatross and the politics of making the caseChapter
- Seaplane Tenders: An Earlier Answer to the Battle of the Atlantic?1:13:37Merchant-hull dependence exposes the preparation gapNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth0:00Britain's wartime oil problem was tanker capacityChapter
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth2:59British tanker control shaped postwar fuel policyNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth37:06Coaling stations underpinned British global naval powerChapter
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth40:20Oil had to replace a mature worldwide coal systemChapter
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth1:05:17Oil was the Navy's largest infrastructure revolution since copperingNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth1:07:20The Queen Elizabeth class marked oil's operational maturityChapter
- The Royal Navy's Transition from Coal to Oil: HMS Spiteful to HMS Queen Elizabeth1:10:27What if the Queen Elizabeth class had remained coal-fired?Notable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command0:02Why the Royal Navy needed formal officer educationChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command58:58Eric Brind demonstrates controlled naval diplomacy at TsingtaoChapter
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command1:03:00Credible naval signaling depends on ships remaining in theaterNotable Point
- Greenwich Naval College: The Royal Navy's University of Command1:06:00HMS Liverpool repeats Britain's East Asian signaling patternNotable Point
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...8:02Why a 1960s Royal Navy light carrier would use CATOBARQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...30:29What Tribal-class destroyers attacked in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...47:16Would Sea Sparrow have improved Falklands air defence?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:45Could the U.S. Navy have prepared better for the War of 1812?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:09:23If HMS Hood survived the Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:13:34Why the Royal Navy accepted fifty cruisers at LondonQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:35:42How three Admiral-class carriers could reshape World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:04Why underpowered 1920s carrier aircraft could need twin enginesQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:04:57How large Admiral-class hangars could reshape Fleet Air Arm aircraftQ&A
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked0:00Eight centuries behind the British AdmiraltyChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked9:38Why noble rank alone did not make a Lord High AdmiralNotable Point
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked15:43How the Navy Board managed ships and dockyardsChapter
- The British Admiralty 1628-1964: Some Examples of First Sea Lords and How they worked1:56:08The First Sea Lord as political and naval intermediaryNotable Point
- How effective was the Russian Navy13:28Sinop turns Russian naval success into a balance-of-power crisisChapter
- How effective was the Russian Navy20:17Torpedo-boat innovation under the threat of British interventionChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!22:07Victory at the Saintes collides with a political recallNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!26:25Rodney enters the Navy under Henry MedleyChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!31:31Why naval patronage still required competenceNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!41:47Were new post captains normally given flagships?Q&A
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!1:21:33John Byng and the demand that admirals engageNotable Point
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!3:01:33Recall, reward, and Rodney's quiet retirementChapter
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!3:12:35How did midshipmen spend their days?Q&A
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!3:13:47What animals and women could be aboard sailing warships?Q&A
- Admiral Rodney: One of the shoulders that raised up Horatio Nelson... Naval History Live!3:15:06Did the schoolmaster teach ordinary boy sailors?Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...33:53Would the Royal Navy still hunt Bismarck if Hood survived?Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...44:54Renown's quick-firing advantage over ironcladsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...48:47Why Pucará torpedo attacks would failQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:06:26Room 40's mishandled Jutland intelligenceQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:40:30Why the 'We want eight' campaign workedQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:19:53Three Admiral-class carrier conversions reshape the treaty fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:32:45Why the Royal Navy does not need Japan's new FFMQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:40:45Why carrier damage control required immediate counterfloodingNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:57:48Destroyer experience and the Royal Navy's carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:35The Royal Navy sometimes outnumbered Germany in submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:12:07Why German movements looked like an Atlantic breakoutQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:36:55A larger 1934 German fleet triggers an Allied building raceQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:40:18A faster New Mexico class triggers a battleship speed raceQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:09German battleship-carrier pairs before World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:56:25German carriers could preserve and accelerate British carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:00:10Would laminated wood satisfy the Royal Navy's fire precautions?Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:10:54How the Royal Navy preferred to bend treaty rulesQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:32:15Foreign ironclads and cruisers as British design comparisonsQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:03Why Francesco Caracciolo is the 1910s foreign-design choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:37:12Hōshō as a British escort-carrier experiment in the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:42:05North Carolina and the limits of importing a carrier designNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:44:54Successive carrier purchases could create the support for NimitzNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:47:06A British Kirov with a different missile batteryNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:03New Ironsides in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:01:31Would a captured New Ironsides produce a British Gloire or Warrior?Notable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:04:00Why the Mediterranean posed a different risk from home watersQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:07:13Why Britain concentrated its strongest forces against FranceNotable Point
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:10:58The next HMS Renown is more likely to be a Type 83 destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:12:27Rebuilding HMS Renown as a modern surface-action leaderQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:21:32Repair cost and age behind the 1969 grounding write-offQ&A
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him20:33USS Shark and Anglo-American anti-piracyChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him24:46Distributed command and coalition memoryNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him27:11First command and a deserter diplomacy testNotable Point
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!9:29Why prewar threat planning sidelined seaplane tendersChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!34:30Moving the fleet's aviation workshops to distant portsChapter
- Could Seaplanes Tenders have been used in the Battle for the Atlantic? Naval History Live!2:25:01Why Britain did not need a Tone-style hybrid cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...16:41A strategically autonomous Cold War Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...43:42British overseas trade and naval coercionNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:13:24Undersea cables as a long-running gray-zone targetNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:25:18What interwar conversions taught about carrier sizeQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:36:29Boarding drills remain a routine Royal Navy taskQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:03:01Why Royal Navy port open days are limitedQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:23:15How the Royal Navy calculated trade-protection cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:38:16Amphibious ships, NATO commitments, and defence prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:44:59How an early Yamato design leak changes rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:01:29Liberty-ship tonnage transformed into cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:15:52Sir William Parker's convenient illnessQ&A
- Bruships 181: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:52:55Why Charles Beresford could not succeed FisherQ&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...0:36Could a blank cheque transform Royal Navy research after 1900?Q&A
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:04How naval research and development worked in 1900Chapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...8:31Qualitative versus quantitative naval competitionNotable Point
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...26:20From 12-inch guns to the risky 15-inch programChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...40:36Why the Admiralty resisted a modern naval staffChapter
- Royal Navy gets activist for Research & Development from 1900 onwards...1:30:46Henry Jackson could accelerate wireless and director fire controlChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...15:48From veteran officer to cadet and student in BritainChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...24:29When naval competition still included shared ideasNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...27:48Why warship action is difficult to disavowNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...35:12Why translated sources need cultural contextNotable Point
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...40:41Observing the Sino-French War and studying combined operationsChapter
- Tōgō Heihachirō: Victor of Tsushima & Japan's Nelson...42:02Using naval history to debate a serving navyNotable 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...1:38:46Symbolic heroes versus the people who shape naval cultureNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live4:26How the Admiralty became a permanent naval administrationChapter
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live35:02Why naval patronage still required competent officersQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live51:54Why Royal Navy leaders are called Sea LordsQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:04:27Warrant officers formed the sailing navy's technical middle tierQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:11:45Admiral of the Fleet meant overall naval seniorityNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:33:39George Byng turns revolutionary trust into naval advancementNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:40:29Why early Royal Navy promotion had no normal timetableQ&A
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live1:53:25Byng turns fleet readiness into deterrent diplomacyNotable Point
- The Admiralty: A Contest of Leadership with Management... Naval History Live3:38:28Why the Calypso class stopped after two shipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II10:30Why Emerald-class cruisers entered service with triple tubesQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II15:16The decisive interwar technology: radar fire controlQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II20:48Comparing Second World War damage controlQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II30:42Why Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships are not armed merchant cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II38:09How First World War damage control improvedQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II38:46Would Britain have preferred a 16.5-inch treaty limit?Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II47:24Royal Navy anti-submarine preparation between the warsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II54:12K3 battlecruiser: a faster and heavier alternative to G3Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:02:49British capital ships with two forward turrets and one amidshipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:20:40Why aircraft carriers were not unproven before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:26:17Why battleships briefly carried depth-charge throwersQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:37:51Does a larger Royal Navy frigate need a higher-ranking commander?Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:38:52Why new Second World War Darings would not fit a modern fleetQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:40:27A 1936 British rearmament programme built around sea powerQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II1:58:03How Britain and France might answer a 16-gun HawkinsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:06:02Why a larger naval gun calibre can reduce barrel wearNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...Part II2:40:27How many more British carriers could have been ordered in 1935?Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...6:56Why a one-carrier fleet loses availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...43:02How peacetime dominance can unbalance a navyQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...52:58Beatty's likely view of US fast battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...54:30Britain's race for German naval bases in 1945Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:14:34The attraction and limits of automatic 14-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:31:56The Royal Navy's HMS Enterprise was not an impostorQ&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:40:35If Churchill became prime minister in 1936Q&A
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:46:26Checking the first report of HMS AchillesNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...1:56:14HMS Achilles and the capacity for another AstuteNotable Point
- Bruships 180: Naval History Questions Answered...2:00:12Warspite as a Dreadnought-class SSBNNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 100:30Why the fifth rate was the classic frigateChapter
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 108:21What gun counts miss about fighting valueNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1025:40British numbers versus American heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1033:52How prize valuation could strengthen or weaken incentivesNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1038:24Benjamin Stoddert, prize money, and ship namesNotable Point
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1041:45A counterfactual path to an early radar rangefinderNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?6:49Bounding the Royal Navy's 1900 research counterfactualChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?8:44Why government money changes naval innovationChapter
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?21:07Quantity and quality in Edwardian naval competitionNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:32:44Could Britain sustain its research lead?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?2:35:21Japan learns by ordering the lead ship abroadNotable Point
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:04:51Would missing oil storage prevent an earlier fuel transition?Q&A
- What if the 1900s Royal Navy went full DARPA?3:07:20Where would an earlier oil-fired fleet get fuel?Q&A
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?41:19Devastation and Courbet reveal diverging construction rhythmsChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?59:11The 1886-87 pause and a widening British production gapChapter
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:02:01Chronology rules out Royal Sovereign as Brennus's modelNotable Point
- So what about the Jeune Ecole made the Hoche and other French BattleHotels inevitable?1:26:46What happens when both navies choose flotilla defence?Notable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...13:52How seaborne trade shaped British foodQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...21:59Salted provisions, grog, and drink at seaQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:44:05HMS Rodney and the fighting power of the Admiral-class ironcladsNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...1:47:17Sea Slug and the early missile-development sprintQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:29:31A counterfactual British Warspite built around missiles and spare barrelsNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:33:38Why surface ships prefer standoff anti-submarine attacksQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:52:39Define the drone mission before adding a Type 45 launcherQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...2:57:11Naval writers and the burden of officer paperworkNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:01:29The Sea Lords' responsibilities and the Admiralty boardNotable Point
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:07:43Home oil from Purbeck could speed the dreadnought revolutionQ&A
- Bruships 179: Future Projects & Naval History Questions...3:45:27Where the Loch-class name could returnQ&A
- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!41:29British Danube patrols after the First World WarNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 98:23How guard squadrons differed and what mobilising one costNotable Point
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 915:23Edward Vernon mobilizes guard ships before war is declaredChapter
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 917:29How Vernon's fleet captured Portobelo in 1739Chapter
- Guard Ships: What they were & What they are... Key Ship Series 922:41What guard ship means in the modern Royal NavyChapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea9:02Tactical commanders, darkness, and independent actionChapter
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea22:07Senior-officer losses disrupted naval command continuityNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea43:47Tribal-class gunfire prepared targets for night torpedo attacksNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea56:46German surface ships mattered even when they stayed in portNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:29:54Official armament lists could miss wartime crew modificationsNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:33:56Bramble fought alone while Achates kept making smokeNotable Point
- The Leadership Factor: The Battle of the Barents Sea1:47:07Small escorts explored improvised weapons against surface raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise5:12Six-inch dual-purpose guns and barrel-life tradeoffsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise11:38Lion's heavier 16-inch shell and intended battle rangeNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise14:20Why British carriers had prominent flight-deck round-downsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise17:29HMS Urge and her attack on Italian battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise19:14Can state support keep shipbuilding competitive?Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise24:49Keeping Royal Dockyards at a distance from political interferenceNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise35:34The Royal Navy's eighteenth-century timber crisisQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise48:42The uncertain prospects of proposed UK naval conceptsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise51:07Why Baltic air defence needs more than two Type 45 destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise54:27Royal Navy plans for threats around Suez after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise1:27:39Which admirals recur in Royal Navy ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:00:52Britain's largest amphibious assaultQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:01:45Why Somerville and Harwood receive unfair wartime judgmentsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:03:50How a G3-based Royal Navy carrier might have lookedQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:17:40If Scharnhorst survived the Battle of North CapeQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:19:38British teams collecting German military equipment in 1945Notable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:35:20Why a joint UK-Canada-Australia LHD is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise2:58:53A 10:10:7 Washington Treaty fleet ratioQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:10:34British theater command before modern combatant commandsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:24:43If Town-class cruisers carried sixteen 6-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:46:12Why Lion displaced Lioness in Royal Navy namingQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:46:52Forward presence only works with enough ships and crewsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:54:50Malta versus Gibraltar as an Axis invasion targetQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise3:57:31L’Orient and the limits of the Océan-class first ratesNotable Point
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:06:35Should a River-class replacement carry a hangar?Q&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:08:53Why Britain could not trade two Queen Elizabeth carriers for three smaller shipsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:13:58Royal Navy escorts for wartime whaling fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:28:58When a River-class OPV replacement might appearQ&A
- Bruships 178: Naval History or Exercise4:40:46Princess Royal as a revived Royal Navy nameQ&A
- Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)9:20The Royal Navy's long Danube missionChapter
- Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)9:50Vernon Haggard's active-service route to the DanubeNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)18:40Insect-class gunboats designed for the DanubeNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube (Continued)22:06British gunboats as a visible presence on the DanubeNotable Point
- Flotillas of the Danube46:44Why Royal Navy sloops belong in river-gunboat historyNotable Point
- William de Leybourne: The First Admiral0:47Why William de Leybourne is called the first English admiralChapter
- William de Leybourne: The First Admiral3:30An admiralty administration before a standing Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership10:04Design, doctrine, and ammunition handling at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership15:57Why the R class was a precursor rather than a complete SSKQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership36:31When forced draught entered Royal Navy boiler practiceQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership43:17When leaving a Tribal-class destroyer looked like promotion or punishmentQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership45:47Nelson's possible career after TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership48:02The political coalition the Royal Navy needed for CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership59:36What an economical 1930s British battleship might look likeQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:07:21How the Royal Navy tested Falklands lessons in 1983Q&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:07:52How logistics shape a hypothetical peer-level Falklands warQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:17:47The F2 roots and limited value of the paper ship HMS DefianceQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:36:39How fast Nelsons could destabilize the interwar treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:51:30What four triple 15-inch turrets would change on N3Q&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:54:52Doubling Washington Treaty carrier tonnageQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership1:57:50Why HMS Unicorn still belongs in a larger treaty-carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:00:29Why modern warships remain bespoke rather than production-line productsQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:08:43What a larger Invincible-class carrier could provideQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:18:22What twin six-inch turrets would do to Britain's prewar cruiser fleetQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:45:17Why no 1930s Town-class batch was clearly the worstQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership2:58:44Why a Sea Typhoon implies conventional British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership3:16:51How a 2,250-ton destroyer limit turns Tribals into light cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership3:19:54Why Britain let the Russian Baltic Fleet continue after Dogger BankQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership3:28:29Why Nelson's heavy conning tower represented an older battleship doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership3:48:42How larger Invincible carriers change Falklands air operationsQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership4:02:07Why Blucher would fare poorly against Harwood at the River PlateQ&A
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership4:37:40Four powerful 1937 capital ships reset the naval arms raceQ&A
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?0:00The choice between gun caliber and speed was political as well as technicalChapter
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?1:01:55Fast Nelsons could redirect Queen Elizabeth-class reconstruction toward speedNotable Point
- What if HMS Nelson & HMS Rodney were built for speed?1:27:57Continuous construction could leave Germany facing a younger Royal NavyNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live14:27Command from destroyer bridge to national strategyChapter
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live14:27How damage restrictions helped British destroyers control the fightNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live19:12Why can Royal Sovereign identify two different battleship generations?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live24:10How destroyer service built trust and wartime command skillNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live33:23Tovey's winter convoys and Raeder's missing preparation timeNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live49:21How elite destroyer identity reinforced command standardsNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:17:46How JW 51B's escort layers fitted togetherNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:31:59Why British six-inch cruisers fired so effectivelyNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:35:27How did British six-inch fire compare with the Brooklyn class?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:37:45Did Royal Navy ships compete in timed gunnery shoots?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:44:11What a Royal Navy thirty-two-knot rating concealedNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live1:47:49When did the US Navy overtake the Royal Navy in size?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live2:05:16Specialized British escorts and a flexible fighting screenChapter
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live2:32:17Why carrier construction choices shaped Arctic convoy coverNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:01:36Radar gunnery still had an Arctic learning curveNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:03:06Did Town-class cruisers receive the best captains?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:05:39Controlled aggression as the British advantageNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:14:22The torpedo strength behind HMS Anson's distant coverNotable Point
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:51:42Should Germany have kept its surface fleet active?Q&A
- Battle of the Barents Sea: Naval History Live3:55:58When has a risk-fleet strategy worked?Q&A
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral0:30Why Beatty may have fitted a Mediterranean commandChapter
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral2:07Horace Hood as the Grand Fleet's battlecruiser commanderNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral4:09Why Beatty was not next in line for the Grand FleetNotable Point
- Square Pegs for Round Holes: When it's not a bad Admiral but the wrong job for that Admiral38:29Why an admiral aboard Bismarck created command riskNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 638:28Mahan and Corbett wrote for opposite naval problemsChapter
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 652:31How historians present a strong inference without claiming proofNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 61:25:25Carrier endurance depends on logistics and adaptationNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 61:28:32British carrier armour and the distance to repair yardsNotable Point
- Prof Capt Armstrong & Dr C Discuss the value of Mahan, Corbett & Sims today? #2Historians Ep 62:13:34Destroyers as a school for wartime commandNotable Point
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…28:29Why a battle fleet cannot replace convoy escortsChapter
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…35:58Material limits behind anti-convoy decisionsNotable Point
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…37:17Why Grand Fleet destroyers could not simply escort convoysNotable Point
- Convoys: When, Why & What, the Benefits & the Negatives…39:44Clearing surface raiders exposed a submarine problemNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?19:36Type 43, Aegis, and the evolution of fleet air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?35:15Why Admiral Graf Spee had no safe breakoutQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?37:46Copper sheathing as a costly Royal Navy advantageQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?48:57Why Weapon-class destroyers took so long to completeQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?50:13HMS Edinburgh still had a plausible route to portQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?50:58British World of Warships lines have exhausted the obvious historical categoriesQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:07:10HMS Zubian as an emergency reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:16:34The Baltic Project never became one settled operationQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:22:05Why more interwar ASDIC money alone was not enoughQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:30:52CVA-01 was feasible until politics changedQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?1:34:40German warships in Norway did not impose an exceptional British burdenQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:02:41Why dismantling nuclear submarines takes decadesQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:06:52Selecting expendable hulls constrained seaplane-carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:23:37Why Britain prioritized the Army of the RhineQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:39:39Fisher's return as First Sea Lord was a political appointmentQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:43:30Royal Navy ASW groups used helicopters under allied air coverQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:54:30Battleship mass production meant a run of eight to ten shipsQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:56:39Carrier minelaying existed, but bomber aircraft carried the wartime burdenQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:58:41How far Invincible could grow after CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:00:27A Spanish light CATOBAR carrier could reshape export fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:16:27The Royal Navy's Type 83 numbers problemQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:19:59The ship after Type 83 is too distant to define responsiblyQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:39:44A stronger Commonwealth is not a surviving British EmpireNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:45:30Carrier size follows the air group and its enduranceNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:47:03If the F-35B had failedQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:50:22Four larger Scharnhorsts would force a British capital-ship emergencyQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:54:17Without Harrier, the Falklands exposes Britain's carrier gapQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?3:56:53The P.1154 catapult-and-vertical-recovery compromiseQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:04:51Six Invincibles make an Australian carrier plausibleQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:08:22The Royal Navy found wartime work for any serviceable old destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:08:49An early Baltic victory rewrites the post-World War I orderQ&A
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?4:13:11Building six Invincibles across two shipyardsNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War10:13Lionel Tufnell brings engineering logic to Greek naval reformNotable Point
- Battle of Elli(1912): When Regional Powers Go to War1:01:51A small action with large meaning for a regional powerNotable Point
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force0:00Why 1907 destroyers were short-range response shipsChapter
- Tribal Class of 1907: The WWI Channel Response Force19:16Cammell Laird and the Royal Navy's Cossack name lineageNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...6:04The Washington treaty sets the British design boxChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...9:13Why Tiger could outlast the older battleshipsNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...10:05Global fleet duties favor fast capital shipsChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...17:47Postwar threat assessment rewards mobile capital shipsNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...36:33Is a fully armored battlecruiser halfway to a fast battleship?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...40:28The politics behind 'unsinkable bulwarks'Chapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...56:34Selling F3 through cost and 15-inch standardizationChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...58:45Which books explain Royal Navy capital ships?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:12:29F3 expands overseas presence and refit capacityChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:13:09German test pieces did not guarantee production qualityNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:19:40An F3 cruise turns Tsushima's anniversary into naval diplomacyNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...1:23:48A fast flying squadron built around carriersChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:06:04Keeping 15-inch guns saves weight throughout the shipNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:10:30An early King George V program replaces the R classChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:13:09Queen Elizabeth rebuilds complete a 28-knot battle lineNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:22:34Does a ship's reputation pass to its namesake?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:34:30The arms race reshapes late-1930s fleetsChapter
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:36:20Fleet confidence changes diplomacy and frustrates a submarine offsetNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:49:36Were Britain and the United States already naval partners?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...2:58:53Japan's 10:7 demand changes the treaty fleet balanceNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:01:03Does the Royal Navy need an ultra-long-range cruiser?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:05:48The Indian Ocean brought three Axis submarine services togetherNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:07:25British and American Pacific range needs differNotable Point
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:21:28Should Britain have adopted more diesel propulsion?Q&A
- Royal Navy go for speed not bulwark in the Nelson Class design...3:22:55What would a 4,000-BM-ton warship look like in a 1799 scenario?Q&A
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 520:06Wartime mileage can exhaust a carrier force before its ships look oldNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 535:15Shipping intelligence enabled the Asama Maru interceptionNotable Point
- Prof Mercogliano & Dr C Discuss What is going on with Logistics(Shipping)? #2Historians Ep 51:27:29Aircraft carriers cannot substitute for the fleet built around themChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 322:11How peacetime carrier experience developedNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 340:17Britain's STOVL choice balanced naval and air prioritiesQ&A
- 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 345:44Britain's wartime carrier-fighter procurement lessonNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 347:16The proposed British fleet of interchangeable aviation decksNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Operation & Learning From Experience! Part 3 or 1 of 31:08:59Buccaneers and the deterrent value of an approaching carrierNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates16:32River-class design oversight after the Hunt-class scaling errorNotable Point
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates49:44Commonwealth navies operating as one wartime systemNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 202432:05Scharnhorst replaces Graf Spee at the River PlateQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 202443:47Battleship ramming and submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:06:54A delayed war and Britain's planned fleet of Lions and VanguardsQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:16:06A larger Soviet surface-raiding fleet in the 1950sQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:46:51Would a modernized Hood survive Bismarck?Q&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:51:05Why modern allies can share carrier coverageNotable Point
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20241:56:17What defense unification lost when Britain abolished service ministersQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:40:51A book on the Tribal, Battle, and Daring-class destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:42:13The narrow route to an active Tirpitz sortieQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:49:21Why Bismarck was unlikely to slip through the Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:50:21Could HMS Ruby return as a Royal Navy ship name?Q&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20242:55:04Why the Baltic Project was the only way to tighten the blockade of GermanyQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:27:57Jackie Fisher: anti-war deterrent, not a hesitant wartime commanderQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:31:01Why Lion and Queen Mary sacrificed a superfiring turretQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:36:58Why Britain and America divided naval theaters in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:55:45How much better officers lived at sea in the Age of SailQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20243:57:32Why upgrading Type 45 does not by itself prove Type 83 is delayedQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:07:14Why fleet availability blocked Hood's reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:09:44How a surviving Bismarck changes the Atlantic convoy warQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:15:43Why German surface raiders avoided battleship-escorted convoysQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:23:15The escort fleet behind six Invincible-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:26:55Which warships carried surgeons and doctors?Q&A
- Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 20244:51:14The Lion class as Britain's greatest missed 1930s battleship opportunityQ&A
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?5:45Why the First World War submarine campaign matteredChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?8:38Submarine minelaying shaped Royal Navy escortsChapter
- Hunting Submarines from WWI to Present Day; How Aircraft, Ships & Submarines Work Together?13:06Why convoy protection consumes entire fleetsChapter
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit28:49Enterprise's British gun mounts and a possible American refitNotable Point
- A Hearts of Iron Christmas... For Shipshape & Christmas, it's HOI4 with @GariusTheBrit47:41Was HMS Enterprise considered for HMS Victorious's American voyage?Q&A
- Battle of Elli6:43The 1897 defeat behind Greek naval reformChapter
- Battle of Elli14:02Admiral Tufnell's mission rebuilds the Hellenic NavyChapter
- Battle of Elli2:30:11Could Anglo-French intervention have divided Ottoman territory earlier?Q&A
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 49:15When unwritten naval knowledge disappearsNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 412:27How a navy explains its place in national strategyChapter
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 415:26How Jutland turned Royal Navy learning inwardNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 419:12A portrait of the Royal Navy's postwar divisionsNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 420:20Churchill, escort construction, and managing upwardsNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 423:30How lower-deck customs build a crewChapter
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 425:45Women's long, often informal role in naval communicationsNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 429:17What grog, mascots, and tattoos reveal about cultural changeNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 432:55Can naval culture help or hinder a modern service?Q&A
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 435:19How the Tailhook scandal reshaped US Navy core valuesNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 439:03When naval initiative crosses into misconductNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 457:08How Tribal-class crews became the elite of the eliteNotable 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
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 41:07:29The Royal Navy documented technique but left culture implicitChapter
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 41:09:55Tribal-class naming studies as unexpected oral-history archivesNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 41:13:27What published naval dispatches reveal about communicationNotable Point
- Prof Bennet & Dr C Discuss Naval Culture: does it exist & whether it matters? #2Historians ep 41:15:15Battle summaries as the Royal Navy's first draft of historyNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?17:14Could Italian fast battleships have saved HMS Tiger?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?38:18What the Royal Navy's 18-inch guns may implyQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?47:25Why a Type 45 destroyer was called a battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?49:13When Royal Navy procurement last had real momentumQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?54:44What delaying British convoys would changeQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?1:38:05How refitted HMS Devastation could release newer battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?1:48:18Why G3 carrier conversions would be conversions in name onlyQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:20:01Royal Navy reserve organizations were parallel systemsQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:44:57How a decisive Jutland could shorten the warQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?2:56:57How a scaling error compromised the Hunt-class designQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:04:44What a 30-knot Chatham-class refit would requireQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:12:23Why the Royal Navy needs overlapping submarine classesNotable Point
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:19:49Why a restored High Seas Fleet would not solve German naval weaknessQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:38:19A prewar twin 6-inch cruiser turret was possible but unnecessaryQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:44:44Brewery ships brought civilian skills into Pacific logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?3:53:41Why Geoffrey Hornby was the Royal Navy's safest 1890s commanderQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:05:36Why the Admiral class stayed with 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:15:56Treaty-exempt sloops could have transformed the Battle of the AtlanticQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:17:57Which Royal Navy ironclads could Hoche fight?Q&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:29:30Why the Royal Navy did not adopt triple turrets earlierQ&A
- Bruships 174: Ten Days to Christmas... have I got the lights up yet?4:34:42Why L'Orient's explosion has no single clean attributionQ&A
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!1:51British sea power behind the 1823 declarationChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!6:32How peacetime navies lose their fighting focusNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!22:30Freedom of the seas and the limits of Pax BritannicaNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!31:02John Quincy Adams, the Holy Alliance, and European reactionChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!36:12George IV could commit Hanover, but not BritainNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!48:22Canadian security rhetoric and actual fleet capacityNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!1:22:38An unspoken Anglo-American management systemChapter
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 90:00Why HMS Tiger approached the fast-battleship ideaChapter
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 93:03What Tiger's name suggests for a future Type 83 classNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 98:30Tiger's building program and the Admiralty's fast-battleship bluffNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 913:23A high-powered Royal Navy 'spirit ship'Chapter
- 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 927:15Treaty displacement and Tiger's interwar valueNotable 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
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 953:18Beatty, Pelly, and the limits of battlecruiser command cultureNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Spirit Ship: HMS Tiger(1913) - Key Ships Series 9, Ship 91:21:56Tiger's legacy and the Royal Navy's fast-capital-ship gapChapter
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview19:04Q-ships, convoys, escorts, and radio monitoringChapter
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview23:06Jellicoe, Henderson, and the return to convoyNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview30:52Coastal Command and the interwar ASW gapNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview32:34How British ASW experience shaped Allied interwar assumptionsNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview55:01Why published warship performance needs industrial contextNotable Point
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:04:49Why Britain did not build escort carriers alongside early wartime escortsQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:18:55Why was Coastal Command outside the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:21:02Why the Royal Navy favors frigates over small coastal corvettesQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:26:26What submarine design will Australia receive through AUKUS?Q&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:27:06Is Type 32 a modified Type 31 drone mothership?Q&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:28:48How Type 23 and Type 26 compare with Perry-class frigatesQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:37:31Can an SSN outrun an incoming torpedo?Q&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:43:11Why modern navies still need sea-laid mine capacityQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:44:46Why Britain pursued hydrogen-peroxide propulsion and very fast torpedoesQ&A
- Anti Submarine Warfare, a primer history & overview2:55:49How many large amphibious ships would the Royal Navy need?Q&A
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 344:31Alliance trust can be worth more than preserved warshipsNotable Point
- Glynn Stewart & Alex Discuss How Do You Create a Science Fiction Fleet? #2Historians ep 31:11:23Unconventional commanders turn known ships into capabilityNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!3:03Mobile carriers expose the weakness of undefended fixed air basesNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!15:43Carrier infrastructure needs durable public legitimacyNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!1:01:15Carrier bases need strengthened jetties and dredged accessChapter
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...11:48Admiral Duncan as an overlooked Age of Sail leaderQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...23:47British Naval Gun Mountings and the industry behind big gunsChapter
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:08:00Arms for Russia and the Arctic naval warChapter
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:23:16Why Royal Navy prize money faded awayQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:54:49Why Victorious was the costly carrier to reconstructQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:57:41Why a Soviet carrier program could revive the Malta classNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:19:59Hood's likely mission in a 1791 war with RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:35:07The British Way of War as an introduction to maritime strategyChapter
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:35:58What a prewar naval research blank cheque could changeNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...3:38:10How one German order unlocked four British battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:18:30The Price of Victory and Royal Navy professionalizationChapter
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:19:06HMS Excellent linked gunnery training with research and promotionNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:20:21Why warrant officers occupied different places in the naval hierarchyNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...4:42:30Was Hood considered unfit for battle in 1939?Q&A
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings34:43Modernization can move a ship without erasing its lineageNotable Point
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings50:21U-124's long-range torpedo hit on HMS DunedinChapter
- Just 10 Days of Submarine Sinkings53:34How U-331 penetrated the screen and sank HMS BarhamChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...0:57The Royal Navy's two-fighter doctrineChapter
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...7:43Henderson links carriers, aircraft, and fleet defenseNotable Point
- The Seafire Doctrine Saga: How the RN's fighter control system came to be...20:46Churchill, sea power, and pre-war escort ordersNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality22:04British interests aligned with Monroe's warningChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality24:58War insulation strengthened British financial powerNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality27:17Trade and half-pay officers extended British influenceNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality30:48American rhetoric let Britain enforce without declaringChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality44:00Latin American leaders treated Monroe as national policyChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality47:46The Falklands and blockades of Argentina exposed selective enforcementChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality1:01:51Canada's naval protection depended on the dateNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:13:38Enforcement shifted from British power to American capacityNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:30:56Could American officers have replaced British veterans in independence wars?Q&A
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:33:52What if Britain had supported Mexico against the United States?Q&A
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:36:01Could the United States contest the 1840s Royal Navy?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...0:52Why Beatty commanded like a ship's captainQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:42Why British carriers relied on escorts instead of torpedoesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...2:39Greenwich and the Royal Navy's uneven staff educationNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...4:19Destroyer flotillas as practical schools for naval commandNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...7:09How staff skills shape the Royal Navy's strategic caseNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...12:52How competition can make open-ended naval research productiveNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...31:14How the Royal Navy argued for third-rate shipsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...57:56How national nuclear infrastructure shapes ships and energy policyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:05:57How conservative choices limited the Queen Elizabeth classNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:07:28Using Ultimate Admiral: Dreadnoughts for historical ship designQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:20:51What British control of the Baltic could change in 1915Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 8: Beatty, Sopwith Cuckoos, Carriers & the Defence Debate...1:27:50How peacetime exchange helped Japan become a naval peerNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...27:38Why large uncrewed submarines challenge the SSK caseQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...33:42If the Royal Navy controlled naval aviation from 1929Q&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...36:05Why AUKUS is more durable than one electionQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...59:18A more aggressive Royal Navy strategy in World War IQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:19:49Capability outweighed comfort in the Royal Navy's Hawkeye interestQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:28:12The Royal Navy's Hawkeye requirement disappeared with CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:46:50Why Britain could still evaluate the Mark 6 exploderQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...1:55:28How County-class cruisers built ties with their namesakesQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:16:21Early North Sea oil accelerates Royal Navy conversionQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:25:27Why naming the Type 83 class is unusually difficultQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...2:39:30Why medium powers retained carriers after the Cold WarQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:02:13A new UK maritime force would duplicate naval functionsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:04:59Global basing made repairability a Royal Navy priorityQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:06:10A later Falklands War centered on Ark RoyalQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:08:18Why a major Italian surprise attack would meet layered defensesQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:22:37How British coastal motor boats launched torpedoes asternQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:27:20Institutional barriers to early Royal Navy air-launched rocketsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:34:36The uncertain origin of the submarine Jolly RogerQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:39:12Converting all four Admiral-class hulls into raiding carriersQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:41:33A Bismarck mutiny would create a Free German naval forceQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:45:43Why the Royal Navy called Vanguard a fully armored battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:52:26An early redesign could turn Fisher's large light cruisers into useful carriersQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:53:13Why Collingwood could save little more after TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...3:59:38Lower armored-cruiser casemates were wet and miserableQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:03:49Women aboard age-of-sail warships were part of fleet lifeNotable Point
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:07:20Why surface raiders preferred lone merchant shipsQ&A
- Bruships 172: So the Historiophon Happened...4:17:55Fast 9.2-inch cruisers could trap GoebenQ&A
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...22:49Merchant-radio incompatibility during the Falklands WarNotable Point
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...36:06The Royal Navy's quiet shadow-aircraft conceptNotable Point
- Three Days from Pearl Harbor: The World if the Kido Butai is Spotted on the 4th of December...1:09:56Withdrawal and the possibility of a new Pacific agreementChapter
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates10:51The Royal Navy of 1814 was built around third and fifth ratesChapter
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates25:19Benchmark navies could shape rivals through selective performance figuresNotable Point
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates39:00HMS Hindostan turned an East Indiaman into a fourth rateChapter
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates41:41Hindostan combined resilience, stores capacity, and prize earningChapter
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates59:49Dogger Bank made convoy passage the measure of victoryChapter
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo22:53Can published historical warship speeds be assumed accurate?Q&A
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo32:12Britannic as a mobile wartime hospitalChapter
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo59:03Why most people survived Britannic's sinkingNotable Point
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting14:19Dover Patrol, Harwich Force, and layered Channel defenseNotable Point
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting34:19Why English Channel control sustained the Western FrontChapter
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting37:37The original BEF deployment and the Navy's strategic caseChapter
- WWI in the English Channel... A Primer on Years of Hard Forgotten Fighting40:51Why naval tradition depends on ships and trained crewsNotable Point
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...13:20CVA-01 and the politics of inter-service compromiseChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...54:53Carriers for a European and global BritainChapter
- 85% is still a First! The Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers...59:11F-35B numbers and the Joint Force conceptChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/419:50Jellicoe and the power of the Third Sea LordChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/428:51Building a coherent dreadnought battle squadronNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/432:33How the Third Sea Lord controlled naval contractsNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/437:18Why Third Sea Lords often became First Sea LordsNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/439:45Tribal and Beagle classes shape Royal Navy destroyersChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/442:18Why Royal Navy submarines gained namesNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/451:06Orions, Lions, and Jellicoe's capital-ship programChapter
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:02:12Lion's speed requirement against German battlecruisersNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:03:51How Jellicoe won construction battles without confrontationNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:06:50Blonde and Town cruisers gave the fleet depthNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:10:01Jellicoe's technology and Fisher's politicsNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:15:38Jellicoe's Queen Elizabeth concept as the fleet's anvilNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:16:38Jellicoe's destroyers and E-class submarinesNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:42:12Why capital-ship dry docks mattered more by location than ratioQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/41:49:23Wildcat formations and the limits of the Thach WeaveNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:16:39Could a fleet carrier have changed Denmark Strait?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:23:16Would a delayed war have given Hood her reconstruction?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:24:09Why a delayed Second World War still hurts Plan ZNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:32:21The position-report error that frustrated an Operation C night strikeNotable Point
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:37:10How the L70 destroyer proposal led toward the Daring classQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:39:15What the Third Sea Lord title added to the Controller's roleQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:42:06If Beatty and Chatfield were killed at JutlandQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:46:02How independent naval aviation could reshape British carriersQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/42:49:52Would taller British carrier hangars allow American-style aircraft stowage?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/43:25:01How US and Japanese participation at Jutland might reshape night fightingQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/43:29:58Could oil-fired American battleships strengthen the Grand Fleet at Jutland?Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:18:44Renown, Repulse, and Resistance as purpose-built battlecruisersQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:33:36Why Britain armed auxiliary AA and ASW shipsQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:35:02Why protected cruisers are difficult starter shipsQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:38:24If the scuttled German fleet reappeared in 1939Q&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/44:59:02French naval innovation and Britain's industrial responseQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:06:24Putting OS2U Kingfishers into the First World WarQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:16:09How Napoleonic sailors chose a ship and captainQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:24:13What the Edinburgh subclass improvedQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:25:30KGVs for Germany and Lions for Japan in a delayed warQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/45:42:12CVA-01 as an alternative to the Invincible classQ&A
- Jellicoe as 3rd Sea Lord, Essay Competion & WoW Collab: Last 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 4/48:16:57Dido-class 4.5-inch refits and disputed wartime gun fitsQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/45:53Why Royal Navy operational research outpaced the KriegsmarineQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/411:51Cunningham, Lee, or Mikawa in a night actionQ&A
- 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 3/417:31Why the WRNS was not fully integrated until 1993Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/423:51A stronger Operation Rheinübung draws a stronger British huntQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/435:24Why the Royal Navy held so many spare four-inch barrelsQ&A
- 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
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/437:55St Nazaire followed a long Royal Navy port-attack traditionQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/459:30What 1936 foreknowledge would change in British Pacific defenseQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/41:58:18What to tell Admiral Henderson in 1937Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:14:17The Battles of Sirte and the cost of withdrawing too soonQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:19:01The overlooked Royal Navy V-class submarinesQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/42:21:51U-class submarine results relative to their small sizeNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/43:27:03Cruiser economics anchor a British UAD campaignQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/43:39:46Building a British F3-style battlecruiserChapter
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/44:46:13A fifteen-gun British machine-gun battlecruiserChapter
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/45:07:37A hypothetical King George V with five triple turretsNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/46:20:56Why a leading seaman is called a killickNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/46:23:42Is Prince of Wales an unlucky Royal Navy name?Q&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/46:42:04Admiral Henderson's unannounced shipyard inspectionsNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/46:54:47Loading torpedoes through cramped submarine hatchesChapter
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:03:44Perisher and transferable submarine command skillsNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:31:46Type 45 missile defence and service responsibilitiesNotable Point
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/47:55:39Why Britain would block a Prussian breakup of FranceQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/48:11:55A diesel-powered Hermione in the Napoleonic WarsQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/48:40:08What Vanguard taught about postwar battleship designQ&A
- Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/48:41:39How the Royal Navy fixed its early-war torpedo failuresQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/434:32Triple 15-inch or 18-inch guns for an unfinished British design?Notable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/41:41:04Captain Creswell and the Tribal class's esprit de corpsQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/43:48:07Which Royal Navy officers most resemble Willis Lee?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:14:49Was Indian Ocean submarine warfare left to the Royal Navy?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:18:23How quickly might the Royal Navy reach 18-inch battleships?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:24:31The Royal Navy's comparative AA armament in 1939Notable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:37:14What an Archer-class patrol-vessel successor should carryQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:38:12A German fleet aimed at France and Russia still alarms BritainQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:46:11Could a Type 83 be named HMS Prince Philip?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:48:16Why fleet composition cannot be reduced to one ratioQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:02:35Why dazzle camouflage may matter againQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:04:44Would modern navies return to distinctive national colours?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:11:10How Brazil could reshape Washington Treaty bargainingQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:35:31Jane Austen's fascination with the Royal NavyQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/45:50:22Nelson, breaking the line, and crossing the TQ&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
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:21:43Noel Laurence's work across submarines and naval aviationNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:22:19Why the Royal Navy restored names to submarinesNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:23:24Undine: fighting after the loss of underwater detectionChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:24:58Unity: a collision and sacrifice in the control roomChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:26:12Ursula: North Sea and Mediterranean patrols, then Soviet serviceChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:26:52How Ursula's crew helped create submarine watchkeeping clothingNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:33:30How later U-class groups refined the original designChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:35:40HMS Umpire's nine-day career and underwater escapeChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:37:17HMS Una from Mediterranean patrols to ASW trainingChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:39:43Unbeaten: a probable Coastal Command friendly-fire lossChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:41:18Unique: disappearance after leaving the Scillies escortChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:43:31Upholder's exceptional patrol record and disputed lossChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:46:53Upright: surviving depth charges and sinking Armando DiazChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:48:15Urchin and Sokół: a U-class submarine in Polish serviceChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:51:48Usk: a probable mine loss near Cape BonChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:52:37Utmost: a successful patrol and a probable depth-charge lossChapter
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:53:46Why some wartime U-class boats never received namesNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:55:24Why the Mediterranean needed more U-class submarinesNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/46:56:30Earlier U-class orders and the difficulty of expanding submarine crewsNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:00:25Using anti-submarine expertise to design a harder targetNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:32:02Why gun range exceeds effective fire-control rangeNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:45:00Why Royal Navy submarine classes were theater-specificQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/47:47:16Did U-class crews receive extra danger pay?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:00:36What removing destroyer and submarine tonnage limits changesQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:17:57Why Norway could prefer the Type 26 frigateNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:33:23How a converted Incomparable would be judged after a carrier battleQ&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:40:32Could Warspite have survived as a grounded museum ship?Q&A
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/48:56:44How the Royal Navy's interwar reserves were organizedQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/419:47Why the Royal Navy risked carriers in submarine hunting groupsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/436:28Why two York-class cruisers did not justify the cut-price conceptQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/449:35How HMS Malta might have reshaped the postwar carrier fleetQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/452:37Why France could not match the Royal Navy ship for shipQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/455:00Building a Malta-class carrier instead of HMS VanguardQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:49:07A 1934 plan to rationalize Royal Navy gun calibersQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/41:51:08How naval timber planning outlived the sailing battlefleetQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:00:46Why an Axis seizure of Gibraltar would not sever BritainQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:11:47Britain pursued its own FRAM-like destroyer conversionsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:16:47Could the Royal Navy conduct Operation Praying Mantis?Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:19:03How a 1936 naval-treaty collapse could reshape British capital shipsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:24:46British rope quality and French rigging precision in the age of sailQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/42:40:34Why the Royal Navy did not standardize one dual-purpose gunQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/43:23:41The Flower-class design was ready before the war emergencyChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/43:43:53Reginald Henderson translated escort experience into the Flower designChapter
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/44:00:19Why Flower-class names mattered to small-ship crewsNotable Point
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:09:03A carrier Tornado could keep France in the multinational programQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:25:40An Axis-aligned Brazil would force an Allied Atlantic campaignQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:38:02Completing the Admiral class demands a larger imperial support networkQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:52:27Dominion torpedo craft depended on budgets more than designQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/45:54:22Why mass British sloop building would not automatically produce Type XXIQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:08:37Why Insect-class river gunboats carried 6-inch gunsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:19:22A British supersonic V/STOL fighter would raise the bar for F-35BQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:27:06An Archer replacement should begin with lifeboat seakeepingQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:30:21Retiring Albion and Bulwark creates an amphibious capability gapQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/46:39:00Why the Royal Navy avoids politically loaded capital-ship namesQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:00:11A Royal Navy built for strategic autonomy after SuezQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:03:35Royal Navy submarines were the first answer to Kirov groupsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:13:35Four Admiral-class carriers would rewrite treaty negotiationsQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:24:46Italian-style Iron Duke refits were possible but unnecessaryQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:36:50Fast battleships would follow the Revenge classQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:43:44A delayed Falklands War changes commanders more than outcomesQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:50:06J3 and K2 designs would overwhelm the High Seas FleetQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/47:57:48Mature amphibious doctrine could transform GallipoliQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/48:03:28Portsmouth's block mills were an early naval production lineQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/48:49:32British and German battlecruisers optimized for different seasQ&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/48:54:19A 20-knot battleship was possible but demanding in 1882Q&A
- Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/48:57:41The offshore patrol vessel inherits the armed trawler's roleQ&A
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 18:25Transitioning technology required testing, time, and public moneyNotable Point
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 121:01Why the Royal Navy consulted aircraft designers before formal ordersChapter
- Only a Sea Fury: Peaking Obsolescence or Forgotten Innovation? Key Aircraft Series 3 Aircraft 122:48Competition for engines drove the Fleet Air Arm toward a joint programmeChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1081:58:52Hitler and Churchill could widen the crisisChapter
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:45:35Reserve amphibious ships can preserve surge capacityNotable Point
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:49:28Why the Royal Navy wanted at least seventy cruisersQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:51:26Military housing cannot substitute for competitive payQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1082:53:04A world without naval treaties favors a technology raceQ&A
- Kido Butai spotted on december 4th 1941... 3 days before Pearl Harbour, what changes? Patreon 1083:01:57A 16,000-ton British cruiser points toward the Tiger cubsQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 74:43A British carrier force changes the Singapore counterattackQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 718:38Cruiser-line speed sets the fast-battleship thresholdNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 721:49Vanguard's mixed battlecruiser and battleship qualitiesNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 726:44Kongo reconstructions and HMS Tiger test the boundaryNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 733:25Welsh coal quality does not remove the logistics problemNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 754:56Procurement politics can determine the carrier a navy getsNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 757:24Type 45 fleet size changes unit cost and readinessNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 759:28The F-35B turns procurement rivalry into partnershipNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:05:15Land-based air power would not automatically exclude Soviet carriersQ&A
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:06:55Graf Zeppelin could accelerate British carrier buildingNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:20:45Lion gun development could improve Nelson and RodneyNotable Point
- The Battlecruiser/Fast Battleship Differential & Soviet Carriers: Scuttlebutt 71:22:47Beatty, staff work, and signalling at JutlandQ&A
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS0:45Why 881 Squadron is worth studyingChapter
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS8:04Tribal destroyers close the Channel approachesNotable Point
- Steadfastly with Winged Sword: 881 Squadron RNAS/RCNAS42:28The value of an ordinary but active squadronChapter
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast35:07Trafalgar's two columns and its flag officersQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast43:08Trafalgar was not Britain's only defensive barrierNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast57:06Dream fleets still need fuel, crews, and a war economyQ&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:00:05The L70 destroyer and early radar integrationNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast1:01:54Graf Zeppelin against a mature carrier forceNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:12:03A hypothetical American intervention in 1905Q&A
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:12:48How a Royal Navy blockade might pressure the United States in 1905Notable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:13:47A German landing at New York in the 1905 counterfactualNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:24:21How an early war might reshape dreadnought designNotable Point
- Ramblings Emergency Broadcast2:28:18Quantity and quality in the prewar naval racesNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax8:17How a British 130 mm gun could reshape the Dido classQ&A
- 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 Kallax1:18:01A 4.7-inch test mount would not make the 130 mm gun interchangeableQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax1:24:38Why unified defense administration should not erase service educationQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax1:35:08Why Britain preferred 4.5-inch to 4.7-inch dual-purpose gunsQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax1:44:24Why a British 130 mm gun would probably stay 130 mmQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax1:54:32Spanish saint names were a tendency rather than a fixed rating ruleQ&A
- 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 Kallax2:25:19Why Almirante Cochrane became HMS EagleQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:50:52Why matching the Royal Navy of 1814 depends on the definitionQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:53:25How royal favor strengthened Fisher's bureaucratic positionQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:17:50A STOVL ASW aircraft must match the fleet's search methodQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:40:28British organization outweighed France's larger naval infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax5:12:17Britannia is the museum ship closest to its original roleQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax5:15:43Equal fuel quality does not equalize naval logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax5:20:48The economic case for Royal Navy-owned specialist yardsQ&A
- A path to negotiation for Japan in August 1941?1:43:13How a peaceful Japan changes the wider warChapter
- 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
- The Backbone of Royal Navy Interwar Aviation, HMS Eagle(1918)! Key Ship Series 6 Ship 71:24:55HMS Eaglet carries the name in LiverpoolNotable Point
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?13:35The Royal Navy concentrates against GermanyChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?34:15The 1941 fleet avoids Mediterranean attritionChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?38:44A layered fleet structure guards both Atlantic exitsNotable Point
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?40:28Building a powerful Indian Ocean fleetChapter
- So what happens in the Pacific if Italy stays neutral for WWII?1:04:12British and American forces trap the Kido ButaiChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 17:10What should the interwar Royal Navy carrier have been?Q&A
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 135:43Strike, fleet, and cruiser carrier doctrineChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 139:40Armored Ark Royals and multi-carrier operationsChapter
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 140:33Carrier armour and the Far East reinforcement problemNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:08:29A second carrier base on MerseysideNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:10:50Using ship names to protect a carrier programNotable Point
- @Drachinifel & Dr Clarke Discuss Royal Navy Aircraft Carriers that almost were! #2Historians ep 12:28:31Carrier hangars, naval diplomacy, and escalationNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!53:27A surface engagement with General BelgranoQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!55:02How a costly Belgrano gun action could change later warship armamentQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!1:18:49Britain pioneered helicopter assault; America shaped the modern MEUQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!1:25:11Designing a British Stalingrad counter around guns and helicoptersNotable Point
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:28:59If the G3 battlecruisers reached serviceQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!2:54:19Why the Royal Navy considered 9.2-inch station cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:00:53Trading 4.5-inch rate of fire for a heavier 155 mm shellQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:10:11Why the Royal Navy stayed with twin automatic turretsQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:41:29Why a 6.1-inch gun adoption could displace the 5-inch/62Q&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:46:20Fast American Nevadas could create a separate battlecruiser treaty quotaNotable Point
- 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
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:54:45Eight fast British capital ships rewrite the treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!3:59:10A German naval cutback could loosen the EntenteQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:19:03Complete carrier groups took priority over nuclear cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:20:02Early US 16-inch guns accelerate the battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:28:10If Reginald Henderson survived into wartimeQ&A
- Bruships 170: Once more unto the Kalax dear listners, once more unto the Kalax!4:36:37The oldest navy depends on definitions and datesQ&A
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'0:01Why the Royal Navy might have built Tiger CubsChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'3:13Gun selection was also an industrial policyNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'5:03Battlecruiser evolution made numbers unaffordableChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'10:46Station flagships made naval deterrence scalableNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'31:22Cruisers as technology trials and command schoolsNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'41:55How a large navy assigns first-, second-, and tertiary-line dutiesNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:05:15Tiger Cubs displace Fisher's large light cruisersChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:09:29Why the Royal Navy needed visible wartime victoriesNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:54:11A destroyed High Seas Fleet opens the BalticChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'1:57:52A victory of annihilation could consume Britain's future admiralsNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:11:55The missing third rate of the First World WarChapter
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:13:48The 'We Want Eight' compromise shows Admiralty leverageNotable Point
- Frigating Tiger Cubs: WWI if the Royal Navy builds some 9.2in armed 'Dreadnought Cruisers'2:16:03The Cressy losses still drive submarine cautionNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:00:54A summit venue and Yonai's naval contactsNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:57:24Japan would still face a broad Allied coalitionNotable Point
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1082:59:37Would Britain complete the Lion-class battleships if war with Japan were delayed?Q&A
- What if Japan pulls out of China in August 1941 instead of preparing for War? Patreon 1083:00:49Delay also gives the Allied navies time to concentrateChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers13:09The uncertain Admiral-class strike-carrier proposalChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers25:35The Malta class as Britain's missed postwar fleet carrierChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers28:16CVA-01 as a pragmatic carrier for a global powerChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers36:17First World War carriers as offset strategiesChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers39:58Why successful sea control can look invisibleNotable Point
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers54:13Malta's balance of air power and survivabilityChapter
- The Lessons of Never Built Carriers58:41CVA-01 and capability without supercarrier sizeNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...7:34HMS Africa and the history behind warship namesNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...25:46British responses would change with Spanish constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...41:05Hood's battlecruiser label does not make her an early InvincibleNotable Point
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...48:08Brunel would need to balance durability with fleet numbersQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...59:01Adding Tirpitz changes the entire Atlantic interception planQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:04:19Why American ships of the line were awkward Royal Navy reservesQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:07:45Could a British force defeat Japan at Surigao Strait?Q&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:13:35British ships of the line crowded on sail before battleQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...1:24:29Without the First World War, Britain's first carrier is still HermesQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:00:47Why the Royal Navy passed on the pepperbox launcherQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:37:57Foreknowledge makes Trafalgar worse for the combined fleetQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:48:38Why the quadruple 6-inch Town-class turret was abandonedQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...2:49:22Onshore North Sea oil could accelerate oil-fired battle fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:06:54When a Belfast-based anti-aircraft cruiser becomes worthwhileQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:09:39A factory shipyard increases annual output without building ships in daysQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:29:00Brunel's advanced Warrior matters because the yards make it repeatableQ&A
- Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...3:55:36Gun availability favored 4-inch escort armamentQ&A
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!10:05The 1914 battle that shows what was at stakeChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!12:30The Harwich Force as Jutland's missing complicationNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!14:25A Helgoland force on Germany's doorstepNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!22:53Writing naval history without assuming the reader's backgroundNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!32:06High cliffs make speed essential for an attackerChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!37:43Secure cable links improve early warningNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!56:48British manoeuvre and the Baltic optionChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!58:48Capital ships become siege enginesChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:08:05Coastal motorboats versus battlecruisersNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:18:13Baltic pressure and the prospect of a shorter warChapter
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:22:46Triple turrets for the armour-penetration problemNotable Point
- What happens if Britain has a Malta off the coast of Germany in WWI? Helgoland!1:25:10The coastal motorboat questionNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!11:32Numbers create naval presenceNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!20:13The Royal Navy's 1814 battlefleet balanceNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!23:29Third rates for a global empireChapter
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!34:07Camperdown and the third-rate battle lineChapter
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!36:41Camperdown's lopsided captures and casualtiesNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!39:47Third rates made Trafalgar a massive battleChapter
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!42:27HMS Africa's solo approach at TrafalgarNotable Point
- Third Rate Ships of the Line: Ubiquity, Ubiquity, o' the Ubiquity!44:16A third-rate lesson for modern force designNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:34The alternate-history case for Tiger CubsChapter
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...5:22HMS Tiger as the starting pointChapter
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...12:31Restoring the station-cruiser roleChapter
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...15:30Small-tube boilers as a practical trialNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...19:43Idle battleship yards made the class buildableNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...33:05A global-presence ship with wartime valueQ&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...44:35Why commissioning followed extensive trialsNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:13:29Would another admiral correct Beatty's signals?Q&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:19:41A global surface-raider hunting forceNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...1:25:21Would Tiger Cubs retire the old armoured cruisers?Q&A
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:00:28Britain's grandfathered cruiser advantageNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:13:25Earlier carrier success keeps naval aviation in the fleetNotable Point
- Tiger Cubs - RN actually builds dreadnought armoured cruisers with 9.2in guns alongside HMS Tiger...2:58:24Would Britain still need a York-class equivalent?Q&A
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s48:16Britain paired carrier and capital-ship procurementNotable Point
- French Naval Aviation Doctrine & Other potential carrier powers of the 1930s48:32Fleet design should follow strategyChapter
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song13:50A surviving CVA-01 fleet into the F-35 eraQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song25:05A Soviet Orel-class carrier could have preserved CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song37:32How Type 41 frigates might have helped in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:24:50How court access strengthened Jacky Fisher's naval authorityNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:36:10How an oversized Japanese cruiser fleet could distort treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song1:43:03Why Royal Navy spit and polish could displace gunnery practiceQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:21:55What Britain would need to build a nuclear carrier or cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:28:47British nuclear-submarine dismantling is a public processNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song2:48:18American potential was not British shipbuilding capacityQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:13:39The Great White Fleet's vulnerability to losing its coaling networkQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:15:56Beresford's rivalry with Fisher became factional self-defeatNotable Point
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:17:58A Malta-class carrier as the core of a post-war Royal Navy fleetQ&A
- Bruships 168: And a empty Kalax, sang the aisles a serenade, longing for books with a love song3:28:02Turning a larger Royal Navy budget into deployable force structureQ&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
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:01:57Night aviation required trained units as well as skilled pilotsNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:08:35British air groups and the declining role of dive bombersNotable Point
- Battle of Santa Cruz: The Deathsong of Japanese Naval Aviation in WWII1:43:03USS Robin turned carrier shortage into Allied integrationNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10627:15Would Britain seize French islands after a Heligoland crisis?Q&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 10629:43The 1914 battle shows Heligoland's dangerChapter
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:09:06Why Heligoland breaks Germany's naval deterrence strategyNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:36:07Why pre-dreadnoughts regain value at HeligolandNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:37:31Would Scapa Flow still matter?Q&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:40:26A submarine contest in Germany's coastal watersNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:48:54A decisive First World War battle at HeligolandChapter
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:54:39Would British battlecruisers continue through the Baltic to Russia?Q&A
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:55:04A multi-power gun-calibre raceNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:56:48Why Heligoland would not host a British battle squadronNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1061:57:47What if Germany refuses the battle?Notable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:01:04A 14-inch, triple-turret British dreadnought pathNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:16:36How Heligoland could disrupt the invasions of Denmark and NorwayNotable Point
- Fortress Heligoland: Britain doesn't give Heligoland to Germany in the 1890 Agreement... Patreon 1062:24:54Could the war be over by Christmas 1914?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.6:54Could early dreadnoughts be rearmed with 15-inch guns?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.11:52HMS Bulwark as a Falklands helicopter carrierQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.13:01Why carrier aircraft plans include large reservesQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.34:41Would directed-energy weapons justify a British nuclear cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:16:00How many Gannet AEW aircraft would replace the Skyraiders?Q&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.1:34:25What a K25 design study is meant to showQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:09:44Oscar Parkes as naval artist, editor, and authorQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:12:26Books for studying Leda-class frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:19:41Why triple turrets would give Vanguard twelve gunsQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:21:44French battlecruisers after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:40:08How NATO standardization reshaped naval terminologyQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:44:58Naval boy schools as recruiting and social mobilityQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.2:48:18What capturing a first-rate could do for a brig captainQ&A
- Bruships 167: Tell me why, everything turned book – packing up, stacking up is all kalax want to do.3:31:37A T-class submarine attack before Denmark StraitQ&A
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?0:00A command crisis makes the counterfactual plausibleChapter
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?3:24Why Beatty was an unusual but usable choiceNotable Point
- Beatty of the Mediterranean: Finding the Right Peg for the Right Hole?56:27Victory could steady a divided AdmiraltyNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?21:46An empire defended from the Atlantic and Indian OceanNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?35:34Kiel and the Anglo-German naval balanceNotable Point
- Canals Never Built: What happens if Suez, Kiel or Panama are never built?50:43Why a divided American fleet complicates treaty politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....8:19Royal Fleet Auxiliary strikes in war and peaceQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....22:17A reading lead for Falklands naval air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....25:11Type 45, Mark 41, and multi-role growthQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....59:39When merchant ships come under naval rulesQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:06:36Why Cromwell was a difficult Royal Navy ship nameQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:27:13Why HMS Cromwell was easier to accept as a destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:36:37A German fast-capital-ship race before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:55:56Malta-class deck strength and postwar longevityQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....2:01:57Carrier groups built around the Malta classNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....3:38:15Royal Navy repairs and US damage controlQ&A
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....4:04:53British defence cuts and the emergency-procurement cycleQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...0:51Tirpitz's deterrent plan and the naval arms raceQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...5:36Postwar naval aid as an alliance bargainQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...23:07Global policing and worn-out warship exportsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 6: Responding to some History Hot Takes...36:20County cruisers in contemporary perspectiveNotable Point
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1059:29Beatty's strengths, ambitions, and command limitsChapter
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 10527:51Did Beatty shape the ships already under construction?Q&A
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 10528:28Why commissioning dates can exaggerate fleet readinessNotable Point
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1051:40:08How an early victory could recast Beatty's careerNotable Point
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1052:09:37Who commands the Grand Fleet battlecruisers without Beatty?Q&A
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1052:21:24How much choice does an admiral have over staff?Q&A
- V.Adm Beatty is sent to Command the Mediterranean Battle Cruisers in 1914... Patreon 1052:22:15What if Britain built two battlecruisers per battleship class?Q&A
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut14:01Why carrier defence can begin far from homeNotable Point
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall34:18What would the Royal Navy do with 2,000-ton sloops?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall46:15What would put F-14 Tomcats in Royal Navy service?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall49:05Submarines and clandestine special operationsQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall56:36Britain abandons naval treaties in the late 1930sQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:10:04If Dogger Bank destroyed Britain's battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:27:14The intended CVA-01 escort groupQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:31:31What did light carriers do in wartime fleets?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:33:48Why Saipan and British light fleet carriers are difficult to compareQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:39:21A 3,000-ton Royal Navy destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall1:41:53A delayed Falklands War without Hermes and InvincibleQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:04:11Which historical carrier most resembles Battlestar Galactica?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:17:30A modern British guided-missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:20:10Interwar priorities for a forewarned First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:25:40Super-cruiser loopholes in the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:29:13An overwhelming British fast wing at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:31:06Why a Nimitz-sized flight-deck cruiser becomes a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:47:30If USS Maine exploded in a British colonyQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall2:58:34If USS New Jersey were loaned for the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:00:35Malta-class carriers in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:02:24Why HMS Belfast was not a helicopter cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:03:38The purpose-built British helicopter cruiser becomes InvincibleQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:09:34Which Royal Navy ships would First Sea Lords preserve?Q&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:20:30If battleship escalation began in the 1890sQ&A
- Bruships 165: I saw a Poodle with a Kalax Manual in his hand, walking through the moors of cornwall3:46:23Alaska and the British large-cruiser alternativeQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!2:04Why thematic naval history can reveal more than strict chronologyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!16:34Why an armoured flight deck can save weightQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!20:34How larger treaty-free carriers would reshape air groupsQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!22:27Making attacks count against armoured carriersQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!24:08Would early large carriers strengthen the Fleet Air Arm?Q&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!24:48Early carrier programmes as rearmament and employmentNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!33:02Empire, free navies, and merchant fleets in world warNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!43:20Why Royal Navy anti-aircraft standardisation laggedQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 5: Some Tremendous Questions & Frustrations!46:53Royal Navy AA conversions in a war delayed to 1942Q&A
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?40:55HMS Tiger and the missing battlecruiser typeNotable Point
- For History: Which Three ships should never have been scrapped?1:08:28The Tribal destroyers left outside the final threeNotable Point
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin30:30Carrier size, hangar volume, and future growthChapter
- The Current Carrier Generation: War is over/War has yet to begin1:06:02Interoperable flight decks as fleet flexibilityNotable Point
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!10:40A Royal Navy 15-inch/50 upgrade programQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!35:28Why the County class used its distinctive missile launcherQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!46:48Henderson's 15-inch/45 alternative for King George VQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!48:27How HMS Victoria's armored slipper could fightQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!51:09Why the Lion class did not need American 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:02:42How AUKUS divides submarine design and constructionQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!1:11:08Britain's thin coastal defenses before the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:04:17Why battleships could not sensibly bombard TirpitzQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:20:58Admiral Hood and a different Battle of JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!2:34:30What Britain could build after abandoning treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:03:39Why Russian battleship purchases might never reach RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:05:00Why the Lightweight Sea Wolf range stays broadQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:07:45How ten-gun Revenge-class ships deter German raidersQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:23:08Why the second Almirante Latorre hull became a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:26:08The Royal Navy's older carriers in a 1942 warQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:29:19Why a Hawkins-class anti-aircraft conversion went nowhereQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:31:13Why Emerald and Hawkins hulls appeared in minelayer studiesQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:33:19Naval-history sites across CornwallQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:34:38The case for completing more C-, D-, and E-class cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:38:18How fuel-free capital ships reshape Britain's war economyQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:49:32Why an 18-inch battery breaks the G3 designQ&A
- Bruships 164: Is this Book life? Is this just a library?Caught in a landslide, no Kallax for safety!3:52:10What the panel would change before the Second World WarQ&A
- The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage58:50Britain’s battleship building supplies the Nimitz analogyNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier18:54Queen Bee target drones and HMS ArgusChapter
- 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 Premier49:00Defence procurement creates one-way doorsChapter
- 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 Premier55:35Drone storage meets the cost of rebuilding carrier aviationNotable Point
- Drones & The Future of the Carrier Air Group - Patreon Premier1:17:55The strategic cost of modifying a scarce carrierChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier26:36Invincible's Royal Navy missions around the GIUK gapChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier36:21The name Invincible helped frame a new carrier as a cruiser traditionChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier39:19Invincible's compact design traded away independent capabilityChapter
- Through Deck Cruisers: The Kiev & Invincible Classes of Aircraft Carrier1:52:38Large Cold War air forces made land-based fleet cover seem practicalChapter
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat11:18The Keppel-Palliser affair and Royal Navy political cautionQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat20:52Why the Royal Navy preferred twin turretsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat38:33Why Washington fails without JapanQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat40:30British fast battleships without the battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat59:04A persistent Commons question about naval disciplineQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:04:04East of Suez was not chiefly about avoiding VietnamQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:14:48A delayed First World War and the Entente's larger capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:22:13Japan joins Britain and France against Germany and the Soviet UnionQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:33:19A negotiated 1918 peace leaves no workable Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat1:50:51Four CVA-01 carriers into the twenty-first centuryQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:01:23Explaining HMS Beagle in Mandatory PalestineQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:07:07Why a foreign-yard clause would sink the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:18:38A Royal Navy built around Malta carriers and Neptune cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:38:32The best 1960s Royal Navy program starts in the 1940sQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:39:24Britain's response to fifteen French capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:40:58An enlarged French fleet after defeat on landQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:49:34Royal Navy ships in the North Atlantic in April 1912Q&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat2:52:12Britain's capital-ship construction ceiling before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:06:33Four 15-inch British battlecruisers at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:22:01A French assassin kills Kaiser Wilhelm II in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 163: I need a Kalax Kalax, a Kalax is what I need! Naval History Questions & Chat3:38:36A foreign-built late-Cold-War Royal NavyQ&A
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...22:37Carrier choices for medium powersChapter
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...24:24East of Suez commitments outlived the basesNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...35:10Why carriers became natural flagshipsNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...39:08A modular helicopter concept for carrier flexibilityNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...41:07Postwar budget comparisons need operational contextNotable Point
- Super Carriers & Specialists: The Aircraft Carrier Debate from WWII to present...51:27Carrier capability as independence of actionChapter
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s13:33Cruisers and sloops as an imperial economic programmeChapter
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s21:46Dry docks and ports as strategic infrastructureNotable Point
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s44:12Cruiser carriers built from County-class hullsChapter
- Empire Prepares: What if the British Empire invested more in the 1920s & 30s51:15How the Third Sea Lord shaped naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:12How far HMS Eagle could be upgraded for air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat7:47Why the Royal Navy did not adopt the Sea Meteor F3Q&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat8:57What high-pressure boilers could do for Royal Navy battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat31:21An Incomparable carrier would not need a battleship-sized secondary batteryQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat35:50Britain's experimental bridge to postwar submarinesNotable Point
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat41:18Could the Royal Navy have launched K3 battlecruisers before Washington?Q&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat45:26What quad 6-inch turrets would mean for BelfastQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat58:28A Duncan-class battleship could transform CoronelQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:07:44An all-forward Lion would be a lateral design choiceQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:10:35Why high-pressure machinery would not automatically modernize Hood firstQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:13:30Starting King George V-class construction in 1933Q&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:19:57An 11-inch-cruiser alternative to German Plan ZQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:23:03Why Royal Navy ships kept a separate battle ensignQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:26:49Who watched Royal Navy carrier anti-piracy exercisesQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat1:34:32Why tropical peacetime trials could miss pom-pom ammunition faultsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:16:44Why Repulse was the likeliest battlecruiser to retireQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:19:36Lend-Lease had much older strategic precedentsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:20:25Why the Vanguard solution could not become a twelve-ship classQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:22:15Autoloading 15-inch turrets could change King George V-class manningQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:24:34F3-style British heavy cruisers would complicate recognitionQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:26:07How to judge the prewar condition of Britain's old carriersQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:33:24HMS Argus was a useful auxiliary, not a pristine combat carrierQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:39:30German-Italian triple 15-inch turrets would accelerate a naval crisisQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:45:38Which old British carriers might survive into a war delayed to 1942Q&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:49:36The King George V class as a strong but compromised treaty battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:56:25Why Nelson took heavy 74s to CopenhagenQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat2:57:15Duncans at Coronel would change command choices as well as firepowerQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:08:33Why early-war carriers still carried 3-pounder Hotchkiss gunsQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:08:58A ready 16.5-inch gun could reshape the final King George V pairQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:09:54What made Enterprise's Admiralty pennant unusualQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat3:25:37Why HMS Eagle has several full-load displacement figuresQ&A
- Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat4:04:00Why Royal Navy battle-squadron numbers are not simple rankingsQ&A
- 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 Premier8:40A small force operating in every theatreNotable Point
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier20:06Why Britain initially limited submarine targetsChapter
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier25:20Torpedo testing as a practical advantageNotable Point
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:07:30Intelligence and Allied command in the Ashigara operationNotable Point
- Royal Navy Submarines vs Axis Warships: WWII in every theatre, Patreon Premier1:13:21Signalling intentions before entering Bangka StraitNotable Point
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!6:25Choosing the best British dreadnought before OrionQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!15:49Which First World War capital ships matter in a second war?Q&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!26:49A larger Royal Navy sloop program before 1939Q&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!33:23Why two Illustrious carriers beat Yorks or a few escortsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!47:48A delayed Washington treaty could leave G3s afloatQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!59:46An F3-style heavy cruiser makes the carrier trade harderQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:04:04A surviving Force Z could slow the fall of the Dutch East IndiesQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:24:04Henderson's priorities: 15-inch guns, lifts, and sloopsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:26:55A British supercarrier would answer British strategic needsQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:29:44Removing cumulative limits changes carrier constructionQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:42:47Fast Nelsons would reset the interwar battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:53:02A 1916 F3 design accelerates the Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!1:53:47Why twenty early escort carriers could change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:07:02More interwar cruisers expand imperial presenceQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:29:25Why Britain still did not mass-produce light carriersQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:43:21Without cruiser caps, Britain builds the planned forceQ&A
- Bruships 161: All you need are Kallax, Shelves are all Books need... Naval History Questions & Chat!2:52:22A 1942 war sends the AA cruisers to the MediterraneanQ&A
- Japan's I-400 Class: Waste of Resources, Idea to Soon or Idea to late?1:06:41The verdict: a good idea executed too lateChapter
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...6:25A starting book for naval guided missilesQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...46:21Type 41 and Type 61 frigates as high-threat escortsQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...50:46If larger Renown-style battlecruisers reached JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...56:50A Town-class cruiser armed with 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...59:31The limits of a modern British gun cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:07:34A San Giorgio-class cruiser in Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:23:01How San Giorgio compared with British armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:30:59How Britain and France would hunt a Captain Romani-class raiderQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:39:05A Nelson class built around 15-inch/50 gunsQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...1:49:05What four-turret Tribal destroyers would changeQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:00:01Crown Colony cruisers as wartime TownsQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:06:43Remote turrets and the Blackburn SpearfishQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:14:17If Cradock won at CoronelQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:17:03What surplus four-stackers would mean for smaller naviesQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:32:30How the Anglo-German 35 percent naval ratio workedQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:34:40How additional Dreadnought-class ships might have been namedQ&A
- Bruships 160: Money for Kallax, Book Space ain’t Free! Naval History Questions & Chat...2:39:31Likely names for the G3 and N3 capital shipsQ&A
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...16:15British rocket research before Churchill's orderChapter
- Laying Minefields in the Sky... Some WWII Rocketry and Supersized T-Shirt Cannons...56:52The Holman Projector gave small craft an improvised deterrentChapter
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!10:33Rebuilt battlecruisers could reinforce secondary theatresQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!15:54Why rapid-fire 6-inch guns appealed to the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!17:42British battleship production depended on armor supply and adaptable yardsNotable Point
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!26:23Interwar roots of landing-ship dock designQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!29:57Why Britain did not rebuild its early aircraft carriers like JapanQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!31:46Portsmouth and Plymouth relied on extensive dockyard storageQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!40:02Lend-Lease rules shaped postwar disposal of naval aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!49:52Why a uniform Queen Elizabeth-class refit would be preferableQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!52:50Interwar austerity delayed British large-cruiser construction capacityQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!56:19Why damaged carriers could remain after the war despite replacement needsQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!59:16Glorious exposed early-war failures to follow carrier doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:07:43Queen Elizabeth was the next-best museum candidate after WarspiteQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:13:08Why the Royal Navy kept considering armored cruisers after InvincibleQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:14:13Shipbuilding potential depends on industrial land and recoverable infrastructureQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:18:43A sudden 1939 capital-ship windfall would trigger a British building panicQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:21:30A 15-inch King George V design could simplify guns and logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:24:27HMS Invincible would preserve the origin of the battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:25:10Henderson might have accelerated Britain's carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:34:01Seven Nelson-type battleships would reshape Mediterranean and Atlantic risksQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:39:15A 15,000-ton cruiser allowance could produce larger-gun cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:42:22An early Swordfish would displace less capable naval aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:45:26First World War Britain would study future dive bombers before using themQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:49:10A 9.2-inch limit could turn Courageous-size hulls into armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!1:52:01A fleet of Malta carriers and Lion battleships would transform British strategyQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:03:36Bofors shortages began with peacetime orders and factory toolingQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:03:56Malta-class carriers could serve into the 1980s with larger aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 159: New Office - This may be quick, discord may work & I may not have a Pneumonia attack!2:05:34British night-fighting training could magnify American carrier powerQ&A
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure15:57Dominion carriers as a distributed naval networkNotable Point
- HMAS Melbourne and HMCS Bonaventure36:02The interwar development behind light fleet carriersNotable Point
- HOI4 Practice for the Ship Shape Game - Democratic Japan Challenge Rounds 1 & 240:42Why a senior officer is sent to depot commandQ&A
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 22:11:09How Age-of-Sail blockades stayed suppliedQ&A
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier48:40Britain's global network distinguishes entry bases from forward basesChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier54:14Britain's Far East logistics plan meets a changing threatNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier57:23Merchant shipping carries Britain's strategic supply loadChapter
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier58:08Fast oilers become amphibious-warfare shipsNotable Point
- Naval Logistics of the Major Powers in 1939. Patreon Premier59:26Base-linked oilers confront a three-front warChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion0:37Carrier lessons as a transnational synthesisChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion5:25Cumulative treaty tonnage shaped carrier fleetsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion7:49Congruent carrier development from shared aimsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion18:00Audacious: survivability versus aircraft growthChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion27:17Victorious and Saratoga exchange fighter-direction lessonsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion35:30Why naval treaty compliance variedNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion40:56Malta's mixed lifts and North Sea riskNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion41:50Malta: the larger British carrier conceptChapter
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion44:09Malta's twin islands supported multicarrier commandNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion45:52Malta and Midway: shared lessons, different doctrinesNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion48:24War experience reveals pre-war carrier aimsNotable Point
- War Experience Carriers: Taiho, Ticonderoga, Audacious, Midways & Maltas... a discussion50:52Removing cumulative limits: a carrier counterfactualNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments3:53Why TSR can mean different things in different servicesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments4:49Why the Swordfish remained useful beside newer aircraftNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments5:49Recognizance, reconnaissance, and changing naval terminologyNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments15:46Battle cruiser and battlecruiser as different strategic rolesQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments20:29Testing competing accounts of HMS DasherQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments25:03Escort-carrier flight decks, fuel management, and survivabilityChapter
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments26:20How wartime losses changed survivability requirementsNotable Point
- Twitch Live: USA Goes Battlecruiser for all their Capital Ships Campaign 12:22:25Ship names change meaning with their audienceNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier0:20Modernisation plans do not stand stillChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier10:00British carrier construction beyond ImplacableNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier35:41Who leads an Anglo-American war against Japan?Notable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier43:43Britain's three-power problem and the Suez lifelineNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier46:01Imperial armies let Britain prioritise sea and air powerNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier58:59Why British and American carriers would still divergeNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:03:38Peacetime procurement changes Anglo-American industryNotable 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 Premier1:13:38Britain: preserving numbers while expanding fast capital ships and carriersChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:18:16Britain's two-tier destroyers and global escort networkChapter
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:20:37Twenty-five capital ships and the choices behind Dominion transfersNotable Point
- What do the fleets look like if they achieve full pre-WWII Modernisation? Patreon Premier1:27:45British responses to very large guns and imperial logisticsNotable 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!5:18Three naval powers, three strategic problemsNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!51:37Britain's Napoleonic limited war targeted trade and incomeNotable Point
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:01:53How dispersed British operations overloaded Italian commandNotable 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
- Japan's Naval Aviation Doctrine of the 1930s & WWII: Yûgeki Zengen Sakusen!1:20:26Allied logistics countered Japan's attrition strategyChapter
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign0:16A campaign fleet overwhelmed by submarinesChapter
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:37Reading Royal Navy ship types through their namesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:42:46Could a harsher naval treaty have broken the challengers?Chapter
- Check Campaign 27: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:08:43British shipbuilding capacity in the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier16:20How the Royal Navy could counter stand-off guidanceChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier18:31Guided-weapon intelligence reaches British ship design earlyNotable Point
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier26:13Existing Royal Navy guns suit the stand-off aircraft threatChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier32:47British carrier aviation shifts toward fighters and guided strikeChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier48:29An early Fritz X would start a wider guided-weapon raceChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier53:21Larynx gives Britain a real foundation for long-range guided strikeChapter
- Death from Above? Germany develops the Fritz X Early - Patreon Premier57:07Long-range controlled aircraft could reshape TarantoChapter
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign47:04Why choose a 5.5-inch gun over a 6-inch gun?Q&A
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign49:23When destroyer guns erode the case for a cruiserNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign51:55How a submarine-focused Germany changes Royal Navy strategyQ&A
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign54:27How a German submarine focus changes Matapan and TarantoNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign59:29Mine warfare as a driver of escort constructionNotable Point
- Check Campaign 26: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:05:21A 1916 carrier-air strike against WilhelmshavenNotable Point
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign29:46Could Force Z make Java Sea a larger battle?Q&A
- Check Campaign 25: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign45:03Why armed merchant cruisers need real striking powerNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!11:38Naval Tornado and carrier airframe limitsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!17:37Post-Washington capital ship design pathsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!48:23Double-razee frigate in Napoleonic serviceQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!51:27Australian Pacific force structure in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:13:36F3 follow-ons and the value of continuous battleship constructionQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:17:25Early twin-engine carrier aircraft requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:22:17Admiral Hood in place of Graves at the ChesapeakeQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:57:51The Russian Navy in the Napoleonic WarsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!1:59:05Type 83 and the modern cruiser under another nameQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:04:17A Royal Navy force structure for the 1950 cutsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:11:29Why no major Royal Navy lend-lease omission stands outQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:19:59If Argentina sank a British carrier in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:36:44F/A-18 commonality versus a domestic British carrier fighterQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:41:19Britain's blue-water choices in a multipolar worldNotable Point
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:53:06Which two British capital ships should be accelerated?Q&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!2:57:17If Rodney suffered an engine casualty before BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:06:24How Lion-class battleships would reshape British dockyardsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:15:50What the proposed Buccaneer S.3 payload buysQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:19:28An Invincible class enlarged by 10,000 tonsQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:29:31If Hood and Bismarck destroy each other at Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 158: Home for Naval History Questions & Trialing the new Question Bot... so cross fingers!3:33:53What a First World War beginning in 1924 looks like at seaQ&A
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!2:08Escort carriers as pre-war planningChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!4:27Reginald Henderson and institutional naval-aviation leadershipNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!8:01Bogue and Ruler from C3 hullsNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!9:27Woolworths carriers and why Britain modified themChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!31:20Interwar threat assumptions behind carrier planningNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!45:43Royal Navy escort carriers for trade protectionChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!47:08Why Far East bomber reinforcement required sea transportNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!49:18Fleet Air Arm control and readiness for SingaporeNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!50:35Strike, fleet, cruiser, and escort carrier rolesChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!53:09British carrier doctrine for persistent air threats and night battleNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!57:31How theater threats shaped carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:00:05How Royal Navy aviation-fuel safety evolvedNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:02:35HMS Dasher and incompatible aviation-fuel routinesNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:04:28Dasher's wreck, wartime secrecy, and later rumorsNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:06:35How British and American fuel-safety practice convergedNotable Point
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:08:59Royal Navy escort-carrier mission flexibilityChapter
- What is an Escort Carrier to be for? Bogue & Ruler Classes - Why building Woolworths made sense!1:13:21How interwar Commonwealth navies shared personnelNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 513:45Perry, threat geography, and Japan's alliance strategyNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 537:32Treaty limits, paper ships, and design workaroundsNotable Point
- Sōryū/Hiryū Class… Breaking into the future? Key Ships Series 9, Ships 51:12:29Would mirror-pair carriers ever have become standard?Notable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:23Venezuela crisis debt and war riskChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier13:31Monroe Doctrine and British enforcementNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier17:29Montgomery and the blockade force balanceChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier27:29Accidental escalation and British interpositionNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier30:58Why Britain does not work as the counterfactual aggressorNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier37:29Panther, Fort San Carlos, and coalition disciplineNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier38:13Roosevelt, Dewey, and escalation controlNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier38:38Great White Fleet and status signalingNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier43:30Fleet imbalance and global infrastructureChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier52:33Blockade and American overseas territoriesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier58:50Conflicting war aims and island bargainingNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:03:17Coalition war and the Boxer alliance patternNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:04:38Japan and the Pacific war opportunityNotable Point
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:09:19Canada, coastal logistics, and the Great LakesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:13:23Peace settlement and dreadnought consequencesChapter
- How the Frigate did this happen? World War over Venezuela Crisis of 1903 - Patreon Premier1:20:48Dewey's first-battle geographyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:53:38G3 and N3 gun lineage and the fast-battleship turnNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:12:01The First World War origins of towed sonarNotable Point
- Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:29:32The Anglo-German naval race was not a two-power vacuumNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 54:57How four navies built their 74-gun fleetsChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 511:17Evolutionary procurement and national riskNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 516:59The 74 as the battle line's working massChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 531:26Survivability, rigging, and usable manpowerNotable Point
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 536:59Global utility and cost per useful hullChapter
- The Worth of the 74s: Why Navys found them so useful, Patreon Premier 540:17Third rates as the fleet's working strengthChapter
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff4:27Implacable carrier tonnage source problemQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff11:47British Far East fleet plans and imperial scaleQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff14:03Singapore, imperial mobilization, and the shock of France's fallNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff17:48Reciprocal Anglo-American assumptions in war plans for JapanNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff18:50Royal Navy carrier officers and aviation doctrineQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff22:36Carrier damage control and the value of mixed specialismsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff24:21Observer corps careers and limits on aviation trainingNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff26:37HMS Unicorn and forward aviation supportQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff28:52Henderson, Goodall, and a fleet sustainable far from BritainNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff36:08Naval treaties and acceptable cheatingQ&A
- Scuttlebutt Three: Chatting with Drach, British War Plans and Lots of Carrier Stuff38:24Renown preference versus Hood's fighting powerQ&A
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?6:45Carrier baselines before wartime shortcutsNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?10:22Hermes filled the cruiser-carrier middle groundNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?28:29Colossus class after the British carrier pauseChapter
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?38:07Rugged light carriers that outlived their planNotable Point
- War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?56:19A three-year label protected the fleet-carrier programmeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign58:14What HMS Furious reveals about 18-inch-gun limitsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign58:49Can the Royal Navy's 18-inch-gun tests be documented?Q&A
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:01:13Secret warship projects and the limits of surviving archivesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:37Battenberg's resignation and factional naval politicsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:43Royal-family convention, Parliament, and naval MPsQ&A
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:37:08British and American battleship caliber stepsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:45:3718-inch guns and a Washington Treaty counterfactualChapter
- 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 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!13:41Coastal submarines come after existing British programsQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!22:08Lion and Beatty's loss could reshape Jutland commandQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!30:11Reginald Henderson and wartime construction continuityQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!35:16Lion-class dominion ships make Dogger Bank more dangerousQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!39:23Oil-fired Lions strengthen the case for postwar retentionQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!56:59Defining the first naval aviator to command a carrierQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:04:06Fisher backing Battenberg could divide influence from managementQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:06:39The cumulative payoff from uninterrupted shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:13:08A 9.2-inch cruiser line changes the Goeben pursuitQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:19:37Full U.S. neutrality shifts more of the burden to CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:33:20An early snorkel accelerates the First World War ASW cycleQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:02:13War in the Abyssinia Crisis leaves Italy isolatedQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!2:03:01Why eight Hermes-class carriers change treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 40:55Second rates between prestige and fleet massChapter
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 410:35How fleet growth created the second-rate nicheNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 412:14Royal Catherine, Charles, and a century of rebuildingChapter
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 414:13Why the Royal Navy kept building second ratesChapter
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 416:39Strategic insurance after a lost fleet battleNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 423:52HMS Union, hospital conversion, and naval capacityChapter
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 433:53What two-decked second rates might changeNotable Point
- Second Rate Ships of the Line: A Conundrum of Service, Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 437:36The context and changing utility of second ratesNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers0:38Fisher turns the Courageous class into carriersChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers7:51Tsingtao and the case for naval air strikeNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers20:22A Renown-sized carrier designed for a dash attackNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers24:24How quickly could Fisher build the carriers?Notable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers30:59What an early purpose-built flight deck could get wrongNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers53:47Fisher's Baltic idea needed a real staff systemNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers59:19A carrier-heavy Royal Navy changes the postwar settlementChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:05:26Combat-proven carriers protect naval aviation from the RAF mergerNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:07:10A mature carrier fleet breaks Washington treaty arithmeticChapter
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:15:31Treaties may invent three carrier categories earlyNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:21:05Admiral-class hulls favor hangars, islands, and perhaps deck-edge liftsNotable Point
- Fisher's Furious Flying off Ships: Courageous Class built as Aircraft Carriers1:24:28A 35,000-ton carrier ceiling drives bigger battleshipsNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!0:00HMS Unicorn as more than a carrierChapter
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!3:49Henderson's leverage over Royal Navy constructionNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!7:08Exercises, not Abyssinia, shaped the support-ship requirementNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!20:54Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the warNotable Point
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!24:03The base chain behind Britain's planned war with JapanChapter
- Why did the Royal Navy need a Forward Aviation Support Ship: Unicorn, the why, the how & the value!27:53Why Japan was the Royal Navy's hardest planning caseNotable Point
- Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:56:24Warspite and the Royal Navy's SSN lineageNotable Point
- Bruships Gothenborg style...13:35Why the G3 battlecruiser was tied to a 16.5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...19:33A cruiser-heavy German navy as a diplomatic compromiseQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...35:14AUKUS submarine commonality stops short of identical boatsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...51:44If Force Z survived, it could anchor an Allied carrier forceQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:04:38What a Royal Navy ship could have done for TitanicQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:07:17Royal Navy radio direction finding began well before 1939Q&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:21:07Battleship-scale carrier allowances would favour the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:22:49Four Admiral-class battlecruisers would raise treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:24:16Extra U.S. destroyers in Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:25:37A modern medical reading of Admiral Henderson's final illnessQ&A
- Bruships Gothenborg style...1:31:31Modern medicine probably could not save Nelson at TrafalgarQ&A
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 316:16Kawachi and Settsu would reinforce the Channel forceNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 330:45Where the Japanese ships fit into British commandsNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 335:08More Japanese battleships could form a full squadronNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 336:13Japanese reinforcement could expand the Channel commandNotable 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
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 357:07Extra 14-inch guns reshape the run to the southChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:07:57Japanese signals could bring Jellicoe south soonerNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:17:40A full fleet battle could destroy the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:25:03Fresh Queen Elizabeths could lead Jellicoe's battle lineNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:30:37Destroyer pursuit could close the German escape routesNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:36:34A decisive Jutland could transform the admirals' reputationsNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:40:10A British battlecruiser could replace a lost KongoNotable Point
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:40:47A decisive Jutland could reshape alliances and naval treatiesChapter
- Kongōs at Jutland: IJN goes all or nothing in the North Sea in WWI... Patreon Premier 31:51:56Jutland's result redirects postwar capital-ship programsChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:00Implacable's uncertain design recordChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 35:52The Royal Navy's dream carrier balanceNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 38:35A delayed carrier force and Force ZNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 312:38Why distant stations demanded survivable carriersNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 317:09Second London Naval Treaty limits and escape routesChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 326:28Implacable versus Illustrious capacityNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 329:43The 23,450-ton displacement paradoxChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 335:30Reconstructing a 27,000-ton carrier from a broken treaty recordNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 347:37Armament, endurance, and wartime growth marginsChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 355:15Construction delays and the Royal Navy's aviation-fuel safeguardsNotable 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
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:03:39Large air groups inside low armored hangarsChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:10:03Strike-heavy air groups against TirpitzChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:17:47Implacable's 81-aircraft Pacific groupChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:18:39Deck parking, northern weather, and combat readinessNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:21:22Implacable's Pacific sorties and Operation OlympicChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:23:00Indefatigable and Britain's final air combat of World War IINotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:26:49Carriers as postwar transports and repatriation shipsChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:28:03The missed modernization choiceNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:32:28The postwar economy behind fleet contractionNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:36:37Speed-build choices and the final 27,000-ton reconstructionChapter
- The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 31:43:42What if carrier construction had continued without the pause?Notable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 218:08Shipyards and armor plate set the hard limitChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 222:47Five German laydowns face nine British laydownsChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 229:30Jutland's numbers expose Germany's starting deficitNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 232:01Capital ships cannot replace a balanced fleetNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 234:59The British Empire spreads shipbuilding capacity and costNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 240:22A capital-ship surge ends Germany's liner raceNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 241:57Britain answers with bigger guns and better testingChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 244:02British turbine leverage slows German constructionNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 251:35German fast battleships pressure British designNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 254:24Boilers and speed margins drive the British responseNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 257:56Heavy cruisers inherit the imperial battlecruiser roleNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:00:40Britain cannot be outspent at seaChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:04:17The arms race spreads beyond Britain and GermanyNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:09:00Political cost and industrial ceilings defeat the gambleNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:12:27British design escalation avoids the R-class pauseChapter
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:18:29Britain enters war with industrial capacity still in reserveNotable Point
- Kaiser Wilhelm II goes full navy: Kaiserliche Marine wins the funding battle! Patreon Premier 21:20:04A larger German fleet faces greater pressure to fightChapter
- 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
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right12:53Courageous and damage prevention through escort doctrineNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right22:27Low-end escort mass must exist before warNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right25:43Glorious and the consequences of inadequate escortNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right27:50Illustrious and the layers of carrier air defenceChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right37:22Illustrious and cumulative bomb damageNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right43:04Illustrious needed fighter spares as well as armourNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right48:44Formidable and the floating-moving-fighting testNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right55:35Nubian lost her rudder but could steer with her enginesNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right58:35Ark Royal and the lost golden hourChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right59:14Ark Royal's personnel turnover weakened knowledge of the shipNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:06:39Why Ark Royal lost power again during salvageNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:09:15Ark Royal's inquiry and readiness accountabilityNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:18:00Hermes without aircraft or a carrier task groupNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right1:24:28Hermes, Force Z, and the value of fighter coverNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:02:46Eagle's four torpedo hits leave little time for damage controlChapter
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right2:07:52Protecting Eagle with bulges would have cost speed or availabilityNotable Point
- Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right3:16:34Why written counter-flooding doctrine could lose to learned instinctNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign31:00A reference for Queen Elizabeth and Hood armor layoutsQ&A
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign42:56Hood and battlecruiser classificationNotable Point
- Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:12Yes Minister and naval civil-military dialogueNotable Point
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?22:15TSR-2, CVA-01, and British global powerQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?40:35Fast R-class battleships at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?47:45Malta, CVA-01, and carrier replacement timingQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?49:43A five-turret Queen Elizabeth-class designQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?57:54Admiral-class carriers and the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:11:40Eagle hangar height and carrier evolutionQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:12:42Royal Navy destroyers as fast transportsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:16:12Who would claim an intact Tirpitz after the war?Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:18:31Refitting Monmouth-class armored cruisers in 1912Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:26:24German triple turrets and Britain's qualitative responseQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:30:26Germany after Britain answers triple turretsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:37:33How navies set battlecruiser speed targetsQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:40:20Larger dreadnoughts and British dockyard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:44:13King George VI's possible naval careerQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:45:32Mass-produced 12-inch British battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?1:58:14Fast Nelsons and Royal Navy battle speedQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:03:53Four triple 8-inch turrets and cruiser escalationQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:04:27Four battleships and two battlecruisers each yearQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:29:31What happened to Lend-Lease equipment after the warQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?2:38:22Building improved R-class ships after JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:09:16An Anglo-Italian 3-inch naval gun projectQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?3:30:30How many Vanguards without the Second World War?Q&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:15:16The Royal Navy's long drive toward automationQ&A
- Bruships 155: Last time answering naval history questions from the Brushack?4:18:28Identifying the Squid anti-submarine mortarQ&A
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 50:00Supermarine's Royal Navy amphibian lineChapter
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 52:30Patrol rather than reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 54:26Maritime patrol between air force and navyNotable Point
- Persistent Percient Patrol: Supermarine Walrus - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 513:21Seagull and interwar presence missionsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:50Naval procurement as economic stimulusChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 14:43Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 15:31How staff papers gave the Army influence over policyNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 17:12The Sable Island feint in Anglo-American war planningNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 114:32Shipboard workshops and the possibility of earlier radarNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 126:31British gun experiments and the lessons drawn from German weaponsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 126:31A qualitative Anglo-American race in capital shipsNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 136:08Fleet choices without Washington limitsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 142:20Carriers, cruisers, and postwar employmentNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 144:49Sloops and cutters after the destroyer-building surgeNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 147:21Why distant stations could still require a new heavy cruiserNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 148:33Britain's construction reflex and Japan's sense of securityNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 151:48A purpose-built carrier race without treaty conversionsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 156:47Fleet strength as deterrence and diplomatic leverageNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:07:11London Treaty failure and Depression spendingChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:13:29Japanese 18-inch ships as the triggerNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:17:27New 15-inch guns supported by a global ammunition systemNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:22:08Fast battleships expose dock and canal constraintsChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:24:15Carrier aviation and industrial spilloversChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:24:25Strike carriers, armored fleet carriers, and air-group sizeChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:38:37A stronger fleet at the Abyssinia crisisChapter
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:42:49Rearmament exports could strengthen PolandNotable Point
- What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 11:52:11Gun-barrel wear and Britain's global supply linesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more29:53Helicopter AEW versus fixed-wing AWACSQ&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 more43:24US neutrality-zone support in the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more44:27A combined German capital-ship sortieQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more48:20Detecting German naval activity through radio trafficNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more51:27A split German sortie against Force H and the Home FleetQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:25:31Five fast Nelson-style ships in the Tillman treaty scenarioQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:35:11Armoured carriers against land-based air powerNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:37:09When exercises validate the wrong design choicesNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 2: H Class Battleships, Japanese Carrier Aircraft Design and lots more1:39:39German naval pessimism in a Town-class counterfactualNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines0:45Churchill's capital-ship pause and the Scharnhorst threatNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines18:00Pacific alpha-strike logicNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines20:57Implacable class and the Royal Navy compromiseChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines23:23Implacable's armor, speed, and 81-aircraft capacityNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines30:20British bases, fleet oilers, and carrier enduranceChapter
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines31:06Fuel infrastructure under the Ten Year RuleNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines34:26How Implacable missed a possible 1942 service dateNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines36:03Why the Air Ministry began supporting carriersNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines38:14Political limits behind carrier design choicesNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines39:11The intended aircraft behind Implacable's designNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines41:06Implacable's beacons and floats for night recoveryNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines41:53Implacable's anti-aircraft batteries and uncertain countsNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines48:46Which carrier is better depends on doctrineNotable Point
- Carriers of the Planned War Fleets: How Shokaku, Implacables & Essexs reflect their Navys Doctrines52:38Essex's endurance for an advance across the PacificNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:06Why navies retain specialized industrial capacityNotable Point
- Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:18:38Carrier history and false lessonsNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...11:31British Phantom carrier mods and US Navy valueQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...15:35Why HMS Eagle retained her 6-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...16:21The F3 design and a Royal Navy 15-inch/50 standardQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...20:24F3 secondary batteries and anti-aircraft additionsNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...24:03HMS Eagle's wartime armament reflected a ship awaiting replacementQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...25:32Japanese 14-inch shells and British 13.5-inch qualityQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...26:22Why teak ships still favored copper sheathingQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...28:46Black Swan preservation and HQS WellingtonQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...35:03The unbuilt Salamis and her Royal Navy monitor gunsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...36:03Camperdown as a starting point for Age of Sail battlesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...36:42The tonnage cost of four triple 15-inch/50 turretsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...38:48Fast Nelsons would enlarge Britain's mobile capital-ship forceQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...41:00How wartime priorities constrained Britain's later battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...45:17Eight fast Queen Elizabeths at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...49:17A faster British battle fleet, war debts, and treaty bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:08:26Eight Queen Elizabeths would strengthen British treaty leverageQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:29:55Cruiser machinery in Unicorn and light carriersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:31:24Japanese anti-aircraft rockets versus British UP launchersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:33:13Accounts of Nelson's 16-inch shells destroying aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:40:15Why rapid firing blisters paint on naval gun barrelsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:41:17Six-inch shell damage and Graf Spee's protection at the River PlateNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:43:15Mistral-style LHDs and Royal Navy prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:44:27Britain's response if Bismarck sank Hood and Prince of WalesQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:45:41How Bismarck and Tirpitz together could threaten Arctic convoysNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...1:58:51The estimated weight penalty of the 15-inch/50Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:03:33Why numbers of Hermes-sized carriers would not suit British doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:05:52Trading older 13.5-inch battleships for new treaty constructionQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:14:01Beatty's failure to think like an admiralQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:18:45Three British treaty replacements: battleships or battlecruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:21:29Prewar super-sloops could ease the convoy escort crisisQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:32:07Six Queen Elizabeths and eight Revenge-class ships at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:35:50Canadian Queen Elizabeths would not instantly create battleship yardsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...2:47:18Why liquid gun propellant proved troublesomeQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:00:05Cordite was a family of evolving propellantsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:02:08The final disposal of Salamis's monitor gunsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:02:56Uninterrupted wartime construction brings British battleships and carriers forwardQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:04:02British armored carriers and the reuse of design studiesNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:24:49Baltic timber mattered most for specialized mast sparsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:38:32How revealing Yamato in 1940 might disrupt Allied shipbuildingNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:45:18Force Z and the ambiguity of asking for air supportNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:46:59Force Z survival and an Allied carrier counterstrokeNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...3:50:07T-class submarines as pickets for a surviving Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:00:00Magazine flooding works best before fire takes holdQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:00:42An accelerated German fleet would mobilize larger rivals soonerQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:07:50Why sister carriers can have different accident recordsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:12:11Integrating guns and missiles on a hypothetical post-Falklands battleshipNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:23:23The Blackburn Roc's turret weightQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:25:03The Blackburn Roc was a fighter tied to Skua procurementQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:26:22Ordering two Tigers before Battenberg preferred fast battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:30:53Royal Navy automation began with saving hands aboard sailing shipsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:45:35Why flooding could be preferable to a magazine fireNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:48:12Why earlier German construction would trigger a larger naval responseQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:54:16The King George V class added a third battleship gun caliberQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:54:47The Royal Navy's many medium-caliber gun systemsNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:56:23Why spare naval guns could not immediately rearm the ArmyNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:57:03Why HMS Queen Mary's survivor totals differQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...4:57:53Cruiser missions in modern frigates and destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:02:42A Barracuda tail jet as a possible carrier-launch experimentQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:07:50A full 35,000-ton Nelson could trade weight for 28 knotsQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:14:53How an early end to naval treaties changes the approach to warQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:18:13Why unrestricted British carriers might resemble ImplacableQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:24:41Admiral Henderson as a wartime First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:27:10Churchill's choice of Lord Cork and the Norway command problemNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:32:17Henderson and the Dido class's 5.25-inch compromiseQ&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:40:43How completed ships drive further building in the Red Fleet scenarioNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:42:29Would a Howe testbed need Vanguard's 15-inch turret?Q&A
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:44:45Nelson's heavy guns and radar-assisted anti-aircraft fireNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...5:57:45Why San Carlos compressed the air-defence battleNotable Point
- Bruships 154: Ship-Shape's Scandi Ship 2024... answering naval history questions...6:01:49Sensors and submarine screening in a battleship surface actionNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!0:54Mediterranean convoys as Britain's strategic linkChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!6:33The Malta-Alexandria convoy patternChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!8:10Why Alexandria offered Malta a safer supply routeNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!10:49Operation Collar and Cape Spartivento after TarantoNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!15:14Club runs and submarine support for MaltaNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!20:06Malta combined Enigma intelligence with air reconnaissanceNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!23:46The success rate behind ordinary convoy runsNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!25:50Nelson's main guns against aircraftNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!27:10Operation Tiger's layered convoy deceptionChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!32:05Why Mediterranean convoy battles were two-sided fightsNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!36:08Tiger under air attack and mine threatNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!41:36Sea power through simultaneous operationsNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!43:58Splice changed escorts as the threat changedNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!45:41Operation Splice and carrier aircraft transferChapter
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!56:30Operation Rocket repeated the carrier ferry runNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!57:17Repeated deliveries strengthened Gibraltar's defensesNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!59:53Spare forces kept repeated supply operations movingNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:03:00How interwar sloop production could have created wartime slackNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:05:23Simple sloop escorts and an interwar reserveNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:07:35Carrier shortages and the Singapore advance forceNotable Point
- Mediterranean Convoy Runs Done Well: Operations Tiger, Splice & Rocket!1:08:57Quantity creates operational opportunityNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 211:03Why first rates were individual construction projectsChapter
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 212:26The Surveyor of the Navy and Royal George's changing designersChapter
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 216:08Victory, peacetime economy, and wartime activationNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 222:45Ports, timber management, and Britain's first-rate fleetNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 224:19What defined a first-rate ship of the lineNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 225:03Nelson, Rodney, and the battle-line bulwark analogyNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 228:26The rarity and prestige of first ratesNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 233:03How close several first rates came to survivalNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 234:54Prince Royal and the rebuild path to first-rate statusChapter
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 240:02First rates as command platforms and intimidating state powerNotable Point
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 245:05Fleet numbers versus individual ship strengthNotable Point
- 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
- Hearts of Oak: First Rate Ships of the Line - Key Ships Series 9, Ships 249:27HMS Victoria at the end of the ship-of-the-line eraChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:00Four ships as a guide to the wooden wallChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)7:47Brigs, snows, and sloops beneath the frigate lineQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)15:14HMS Richmond's armament and class commonalityChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)19:27Why a captured French ship did not become a British copyQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)21:23Richmond's prize-taking in Chesapeake watersNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)23:14Richmond returns at the Battle of the SaintesNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)26:38The Saintes and the French objective of JamaicaNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)29:34French captures adapted for British serviceNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)30:42Captured warship names as psychological warfareNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)34:06Long voyages and long periods on blockadeQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)38:30HMS Dictator's anchor turn at the Battle of LyngorNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)46:17The Gunboat War thins the Royal Navy's American stationNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)47:56HMS Terrible and the 74-gun production systemChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)53:11HMS President and the names of American prizesQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)54:28A 74's gunports did not settle her armamentNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)57:13Terrible at the First Battle of UshantNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)59:13Why frigate victories did not replace a battle fleetNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:01:24When the ideal naval officer diverged from operational needNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:04:19Terrible and Rodney's victory at Cape St VincentNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:11:59Why a new HMS Victory would need to be visibleQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:14:13HMS Invincible and the making of senior commandersChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:20:59The informal staff behind an age-of-sail admiralNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:23:39Third rates formed the working line while first rates carried statusNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:26:30Why the proposed Victory suffix is 1805Q&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:28:19Hood steals the anchorage at St KittsChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:28:38French Caribbean ambitions after ChesapeakeNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:39:32The Glorious First of June: tactical victory, strategic argumentChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:43:08Northumberland's name passes between naviesNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:46:06Howe's first-rate flagship at the Glorious First of JuneQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:47:17Invincible in the invasion of TrinidadNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:54:12Royal Oak and the continuing evolution of the 74Chapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)1:58:41Grenada and the danger of unverified fleet intelligenceNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:03:52Cape Henry: an indecisive battle with a decisive positionNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:10:34Royal Oak at the Battle of ChesapeakeChapter
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:17:46The ordinary ships behind the wooden wallNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:23:11How many third rates could the Royal Navy keep in commission?Q&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:25:59The Omaha class as America's rough Hawkins counterpartQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:28:03Why the wooden wall is a specifically British metaphorQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:29:02Royal Navy numbers in the age of sail and 1914Q&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)2:38:13Did Britain's wooden wall come from Athens?Q&A
- IJN Doctrine in Carrier form... The Shōkaku class7:47Why naval doctrine cannot be reduced to one sloganNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission1:47:22Raiding logistics and the strain on Royal Navy escortsNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens: The Bismarck's Admiral for its Final Mission2:55:53Why a multidimensional naval threat matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!12:01National service and naval training limitsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!15:25Swapping Admiral Lee into the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!25:27The Royal Navy's transition from DC to ACQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!25:52Essex and Illustrious carrier handlingQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!27:55Cradock and Troubridge after alternate victoriesQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!29:57Norwegian reactions to British port garrisonsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!33:29Royal Navy shipyards, money, and personnelQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!34:01Admiral and Hawkins treaty counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!55:25A large British naval modernization program in the 1920sQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:00:12Why naval doctrine must fit geostrategyNotable Point
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:04:22A 40,000-ton British battleship with spare 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:05:46Imperial dockyards and Royal Navy strategyQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:17:57Standardizing the Royal Navy on the 4.7-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:19:48How Britain reached twenty-five carriers under constructionQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:24:45Furious and the STOBAR carrier labelQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:28:03Comparing naval safety recordsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:31:36Henderson's larger Royal Navy destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:31:57Royal Navy development if war begins in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:33:35Why the US Navy replaced lattice mastsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:35:51An Incomparable-sized carrier in treaty negotiationsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:41:28Why early admirals would still build battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:42:39Tiger-era 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:46:27If the Queen Elizabeth class made only 21 knotsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:52:22If a T-class submarine sank BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!1:58:45A Royal Navy counterpart to USS Long BeachQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:16:29Why battlecruisers suited global presenceQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:19:36British shipbuilding without interwar pausesQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:23:13Battlecruiser losses and global reputationQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:32:48Peacetime sailor life from 74s to pre-dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:33:52Greek and Ottoman super-dreadnoughts in perspectiveQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:34:43Who runs shops aboard Royal Navy warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:35:20The N3's 16.5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:43:11Why Royal Navy ships are compared with later rivalsQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:53:02Britain learns the Yamato and A-150 plansQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!2:57:35An Admiral King-style First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:31:50The interwar US-Royal-Japanese naval triangleQ&A
- Bruships 153: Naval History Questions Answered & Boxes being Packed... still, there are more books!3:42:24A German-Spanish alliance in the Spanish-American WarQ&A
- Legacy of Billy Mitchell Hijacking the 1921 tests2:30Evidence, audiences, and the historian's limitsNotable Point
- Regia Aeronautica's Mainstay: Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero - Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 436:08Aerosilurante doctrine and Royal Navy targetsNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:40Malta convoys beyond the famous threeChapter
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice20:28Club runs and early Malta air supplyChapter
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice30:03Malta's 1940 supply build-upNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice56:58Tiger and Splice as overlooked convoy successesNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:02:56Operation Bellows reinforces PedestalNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:10:19Malta convoy success and its costNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:18:18Operation Tiger's heavy cover and mine lossChapter
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:28:21Using Operation Tiger to separate facts from causesNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:38:01Splice, fighters, fuel, and convoy timingChapter
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:48:00Rocket and Malta's strike reachNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice1:56:00Force K turns Malta into a surface strike baseNotable Point
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice2:29:48Motor torpedo boats based at MaltaQ&A
- Naval History Live: Operations Tiger and Splice2:36:33If Scharnhorst and Gneisenau entered the MediterraneanQ&A
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem2:00How 848 Squadron covers 845's aircraft transitionsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem2:54845 Squadron and the Royal Marines' airborne liftChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem9:17Avenger origins in a fast-expanding Fleet Air ArmChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem10:47Whirlwinds, anti-submarine work, and the Suez helicopter assaultChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem11:55Borneo turns 845 into the JungliesChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem16:55Why a worked-up helicopter unit gets the hard jobsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem20:31Borneo logistics reward carrier-style self-sufficiencyNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem22:32Northern Ireland rotations turn availability into heavy taskingChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem24:41A fatal Bulwark fire and a thousand Malta withdrawal missionsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem25:33The Falklands amphibious force needs ships, craft, and helicoptersChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem29:07Recall, Ascension resupply, and the South Georgia insertionChapter
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem31:44Atlantic Conveyor exposes the wartime helicopter marginNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem34:06First-in, last-out helicopter support after the Cold WarNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem37:07Merlin transition and the risk of minimum airframe planningNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem40:27Joint Expeditionary Force branding matters less than usable unitsNotable Point
- The OG Junglies: 845 Squadron Fleet Air Arm, Audio Hostem41:45Operational history makes the can-do standard self-reinforcingNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered25:23Britain, America, and estimating JapanQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered27:17Why a 5.25-inch cruiser mount was not a quick substitutionQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered36:34How a British-built Forrestal-class carrier would differQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:56Lion-class battleships in Cold War serviceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:07A mutually destructive Jutland and the postwar building raceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:18:54K3/F3 speed and treaty consequencesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:26:13An 8.3-inch Deutschland as a conventional raiding cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:49:54Checking the premise of a British 5-inch gun questionQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:11A larger-gunned Neptune accelerates the dreadnought raceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered2:51:52US entry into the First World War in 1914-1915Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:08:26What the Royal Navy would learn even from a decisive Jutland victoryQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:11:21Ammunition handling and British battlecruiser losses at JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:18:43Integrated electric propulsion and redundant ship powerQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:22:55A successful P.1154 would reshape, not save, CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:31:51What would follow the G3 and N3 capital ships?Q&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:33:46Keeping older British battleships without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:35:41The Invincible class was outside its intended Jutland roleQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:36:41German gun-caliber escalation and the naval budget raceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:41:36Dominion cruiser programs and the London treaty balanceQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered3:52:23Why attacking the Home Fleet would squander the U-boat armQ&A
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered4:00:42Norwegian warning systems and invasion readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 152: Patreon July Premiers Announcement, Special Guests & Naval History Questions Answered4:03:57A 24.5-inch Royal Navy torpedo would reshape the fleetQ&A
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:13:58What HMS Dreadnought might change at CoronelNotable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:41:20Edward Seymour instead of Fisher in 1914Notable Point
- Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:32:03War Plan Red and the industrial-fleet balanceNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!0:26Henderson's four hidden Town-class hullsChapter
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!7:50Town-class cruisers as imperial trade protectorsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!12:33Why common machinery mattered across the Chatham shipsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!16:15From the Town class to the Hawkins and County classesNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!33:21Treaty freedom and unused yard capacityNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!36:30Henderson's large-destroyer opportunityNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:00:48September 1939 availability and early-war jobsNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:04:02Reserve crews and coastal-convoy firepowerNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:12:41Tattletale cruisers against Scharnhorst and GneisenauNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:17:43German losses could release British capital ships for the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:20:35Why four extra early-war hulls create cumulative advantageNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:21:20More cruisers strengthen the North Atlantic patrol lineNotable Point
- Kriegsmarine(Kaiserliche Marine)'s Nightmare Returns: The RN finds some 1910 Town Class in a couch!1:24:20Why Henderson could push the conversion through in 1938Notable Point
- USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 124:43Operation Mainbrace tested NATO's Atlantic commandNotable Point
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?46:16Could British neutrality shape a US-Japan war?Q&A
- Patreon 104: What could have been learned if Billy Mitchell had followed the rules in 1921?2:31:34Did the Royal Navy expect dive-bomber attacks?Q&A
- Musings on Procurement13:20Choosing what a national defence industry must preserveNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement35:46Designing a coherent British flight-deck forceNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement54:19Why British and Dutch amphibious requirements divergedNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement58:06Why American amphibious ships do not fit British needsNotable Point
- Lexington Class: The First Modern Carriers?58:03Aviation fuel exposes a carrier survivability problemNotable Point
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign27:20Offshore drilling would expand Royal Navy demandQ&A
- Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:15:14American tonnage drives British small-ship expansionNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote14:04British surplus ships for FinlandQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote17:00Destroyer aggression in cruiser commandQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote20:34An Anglo-German alliance systemQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote27:13The Venezuela Crisis becomes a naval warQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote29:53Who benefits when the Second World War is delayedQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote37:58Why Adelaide was not the model for British Town conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote38:59Turning the Tribal class into an early DaringQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote53:51A Portsmouth museum of preserved capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote58:05Beating to quarters in the age of sailQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:05:09Blockade in a Britain-Germany-Italy alliance warQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:11:11No-treaty Royal Navy renewalQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:22:57Shipboard high jinks as a command toolQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:30:06Battenberg as an alliance linchpinQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:31:15Interwar shipbuilding as employment and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:33:48Replacing battlecruisers in a no-treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:35:35America joins the Franco-Russian sideQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:41:24Why few navies matched Britain's adaptable cruiser surplusQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:42:28The fiscal case that Britain could afford the G3sNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:49:48Why higher company pay did not empty the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:51:03Measuring navies by operations, not only battlesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:16:40Recapitalizing the force before adding new capabilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:47:13Why Vanguard would reject American 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:48:58The carrier toilets that stayed classifiedQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:56:16Frigate-sized canals in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:04:59Why a larger fleet does not require giant auxiliariesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:12:00Why British war plans followed the base networkQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:14:14An Italy-neutral Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:17:29Singapore failed through leadership and underinvestmentNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:27:11Who underestimated Japanese capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:29:05Britain fights Spain in 1898Q&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:30:46The British route toward Japan from the westQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:36:24Battleship turrets as Gibraltar batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:43:04Why Royal Navy manpower differed from Japan'sQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:45:56Exploiting a treaty that excludes combat loadQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:56:12Hood survives Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote3:59:19An Anglo-American war during the 1860sQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote4:09:15When British and American radar development mergedQ&A
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion1:00Army staff work shapes Britain's 1914 strategyNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion21:32Blockade can pressure an enemy without ravaging its economyNotable Point
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion33:10Doctrine defines small and fleet carriersChapter
- Evolution of Carrier Air Groups 1918-2024: A Discussion41:36Common aircraft can turn several flight decks into a flexible forceNotable Point
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 32:01Fleet Air Arm control, American fighters, and industrial capacityChapter
- F8F Bearcat: Overshadowed Greatness - Key Aircraft Series 2 Aircraft 342:55Canals and infrastructure impose different carrier-design limitsNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193818:19Four Town-class survivors at PembrokeChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193829:22Two Town classes with different design ancestryNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193832:38Why the Royal Navy avoided a wartime fuel crisisNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 193835:04Did the six-week fuel warning include naval reserves?Q&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:05:33Henderson's large-destroyer doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:20:42Convoy escort and flotilla leader employmentChapter
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:35:59Captain Edward Kennedy at Rawalpindi's last actionQ&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:38:40Prize money for captured German warshipsNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:47:02Why the rebuilt Towns would skip Graf SpeeQ&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19381:52:26Type 79 radar as an early-warning optionNotable Point
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:06:15Secondary-theater work and a possible Force Z escortQ&A
- Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 19383:29:14Limits of publicly declared naval specificationsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion11:52Battlecarriers had to justify combining two fleet rolesNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion14:39Lower flying-off decks and the cost of rebuilding British conversionsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion17:26British conversions develop night flying for worldwide operationsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion28:38British operating evidence challenges the flush-deck carrierNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion32:30London Treaty rules squeeze useful small carriersNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion38:49A separate light-carrier allowance could reshape fleet rolesNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion54:58Interwar carrier raids rehearse attacks on ships in harborNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:00:04Ark Royal and Illustrious split British carrier prioritiesChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:03:03British carriers sustain combat air patrol near enemy airfieldsNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:06:20Wasp's deck-edge lift creates aviation spaceNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:10:25The Second London Treaty frames the Illustrious compromiseChapter
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:18:08Unicorn supplies the armored carrier air groupNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:23:32Larger carrier allowances could reduce design compromisesNotable Point
- Treaty Era Aircraft Carriers: A Discussion1:28:09An early treaty collapse could permit a larger British carrierNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!15:15Falklands deterrence and confused signalsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!29:03Why staff work mattered before 1914Chapter
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!36:06Fisher, secrecy, and naval leadership limitsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!39:00Baltic-plan risk in narrow watersNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!41:51Why joint plans cannot be assigned to another serviceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!44:05Why naval leadership could not redirect Britain in 1914Notable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!48:20Battenberg and the Navy's political influence gapNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!50:09How postings shaped Army and Navy political influenceChapter
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!51:33Interwar staff learning and persistent political assumptionsNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!52:34Capital ships as static Far East deterrenceNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 1: Japanese Doctrine, Modern Naval Detterence, USNs dislike of small carriers & more!53:33HMS Liverpool and economic deterrence off JapanNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign53:59Why repeated shipbuilding improves naval designNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign55:58The R class as an armoured convoy and base defenderNotable Point
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:11:07British gun calibre choices and nine-gun salvosQ&A
- Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:33:08From grog and unsafe water to a 'wet navy' traditionChapter
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off10:17Automation in a no-treaty Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off11:45Pellew's prize money in IndefatigableQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off12:36No-treaty Royal Navy carrier developmentQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off15:20Warspite inside Narvik fjordQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off19:29If Nelson had obeyed the retreat order at CopenhagenQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off19:52Sea Wolf and Exocet on Batch 3 LeandersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off20:25A 40,000-ton F3-layout NelsonQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off21:29Why wartime corvettes stayed smallQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off22:54Converting a G3 into an aircraft carrierQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off26:46Corvettes, sloops, and build standardsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off28:23What the Royal Navy meant by 70 cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off30:11Twin-engine carrier aircraft timingQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off43:55Why £200 million in 1937 arrives too lateQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off49:31Naval rearmament as industrial and employment policyNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off53:07Why Royal Navy engineers often had Scottish accentsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off55:17Light carriers under Washington limitsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off56:41No-treaty battle fleet deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:00:03Fleet carriers and cruiser carriersQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:05:29Why Atlantic-built sloops served worldwideQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:10:12Keeping a 16.5-inch gun program aliveQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:11:36How long early carriers remain usefulQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:12:12Light-cruiser limits beside a 15,000-ton HawkinsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:12:34Who might buy Britain's worn-out prewar capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:13:55Capital-ship generations without treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:15:03Exercise lessons, AA defense, and Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:22:06Pom-pom failures as a logistics problemNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:25:38Tracer ammunition and Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:32:25Automating British carriers without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:32:44Implacable versus Akagi in a night surface actionQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:39:50Why Unicorn should not carry 8-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:40:18Italian cruiser survival at Cape MatapanQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off1:40:55Dominion cruisers and treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:02:07Could a Dominion have preserved Warspite?Q&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:02:49A sister ship for Tiger in the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:06:57How the Shakespeare and Scott leaders performedQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:12:09How many large destroyer leaders survive to 1939Q&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:12:09A larger carrier force and Fleet Air Arm controlQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:17:48Tiger, Renown, and Fisher's limitsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:19:51Why Beatty rose beyond his best command levelQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:26:45An eight-gun C-class and larger cruiser developmentQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:27:37Why triple turrets would not greatly shorten the AdmiralsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:42:43The wartime value of an additional major shipyardQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:51:32Destroyers as cycle shipsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:52:17M-class destroyers as a point of design maturityQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:52:42The displacement cost of triple-gun RenownsQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:54:08The three-fleet unit and imperial force structureQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off2:59:46Using a larger Queen Elizabeth hull for speedQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:02:27Why torpedo-room weight is more than its machineryQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:05:12If the Royal Navy intercepted Russia after Dogger BankQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:14:07A submarine world cruise as imperial displayQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:15:49Why the Royal Navy rejected radar-picket submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:15:54A 1950s modernization for HMS TigerQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:16:56British aircraft orders if Brewster's problems were knownQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:17:07The Fairey Fulmar in a war delayed to 1949Q&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:17:24Two modernized Tigers against ScharnhorstQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:18:58Diplomatic consequences of a Dogger Bank battleQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:23:14Would triple-turret Queen Elizabeths reach Jutland?Q&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:29:30If Moltke and Seydlitz were lost at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:41:37Chatfield's influence on King George V armamentQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:42:20Warspite's perilous turn at JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:50:59Triple-turret Queen Elizabeths at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 150: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Suggestions Kicks Off3:54:02How twelve-gun British battleships reshape the arms raceQ&A
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 100:42Ardent-class 64s beside AgamemnonChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 108:50Building the Ardent class across British yardsNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1013:02Thomas Slade and the design systemChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1023:02From French Lis to Ardent firepowerNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1026:35French hull lines with a British sailing systemNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1030:23HMS Ardent's capture and battle careerChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1035:09Raisonnable and Nelson's first Ardent-class linkNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1037:23Raisonnable breaks the Penobscot ExpeditionChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1044:10Raisonnable's worldwide service and long afterlifeNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1045:09Belliqueux from Camperdown to BengalChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1048:32Agamemnon's service valueChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1052:52Agamemnon's wreck, salvage, and rediscoveryNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 1054:36Stately at Zealand PointNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:06:30Alternating broadsides at Zealand PointNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:07:52Edward Pellew and the incentives of prize warfareNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:08:53Indefatigable's razee conversion and armamentChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:14:46Indefatigable's prize-taking careerChapter
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:19:47Nassau and the quiet value of presenceNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:22:0164s, specialization, and fleet sizeNotable Point
- Agamemnon was not alone: The Ardent Class Third Rate 64s - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 101:23:26Type 83, air defense, and the cost of specializationNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...2:34:37British carrier escort plans lost ships and crewsNotable Point
- The Drivers of the Evolution of Carrier Air Groups...3:19:59Great rebuilds could conceal a nearly new warshipNotable Point
- Musings on Deterrence14:55Fisher made the naval stick visibleNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems2:24Dive-bombing origins resist a simple national claimNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems45:01US carriers become the center of fast task forcesNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems49:19Sable Island uses the Royal Navy as a capstone testNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems57:20Anglo-American shipbuilding follows qualitative competitionNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:09:57Carrier mobility demands new cruisers and destroyersNotable Point
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:11:20Ranger compresses a large air group into a treaty hullChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:40:10Wargaming culture reinforces large US carriersChapter
- Striking First: The Development of US Carrier Naval Aviation Doctrine by War Gaming & Fleet Problems1:45:45Two-ocean doctrine depends on yards, bases, and rapid productionChapter
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign5:32Operations matter more than sink countsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign43:00Royal Navy infrastructure cycles and wartime delayNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign56:55An 85,000-ton battleship built around overwhelming firepowerNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:08:20Graf Zeppelin and carrier aircraft without an operational carrierNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:08:47Building a screened battle line for long-range fireChapter
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:01:24Six giant battleships at Denmark Strait and North CapeNotable Point
- Check Campaign 15: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:32:09Britain's warship preservation gapNotable Point
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends12:47How HMS Ajax won against an Italian squadronQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends30:18A four-ship Audacious-class carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends40:18The Royal Navy's reserve of capital-ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends43:44Why HMS Tiger remained a one-off battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends49:29Nelson and Rodney engine-refit limitsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:11:33Lion-class guns and maximum practicable rangeQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:15:31Canadian naval Spitfires and early-war carriersQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:20:13Why the Royal Navy did not send fireships into American portsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:35:33Why light cruisers did not grow to the treaty maximumQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:36:21The most dangerous Bismarck replacement in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:41:36Lion-class turrets, resources, and Yamato intelligenceQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:44:05When the Royal Navy began shipboard radar trialsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:46:55Replacing an inherited Royal Navy battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:51:23The likely British battleship after LionQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:52:31Why Britain could build more than two super-battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:53:27Royal Navy automation before the G3 eraQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:56:46Testing a 6:6:4:2:2 capital-ship ratioQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:06:12Italy joins the Allies in September 1939Q&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:10:39Replacing the R class with more Queen ElizabethsQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:11:22Six H-39 battleships appear in September 1939Q&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:30:29Why Lion kept a 45-calibre sixteen-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:47:59Why the Royal Navy split its dual-purpose gun effortQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:49:44A German carrier group with Bismarck and TirpitzQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends2:53:22Why heavier destroyers would not automatically create frigates soonerQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:05:37If Tirpitz joined Bismarck in Operation RheinübungQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:50:49Why Canadian industry would not remove Narvik's valueQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:52:24County-class cruisers and a qualitative Anglo-American raceQ&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends3:54:50How Britain would support a larger Canadian fleetQ&A
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History0:17Japan joins Britain after France fallsChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History9:50Kongos and Nagatos reinforce different Allied fleetsChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History15:22Japanese reinforcements need a place in Allied commandNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History31:18Churchill must integrate Japan without excluding AmericaNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History58:44Force H gains speed while the Home Fleet gains weightChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:05:11Soviet neutrality under pressure from Britain and JapanNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:09:17Soryu changes Mediterranean carrier operationsNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:18:29Taranto becomes a night-and-dawn carrier blowChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:36:40Combined carrier groups hunt German surface raidersChapter
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:38:08Why skilled Japanese aircrews still need a night-flying training systemNotable Point
- Taranto Zero: Japan joins WWII on side of Britain in June 1940 - Patreon Alternate History1:41:08Mixed command teams coordinate the coalition fleetNotable Point
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 217:47Grumman folding wings made big carrier aircraft practicalNotable Point
- "Willy Fudd" The Grumman E-1 Tracer: The Prevolution Hawkeye! Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 246:48Observers preserved a distinct Royal Navy aviation traditionNotable Point
- USS Triton (SSRN-586): First Submerged Cirumnavigation of the World2:31:31Q&A: Did American sailors learn crossing-the-line customs from the Royal Navy?Q&A
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!13:35Furious separates wartime improvisation from postwar carrier learningNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!51:20Hermes is a presence and information carrierChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:02:50Trade maps explain why Britain wants different carriersNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:14:27Treaty tonnage limits close off a Hermes-style fleetChapter
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:18:21Hōshō, Langley, and Hermes embody three national strategiesNotable Point
- What the post WWI Navys really wanted from Aircraft Carriers: Hermes, Hōshō & Langley!1:20:06A larger Hawkins design reshapes the carrier treaty counterfactualChapter
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:13:43Tillman designs and a qualitative arms raceQ&A
- Check Campaign 14: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:55:17British 16.5-inch guns and the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins8:52Royal Navy view of wartime US naval growthQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins14:43Eighteen-inch capital ships and Washington treaty pressureQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins24:37Choosing wartime Sea Lords without weakening the fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins28:41How a successful Dardanelles campaign could matterQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins38:55What supporting cruisers could add at Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins51:31Roberts-class monitors and the spare-gun explanationQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins55:24Queen Elizabeth hull stretch and battlecruiser speedQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:01:45Small-tube oil boilers before World War IQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:13:42Battenberg, Fisher, and the administrative demands of wartimeNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:28:51Why fast battleships did not require all-forward gunsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:30:31How range determines a useful torpedo broadsideQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:33:37Why early postwar frigates kept plain frigate labelsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:35:53Foreign orders as test beds for British warship technologyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:50:51British Phantom engine choice and logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:54:52Eastern Fleet funding and Pacific war pressureQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins1:56:53Canadian oil discoveries and British fuel choicesQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:00:16Royal Navy alert levels in the late 1930sQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:01:33A British Phantom alternative from the Sea Vixen lineQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:03:35HMS Lion's trials before and after commissioningQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:04:26Why Royal Navy aircraft left blue-and-white paintQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:09:42Why survey ships make unusually good yacht conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:10:18The Dardanelles plan without advance warningQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:11:14Turning a J-class destroyer into a fast luxury yachtQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:14:27Capital ships and tonnage for a three-fleet Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:27:21Treaty tonnage for a Royal Navy three-fleet systemQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:34:57A British 1980s modernization for HMS VanguardQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:38:02Why battle squadrons sought eight similar shipsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:45:53A delayed Pacific war and British super-cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:48:19Why eight-ship post-dreadnought classes were rareQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:08:22Why Beatty and the Leander class are overratedQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:17:30Nelson's reputation without death at TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:18:17Underappreciated Royal Navy leaders and battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:24:19Royal Navy lessons from the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:35:57What public knowledge of Yamato could triggerNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:39:54Why Incomparable falls short of the fast-battleship labelQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:43:01Why war plans do not prove an Anglo-American war was likelyQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:49:39When alliance politics overrides naval preferenceNotable Point
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:59:08Gun caliber, pacific gestures, and battleship arms racesQ&A
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...0:34How naval reputations are builtChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...7:08Reassessing Prince Louis of BattenbergChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...13:45Could Battenberg remain First Sea Lord if Fisher died in January 1914?Q&A
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...15:05Why administration is First Sea Lord strategyNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...20:23Battenberg's fleet and intelligence credentialsNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...23:17Political attacks on Battenberg's Dreadnought appointmentChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...32:20Choosing an executive officer amid attacks on nationalityChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...42:17Battenberg's entry medical certificate debateNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...51:50Factional pressure at the AdmiraltyChapter
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:03:07How Fisher's death stabilizes BattenbergNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:06:14Fisher's funeral and Battenberg's deterrent diplomacyNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:09:18Why Fisher's Baltic plan begins with the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:20:41Battenberg as technologist and intelligence chiefNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:24:25Fleet visits as calibrated deterrenceNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:27:43War Staff personnel and political compromiseNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:33:29An alternative Battle of CoronelNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:45:05Coastal defense after the North Sea raidsNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:47:01A joint approach to GallipoliNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:50:20Could a Mediterranean command suit Beatty?Notable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:51:25The First Sea Lord as information managerNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...1:54:50Jutland, intelligence, and time to finish the battleNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:01:09Battenberg and shell quality before JutlandNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:02:17Churchill's political future after alternative victoriesNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:14:09Naval aviation under a longer Battenberg-Jellicoe successionNotable Point
- Admiral Fisher no longer replaces Admiral Battenberg as First Sea Lord in November 1914...2:15:26Battenberg's forgotten War Staff legacyChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!2:00Why the Royal Navy still valued 64-gun shipsChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!5:16The Gunboat War and Britain's divided naval commitmentsNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!6:17When HMS Africa joined the chase of USS ConstitutionNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!11:10Scaling a 90-gun design down to a 64Notable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!12:26How a 74-gun ship survived into the air-power eraNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!17:59Why a ship's launch date differs from her first commissionNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!18:38Inflexible and the 64-gun fleets at CuddaloreChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!26:06HMS Africa approaches the enemy line alone at TrafalgarNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!27:10HMS Africa holds a convoy screenNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!31:58Why Africa was the principal threat to ConstitutionNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!35:28Sceptre and the broken French battle line at TrincomaleeChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!42:24British praise for Suffren and the cost of punishing captainsNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!44:48Hughes takes his damaged fleet to Bombay as the monsoon beginsNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!45:45Sceptre and armed merchantmen capture a Dutch convoyNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!53:31Droits of the Crown turn pre-war captures into paymentsNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!57:52Sceptre's anchors fail in Table BayChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!1:00:51Dictator shifts between battle line and troop transportNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!1:07:28Dictator uses her anchor to bring a broadside onto NajadenChapter
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!1:15:50Leaving Lyngør under gunboat attackNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!1:20:4064-gun captains and demanding independent commandsNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...38:18Churchill would distribute Japanese strength across several fleetsChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...51:38Did American radar come from Britain?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:06:03Did British leaders share American prejudice toward Japan?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:19:07Would royal officers be needed to integrate the two navies?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:31:27What Japan could send firstChapter
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:48:24Nagato and Mutsu could reinforce Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...1:59:09Fleet movement and joint command take monthsNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:04:23A third carrier changes the Mediterranean rhythmNotable Point
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...2:09:32How many British ships would Japan's entry release from the Far East?Q&A
- Patreon 102: Zeroes over the Med! Japan joins the Britain & Free powers on 25th of June 1940...3:16:23Would Vanguard still be built after N3 and G3?Q&A
- 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 31:12:16Distinguish qualitative from quantitative naval racesNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:21:46Size the escort fleet for refits and lossesChapter
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:30:13Plan for service beyond the nominal retirement dateNotable Point
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 31:32:13Test Britain's STOVL force against the strategic checklistChapter
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign35:13The Royal Navy paired cruiser numbers with Tribal flotillasNotable Point
- Check Campaign 13: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign3:21:13Two carriers leave little margin for availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed16:43The Royal Navy without an Anglo-German arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed19:50Why rams survived the quick-firing gun eraQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed33:08Torpedo testing behind Narvik reliabilityQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed35:57Great Eastern as a Royal Navy ironcladQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed42:14When the Royal Navy disclosed new warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed46:33First-mover costs in an uninterrupted capital-ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed48:57An Anglo-German technology race without a fleet raceQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed52:57The race for the first nuclear supercarrierQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed55:15Carrier limits and the Implacable alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed58:56Naval construction as Depression-era policyQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:04:15How the Royal Navy governed ordnance procurementQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:05:37The minimum practical interwar fleet carrierQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:06:36Mass-producing County-class cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:08:40Diplomatic language and the failure to deter Germany over BelgiumQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:17:19Why shotguns would not transform TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:19:08Royal naming and the Force Z deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:19:49How super-Scharnhorsts change British rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:25:39How a higher carrier floor changes treaty fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:33:28Hood-type battlecruisers at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:38:38Rewriting command and communications at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:44:19How Britain viewed the American naval buildupQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:48:37How naval treaties enabled the Ten Year RuleQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:50:06Shell guns before Trafalgar and the early ironcladQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed1:54:24Britain's response to a German 21-inch battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:01:41A windfall of 18-inch naval guns in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:11:52What completed modernizations change in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:19:21A Corsica-sized naval base in the North SeaQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:21:30Yamato built to British prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:26:35Who follows Victoria if her sons die first?Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:42:24An all-Queen Elizabeth British fleet at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:52:44Reginald Henderson survives into the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed2:55:22Royal Navy force structure without a treaty pauseQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:00:38Nine fast Queen Elizabeths and the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:07:48British 9.2-inch cruisers without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:08:21How the Royal Navy could break into the BalticQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:19:49Why Germany did not adopt triple turrets before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:36:56What a British Baltic break-in does to GermanyQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:38:05Why the G3 programme did not preclude cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:44:45How triple turrets cascade through British capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:49:04The American response to a twelve-gun Queen ElizabethQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:54:42Nelson and Rodney as a British treaty conditionQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:55:41Unicorn-type carriers after the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:11:09Why HMS Manchester's scuttling remained controversialQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:15:27A Washington treaty with two cruiser tiersQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:19:48A practical Royal Navy version of IncomparableQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:24:17Royal Navy classes best left unbuiltQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed4:53:44Why naval manpower is a design and budget choiceQ&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:48Why interwar navies built different kinds of carriersChapter
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier5:19Why carrier reputations followed wartime opportunityNotable Point
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier1:48:25Why aviation needed more than a daily shipping forecastNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:25Battenberg's qualifications for First Sea LordChapter
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:31Royal birth and the obstacles to Battenberg's promotionNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?7:46Why Battenberg remains the practical First Sea LordNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?10:55Battenberg's dynastic family networkNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?21:57How did Battenberg become First Sea Lord with a German name?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?25:42Could Battenberg outlast the Admiralty factions?Notable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?33:43Battenberg's record in training and readinessNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?35:02The parliamentary challenge to Battenberg's Dreadnought appointmentNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?36:52Kept available for service, but given no commandNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?45:18Staff losses and factional disputes weakened Battenberg's AdmiraltyNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?47:01Fleet concentration and a possible deterrent cruiseNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?51:45A stronger cruiser force before CoronelNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?58:31Covering both of Goeben's Mediterranean escape routesNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?59:45Did every imperial station need a battlecruiser?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:05:04Completing Renown and Repulse as Revenge-class battleshipsChapter
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:10:03Why a fast battleship was feasible in 1914Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:21:59What did Battenberg think about aircraft carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:29:04Earlier Flower sloops and monitors for FlandersNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:29:43Jutland reinforces an 18-inch fast-battleship Admiral classNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:31:55Would Battenberg stop after one fast Agincourt?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:35:20How German coastal raids could change Battenberg's public identityNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:37:49Could Royal Navy submarines ambush German raiding forces?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:38:15HMS Swift, larger destroyers, and earlier Flower-class sloopsChapter
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:45:15How Battenberg turned royal correspondence into naval intelligenceNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:48:05Gallipoli as a combined naval and land operationNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?1:59:50Would Battenberg change wartime aircraft procurement?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:01:16Dogger Bank without the signal that concentrated on BlucherNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:11:19Why did Sturdee disperse ships instead of reinforcing Cradock?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:14:44Could one damaged British ship finish Blucher while the others pursued?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:15:44Would the fast battleships serve as overseas presence ships?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:15:58Completing the Admiral class without repeated redesignNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:17:00Jutland with tighter information and command linksChapter
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:22:23Why would Jellicoe choose the fast Agincourt as his flagship?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:23:51Would Battenberg raid the German coast?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:29:31Could Cradock reverse the battlecruiser fleet's gunnery culture?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:31:52Battenberg's late-1916 succession and naval research roleNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:35:28Would the Admiral-class ships be ordered earlier?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:36:20Did the Royal Navy have fast minelayers in World War I?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:50:25How 18-inch fast battleships would reshape naval treatiesNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:58:00Would Jellicoe remain First Sea Lord longer?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?2:58:28Earlier carriers and a Fleet Air Arm kept under naval controlNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:02:37Why a successful Battenberg might still be underratedNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:03:54How a Coronel victory could reshape the Hawkins classNotable Point
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:08:55Could Battenberg take a postwar imperial role?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:11:33Who would succeed Jellicoe?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:12:09What follows if the N3 and G3 designs are built?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:15:09Would Battenberg prepare plans for unlikely wars?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:19:19Could Battenberg's health withstand the wartime workload?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:19:53What if the United States allied with Germany in 1914?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:22:34Would 16.5-inch battleships still appear after an 18-inch Agincourt?Q&A
- Patreon 101: If Lord Fisher died in Jan 1914, how does Prince Louis of Battenberg perform as 1SL?3:32:39Veracruz as an early naval test of a German-American allianceNotable Point
- Hansa-Brandenburg - The Builder behind WWI German Naval Aviation: Key Aircraft Series 2, Aircraft 10:11If Louis of Battenberg remained First Sea LordNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist4:08Which Star Trek fleets resemble historical navies?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist8:24Why ships in ordinary preserve fleet depthNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist30:52Why the Fulmar needs a carrier-specific comparisonNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist32:42Why might a Fulmar make only one pass at an incoming raid?Q&A
- 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 twist36:18Invincible's changing helicopters and tailored air groupsNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist48:55Carrier capability and Argentine expectations before the Falklands WarNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist49:36Queen Elizabeth carriers: operational adequacy and deterrent valueNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist51:25Building the Courageous class as carriers from the outsetChapter
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist52:19Why 1920 carrier elevator figures misleadNotable Point
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist54:34Would carrier work-up delay the Courageous class beyond 1916?Q&A
- Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist59:04How a 1916 carrier strike could displace the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- Conception, Operation & Conclusion of Atlantic Conveyor & other rapid conversions23:41Royal Navy fighter catapult ships were conversions of conversionsChapter
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign15:51Gallipoli, operational tempo, and the Dardanelles minefieldsQ&A
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign43:10What the early Tribal-class armament was built to fightNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:28:24Jutland shell failures and quality controlNotable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:32:07Could prewar spending have deterred Germany?Notable Point
- Check Campaign 12: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:25:47How a six-versus-four demand became eight capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built15:13HMS Africa as a missing Trafalgar museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built21:14Why obsolete shell tests concealed a gunnery problemQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built25:37Why an earlier War of 1812 would not spare the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built43:24Why the Royal Navy's change from hammocks was not a clean breakQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built48:40Shipyards, not money alone, capped prewar British expansionQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built51:51Why German cruiser construction would trigger an early British answerQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built55:05Why an Irish Channel squadron would not need cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:15:32Which guns fired star shells at North CapeQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:41:24What a British Coast Guard sloop force could have contributedQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:54:06How Fletcher-class destroyers compared with Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:54:53Why treaty pressure produced the Crown Colony cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:11:05Why Chatfield's memoir needs an archival checkNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:30:06When Britain would need to start a 37-cruiser programQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:32:58Why nuclear Queen Elizabeth carriers would become CATOBAR shipsQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:21:36How drink traditions varied between naviesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:28:34Why earlier U-boat warfare might have produced earlier convoysQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:59:44Why anti-ship capability would not change Type 42 employmentQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:33:04How a Jutland wound could affect George VI's public standingQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:35:45Why proposed 1941 heavy cruisers would not be ready in 1942Q&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:39:28Why cruiser gun caliber follows naval doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:44:57The Royal Navy's unofficial capital-ship requirementQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:47:46Why Fisher wanted evocative warship namesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built5:02:37How Royal Navy ship names create political anchorsQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!25:12Gossip became intelligence and command across a global navyChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!28:28Silver routes exposed Porter's poor operational securityChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!30:06Silver carrying rewarded Royal Navy captains and crewsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!33:38Dixon connected station intelligence with Hillyar's Pacific missionNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!55:56James Hillyar brought decades of frigate warfare to the PacificNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:01:23Phoebe paired a long service record with deceptive gun-count labelsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:11:38Hillyar turned Valparaiso into an intelligence-led blockadeChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:38:53Hillyar refused Porter's duel while reinforcements closed inNotable Point
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 825:00Friesenland's long life after seaplane-tender serviceChapter
- German Merchant Seaplane Tenders of the 1930s: Key Ships Series 8 - Ship 834:01German catapult experience was not a unique advantageNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier9:43Would converting Renown and Repulse have changed British carrier doctrine?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier30:42How captured Zeppelins shaped British and American airship developmentNotable Point
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier1:03:47How long did the Royal Navy retain government dockyards?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:32:13Who could have replaced Chatfield as First Sea Lord?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:44:24Why Britain favored carriers over naval airshipsQ&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:49:10Could Zeppelins have disabled the Grand Fleet at Scapa Flow?Q&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier3:50:15Was Plan Z meant to exhaust Britain's economy?Q&A
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers8:04The first carrier generation was experimental, not treaty-builtChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers14:17Carrier protection shapes Tribal and Dido design thinkingNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers16:59Furious is redesigned for aviation before JutlandChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers21:21Harwich Force offered a practical Baltic alternativeNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers22:56Japanese officers learn from British carrier and torpedo-aircraft trialsNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers25:26Wartime industrial allocation lets Britain build carrier experimentsNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers28:19Argus tests the full-length flight deckChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers36:28The Sempill Mission carried selected aviation knowledgeNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers37:42Hermes establishes the purpose-built carrier layoutChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers45:33What if Fisher built three wartime carriers?Notable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers48:00Britain shared carrier data to shape allied innovationNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers48:57Eagle shows how war and peace change carrier procurementChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers53:52Hermes carries aviation infrastructure overseasNotable Point
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:12:15Furious reveals the maneuvering demands of flight operationsChapter
- The Furious Age: The First Aircraft Carriers1:16:46Carrier doctrine had to be learned at seaNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:11:36Treaty compliance and naval creative accountingNotable Point
- Check Campaign 11: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:22:50Cradock and the doctrinal pressure not to withdrawNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?16:19What would replace the Channel Fleet's pre-dreadnoughts?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?25:12How Chesapeake became prize money for Shannon's crewQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?39:18Why Britain did not need American yards for major warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?48:36What continuous cruiser construction failed to carry forwardQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?49:03Why command cruisers were usually ordinary cruisers with flag facilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?49:57Why closing range was not the battlecruisers' central Jutland mistakeQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:02:27What Britain gains by maintaining its capital-ship programQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?1:29:52How HMS Warrior made the Royal Navy a technological benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:01:33When Japanese battleships demanded a distinct British answerQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:03:31A Falklands War without the Invincible classQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:04:50How the Royal Navy's rating system emergedQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:09:49Why Britain prioritized fleet growth over rebuilding the R classQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:13:26Why the Royal Navy rarely needed the Panama CanalQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:24:43Would a rising super-dreadnought building rhythm make sense?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:08:54What eight Midway-class carriers would change in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:16:52How early twin-turret cruisers could accelerate gun growthQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:22:53Why CVA-01 was Britain's nuclear-carrier opportunityQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?3:30:50Which guns would arm new British monitors?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:24:02Why the M15-class monitors had no peacetime replacementQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:34:17Why a post-First-World-War K3 points to 16.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:39:12What rivets reveal about naval construction standardsNotable Point
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:46:49How a costly British victory at Jutland could reshape the Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?5:03:31The Royal Navy's overlooked submarine campaignQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?5:08:08How an expanded County-class program would enter serviceQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?5:17:49Could Britain build a 12-gun 18-inch fast battleship in 1918?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?5:18:17How engineering officers reach Royal Navy flag rankQ&A
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193816:46Royal Navy modernization and reserve depthNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193820:02Vickers-Armstrongs and Britain's arms industryNotable Point
- Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 193821:07Warspite as the Royal Navy's enduring capital shipNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1054:36Why aircraft shortages did not create a Helldiver needNotable Point
- Curtiss SB2C Helldiver: Impression vs Reality - Key Aicraft Series 1, Aircraft 1058:54How Fleet Air Arm priorities changed by 1943Notable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism24:19Why American frigate victories could not decide the War of 1812Chapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism48:18Port gossip and silver protection create an intelligence networkChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism52:37Why carrying silver enriched Royal Navy frigate captainsQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism54:36Edward Pellew as a British comparison for John Paul JonesNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism56:30Manley Dixon coordinates the South American stationChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:13:56James Hillyar brings a lifetime of war to the PacificChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:56:13How warships obtained money on distant deploymentsQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:12:58How quickly could Dixon's South American station move information?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:57:23Hillyar turns from battle to regional diplomacyNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:24:42A German carrier at Jutland would trigger British adaptationNotable Point
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation0:00What Britain learned from German aviation ships after World War INotable Point
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation6:52Tirpitz's risk fleet and Zeppelins shared a paper advantageNotable Point
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation9:44Why two naval races carried different strategic risksNotable Point
- Carriers of the Kaiserlichemarine: the WWI potential of German Naval Aviation24:43How World War I air defence led toward fighter directionNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions23:43What Nelson and Rodney taught the Royal Navy about all-forward gunsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions33:44Could the Fairey Gannet carry a torpedo?Q&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions42:14Why Taranto achieved operational surpriseQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions55:09How triple turrets saved crew and displacement in the Nelson classQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions55:30Stanley Goodall and the hardest pace of naval design changeQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions56:38How radar and diving fighters could meet Japan's paper bombersQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:02:36How a 14,000-ton cruiser limit changes interwar fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:06:24What remains of in-house naval ship designQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:07:59The hidden thousand-ton cost of Nelson's torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:10:43What a British Ticonderoga counterpart might have looked likeQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:11:41Why peacetime firing rules do not define wartime capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:12:52What it takes to give a Tribal class heavier torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:22:44Why HMS Calliope escaped the Apia cycloneQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:31:49What a Falklands-era task force could do at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:36:20Why a 1930 world war begins with Royal Navy dominanceQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:39:20How older 12-inch capital ships would serve in a later warQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:42:20Why delaying the European war to 1948 favors an experienced BritainQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:48:25The Channel Fleet's sacrificial delay missionQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions1:51:56Why old battleships remained useful in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:01:53Why dividing the High Seas Fleet would be a diplomatic nightmareQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:04:24Why the Royal Navy sent only two battleships to ChinaQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:11:28How old battleships could become convoy force multipliersQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:13:17When navies built for need instead of one-for-one replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:17:18Why Royal Navy battles were not commanders acting from boredomQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:39:05How Hawkins-class cruisers could reverse CoronelQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:47:07Why Hawkins was not the successor to the armored cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:50:22Why a German invasion of Iceland becomes a naval trapQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:53:31What happened to the Royal Navy's 18-inch guns after FuriousQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions2:59:54Why armored British carriers still depended on fightersNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:04:05How G3 battlecruisers reshape the German surface warQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:17:33Why British and American carriers optimized for different warsNotable Point
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:34:57Why Gibraltar would trap a War Plan Red expeditionQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:39:44How 18-inch guns would reshape the Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:44:54Why landing-platform decisions need long-term fleet planningQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:48:18Why Britain kept the biplane Supermarine Sea OtterQ&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
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:55:33What continuous cruiser building preserves and constrainsQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions3:56:26Why a larger Royal Navy begins with peopleQ&A
- Bruships 144: Some Books(Can't Find Lego Cam Sorry) & Naval History Questions4:08:56Why Britain would avoid Enterprise for a nuclear cruiserQ&A
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!30:01Cruisers as the empire's presence fleetNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!37:57Destroyer leaders as substitutes for scarce cruisersNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!38:46A Soviet fleet changes British and American requirementsNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!50:28What Britain's twenty-capital-ship fleet could containNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!51:34Larger cruiser allowances still leave Britain shortNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!53:20Larger allowances and nine-ship Tribal flotillasNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:02:02How higher tonnage changes fleet-carrier designChapter
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:05:43British cruisers and capital-ship politicsNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:10:33Why Britain might return to the 15-inch gunNotable Point
- The Soviet Man of Steel wants Bigs Ships: Stalin joins the Naval Treaties!1:22:52Germany faces an earlier Allied naval rearmamentNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 60:00The treaty uncertainty behind a forgotten battleship generationChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 63:26Political economy collides with credible capital-ship designNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 612:00Continuous design work preserves a navy's ability to respondChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 615:18The 1927 designs search for a minimum viable battleshipChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 622:37Missing sixteen-inch studies expose gaps in the design recordNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 627:06Design 16A favors twin-turret survivability at treaty displacementChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 632:38Fourteen-inch designs trade armor and weight for speedNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 637:32Small-gun treaty battleships face a fatal mismatchChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 644:49Small battleship studies as a political exerciseNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 646:00Design 12L hints at a fast battleship fallbackNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 647:28Renewed escalation dooms the small treaty battleshipsNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 650:31Design studies build institutional memory before the King George V classChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 655:08Infrastructure limits the Royal Navy's unconstrained battleshipNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 655:31Cruisers and overseas bases make global battle-fleet deployment possibleChapter
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 658:39Chatfield's fourteen-inch gamble points toward a nine-gun alternativeNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 61:00:14Treaty collapse may still produce one restrained generationNotable Point
- The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 61:01:49Diving-shell research creates a gunnery safe-zone dilemmaChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?33:51Why Warspite replaced Nelson in the British Star Destroyer conceptNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?34:58Why Warspite would be dangerous to BismarckQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?44:18Royal Navy logic: modernize a proven carrier-battleshipChapter
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:00:05US Pacific planning and Atlantic-facing isolationismNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:09:47Albacore and B5N strike range with torpedoesNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:16:06Why hidden carrier damage did not settle the armored-deck debateQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?1:54:27Why French fleet design depended on British strategic supportNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:03:44The Royal Navy's unfinished transition and its 1942 planning horizonNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:05:23A 15-inch/50 alternative to Nelson's 16-inch batteryNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:07:02What a September 1940 war could have changed for British shipbuildingQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:11:20Treaty escalation and interrupted British capital-ship constructionNotable Point
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:12:29Could a fast Agincourt have displaced the battlecruiser?Q&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?2:54:52Where British cruisers would reinforce the US Pacific warQ&A
- Patreon 99: What would Imperial Star Destroyers look if designed by 1938 USN, RN, KM, IJN, RM & SN?3:01:15K25 as an evolved Dido designNotable Point
- So you want to be a youtube Historian?27:40Did the Harwich Force fight at Jutland?Q&A
- 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)5:13Tribal, Battle, and Daring classes foreshadowed the general-purpose destroyerNotable Point
- 824 Sqn Royal Naval Air Service: Spectat Ubique Spiritus (The Wind Everywhere Looks On)15:07Interwar aviation procurement balanced innovation against wartime riskNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered25:34Why flank speed means more than full speedQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered29:33County-class cruiser design depends on treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered37:36Why an Anglo-German naval treaty was politically implausibleQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered42:20More Admiral-class hulls would consume repair-yard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered45:51Old ships' boats may survive without a clear pedigreeQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:01:34Converting Hood under the treaty disadvantages every navyQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:04:27A bilateral treaty cannot isolate Britain's global naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:06:14Without Washington, Britain keeps ordering capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:07:37Armor plate and slips constrain maximum warship outputQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:07:58A maximum-effort empire could order about 64 destroyers yearlyQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:09:19A larger County trades deeper draft and turning circle for protectionQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:10:53The Royal Navy could have developed the 5.5-inch gun furtherQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:11:07Seven thousand extra tons transform King George VQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:12:10Four G3 battlecruisers would likely take admiral namesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:18:25The County class works better in Royal Navy termsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:20:13A fast-battleship alternative to the Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:24:09Royal Navy naming avoided saints and national abstractionsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:31:46Littorio facing Lion in a delayed Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:34:43Monitors sit outside the main treaty strength contestQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:35:32Multiple 18-inch British ships rewrite the treaty ceilingQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:38:38Triple turrets on Tiger accelerate capital-ship firepowerQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:40:09Naval treaty policy was a cross-party choiceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:46:33Italian planning preferred a limited war with FranceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:49:03Italian planners recognized the risk of war with BritainQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:49:23Two German 11-inch ships yearly would not alarm BritainQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:52:35British capital-ship growth pressured US Panama Canal limitsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:53:07Italy could challenge only a carefully limited British squadronQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered1:56:23Vanguard still fits a fleet that receives the Lion classQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:01:23An L/60 pom-pom could combine range and rate of fireQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:04:38British yards could build a much larger Hawkins cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:07:15Two Mackensens yearly trigger a much larger British programQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:14:42Italian ocean-going cruisers would draw British scrutinyQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:16:33Mussolini's fleet mattered because of Mediterranean geographyQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:19:26Fisher's Baltic plan was feasible with the right battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:28:52Napoleon's death in 1812 frees Britain against AmericaQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:31:01The Walrus matched British shipboard aircraft requirementsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:36:12An Ice Age Royal Navy would seek a secure base before expansionQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:40:17Britain could have made Heligoland a formidable fortressQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:46:38An island Gibraltar would dominate the Mediterranean entranceQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:51:41Naval control helps Coastal Command only with continuityQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:52:38A lost Royal Navy museum fleetQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:56:32A Mackensen-only Germany still faces global British buildingQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:11:22Four triple turrets beat a mixed German batteryQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:13:32G3s serve future needs rather than replace old ships one for oneQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:19:19Funding, housing, and local reserves are central Royal Navy needsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:29:34Why the King George V class mixed quadruple and twin turretsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:30:32Conventional wartime battlecruisers shift the carrier candidatesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:32:13Scrapping pre-dreadnoughts does not finance new battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:34:42An Admiral-class hull was considered for strike-carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:39:19A tenth King Edward VII-class battleship had several traditional names availableQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:48:35A conventional 1915 battlecruiser develops Tiger and RenownQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered3:51:48Nine 9.2-inch guns turn Courageous into a heavy cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered4:04:21Warships and civilian ships sometimes share popular namesQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered4:12:24Missile conversion depends on a cruiser's remaining lifeQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered4:12:56An officer may have commanded a ship named for an ancestorQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered4:21:50A British supercarrier would evolve Malta-era island designQ&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle10:20Britain's 1939 threat picture put Japan firstNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle13:39Fleet expansion also served British industrial recoveryNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait: Victory goes to those who are prepared for Battle21:30Cape Bon offers an earlier resupply ambushNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines0:02Assessing the Fairey Fulmar by the job it was built to doChapter
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines6:04Why wartime procurement control sent the Royal Navy to AmericaNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines7:29Apply the same standard to British and American air-defence learningNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines10:38Why 1939 equipment should be judged against 1939 conditionsNotable Point
- Fairey Fulmar: innate soundness and competence but not the stuff of headlines20:16Fleet Air Arm control and the observer-led view of air powerChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London16:04Shipyard employment softens Labour resistance to naval spendingNotable Point
- 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 London1:05:03Extra tonnage reshapes British battleships, carriers, and escortsChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:06:03Why Britain could accept a stronger Soviet Baltic FleetQ&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
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:45:05North Carolina comes early while Britain chooses speed or gun sizeChapter
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:50:50A new 15-inch gun offers an alternative to Nelson's armamentNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London1:59:32Could an earlier British battleship be named King George V while he was alive?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:05:30How would the larger British allowance reach Commonwealth navies?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:20:19Regular naval orders could sustain British shipyards through the DepressionNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:39:58One duplex mechanism behaves differently across launch platformsNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London2:42:11Multiple armored Ark Royals transform a Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:02:42What could Australia receive from the enlarged Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:06:09Which 1929 navy offers the most freedom to redesign?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:06:50Would Britain's earlier battleships use 14-inch, 15-inch, or 16-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:08:32Commonwealth expansion still depends on budgets and crewsNotable Point
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:13:29How would Argentina fare against the larger postwar Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London3:17:24Plan Z triggers a three-way building spiralNotable Point
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment23:05A fast steamer becomes a practical seaplane carrierChapter
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment53:50The loss exposes aviation fuel as a carrier hazardNotable Point
- HMS Ben My Chree(1908/1915): A Soaring Service with a Legacy of Fire Risk Managment1:00:30Chatfield and Henderson press for better carrier fire safetyChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign4:40Scapa Flow's wartime value and permanent basing are separate questionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign6:52Destroyer refits expose national gun-layout differencesChapter
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign59:59Submarine concentration changes the balance in the English ChannelChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 528:58Italy at the center of a qualitative dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 535:13Commissioning rules shift risk between navies and shipbuildersNotable Point
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 550:06Giulio Cesare and Warspite duel at CalabriaChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 557:52From Cape Spartivento to the First Battle of SirteChapter
- Giulio Cesare: The Lucky Ceasar of the Regia Marina, Key Ships Series 8 – Ship 558:33Philip Vian escapes a battleship-heavy force at First SirteNotable Point
- The Graf Zepplin's Proposed Teeth: The Fi 167 & JU-87C, Key Aircaft Series 1 - Aircraft 84:43Royal Navy experience shaped carrier fuel-safety systemsNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:28:35Leadership at ship, squadron, and theater level demands different skillsNotable Point
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:43:00Why could interwar navies give risky destroyer officers second chances?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait1:54:25Which naval commanders deserve more attention?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:02:12Was Philip Vian the officer who boarded Altmark?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait2:41:11Why are ships called she in British maritime usage?Q&A
- Battle of Blackett Strait3:19:54Was U.S. Navy night fighting inherently inferior?Q&A
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War2:04The RNAS advantage in engines and spare partsNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War13:22Aerial torpedoes and the fleet-in-being problemChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War16:24The shallow-water torpedo knowledge Britain did not shareNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War22:01How German naval imitation turned an ally into a rivalNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War23:14Battenberg, Fisher, and continuity in naval aviationNotable Point
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War35:20Finding Königsberg in the Rufiji DeltaChapter
- The Age of the Seaplane Carrier: Why WWI was the true first Naval Aviation War1:03:34The planned mass torpedo-bomber raid on WilhelmshavenQ&A
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)6:48Britain's maritime strategy in the War of the First CoalitionChapter
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)6:48The Royal Navy's evacuation tradition predates DunkirkNotable Point
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)21:20The improvised British command team at FishguardChapter
- Carry on Invading Britain: The Battle of Fishguard (1797)34:32Cawdor, Colby, and the Royal Navy assemble a responseChapter
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books12:01How European navies secured shipbuilding timberQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books27:50Phantom warships in wartime intelligenceQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books32:01Why a British-Austro-Hungarian battle is a fleet problemQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books39:14Placing a heavily armoured 16-inch battleship at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books41:11What the largest Type 45 design could have deliveredQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books43:52Why Admiral Byng could not escape blameQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books48:27Why the Admiralty wanted more than two battleships at SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books49:54How small-tube boilers could transform the Revenge classQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books56:31British manoeuvre against an Austrian battle lineNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:01:06Possible Type 83 names and their local tiesQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:02:34A British cruiser at Graf Spee's true displacementQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:08:49A battleship repair visit during a mining strikeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:10:02What 600-psi boilers could do for HoodQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:17:12Who benefits from larger treaty destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:18:14What US-level defense spending could buy BritainQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:19:55Britain's experience with larger destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:26:18Completing the Lord Nelson class after DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:26:41Names for a forty-ship County-class programmeQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:29:53Furutaka under a 9.2-inch cruiser treatyQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:32:43Why cruiser missions matter more than a 10-inch gun ruleQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:47:53If Fisher remained First Sea Lord until 1914Q&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books1:55:14A treaty loophole for improved Hermes-type carriersQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:05:06Designing a German fast battleship in 1910Q&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:11:55F-35B strike aviation across several naviesQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:12:50Why a more generous Washington treaty hurts GermanyQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:18:20Ten fast battleships under a larger treaty allowanceNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:20:53How more carriers could change Royal Navy task forcesNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:23:02What a 14,000-ton County cruiser could carryNotable Point
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:26:18Where Russian dreadnoughts fit internationallyQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:26:50Which British battleships could defeat the Rivadavia classQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:27:30The intelligence value of the Anglo-German Naval AgreementQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books2:52:41How to read carrier-sale stories in budget seasonQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:02:53Why a stretched River corvette has no clear fleet nicheQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:13:16How annual sloops prepared Britain's ocean escortsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:19:08Foreign foundations for Type 31 and ConstellationQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:22:08Why an escort can defeat a U-boat without sinking itQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:24:20The Type 32 as a drone-control frigateQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:25:36How the Royal Navy covers light transport aviationQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:32:06Why the Type IV Hunt destroyers stopped at twoQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:33:41If Germany bought Ryujo for carrier experienceQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:37:12The conditional Type IV Hunt follow-on batchQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:47:47What 'overage' meant in the Second London Naval TreatyQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books3:52:05Why V and W destroyers were converted into escortsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:01:59The Royal Navy's destroyer production in the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:07:01How larger destroyer limits enlarge Hunts and sloopsQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:07:49Why better coal would not solve Germany's naval geographyQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:11:23What British neutrality would do to naval developmentQ&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:18:08Could Neptune lead to a successor cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 142: Naval History Questions & Some Books4:22:38An 8-inch Neptune becomes a different cruiserQ&A
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!2:39Eight ships for a complete battle squadronNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!6:01Big-gun competition beyond GermanyNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!8:22Short service lives and battleship deterrenceChapter
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!15:45The naval race began before DreadnoughtChapter
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!29:23The Revenge name and Barrow constructionNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!32:20Gun caliber, barrel pools, and fleet logisticsNotable Point
- HMS Revenge(1915): the Reliable Pikeman of the Royal Navys Battle Line!38:57Economy without sacrificing capabilityNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction26:07CAMM-MR development funding and Royal Navy procurementNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction32:31Why carrier air groups can be built in modules of eighteenNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:28:22What would four Queen Elizabeth-class carriers be called?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers in Science Fiction2:29:27Would HMS Glorious's captain face a court martial?Q&A
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)4:53Five treaty navies meet after WashingtonChapter
- Navys in the Embassy Bar after the Washington Treaty(1922)6:08The Royal Navy sees a floor against Treasury cutsNotable Point
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues13:11Carrier air-group command before 1937Chapter
- USN Squadron Organisation: The Bureau of Aeronautics had Issues26:16How lineage shapes unit identity and performanceNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered6:41How Battenberg's battleships could reshape WashingtonNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered19:09Could Implacable replace the costly Victorious rebuild?Q&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered35:15Why Starling edges Wild Goose in an escort comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered42:50What extra displacement gives a Type 12 frigateQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered48:21How four Audacious-class carriers change the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered54:34Why navies use opaque names such as Force H and Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:00:47How completed Surreys might alter York-class namingQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:13:20What a failed Trident test can still proveQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:16:34Why removing County-class high elevation saves littleQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:22:10How larger fleets improve the rule of threeQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:42Britain answers a German 26-knot battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:30:04Why Hawkins carried 7.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:38:18Why Hood reached Denmark Strait without her destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:38:58Why Britain preferred more battleships to more guns per hullQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:41:53How eight Type 31 frigates sustain distant stationsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:45:56Why more ships can improve personnel retentionNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:50:00How to classify the Swiftsure-class capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:51:23Why Tribal-class destroyers handled heavy weather betterQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered1:59:17How 9.2-inch Courageous-class cruisers reshape WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:01:01Why numbers gave Britain a pre-dreadnought advantageQ&A
- 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 Answered2:41:56Why the Royal Navy did not build large cruisers in wartimeQ&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 Answered2:51:56How prewar assault ships could change NorwayQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered2:59:55What doubling Type 21 displacement could fixQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:28:43What eight extra treaty cruisers give the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:45:54Why admiral names were unlikely for prewar heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered3:51:04Royal Navy commanders whose stars came late or not at allQ&A
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History6:39Why the Guards and northern supply routes fall shortChapter
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History16:25A different operational plan for GallipoliChapter
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History17:06Why "pre-dreadnought" is an awkward retrospective labelNotable Point
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History31:17Five-power diplomacy and German maritime disarmamentChapter
- Imperial Russia Survives WWI: A Patreon Requested Alternate History47:11G3 construction raises the treaty ceilingChapter
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)53:39The Bantry Bay expedition is defeated by winter weatherChapter
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)58:25Two British frigates meet a French ship of the line after Bantry BayNotable Point
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)1:07:43Cawdor, Knox, Colby, and Loft assemble the defenseChapter
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)1:17:58Was Résistance really renamed HMS Fishguard?Q&A
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)1:26:30Mountbatten and Vian reached high command by different routesNotable Point
- The Last Invasion of Britain: Battle of Fishguard(1797)2:09:27Cawdor takes command and restores the defense's logisticsChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly1:26Separating submarine performance from missile failureNotable Point
- Trident Fails to Fly3:31Australian fleet plans and British procurement choicesChapter
- Trident Fails to Fly8:05Test failures and promises of constant carrier availabilityChapter
- 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
- Trident Fails to Fly13:08Type 45 cancellations and misleading unit costNotable Point
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution9:41Furious begins life as an evolving aircraft carrierNotable Point
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution16:12Jutland drives the need for continuous carrier aviationChapter
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution24:20Furious becomes the Royal Navy's operational carrierChapter
- HMS Furious: Finding Virtue and Utility in Evolution32:51Carrier capacity means sustained missions, not just aircraft countChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:46British and American battleship guns reach different balance pointsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:17:14The case for a Royal Navy reserve forceChapter
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:24:26Reading defence rumors as budget signalsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 8: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:15Mass destroyer construction changes fleet scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!10:00Why a nominal 3,000-ton postwar frigate would growQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!11:21Why the interwar Royal Navy stopped short of 18-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!20:39The Black Swan distributed-fleet concept's magazine problemQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!34:01Small commands develop officers for larger Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!37:10One force-design improvement for each major World War II navyQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:07:42A larger treaty fleet would expose Germany's infrastructure ceilingQ&A
- 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!1:30:46Extra dreadnoughts matter by creating more operational chancesQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:39:45Overage Hawkins-class cruisers could become anti-aircraft shipsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:42:21Royal Navy programs from 1916 onward already looked beyond the warQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:43:30An all-oil Grand Fleet would be faster and easier to crewQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:47:43Prewar escort construction would favor Hunt-type destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!1:49:24Robert Seppings is the route into short-timber ship constructionQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:00:00French speed versus British endurance in ships of the lineQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:03:20Today's Royal Navy carries Cold War commitments with far fewer shipsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:14:02A longer-lived Henderson could preserve carrier construction and the Malta classQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:16:39British infrastructure would keep moving with a capital-ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:19:08When British battleships and battlecruisers might convergeQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:38:14Britain experimented with battleship guns in anti-aircraft defenseQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!2:44:34A 1943 Allied victory would favor Malta carriers and completed LionsQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!3:51:32What 3,000-ton British destroyers could carryQ&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 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:14:28Continuous 16-inch production could rearm the King George V classQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:24:57The 4.5-inch Mark 5 offered a strong dual-purpose baselineQ&A
- Bruships 140 - Patreon Suggestions, Some Interesting Books (Hopefully) & Lots of Naval History Qs!4:26:29Britain already had 9.2-inch cruiser ideas after World War IQ&A
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty3:20Two different prewar naval arms racesChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty19:11Britain prices Germany out of the risk-fleet contestNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty23:16Distributed shipbuilding buys presence as well as votesNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty29:19A stronger US Navy without replacing BritainChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty50:54HMS Hood remains useful to an American isolationistChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty58:18A treaty ceiling redirects British gun developmentNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:00:48Britain answers with faster Nelson alternativesChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:13:00Extra treaty tonnage changes carrier developmentChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:21:36Continuous construction builds a faster wartime fleetChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:26:09A higher Allied baseline pressures Yamato and the AxisChapter
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:30:17One 15-inch/50 project could rearm the British fleetNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:33:25A stronger Regia Marina pins British ships in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Senator Tilman's Washington Naval Treaty1:35:15Faster British capital ships close German escape routesNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 35:25Why British ships were valuable near JapanNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 39:50From cargo liners to Landing Ship Infantry (Large)Chapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 314:37How postwar institutional politics shaped the design recordNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 315:35What a four-month conversion implies about prior planningChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 325:22Why Japan framed British prewar amphibious planningNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 333:20The missing landing-ship detail in Operation Torch accountsChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 342:28Conversion completion did not mean immediate readinessNotable Point
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 348:08Britain had plans before it had funded shipsChapter
- Glen Class: An Insight into Landing Ship Infantry - Key Ships Series 8, Ship 352:01Breconshire's service as a fast oiler to MaltaChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI18:27Would a decisive Royal Navy victory at Jutland save Imperial Russia?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI27:58Britain's naval strength and its small army in 1914Notable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:15:03Adding Russia breaks the Washington treaty hierarchyChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:22:40Would a shorter war leave Britain with a larger Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:38:01Why the battleship race jumps to 18-inch gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:47:28Which land power could Britain use to balance Europe?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI1:56:10How an aggressive Russia reshapes British carriersQ&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:10:02Britain's 1930s fleet without the historical treaty pauseChapter
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:22:20Did Fleet Air Arm fighters use RAF vic formations?Q&A
- Patreon 98: The World Spins on a Coin: The February Revolution Fails & Imperial Russia survives WWI2:23:13Royal Navy carrier anti-aircraft defenses in 1939Notable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers2:16Royal Navy exercises offered Italy an aviation warningNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers19:26Parity with Italy traps French naval planningNotable Point
- Europa & Giuseppe Miraglia: The Regia Marina's Love for Seaplane Carriers19:26Mediterranean geography weakened the carrier caseChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign6:00What naval uniforms reveal about institutional prioritiesNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign10:20Concentrating cruisers against a Russian battleshipChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign16:17The Royal Navy meaning of a fair fightNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign18:50Mines, submarines, and replacement capacity in a global warChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign24:30Assessing the prospect of war with the United StatesQ&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:49Roger Hill's memoir of wartime destroyer commandQ&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign57:50Why a balanced destroyer design anchors the fleetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:31:45Comparing fleets without ignoring the crew poolChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:45:16How supply ships reflect naval cultureNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:53:23Designing a light cruiser for worldwide presenceChapter
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:54:51Why Bismarck should avoid HMS RodneyNotable Point
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:20:04Using fleet expansion to deter the next opponentChapter
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:18How a British Admiral Hipper-sized cruiser might differQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:13Why Britain delayed higher-pressure naval boilersQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered26:55Torpedo size versus fleet logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered29:22How British destroyers might grow without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered40:31How naval histories handle the hardships of ratingsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered55:46Cold-weather sloops as a durable patrol fleetQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:06:23Would Bismarck sail against a completed King George V force?Q&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:14:39Royal Navy designations before NATO-style abbreviationsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:15:14How early Britain could have fitted small-tube boilersQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:28:58Quadruple 6-inch turrets in later British cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:37:34British doctrine as a framework for adaptationNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:41:46How a British two-inch gun progression reshapes WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered1:52:27Why British AEW helicopters operate from flat topsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:22:48Why a Royal Navy saint class was unlikelyQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:37:05Dragon motifs on Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:39:47Britain's plan to rebuild a twenty-ship battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:44:57Rebuilding the fast force after a Dogger Bank disasterQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:50:03How losing Beatty could change naval commandNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:52:56The difference between retaining Hood and retaining her capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered2:56:52Why County names can protect a cruiser programQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:12:22Why the Royal Navy built the Hawkins classQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:27:11Type 26 numbers versus the Type 83 air-defense needQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:31:50Why the ten-gun pom-pom was a poor bluffQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:33:06How VT-fuzed pom-poms change wartime air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:37:07Why the G3 and N3 programs were credibleQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:48:53A second American civil war during the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered3:56:22G3 and N3 as the next step in a qualitative arms raceNotable Point
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:18:58Why one Anglo-American warship standard is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:20:53Carrier parity under a different Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered4:27:15How Britain might answer continued Alaska productionQ&A
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese41:34Wilson Brown and the politics of American flag rankChapter
- The American Carrier Raids of 1942: Wresting Control of the Pace of War from the Japanese1:22:50Three navies built different carrier task-force modelsChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...23:35British cruiser development draws on several wartime forcesNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...28:05HMS Hood pushes the ceiling above 35,000 tonsChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:10:10Why Anglo-American rivalry did not imply an approaching warQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:15:48War debts do not make Anglo-American war likelyQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:22:59The Hawkins class exposes America's cruiser gapChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:33:31Britain can build a squadron of F3-like fast battleshipsChapter
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:40:47Reserve squadrons preserve wartime fleet depthNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...1:50:42Sixteen-inch battleships preserve visible parityQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:00:04Larger carriers and the prospect of twin-engine torpedo bombersQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:15:50British six-inch cruisers could use quads or five triplesQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:25:07A larger Ark Royal can combine air group and protectionQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:34:54Minimal carrier studies did not authorize constructionQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:44:20Contingency plans do not prove a likely warNotable Point
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...2:54:51How to read Roskill on interwar naval policyQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...3:00:27Peacetime standards make tiny carriers impracticalQ&A
- Patreon 97: What if Senator Tillman was at the Washington Naval Treaty...3:13:00Soviet battleships depend on foreign technical linksNotable Point
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began10:30British naval aviation and service procurementChapter
- Naval Aviation in 1914: It's Standing Before War Began12:30Cruiser shell use created a quality-control advantageNotable Point
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:33A nine-battleship British construction programChapter
- Check Campaign 6: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign6:36Why Crown Colony cruisers used triple turretsQ&A
- 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!11:49Why the Royal Navy did not need a pocket battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!35:35Why American and British warship designs resist easy sharingQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!52:56Why navies sometimes buy mediocre aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:08:28Why a 9.2-inch torpedo cruiser would dominate night actionsQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:12:56Britain's experiments with rails, crash mats, and Skyhook recoveryQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:14:47What Britain would need to change on BearnQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:16:53How Aster-family missiles could move into Mark 41 launchersQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:29:24Why British capital-ship plans appeared one class at a timeNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:48:34How County-class escorts could save HMS GloriousQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:52:28Why submariners could command early aircraft carriersQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:53:00When larger capital ships would force British dock expansionQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:56:55How 9.2-inch cruisers might change the Bismarck chaseQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!1:58:54A plausible CVA-01 air group from Buccaneer to Super HornetQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:02:37Why early Type 83 renderings should not be treated as a designQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:08:23What a navy could do with surviving 1850s steam shipsQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:29:22How completed Malta-class carriers delay CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:30:10How a supersonic Harrier could enlarge the Invincible classQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:33:17How Britain might approach the Quicksink anti-ship conceptQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:41:48Why the Falklands 'Type 64' was not a Royal Navy classQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:59:10Why Britain used 18-inch aerial and 21-inch ship torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:06:21Why G3 and N3 were not the Royal Navy's whole building planQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:09:18Frederic Madden's large interwar carrier-force plansNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:16:55Why the Treasury would not define a heavy cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:17:49Why Britain would fund naval expansion without treaty securityNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:20:35How quadruple 6-inch turrets could strengthen the Town classQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:24:08What a 2,000-ton treaty destroyer could carryQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:28:39Why an automatic 6-inch gun could displace the 5.25-inch caliberQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:29:27Why a Royal Navy Saint class was politically awkwardQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:32:21Three changes that would make interwar British cruisers formidableQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:32:48Britain's enormous post-World War One shipbuilding advantageQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:35:05Why Italy stands out among postwar European naviesQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:35:35How Des Moines-class cruisers would transform the wartime Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:38:16Why an Invincible could operate only a small F-35 forceQ&A
- 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 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:43:56Why equal-caliber British and American torpedoes differed in weightQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!3:56:07What Enterprise could bring back from British carrier serviceQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:04:35Why wartime Britain would move beyond ImplacableQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:05:24The Admiral class changed because the war changedQ&A
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!4:06:38British cruiser design began with the role, then defined the targetQ&A
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 212:10Treaty limits squeezed out the cruiser-carrier roleChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 212:55Why the Royal Navy expected submarines everywhereNotable Point
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 216:55Why prewar merchant-carrier plans did not matureChapter
- MAC Ships: Success having many Parents or simply Logical Conclusions? - Key Ship Series 8 Ship 221:49Merchant command with a naval aviation detachmentChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194213:12How an Admiral-class carrier conversion might have workedQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194224:23Why the first raids attacked manageable targetsChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194232:16Carrier raids force Japan to defend a vast perimeterChapter
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 194245:43Who gained most from the Washington Naval Treaty?Notable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:10:40Could turbo-electric drive have helped Nelson and Rodney?Q&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:29:58Why Ernest King formed a poor opinion of BeattyQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19421:35:19Charles Madden's enormous 1919 carrier fleet proposalQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:02:42Why night-trained carrier aircraft were no easy substitute for B-25sQ&A
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:05:42Why navies built battleships and carriers togetherNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:09:08How British carrier doctrine divided night attack from day defenseNotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:42:27How a surviving Force Z could have strengthened ABDANotable Point
- Racking up the Fight Back: American Carrier raids of 19422:48:12Why Force Z sailed without carrier air coverQ&A
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development0:40Reading carrier design as evidence of doctrineChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development5:26Naval aircraft requirements pass through two ministriesNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development9:40World War I frustrations make aviation essentialChapter
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development28:31Layered air defense aims to spoil the attackNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development50:14Dual ranks could reverse the chain of commandNotable Point
- British Naval Aviation Doctrine during the 1920s & 30s: it's Context & Development1:32:19Jutland drives night training across the fleetNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:08:33Fifty-seven dreadnoughts reveal the campaign's scaleNotable Point
- Check Campaign 5: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:06:14Fleet strength depends on budgets, crews, and ship mixChapter
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered4:42Germany's options against British 18-inch-gun capacityQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered8:12Why Royal Navy carrier conversions kept their namesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered22:55Why Anson and Howe sat far down the admiral-name listQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered24:49Type 45 refits and the path toward Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered30:07The politics behind King George V-class namesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered37:50A modern Royal Navy renaming choiceQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered42:30Forrestal-class carriers as a Royal Navy alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered43:28Reginald Henderson's warning about fleet air defenseNotable Point
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered59:23British homing-torpedo development in World War IIQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:01:21One prewar design change for each major European navyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:11:38Sloops and aviation support ships as Britain's best prewar investmentQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:23:24When King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II could become ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:24:28Why the Queen Elizabeth class began with five shipsQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:26:25Why every King George V-class battleship needed command spaceQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:43:47Thunder Child and Pendennis Castle as unused Royal Navy namesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:52:58Why HMS Caesar did not lead to a fleet of Roman emperorsQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:56:14HMS President and the Royal Navy's captured-name traditionQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered1:58:26Torpedo bombers over JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:10:40Ordinary, guard ship, depot ship, and hulk in the sailing navyQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:16:57Why an American war with Britain in 1861 could deepen divisionQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:30:09Why the Royal Navy valued more gun turretsQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered2:43:42How Britain might build a Yorktown-sized carrier seriesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:48:05Britain and America rearm when Japan leaves the treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 137: Naval Aviation Books Discussed & Naval History Questions Answered3:55:12Why more HMS Unicorn-type support carriers became light fleet carriersQ&A
- Twelve Odd Ships53:04K-class fleet submarines arrived before workable coordinationChapter
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 614:25American and British torpedo bombers served different doctrinesNotable Point
- Douglas TBD Devastator: Not So Bad as History Says - Key Aircraft Series 1, Aircraft 629:34Regular orders sustain an aircraft-design ecosystemChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.20:23Why no navy mastered every part of carrier aviationNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.21:45How more British carriers could have changed wartime operationsNotable Point
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:21:20Would a separate treaty category encourage cruiser submarines?Q&A
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:57:27K-class submarines chased surface-fleet speedChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.2:06:28M-class guns and the conflict over cruiser visibilityNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...8:17The first purpose-built seaplane carrierChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...9:36An Elizabethan name revived after three centuriesNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...12:42How warship names build identity and expectationsNotable Point
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...24:53Three First World War lessons shaped carrier doctrineChapter
- The HMS Ark Royals Saga: A History of Naval Aviation in a Name...27:05Shallow-water torpedoes and the SwordfishChapter
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign31:05Why Royal Navy submarines carried E and N designationsQ&A
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign48:27Sherbrooke as a model for aggressive destroyer raidingQ&A
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:31:36Which Royal Navy names carry first-rate prestige?Q&A
- 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
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:35:33Command initiative should prevent fleet collisionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:28:33Motor torpedo boat crews and improvised firepowerNotable Point
- Check Campaign 4: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:51:13Why coastal-force improvisations are hard to documentNotable Point
- Check Campaign 3: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign25:15Could Britain have chosen a better dual-purpose gun route?Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered4:38Why the Town class was not a copy of BrooklynQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered5:02What a 28,000-ton British battlecruiser specification impliedQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered12:10Why cruiser groups matter more than one-on-one statisticsQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered29:51Why British motor boats attacked Kronstadt in 1919Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered45:56An Allied Japanese carrier fleet against ItalyQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered48:49What navies would do with a 15,000-ton cruiser limitQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:09:01Replacing early battlecruisers with 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:13:57Why the Fleet Air Arm was not built around a battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:20:14What replaces battlecruisers sent to the DardanellesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:23:26A Royal Navy minesweeper officer's memoirQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:28:01Why the name Invincible took time to returnQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:32:36Proximity fuzes and the ammunition a cruiser actually carriedQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:33:45The industrial cost of German 14-inch gun retrofitsQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:41:51Why the G3 and N3 ships were likely admiral namesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:45:00How Hawkins shaped treaty cruiser limitsQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:55:40Admiral names for a modern B classQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered1:57:12Royal Navy naming cycles and politically risky namesQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:06:17How the Type 21 entered Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:11:49Why German triple turrets would provoke BritainNotable Point
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:16:17A joint Italian and Austro-Hungarian dreadnought displayQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:17:51How quickly Scapa Flow could return as a fleet baseQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:33:32Why a cheaper Type 47 could displace the Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:42:50How many yards Britain needs to expand the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered2:45:09The planned sequence of Unicorn follow-on shipsQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:12:22If Germany stopped building battleships in 1910Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:14:30The Royal Navy fleet Britain expected by 1942Q&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:20:26A united British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand navyQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:23:53Royal Navy carriers after a Japanese treaty exitQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:30:12Why destroyers avoided a single 5.25-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 136: Some Books & Some Questions Answered3:32:54Mission and treaty constraints on a British large cruiserQ&A
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?40:40Carrier-aircraft logistics shape helicopter availabilityNotable Point
- What changes if Helicopters are at their third generation in 1939?1:18:11Helicopters multiply Warspite's roles at NarvikNotable Point
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 10:00Naval treaties created opportunities as well as constraintsChapter
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 124:24Henderson and Goodall designed for global logisticsChapter
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 11:00:41Training pathways shape postwar carrier and submarine influenceNotable Point
- HMS Unicorn: Honestly Not An Aircraft Carrier - Key Ship Series 8, Ship 11:06:55Short-term and extended reserve give a fleet mobilization depthNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s23:52Moffett turns helicopters into a funded naval programChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s39:51Would Britain choose helicopter cruisers or sloops?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s42:52How replacing Warspite's seaplane would affect SupermarineQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s56:31Helicopter sloop orders support shipyards and dispersed patrolsNotable Point
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:28:58Helicopters reorder carrier fleets and escort forcesChapter
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s1:48:42Could HMS Eagle become a helicopter assault ship?Q&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s2:13:46Night helicopters change the Dunkirk and Calais evacuationsQ&A
- Patreon 95: Helios on Route- A lucky development of helicopters & appropriate tech in 1930s3:03:41Naval control of helicopters changes engine procurementQ&A
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202411:51Choosing the F3 design instead of Nelson and RodneyNotable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202413:29Could an Admiral-class hull have become an early carrier?Notable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202416:56How Admiral-class carriers would reshape treaty tonnageNotable Point
- Naval History Writing Competition 2023/202418:08Following other navies' reactions to one changed programChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals12:30Why the Fleet Air Arm revived 809 SquadronChapter
- 809 Squadron Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm: The Immortals1:02:42Carrier deployments must preserve allied optionsNotable Point
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:08Using British designs to test the updated campaignChapter
- Check Campaign 2: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:36:44Would an all-Tribal destroyer force help Britain in 1939?Q&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time6:41Royal Navy modernization is mainly a delivery problemQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time8:35A 1930 war favors the Royal Navy's aviation leadQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time14:11Large light cruisers and Incomparable were not Royal Navy endpointsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time18:55Suez was won tactically and lost at the political center of gravityQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time26:51A surviving Vanguard is worth more as a modern gunfire shipQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time31:14A 4.5-inch Dido trades range for volume rather than transforming battlesQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time34:04Lions and Malta-class carriers create the Axis naval nightmareQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time45:07More Queen Elizabeths and Admirals harden Britain's treaty positionQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time56:51G3 and N3 construction makes dockyard expansion a 1920s priorityQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:12:38Royal Navy recreation mixed games, food, drink, and seafaring ritualQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:23:08Bare Essex hulls are more plausible as helicopter assault shipsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:44:19Earlier high-power engines transform the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:49:31Modern piston knowledge gives Britain two aircraft generations before warQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:01:33The Trent Affair could force Britain into the American Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:25:25A 1927 fleet swap gives America ships closer to British needsQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:31:43Without a German battle fleet, British entry in 1914 becomes less likelyQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time2:42:19Paused construction left Force Z without the fleet meant to reinforce itQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:08:36An F3 layout creates a recognizable British capital-ship familyQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:14:25Global presence makes Arleigh Burke the destroyer benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:25:13CVA-01, Invincible, and Fearless preserve a global Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time3:47:40Without Washington, the naval race settles into recurring small batchesQ&A
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time4:23:04Larger carriers would not make the Super Frelon a natural Royal Navy choiceQ&A
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?10:53Why an escort-first order could not instantly free shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?20:40Why naval aviators need a direct engineering voiceNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?32:56How aerial reconnaissance might have changed JutlandNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?34:04HMS Hermes proved seaplane reconnaissance in fleet exercisesNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?40:55HMS Furious and the evolution of the flight deckChapter
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?53:41Alpha strikes versus continuous carrier operationsChapter
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?55:09Night carrier operations required money and research depthNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?59:20Geography made a multi-carrier fleet attractive to BritainNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:01:12Reginald Henderson linked carrier exercises to wartime fleet designNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:20:08Treaty limits and actual fleet strength divergedNotable Point
- What kind of Carrier do you need or want?1:24:29Build a realistic aviation fleet backward from missionsChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids20:41The Sopwith Pup makes early carrier trials manageableChapter
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids46:20Royal Navy carriers sometimes fought with their own gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids48:47New construction would push older conversions into reserveNotable Point
- Patreon 94: The different types of Aircraft Carriers/Seaplane Carriers/Hybrids1:15:14Treaties divert national carrier design pathsNotable Point
- 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/Hybrids2:17:24Contract rules shape when a ship is commissionedNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō15:14Why the Royal Navy rejected very small carriersNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō16:31Why 10,000 tons also became the cruiser ceilingNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō21:13Royal Navy exercises defined a carrier's escortNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō29:02Fleet exercises had already exposed the hybrid's problemNotable Point
- Conception of Admiral Moffett’s Flight Deck Cruisers & the IJN’s construction of Ryūjō51:04A 1924 flight-deck-cruiser counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books5:57How faster N3 and G3 designs change treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books7:54Why Japan built torpedo cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books18:49Why nobody wanted Courageous and Glorious as gunshipsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books27:01A British 28,000-ton carrier before treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books31:33Why US cruisers held course while British ships zigzaggedQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books36:32Budget systems shape how navies answer a ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books38:08Why Bismarck might zigzag against an unlikely submarineQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books55:36Fleet size, promotion, and personnel retentionQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books58:35How a heavier British battle line changes treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:02:22Earlier British carrier development before 1914Q&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:06:42Four Tigers at Dogger Bank and JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:12:21Would larger Courageous-class ships become carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:17:01How early turbine cruisers accelerate the machinery chainQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:19:35What Britain converts if the Courageous class stays armedQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:35:16Why the Admiralty created a formal staff in 1912Q&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books1:36:38The Royal Navy and the Sino-Japanese Incident, 1937-41Chapter
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:07:08How British construction pressure turns into a German political fightQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:13:56Why foundries bottleneck wartime shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:17:38Fixing the British triple 4-inch mount for dual-purpose useQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:20:34The Washington treaty allowed new carriers as well as conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:27:06Why US and Japanese fleets differed from the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:32:19What Repulse needed from an anti-aircraft refitQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:34:09Why pre-treaty experimental carriers gave Britain flexibilityQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:36:44Why Jutland did not uniquely ruin the armored cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:41:40How many 1941 Admiral-class heavy cruisers Britain might buildQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books2:46:52If Britain received LVT and DUKW designs in 1938Q&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:00:27Why T-class submarines could work in Pacific shallowsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:06:18Why British carriers used stacked enclosed hangarsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:08:29What forty County-class cruisers do to treaty fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:15:13The naval race if World War I never beginsQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:28:13How 28-knot Queen Elizabeths change the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:44:27Tribal-class destroyers at NarvikQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:47:30Why France could not answer Plan Z aloneQ&A
- Bruships 134: Imperial Japanese Navy Books3:49:41How one navy leaving the treaty system affects everyoneQ&A
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI13:30A crew shortage need not end a ship's careerChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI23:45Extra Type 45 hulls spread development cost and create depthNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI25:17Ships in ordinary absorb refit delaysChapter
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI30:30Why "pre-dreadnought" is a retrospective labelNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI34:28Presence duties and the World War II reserve shortfallNotable Point
- Old Crocks at War: The Value of Reserve Ships to Navys in WWI1:25:41General-purpose Type 23s released specialists for harder missionsNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies12:30Cartridge ammunition makes quick firing practicalChapter
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies13:43Caliber proliferation multiplies fleet burdensNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies23:11British interwar research tests automated heavy gunsChapter
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies23:39Interwar research depended on money and surviving evidenceNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies26:19Automation ambitions behind the Lion-class gunsNotable Point
- The Philosophy behind Autoloader Development for Navies33:00Production runs were part of weapons developmentNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?15:50Why World War I required a six-hundred-ship Royal NavyNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?23:34Could Fisher have cut costs without losing overseas coverage?Q&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?25:58Did fishing-fleet guard ships fall under the trawler command?Q&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?28:17Logistics ships and refit rotation in a reserve fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?31:53Why British shipyards failed despite a huge maritime industryNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?38:25How navies preserve or replace aviation squadron identitiesNotable 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?41:49Why the Admiralty did not punish Thames IronworksQ&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?1:25:54Britain's qualitative challenge mattered more than Germany's numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:01:48The fleet at the outbreak of war shapes the opening campaignsNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:03:57G3 and N3 construction could feed a rotating capital-ship reserveNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:05:19HMS Renown shows the cost of scrapping an intermediate warshipNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:07:11Would G3 and N3 immediately push the R class into reserve?Q&A
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:11:26A reserve HMS Tiger could transform the River Plate pursuitNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:16:51Reserve battleships could build an Indian Ocean force before Force ZNotable Point
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:21:48Naval treaties remove construction continuity and reserve depthChapter
- Patreon 93: Old crocks at war. How useful to WWI were the old ships brought out of reserve?2:25:56Could retained Iron Dukes be upgraded to 14-inch guns?Q&A
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers11:29HMA No. 1 Mayfly and reconnaissanceChapter
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers21:54The prewar naval technology race beyond GermanyNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers23:11German budgets chase British innovationNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers25:33Carrier names record a new naval traditionNotable Point
- Beginnings of Naval Aviation & Beginnings of the Year of Aircraft Carriers38:50Carrier and aircraft design reveal doctrineNotable Point
- Operation Frankton: The Cockleshell Heroes14:34Why Britain needed Combined OperationsChapter
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- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!15:11Bligh and Codrington in a modern navyQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!17:01How an expanded Tribal class might be namedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!20:05Why the Royal Navy rejected a torpedo cruiserQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!24:11The 1939 Royal Navy against the High Seas FleetQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!25:54Forty County-class cruisers and the treaty systemQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!35:04County-class cruisers at Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!37:57How Bofors and pom-poms might divide the fleetQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!38:58HMS Sheffield's repeated battleship encountersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!39:40Why Britain retained a large navy after 1945Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!42:37A Royal Navy built around triple turretsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!43:49Choosing advanced radar or working gas turbines in the 1930sQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!46:06Hunting Moltke with the East Asia SquadronQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!47:57Why Renown did not need ten torpedo tubesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!50:56German success against Royal Navy codesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!54:22Why Bofors did not replace the pom-pom before 1939Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:04:27Brigs as the age of sail's unsung workhorsesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:07:59Glorious and Force Z as strategic defeatsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:14:04Whether the G3 battlecruisers were laid downQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:18:58What 9.2-inch guns change in a cruiserQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:19:24An Anglo-French naval war in 1912Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:20:54The most plausible later Lion-class battleshipQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:23:28Battle-class destroyers and the Suez CrisisQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:02Which navy gained most from T-gunsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:30:30Could Britain have built the G3 battlecruisers?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:30:38Why Lion would not simply repeat G3Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:36:28Britain's post-treaty heavy-cruiser studiesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:36:54Jutland with 1941 British night-fighting capabilityQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:37:18How Nelson's torpedoes could be aimedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:42:41Three British carriers in February 1941Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:50:04Treaties and the survival of British shipyardsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:52:55When British 10-inch guns were a useful choiceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:55:44Fleet duties and trade protection in cruiser designQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:55:59The case against suspending carrier construction in 1939Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:57:57Replacing Churchill as First Lord in 1911Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:02:41What the loss of HMS Captain provedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:23If Britain kept building armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:53Britain's quiet support for the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:06:09What large armoured- and protected-cruiser fleets taught BritainQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:06:45Parliament, Congress, and naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:10:02Why British cruiser guns split into three calibresQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:10:55Japan joins Britain after the fall of FranceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:13:58If Fisher remained until Jellicoe took overQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:14:19Rate of fire versus shell weight in cruiser gunsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:16:41How other navies answer early British triple turretsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:18:01Could Britain field the 15-inch gun earlier?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:21:22A Japanese declaration of war on Germany in 1939Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:23:22Triple 8-inch turrets on a treaty cruiserQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:26:54American expectations for total cruiser-tonnage limitsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:27:41Renown-type battlecruisers instead of the Revenge classQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:28:42What Britain gained from Destroyers for BasesQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:31:57Why the wooden HMS Unicorn escaped disposalQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:36:39How Royal Navy exercise routines are organisedQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:37:36Why British Pacific ships needed different rangeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:37:59Britain's argument against the building holidayQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:41:35Overseas support for an all-diesel Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:45:19Why Royal Navy PT instructors were called club swingersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:47:43Why Britain canceled later Monmouth and Topaze cruisersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:48:27Why a post-Hawkins cruiser would use a 9.2-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:48:51Choosing F3 for wider 15-inch fleet improvementsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:49:26HMS Resolution as a forgotten battleshipQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:53:41Why Fisher disposed of third-class torpedo cruisersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:54:40Judging cruiser numbers against the threats of the timeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:55:39Expanding British shipyards before World War IIQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:55:53What might have followed the Lion classQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:56:22Why the cruiser requirement was not a two-for-one replacementQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:59:59Would the Royal Navy coin 'heavy cruiser' without treaties?Q&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:01:43Shetland as a central North Sea baseQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:02:30How a larger British cruiser fleet changes the hunt for Graf SpeeQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:04:14Why the Royal Navy preferred teak decksQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:06:02British choices for a larger destroyer gunQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:21:33What British gun choices reveal about postwar ambitionQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:25:44Why Royal Navy writers carry unusual influenceQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:29:14The case for returning naval aviation to the AdmiraltyQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:33:23Type 45 firefighting gear and practical accessNotable Point
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:34:18A twelve-gun Hawkins-class cruiserQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:35:01Britain's prewar cruiser shortageQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:39:59Vindictive and the value of aviation-cruiser conversionsQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:40:19Why Britain could not readily adopt the F-14AQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:40:55The 8-inch gun as a treaty compromiseQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:47:28Why triple 6-inch turrets would dominate treaty cruisersQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:54:35Why British medium AA guns resisted standardizationQ&A
- Bruships(New Years Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:55:47Nelson commanding the Grand FleetQ&A
- HMS Princess Beatrix & HMS Queen Emma Landing Ship Infantry(Medium) - When Dutch Ferries go to War19:19Retired officers helped expand the wartime Royal NavyChapter
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:35:46Why Britain rejected superimposed secondary batteriesQ&A
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:46:01Why Britain delayed a heavy-cruiser projectQ&A
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:53:33A River-class patrol vessel as a modern sloopNotable Point
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:58:33Possible prewar roots of British commando capabilityQ&A
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s40:07Gas-turbine motor torpedo boats before the warChapter
- What Happens If Whittle is supported & Britain develops Jet Engines + Gas Turbines in 1930s1:15:45Why distant operations make survivability a design priorityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 107:43National potential is not the same as deployable naval powerNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1012:00Debt, Admiralty courts, and convoys sustain Royal Navy powerNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1015:58Impressment and neutral trade before the War of 1812Chapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:47Commercial growth does not automatically create naval credibilityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1029:23Great Frigate victories meet the Royal Navy blockadeChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1044:00A powerful blockade keeps Independence in BostonChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1046:35Blockade searches combine strategy with anti-slavery enforcementNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence3:41How major warships project status and traditionNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence12:36The modern Royal Navy capability ladderChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence13:20Reserve rotation protects deployable ship numbersNotable Point
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence22:14Fisher replaces old presence ships with spectacleChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence25:10Balanced fleets depend on ships below the battle lineChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence35:38Mass-produced sloops become convoy infrastructureChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence40:18Treaty rules leave room for adaptable sloopsChapter
- Sloops Adaptability of Presence47:05HMS Folkestone adds local knowledge at TientsinChapter
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 40:01A capable aircraft mismatched with British carriersChapter
- Supermarine Scimitar: A Midfielder before Midfielders were cool - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 415:19803 Naval Air Squadron brings the Scimitar to seaChapter
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!6:15River-class boats improved on the K class without solving the fleet-submarine problemQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!12:46British U- and T-class submarine design lineagesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!15:20Formidable and Unicorn used carrier guns in surface actionsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!16:02Mount weight kept the 4.5-inch gun off the Tribal classQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!26:11Small-tube boilers could create a 28-knot British battle lineQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!28:58The Royal Navy prepared a deep list of Tribal-class namesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!30:17A workable 4.5-inch mount would close the Tribal class's high-angle gapQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!37:40Where an enormous interwar submarine fleet might serveQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!38:27Battle-class destroyers carried a formidable anti-drone gun batteryQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!40:25Without war demand Britain would build smaller submarine generationsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!41:15British yards could support eight major warships on a recurring cycleQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!45:27What Britain learned from captured Type XXIII submarinesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!48:05The Sidon disaster ended Royal Navy HTP torpedo useQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!53:47Ark Royal was easier to keep operating than EagleQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:10:33Unused conning-bridge features gave way to more valuable submarine spaceQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:18:43British armed merchantmen used naval gun parties rather than a separate Armed GuardQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:49Christmas meals at sea belong to a long naval traditionQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:44American heavy frigates won local matchups but could not challenge larger British shipsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:44:21Churchill's large cruiser changes size with the strategic eraQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:45:38A Batch 3 River could add aviation support and enduranceQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:05:10Vian, Somerville, Cunningham, Harwood, Fraser, and Jellicoe merit ship namesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:23:14An Admiral-class carrier could move beyond Eagle's gun patternQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:23:48Postwar Britain could afford several large carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:24:42A 1950 British fast battleship would align with American 16-inch logisticsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:27:52Mountbatten's political skill distinguished him from Cork and OrreryQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:36:16Jutland's outcome is measured by sea control, not hulls lostQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:50:32The N3 might reset the dreadnought label instead of becoming a super-super-dreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:03:18How G3 and N3 ideas might merge without WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:03:47Britain replaced cruiser roles instead of matching labelsQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:11:52Reserve destroyers trade bad headlines for real wartime resilienceQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:21:10A comparable battlecruiser class would likely exceed one shipQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:22:18An early Mark 146 would replace quad Vickers mounts fleetwideQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:22:31A 1908 fleet battle would include more predreadnoughts and less battlecruiser independenceQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:29:44Calling Scharnhorst a battlecruiser served British force accountingQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:31:07The sextuple Bofors mount sought pom-pom volume with Bofors performanceQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:44:53Fisher's political campaign distracted Battenberg during the Coronel crisisNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:47:53Fisher's earlier brilliance would not guarantee useful Second World War leadershipQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:52:22Reginald Henderson made shipyards answer to informed oversightNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:54:28Submarines and aircraft dominate many naval friendly-fire casesQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:56:37Forty-eight heavy cruisers would marginalize light cruisersQ&A
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!4:01:27Belfast-class cruisers embodied unusually tough British constructionQ&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19285:12A workable 1928 route to funding Frank WhittleChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 192811:31Why naval brigades fought in land battlesQ&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 192818:10From experimental motor boats to naval gas turbinesChapter
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 192824:45Why eliminating boilers changes treaty warship designNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:03:01Gas turbines give Coastal Forces a forty-knot test bedNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:19:08Abdiel-class minelayers become extreme high-speed shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:30:31Gas turbines recast the Dido-class light cruisersNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19281:45:39A gas-turbine fleet needs a different fuel economyNotable Point
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:44:17Would earlier naval jets overturn the Inskip Award?Q&A
- Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 19282:50:04The interwar Royal Navy was not simply anti-carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?14:30Why the Royal Navy reused flower namesChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?35:07Fisher's efficiency reforms weakened routine presenceChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?58:07Why Coronel was a force-concentration failureQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:22:40Enterprise survived the postwar cruiser debate, Euphrates did notNotable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:38:54The modern HMS Enterprise left service in 2023Notable Point
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:50:03Interwar sloops helped build Dominion naviesChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?1:54:20Sloops gave junior officers independent commandQ&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:04:13Could steady interwar sloop building have changed World War II?Q&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:20:41HMS Folkestone at the Singtao incidentChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:34:53River-class OPVs as modern presence squadronsChapter
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?3:48:29Crew growth must precede faster shipbuildingNotable Point
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 812:16How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated unit costNotable Point
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 816:28Sixteen Darings planned, eight builtChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 830:28Diamond's construction and peacetime serviceChapter
- HMS Diamond(1950) D35: Presence without Conviction is no Detterence - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 834:43How a new destroyer supported the Korean War indirectlyNotable Point
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History25:15From Gatling mechanisms to revolving gun chambersChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History32:36Quick-firing guns meet breech pressure and shell weightChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History42:31Why British industry led early rate-of-fire experimentsNotable Point
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History50:38British battleship autoloader concepts from F2 to King George VChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History54:49Did Nelson's assisted loading anticipate Vanguard?Q&A
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History59:23Why British autoloader research is difficult to reconstructQ&A
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:04:05Vickers and Elswick in the British development trailQ&A
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:31:25Large-caliber autoloaders as postwar anti-aircraft weaponsNotable Point
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:32:10Why Britain studied capital-gun autoloaders firstQ&A
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:32:58The Tiger class Mark 26 six-inch mountingChapter
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History1:49:37Would nuclear power have prolonged British capital ships?Q&A
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History2:05:36Autoloaders would not erase Denmark Strait command limitsQ&A
- Patreon 90: How were warship autoloader turrets prototyped? A development History2:28:37Why interwar autoloaders focused on larger gunsNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 71:33Why the S class was the Royal Navy's submarine all-rounderChapter
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 712:10Three S-class groups and the prewar boats' heavy lossesChapter
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 714:47The Ten Year Rule and the Royal Navy's 1942 submarine plansNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 716:18Large wartime orders did not make every S-class boat inevitableNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 719:48War-emergency orders and Britain's 1942 risk planningNotable Point
- 'S' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's All Rounders for WWII - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 722:30ASDIC managed the submarine threat rather than eliminating itNotable Point
- Sopwith Cuckoo: The Exodus Chapter for Naval Aviation - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 23:58A torpedo bomber intended to threaten WilhelmshavenChapter
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 62:52The T class as an ambush predatorChapter
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 67:02Specialized emphasis without theater lock-inNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 68:20Archive papers behind the design interpretationNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 611:30Construction numbers in fleet contextChapter
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 614:31Underwater handling and a ten-torpedo spreadChapter
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 622:33Technology myths and competing striking forcesNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 631:30How the T-class torpedo-tube layout evolvedNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 644:15Pollyanna the reindeer aboard HMS TridentNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 649:21Imperial storage could turn torpedoes into dudsNotable Point
- 'T' Class Submarines: The Royal Navy's Ambush Predators - Key Ship Series 7 Ship 656:39Effective ambush boats with too few targetsChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 111:43Night reconnaissance was built into Fleet Air Arm practiceNotable Point
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 113:19Observers shaped Royal Navy aviation doctrineChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 139:54Fleet spotter flights became enduring naval squadronsChapter
- Blackburn Blackburn: The Ugliest Eyes of the Fleet Ever Seen - Key Aircraft Series 1 Aircraft 147:26A dedicated lookout flight might have adopted radar earlyNotable Point
- HMS Nubian: Most Battle Honours of the Tribal Class - KSS3 S5 Comment Response0:11Family records connect sailors to HMS NubianNotable Point
- HMS Nubian: Most Battle Honours of the Tribal Class - KSS3 S5 Comment Response4:11Why the Tribal, Battle, and Daring classes need a shared historyChapter
- HMS Nubian: Most Battle Honours of the Tribal Class - KSS3 S5 Comment Response6:01Sherbrooke's destroyers defend an Arctic convoyChapter
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 53:31Enterprise offered a strong alternative to the Leander pathNotable Point
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 511:44A First World War cruiser completed at interwar paceChapter
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 524:37Sixteen torpedoes backed a fast, ocean-going cruiserChapter
- HMS Enterprise: Tell Me Where You Need Your Royals or Gold Delivered - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 531:12The Enterprise name linked Havana to World War IINotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response6:22How repeated experiments produced viable light carriersNotable Point
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response10:21Training carrier crews for wartime fleet expansionQ&A
- USS Enterprise: A Star is Born - KSS3 S4 Comment Response28:08Galactica and Pegasus as rival carrier doctrinesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...19:09Five Lexington-scale conversions transform Royal Navy carrier strengthQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...20:48The abdication reshaped the King George V class naming sequenceQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...23:17A generous carrier-conversion rule would favor the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...26:07Deck-edge lifts would require a larger Invincible-class redesignQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...27:24The G3 and N3 program already implied retirement of Britain's older capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...30:54Hermes, not Eagle, was Britain's purpose-built carrierQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...31:56More new cruisers could accelerate C-class anti-aircraft conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...37:55Low-rate coastal turret production preserves capital-ship skillsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...42:10Chatfield's preferences pulled King George V away from a direct G3 updateQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...43:26Reagan-era heavy cruisers become Kirov-scale missile and gun shipsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...50:47A Royal Navy ASROC remains possible but unconfirmedQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...54:18G3 and N3 promise brilliance or fundamental flaws, not certaintyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:15:47A 1930 treaty walkout puts carriers and fast capital ships firstQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:16:48Understanding Jutland requires British and German accountsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:22:10A 40,000-ton King George V could carry four quadruple 14-inch turretsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:23:18Captured Louis XIV names gave Royal Navy fleets a pointed messageQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:27:13Heavily armed British ships force every rival to answerQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:27:58Henderson's 15-inch preference opens two King George V batteriesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:28:57An enemy Italy keeps British battleship construction aliveQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:30:30Britain uses American yards for repairs, not a replacement building programQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:31:03Global station duties kept old Royal Navy ships in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:31:56Queen Elizabeth and Revenge begin replacing the 12-inch battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:35:33A 100,000-ton British battleship shocks 1920 but answers Yamato in wartimeQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:35:59Prewar naval mistakes in carriers, destroyers, intelligence, and strategyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:38:40Some old cruisers could be grandfathered into the treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:39:00A dreadnought armored cruiser line can split into battlecruisers and cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:40:58The Channel Dash forced closer naval-air coordinationQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:41:23French capital-ship choices could weaken British Mediterranean strategyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:45:58Radar and rate of fire favor Belfast against TrentoQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:46:18Britain and the United States still hoped Japan would returnQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:52:26Unlimited Ark Royals free British yards for the rest of the fleetQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:57:37Cloned Ark Royals release British yards for every other requirementQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...1:58:41Series construction brings Queen Elizabeths by 1916 and Revenges by 1917Q&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:09:33Dutch stabilization work fed the Royal Navy's Hazemeyer mountsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:10:17A 12-inch/50 path carries longer guns into later British calibresQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:14:03Type 26 frigates may face continuous technology-driven refitsNotable Point
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:14:23Diesel-electric machinery removes petrol from a dangerous hullQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:15:46The Royal Navy reuses lost ship names and tries to improve the next storyQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:16:47Why the M-class cruiser-submarine concept was a dead endQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:19:30Foreknowledge of U-boat numbers accelerates British escortsQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:21:19The Armistice ended the case for more R-class submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:23:53A larger inherited submarine fleet compounds interwar experienceQ&A
- Bruships 133: Questions till the Bru runs out...2:24:40A St Vincent family connection may offer an ancestral command exampleQ&A
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response1:31Where a preserved Warspite might have belongedQ&A
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response9:30How Britain planned a 22- or 23-ship capital fleetNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response23:50How many spare 15-inch guns might Vanguard have needed?Q&A
- HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response24:33Could holding Narvik have divided wartime Norway?Q&A
- If Not Pearl Harbor: Other Options for Japanese Suprise Strike56:55A Sydney strike and British imperial overstretchChapter
- HMS Cossack: A Dangerous Destroyer to Behold - KSS3 S1 Comment Response5:16Why Tribal-class destroyers suffered turbine blade rubbingQ&A
- HMS Cossack: A Dangerous Destroyer to Behold - KSS3 S1 Comment Response7:45Tribal-class destroyers in a Guadalcanal night actionQ&A
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response4:05Illustrious keeps serving despite reduced speedNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response4:43Ark Royal's counter-flooding instructionsNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response10:19Warspite as a ballistic-missile submarine nameNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response10:55Could Britain supply fuel for USS Arizona?Q&A
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response12:14Keeping years of naval fuel in reserveNotable Point
- USS Texas: Always Bigger in Spirit - KSS3 S2 Comment Response13:20Tankers waiting for British naval oil storageNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 23:22Capital-ship naming and the N3 battleshipsNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 26:16Admiral Duncan, mutiny, and command authorityNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 211:50Aggression as Royal Navy doctrineChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 225:23Command culture from Tsushima to task forcesChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:01:56Eastern Fleet carrier doctrine in 1944Chapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:06:39Wartime promotion and command depthNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:16:23Make-do-and-mend operational cultureChapter
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri13:00Why Britain had to remain the benchmark navyNotable Point
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri15:48Why the British battleship aims for 26 knotsChapter
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri20:45Elswick's 14-inch gun offers the available leapChapter
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri35:15Would it be a real 26 knots or a Royal Navy 26 knots?Q&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri37:07What limits an early 26-knot battleship's boilers?Q&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri41:45Triple turrets become the mark of the new battleshipChapter
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:35:33The ideal answer carries fifteen 14-inch gunsChapter
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:43:05Did Fisher prefer wing turrets themselves?Q&A
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri1:44:02Turning Dante into the almost-dreadnoughtNotable Point
- The Royal Navys Response to a 1906 Dante Alighieri2:00:48Does the South American dreadnought race fit this model?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?35:28Could the Royal Navy cripple Kido Butai at night?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?48:24Were bouncing bombs mainly an answer to torpedo nets?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?58:55How losing the Pacific Fleet could reshape 1942-44Chapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:27:35Sydney and the strain on British global powerChapter
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:29:10Would Britain redeploy submarines to Australia?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:32:39A Pacific crisis exposes Britain's capital-ship production pauseNotable Point
- If not Pearl Harbour?1:52:50Would American convoy habits expose Pacific reinforcements?Q&A
- If not Pearl Harbour?2:12:01Would Britain accelerate Vanguard and the Lion class?Q&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response12:31How Britain might answer a 30-knot Tillman IIIQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response18:28A super-battleship treaty makes German rearmament harderNotable Point
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response23:38Britain trades debt reduction for bigger dockyardsQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response36:43Tillman pressure could unite Britain's capital-ship typesQ&A
- Tillman Class: Dreams of Super Battleships - KSS2 S8 Comment Response48:06An F3 and 15-inch/50 path reshapes the interwar fleetNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:44How treaty limits divided British carrier rolesChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 25:16Why Britain did not simply build more strike carriersQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 29:02Courageous and Glorious broke the planned carrier forceNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 228:48British multi-carrier doctrine predated the Pacific WarChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 237:41Commerce raiders formed Britain's first Far East phaseChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:25:40British officers understood Japanese decisive-battle thinkingNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:29:28Royal Navy command culture rewarded attackChapter
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:35:13A defensible decision could still end an active commandNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate: Part 1 of 21:41:20The Abyssinian Crisis validated carrier requirementsQ&A
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response13:26Britain's reserve of 15-inch and 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response18:21How a balanced Soviet fleet changes NATO prioritiesChapter
- Stalingrad Class: Stalin's Ship Dreams - KSS2 S7 Comment Response22:16A NATO command cruiser as the peacetime answerNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response4:48N3 battleships as the Royal Navy's battle-line hammerNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response6:56Why Ark Royal and the Illustrious class had complementary rolesQ&A
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response8:35Why repair geography shaped British carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response9:20Global commitments complicate theater labels for British carriersNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response12:24Could the Caracciolos displace the Revenge class from the Mediterranean?Q&A
- Francesco Caracciolo: The Almost Next Battleship Era - KSS2 S6 Comment Response12:52British industrial responses to a completed Caracciolo classNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:39What Germany needed capital ships to doChapter
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 410:39Surface raiders complicate British convoy defenseChapter
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 419:20The Royal Navy's capital-ship spectrumNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 442:21Why speed bought a surface raider timeNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class(1936): Most Valued Player of the German Capital Ships - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 41:01:12How the Royal Navy ground down ScharnhorstChapter
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response10:46Why Amagi would not simply replace the Royal Navy's N3 programQ&A
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response13:37How a benchmark navy responds without admitting it followsNotable Point
- The Amagi Class: Super Kongos or Nascent Fast Battleships? - KSS2 S5 Comment Response15:03What survives of the planned HMS Agincourt designQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out28:22Shrinking L3 and K3 ideas into a treaty battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out46:049.2-inch Courageous-class cruisers reshape treaty fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:03:35Royal Navy flagships used architecture to project authorityQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:08:25H3A speed versus G3 firepowerQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:16:44H3's six-gun battery weakened its treaty-design appealQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:32:11A separate 9.2-inch category leaves Britain choosing its smaller cruiser gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:44:53Long Lance torpedoes in British destroyer night attacksQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:46:21A 16.5-inch treaty limit could carry G3 gun work into the Lion classQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:53:40Britain had the beginnings of a 16-inch Mark II battery for VanguardNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:58:34A larger Minotaur hull would improve the Tiger helicopter cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:08:07Audacious-class construction depended on large yards and facilitiesQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:12:05A full-size 1947 Minotaur could carry four or five autoloading pairsQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:17:49A modern Royal Navy heavy cruiser would concentrate large guns forwardQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:35:47Understanding the condition of Pola's crew after boardingQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:40:48Alternative hull lines for British 13.5-inch-gunned shipsQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out2:44:26Fourteen 12-inch guns would push a British design to a longer hullQ&A
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response5:35Where Britain might have placed 18-inch coastal gunsQ&A
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response7:34Why the interwar Royal Navy inherited the Army's weakness narrativeQ&A
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response13:13Why the G3 design suited an Eastern Fleet missionNotable Point
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response33:23The Royal Navy's motto was adopted later than tradition suggestsNotable Point
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response35:21Why the G3 saint-name story fails a source checkChapter
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response45:18British carrier roles joined combat doctrine to global repair logisticsChapter
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response50:41Why Stanley Goodall's carrier evidence mattersNotable Point
- Lexington Class: America's Battle Cruiser Dreams - KSS2 S4 Comment Response54:56How the Royal Navy would answer an American capital-ship port visitNotable Point
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 30:28Churchill, Scharnhorst, and the politics of naval namesNotable Point
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 32:22Churchill and the contested origins of the LSTChapter
- Landing Ship Tanks Mk1s: The First Attempts to Get Troops Ashore - Key Ships Series 7 Ship 331:48Destroyer anti-aircraft exercises conceal a wartime flawNotable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response17:31G3 forward basing and an Eastern Fleet coreNotable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response20:36Likely names for the G3 classQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response21:21Two K3s would reshape the Washington treatyQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response31:39Washington and London cruiser limits differedQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response36:52The G3-N3 program and British financesQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response48:04G3s could set a 16.5-inch treaty limitNotable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response52:21Affordability versus preference after 1918Q&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response56:26The Invergordon Mutiny and pay harmonizationQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:03:09World War I strained Britain without repeating 1945Notable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:04:04Two K3s undermine American treaty assumptionsQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:14:52K3 carrier conversions and naval aviationNotable Point
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:16:50F3 battlecruisers as a treaty alternativeQ&A
- The Missed Generation - The G3 & N3 classes: KSS2 S2 Comment Response1:20:17Anglo-American war and maritime geographyNotable Point
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 21:39Why the Acacia class began as minesweepersChapter
- Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 213:24Twenty-four sloops from a distributed shipbuilding baseNotable Point
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?31:51Osman Pasha and the British adviser rebuilding the Ottoman NavyChapter
- Battle of Sinop(1853): The Death Knell or a Useful Patsy?57:58The escaping paddle frigate carried Sinop’s reportNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response0:27Graf Zeppelin could keep British carrier construction movingQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:27North Atlantic weather changes the carrier air-group comparisonQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response2:17Courageous showed the cost of ignoring carrier ASW doctrineNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response3:47A German carrier could indirectly increase British Pacific strengthQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response4:55Graf Zeppelin would draw even more attention than TirpitzNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response11:23Flower-class output depended on slipways and fitting-out capacityQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response14:21Graf Zeppelin already tied British carriers to home watersNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response15:05One German carrier changes deployment more than British designQ&A
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response19:30Why HMS Hermes should not be counted as a fleet carrierNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response26:30Matapan and Taranto turned Royal Navy exercises into combatNotable Point
- British Response to Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response27:29G3 and N3 designs posed a fleet-distribution dilemmaQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Four Random Books 30 - Courage17:34Courage anthologies can hide the Royal Navy's Falklands roleChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response20:31How British practice shaped naval treaty rulesQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response30:29How Graf Zeppelin could accelerate British carrier constructionQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:00:49Could conventional carriers work in the North Atlantic and Baltic?Q&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:02:36HMS Glorious and the cost of ignoring carrier doctrineQ&A
- Graf Zeppelin: KSS2 S1 Comment Response1:03:59British and American carrier night operationsQ&A
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?8:31A large navy can pursue several doctrines at onceNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?15:49Convoy opposition also came from commercial logisticsChapter
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?20:21Postwar records reconstruct the Atlantic pictureNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?28:08Hindsight hides how extreme Britain's 1941 position wasNotable Point
- Operation Berlin: Tour De Force or Tour De Farce?1:46:17What if the raiders had found an unescorted convoy?Notable Point
- HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response3:02How Fisher turned shipboard entertainment into naval politicsNotable Point
- HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response14:53Why Fisher kept Renown as his flagshipNotable Point
- HMS Renown 1895: KSS1 S10 Comment Response19:20Andrew Lambert's Admirals as a starting point on FisherNotable Point
- HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response0:00Why the 1892 HMS Repulse and Renown mattered to FisherChapter
- HMS Repulse (1892): KSS1 S9 Comment Response11:58Renown as a lighter but high-quality battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...19:29Dockyard limits behind interwar British battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...35:47A stronger Gloire and an earlier Anglo-French naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...40:08How German speed could impose British costsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...41:53Ship cats never entirely left the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...47:30Why a British emergency escort would start with River classQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...48:10The fleet effects of a successful British five-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:02:31Why geography changes fleet organization through accessQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:10:49The updated Nelson alternative to King George VQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:17:41The yards needed for a sixty-eight-submarine forceQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:20:39Why the Royal Navy could not wait on DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:27:26Why Vanguard replacement cannot simply be acceleratedQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:38:18A Python-class successor to the OberonsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:45:00When to cancel a rainbow-code weapons projectQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:45:17How autoloaders could reshape treaty cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:50:30A common successor to Blue Slug and Green CheeseQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...1:55:56Green Cheese and Britain's color-coded missile namesNotable Point
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:07:33How a Falklands defeat could reverse British carrier policyQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:18:45French neutrality and Russian refit in 1905Q&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:23:41What Sea Harrier II would change in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:25:43A 1942 transistor leap for Royal Navy electronicsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:30:36Early transistors and proximity-fuzed pom-pomsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:32:03Why two carrier deployments require five or six hullsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:33:44How Room 40 intelligence reached wartime commandsQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:34:37Why Taranto and Pearl Harbor needed different fighter plansQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:35:09Carrier helicopter decks would favor medium aircraft earlierQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:53:09Four names that should remain in the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...2:54:49Why the Royal Navy operated attack helicoptersQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...3:10:16How Tribal destroyers change Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 131: Battleships...3:12:03What determines the Type 83 fleet sizeQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response10:44An American ironclad squadron against WarriorQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response12:01Different naval institutions reaching the same answerNotable Point
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response18:31Where Monitor and Warrior might actually meetQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response21:45Royal Navy plans for defeating monitorsQ&A
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 13:55Why benchmark navies shape every design debateNotable Point
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 120:54An Italian first launch reshapes the naval arms raceNotable Point
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 123:20A multinational Durazzo force faces submarines and shore batteriesNotable Point
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 129:48How Britain might answer a 1903 Dante AlighieriNotable Point
- Dante Alighieri: Not Dreadnought but still an Inferno - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 134:33A rushed British answer must use what industry can supplyNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?15:42How could the Royal Navy operate in a full 1859 Pig War?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?24:46How missing Admiralty records should shape historical claimsChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?39:26Changing the spotlight at Narvik is not the same as rewriting the battleNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?45:29Capital-ship concentration changes the convoy problemChapter
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?53:20What if Graf Zeppelin joined a concentrated Operation Berlin?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?2:28:56Extended Atlantic operations wore down German machineryNotable Point
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:03:31How did Britain sustain greater capital-ship sea time?Q&A
- Operation Berlin (Atlantic) – a Failure of Both Sides?3:11:06What if Germany waited for four operational battleships?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy11:53A global warship for commerce warfareChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy28:23Battlecruisers and carriers as hunting groupsChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy45:21Did King George V and Vanguard begin as battlecruisers?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy58:00Why Renown was held back from BismarckQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:05:59What the F2 and F3 studies reveal about battlecruiser strategyQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:06:16Battlecruisers as economic-warfare toolsChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:10:18What the Royal Navy learned from battlecruiser lossesQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:12:20Why obsolete R-class battleships still matteredQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:15:17Did the Royal Navy step back from decisive-battle thinking?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:17:53Would Hood receive a box-of-doom refit?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:23:38Interwar exercises tested fast capital-ship rolesChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:34:49Could the F3 have been the first fast battleship?Notable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:37:39What postwar battleship thinking remainedQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy1:54:30Why the Singapore strategy failed in the worst sequenceQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:02:21The R class was not designed as second-line battleshipsQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:04:04How larger cruisers absorbed battlecruiser dutiesQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:05:34Why wartime seizures multiplied Royal Navy gun typesQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:22:31Why Renown is the preferred battlecruiserQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:27:52Why Force Z had no clean withdrawalQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:28:45Industrial mobilization shaped naval refitsChapter
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:28:48Why Royal Navy anti-aircraft fits still fell shortQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:44:12Why the Royal Navy fielded several medium gun calibersQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy2:45:40Why Britain lost competitive capital-ship yard capacityQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:01:16Why American awareness of British liquid loading laggedQ&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:08:41The 1929 exercises kept the battlecruiser question openNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:11:34Was Hood a battlecruiser or fast battleship in 1939?Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:15:12Why Britain's commerce-war cruisers were absent in 1941Q&A
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:32:29Destroyer command trained wartime admiralsNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to: Battle cruisers in a modern navy… Well a WWII Navy3:35:23How treaty-era construction preserved British armor expertiseNotable Point
- HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response3:16Why Malta, not Victorious, was the better postwar carrier betQ&A
- HNLMS Schorpioen: KSS1 S6 Comment Response7:00What Britain's maritime priority left underdevelopedNotable Point
- Battle of Tsushima: Fleets at War5:33Russia's voyage helped validate Britain's global base networkNotable Point
- Building A British Super Battleship!3:06A British super-battleship takes shapeChapter
- Building A British Super Battleship!18:58Rodney meets an Italian battleship test opponentChapter
- Building A British Super Battleship!51:24The final Rodney combines speed, heavy guns, and all-around secondary fireChapter
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response11:40Completed G3 and N3 ships reshape treaty bargainingNotable Point
- HMVS Cerberus: KSS1 S4 Comment Response14:33Would a G3 share Hood's fatal vulnerability?Q&A
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 925:39Could a fast German battle line have strained the Royal Navy?Notable Point
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 935:57How German capital-ship priority weakened the light fleetChapter
- SMS Seydlitz - The Pivotol 4th German Battlecruiser - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 951:13What if Germany built fast battleships instead of battlecruisers?Notable Point
- HMS Benbow: KSS1 S3 Comment Response0:31Why Benbow is a steam battleship, not a pre-dreadnoughtQ&A
- HMS Benbow: KSS1 S3 Comment Response1:14How Harry DeWolf and Warspite link names to ship rolesNotable Point
- HMS Benbow: KSS1 S3 Comment Response10:00Why Byng did not join the Admiral-class namesNotable Point
- HMS Benbow: KSS1 S3 Comment Response10:39Admiral and Victoria classes as steps toward Royal SovereignChapter
- Bruships 130: Battleships9:18Why Royal Navy cruisers retained torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships26:54Why the Royal Navy did not simply want a ForrestalQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships29:34Why fleet modernization works best as a rolling programQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships30:52A global Royal Navy carrier force without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships36:37Lower-deck promotion and the Victorian exceptionQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships39:38Why Beatty's battlecruiser command was not a double promotionQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships44:17How British construction would strengthen the US treaty offerQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships50:19When sound carrier doctrine was ignoredQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships53:56Why a British carrier lead might not trigger an immediate raceQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:03:52How twin six-inch Emeralds could accelerate cruiser turretsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:11:43The Royal Navy's most frequently reused ship nameQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:14:43Britain's leverage at the Washington negotiationsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:31:01Why US treaty concern centered on ship sizeQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:35:27Why the Royal Navy remained a wet navyQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:43:53Why extra old cruisers do not postpone British replacementQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:55:12When ironclad frigates performed the battleship roleQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships1:58:59How graduated naval presence deters conflictChapter
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:07:14How naval policy becomes a persistent public issueQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:16:38What 137 cruisers would mean for British sea powerQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:19:42How far the United States might concede at WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:26:39The Crown Colony class as a wartime Town designQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:27:34How early gas turbines could reshape Royal Navy escortsQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:52:28When the Victorious rebuild could become a class programQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:54:32Why later British battlecruisers were still likelyQ&A
- Bruships 130: Battleships2:57:55When early dreadnoughts would enter reserveQ&A
- HMDS Danmark: KSS1 S2 Comment Response2:07Cotton, emancipation, and the limits of British support for the ConfederacyQ&A
- HMDS Danmark: KSS1 S2 Comment Response2:31Why Rolf Krake matters in turret-ship historyNotable Point
- HMDS Danmark: KSS1 S2 Comment Response3:55What could have drawn Britain into the American Civil War?Q&A
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?42:14Layered defence shapes a Tribal anti-aircraft variantNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?52:42Exercise assumptions hid the Tribal's air-defence weaknessNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?55:50British shipyard capacity accelerates the responseChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:04:51Britain accelerates its fast battle fleetChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:06:18Britain planned to hold two theatres and win the thirdNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:18:41New German hulls create a readiness and intelligence problemNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:34:03Fleet losses change the Norwegian campaignNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:40:18Operation Berlin faces carrier interceptionChapter
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:41:36Atlantic pressure reshapes Mediterranean carrier deploymentsNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:46:22Germany abandons the surface fleet - or doubles downNotable Point
- What Happens if 1930s Germany Standardises on the Scharnhorst hull for Capital Ships & Carriers?1:48:40A larger German fleet unlocks British overmatchChapter
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response6:36Small-tube boilers and a 28-knot battle lineQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response10:38The 1910 Town class as an overlooked imperial cruiserNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response17:47Why Hood and G3 remained battlecruisersQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response32:30Why one experimental battleship was not enoughNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response41:47Superfiring turret blast and sighting hoodsQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ship Series 1 Ship 1 Comment Response49:37Peacetime firing limits versus wartime turret riskNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers6:54Why F3 is a better carrier basis than NelsonQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers35:57Three hulls create continuous raider pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:03:44Britain accelerates AA escorts and King George VChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:04:43A dive-bombing sight may reveal an Admiralty workaroundNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:13:01German carriers reshape the Illustrious programChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:18:02Would Britain rush light carriers into production?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:31:12Would Britain arm the Lions with 15-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:34:43Exercises conceal the danger to destroyersNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:39:14Why prewar Britain still wants fleet carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:45:36Norway becomes a carrier-and-battleship fleet actionChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers1:55:57A German carrier changes how Britain risks its ownChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:10:27German and British carrier doctrine divergeNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:11:53Would the Norway battle resemble Cape Matapan?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:22:01Britain adds coastal torpedo craft to sea denialNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:23:36A German fleet defeat frees Britain and strains ItalyNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:23:36Operation Berlin faces an enlarged British trapChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:26:47Could Germany win by destroying one hunter group?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:49:08How would Britain answer a German Bf 109 carrier fighter?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:53:37Why landing a Hurricane is not carrier qualificationQ&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers2:55:15Major losses turn the surviving fleet into a threat in beingChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:04:23Would early Lion-class ships make Vanguard unnecessary?Q&A
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:06:55Larger British task groups could spare HoodNotable Point
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:07:17More efficient ships still cannot win Germany's naval warChapter
- Patreon 89: Everything a Scharnhorst - Germany standardises on one hull for Capital ships & Carriers3:22:46How would British 14-inch guns fight Yamato?Q&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back9:44Receipts and a pipe reveal Langsdorff's institutional inheritanceNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back14:44The long detour slips below the British cruiser searchNotable Point
- Naval Historian Reacts to SS Africa Shell & Switch Back15:32Harwood converts Langsdorff's delays into an interception estimateNotable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett7:24Britain's changing threats in the 1930sNotable Point
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett32:08British fuel reserves bought time for wartime supplyChapter
- Future Maritime Strategy: Beyond Cable and Corbett34:46French fast capital ships as an alliance contributionNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign0:49Using a British campaign to test the revised ship designerChapter
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign11:27Distributing a fleet for global presenceNotable Point
- Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign20:19Port capacity limits where capital ships can be basedNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat8:02Reading Royal Navy Far East strategy through shipsChapter
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat13:40Why the Royal Navy's fast fleet train shrankNotable Point
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat19:02If the Axis captured the Toulon fleetQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat22:54Two Danish cruisers in the 1940 invasionQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat28:45Why G3 and N3 successors remained undefinedQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat31:02A nine-gun alternative to the County classQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat32:17Six-inch volume of fire versus eight-inch theoryQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat35:09Carrier limits, total tonnage, and Royal Navy numbersQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat50:08Carrier conversions without naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat50:50Jacky Fisher's ideas across his careerQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat52:15Comparing national battleship construction speedQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat56:52Why an 8:5:3 treaty ratio shifts insecurityQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat57:43A no-treaty successor to the Hawkins classQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat58:53British yard capacity for an imperial cruiser programQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:07:13More Edinburgh-class distant-station flagshipsQ&A
- Bruships 129: Travels, Rememberance & Questions from Chat1:10:01Fisher's unfinished cruiser reformsQ&A
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 27:49Town names turned cruisers into civic institutionsNotable Point
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 213:09The cruiser gap was a problem of global coverageChapter
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 243:05Presence fleets were planned in generationsNotable Point
- Town Class(1936): Building for Presence - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 252:16What Royal Navy paperwork reveals - and concealsNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore8:01Singapore as the fleet's entry point to the Far EastChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore44:03Sydney adds eleven days to the fleet's deploymentNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore49:01A Sydney strategy redesigns the Royal Navy around rangeChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore52:28Strategic distance becomes a fleet-wide design requirementNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:02:38Fixed guns preserve battleships for the mobile fleetNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:21:00An Australian repair base changes Force Z before war beginsNotable Point
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:25:55An eleven-day transit changes the response to MalayaChapter
- The Sydney Strategy: What if the British Empire Far East Base was Sydney not Singapore1:28:16Australian yards could repair ships to British standardsNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?18:28The Royal Navy's blockade concept against JapanChapter
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?23:13Did the Royal Navy plan enough minelaying submarines?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?31:13Why Manila was not a British base optionQ&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?33:46Could Singapore hold the whole Royal Navy fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?1:37:28How treaty accounting could conceal extra fuel capacityNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?1:39:29How two meanings of air support failed Force ZQ&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:29:26Was the RAF responsible for defending Malaya?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:29:26Why a three-enemy war required different fleetsNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:36:23Would the Far East require more Ark Royal-type carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:37:33The Sydney strategy points toward an earlier Coral Sea battleNotable Point
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:39:32Why postwar naval recruitment cannot be predicted yetQ&A
- Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?2:40:10Who loses from a 24,500-ton carrier limit?Q&A
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies10:19The unrotated projectile as an aerial minefieldChapter
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies16:38HMS Hood exposes the unrotated projectile's flawsChapter
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies20:58The RP-3 finds useful naval and anti-submarine rolesChapter
- Unrotated Projectiles to Hypersonics: Some History & thoughts on Missiles as part of navies50:51Subdivision protects ships but competes with habitabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare11:30Why endurance matters for maritime patrol aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare15:14A Cold War refit for the Neptune-class cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare20:34Reaction and insurance models for maritime patrol aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare23:24A four-twin-turret rule reshapes the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare30:46Superpowers, major powers, and regional naviesQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare55:40Modern namesakes replace Nelson's fleet at TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:27:58Evolving Royal Navy attack submarines by batchQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:32:19Invincible-class battlecruisers versus 9.2-inch armored cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:33:46Why 1920s modernization could not substitute for 1930s refitsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:42:08What Britain and America gained from different SSBN fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare1:47:49Why four major ships create a usable rotationQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:14:00Reserve recall and Royal Navy rearmament in 1951Chapter
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:20:35The scale of the postwar Royal Navy building programNotable Point
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:47:23If HMS Tiger replaced an unbuilt HoodQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare2:59:14How early US 16-inch guns could escalate British battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:31:27What two Town-class cruisers imply for the Free Polish NavyQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:33:18Close-range weapons against uncrewed suicide boatsQ&A
- Bruships 128: Invasions & Amphibious Warfare3:34:29Why a late battlecruiser needs speed and battleship gunsNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943): The First Radar Battle?28:41Tribal-class destroyers as early radar shipsQ&A
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 715:21Why Britain explored a 25,000-ton battleship limitNotable Point
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 721:44Fast French battleships strengthened the British allianceNotable Point
- Dunkerque Class: Fast Battleship or Battle Cruiser? - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 755:35Their usefulness made the Dunkerques dangerous after France fellNotable Point
- Battle of Empress Augusta Bay(1943)22:48Cleveland cruisers and Fletcher destroyers formed a layered screenChapter
- 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? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion31:18Crew accommodation can make an old class untenableNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? P2/2 Lego enhanced discussion39:23Modularity must match a navy's expected roleNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides21:12A reliable Type 23 may still be uneconomic to refitNotable Point
- When does a navy know it is time to replace a type or class of ships? Part 1 of 2 - Slides34:21Accommodation standards affect specialist retentionChapter
- 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
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 111:52:45Who would replace an injured battlecruiser commander in 1915?Q&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases48:45Why cruiser production runs should overlapQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases51:49A Royal Navy jump to 16-inch guns reshapes treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases56:10County-class protection was concentrated and later strengthenedNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:00:12Future design histories in the hands of the Third Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:06:39Why HMS Queen Elizabeth is the useful name-game answer for 1982Q&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:11:31HMS Frobisher moved from training to ocean escort and NormandyQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:18:15A ninety-cruiser Royal Navy changes London Treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:31:00Global stations consume a ninety-cruiser fleet quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:36:14The Orlando class steadied a troubled British cruiser programmeNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:40:33Fast battleships absorbed the battlecruiser's wartime roleQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:46:17Golden Hind belonged to a Pacific base before a hypothetical carrierQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:51:51Naval Aviator and the people behind naval flyingChapter
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases1:56:30Per-ship limits encourage every navy to build to the ceilingQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:10:38Without delay, carriers arrive around 1940 and Lions around 1942Q&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:37:41Warship Camouflage for identifying ships and schemesChapter
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases2:52:49HMS London's 1941 B5/B6 camouflageQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:11:51The 18-inch Mark I may have been a shortened longer gunQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:14:13A 30,000-ton Invincible gains a much larger air groupQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:52:20A leading navy cannot stop studying the next capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:52:57Steam gave K-class submarines fleet speed at a high priceQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:54:02Vanguard used maintained fleet gun stocks, not accidental surplusQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:56:19Jacky Fisher expected the carrier age almost immediatelyQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:56:37One treaty delegation could strengthen Commonwealth naval unityQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases3:58:41Interwar diesel technology could improve, but not solve, the fleet submarineQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:18:14Commander ranks grew from ships too small for post captainsQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:22:17The H3 battlecruiser answers a need for 18-inch gun powerQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:23:58A destroyer flotilla mixed captains, commanders, and lieutenant commandersNotable Point
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:28:39Captain could be an address without being the officer's rankQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:35:06Why Britain had no direct equivalent to SMS WolfQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:49:36Cunningham and Fraser blurred commander-in-chief and fleet commandQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:51:22The Indian Ocean remained principally a British wartime theatreQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:53:00The United States misread the post-Trafalgar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:56:49Scapa Flow's air defences answered a real German threatQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:58:07How the Royal Marines became a naval forceChapter
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases5:01:41Abdiel-class speed served raids and urgent transportQ&A
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty6:36Anglo-American competition without an expected warNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty10:01Treaty ratios through national strategic needsChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty13:26Why Anglo-American war plans did not make war likelyNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty39:49Why Washington wanted Britain's older capital ships goneNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty41:02A Royal Navy programme that sustains shipbuildingChapter
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty49:04Why continuous building makes later warships cheaperNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers and Battleships are Separate Categories in the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty1:17:51Carrier aviation under a different treaty balanceChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...32:15Francesco Caracciolo and the cost of 28 knotsChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...38:55G3 and N3 at opposite ends of the capital-ship spectrumChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...53:03The uncertain names of the G3 and N3 classesNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:01:56How one fast battleship could trigger several foreign responsesNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:04:02Why Britain's post-G3 plans remain uncertainNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:11:37How institutions shaped British, American, and Japanese ship plansNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:31:03Yamato and the ultimate-weapon trapNotable Point
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:39:34British global commitments and the Lion classChapter
- What Battleships and Battlecruisers that were not built can tell us...1:39:34What Anglo-American war plans did - and did not - meanNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty11:23The 5:5:3 ratio and America’s fifteen-ship battle lineNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty18:35Why carrier spotting belongs in capital-ship planningNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty20:40Why the historical treaty gave America no Lexington battlecruiserQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty22:14Carrier limits, ratios, and the conversion exceptionNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty25:01A treaty with battlecruiser tonnage of its ownChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty34:53Could America force Britain to accept the treaty terms?Q&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty47:35Cruisers and small carriers outside the main limitsNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty53:43The Royal Navy's likely post-E-class cruiserQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty54:38How Hermes opens a small-carrier loopholeQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty56:34Britain’s construction programme and industrial continuityChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty59:15How extra tonnage could produce a 28-knot Nelson-type battleshipNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:07:16Naval orders as regional employment and industrial policyNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:08:26A 38,000-ton F3-derived British battlecruiserNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:10:24Renown and Repulse as Commonwealth fast-capital-ship forcesNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:15:55Could continuous construction accelerate British high-pressure boilers?Q&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:21:35How to keep a naval counterfactual boundedNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:32:54What happened to capital-ship workers during the building holidayQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:33:41Why uninterrupted shipbuilding changes later warship designNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:34:40How continuous orders accelerate guns and capital-ship designNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:47:34Which navy's submarines suffered most under treaty limitsQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty1:48:08Why the cruiser ceiling stops at 9.2-inch gunsQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:14:46Why new boilers cannot turn the R class into 28-knot shipsQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:57:15Larger carriers reshape the interwar fleetChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty2:58:58Larger allowances preserve different British and American carrier prioritiesNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:09:38Why larger carriers do not immediately restore naval control of British aviationQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:15:49Taranto, Japan, and a radically different Second World WarChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:16:26How larger carriers multiply the Taranto strikeNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:20:54Japan's treaty stake opens an Anglo-Japanese pathNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:35:15Why an Anglo-Japanese alliance could draw America into the warQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:38:20Would Britain's larger cruisers copy Renown, Hood, or Nelson?Q&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:40:23China remains the hardest contradiction in an Anglo-Japanese allianceQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:43:19A different post-war balance after Anglo-Japanese victoryQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:47:37Why a weaker German surface fleet jeopardizes the Norway campaignQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Battle Cruisers & Battleships are separate Categories in the Washington Naval Treaty3:54:34What if Britain had access to the Sea Harrier II?Q&A
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 110:03An emergency answer to the 5.25-inch shortageChapter
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 118:10The Dido's contested place between cruiser and destroyerChapter
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 122:45Why the Didos were conceived for distant escort workNotable Point
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 129:17Operation Tunnel and the danger of predictable patrolsNotable Point
- Scylla & Charybdis: 4.5in gun Didos - Key Ships Reserve Series, Ship 138:49Wartime adaptation can produce a useful shipChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 108:13Aging cruisers can remain useful in presence rolesNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1026:50Close action, decisive damage, and the value of replacement capacityNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1032:53Why treaty cruisers used four twin turrets instead of three triplesQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1039:30The counterfactual case for fast 9.2-inch Royal Navy cruisersChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 1041:43How a 9.2-inch cruiser could constrain Deutschland-class raidersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:10:44Correcting the G and H-class destroyer torpedo fitNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 101:54:13Motor torpedo boats depended on a civilian industrial baseQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 102:05:19HMS Argus and the early escort-carrier ideaNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 102:11:53Britain's shipyard depth in the dreadnought raceChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 103:45:55Combined arms and the Royal Navy's First World War roleQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series9:33An Arleigh Burke-scale British destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series16:15A larger Royal Navy built around escort groupsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series18:29Could post-war shipbuilding aid recovery?Q&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series21:26Capital ships without treaty restraintQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series24:30Hood was designed for an earlier warQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series33:35The Malta class could have operated an F-14-era air groupQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series33:55A faster, superfiring DreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series39:28Argus was only one step in the search for the next capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series46:39British Apache Guardians fit a tailored carrier air groupQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series51:16Why a stronger British Empire might retain light carriersQ&A
- 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 Series58:25Money set the historical escort total, but convoys set the requirementQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:05:04Rebuilding the fleet works best inside national reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:09:43One-off capital ships carried the design process forwardQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:12:30Battlecruisers after a war that never comesQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:22:58Norman Friedman's destroyer history is a technical starting pointQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:23:44The heavy cruiser emerged as a treaty categoryQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:24:15Type 21 was not a tidy replacement programmeQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:26:24A true Courageous-class light cruiser would carry 9.2-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:27:09Type 21 could not wait for Type 31 or Type 32Q&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:31:21Prince Philip and the Duke of Edinburgh naming traditionQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:40:54British monitors still served in the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:45:59The F-8 Crusader would fill a limited Royal Navy roleQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:53:12Replacing Type 22 required more Type 45 capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:58:44Carrier operations and global patrols depend on future escort numbersQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:41:32The Falklands exposed the limits of missile-only shipsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:42:40The Royal Navy needs more F-35s without crowding out uncrewed aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:43:12Post-war ship classes would overwhelm the Axis navies in 1941Q&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:44:22Missile enthusiasm was institutionally difficult to stopQ&A
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...10:08A failed invasion strips away German naval optionsNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...24:04How the Home Fleet could break the invasion forceChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...30:23Norwegian command turns naval victory into victory ashoreNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...51:53Norwegian geography frees ships and eases pressure on BritainNotable Point
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:19:11A stronger Far Eastern fleet changes Japanese choicesChapter
- WWII if Norway Wins & Operation Weserübung Fails...1:27:13A major Far Eastern fleet requires senior combined commandNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 70:02The Orion class and a standard British dreadnought patternChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 71:04Dreadnought as a conservative leap forwardNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 77:14Superfiring development in an interconnected naval raceNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 714:36Why Britain chose the 13.5-inch stepChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 721:48Boat handling as a test of naval presenceNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 727:35Propulsion figures and controlled innovationChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 732:16Home Fleet service and pre-war statusChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 735:55Grand Fleet doctrine and war mobilisationChapter
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 737:28Building the four Orion-class shipsNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 743:37Post-war service and the end of the OrionsNotable Point
- Orion Class - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 744:36What the Orion class reveals about design choicesChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...49:18A small timing shift that catches the invasion fleetChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...57:01How an Allied Norway drives the landing backChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...1:03:20Could a defeat in Norway end Germany's surface-fleet ambitions?Notable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...1:08:38Scandinavian materials keep British capital ships movingNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:02:17Glorious turns Taranto into a larger carrier strikeChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:06:57Why Crete may remain an Allied baseNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:12:16Would the Battle of Cape Matapan still happen?Q&A
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:17:34Would Hood and Repulse receive modernisations?Q&A
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:20:51Scapa Flow and the cost of deferred base defenceNotable Point
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:23A stronger Far East fleet changes Japan's calculusChapter
- Patreon 87: Norway Stands! WWII if Norway repels the German invasion...2:24:58Somerville commands a fleet rather than a detachmentNotable Point
- 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)22:46HMS Revenge as a heavy 74Notable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)29:05Why Revenge took years longer to build than PlutonNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)32:07HMS Pickle reveals the fleet's reconnaissance burdenNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)33:09How Seymour secured Pickle without prior Admiralty approvalNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)38:26Age of Sail ships still came in classesNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)40:52British second rates answered the threat of Spanish three-deckersChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)45:02Victory was already a veteran first rateNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)52:33Calder's departure narrowed Nelson's marginNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)56:47British-built ships fought on both sides at TrafalgarNotable Point
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)1:15:25Fleet construction reveals national strategyChapter
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)1:22:03Africa's service extended to the pursuit of ConstitutionNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 911:47Royal Navy carrier strength before the Second World WarQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 91:52:36Managing a cruiser fleet dispersed around the worldNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 92:21:22Screens, battlecruisers, and overwhelming superiorityNotable Point
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:10Why Britain did not press for an 18-inch treaty limitQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series4:11Replacing an injured battlecruiser commanderQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series13:59Why seniority constrained an independent battlecruiser commandQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series26:39Why timing mattered more than redesigning British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series46:34British oxygen-enriched 21-inch torpedoesQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series49:34When interwar Royal Navy cruisers would retireQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series51:29Where British destroyer design might go without wartime economic damageQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series54:41Why deck parking is not free carrier capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series58:09Using armed merchant cruisers where enemy warships are scarceQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:03:34Correcting the Renown-class identificationNotable Point
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:11:05Could Britain retain an 18-inch anti-submarine torpedoQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:14:16Balancing a hypothetical 1942 Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:20:41Why Emperor of India and Empress of India would clash as ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:48:28A Neptune-class cruiser as a helicopter command shipQ&A
- Bruships 125: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:57:15What happens to Type 82 if Neptunes remain command shipsQ&A
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty5:15Professional disagreement without a personal feudNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty9:37A battlecruiser command that changes the succession questionNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty24:38Jutland's losses and fleet recovery tell different storiesNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty36:48Training, cohesion, and battlecruiser survivabilityChapter
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:12:48Victory opens Baltic pressure and intensifies submarine warNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:15:09Sturdee, the Washington treaty, and naval aviationNotable Point
- Jutland with Competent Leadership of the British Battlecruiser Fleet - Sturdee replaces Beatty1:17:19Jutland's enduring lesson is radio communicationNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 60:07The cruiser debate behind the Neptune classChapter
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 62:11Cunningham and Pound's competing cruiser visionsNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 612:12Wartime cruiser lines and Neptune's design ancestryChapter
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 628:06What a 1937 Neptune could have changedNotable Point
- Neptune Class: The Cruiser Conundrum Crisis - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 632:11Would six completed Neptunes change the Royal Navy?Notable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty16:44Why Sturdee is the plausible replacementChapter
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty47:05An emergency replacement needs an established admiralNotable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:07:41Could an injured flag officer remain in command?Q&A
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:08:46Tryon's divisional initiative at JutlandNotable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:26:42Sturdee's death as a national naval memorialNotable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:28:54Who inherits the Grand Fleet after victory?Notable Point
- Patreon 86: Jutland with Competent British Battlecruiser Fleet Commander - Sturdee replaces Beatty2:33:23A different Grand Fleet could change Admiral King's impressionNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)21:43Prewar carrier flag-command arrangementsNotable Point
- A Naval Historian Reacts to... a Decade of Brasseys (4RB 19)54:19Postwar prize money and naval serviceNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner27:20The race for Germany's surface-raider recordsNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner33:32Why the Falklands task force was commanded from BritainNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner58:27Expected Falklands losses and the missing early-warning aircraftNotable Point
- Sea Power of the Cold War: When Strategy got overwritten by Technology and Week Planner59:55Why the HMS Invincible replacement claim is implausibleNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 821:43A 30-knot heavy battle line in the Second World WarNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:12:49One carrier-sized dry dock creates a fleet-wide bottleneckQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 81:17:09Overseas dockyards cannot replace home support capacityQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series34:55How quickly Flower-class corvettes could be completedQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series57:42Alternative names for Nelson and RodneyQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:02:25HMS Furious in heavy seas and the deck-parking problemNotable Point
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:08:56Why the Brave-class fast attack craft remained fewQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:19:21The propaganda value of sinking Deutschland at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:22:31A 1942 war and British capital-ship modernizationQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:48:28If Prince of Wales had been lost with HoodQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:55:44How a stronger Commonwealth might organize naval procurementQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:58:28Why the Royal Navy did not quickly reuse HMS VictoriaQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:00:59A British counterpart to the Alaska classQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:11:07The Tribal class's high-angle air-defence weaknessQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series2:26:00When C- and D-class cruisers might retire without warQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:05:21A British Yamato fleet would frighten enemies and strain BritainQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:56:51A British response to Tillman-style U.S. battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series3:59:19Naming successors to the Lion classQ&A
- Bruships 124: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series4:03:16A Cold War home for the name Empress of IndiaQ&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs55:00Okinawa exposed a shortage of motor gunboatsChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs1:02:38Japanese torpedo salvos versus British close-range night fightingNotable Point
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 52:43HMS Lord Nelson as a late pre-dreadnoughtChapter
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 517:43Procurement cover for Dreadnought's new gunsChapter
- HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 522:41Type 23 refits as preparation for Type 26Notable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre6:05Why Pacific torpedo boats have transatlantic design rootsChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre13:31Hickman's sea sled and the birth of the coastal motor boatChapter
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre56:05Why Elco and Fairmile production totals are hard to compareNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre1:26:52Good-enough boats versus borrowed perfectionNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre2:59:26Why riverine gunboats need a separate comparisonQ&A
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre3:00:49How British small-boat operations influenced Soviet doctrineQ&A
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre3:03:27Crew additions and the British response with purpose-built gunboatsNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII Motor Torpedo Boats(MTBs) became Motor Gun Boats(MGBs): Pacific Theatre3:08:34How Soviet torpedo reliability improved during the warNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 40:42HMS Formidable as incremental battleship developmentChapter
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 44:54Why call Formidable a sovereign battleship?Notable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 48:21Formidable’s twelve-round gunnery trialNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 49:15Jutland’s shells, communications, and command argumentNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 412:05Why rigorous gun and shell testing was discouragedNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 420:38Portsmouth yard capacity and rapid class successionNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 422:25Commissioning by transferring an entire trained crewNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 426:40Refits explain why fleet size is not fleet availabilityChapter
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 433:46Fleet names, invasion fears, and home defenceNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 438:53Nucleus crews and the fragility of engineering knowledgeNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 443:31Building related battleships as an eight-ship squadronNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 444:52Formidable’s Channel Fleet duties in 1914Chapter
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 456:03The Admiralty inquiry, Bayly’s relief, and institutional learningNotable Point
- HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 41:01:46Judging naval decisions without hindsightNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 196051:45Effective range could matter more than maximum rangeNotable Point
- Ranging & Stabilising: How Gunnery Evolved from 1860 to 19601:17:07Dreadnought showed that guns needed control as well as rangeChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres28:13The Schnellboot's torpedo-focused flexibilityChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres32:47Harbour defence launches as adaptable coastal craftNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres38:11Vosper MTBs and the fog of small-craft numbersNotable Point
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres42:43Fairmile A: an anti-submarine starting pointChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres45:05Fairmile B mass production beyond the paperworkChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres47:43Fairmile B improvised armament and submarine huntingChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres53:50Fairmile C: turning the family into a motor gun boatChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres1:02:43Fairmile D: the heavily armed ambush boatChapter
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: European & Mediteranean theatres1:09:57Why gunboats regained the MTB labelNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics0:36Why the Harwich Force missed JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics21:12Sloops, OPVs, and global presence missionsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics37:15How four-inch guns turned destroyers into air-defence escortsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics41:45How quickly OPVs could follow the First Cod WarQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:14:54How naval treaties constrained deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:24:39How Britain might answer a German mining strategyQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics1:48:48Royal Navy cruiser construction without World War IQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:28:24Why the Royal Navy needs more escortsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:32:37How long 12-inch dreadnoughts might last without World War IQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:36:44Why Somerville's force damaged Mers-el-Kebir so quicklyQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:37:47Why too few hulls drive the Royal Navy toward larger shipsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:53:48Why a stronger empire would not simply accelerate Type 21 and Type 42Q&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics3:16:55Britain's likely heavy- and light-cruiser path without treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics3:22:05When older protected cruisers would leave serviceQ&A
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian10:21Warspite as a benchmark for presence and reputationNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian18:40Warspite's future namesake and Cornish retirementNotable Point
- Capital Ships of Science Fiction: Battlestars to Star Destroyers with a Naval Historian27:35Queen Elizabeth class: presence, access, and common aircraftNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre58:56Harbour defence launches with oceanic reachChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:06:40Vosper 70-footers and extreme power-to-weightChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:15:29How fast were the Abdiel-class minelayers?Q&A
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:17:17Fairmile A and B: the subchaser lineageChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:30:14Why “quick-firing” did not mean automaticNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:33:13Fairmile C: the motor gun boat arrivesNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:41:29Who crewed motor gun boatsQ&A
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:49:57Vosper 73-footers: a mixed gun-and-torpedo threatNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre1:57:17Fairmile D "Dog Boats": guns, stability, and enduranceChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre2:07:15Why R-boats rarely received a fair fightQ&A
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre2:13:08Close-range combat encouraged unofficial armamentNotable Point
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre2:20:01The gun-boat solution: outfight the raidersChapter
- How & Why during WWII MTBs became MGBs: European & Mediterranean Theatre2:34:13Operations can reveal undocumented radar fitsNotable Point
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 90:38From HMS Shannon to a distant-station flagshipChapter
- 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
- HMS Nelson(1876): The Flagship that incubated the Royal Australian Navy - Key Ship Series 5, Part 944:44Tryon, HMS Victoria, and independent command judgementNotable Point
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!7:37Why a Royal Navy helicopter gun would follow other servicesQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!8:10Why Sea Lion looks so perilous for GermanyQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!20:24Four 15-inch battlecruisers at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!24:37What Britain's experimental 16.7 mm AA gun might addQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!39:03Why HMS Blencathra straddles two Hunt-class batchesQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!46:33What the Weapon class was meant to beQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!51:59Why a Tiger-class cruiser could help at San CarlosQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!54:26What Britain might build after the County classQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!56:19Who first turned battleship shells into armour-piercing bombsQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!56:53The interwar path toward purpose-built escort carriersQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:07:36How HMS Amethyst could turn in the YangtzeQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:31Sea Eagle after Green Cheese and Blue SlugQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:21:55Why surviving Jutland would not guarantee a top-five admiralQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:26:55The crowded field beyond Britain's top five admiralsQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:30:05Why a surviving British imperial fleet changes the Falklands premiseQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:42:17Possible names for Britain's guided-weapon cruisersQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:07:10The design route to ten more useful ImplacablesQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:34:46Why the Type 82 is called a missed Royal Navy opportunityQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:40:36The Type 31's peacetime and wartime jobsQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:45:28What American timber and dockyards add to a victorious Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!2:57:09Why Warspite was the strongest 1945 museum-ship choiceQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:00:20What North American yards build after a failed RevolutionQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:20:04Why Britain preferred blockade and America preferred invasionQ&A
- Bruships: Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!3:30:45Why Victorious was rebuilt before ImplacableQ&A
- The Underpaid and Underappreciated Merchant Marine of WWII1:42:20Why the video rejects an easy victors' justice argumentNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 30:37Why the Hunt class were escort destroyersChapter
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 313:58Berkeley's rapid cycle from evacuation to escort workNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 340:15Hunt destroyers supporting Yugoslav partisansNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 31:05:28Eighty-six Hunts across five Allied naviesNotable Point
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 31:07:03How crews adapted the rugged Hunt designChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 62:08:54Naval mobilisation as a political signal in 1914Chapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 62:11:27Turbines, industrial capacity, and early battlecruisersNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 62:13:08Fisher and the personal levers of naval policyNotable Point
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!40:36Supercarriers would leave the Soviet fleet a clear thirdQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!50:03Available anti-ship missiles would be used in warQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!51:19Why a better missile would not necessarily save the carriersQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!53:28A 1942 war would find a stronger Royal NavyQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!1:05:27Graf Zeppelin would not close the British marginQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!1:07:24How British guided weapons might evolveQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!1:09:06Why the Type 83 force needs more than two hullsQ&A
- Naval History Questions Live... with Irn Bru... which is a scottish soft drink... not fizzy whisky!1:12:58Sea Skua as a likely successor to a helicopter-launched missileQ&A
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 20:01A wartime sloop planned before the warChapter
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 222:00The WRNS memorial connection to HMS WrenNotable Point
- Black Swan Class: The F-22 of WWII ASW? - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 225:25HMS Wren in Walker’s Second Support GroupChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 10:01The Egret-class sloops and two revealing wartime lossesChapter
- Egret Class: The First Class to lose as ship to a guided missile - Key Ships Series 6, Episode 13:02Three sisters, changing names, and specialist small-ship buildersNotable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 101:36The small sloops behind Britain's later ASW escortsChapter
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 103:52Spreading sloop construction kept escort-building skills aliveNotable Point
- Bittern Class: The Foundation Stone of the British WWII ASW efforts - Key Ship Series 5, Episode 1013:23HMS Stork's survey fit left a quick route to wartime escort serviceNotable 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?25:27Evangelista Torricelli's crew fought a desperate surface actionNotable Point
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?34:45MAS 213 showed the torpedo boats' striking powerNotable Point
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?37:25British global-war preparation overmatched an improvised Italian postureChapter
- What was the Italian Red Sea Squadron(Reiga Marina Italiana Flottiglia del mar rosso) to do in 1940?53:50The Red Sea threat tied down useful British escortsChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound0:50The Nelson class as distant-station flagshipsChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound10:41A Victorian flagship carried command, logistics, and informal staff workChapter
- HMS Nelson(1876): bad sound12:29Nelson and the case for a stronger Australia SquadronNotable Point
- USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 815:46Battleships as instruments of diplomatic honorChapter
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'12:04Larger British orders and pressure on Germany's naval raceNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'22:03Building for fleet needs rather than the race aloneNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'25:13Battleship appearance as naval diplomacyNotable Point
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'25:13Treaty-era presence missions and worldwide serviceChapter
- King George V(1911) Class: Why the Orion Class didn't stick as 'Super Dreadnoughts'34:17The class's legacy: a practical model of what a battleship needed to beNotable Point
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 611:45Battle-line support shaped German large cruisersChapter
- Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 628:29Mature reciprocating engines and the turbine gapNotable Point
- Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 524:26British support was essential against simultaneous threatsNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources16:26Check claims about ships beyond the author's commandNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources18:39Compare memoirs with private correspondenceChapter
- Memoirs as Historical Sources21:58Read Somerville's letter as a map of wartime commandNotable Point
- Memoirs as Historical Sources27:04Use published naval records to go beyond memoirsChapter
- CVA-01: Getting the Ship right and the Politics wrong - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 43:09Replacing Britain’s postwar carrier forceChapter
- 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
- The Landship Story2:40Why the tank story begins at the AdmiraltyChapter
- The Landship Story4:37The myth of technologically stagnant naval leadersNotable Point
- The Landship Story18:54Churchill used Admiralty resources to support the ArmyNotable Point
- The Landship Story19:49Naval construction expertise enters a land-vehicle projectChapter
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 31:10Fisher, Churchill, and wartime construction powerNotable Point
- Ersatz Yorck Class: Trying to Be All Things - Key Ships Series 4, Episode 334:02The fast-battleship alternativeChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 21:38Why Malta was not simply a British MidwayChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 23:08Treaty limits and the Royal Navy's ideal carrierChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 25:45Destroyers as the carrier's protective screenNotable Point
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 28:33Unrestricted carriers versus global fleet numbersNotable Point
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 212:46The Future Building Committee and the post-war fleetChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 217:50Why deck-edge lifts carried a stability costChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 228:57Why the Royal Navy did not begin with Malta-sized carriersChapter
- Malta Class: Once more the Royal Navy building for the After War? - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 233:08Cancellation and Malta's post-war counterfactualChapter
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)15:37Coastal artillery, fleet movement, and the invasion threatNotable Point
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)17:51British economy of force in the East IndiesChapter
- Invasion of Trimcomalee(1795)37:13The final push to ColomboChapter
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 17:16Fleet carriers, strike carriers, and the arsenal-ship comparisonNotable Point
- CVA-58 USS United States: Range upon Range - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 119:00HMS Ark Royal and the value of being in rangeNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences18:42The 1782 warning: capture without holding powerNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences45:11Why a modest British squadron could dominateNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:13:23HMS Heroine and the name's long Royal Navy serviceNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:29:50Peter Rainier's career, fortune, and namesake mountainNotable Point
- British Capture of Trincomalee(1795) & it’s consequences1:50:38Why losing a cannon did not necessarily condemn a captainQ&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos41:04Why a two-carrier fleet repeatedly faces availability gapsNotable Point
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:14:01What an earlier American 16-inch gun might have changedQ&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:20:54Why shrinking a Town-class cruiser created a poor compromiseQ&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:23:57How Britain might answer completed Francesco CaracciolosQ&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:24:26Why more treaty cruisers would not guarantee a stronger River Plate forceQ&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:26:46A fast Royal Navy treaty-capital-ship responseChapter
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:37:06The weight and damage tradeoff of light structural platingQ&A
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos1:45:43Turning a game-heavy armour scheme into a plausible treaty designNotable Point
- From Beavers to Ersatz Monarchs & Francesco Caracciolos2:03:54What the Caracciolo counterfactual battle can and cannot showNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits9:03British sea power, reach, and logisticsChapter
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits13:08Psychological deterrence and the alliance premiumNotable Point
- Being the Benchmark Navy: It has Costs as well as Benefits17:50Why Britain could prefer America in second placeNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 522:58Why Tribals could offer better value than DidosQ&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 530:18Beatty as the longest-serving First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built16:27Moving naval guns from Woolwich to ChathamQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built17:07Warship design, stability, and state directionChapter
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built27:26Samuel Pepys and the value of naval administrationNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built28:45Could HMS Vanguard have carried 18-inch guns?Q&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built29:57Why Britain could not spare HMS Duke of YorkQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built33:50How earlier officer losses narrowed wartime leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built45:41Pay, retention, and promotion in Royal dockyardsNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built51:23Standard hulls and individual dockyard finishQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built56:51Comparing prewar leadership losses in the Army and NavyQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built57:48A Royal Navy return to 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:25:30Planting oak for a fleet two centuries awayNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:28:36Teak and the Royal Navy's Indian dockyardsQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:31:31Oak ordered after Copenhagen matures two centuries laterNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:32:39How Britain made the three-decker work againChapter
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built1:57:06Modernizing Hood's Mark II turretsQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:08:24How far HMS Victory influenced later shipsQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:09:00Why a long-term superpower Britain would inherit a different fleetQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:12:38How larger infrastructure changes post-Hood capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:34:22How more carriers change the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- 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 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:46:10Why Britain preferred more medium carriersQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:48:47How America might answer a 44-ship British battle fleetQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built2:51:01Turning hotel-room surveillance into treaty leverageQ&A
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI6:12Why the Royal Navy needed more large destroyersNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI15:41The underused threat of submarine minelayingChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI22:41Jutland shaped American and Japanese planning more than British planningChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI31:25British lessons from Jutland centered on shells and commandNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:00:41Pausing capital-ship construction disrupted Britain's wider naval programChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:05:02Capital ships secured sea areas as well as fighting fleetsNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:15:31Force Z basing balanced military reach and political signalNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:18:14Force Z showed why prestige ships needed a balanced task forceChapter
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:24:31Dispersed fleets needed larger, multi-role destroyersNotable Point
- Mistakes of WWII caused by WWI1:27:15Construction pauses amplified Britain's multi-theater shortageNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?29:35Why a global war rewarded strategic mobilityNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?35:53Mine warfare as a lesson not fully carried forwardChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?42:16Why British anti-submarine preparation still had limitsQ&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?47:22Why carriers did not simply replace battleships before 1939Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?54:29Jutland's unequal influence on interwar fleet planningNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?58:29How worldwide operations improved torpedo testingNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:02:44Could the US Navy have tested torpedoes more widely?Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:49:33How pausing capital-ship work disrupted British outputChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:52:34Why Britain's old battle fleet was expensive to modernizeNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?1:56:28Had Britain refitted fewer capital ships than the United States?Q&A
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:20:45Force Z: deterrence without a balanced task forceChapter
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?2:22:18What the paused Lion class might have changed in the Far EastNotable Point
- Patreon 83: What were the most serious mistakes made in WWII based on WWI experience?3:09:48Were 16-inch guns the real reason the Lion class stayed unfinished?Notable Point
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion11:44The 15-inch gun applied strategic pressure beyond the shipyardNotable Point
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion20:07British 16.5-inch and 18-inch work was more credible than a 20-inch leapChapter
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion23:36HMS Dreadnought paired a radical concept with proven technologyNotable Point
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion26:43A 14-inch HMS Dreadnought would alter the Anglo-German raceQ&A
- Problems with Building Bigger Guns - A Short Discussion29:41Royal Navy ships had to make their specified speedNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era12:46Hood and Britain’s treaty tonnage advantageChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era18:38A treaty as budget control and security policyNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era18:50Britain's postwar economy and battleship affordabilityNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era33:31Replacement rights and keeping shipyards aliveChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era41:30Nelson and Rodney as an industrial bridgeNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era45:10A faster 15-inch-gun Nelson alternativeNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era46:52The battle line and fast-raider dilemmaNotable Point
- Battleships of the Treaty Era58:00King George V and British rearmament capacityChapter
- Battleships of the Treaty Era1:08:25Japan links a 14-inch ceiling to numerical parityNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 41:59:32Rebuilding British forces for peer conflictChapter
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 42:10:39Joint command for a British expeditionary forceNotable Point
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 42:33:31Were automated small-calibre guns worth adopting?Q&A
- A Ultimate Admiral Dreadnoughts Campaign: Building a Battle Cruiser Navy... part 42:36:49Who built Royal Navy gun turrets?Q&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!7:15Why Britain was essential to naval treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!9:16How a twelve-gun Hood would reset treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!11:04Why the Fairey Firefly suited the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!13:29Why Britain did not build deliberately inferior warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!27:11Why American accounts overstated Washington treaty successQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!48:03Why British industry could build giant dockyard cranesQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!59:39A modernised R class as a Far East deterrentQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:00:51Why neither navy would perfect its first quad turretQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:18:07What American-scale industrial capacity would add to the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:28:44Which navy best turned design into a twentieth-century fleetQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:30:42What reliable high-pressure steam by 1934 changesQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:42:09How fast French and Italian ships could reshape Britain's treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!1:57:50What happens if Britain hides over-limit G3sQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:00:45Why seven interwar capital ships preserve industrial capacityQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:04:00How the British imperial navies comparedQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:23:17If treaties separated battleships and battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:49:51Jutland if both fleets keep closing the rangeQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!2:54:16Simonstown as an Indian Ocean logistics hubQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:08:18How an interwar sloop programme transforms convoy defenseQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:13:48Eight fast R-class ships would reset the battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:22:53Where an autoloading 5.25-inch destroyer gun would fitQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:27:13Why the Royal Navy needed more, smaller carriersQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!3:38:19Royal Navy priorities with eighteen months' warningQ&A
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 97:44The destroyer design Britain wanted but could not yet buildNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 919:24How treaty parity tied French choices to BritainNotable Point
- Alsace class: France Building Back - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 926:17Choosing shell weight or volume of fireNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 83:34F3 and the 15-inch alternative to all-forward turretsNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 88:20Visible fleet mobilization as deterrenceNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 811:22From a single battle line to mutually supporting task forcesChapter
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 818:40Why six-inch cruisers could overwhelm eight-inch rivalsNotable Point
- HMS Incomparable: When Jackie Fisher Dreamed to Big - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 834:10Navigation Acts as a way to finance naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough10:00HMS Newcastle and the evolving fourth rateChapter
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough15:07The rating system began as a pay systemNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough21:09HMS Leander at the Nile and in French handsChapter
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough36:31The procurement problem of the fourth rateNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 727:00An attrition fleet built to fight before it is lostNotable Point
- A150 & BB64; After Yamato - Key Ship Series 4, Ships 732:27French treaty parity and the cost of global presenceNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 63:01Why Number 13 cannot be called the world's strongestNotable Point
- Number 13 Class: Dreams of Yamatos - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 66:02More Daring-class destroyers and postwar naval presenceNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 55:23Why Japan was not yet the central Dutch threatNotable Point
- Dutch Dream of 1913: A Dreadnought Battle Fleet of their very own - Key Ship Series 4, Ship 544:38British shipbuilding depth helped end the naval raceNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:13:24Britain tested sloops but ordered too fewNotable Point
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:14:54The F3 option and a 15-inch gun development pathChapter
- Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties1:17:30F3 gun modernization and deterrent effectsNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 40:01Paper strength versus industrial realityChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 411:13Four main-battery calibres for ten battleshipsChapter
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 419:10Why split secondary batteries consume a shipNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 422:15Ignoring useful foreign naval solutionsNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 443:23H-39 as the practical German limitNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 446:22Fleet effect matters more than one wonder shipNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 449:19The Royal Navy's three-theatre nightmareNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 454:39Would an early H-39 programme change Allied construction?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?28:48Why the 4.7-inch dual-purpose mount was not the biggest treaty mistakeQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?36:22Would more submarines force greater ASW spending?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?41:16Why a good captain could make a poor admiralNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?44:15Royal Navy constructors as civilian naval architectsNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?48:08How the Royal Navy retired admirals without waiting for a deathQ&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?1:37:44Did supporting France give Britain useful influence?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:27:14How American cruiser orders could have encouraged an Empire fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:29:51Were British cruisers weakened by cheap construction?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:48:48Britain's case for steady escort constructionChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:51:04F3 speed and protection within the treaty limitChapter
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:53:25How F3 guns could have changed British battleship refitsNotable Point
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?2:59:42Could more prewar cruisers help wartime carrier construction?Q&A
- Patreon 82: WNT Nations during 1920s/30s, what was their biggest mistake & missed opportunity?3:09:57Why faster capital ships mattered to Force HNotable Point
- How Many Guns Does that USN Battleship have?3:02How Britain might answer continued Yamato constructionNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory0:41Germany's land-power problem and Britain's maritime strengthChapter
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory2:28Prussian victories still relied on British sea powerNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory14:48How the risk-fleet theory expected to trap BritainNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory20:04Why published fleet targets alerted BritainNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory26:47No plausible coalition stood ready to finish BritainNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory36:05Fleet depth mattered beyond the battle lineNotable Point
- Dominating the World from Second Place: Alfred Von Tirpitz & his 'Risk Fleet' Theory42:07The fatal assumption: Britain and the world would stand stillChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer11:55Why Cumberland and carrier aircraft would trap Admiral Graf SpeeQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer12:54British operation of Illinois and KentuckyQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer16:45How an H3a battlecruiser could raise treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer21:19Carrier treaty tonnage versus Royal Navy hull numbersQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer22:25A reinforced Force Z in the opening Pacific WarNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer26:33Why HMS Dreadnought is a poor conversion candidateQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer28:01Combining British and American carrier practicesQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer41:21Why Bruce Fraser could not jump directly to First Sea Lord in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer48:54Six Vanguards and three derivative carriers in the Cold WarQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:04:40Completing the Admiral class before treaty limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:10:33Why Britain would build heavy cruisers before the 1930 treatyQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:13:07Completed Admirals could transform the Washington settlementNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:20:35What interwar public finances say about naval affordabilityChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:34:03Why proposed saint names for British capital ships are doubtfulChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer1:46:47A bibliography can conceal a weak chain of evidenceChapter
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:04:23The Royal Navy's access to wartime icebreakersQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:38:17Training tempo behind British and French rates of fireQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:48:37The 170-gun Duke of Kent proposal and uncertain attributionNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:54:00Where rate of fire overtook accuracy before JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer2:55:07How great refits extended age-of-sail careersNotable Point
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer3:05:11Keeping Phantoms and Buccaneers supplied on Audacious-class carriersQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer3:13:57Wartime destroyer classes as the postwar fleet's coreQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer3:29:05Why the Weapon-class destroyers stopped at fourQ&A
- Bruships 120: One Book & One Book only... Battleships & Battle Cruisers 1905-70 by Seigfried Breyer3:35:34Royal Navy examples of surviving catastrophic damageQ&A
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...7:28British delegates and differing views on disarmamentNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...9:24New Zealand's naval protection and manpower limitsNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...23:05British disarmament ideals and imperial cruiser needsChapter
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...32:24Dominion security depended on the Royal NavyNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...32:50Canadian economy versus visible deterrenceNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:06:52French naval support in British war planningNotable Point
- What the Governments at the 1922 Washington Treaty wanted...1:22:27Equal ratios and unequal global commitmentsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 338:20Why shipyard competition changes naval procurement costsNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 343:10Shipyard experience matters as much as a battleship blueprintChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 355:29Could foreign yards have jump-started the Soviet battle fleet?Notable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 31:00:18Why a delayed war would magnify the Anglo-American responseNotable Point
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 31:05:57Why capital-ship targets provoke an arms-race responseNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?31:06Why 30, 19, and 17 were not equivalent cutsNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?50:14Who pays to police the global commons?Notable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?59:32Britain's postwar bargain between welfare and sea powerChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:37:42Australia and New Zealand defend themselves in depthChapter
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?1:46:06Why New Zealand relied on Salmond's diplomacyNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:00:19Competition need not mean an Anglo-American warNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:10:32How forty-eight Counties reshape a war with GermanyQ&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:39:53Why Japan could pressure French coloniesQ&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?2:47:42Cruiser numbers beneath capital-ship parityNotable Point
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:36:11Would Germany still build a surface fleet?Q&A
- Governments of the Washington Treaty: What were their priorities?3:36:37Staggered construction keeps the armour industry workingNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure8:38Ship money and the state behind naval policyChapter
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure30:20Merchant seamen as the Navy's reserveNotable Point
- Navigation Acts: Wars, Greed & Infrastructure1:20:27Royal Navy nonintervention in the Glorious RevolutionNotable Point
- What Cannon is right for this ship?4:47Operating an age-of-sail cannonChapter
- What Cannon is right for this ship?10:07How gun locks changed firing controlNotable 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 Mixture4:17The distinct missions of battleships and battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture8:42Airborne early warning and Falklands fighter directionNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture12:09Why numerical concentration does not settle battlecruiser employmentQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture23:54Jutland: a strategic victory and a tactical drawNotable Point
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture26:55How the Royal Navy might have answered the Mackensen classQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture30:55The Type 82's cost was rooted in its scaleQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture33:03Why mass-produced escorts used flowers, rivers, bays, and lochsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:00:20Would renaming early battlecruisers change their treaty treatment?Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:03:38The Royal Navy's carrier force and construction pipeline in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:12:23Why a warship's true maximum speed is elusiveQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:21:54Duke of York and the Home Fleet's manpower crisisChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:38:34The missed opportunity for a common improved British 15-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:42:00German carriers on a Scharnhorst pattern could accelerate British buildingQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:46:00Early gas turbines and the machinery weight of British warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture1:54:03Submarine escape training as a test of pressure and nerveChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:08:13British aircraft requirements behind the Dauntless comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:12:33Would Centaurs have replaced the earlier light fleet carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:34:54Fleet Air Arm aircraft: ageing designs and a failed conceptQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:39:11Why dividing the High Seas Fleet could have destabilised naval treatiesQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:42:46Baltic naval stores as a British strategic vulnerabilityQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:47:19Zanzibar and the use of overwhelming naval forceQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:54:45The Royal Navy's intended carrier replacement ladderQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:04:52A 1939-40 Pacific war before the Kido Butai maturedQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:06:31A carrier fleet needs a mission before a deployment planQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:10:29Michael Clapp's warning about carrier limitations in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:11:38William's invasion fleet and the English failure to interceptChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:15:39Why the English fleet remained inactive in 1688Chapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:18:07How 1688 changed English expectations of invasionChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:39:15Admiral Rodney between prize money and strategic dutyChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture3:49:37Why American and British light carriers followed different pathsQ&A
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture4:05:13K3 as a suggested successor to N3 and G3Q&A
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock7:29Invincible as a global cruiserNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock13:49The Royal Navy's commerce-war battlecruiserChapter
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock30:45German 11-inch guns in a worldwide design raceNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock32:23Indefatigable and Dominion sea powerNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock40:12Larger guns and the limits of German naval lawsNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock50:56Lion class and the German speed challengeChapter
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock55:51Queen Mary and annual design improvementsNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:15:11Revenge-class value in the Jutland battle lineNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:22:55Tiger and the danger of battleship fightsChapter
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:25:26Formidable at Matapan and the limits of carrier gunsNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:27:39Infrastructure behind the battlecruiser raceNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:36:42Battlecruiser squadrons and Japan's 8-8 planNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:44:32Renown class and Britain's wartime force shortageNotable Point
- Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers & Battlecruisers of pre-WWI design stock1:48:08Why each navy wanted a different battlecruiserNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 25:36Why a Lion hybrid signaled desperationNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 236:39Long-range gunnery needed a supply systemNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 239:26The fleet Britain needed for two theatresNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 259:44Carrier integration makes Force Z the exceptionNotable Point
- Montana Class, The Bulwarks for the New Battle Line: Key Ship Series 4, Part 21:23:33Lion batches for a globally divided fleetNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)12:22Piorun's reserve role against BismarckQ&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)24:10Merchant power behind the Navigation ActsChapter
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)33:03Ship money and trust in the king's spendingNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)47:17War with the Dutch reshapes naval powerNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:12:44Medway and the price of naval unreadinessNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:15:15From Medway to Scapa Flow: hubris at naval basesNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:21:15Was the Glorious Revolution a Dutch invasion?Q&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:22:11What were the Royal Navy's last wooden vessels?Q&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:43:53A global war Parliament did not want to fundNotable Point
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)1:45:02The 1673 Act makes room for naval suppliesChapter
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)2:26:43Barbary piracy and the Western SquadronQ&A
- The Navigation Acts (1651/1660/1663/1670/1673/1696/1733/1764)2:47:46Family records and hidden connections among naval captainsNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD14:57A British response to Yamato would be a fleet problemChapter
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD26:39Why Nelson and Rodney look so unusualQ&A
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD28:46Favourite ships open two revealing design counterfactualsQ&A
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD32:49Bismarck's fame can narrow the Royal Navy's wartime storyNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD49:35How Cumberland might have altered the Graf Spee searchQ&A
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD1:40:42Reconstructing a Tribal-class destroyer exposes more game limitsNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD1:49:09Why game destroyer range can misrepresent historyNotable Point
- Testing out Lion Class & Potential Lion Class Successors on UAD1:53:21Warship silhouettes could complicate identificationQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy13:58Why Renown would be the battlecruiser to preserveQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy15:10Keeping battleships needs a support systemQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy23:21Treaty ratios can trigger a construction raceQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy26:54Why a post-war Vanguard successor needs a new gun programmeQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy31:54An F3 battlecruiser could pull older ships toward a common gunQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy32:51Escort numbers shape a navy’s useful strengthQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy41:31What an earlier British battleship emergency programme might yieldQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy46:24Why Trieste fits British F-35B operations better than MistralQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy49:52Treaty compliance often depended on creative accountingNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy51:50Why one Ark Royal was not simply multipliedQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy53:16HMS Unicorn as a force multiplier for carrier aviationNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy55:22Autoloaders would distort the next treaty negotiationQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy59:04The evidence behind an 18-inch HMS Agincourt reconstructionNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:00:34Why longer naval guns depend on better metallurgyQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:02:52A Difference Engine would bring 1940s fire control into the 1890sQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:04:57Why a shared shell is easier than a shared battleship gunQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:08:49Vanguard traded novelty for rapid constructionQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:12:03Warehouses and fuel stocks are naval combat powerNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:26:04Existing fuel reserves let the Royal Navy change propulsion slowlyQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:45:20Obsolete 13.5-inch shells survived for decades in storageQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy1:54:26Extra Vanguards could change the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:07:55Dockyard size would shape the successor to the G3Q&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:10:18Fast battleships change the pursuit of German raidersNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:15:24An Australian Queen Elizabeth would remain a common designQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:16:36Churchill advised the pause, but government accepted itQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy2:55:45A wartime construction pause delayed Britain's new capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:00:18Why Britain favored STOVL carrier commonalityQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:02:06British Queen Bee target drones had navigation mishapsQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:11:44An earlier Fleet Air Arm could accelerate engine developmentQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:25:55Type 26 can add torpedoes through modular spaceQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:28:39Tribal versus Fletcher depends on the missionQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:47:41Type 31 names revive varied Royal Navy historiesQ&A
- Bruships 118: Unbuilt Battleships, Romans & French Strategic Philosophy3:51:36An Axis America would face an Allied two-ocean strategyQ&A
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail0:23Defining sea control beyond national mythChapter
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail7:19How capital-ship memory obscures Operation ClaymoreNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail11:37Why the Medway raid came too earlyNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail13:47Sea control was local, not absoluteChapter
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail32:52Coppering created a short-term readiness problemNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail38:07The Saints and the commander-in-chief problemChapter
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail44:00Gibraltar shows why sea control must be usedNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail45:40Where Britain did and did not lose sea controlNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail51:45The Nore mutiny changed personnel managementNotable Point
- Losing Control of the Sea: Bad time for the Royal Navy in the Age of Sail57:33Sea power rests on infrastructure and peopleChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 10:34Technical histories and Chatfield's selective memoirNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 11:40Why the Lion class was not an exotic new battleshipChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 16:39Treaty limits did not end British capital-ship developmentChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 19:00The Royal Navy's thirteen-ship replacement problemNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 129:58What earlier Lion construction could have changedNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 131:28A common improved 15-inch gun optionNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 142:45Lion as a balanced British fast battleshipNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 143:57Britain's ability to build a fleet, not just one battleshipNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 145:05Why the Royal Navy de-risked its battleship programmeChapter
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 145:23Replacing Hood and Prince of Wales at Denmark StraitNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 152:35Why British and American battleships solved different problemsNotable Point
- Lion Class: Key Ships Series 4, Part 11:20:23A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament scenarioNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail5:02What counts as losing command of the sea?Chapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail9:26Why the Raid on the Medway does not qualifyNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail16:19Why the Seven Years' War is the starting pointNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail19:55Byng's execution changes the risks of commandNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail31:50How Grenada exposed contested colonial watersQ&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail33:06Did political refusals deprive Britain of its best officers?Q&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail36:33Martinique and a fleet that could not convert strengthNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail52:31Did fear of Byng push Graves into battle?Q&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:13:17Infrastructure, readiness, and Lord SandwichNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:15:19Can hurricane losses excuse a fleet's weakness?Q&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:16:35Reassessing Lord Sandwich at the AdmiraltyNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:26:24Spithead: a fleet-wide demand for fair conditionsChapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:27:52How fleet mismanagement interrupted sea controlNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:29:01Was the loss entirely self-inflicted?Q&A
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:36:01How impressment actually shaped Royal Navy manningNotable Point
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail1:46:29The Nore mutiny becomes a strategic crisisChapter
- Patreon 81: When the Royal Navy Lost Sea Control in the Age of Sail2:02:06Duncan, discipline, and the fleet after mutinyNotable Point
- American vs Japanese Battleships... testing some historical ideas1:20:11Why stronger fleets seek superior numbersChapter
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...44:21How Soviet 16-inch ships could alter British calibre politicsNotable Point
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...45:03A common 15-inch development path for the battle fleetNotable Point
- Testing Out Soviet Battleship Designs...47:38Building a 15-inch alternative to King George VChapter
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:50Could an unmodified Admiral-class ship have remained useful?Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?7:18A Second World War 'super Renown'Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?19:19Common fuel versus fleet reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?20:37The lost opportunity of a rebuilt TigerNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?23:55Interwar delay was not belief that war was impossibleQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?27:00How 28-knot Queen Elizabeths change JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?32:34How a treaty-free imperial battlecruiser programme might developQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?42:35Why nuclear surface warships are not a simple submarine extensionQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?47:10A larger canal and British frigate access in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:03:26Could a 15-inch/50 reuse 15-inch/42 ammunition?Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?1:13:06Britain retained heavy-gun knowledge after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:50:47How an Allied Italy changes naval deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:54:02When 'better not built' still requires a replacementQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?2:59:31The obstacles to British escort orders in American yardsQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:09:13Why four G3s and four N3s were only Britain's opening moveQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:11:57Turning the 4.7-inch mount into a true dual-purpose weaponQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:23:58How an unrestricted capital fleet would cycle older ships outQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:29:01The American debate over Britain's shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?3:57:45Reading the Type 31 as a flak frigateQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:18:29Why navies can publish doctrine without revealing executionQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:22:49The basing weakness in an American war plan against BritainQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?4:25:24Combining Grand Fleet mass with British Pacific Fleet technologyQ&A
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years2:34How factional ranking creates naval mythsChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years6:21Treaty strength and Churchill's construction pauseNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years11:27Why naval design needs geostrategic contextChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years18:35Why gunnery training did not define a battleship admiralNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years19:46Reginald Henderson's route from destroyers to carrier constructionNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years27:17How destroyer flotillas trained future senior commandersNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years31:31Carrier size, hull numbers, and dedicated commandNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years33:39Carrier survivability and Singapore's repair roleNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years36:27The Far Eastern blockade plan and Anglo-American interestsChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years40:00Carriers for reconnaissance and night strikesNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years42:19The 1942 readiness horizon and escort carriersNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years50:07How treaty sloops preserved escort design capacityNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years54:18Why Britain ranked Japan and Italy ahead of GermanyNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years57:49Sea Lion's Channel crossing and German surface weaknessChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:01:03How industrial depth accelerated Royal Navy air-defence upgradesNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:09:23Prewar conflict shaping in the Far EastNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:13:59Dunkirk beyond the small-boats storyNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:18:06Risk-fleet theory and Plan Z's paper strengthChapter
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:20:12How British construction would answer Plan ZNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:27:21Procurement volume and the cost of single-source supplyNotable Point
- Some Myths of the Royal Navy in WWII & Treaty Years1:30:53Submarine specialisation and the making of wartime memoryNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?7:33The myths about interwar Royal Navy policyChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?19:29Gunnery qualifications were not battleship partisanshipNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?23:24Admiral Henderson's mixed sea and staff careerChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?31:11Destroyer flotillas trained future fleet commandersNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?32:41Chatfield and the limits of the battleship-admiral labelNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?35:20Naval technology changes by adaptation, not replacement overnightNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?43:32Carrier exercises and the Fleet Air Arm transitionChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?48:18Layered fleet air defence depended on fighters and enginesChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?57:54Multi-carrier doctrine existed before its famous battlesNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:04:52Could Britain have chosen two G3s instead of Nelson and Rodney?Q&A
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:09:14British submarines and anti-submarine preparationChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:14:07T-class torpedo spreads and prewar ASW planningNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:20:18The Hunt class as evidence of prewar planningNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:23:46The Hunt programme revealed Britain's shipyard reserveChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:29:01HMS Unicorn added aviation support before the warNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:35:41Could Lion-class battleships have entered service by 1942?Q&A
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:37:02Does low fuel explain HMS Glorious sailing home?Q&A
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?1:43:05Why air success alone would not make Sea Lion viableChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?2:42:22Dunkirk's small boats worked within a much larger lift systemChapter
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:15:49Would Beatty have returned to command in the Second World War?Q&A
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:18:44Britain's naval power did not vanish in 1945Notable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:20:10How cultural memory turns history into mythsNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:34:46Germany was not Britain's strongest historical naval opponentNotable Point
- Patreon 80: The most annoying & damaging 'myths' about the Royal Navy in the Treaty Years & WWII?3:36:11A concentrated German capital-ship force would change the Atlantic problemChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!31:35British alignment and German coal limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued17:20Ships of the line change the War of 1812 balanceQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued21:20A separate treaty allowance for light carriersQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued23:08Why submarines did not chase BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued44:42James II and the development of signal flagsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued56:48A shared Commonwealth destroyer cultureQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued57:37Royal Navy submarine combat recordsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:04:53A 27,000-ton Ark Royal and Britain's carrier numbers problemQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:10:16French frigate innovation and the British responseNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:51:06Scharnhorst's guns in an unrestricted battleship raceQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:52:48How a larger carrier force could elevate carrier leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:02:02Henderson's career under a more senior carrier commandQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:03:30Reginald Henderson's possible wartime commandsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:12:36How the 1939 carrier pause reached Force ZNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:19:17Henderson's naval politics and Cunningham's fleet commandQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:35:17The Falklands answer Coronel and preserve a role for battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:36:10Napoleon and Agamemnon combine steam machinery with sailNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:39:56Converting sailing battleships accelerates the Anglo-French steam raceNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:41:36Milne argues that steam squadrons require a steam-powered defenceNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:45:51Britain could answer Plan Z while Germany was still buildingQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:51:49Light fleet carriers were not merchant conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued2:59:04British naval infrastructure supporting new ships in 2023Q&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:07:55Automation cannot quickly solve a personnel shortfallQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:15:46Promotion systems must create experience for the next officerQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:27:51Treaty replacement priorities for British capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued3:46:07Closing recruitment creates the next personnel shortageQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:00:30Mobile Naval Air Bases supported the Fleet Air Arm ashoreQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:09:41The Fleet Air Arm was caught between servicesQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:16:33Global commitments produce broader Royal Navy designsQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:20:30Royal Navy carrier doctrine before the warQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:25:04Essex and Implacable: construction timing and air groupsNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued4:33:40Glorious and the cost of inadequate escortNotable Point
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)18:24Why Caribbean fleet strength kept changingNotable Point
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)35:39How the general chase left Lion exposedChapter
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)46:31Recovering after a failed attackNotable Point
- Lessons of the Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & First Battle of Algeciras(1801)49:40Why trained crews can matter more than hullsNotable Point
- Testing out my Spanish Dreadnought Designs1:46:11A Spanish Vittorio Veneto and Mediterranean strategyQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)31:31Institutional memory set the Royal Navy's prioritiesNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)55:03Foul-weather Jack reached Grenada after a storm-marked careerNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)58:37The Caribbean squadron received what wider strategy could spareNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)1:45:21Saumarez and Linois were dependable fleet commandersNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:18:31Gibraltar Bay kept informal wartime channels openNotable Point
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:45:14Why the Royal Navy did not need a Constitution-style heavy frigateQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)2:50:55Small-service rifles follow the Army's logistics systemQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:02:31Radio would transform age-of-sail command and controlQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:03:56Britain's submarine-ban campaign concealed a strategic tradeoffQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:17:10A naval maritime-patrol service would likely join the Orion programmeQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:19:26How carrier commands could shape doctrineQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:27:21The First World War Royal Navy still carried Victorian habitsQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:31:18An Army Air Corps would leave naval aviation inside the Royal NavyQ&A
- Inglorious 6th of July: Battle of Grenada(1779) & Battle of Algeciras(1801)3:37:10The Royal Navy would specify a mission, not demand a jetQ&A
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1123:03Why carriers should avoid surface actionNotable Point
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1124:39Different experiences shaped British and American carrier innovationNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy3:26Defensive reasons to maintain a navyNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy4:47Coastal protection supports political legitimacyNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy20:57Coal deliveries can become diplomatic leverageNotable Point
- How to Build A Navy23:26Naval power requires renewed political consentChapter
- How to Build A Navy27:00Naval capability is easier to lose than rebuildNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 91:30An Admiral-class hull behind Ark Royal's designNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 910:01A carrier built for a global Royal NavyChapter
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 919:10A short career carrying centuries of Ark Royal honoursNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 931:30The risk of using fleet carriers as submarine huntersNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 955:17The inquiry's judgment on Captain MaundNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 958:34The inquiry's lessons for carrier survivabilityNotable Point
- HMS Ark Royal(1937): Key Ships Series 3, Ship 91:01:42Three carrier losses and ignored safeguardsNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!23:34Commonwealth battleship preservation needed willing hostsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!58:36A carrier-backed Force Z changes the opening warQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:07:07A surviving Force Z could threaten Japan's advance on SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:16:24Britain knew how to build triple turrets but chose restraintQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:20:02A longer 15-inch gun offered a middle path in battleship designQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:24:05Britain tried to close yards while rearmingQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:44:48Royal Navy small-arms use extended beyond the official inventoryQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:56:53British 18-inch-gun work gave later designers a head startNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!1:57:34A rolling frigate programme preserves industrial capacityQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:06:31Making Jutland even requires removing major British formationsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:12:01American frigates at the Nile would serve as scoutsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:16:06Dominion capital-ship transfers were possible, not plannedQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:27:21Retained battlecruisers would support a three-fleet Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:30:35Six Lion-class battleships would revive early dreadnought namesQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:41:11F-35B supports a more resilient British fleetQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:46:42Taranto set Italy back, but did not end the warNotable Point
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!2:50:56Four German capital ships force Britain to concentrateQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:02:56The RAF had reasons to retain Joint Force HarrierQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:06:31British motor torpedo boats needed opportunitiesQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:09:09Why many carrier hulls resemble battlecruisersQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:16:53A third Renown could reshape British wartime deploymentsQ&A
- Bruships 115: Hopefully Australia Trip in Summary!3:21:09Small escort orders can alter a war's openingNotable Point
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 88:23Battlecruisers for global trade pressureChapter
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 818:19A battlecruiser for royal tours and commandNotable Point
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 820:05The Renown-Hood collision and disputed command responsibilityNotable Point
- HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 821:00Sydney Bailey and the difference between staff skill and sea commandNotable Point
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response7:19Why a flagship needs room for a command staffQ&A
- Ticonderoga Class: Comment Response31:57Why current anti-submarine operations require careful sourcingQ&A
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda41:05How direct reporting from Tsushima accelerated British adaptationNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda47:43Tegetthoff class: a leap to triple-turret dreadnoughtsChapter
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda51:01British intelligence and the force needed to contain the TegetthoffsNotable Point
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:12:06How a stronger Adriatic fleet could distort Allied force allocationChapter
- Austro Hungarian Battleships: Habsburg Class to Ersatz Monarch Class with a little help from Skoda1:17:43How naval visits could become strategic liabilities in a crisisNotable Point
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Comment Response30:25A balanced Royal Navy force-structure sketchQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)12:00An industrially unequal battleship raceChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)14:39Dreadnought as a move in a four-power technology raceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)16:30Why one Dreadnought did not end the competitionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)17:29Selling turbines while competing at seaNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)37:09Dreadnought exports and the road to AgincourtNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)44:39Why navies wanted different battle linesChapter
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)48:05German battlecruisers as battle-line reinforcementsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)49:29British gun calibres and controlled escalationNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (1905-1914)59:12The best dreadnought depended on the missionNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response7:52A lower-cost layer for global naval presenceChapter
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response10:12Presence ships create an escalation ladderChapter
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response25:47Published warship speeds are not always maximum speedsNotable Point
- Belknap Class & Truxton: Comment Response27:40Questions about Nicholas Biddle's early naval careerNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 70:21Why Illustrious protected her hangarChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 715:24Eleven battle honours on the Illustrious nameNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 723:24Damage control on top-heavy carriersNotable Point
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 738:46Illustrious enters the Mediterranean warChapter
- HMS Illustrious: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 71:43:58Treaty limits and the path to the supercarrierNotable Point
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Comment Response0:28SALT limits and Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- Western Approaches Tactical Unit(WATU)17:03Why WATU used repeated war gamesChapter
- Albany Class: Comment Response24:48Why carriers depend on escorts for defenceQ&A
- Building the Fleets for the Battle of Midway59:26World War I losses shaped later ASW practiceNotable Point
- HMCS Haida Comment Response1:50Which Tribal-class destroyers were worth preserving?Q&A
- HMCS Haida Comment Response4:27Why is there no preserved Battle-class destroyer?Notable Point
- HMCS Haida Comment Response8:29Why write a new history of the Tribal class?Notable Point
- HMCS Haida Comment Response10:00Pronouncing Tribal-class ship namesNotable Point
- HMCS Haida Comment Response19:54When destroyers grew into scout-cruiser rolesNotable Point
- HMCS Haida Comment Response25:15Why did the Royal Navy pronounce Athabaskan differently?Q&A
- HMCS Haida Comment Response26:24How close did Tribal destroyers get to Bismarck?Q&A
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 50:01HMS Nubian's exceptional war recordChapter
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 58:26Industrial depth behind destroyer fire controlNotable Point
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 526:50The Tribal destroyer as a fleet's forward screenNotable Point
- HMS Nubian: Key Ship Series 3, Ship 531:01British night-fighting doctrine at Cape MatapanNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney28:57When converting Lion hulls into carriers makes senseQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney41:17Coaling networks behind the Monroe DoctrineQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney54:01Fast fleet oilers as the answer to lost basesQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney56:28How Admiral Henderson's survival could deepen Royal Navy command optionsQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney1:02:08Why famous admirals could slow, but not stop, postwar cutsQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney1:25:59Vanguard's turrets and the capacity to build successorsQ&A
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Sydney1:28:07Why a British battleship successor depends on foreign programmesQ&A
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 40:21An Admiralty pennant for EnterpriseNotable Point
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 410:56Armor placement and the Pacific strike roleChapter
- USS Enterprise (CV6): Key Ship Series 3, Ship 456:18How US and British dream carriers would still differNotable Point
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response7:15A British equivalent to a nuclear missile cruiserQ&A
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response25:26The missing British land-based air-defence layerNotable Point
- USS Long Beach: Comment Response26:46An eight-inch Aegis Long Beach and allied fleet choicesNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole9:48Britain's maritime economy supplied naval strengthNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole32:18Alliance with Britain changes France's naval burdenNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole34:04Fisher's use of flotilla defenceNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole: A Cheaper Way of War? The Jeune Ecole40:31Old battleships can enforce convoy mission disciplineNotable Point
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane25:14Fremantle as a multinational submarine baseChapter
- Some Books Aquired So Far in #NavHistAus23! Brisbane32:11Postwar debt and British naval retrenchmentQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response2:37Hood's modernisation and Moskva's maintenance failureQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response4:26Hood's prestige role versus an operational flagshipNotable Point
- Slava Class: Comment Response25:03Why Britain built the R class and what might have followedQ&A
- Slava Class: Comment Response41:44Why second rates were not fallback warshipsQ&A
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 30:26How Warspite became the Royal Navy's Grand Old LadyChapter
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 36:31Modernization turns Warspite into an interwar flagshipNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 38:27Invergordon turns naval pay into a fleet crisisNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 320:01A rebuilt Warspite still carries old mechanical problemsNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 324:31Corbett turns the Russo-Japanese War into British naval lessonsNotable Point
- HMS Warspite: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 328:42Why British and American institutions approached warship risk differentlyNotable Point
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...2:48Why Cossack's Tribal class was a general-purpose destroyerChapter
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...13:45The crew culture behind Tribal destroyer doctrineChapter
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...20:17Why heavy operational use wore out Tribal turbinesNotable Point
- HMS Cossack: Key Ships Series 3, Ship 1...special edition...29:55Why the Tribal destroyers raced to NarvikChapter
- Kara Class: Comment Response17:58NATO reinforcement needs behind the Sea HarrierNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses25:24A Soviet buildup as a trigger for naval rearmamentNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses34:39Engineering perfection versus fleet-wide standardisationNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses38:17How Soviet naval ambition could fuel an international arms raceChapter
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses45:24Keeping the Malta class as a postwar reserve optionNotable Point
- Stalins Dream Fleets & the Potential Responses48:02How a stronger Soviet fleet could reshape NATO commitmentsNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response12:03Why a Falklands amphibious command ship matteredQ&A
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response15:45Warrior's possible influence on Fisher and DreadnoughtQ&A
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response17:57British wealth and the politics of defence spendingNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response19:24Sea-lane security, Lloyd's, and British naval capacityNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response21:18The lost museum ships of the ironclad eraQ&A
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response22:35How a Dreadnought might have survived for preservationQ&A
- HMS Warrior(1860): Comment Response26:11Nineteenth-century naval contracts and cost overrunsQ&A
- The Fleet of the Imperium of Man: A Naval Historian's take on Warhammer 40k Human Fleet31:47The Geddes Axe and the loss of Royal Navy experienceNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response1:54Why American and British cruisers emphasized different missionsQ&A
- US Treaty Cruisers in War & Retrospect: Comment Response7:55The generalist-versus-specialist cruiser tradeoffNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?9:12Why Richard Howe could drive the campaignNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?17:17War origins, reconnaissance, and émigré expertiseChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?20:08French constructors inside British dockyardsNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?25:51Why soldiers served as marinesNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?34:23Howe's command bench and the flag-captain systemNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:06:24Why neither battered ship reached 1 JuneNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:09:12Caesar's hesitation and Queen's sacrificeChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:33:29The order of battle concealed damaged shipsNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:44:08Initiative, hesitation, and the ragged British attackChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:50:47Initiative breaks the central division's long-range fightNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?1:57:27Hood drives the rear division into the meleeChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?2:02:24Rigging fire meets hull fire at close rangeNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?2:28:16Honours, wounds, and disputed creditChapter
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?2:33:10Molloy and professional accountability after battleNotable Point
- Glorious First of June; the Jutland of the Age of Sail?2:34:11The legacy: fight, blockade, and confidenceChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)23:01No surviving Battle-class destroyersNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)26:08The War of the First Coalition reaches the AtlanticChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)51:17Army troops, boarding actions, and prize moneyNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)53:50Why Britain did not intercept the money for American grainQ&A
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:01:23Howe's experience and the British command benchChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:08:07Did senior admirals still command in battle?Q&A
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:19:50Scouting, prizes, and the breadcrumb trail to the fleetChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:23:30Insurance bounties rewarded recaptured merchant shipsNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:28:02Howe's pursuit also protected Montagu's detached squadronNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:33:03The flying squadron and the 28 May chaseNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:44:30Caesar's refusal to close the French lineNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:51:56Carysfort recaptures HMS Castor during the campaignNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)1:55:28Similar fleet strength concealed unequal experienceChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:24:57Valiant turns from Achille to support the British vanNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:25:41Queen and Orion retake the former HMS NorthumberlandNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:32:27Leviathan disables America and Russell secures the prizeNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:51:44Why the French casualty total remains approximateNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:55:52Promotions and pensions after the battleChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:57:25Collingwood's medal dispute and recognition in 1847Notable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)2:58:31Molloy's court martial separates courage from command abilityChapter
- Glorious First of June (1794)3:02:07Family networks around Molloy's naval careerNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)3:09:53The captured ships' later service and prize valueNotable Point
- Glorious First of June (1794)3:17:41How many new ships could Britain have bought for the prize money?Q&A
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon8:28Why damaged German battlecruisers could end the chaseNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon24:19Dreyer's rapid wartime shell-reform programmeChapter
- 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 editon59:13Institutional division blocked known shell reformNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:03:05Which British capital ships would receive new shells firstNotable 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
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:27:14Reginald Hall's black-eye test for victoryNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:28:22Jutland signalling failures involved a whole staffNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells; Alternate History, Jutland if Royal Navy Shells Work extended editon1:35:22Why British armour comparisons remain difficultNotable Point
- How do Navies Learn from War7:46Attaches and observers turn a foreign war into lessonsNotable Point
- How do Navies Learn from War10:21Port Arthur and the defensible fleet baseNotable Point
- How do Navies Learn from War13:17Official history as a naval learning toolChapter
- How do Navies Learn from War18:23The Russian voyage as a logistics lessonNotable Point
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat4:41R-class range and intelligence assumptionsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat6:42An eight-ship fast-battleship alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat22:32Why an Italian alliance still depends on British suppliesQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat24:53Why Hermes still matters beside carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat30:01A neutral Italy reshapes Royal Navy deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat43:48How the Royal Navy could answer dispersed German raidersQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat45:24A Royal Navy built around four Admiral-class shipsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat52:43Canadian oil could accelerate Royal Navy oil firingQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat55:28Treaty limits, capital ships, and carrier developmentQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat59:28A standardized triple 6-inch gun in the Cold War Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:17:26Why a damaged Bismarck should avoid an R-class battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:24:29If Malta became part of the United KingdomQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:27:50Why Sea Lion needs more than a landing planQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:36:40Sea Lion required visible prewar amphibious investmentQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:37:30Small warships as command and presence assetsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:39:47Could Britain build Vanguards before the war?Q&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:48:11Canadian harbour guns and battleship deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat1:49:00Type 32 as a likely Type 31 follow-onQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:02:48Starting Dreadnought with 13.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:18:09Why interwar fleet totals need matching planning horizonsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:23:40Why hindsight would help the Royal Navy mostQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:25:32Why Tiger could remain useful beside the G3sQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:29:13Why Nelson should standardize her dual-purpose batteryQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:37:26The carrier required for a British F-14 and Buccaneer air groupQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:38:49British control of the Panama Canal would reshape naval designQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:43:11A well-funded post-Civil War U.S. Navy changes British planningQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:45:31An early Anglo-American alliance brings the United States into both warsQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat2:59:29Carrier armour versus air-group sizeQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:01:48A simple alternative for HMS GloriousQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:03:27What Britain could learn from a captured BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:07:16Where British carrier doctrine was tested without a carrier duelQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:08:12Why British warship machinery prioritized maintainabilityQ&A
- Bruships 114: Alternate Histories, What Ifs & Questions from Chat3:23:42How British carrier aircraft gained a homing systemQ&A
- Stalingrad Class Battlecruiser: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 715:01How Western navies might answer StalingradChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:03:05HMS Clyde served from Scandinavian waters to attacks on Japanese shippingNotable Point
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:06:19Sea Lion exposed the gap between invasion plans and naval realityChapter
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:22:54Could British destroyers raid the French ports supporting Sea Lion?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:23:15Where could Operation Sea Lion have landed?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?2:45:15How could a Halifax-based battleship escort convoys across the Atlantic?Q&A
- Günther Lütjens, useful idiot or misunderstood leadership?3:38:10Lancelot Holland's career shows the command experience Lütjens lackedNotable Point
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?0:49Designing a 13.5-inch-gun dreadnoughtChapter
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?1:51:46Hood and the potential of the 5.5-inch gunNotable Point
- A 13.5in gun Dreadnought? Would it work?2:09:56The age of the battlecruisers at the FalklandsNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 26:34Royal Sovereigns as a practical transitionChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 210:14Production rates as naval powerNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 223:27Continuous construction and evolutionary designChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 227:28Majestics and industrial depthNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 229:40A maritime empire's demand for battleship scaleNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 230:40National construction rhythms before DreadnoughtChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 231:33French proximity versus construction strengthNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 235:59Duncans and deterrence through overmatchNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 240:00Swiftsure and Triumph in a global fleetNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 256:28Lord Nelsons as insurance for DreadnoughtNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 258:21Small classes for innovation, large classes for confidenceNotable Point
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 259:14Why shipyards need continuous ordersChapter
- Sovereign Battleships... & Why Pre-Dreadnoughts really shouldn't be called that Round 21:07:04Did rivals drive British battleship construction?Notable Point
- An Imperial Navy start... this can not end well...50:56Captain Molloy and HMS Caesar at the Glorious First of JuneNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland12:52Why G3s and N3s were unlikely to be saint-namedQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland18:02The construction gap behind JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland30:21A later Jutland and Royal Navy replacement depthQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland34:17Britain's leverage over London Treaty cruiser rulesQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland34:39How larger British guns could reshape treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland37:31Saint names, religious politics, and the naming committeeNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland42:03Reusing Dreadnought for submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland43:05HMS Canada's ten 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland45:54Why animal names take longer to returnQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland49:29Dominion battlecruisers and the cost of running themQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland58:04How close the G3s came to receiving namesQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland59:38Canadian battlecruisers and American concernsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:01:03Dominion battlecruisers, Japanese concerns, and logistical costsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:03:54German ports and the British occupation zoneQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:06:22When patrol-vessel numbers exceed the missionsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:16:00Lion and South Dakota as broad comparisonsQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:17:02The fleet imbalance behind an early Jutland scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:21:22Why Lion was not simply a British IowaQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:25:12Technology without practice in the First World War U.S. NavyQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:27:37A balanced Royal Navy museum fleet after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:28:43Why Dominion fleets counted with the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:37:07Why the Lion class was not a British MontanaQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:45:00When a paper design is not a cancelled warshipQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland1:46:30Why Japanese-style night fighting does not transfer neatly to JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:03:00A four-capital-ship Bismarck sortie forces an Atlantic fleet actionQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:14:40How a 13.5-inch Dreadnought changes the naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:23:04German radio discipline and British airship reconnaissanceQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:24:38The gun deficit behind German battlecruiser doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:33:14Why the Royal Navy did not copy the Arleigh Burke classQ&A
- Bruships 113: Jutland2:50:12What a larger interwar Royal Navy could deployQ&A
- Building the Fleets for Jutland12:44The Royal Navy could leave 15-inch ships behindNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland15:07Recent launches kept strengthening the Grand FleetNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland20:59New ships mattered only when availableNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland26:01Orion’s 13.5-inch guns reopened the calibre raceNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland35:30Why a tactical win could not create parityNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland45:05Hindenburg’s delay exposes the fitting-out bottleneckNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland46:19German battlecruisers had to reinforce the battle lineNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland49:19Even a British catastrophe would not create parityNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland52:38Tiger and Derfflinger embodied rival procurement systemsChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland57:44Similar yard counts did not mean similar outputChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:09:00Turbines exposed dependence on a wider industryChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:21:31British shell failures reveal dependence in the other directionNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:22:50Cruisers and destroyers made fleet strength deeperChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:39:30Ships were easier to replace than experienced crewsNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:41:42German torpedoes offset, but could not erase, gun disparityNotable Point
- Building the Fleets for Jutland1:51:22The striking force both sides left outside JutlandChapter
- Building the Fleets for Jutland2:03:50Closing counterfactuals test unused fleet optionsNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 63:37A 28-knot challenge in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Francesco Caracciolo Class Battleships: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 616:51How Italian speed could ripple through three fleetsChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...8:43Why a fleet needs ships for different rolesNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...33:59Why armed blockade-running would make America the aggressorQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...1:31:17Royal Navy trawler totals depend on what is being countedQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:22:20A North American war would redirect imperial forcesNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:28:09David Beatty might not command the American theatreQ&A
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:49:21A new enemy could preserve Britain’s battleship constructionNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 238:41The Illustrious class was not built only for the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:02:26Operation Pedestal and convoy command frictionNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:04:42British and American carrier deck rhythmsChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be? Mission 21:39:59How First World War shocks reshaped the Royal NavyChapter
- Building a NelRod County Class...2:01Designing a Nelrod-style County cruiserChapter
- Building a NelRod County Class...1:08:00Imperial warship transfers and American treaty fearsQ&A
- The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?30:43Why interwar air-power arguments missed naval needsChapter
- The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?34:40The imperial geography behind a British sea-control assumptionNotable Point
- The Romans are counter attack, the Numidians are coming for me, can we stabilise it?1:52:55Why Graf Zeppelin changes British choices tooQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett4:04Frederick III and the assumptions behind an alternate world warQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett10:16What a 10,000-ton British heavy cruiser could carryQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett11:54Why an Empire cruise could skip IndiaQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett21:38Why gunfire supplemented Takao's scuttlingQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett22:18Admiral King's respect for SomervilleQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett24:53Why the Royal Navy would not keep TakaoQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett27:24Revenge-class savings across a building programmeQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett57:43Renown's influence on later British capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:04:20Rescue tugs and battleships used different naming criteriaQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:26:32Corbett's influence on naval educationChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett1:40:00Corbett's reassessment of Admiral ByngNotable Point
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett2:00:30Belle Île: adapting an amphibious assaultChapter
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett3:16:51Soviet battlecruisers could have revived MontanaQ&A
- Bruships 112: Julian Corbett3:19:39Policy choices shaped Britain's postwar naval limitsQ&A
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming0:01Why the G3 battlecruisers were more likely to be Admirals than SaintsNotable Point
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming0:19Why a small ship might be HMS DaisyChapter
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming3:51Admiral Duncan as a signal of naval standardsNotable Point
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming5:03Nelson, Rodney, and Hood: the message a ship name sendsNotable Point
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming6:22Match a ship's name to the task it must performChapter
- We Beat The Daisy... Ship Naming7:29Tribal-class names linked martial reputation to imperial recruitmentChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine58:07Ryujo suggests an alternative light-carrier treaty categoryNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:16:47Dido's anti-aircraft fit crowded out cruiser qualitiesChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:19:14Steam machinery burdened the K-class submarinesChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:22:31York's cut-price battery weakened its firepowerChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:22:52Arethusa traded gun count for endurance and spaceNotable Point
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:27:43King George V's quadruple turrets complicated its batteryChapter
- What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine1:30:30Fourteen-inch gun policy met foreign and Admiralty resistanceNotable Point
- Saint Names for G3s & N3s0:22The contested Saint-class labelChapter
- Saint Names for G3s & N3s3:03Why admiral names fit the G3 and N3 lineageChapter
- Saint Names for G3s & N3s4:50Ship names as Royal Navy strategic messagingNotable Point
- Saint Names for G3s & N3s10:39American warship names create naval heritageNotable Point
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 523:42If naval limitation waited until 1930Notable Point
- Amagi Class Battlecruiser: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 535:50Britain's no-treaty capital-ship responseNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:17Dreadnought numbers depend on industrial capacityNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...5:40Was the Hawkins class the Royal Navy's Bearn?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...19:17Why HMS Eagle was the more usable carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...45:47What if Tribal-class destroyers had dual-purpose 5.5-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...56:39Italy and Japan drew on Britain's maritime industrial networkNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...1:10:22What could the Allies have done with a captured Zara?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:11:04How did Furious, Glorious, and Courageous route their exhaust?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:15:54Admiral King's resistance complicated Anglo-American cooperationNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:19:48How might HMS Glorious surviving have changed the carrier war?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:22:36Carrier designs reflected strike and sustained-operation doctrinesNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:25:44Could Ark Royal and Warspite have formed a British group at Midway?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:35:56Dido shows the cost of overstuffing a cruiser hullNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:41:14Did the Admiral-class battlecruisers suffer the same overstuffing problems?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:41:37Why did Dido need peacetime presence facilities?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:46:01Did Britain pursue an autoloading 6-inch anti-aircraft cruiser?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:46:18Could 4.5-inch guns on King George V have helped the Didos?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:47:23K-class submarines forced steam machinery into a fleet roleChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:48:31Would a Leander hull have made a better Dido?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:50:49Was the M1 submarine also Bearn-like?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...2:53:54York class: a cheaper cruiser that delivered lessChapter
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:03:56King George V: political calibre choice and complex turretsNotable Point
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:05:54Would 6-inch Yorks become Crown Colony cruisers?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:11:06When did Britain learn that Japan was building Yamato?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:13:44Could Britain have redesigned the first King George V ships after Japan left?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:14:00Did smaller 14-inch shells simplify Royal Navy logistics?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:17:13Could American 14-inch ammunition support the King George V class?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:18:35Why was the 14-inch gun pursued?Q&A
- Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...3:19:15What would an autoloading 5.25-inch super-destroyer resemble?Q&A
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power8:18Commerce protection changes the fleet planChapter
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power26:03Why the Royal Navy had to argue harder for influenceChapter
- Julian Corbett: Speaking Truth to Power31:37Giving naval power a language for democratic politicsNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done29:54Would K3s have changed naval treaty politics?Notable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done43:56K3 as an enlarged Renown designNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done49:09Reading Tribal and Fletcher destroyer silhouettesNotable Point
- Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done1:54:29How Caracciolo could alter British carrier conversionsNotable Point
- Rome is Won, What Carthage does now the Romans are Really Annoyed! Rome Total War 2, April 20232:58:16How British intervention could have changed the Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History16:31How Graf Zeppelin could change British carrier constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History19:45Night attacks are not automatic carrier doctrineQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History38:06Hood's corrosion control and routine dry dockingQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History49:35Why the Royal Navy renewed machinery so aggressivelyNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:08:01How a warship passes from operations to maintenanceQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:10:35Britain's unresolved choice between maritime and continental strategyChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:26:43A forty-ship County-class programmeQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:40:07The wider cruiser programme behind forty CountiesNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:48:07A 15-inch battlecruiser changes more than the fleet listQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History1:50:05N3 and G3 cancellation as a treaty decisionQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:19:44Treaty permission would not save every dreadnoughtQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:21:31Retaining Town-class cruisers as ocean escortsQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:28:32The Glorious First of June through contemporary lettersChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:45:38Lexington and G3 were built around different missionsNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:50:06The Altmark affair: neutrality, prisoners, and interventionChapter
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:56:19A net intended for Altmark catches another German shipNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History2:58:14Churchill's boarding order limited force against NorwayNotable Point
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:12:20Where to find the most interesting unbuilt cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 111: Random Books of History3:22:04When North Atlantic specialisation becomes a weaknessNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)18:24Why British carriers moved guns higherNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)19:25How a German carrier changes British employmentChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)22:42Force H as a model for hunting Graf ZeppelinChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)29:03How Graf Zeppelin could keep British carriers buildingChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)36:47Sortie generation as Britain’s carrier advantageNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)37:39Ingenious design versus operational effectChapter
- Graf Zeppelin: Likely British Response (Key Ships Series 2, Ship 1 Bonus)40:21The limited escort cost of keeping carriers under constructionNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate, The Boshin War & the Origin Story of Tōgō Heihachirō12:22Kagoshima's bombardment and Togo's first combat experienceNotable Point
- Lexington Class Battle Cruisers: Key Ship Series 2, Ship 48:00Battlecruisers as peacetime presence shipsNotable Point
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)44:49Kagoshima, Satsuma, and Togo's first actionChapter
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)2:25:09Did HMS Cossack's boarders use cutlasses at Altmark?Q&A
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)3:12:53Were the Dido-class cruisers powerful enough?Q&A
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)3:17:26How did cruiser and 5.25-inch gun shortages shape the Didos?Q&A
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)3:18:29Why did the Didos have limited postwar lives?Q&A
- Battle of Hakodate(1869)3:20:48Was there a modified Dido replacement design?Q&A
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation10:26Mayfly and the naval problem of finding the enemyChapter
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation44:41Why the specialist night shadower lost its carrier spaceNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation50:14Multi-role carrier aviation and the risk of lost contactNotable Point
- Mayfly to the Future: A History of Naval Aviation52:32Carrier readiness depends on spare-parts depthNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 32:36The missing generation between Hood and NelsonChapter
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 35:13Infrastructure, not aesthetics, drove the compact layoutChapter
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 38:24Wartime experience returns to the design officesNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 311:28G3 speed, range, and uncertain performance marginsNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 326:36A K3 counterfactual: treaty limits and rival responsesNotable Point
- G3 & N3 Classes: The Lost Dreadnought Generation, Key Ship Series 2, Ships 2 & 328:02Francesco Caracciolo and a harder Mediterranean treaty bargainNotable Point
- Graf Zeppelin: Key Ships Series 2, Ship 11:02:39Why carrier duels are a poor test of carrier doctrineNotable Point
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 100:01Why HMS Renown was a key second-class battleshipChapter
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 107:44Fisher's practical approach to fleet signallingChapter
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 1013:17Range and speed for an overseas flagshipNotable Point
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 1022:21Renown as a visible instrument of imperial naval powerChapter
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 1025:58How Renown became a royal yachtNotable Point
- HMS Renown(1895); Key Ship Series 1, Ship 1029:54Why Renown mattered so much to FisherChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 912:10A new pattern for British battleshipsChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 918:45Repulse’s building programme, machinery, and rangeChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 920:55The Royal Navy’s recurring 13.5-inch preferenceNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 929:39Annual manoeuvres as doctrine laboratoriesChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 935:12Mediterranean Fleet service under Jackie FisherNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 937:34Reserve service preserved Repulse’s utilityChapter
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 939:46When admirals could argue openly for replacement shipsNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 944:06Fisher’s attachment to Renown and RepulseNotable Point
- HMS Repulse(1892): Key Ships Series 1, Ship 946:22The wider naval race behind bigger gunsNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?11:36Philip Vian and hands-on senior commandNotable Point
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?47:21Alpha strikes versus continuous carrier operationsChapter
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?50:46Would Canadian battleships have led to carriers?Q&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?54:05Who had the first aircraft carrier?Q&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?2:00:06Why night carrier operations took time to learnQ&A
- Ship-Shape Special: Alex & Garius Command a Carrier... How bad can this be?2:14:07Saratoga and Victorious: complementary carrier strengthsNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:44:22Foreign warships mixed peacemaking with national interestNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:42:08Anglo-Chilean naval ties shaped American war planningNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada2:50:11Where to research HMS Royal Sovereign's Soviet serviceQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...7:37Designing a 13.5-inch-gun HMS DreadnoughtNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...12:48Would Fisher pursue triple, superfiring 13.5-inch guns?Q&A
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...1:51:25Why gun-armed Tribal destroyers matteredNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...2:43:47Why an outranged battleship force may need to close earlyNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...3:04:24Why equal-cost fleet comparisons can misleadQ&A
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...3:33:17Closing range in a night battleNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought, but built around the RN's favourite battleship guns...3:37:27Why a fleet should keep weavingNotable Point
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)23:11The Admiral class as a development familyChapter
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)32:43Italian sea power and Britain’s Mediterranean commitmentNotable Point
- Steam Battleships (1876-1891)43:08Trafalgar class and the cost of low freeboardChapter
- Can Cathage Take Rome with a Naval Historian in charge? Rome Total War 1, April 20231:42:02Why Dreadnought's 12-inch battery is surprisingNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation28:10Why Victorious could not easily take Sea CatQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation36:48HMS Queen Elizabeth is named for Elizabeth INotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation38:18Why TSR-2 was not a naval Buccaneer replacementQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation40:34How extra British carriers change the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation53:28Prince of Wales as an unlucky Royal Navy nameQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:13:04Better rope lets the Royal Navy rig for smaller crewsNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:45:28Fleet Air Arm control could change aircraft supplyQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation1:55:20Why missing early-war light carriers were not one simple lost chanceQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:34:00Type 32 as a Type 31 Batch 2 procurement pathQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation2:37:23Small gunboats trade reach for local utilityQ&A
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:02:04Channel Dash: reconnaissance gaps become failureChapter
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation3:48:24Carrier bows must suit their operating oceanQ&A
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 198052:34When NATO escort and strike orders point in different directionsNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:25:34Mobilizing reinforcements without declaring that war is inevitableNotable Point
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:43:10Royal Navy amphibious options for NorwayChapter
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:45:46Local sea and air command for carrier operationsChapter
- Cold War Goes Hot: Red Storm Norway 19801:50:08Which carriers could actually fight in May 1980?Chapter
- USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 83:46Why New Ironsides is the better American counterpart to HMS WarriorQ&A
- USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 820:49New Ironsides in an Anglo-American naval crisisNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)15:24How early gas turbines could reshape an interwar fleetNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)39:27Iceland and the Second World War origins of GIUK strategyChapter
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:28:05Britain's carrier gap complicates NATO's 1980 plansNotable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:32:20Could Britain have built an early SOSUS-style barrier?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)1:38:53HMS Dreadnought was still available in 1980Notable Point
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)2:08:40How quickly could reserve warships return to service?Q&A
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:20:17Carrier and amphibious choices in 1980Chapter
- Red Storm Rising: The GIUK Gap in a 1980 conventional war between the Warsaw Pact & NATO(Patreon 77)3:27:41Pre-Falklands air-defence gaps force wartime improvisationNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas24:04Why the Type 81 programme stopped at seven shipsChapter
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas26:16Why COSAG burdened Type 81 engineeringChapter
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas34:30How the Type 45 power system was cut downChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...1:58HMS Thunder Child's fictional last standChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...11:53Using HMS Renown as a Thunder Child referenceNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...37:13A light cruiser built around massed 5.5-inch fireChapter
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...1:46:02Shipboard radar and long-range gunneryNotable Point
- Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...2:51:19Recognising national destroyer design in a simulationNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)10:14Fleet concentration rather than one-on-one duelsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)44:25How completed G3 and N3 ships could reshape treaty limitsChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)54:26Could Admiral-class hulls have become aircraft carriers?Q&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)1:14:57If Nelson and Rodney had been fast battleshipsQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)2:11:54Royal Navy examinations and professional gatekeepingQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 9(April 2023)2:31:06Cunningham, Alan Brooke, and naval policyNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus16:59How WATU's women carried anti-submarine lessons across a barrierNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus18:15Why traffic analysis matters alongside codebreakingQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus24:00A German Philippines and British coal salesQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus31:43British coal supplies during the Venezuela crisisNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus46:34Treaty carrier arithmetic and worldwide commitmentsQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus50:05How a larger French fleet rewrites treaty arithmeticQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus58:14The Royal Navy's wooden wallsQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus1:43:53The Royal Navy's earliest Admirals of the FleetQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:01:57Why the Malaya Division favoured small fast craftQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:33:28Could the Royal Navy crew six converted carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:34:06Why better British fighters would not end Lend-LeaseQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:51:45Royal Navy witnesses to the Second Sino-Japanese WarChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:59:38Why Royal Navy strategy still needs national directionQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:05:04Naval witnesses to the war in ChinaChapter
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:33:09The cost of converting old destroyers for missilesQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:37:25Royal Navy wrecks from JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:37:32Why a globally deployed Type 83 grows toward cruiser sizeQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:38:44How foreign cruiser labels can reshape procurementQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:51:40Why a future Type 83 may avoid another City classNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:55:41Samuel Pepys and the Royal Navy's foundationsQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus3:58:04The Bank of England, public finance, and naval powerQ&A
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus4:05:02A tentative estimate of Type 83 fleet sizeQ&A
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History7:41The Admiralty expected a free naval air service from the RAFNotable Point
- Royal Navy retains the 'Fleet Units' of Royal Naval Air Service in 1918 - an Alternate History10:33The RNAS already had a global naval roleChapter
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 713:34Pacocha exposed the limits of gunboat diplomacyChapter
- Huáscar: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 716:55Why armour became a naval requirementNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 760:49The counterfactual: RNAS fleet units stay navalChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7612:23Why this does not create the Japanese service modelQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7639:28Why battleship investment did not exclude aviationNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 7657:34The Sea Is One case for naval air basesChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:04:41Direct expertise changes aircraft and air-defence decisionsQ&A
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 761:21:00A Washington treaty category for scout carriersChapter
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 762:32:17A scout carrier watches the Norwegian coastNotable Point
- Alternate History - Royal Navy retains the Fleet 'units' of Royal Naval Air Service: Patreon 763:22:03Why test environments mattered to torpedo reliabilityNotable Point
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent48:22Mahan cultivated an American sea-power cultureChapter
- Alfred Thayer Mahan: Justifying a Navy to a Continent51:37Wargaming a Mahanian alliance crisis in 1906Notable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat11:04Carrier and cruiser options around Denmark StraitQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat12:43Why armour labels can conceal real changesQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat26:14If the Royal Navy retained the Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat31:54Small carriers and treaty loopholesQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat34:13Why Warspite received the premium reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat37:24Why Renown is the chosen Royal Navy capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat39:07Why the new Victorious still joined the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat46:27How an 8-inch turret grew heavierQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:01:45A reconstructed Implacable class after 1945Q&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:03:51Oil-fired 14-inch super-dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:10:47Spending earlier to shorten the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:22:22John Fisher's ideal fast battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:22:46Why pre-dreadnoughts still used fighting topsQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:23:22The long history of the name DelightNotable Point
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat1:57:24Swordfish torpedo delivery in shallow waterQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:04:43Could a stronger British Commonwealth deter an invasion of Cyprus?Q&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:41:26Who commanded a destroyer flotillaQ&A
- Bruships 108: PLanned for Random Books off the Shelf & Chat2:57:16Why British and American carrier doctrines divergedNotable Point
- HNLMS Schorpioen(1868): Key Ship Series 1, Ship 63:15Fleet Air Arm control and engine prioritiesQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)17:18Reading the Western Squadron's Brest blockadeNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)57:39Roboute Guilliman through Nimitz, Cunningham and St VincentNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)1:10:31Earlier Greenboy shells and naval counterfactualsNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game' (2nd Edition)1:39:10Samuel Pepys and the work of naval administrationQ&A
- HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 30:17Benbow’s record-sized naval gunsChapter
- HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 315:17A brief active career and long guardship serviceNotable Point
- HMS Benbow 1885: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 318:21The value of warships without battle honoursNotable Point
- HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 25:02How a Confederate order became HDMS DanmarkChapter
- HDMS Danmark: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 218:43What a blockade breaker had to doNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?50:45Surface raiding becomes a task-force challengeChapter
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?53:02Fast capital ships for the German surface threatChapter
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?55:24Overseas bases and a fleet better prepared for the PacificNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?57:27Why an opening victory would not secure the raiders' returnNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?59:19More carriers and large destroyers for Atlantic hunting groupsChapter
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?1:01:58A worldwide surface-raider surge with no safe route homeNotable Point
- A Totally Diesel Kreigsmarine: What Could it Do?1:03:29Why convoy defence changes against surface groupsNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 11:23Why HMS Dreadnought marks a new battleship eraChapter
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 19:13The ideas and people behind DreadnoughtNotable Point
- HMS Dreadnought: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 119:10A deterrent meant to reset naval competitionChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:16:51Convoys would face a mixed surface and submarine threatChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:28:27Britain needs faster capital ships for the raider huntChapter
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:34:45Britain could start an anti-destroyer sloop programme earlyNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:36:25Carrier aviation becomes central to finding raider groupsNotable Point
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:50:33How Britain would support a global anti-raider campaignQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:55:30Why escort carriers need not be fastQ&A
- Patreon Bonus: Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine eschews steam and goes all Diesel(-electric) propulsion1:57:24Why longer range would not break the British blockadeQ&A
- Still Trying to deal with the Inadvertently Created Super Bismarck56:11Why a British-German battleship duel signals a wider failureNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition9:36Napoléon, Gloire, and Warrior in a decade of changeChapter
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition16:04Warship design as diplomatic theatreNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition20:24How a visit to HMS Warrior projected credibilityNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition34:02Maintenance and testing behind HMS WarriorNotable Point
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition41:23Why the Royal Navy let coaling at sea atrophyQ&A
- Ironclad Frigates: Tremendous Transition45:21Why Britain invested in the ironclad transitionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 7(March 2023)1:54:23Bomb vessels at CopenhagenNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword16:24How British triple turrets could reshape the arms raceNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword22:33The long prelude to war in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword29:11How Fisher judged an obsolete warshipQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword41:04Using extra funds for anti-aircraft modernizationNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword42:45Interwar research into autoloading capital-ship gunsQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword45:55Harwood's difficulty with Mediterranean command politicsNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword1:35:00Why famous Royal Navy names acquire fighting reputationsQ&A
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:03:50Canadian experience built inside the Royal NavyChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:08:19Reading Churchill and Sea Power criticallyChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:35:08Baltic convoys and disguised British tradeChapter
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:37:03The enormous scale of Baltic convoy protectionNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:39:29Saumarez combined fleet power with Baltic diplomacyNotable Point
- Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword2:51:08The case for a nuclear CVA-01Q&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition10:21The investment behind British naval superiorityNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition46:09Q&A: Why Royal Navy names avoid reigning monarchsQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition1:13:19The Western Squadron becomes a blockade forceChapter
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition1:24:18Why Hawke has so few Royal Navy namesakesNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition1:34:01Naval service as risk and a route into the aristocracyNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition1:43:09Q&A: Punishments an admiral could fear more than executionQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition2:10:53Q&A: What Admiral of the Yellow meantQ&A
- Blockading Brest: A Royal Navy Tradition3:16:33Q&A: Why large-scale replenishment at sea lapsedQ&A
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron7:51Why Brest made the Western Squadron indispensableChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron9:35A blockade drives new naval logisticsNotable 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 Squadron24:36The Western Squadron's early coastal roleChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron39:35Why fourth rates could protect British supply convoysNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron40:45Sea supply and land borders shaped different prioritiesNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron43:30Barfleur: line tactics, wind shifts, and a day-long battleChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron44:20Barfleur's force imbalance and awkward casualty figuresNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:03:05Finisterre's convoy strategy: destroy the escort firstChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:05:20A captured French 74 influenced British ship designNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:10:31Hawke rolled up the French rear with local superiorityChapter
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:17:10Close engagement was enforced as a professional normNotable Point
- Blockading Brest: The Creation & Some Battles of the Western Squadron1:43:15Ushant 1778: formation problems and a missed decisionChapter
- Nuclear Power: Not All About Rickover0:01Naval nuclear power before the Cold WarChapter
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:10:19A mass submarine programme would trigger a responseNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:16:38Could mass minelaying submarines close British waters?Q&A
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:21:35Minesweeping requirements shaped escort fittingsNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...1:57:45Radar quality includes whether it keeps workingNotable Point
- Help I Inadvertently Built a Super Bismarck...2:30:57Night action: finding targets by fireNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)7:41How American battlecruisers might exploit two oceansNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)14:50Searching for historical Anglo-French fleet combinationsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)17:06James II as a commander but not a politicianNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)47:27Prince Rupert and the loneliness of commandNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)57:17Building a Channel Fleet before launching an overseas campaignNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:00:19Why a fifth-rate frigate can serve as an admiral's flagshipNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:03:07Evan-Thomas and the Fifth Battle SquadronNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:18:36Fast Admiral-class battleships and treaty pressureNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)1:27:34Why British warship armour remains hard to studyNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 6(March 2023)2:36:21Jamaica as a flexible Caribbean fleet baseNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy5:19Neutral convoys, blockade, and Baltic naval storesChapter
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy21:29The fleet as diplomatic coverNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy26:08The race before the Baltic thawChapter
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy29:39Parker's diplomacy and Nelson's fighting roleNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy30:19Collingwood, Duncan, and models of admiralshipNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy44:00A limited British squadron with a coercive missionNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy55:25A failing shore-to-ship reinforcement systemNotable Point
- Battle of Copenhagen(1801): A Game of Dominoes in Naval Diplomacy1:04:35Prize-taking amid the silenced Danish lineNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters47:47Winter ice made the second league vulnerableNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters51:52Yarmouth, Baltic ice, and Britain's timetableChapter
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters57:26Hyde Parker and Nelson as a command pairNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters1:36:01The forces at Copenhagen and the role of bomb vesselsNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters2:13:19Holstein's later career as HMS NassauNotable Point
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters2:38:06Which used more preemptive strikes: Britain or Japan?Q&A
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'29:06A failed withdrawal and Beatty's careerQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'33:55A Royal Naval Air Service without an independent RAFQ&A
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:03:57What preserving HMS Agincourt might have changedNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'1:16:04Why Britain has no preserved historic aircraft carrierNotable Point
- Timberborne: A Test for the Year of Technology/My students favourite 'engineering game'2:14:19How mine warfare became a British Second World War strengthNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay6:46Long-term government and Portsmouth DockyardNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay19:30Naval training and the peacetime cost of readinessNotable Point
- Grand Strategy: A Short Video Essay25:04Sea power, national identity, and securityNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword4:40A delayed war would not make German commerce raiding easyQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword8:28Three more peacetime years transform the British capital-ship programmeQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword13:30Thirteen battlecruisers could cover home waters and imperial stationsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword24:33Recycled turrets could turn retired battleships into new VanguardsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword35:44An eight-ship battlecruiser force implies a rolling replacement cycleQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword39:29Dominion fleet choices mixed local budgets with Admiralty influenceQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword49:11The Royal Navy often ordered a lifetime supply of gun barrelsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:05:27A 1942 war opens with more new cruisers and more AA conversionsNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:07:52Escort growth could outpace German U-boat expansion before 1942Notable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:08:48Global logistics worked against Britain's 24.5-inch torpedoQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:10:23Age of Sail gunners chose hull or rigging by tactical needQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:14:30A delayed war gives the Royal Navy time to replace obsolescent carrier aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:29:19British wartime damage reports informed American carrier designQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:30:56Worldwide testing helped British magnetic torpedoes workQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:35:50Testing and institutional honesty separated torpedo programmesQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword1:41:54British aerial torpedoes also carried working magnetic detonatorsQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword2:58:53Variable-depth sonar reaches beneath masking thermal layersQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:03:27Early air power could not replace cross-Channel sea controlQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:17:53HMS Turbulent combines patrol history with a commander's careerChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:30:35Early Royal Navy torpedo craft mixed invention with dead endsChapter
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:48:09A global economy gives Britain global naval interestsNotable Point
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword3:53:33British naval weapons have better introductions than naval armourQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword4:02:11Qualitative naval rivalry differs from a nationalist numbers raceQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword4:14:49Mediterranean ASW and the British submarine force mixQ&A
- Bruships 106: Song Dynasty & Three New Books from Pen & Sword4:19:58A reading route into the Royal Navy submarine campaignQ&A
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?4:32Technical literacy shaped the politics of shell reformNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?24:19Dreyer turns post-Jutland criticism into new shell standardsChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?27:37Dreyer and Pollen took different routes into fire controlNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?28:45Why a known shell problem resisted reformNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?32:35Finding a plausible point of divergence before JutlandChapter
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?47:52Better shells also reward gunnery and rate of fireNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?54:21Which British ships get the new shells first?Notable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?56:46Australia and Coronel show the counterfactual's wider butterfliesNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:16:12Night-fighting doctrine probably survives a shorter JutlandNotable Point
- Nothing Wrong With Our Shells Today; Alternate History, What if British Shells at Jutland Work?1:18:23Reginald Hall explains Jutland's strategic resultNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI7:51Why research did not necessarily produce reliable weaponsNotable Point
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI10:05German claims forced realistic Orion-class armour trialsChapter
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI20:08Jutland exposed failures Britain could have corrected earlierChapter
- Naval Arms & Armour Research in prior to WWI20:50Dreyer could challenge the shell system more directly than a committeeNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.3:09Would working British shells keep Scheer from seeking battle?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.5:08The Greenboy question begins with Jutland's real damageChapter
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.13:40How Seydlitz escaped Britain's night forcesNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.29:34Why earlier shell reform required tighter quality controlChapter
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.33:28Which book covers British battleship fire-control systems?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.38:00A damaged Goeben could reveal the shell problemChapter
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.39:56Why peacetime shell reform kept stallingNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.48:56How authority over naval construction changed after the First World WarNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.55:30The Royal Navy planned different shells for different rangesNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:03:43What does CPC mean in British shell terminology?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:06:55Success against Goeben could alter Cradock's choices at CoronelNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:08:32Earlier shell reform could reshape training before Dogger BankNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:13:47Would stopping Goeben keep Battenberg at the Admiralty?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:16:15The shell crisis extended below the capital-ship gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:19:07How many heavy-gun ships could Britain bring to the alternate Jutland?Notable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:44:01Could Britain equip the Grand Fleet with improved shells in time?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.1:50:08Why replace existing shell stocks?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.2:47:54A decisive Jutland could change the war's timetableChapter
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.2:51:01Were faulty fuzes the only British shell problem?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.3:04:44Reginald Hall explains Jutland as a strategic victoryNotable Point
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.3:05:25Could U-boats still stop a Baltic offensive?Q&A
- Patreon 74: What if History - Greenboy shells had been developed and deployed in time for Jutland.3:30:05Could Germany rebuild a fleet after a Royal Navy victory?Q&A
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century21:12Mechanical propulsion and the long road to viable submarinesChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century35:46The D class and the transition to recognizable First World War submarinesChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century40:14Archimède and the operational value of an attack that never happensNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century56:21Interwar boats: endurance, radio, and fleet coordinationChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:06:20The Royal Navy S class as a balanced northern-water submarineNotable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:17:47HMS Venturer's submerged attack on U-864Notable Point
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:28:19Mediterranean submarines under constant air and surface pressureChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:45:11Postwar designs and the foundations of nuclear submarinesChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century1:48:05The research and industrial foundations behind nuclear submarinesChapter
- The Submarine Century? How Submarines evolved over the 20th Century2:05:12HMS Conqueror, Belgrano, and the cost of revealing a submarineNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?21:02Why British anti-torpedo fittings looked so extensiveNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?35:33Furious and the British 18-inch gun assumptionNotable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?50:19Would Hood keep 15-inch guns beside Agincourt?Notable Point
- A potential American Response to the 18in HMS Agincourt?2:32:47Testing twelve 18-inch guns on an N3/G3-derived hullChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)27:41How Britain coordinated army and navyQ&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)1:37:55The Royal Navy and the transition to steamChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)1:40:03Fire safety before steam propulsionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 4(February 2023)2:56:37Suppressing piracy by taking its basesNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:42Would Resistance have formed a separate Revenge subclass?Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books5:33When construction changes justify a subclassNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books10:14Why older capital ships would become treaty tonnage placeholdersQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books11:25Why ships from one class could differ between yardsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books12:25Why foreign flag rank did not carry back into Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books13:40Which of two Tigers would survive treaty reductions?Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books18:24When Britain might leave an officer in an allied navyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books18:51Why better navigation would not free sailing fleets from geographyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books21:01How the Orlando experience tightened naval engine procurementQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books23:06What a surviving HMS Tiger might do in the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books25:01Why staff service did not guarantee a plum naval appointmentQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books26:17How the Formidables combined earlier battleship designsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books28:31Why British naval and army budgets are hard to compareQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books30:16Why an Anglo-American naval race would emphasize technologyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books31:59Renown and Tiger against Scharnhorst and GneisenauQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books34:41How more retained capital ships reshape the Royal Navy in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books39:19The component evidence behind an 18-inch Agincourt hypothesisNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books47:16HMS Africa's solitary approach at TrafalgarNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books48:29Why a Type 22 needed either missiles or a gunQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books49:27Why moving a capital-ship turret changes the whole designQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:00:04What replaces Exocet if it is unavailable?Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:11:26How a Type 22 without anti-ship missiles would be armedQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:13:27Why steamship scarcity forced mixed Crimean War fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:15:46Emergency conversions for Russia, new battleships for FranceNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:17:17How political support shaped Walker's steam-fleet programmeNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:17:58How Baltic bombardment needs secured new small craftNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:27:26How turboprop success in Korea might alter British naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:29:47The fire that destroyed HMS Glasgow at Montego BayNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:35:51Why Nelson's promotion to post-captain at twenty matteredNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:42:01Use battle honours to find a naval story worth pursuingChapter
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:46:35HMS Surprise recaptures Hermione at Puerto CabelloNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:48:17How an ice-free Arctic changes Age of Sail strategyQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books1:50:29San Sebastián honours reveal naval support ashoreNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:10:45How machinery conversion could extend Type 82 serviceQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:11:23What would replace hypothetical Type 82 losses in the Falklands?Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:33:54The Brest blockade beyond the famous fleet actionsChapter
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:37:29Lord Keith's request for an English peerageNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:39:05The rotation and intelligence behind the Brest blockadeNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:40:23Why experienced captains stayed in frigate commandsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:42:09Prize money and the Bridport-Pellew disputeNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:49:05Follow a Royal Navy ship name across centuriesChapter
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books2:55:30Did any ships named Ardent survive to retirement?Q&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books3:00:15The brief use of Cromwell as a Royal Navy ship nameQ&A
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books3:03:53Why Royal Navy launch dates cluster in certain monthsNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books3:08:04The many Royal Navy ships named AntelopeNotable Point
- Bruships 105: Six Age of Sail Useful Books3:12:52Was Swallow the Royal Navy's most reused ship name?Q&A
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 210:44Britain's competing strategies for the warNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 225:07When party politics entered naval commandNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 237:03Transport policy that strained the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 239:41Atlantic deployments weaken the Channel FleetNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 258:09A provisioning squadron mistaken for an invasion forceNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 21:11:31Boston, Dorchester Heights, and a missed defensive positionChapter
- Revolutionary Battles: Battle of the Rice Boats(1776), 1 of 21:17:25Gibraltar shows what prepared siege defence could achieveNotable Point
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you32:08Five twin turrets limit the loss from one hitNotable Point
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you33:59Triple turrets against the Iron Duke weight benchmarkNotable Point
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you39:48Standardized twin turrets simplify Royal Navy supportChapter
- Turret Selection: What in What Distribution Makes Sense for you46:57Technology choices behind the Queen Elizabeth layoutNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)28:52A strategic mismatch encouraged temporary sea controlChapter
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)53:00Georgia rice as a solution to Boston’s supply crisisChapter
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)1:10:43A provisioning squadron meets Savannah’s militiaNotable Point
- Revolutionary Battles - Battle of the Rice Boats(1776) & Battle of San Nicolás (1811)2:45:58Age, sea time, and the lieutenant’s examinationQ&A
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!2:28Why did Royal Navy and US Navy carrier doctrine differ?Q&A
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!4:34How might Greenboy shells have changed Jutland?Q&A
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!13:26The scale of steam-rate adoption across the major naviesChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!21:28Britain’s industrial scale made repeated steam-rate development possibleChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!23:14Prestigious capital ships expose the Royal Navy’s commitment to steamNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!27:45Duke of Wellington’s rushed conversion created structural riskNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!32:35Steam blockships as harbour guards and coastal batteriesNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!35:48HMS Queen and the end of the sail-built ship of the lineChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!39:56A 21-year steam-rate era before the ironclads arrivedChapter
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!46:49HMS Howe outlasted dreadnoughts without serving as a warshipNotable Point
- Steam Rates: When the Wooden Wall gained a hiss & a huff!51:29Steam changed more than propulsionNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas2:29Inspecting the Queen Elizabeth MaximusChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas20:57Scaling speed and armour for a maximum Queen ElizabethNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas24:33Why British and German capital ships divergedNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas44:08Six-inch secondaries and three-inch anti-aircraft gunsNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:11:49HMS Furious exposes the game's 18-inch-gun gapNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:15:08Could the design use larger torpedoes?Q&A
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:18:30Why six-inch secondaries transform the UAD fightChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:27:12Scaling armour for an 18-inch AgincourtChapter
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:32:20Would a refitted Agincourt retain torpedoes?Q&A
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas1:32:44Giving Agincourt a Warspite-style modernizationNotable Point
- UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas2:13:46How an 18-inch prewar flagship could reshape the naval raceNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)8:27Was Royal Sovereign the Royal Navy's first first rate?Q&A
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 3(February 2023)1:21:48Why Samuel Pepys could be corrupt and effectiveQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources8:29Type 21 Amazon class service legacyQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources33:32Royal Navy submarine histories for the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources55:05How a Commonwealth superpower changes Royal Navy resourcesQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources1:07:09Canopus class details from period source workChapter
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources1:09:38Naval protection and the decline of merchant anti-piracy armamentQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources1:54:13Carrier gaps and institutional memoryNotable Point
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:51:38Why Britain moved from V-bombers to submarine deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources3:58:19Sea Hornet versus Sea Meteor carrier utilityQ&A
- Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources4:20:53Queen Elizabeth and Revenge cancellations behind the RenownsQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response2:22Why navies rarely fitted the largest possible gunQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response15:23Oil firing, Welsh coal, and fleet infrastructureQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response19:15South African capital ships, Simon's Town, and imperial sea routesQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response22:01Why an older dreadnought could send the wrong deterrent signalQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response30:49Dominion dreadnoughts as deployable Royal Navy strengthQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response33:21How Dominion capital ships could fund shared naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response36:28How slower battleships could obstruct GoebenNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response39:54How naval staffs could balance forceful political leadersQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response41:27Why Britain considered 16.5-inch rather than 16-inch gunsQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response49:44German fleet strategy and British threat perceptionQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:01:17Why the 18-inch gun points to a shipboard requirementQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:04:49Churchill's minimum program and the four fast super-dreadnought choiceQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:05:07Did the fleet flagship sit outside its battle squadron?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:05:32Why Britain's older dreadnoughts still had global dutiesQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:17:53Did the building race distract from preparing the fleet to fight?Q&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:18:33Caracciolo paper superiority and the missing British successorQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:23:24Agincourt and the qualitative arms-race gambleQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:30:13Why dreadnought programs resisted neat squadron arithmeticQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:33:15Why politics and unit cost produced the Revenge classQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:35:26How personal correspondence informs the gun-policy interpretationQ&A
- Queen Elizabeth Class: Brave 1st step/faltering leap/something else? & Patreon 73 Comment Response1:39:01Why British shipyards failed during the naval building boomQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood8:01Treaty tonnage and ships fitted for equipment they do not carryNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:04:16Britain's three-pronged campaign in 1814Chapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:12:54North Point, Fort McHenry, and the British withdrawalChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:49:19How a war delayed to 1945 changes naval rearmamentQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:51:25Eric Brown's first carrier landing by a pure jetQ&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood2:57:06Yamato and British battleship retention in a delayed warNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History23:01What the evidence can and cannot say about Diesel's disappearanceNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History44:14Why diesel lagged in high-speed warshipsNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History50:14Patents, MAN, and naval submarine adoptionNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas2:00Queen Elizabeth Maximus design setupChapter
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas20:11Elswick gun orders and hidden calibersNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas44:34Choosing countries and representative ships for a later-era Total WarNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas49:48A plausible Queen Elizabeth Maximus layout and UAD's date limitsNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas1:00:35King George V alternative without Chatfield's choiceChapter
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas1:13:51Choosing secondaries for the King George V alternativeNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas1:54:42Ajax's fifteen-gun battery against an enlarged German opponentNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas1:58:07Broadside volume and the case for more 14-inch gunsNotable Point
- UAD: Queen Elizabeth Maximus & Other Ideas2:10:47How might the United States answer Queen Elizabeth Maximus?Notable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...15:43Carrier doctrine moves toward strike packagesQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...26:42Battle and Weapon class destroyers comparedQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...36:24Who might replace Beatty in battlecruiser command?Q&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...37:34A flagship must accommodate the staffQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...41:50Standardized carriers strengthen the postwar fleetQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...43:00Warning time and the German fleet problemNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...49:30Complete the Malta carriers or refit older ships?Q&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...57:58Illustrious myths: fuel, lifts, and strike operationsChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:03:30Victorious was meant to teach the Implacable refitsQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:05:49Fulmar combat air patrols and relief fightersNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:12:36Carrier survivability reflects repair geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:43:15Why Mediterranean control enabled the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:48:09Allied fleets avoid duplicating theater commitmentsNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:49:29Pembroke Dockyard's first frigate launchesChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...1:55:45Shipboard law left no place for enslaved passengersNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...2:36:35Corbett develops a British maritime strategyChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...2:52:51Royal Navy crews fight an Italian liner fireChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...2:56:161935 carrier escort and Italian air planningChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:03:15Rooke and Shovell as coalition commandersChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:06:31Stafford Fairborne led inshore operations himselfChapter
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:12:47Edward Edwards commanded HMS PandoraNotable Point
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:17:59CVA-01 straddled two technology generationsQ&A
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:19:33Britain ignored repeated Falklands warningsQ&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
- Bruships 103: Belfast Parts yet to arrive... so let's consider the Run up to War...3:24:46A Falklands response competes for scarce submarinesNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?4:03Queen Elizabeth design questionChapter
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?22:16Revenge class and race-winning numbersNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?26:03Global commitments and the strategy of the naval raceNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?31:24Who actually shaped a battleship designChapter
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:00:17Fleet numbers and the super-dreadnought labelNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response0:48Hood and Royal Navy preservation habitsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response3:13January 1939 alliance assumptionsQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response5:40Why France and neutrality patrols need basesQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response7:06Why a 6-inch heavy-AA battery was unlikelyQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response10:34Battlecruiser fighter rails versus carriersQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response15:43HMS Unicorn as a forward aviation support shipNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response17:47Carrier storage versus a broken spare-parts pipelineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response19:00Aircraft growth, deck parking, and British carrier doctrineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response20:35Why British armored carriers kept centerline liftsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response21:15Carrier endurance depends on operating geographyNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response22:23Matching carrier design to doctrineNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response28:48Battlecruiser availability and Vanguard's uncertain futureQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response31:31Blockade changes the 1939 fleet problemQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response33:50Political will for a limited naval warQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response48:56When the Vanguard idea becomes a designQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response51:39A 1939 war reshapes naval constructionQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response53:05Would surviving First World War ships stay in service?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war... Comment Response54:00Admiral King would still have to cooperateQ&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?16:30Queen Elizabeths as a constrained leapChapter
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?47:20Pennsylvania, Bayern, and the Revenge-class answerNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?51:56How the Revenge program could redistribute older dreadnoughtsNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:04:33Churchill, Admiralty offices, and oil fuelNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:09:48Using quality to break the German raceNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:36:22How could the fast battleships be kept out of Beatty's command?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:37:28Would keeping Jellicoe at the Admiralty improve the design?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:28:57Was Gordon Moore technically unqualified to choose the boilers?Q&A
- Blockade!!17:09Coppering, prize money, and blockade financeNotable Point
- Blockade!!25:16Sustaining a blockade at seaChapter
- Blockade!!29:30Toulon's inshore squadron and third-rate riskNotable Point
- Blockade!!33:50Toulon's blockade fleet and the War of 1812Chapter
- Blockade!!38:01Pellew's loose blockade against French exercisesNotable Point
- Blockade!!40:16A wind shift exposes the French advanced squadronChapter
- Blockade!!45:13A small action tightens the blockade psychologicallyNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)16:02Trade goods and fifth-rate expansionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:00:09Trade-route raiding and fleet distributionNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:02:00Pirate action, chain shot, and prizesChapter
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)1:31:48Fifth-rate engagement tacticsNotable Point
- Empire Total War Twitch Stream 1(February 2023)2:41:05Medium-power choices between army, navy, and air forceNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak28:03Getting a 9.2-inch Royal Navy cruiser into wartime serviceQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak41:49Falklands weapons and advertised performanceNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:01:54Royal Navy 18-inch guns before the treaty battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:05:13Designing treaty ships for concealed wartime growthQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:06:39Why Fleet Air Arm strength left the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:09:06Why British warships were absent from the Bikini testsQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:12:34A retained royal dockyard as an industrial benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:16:09CVA-01 carriers and Britain's NATO roleQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:17:27Lifeboats, Carley floats, and whole-crew survivalQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:23:56British Trident warheads, missiles, and decoysQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:28:48What happened to the Gibraltar dockyardQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:54:25Gas turbines and a 50-knot Royal Navy gunboatQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak1:56:25What should have followed the Upholder-class submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:01:40British submarine tubes and ambush tacticsQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:03:01French or American cruise missiles still create dependenceQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:17:04Tsingtao-war escorts and Japanese geographyQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:23:51Ark Royal's readiness for a January 1939 crisisQ&A
- Bruships 102: New Books, Sea Wolves & Skagerrak2:40:38Sea Wolf proposals for the Type 42 destroyersQ&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?0:27How would Royal Navy carriers fare against the IJN in January 1939?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?5:11January 1939 changes the alliance mapChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?8:28France, the Netherlands, and Singapore reshape the coalitionNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?16:29British ships and commanders available in 1939Chapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?17:05A Far Eastern war could favor the Lion class over VanguardNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?25:11Which carriers could fight in the first six months?Notable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?25:55Carrier air groups before the ZeroNotable 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
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?34:32The Fleet Air Arm's interrupted single-seat fighter programNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?37:19How carrier beacons and illuminated floats supported night recoveryNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?40:58The SS Vincent Paul flashpoint at TsingtaoChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?47:01Birmingham's torpedoes complicate a three-cruiser interceptionNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?48:41Far Eastern credibility leaves little room to back downNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?49:18Coalition strength determines the peace termsNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?54:01Kantai kessen must adapt to the Royal NavyChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:06:47Trade intelligence makes distant blockade practicalChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:07:39How could Britain avoid defeat by superior Japanese torpedo bombers?Q&A
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:08:10Asama Maru demonstrates the reach of British shipping intelligenceNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:15:23Night fighting and torpedo attack as the British edgeNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:19:36U.S. entry creates a two-theater Pacific commandChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:25:33A carrier dash toward Singapore risks mines and submarinesNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:35:41A 1940 East China Sea battle favors Allied concentrationNotable Point
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:40:03A fleet in being at Kure invites a Taranto-style strikeChapter
- If the January 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:43:46Why Taranto did not produce Cunningham's decisive surface battleNotable Point
- Ship Design3:05Rope accounts and missing practical knowledgeNotable Point
- Ship Design20:13King George V and Queen Elizabeth design prioritiesNotable Point
- Ship Design44:08Queen Elizabeth carriers and looking rightNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:00Tsingtao 1939 is not a sandbox carrier duelChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?11:27January 1939 fleet readiness checkNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?18:17Carrier force and aircraft reality in 1939Chapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?28:59How did aircraft find a carrier in the dark?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?44:41Harbor-attack planning before TarantoNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?47:22Birmingham and Vincent Paul turn Tsingtao dangerousChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:04:04Why zigzagging blunts the Long Lance's rangeNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:08:37Folkestone's passage challenges its published speedNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:13:34War aims and strategic enduranceChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:16:50Could Japan make Britain look like the aggressor?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:18:03The missing incident that changes interwar threat perceptionNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:30:30Could the Royal Navy fuel a Pacific fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:37:52Blockade, oil, and Anglo-American pressureNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:55:55What role would the Tribal-class destroyers play?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?1:57:42Wartime shipbuilding widens the carrier gapChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:03:25British night doctrine shapes the fleet battleChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:09:38Would the US Navy serve under British command?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:12:28A Pacific war scrambles the alliance mapChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:19:11The Royal Navy answer to Japanese submarinesQ&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:22:22The race to Singapore is a carrier gambleNotable Point
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:31:00Retaking Hong Kong under Allied air coverChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:46:43Could international pressure force an early peace?Q&A
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?2:53:54The East China Sea blockade-breakerChapter
- Patreon 72: If Jan 1939 Tsingtao incident leads to war, how does RN carrier force fair against IJN?3:01:02Would the Allies invade Japan?Q&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build8:58Treaty cruiser gun limits and British 9.2-inch hopesQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build17:20A Type 42 built to Batch 3 dimensions from the startQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build36:06Why British shipyards developed excess capacityQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build53:23After Type 26, UAVs for British carriersQ&A
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build2:33:12The Bismarck chase as a cross-section of the prewar Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:08:21Making the case for a deployable British ArmyNotable Point
- Bruships 101: No Dalmations, but a whole HMS Belfast to build3:32:30First-rate forces depend on the comparisonNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class17:31Insect and Fly class river support modelNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class21:33British gunboats answer the attack on USS PanayNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class27:40Anglo-American cooperation on the Yangtze PatrolNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class34:34Dragonfly class design and Far East roleChapter
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class36:54HMS Mosquito under air attack at DunkirkNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class39:38HMS Locust's Dunkirk service, refit, and survivalNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class43:52Scorpion, Dragonfly, and Grasshopper lost in the Far EastNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class46:41Sloop capacity, anti-submarine cover, and Far East readinessNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class55:43Singapore, command structure, and wartime decisionsNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class58:44Gunboats supporting torpedo-boat night attacksChapter
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:05:15From interwar destroyer doctrine to Cape BonNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:17:22Steam gunboats and Grey Goose's gas turbinesChapter
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:21:39Fairmile C stopgap gunboatsNotable Point
- Gunboats of the 1920s, 1930s & WWII including Dragonfly Class1:41:06RML 497 and the longevity of wooden Fairmile hullsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)4:52Royal Navy standardization and industrial rootsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)6:21Rope quality control and naval bureaucracyNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)12:35Teak and imperial shipbuildingNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)13:29California redwoods and warship material selectionQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)14:15Offcuts, tolerated corruption, and dockyard economicsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)21:24Oak forests and century-scale state planningChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)34:01Seasonal rivers, carts, and timber bargesQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)36:17Navy-marked trees and unrepealed rightsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)38:09Merchant ships and naval timber standardsQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)40:09Lexington conversions and the Admiral-class responseQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)51:31Post-Cold War budgeting and the counterinsurgency turnNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)53:39Carrier airpower as deployable infrastructureNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)54:49Captured timber and hulk valueQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)57:26Two-decker second rates and sea-keepingQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)58:1942-pounders as a supply problemQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)1:13:27Lumber convoys as strategic prizesQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)1:16:06Ships, crews, and tradition on sail-era timescalesNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII8:31When welding replaced riveting in warshipsQ&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII28:48Panay and Anglo-American river cooperationNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII37:38Why use sloops instead of shallow-draft Fly-class gunboats?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII42:04Dragonfly class design profileChapter
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII52:47Mosquito at Dunkirk and coastal supportNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII56:55Locust survives and becomes a headquarters shipNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII58:29Singapore evacuation and Far East readinessNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:08:01Sloop shortfall and Royal Navy procurementNotable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:13:49Far East plans met the Royal Navy of 1941Notable Point
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:19:56How did sloops serve beyond the battle fleet?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:24:36Were Flower-class corvettes converted fishing vessels?Q&A
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII1:28:44Steam Gun Boats built to hunt E-boatsChapter
- Dragonfly Class and other Gunboats Service in WWII3:11:35Four or five turrets for a later County-class cruiser?Q&A
- USS Wichita: Comment Response3:58Cruiser sonar and ASW role debateChapter
- USS Wichita: Comment Response6:17Hood torpedo evidence and source languageQ&A
- USS Wichita: Comment Response14:27Royal Navy pink lists and cruiser readiness codesNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response27:25Royal Navy light-cruiser production tradeoffsNotable Point
- USS Wichita: Comment Response47:26Exeter work-up and crew readinessNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?5:40The Admirals and Lexingtons break the treaty premiseChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?8:58British finance and procurement shape the treaty bluffNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?13:45Jellicoe's three-fleet plan supplies the deployment modelNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?14:22A Wilhelmshaven raid proves the carrier-strike ideaChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?19:40The Fleet Air Arm remains under naval controlChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?22:40Battlecruiser tonnage becomes trade-protection politicsNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?27:18The revised fleet lists let every navy claim a victoryNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?30:24A strike-carrier category solves the conversion problemChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?37:51Britain turns Admirals into carriers and keeps G3 logicChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?44:19An F3 turret layout trims weight and opens the sternNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?46:45Five new capital ships produce a three-tier battle fleetChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?50:16Early fast task forces reshape naval aviationChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?54:34The London Treaty risks triggering a new building spreeChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?58:47Carrier groups open the war from three oceansChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:07:01A worked-up carrier group reverses the Glorious encounterNotable Point
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:09:24Multi-carrier practice enlarges Taranto and Pacific cooperationChapter
- Admirals, Lexingtons & Tosa; What if the Washington Naval Treaty built them?1:12:30A larger 1920s program preserves capital-ship infrastructureNotable Point
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia0:54The First Fleet as a naval-strategy moveChapter
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia12:19HMS Sirius, colony artillery, and defensive planningChapter
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia20:46HMS Sirius from Baltic merchantman to colonial warshipNotable Point
- First Fleet: Founding of Australia32:35HMS Hyena and the First Fleet's ocean escortNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites12:52Fisher in the 1930s: bigger guns and naval air powerQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites19:30Royal Navy intelligence before official start datesChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites26:20Why a blockade fleet needed observers inside enemy portsNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites27:21An Imperial Federation as one integrated navyQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites39:26Fisher, the Fleet Air Arm, and a gull-wing SeafireQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites42:02Fisher, Dreadnought, and a more alarming prototypeQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites45:26A British nuclear cruiser built around Type 82Q&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites49:20Anson's Pacific expedition: unsuitable troops, disease, and ship lossesChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites56:06Keeping Centurion at sea: Tinian repairs and Macau diplomacyNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:06:52Fisher's hypothetical 1930s carriers, battleships, and rebuildsQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:11:45Fisher's political support and naval infrastructure in the 1930sNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:16:38HMS Vanguard's possible command and helicopter conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:29:30Why Britain might reject a postwar naval treatyQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:43:06Using CVA-01 infrastructure to lock in a carrier programmeQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:50:32A possible British source in the German naval staffChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites1:51:51German gunnery documents and the work of intelligence interpretationChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:07:36Fuel stockpiles, Canada, and Atlantic tanker riskQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:09:41Royal Marines aboard battleships and modern warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:12:41Experienced NCOs in Britain's Napoleonic army and navyQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:16:54Why bombing Royal Navy fuel storage was difficultQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:18:26Vanguard after the Falklands as a museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:48:35Early screw propulsion and its technical limitationsChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:50:50Penelope's paddle conversion and the proposal for ConstitutionNotable Point
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:54:42Joinville's steam battle fleet and the cost of HMS TerribleChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites2:57:25Rattler, Renard and Princeton establish screw propulsionChapter
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:06:34HMS Victory and the hazards of a museum broadsideQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:25:46How fleet size turns ships into available capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:32:57Why a three-LHD fleet could restore British amphibious depthQ&A
- Bruships 100: Science Fiction & Some Fvourites3:36:47Royal Sovereign's condition after Soviet serviceQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts1:394.7-inch dual-purpose mount tradeoffsQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts7:10German risk fleet and Schlieffen constraintsNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts12:44Empire logistics and American isolation costsQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts21:55Tribals, Crown Colonies, and 4.7-inch commonalityQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts26:35Twin 4.7-inch mounts on War Emergency destroyersQ&A
- 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 shorts32:10Soviet blue-water fleet and Britain's NATO roleQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts34:25Repulse refit, dual-purpose guns, and Force ZNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts41:33Sackville, Flower-class manning, and convoy valueChapter
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts46:25Royal Navy personnel geography and Commonwealth crewingNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts50:33Flower-class whaler ancestry and precise vessel termsNotable Point
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts56:33Exeter's crew workup and changing gunnery performanceQ&A
- Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts1:01:07Crown Colony 4.7-inch weight tradeoffNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response19:20Air Ministry politics and naval air powerChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response21:49French aircraft limits and carrier-system coevolutionNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response29:46How twin-engine aircraft could reshape British carriersQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response37:03Fleet Air Arm control and informal information networksQ&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response42:11Eric Brown's twin-engine, jet, and flexible-deck carrier trialsNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response49:18Admiral-class carriers and twin-engine air groupsNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response49:59Carrier torpedo bombers before twin-engine conceptsQ&A
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)21:29The First Fleet as a naval enterpriseChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)49:37HMS Sirius from Baltic trader to colonial lifelineChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)1:13:08HMS Hyena, the fleet's armed escortChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)1:19:31What limited severe punishment aboard Royal Navy ships?Q&A
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)1:22:52Why planners expected a naval colony to be healthierNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)1:23:54Royal Navy promotion before Victorian rigidityNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:15:42Why the Navy took over convict provisioningNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:19:31How Arthur Phillip entered the naval officer trackChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:19:31Arthur Phillip's preparation for colonial commandChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:46:29John Hunter confronts the New South Wales CorpsChapter
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:50:03John Hunter records the platypus and loses HMS VenerableNotable Point
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)2:52:03Could defeat in the First World War threaten Britain's monarchy?Q&A
- The Story of the First Fleet (Founding of Australia)3:30:16Marines, the New South Wales Corps, and imperial controlNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response2:37Belgian neutrality and Britain's room to maneuverQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response5:07The Channel landing plan depends on British perceptionNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response10:27HMS New Zealand survives by keeping her fire-control advantageNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response16:44Submarine ambushes create an operational-security trapQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response19:15Naval arms races reflect threat perception, not ship totals aloneNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response23:10A different German plan would avoid the High Seas FleetNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response32:17Commerce raiding against France runs into British flags, bases, and coalNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response37:16American aid drained British assets without requiring anti-British intentQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response40:50Anglo-American interests, empire, and economic strainNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response49:23A Channel victory points toward fast battleshipsQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response50:39Russian expansion could make India or East Asia the next warNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response54:00Royal Navy rebuilding would begin with familiar ships, then escalateQ&A
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response57:42Channel battle casualties could alter naval leadership and royal successionNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:08:22A surviving Ottoman Empire could redirect the next Anglo-Russian crisisNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:11:06Friendly beaches would change who survived a Channel battleNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:15:09Heavy officer losses could make aviation a Royal Navy force multiplierNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914? Comment Response1:16:58Without the High Seas Fleet, Britain and Germany might remain alignedQ&A
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century4:00Oak timelines behind ships of the lineChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century10:20Naval timber control and dockyard enforcementNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century26:06Princesa and Britain's first design responseChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century29:39Anson's threshold and the 74-gun balanceNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century31:33Captured French 74s and Slade's ordering programChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century33:26Dockyard infrastructure and state capacityNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century36:50Guard ships after the Dutch War shocksNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century41:06From Henry VII's categories to Pepys's ratingsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century43:02Pepys's reporting network against naval fraudNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century47:02The rating system as budget controlNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century48:17Rating revisions and tons burthenNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century52:05Carronades and rating distortionNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century58:02Who commanded rated and unrated vesselsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century58:59The descending command ladder for prize crewsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:01:00Post captains, the London Gazette, and seniorityNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:02:05Flag captains and flagship managementNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:05:46Sovereign of the Seas and the meaning of a rebuildChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:10:17The third-rate balance at Cape St VincentChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:13:41The command network at Cape St VincentNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:15:31HMS Captain and the capture of San JosefNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:16:48HMS Captain relics and timber reuseNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:17:31The three-decker tradeoffs of a second rateNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:21:03Second rates as station flagshipsNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:24:36The three-decker force mix at TrafalgarChapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:28:33Victory's oak timeline and battle serviceNotable Point
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:32:21The rated fleet mix in 1794 and 1814Chapter
- The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century1:35:59Third-rate balance and administrative depthNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?8:24How interservice competition sustained naval aviationNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?38:12French naval rank and political weightNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?46:35The French Navy's First World War serviceNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?55:48Britain's carrier program and the scale of French delayNotable Point
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:03:34Joffre and continuous air operationsChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:13:15Mediterranean fighter protection and layered air defenceChapter
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:17:10An early Joffre and twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:17:50How additional cruisers could change Force Z's air battleNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:38:42Using a documentary sourcebook to study the Anglo-German naval raceChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History1:57:23Jellicoe and Churchill debate British and German warship designChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:09:55British shell fuses and the cost of foreign dependenceNotable Point
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:15:05The 'sea in their blood' myth and wartime naval professionalismChapter
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:33:39Convoy adoption in two world wars and the American escort gapQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History2:34:26Why treaty limits mattered more than money to Royal Navy cruiser numbersQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:17:05The F3 design and an all-15-inch Royal Navy battlefleetQ&A
- Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History3:22:48Why a twelve-gun 15-inch Nelson was not the likely alternativeQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-651:21Mark 37 comparisons need the gun-system contextQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-653:24A standard AA gun still faced fire-control production limitsQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6541:24A stronger Soviet Navy preserves British carrier groupsQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6548:50Existing 4.7-inch weapons exposed a missed opportunityNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-6555:59Dual-purpose 4.7-inch guns and escort survivalQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-651:04:04Earlier Bofors adoption changes the medium AA layerQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-651:06:27German super-cruisers invite a heavier British answerQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: 4.7in Dual Purpose what if & Soviet Navy 1939-651:09:21Exercises understated destroyer air-attack riskQ&A
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines4:21HMS Rattler and the screw-propeller turnNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines7:18How propulsion adoption reshapes naval designNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines13:01HMS Rattler as an experimental screw sloopChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam26:51Savannah, Great Western, and the liner transitionChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam33:23Side-lever and beam engines in early warshipsChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?24:16The French Navy's weaker wartime claimNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?45:55Carrier doctrine needed critical massNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?59:42Which ally might have supplied France with carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:03:51Bearn as a drag on a German sortieNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:41:27French fast ships as a Royal Navy complementNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:52:33How Bearn's lift cycles compared with British and American carriersQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?1:54:10Deck-edge lifts and the first longitudinal arresting wiresQ&A
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:06:00Allied carrier power reduced the pressure to build a French systemChapter
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:16:13A carrier also demanded cruisers and destroyersNotable Point
- Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?2:20:09Why French air-service politics differed from BritainNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class1:37Invincible name shaped battlecruiser expectationsQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class10:08Invincible's lead yard could launch lastQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class12:51Invincible changed commerce-raider calculationsQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class16:42Surface-raider counters depend on basesQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class19:48A hydrofoil escort trades speed for hull strainNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class23:38Countering Kynda required carrier and escort upgradesNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class30:15Interwar naval money was a policy choiceQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class37:39Royal Navy officers sometimes drafted colonial constitutionsNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class39:52Long-range patrol aircraft still need a base networkQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class48:18Operation Wedding rehearsed an island recaptureNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class52:02Super-cruisers could reshape treaty bargainingQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Comus Class, Kynda Class & Kresta Class1:03:22Dual-purpose guns compound destroyer survivalQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions5:09Triple four-inch mounts traded handling for firepowerQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions7:05Existing battleships offered the faster wartime routeQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions38:17A Type 31 batch could avoid a fresh Type 32 competitionQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions50:47Early marine engineering appears in working lettersChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions1:51:39A stern Icarus installation was possible but costlyQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:12:10A naval gun's mount can matter more than its caliberQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:15:57A quarter-inch caliber increase magnified mount demandsQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:30:06Specialized warship yards create a two-sided monopolyQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions2:47:14British shipbuilding decline joined technology, labor, and management failuresNotable Point
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:30:08Without treaties, a US-British race might stay qualitativeQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:33:45Cruiser evolution shaped interwar policy claimsChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:45:54Much of the pre-1907 fleet was unfit for the main battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions3:50:42Battlecruiser classes needed squadron strength and suitable theatersNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?7:20Britain's naval lead before the Belgium decisionChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?10:51Why Belgium mattered to British sea securityNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?14:36When a naval technology race becomes a political grudgeNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?17:00The Entente left Britain room to chooseNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?34:01Britain's Channel dilemma before the Grand Fleet arrivesChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?34:21The ministers deciding whether Britain goes to warNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?39:25The Channel Fleet's pre-dreadnought screenNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?54:10A Channel battle of annihilationNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?59:52How the Channel battle reshapes later naviesChapter
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:03:33Why fleet victory makes naval treaties less likelyNotable Point
- What if Germany didn't invade Belgium in 1914?1:09:29Tirpitz's risk fleet succeeds tactically but fails strategicallyNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine0:44German heavy cruisers tied down larger forcesQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine8:21Fred T. Jane's public account softened British judgmentsNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine12:30Russian command culture limited RozhestvenskyQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine22:02Soviet purges erased operational-warfare expertiseNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine25:35Modernized Invincibles could have hunted Hipper-class cruisersNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine28:49A larger U-boat program invites escort productionQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine36:37More powerful Deutschlands still offered no winning strategyQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine41:10S-boats and Dog Boats filled different coastal-force nichesQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine47:32German nine-gun cruisers could accelerate British upgradesQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine49:08Short-war assumptions undercut pre-1914 naval arms controlQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine50:06Avoiding Belgium leaves an amphibious alternativeNotable Point
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine54:43German 11-inch cruisers could push a two-tier Royal NavyQ&A
- Christmas Videos Comment Response: Soviet Navy 1918-39 & Cruisers of the Reichsmarine & Kreigsmarine1:00:22Deutschland class belongs in the cruiser roleQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?3:51Which aircraft operated from HMS Vindictive?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?5:29Why British entry in 1914 was not inevitableQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?8:45Entente limits and Britain's war choiceQ&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?16:35Schlieffen planning and the Belgian triggerChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?20:31Tirpitz turns competition into a threatNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?27:53When could the British 15-inch/50 gun be ready?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?29:55What the Entente documents actually coveredNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?57:33Cabinet hesitation and the Channel Fleet problemChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:10:27A Channel battle with no good optionsNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:12:28If Britain stays neutral: Entente collapse and an invasion scareChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:16:08Neutrality postpones the larger warNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:18:04Does the Channel negate a dreadnought's advantage?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:24:40A new Trafalgar renews the Royal Navy's political powerNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:28:01Could coastal batteries join the Channel battle?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:28:33Rebuilding the Royal Navy after the Channel disasterChapter
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:42:38Who commands if Jellicoe and Beatty are lost?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:55:35What replaces the lost battlecruisers?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:58:23Why not rebuild with heavily armed monitors?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?1:59:26The Channel wrecks become a design laboratoryNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:03:36Naval aviation without wartime accelerationNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:04:33A short naval war produces a different peaceNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:18:13The High Seas Fleet's loss changes Britain's next alignmentNotable Point
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?2:53:25Would Courageous and Glorious still be built?Q&A
- Patreon 70: Germany does not invade Belgium in 1914 - How does this affect RN?3:02:53Would Britain build a Channel motor-torpedo force?Q&A
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course29:07The 1708 Cruisers and Convoys Act reshapes fleet designChapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course36:10Blockade and U-boats pursue economic war by different meansChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain11:05Iron Duke as a hospital shipQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain27:48HMS Cockchafer carried a small-ship name across erasQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain30:18An 18-inch Vanguard needs a different hullQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain37:58Thames Ironworks could not survive an Admiralty order gapQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain51:28The Royal Navy converged on Bismarck beyond formal ordersQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:27:21Metric navies still clustered around established gun calibersQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:44:17A British Midway account changes source type with the questionChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain1:53:30An official history is primary evidence for the institution that wrote itQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:11:49The Royal Navy admired the Essex class without wanting to copy itQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain2:14:47Dog boats used disguise, surprise, and close-range gunneryChapter
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain3:26:25Singapore had heavy guns but failed to secure the water supplyQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain3:31:22Missile Counties could push Type 82 into a cruiser roleQ&A
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain3:55:50A time-shifted battleship still depends on its industrial baseQ&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect6:25Command confusion behind CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect8:19Why the Admiralty's young war staff struggledNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect14:44The Royal Navy's blockade-and-seizure strategyChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect39:56Why the German Risk Fleet strategy failedQ&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect59:09Could a smaller German fleet have drawn Britain closer?Notable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:00:33Would Britain still have built HMS Dreadnought?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:14:47Was Cradock too aggressive?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:20:38Patey's concentrated Pacific forceChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:28:49Patey's multinational search began after CoronelNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:36:43Sturdee was misplaced in the Admiralty war staffChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:42:44Battenberg, Fisher, and Churchill left the staff exposedChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:49:27Cradock's intentions and the missing DefenceChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:52:23Cradock was an experienced professionalChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect1:59:44Churchill's attempt to blame CradockNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:06:55Good Hope and Monmouth fought a 1914 battle with 1901 layoutsChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:07:42The missing message mattered more than the original orderNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:17:37Otranto took away Cradock's speed choiceNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:24:45HMS Defence would have changed the gun balanceChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:26:48Canopus's deterrent value came at a cost in speedNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:30:01What if Cradock had received every promised ship?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:34:25Troubridge's court-martial haunted CradockChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:39:18Glasgow triggers the Coronel contact chainChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:42:03Von Spee made every transmitter sound like LeipzigChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:49:49The tactical trap at CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect2:53:21Why did Cradock not abandon Otranto?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect3:24:29Did von Spee expect a vengeful British hunt?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel in Retrospect3:50:11Could a Colossus carrier become a submarine depot ship?Q&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late5:12Henderson's 2,000-horsepower engine order for the Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late14:25Dual-purpose guns before Norway and the MediterraneanChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late18:10The out-of-area airborne-early-warning gapChapter
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Late23:36How Sea King AEW could reshape Falklands air defenceNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind9:00Why Insect-class gunboats served in China and MesopotamiaChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind11:08Why treaties barely constrained Insect-class gunboatsNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind17:12Gunboats carry mobile fire support toward Kut and BaghdadChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind19:24HMS Aphis from the Danube to Mediterranean fire supportNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind20:07HMS Bee and the cost of one-for-one replacementNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind21:43HMS Cockchafer confronts the Wanhsien seizuresNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind27:14Wanhsien rescue attempt becomes a firefightNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind31:21HMS Cricket's air attack, write-off, and wreck off CyprusNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind37:19HMS Tarantula becomes a support ship and fleet flagshipNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind39:29HMS Moth is scuttled, recovered, and lost in Japanese serviceNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind40:29HMS Ladybird supports Bardia, Kastellorizo, and TobrukChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind42:12HMS Gnat at Nanking and the next gunboat generationNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind44:04HMS Gnat survives a U-79 torpedo off TobrukNotable Point
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind46:03Scrapped Insect-class hulls and the late Dragonfly programChapter
- Insect Class: Force Multiplication of the Inshore Kind49:25Gunboats and sloops as force multipliersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers22:10Town-class cruisers restore Royal Navy numbersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers25:41The Royal Navy's treaty cruiser calibre choiceChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers32:31A 15,500-ton heavy cruiser against German raidersNotable Point
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect2:02U.S. cruisers as the scout forceChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect30:42Atlanta, Dido, and layered air defenceChapter
- US Treaty Cruiser in War & Retrospect41:27Specialized American and general-purpose British cruisersChapter
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...8:38A Falklands War panel built around firsthand commandersQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...10:48Washington Treaty timing mattered for 18-inch battleshipsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...15:51Naval races were more than Britain and GermanyQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...21:35Surviving armored cruisers under the Washington TreatyQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...26:03Triple turrets could trade one Queen Elizabeth turret for speedQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...32:40A delayed European war could meet an alliance already fighting JapanQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...37:36Huge dry docks enable fast capital-ship choicesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...43:27Damage and grounding stopped Amethyst on the YangtzeQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...48:02Hood's boilers were the harder machinery problemQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...58:09Allied imperial measurements were not always interchangeableQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...58:53Sverdlov-class cruisers demanded a heavier counterQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:01:01A Scottish sea canal could outweigh its invasion riskQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:02:35Force Z disappeared into the ABDA command structureQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:03:23A Virginia-class CGN would anchor a Falklands picket lineQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:04:22Mines and design details produced accidental survivabilityQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:05:18Royal Navy priorities with a bigger prewar budgetQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:06:57Better communications could reshape Jutland and the peaceQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:10:21A British submarine could have pursued Veinticinco de MayoQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:12:36The Royal Navy would retain Malta-class namesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:13:10A submarine-only German fleet would simplify Britain's warQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:14:33Iron Duke could carry a stronger anti-aircraft refitQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:15:54The first Royal Navy ship depends on the definitionQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:20:23A large missile cruiser would complement the Tiger classQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:20:54Louis XIV is the leading candidate for the most namesake warshipsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:25:38A British nuclear cruiser would scale up familiar air-defense designsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:26:03Low mounting weight eased the twin four-inch upgradeQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:26:26Sea King AEW reused the Gannet's proven radar technologyQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:26:57Queen Elizabeth-class survivability relies on redundancy and automationQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:27:52Fisher's Baltic strategy might work, but not cheaplyQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:34:30T-class hull changes balanced extra torpedo tubesQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:34:57Black Swan and Hunt classes fit low-threat trade protectionQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:36:47Carrier AEW and Phantoms would move Falklands interception outwardQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:37:06Britain has the technology for nuclear surface shipsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:38:11A naval New Deal would prioritize docks, railways, and canalsQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...1:55:17Reliability kept the 4.5-inch Mark 6 in serviceQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:04:44Victorious taught the US Navy what not to repeat on the MidwaysQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:08:41Sea Cat limits point toward Sea Dart and lightweight Sea WolfQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:09:50Personnel shortages will push the US Navy toward automationQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:11:06Modernized Implacables would cover the Atlantic and Far EastQ&A
- New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...2:17:48Nelson and Rodney guns could arm a postwar capital shipQ&A
- US Nuclear Powered Cruisers: Long Beach to Arkansas - The Atom Unleashed1:02:17Fisher's Dreadnought compromise illustrates more with lessNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers21:01Why Tribal-class ships remained destroyersQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers23:27Warrior, armored corvettes, and presence cruisersChapter
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers36:06Atlanta and Dido air-defense cruiser comparisonQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers46:01When a naval-presence bluff is calledNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers52:43Too many gun calibers for a global warNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:19:19What the Tiger rapid-fire six-inch gun still neededQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:20:51How a British 9.2-inch design could change treaty cruisersQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:31:28How cutting Type 45 numbers inflated the headline costNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers1:47:24Warrior changes type without changing shapeNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:05:33What replacing Blücher changes at Dogger BankQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:07:01Super-cruisers and fast capital-fleet tradeoffsQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:12:38A 9.2-inch British cruiser changes CoronelNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:14:21Why the Royal Navy built cruisers in such numbersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:15:47Town-class gun balance at close visual rangeQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:16:50Designing super-cruisers to resemble capital shipsQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:23:15Cruisers duel railway guns in NorwayQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:24:25Town, Arethusa, and C-class cruiser numbersNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:31:02Three Tribals for the price of one DidoQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:49:53HMS Zubian joins two damaged destroyersQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:52:32Why Royal Navy clergy were called the BishQ&A
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers2:58:11Recognizing British and American cruiser layoutsNotable Point
- 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers3:10:27What a Des Moines-class raider would force Britain to deployQ&A
- Leahy Class(+Bainbridge Class): Destroyer Leaders to Cruisers by the Stroke of a Pen47:47Dale's collision tested allied repair capacityNotable Point
- Soviet Navy 1918-19914:50:20Would airborne early warning have helped in the Falklands?Q&A
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?0:59Why Warrior reset warship developmentChapter
- 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?20:46Scaling HMS Mersey into WarriorNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?29:22Thames Ironworks capacity and contract riskNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?41:22John Penn and the rise of screw propulsionChapter
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:10:00Fighting core and crew enduranceNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:13:50Shared living spaces and watertight divisionsNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:23:33Royal endorsement and Warrior's public toursNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:26:36Presence missions and readiness balanceNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:33:04Dardanelles crisis and Warrior's mobilizationNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:34:17Hulk service and survival through reuseNotable Point
- HMS Warrior(1860): The Benefits of Royal Protection?1:38:13Restoring Warrior through trusts and royal supportChapter
- USS Long Beach(CGN-9): The USN's Last Cruiser...32:27Sea Orbit as naval diplomacy and a global status displayNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat7:27Fisher's fleet reductions also removed useful cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat11:28Christmas at sea as a naval morale traditionQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat29:15Why a fifteen-gun Town-class cruiser became self-defeatingQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat38:54When the Royal Navy would finish retiring pre-dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat40:47Why the Revenge class offered little reconstruction marginQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat47:15Why HMS Puncher was not transferred to CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat52:17Nelson's inconclusive Christmas frigate actionNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:15:08Why HMS Bristol survived the Type 82 cancellationQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:18:38CVA-01 was a practical carrier, not a remote paper studyQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:26:13Could the Anglo-Japanese Alliance survive after World War I?Q&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:28:17From Civil War expansion to a two-ocean U.S. NavyQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:32:31Why the Dido class resisted postwar modernizationQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:52:43Modern Royal Navy escort sketchQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat1:57:53Operation Downfall would require a global Allied armadaQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat2:03:10Three coalition task forces for an invasion of JapanNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:01:13Why kamikazes threatened carrier availability more than sinkingsNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:11:43When Allied warships replenished one another at seaQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:19:43How an invasion could divide Japan and constrain BritainQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:22:05How a Malta-class carrier might lose its twin islandsQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat3:55:05How continued war could complete and crew the Malta classQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:02:14Beatty ended an exercise after being outmaneuveredNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:04:29An invasion of Japan would redirect Royal Navy productionQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:07:25Postwar Britain was broke on a very large scaleNotable Point
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat4:10:43A longer Pacific War would expand Sea Fury serviceQ&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
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:01:04When colonial commerce becomes naval coercionNotable Point
- Patreon 69: The logistics of Colonisation, both historically and interplanetary/interstellar.1:15:38British ports, public pressure, and the ratchet of empireNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class0:10From Daring-class experiments to Calypso's finalized pairNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class2:11Presence ships, fighting readiness, and visible powerChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class13:17Calypso as a larger Comus final formNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class19:50Machinery, guns, and protected-corvette fighting valueNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class21:54George Rennie and the engineering behind Calypso's machineryNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class29:02Calypso's sailing-squadron, survey, and salvage serviceNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class31:52Calypso at Heligoland and Zanzibar's diplomatic handoverChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class42:18Calliope, Samoa, and the Apia cyclone escapeChapter
- Calypso (1883) Class47:34A cyclone escape becomes worldwide naval prestigeNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class52:34Training ships, reserve drill ships, and inherited namesNotable Point
- Calypso (1883) Class55:04Cooperation in one theater, competition in anotherNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class7:03From First World War sloops to the 1939 Flower classChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class12:17How interwar policy reduced Britain's escort-building capacityNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class13:00Did the Royal Navy forget small escorts between the wars?Q&A
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class17:00Why treaty-exempt sloops still lost the budget contestNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class20:12Henderson and Goodall turn escort demands into a shipNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class20:18Why a sloop's peacetime outfit could conceal its wartime roleNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class27:33Jellicoe's convoy case and the Grand Fleet's escortsNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class31:13Why Cunningham changed his view of large destroyersNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class39:58How Southern Pride became the Flower-class hullChapter
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class58:49Why the Royal Navy revived the name corvetteNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:36:22How Flower-class corvettes moved between naviesNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:36:35Candytuft becomes USS TenacityNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:44:10How ASDIC sets developed around ships and weaponsNotable Point
- HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class1:53:37Why Flower-class crews mattered more than the kill countNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...10:30How escorts reacted to the loss of HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...36:45Port Stanley if von Spee arrived before SturdeeQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...38:44When hardtack likely left Royal Navy rationsQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...41:59A 1940 war gives Britain an escort advantageQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...45:57Hood's deferred fire-control modernizationQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...50:16Why British carrier construction matteredQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...52:20Admiralty and Dreyer fire-control tablesQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...53:48The arithmetic behind King George V's 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:08:23An interwar naval race would reward quality over numbersQ&A
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:14:22Why Britain occupied Iceland in 1940Notable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...1:16:30Graf Zeppelin could force a North Atlantic carrier huntNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...2:18:50Fisher's Dreadnought and the value of gun volumeQ&A
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?0:00Choosing the 4.7-inch 45-calibre starting pointChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?5:39How the failed five-inch project split British gun developmentNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?9:06Mount geometry, stability, and an experienced gun workforceNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?12:26The performance case for a high-angle 4.7-inch gunChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?19:07Capital ships and carriers join the common-gun fleetChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?21:41C-class anti-aircraft cruisers keep a surface punchChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?27:06An Abdiel-class minelayer with six 4.7-inch gunsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?29:54Interwar industrial investment makes mass refits possibleNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?32:18Keeping an alternate-history fleet inside evidence limitsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?34:02Tribal destroyers against Norway's dive bombersChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?40:01Heavy anti-aircraft fire breaks up an attackNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?41:45An existing 4.5-inch plan makes mass conversion credibleNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?46:06A common calibre makes wartime supply more resilientChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?48:54Tribals and C-class cruisers reinforce the MediterraneanNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?52:18Escort conversions and Operation ClaymoreChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?57:52Repulse trades two specialist batteries for one common fitNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?59:19Force Z remains a contingent outcomeChapter
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:03:12Redirecting 4.5-inch investment into the common gunNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:05:26Why the Royal Navy kept specialist gun solutionsNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:07:22Damage instead of loss is a long-war advantageNotable Point
- What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:10:41A feasible mount opens a 50-calibre follow-onNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?8:45Choosing a 4.7-inch dual-purpose gunChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?14:23Why the 4.7-inch variants did not share ammunition freelyQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?17:47How interwar doctrine left 4.7 inch low-angleChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?22:42Britain's broad gun-development baseQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?23:59Why naval and land AA guns were not interchangeableQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?25:49A single calibre reshapes much more than destroyersChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?29:02Why capital ships received 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?33:45Why French 130 mm ammunition would not fitQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?36:46Projectile weight, range, and the price of developmentQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?43:06Why some Tribal-class gun fits differedQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?44:51Why 80 degrees matters against dive-bombersNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?48:03Fixed ammunition was not the only 4.7-inch obstacleQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?50:22Why the 4.5-inch upper-deck mount arrived too lateNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?51:35The four-inch, 4.5-inch, and 4.7-inch roles were not inevitableQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?53:21Britain did not need a foreign 4.7-inch designQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?58:21The relevant 4.7-inch lineage began before the 1930sQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?59:39An Abdiel-class minelayer with 4.7-inch gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:02:25Common ammunition still needs mount engineeringNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:06:37Layered air defence needs continuous coverageChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:13:27Where displaced four-inch guns could goQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:15:08Tribals, Didos, and massed high-angle fireChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:18:52Why Nelson kept her 4.7-inch batteryQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:19:23Commonwealth yards do not eliminate machinery bottlenecksNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:20:09Why the 4.5-inch upper-deck mount kept slippingQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:23:06Could the 4.7-inch approach the US 5-inch/38?Q&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:24:55How 4.7-inch secondaries could spread to new cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:27:06Why the Royal Navy underestimated dive-bombingQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:30:33Norway: mutual support and pilot attritionChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:36:09Why the Hawkins class was not a natural rearmament candidateQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:41:32How destroyers could treble a task group's high-angle fireNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:50:23Magazine space limits calibre substitutionQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:52:53Operation Claymore: 14 high-angle guns or 32Notable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?1:58:36Repulse trades 15 specialized guns for 12 dual-purpose gunsNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:07:41Force Z depends on carriers, fighters, and earlier lossesChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:09:12Removed destroyer mounts could return on new shipsQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:11:12A common calibre speeds proximity-fuze distributionQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:11:36Better guns do not prevent every carrier lossQ&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:29:12Why not adopt the US Navy 5-inch/38?Q&A
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:31:08Mount assembly was not the same as turret productionNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:43:13Wartime production freezes earlier development choicesChapter
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?2:56:30Why Battle-class destroyers reached the war so lateNotable Point
- Patreon 68: What if the Royal Navy went 4.7in rather than 4.5in for dual purpose?3:00:49Better guns cannot fix Crete or Malaya by themselvesQ&A
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers0:32Comus and a Navy in transitionChapter
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers3:47Presence depends on readiness as well as appearanceNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers8:46An affordable cruiser for a worldwide presence missionChapter
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers12:20Protection and numbers instead of a fleet of first ratesNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers28:54Breech-loaders, muzzle-loaders, and the search for a reliable gunNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers38:29HMS Inflexible as a benchmark for changing weaponsNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers43:20Sponson guns and a practical second batchChapter
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers1:00:17Overseas service beyond fleet battleChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:16Napoleonic brigs as frigate substitutesQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat10:17Small escorts do the fleet's daily workQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat13:25Majorca as a Mediterranean strategic prizeQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat16:57No US entry in 1917 reshapes the interwar PacificQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat20:45Industrial preparation sets the pace of British rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat22:24The long Royal Navy lineage of WarspiteQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat23:59B-65 large cruisers and the Allied responseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat25:34Why the Nelson-class triple turrets needed refinementQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat26:27The Steep Atlantic on convoy life and wartime careersChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat32:05HMS Africa's isolated approach at TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat35:52Treaty limits shape a response to larger German cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat38:17What paid off and in ordinary meanQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat40:43A 1954 program for better Royal Navy air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat42:45Rearming HMS Tiger runs into turret and treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat46:58Nelson and Rodney as torpedo-defense benchmarksQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:08:23A Yamato intelligence leak forces Allied counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:28:15Transom sterns and Jutland timingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:29:22The six-ship Lion program had unsettled namesNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat1:49:59Why imported technology transformed Japan differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:00:07F3 battlecruisers change the Bismarck chaseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:07:13A cruiser-leader category invites rapid counterbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:13:51From Nelson to King George V hull formsQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:15:03Three pieces of battleship advice for the Admiralty in 1912Q&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:17:23Armor production limits an early King George V programQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:29:39How the through-deck cruiser became a light carrierQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:34:11Three-inch/50 guns need radar to transform Mediterranean air defenseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:35:02Showing Jutland's battlecruiser losses before the warQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat2:46:54Admirals on Samuel Hood's path to commandChapter
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:00:54A longer Tryon career gives Fisher an earlier reform baseQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:01:43Applying Age of Sail rates to modern aircraft carriersQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:10:20Fisher designed battlecruisers for deterrence, not the battle lineNotable Point
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:31:16Postwar naval guns worth retainingQ&A
- Bruships 94: Some New Books, Some Others Books and a lot of Naval Chat3:50:47Type 45 Duncan gives the interwar Royal Navy an air-defense blueprintQ&A
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine52:32The Anglo-German agreement and Bismarck's reactive escalationNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine58:07Plan Z's calendars and the Raeder-Dönitz rivalryChapter
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:00:00Plan Z and the Allied industrial responseNotable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:03:11The enemy fleet and German command Plan Z would meet in 1948Notable Point
- Cruiser Policy of the Reichsmarine & Kriegsmarine1:30:43Why German cruiser policy failed to cohereNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII27:44Plan Z needed shipbuilding investment a decade earlierNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:14:17How a refitted Renown could fight three DeutschlandsQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:15:25Why Royal Sovereign deteriorated in Soviet serviceQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:48:17A hybrid cruiser was worse than a dedicated fast minelayerNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:50:24German fuze exports exposed a British supply riskNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII1:57:47A larger Bismarck force would multiply British commitmentsQ&A
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:08:18French trade geography undermined the Deutschland raiding missionNotable Point
- German Heavy Cruisers & Cruiser Policy/Procurement of WWII2:57:10A nine-gun Deutschland could have triggered a super-cruiser raceQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response0:46The 15-inch/50 alternative to Britain's 16-inch turnNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response2:01Hood's Empire Cruise as visible naval powerQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response12:39Why a Union war with Britain would become a blockade trapQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response17:38A 5.5-inch dual-purpose battery for the Nelson eraNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response24:01Fleet standardization versus the prestige of 16-inch gunsNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response31:06Admiral King and the limits of a multi-ocean fleetNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response38:40Could older British battleships accept the 15-inch/50?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response43:36How difficult would a 16-inch F3 conversion be?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response47:55Beatty's support for the F2 and F3 alternativesNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response49:45Why Britain could not simply copy U.S. turboelectric driveQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response50:39The twin 4.7-inch dual-purpose alternativeQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response51:35Would the treaties permit 15-inch/50 refits?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response53:09How other navies might answer a British 15-inch/50 fleetNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:01:27Could Britain have taken the entire High Seas Fleet?Q&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:04:20Why Vanguard returned to a conventional battleship layoutQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:05:11How faster Nelsons would reshape the Royal Navy battle lineNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:08:34How faster 15-inch/50 Nelsons might alter the naval arms raceNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response12:41Transatlantic engineering networks behind British warship designChapter
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response18:11Why the Royal Navy delayed higher-pressure boilersNotable Point
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response47:17Would a 15-inch/50 F3 derivative have been a super-Hood?Q&A
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response55:43What a 38,000-ton Nelson built around the F3 layout might offerQ&A
- Washington Cheaties: Comment Response1:00:38How more US cruisers might have changed later treaty bargainingNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books0:27Goeben and the Mediterranean capital-ship balanceNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books41:15Why naval command requires trust at seaChapter
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books49:43Why Royal Marines served aboard warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books57:18Naval power, food relief, and Estonia in 1919Chapter
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books1:31:34What an early teardrop hull would change for submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books1:45:57How battlecruisers might have evolved without the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:52:53Why Leander-class Exocets were effectively port-reload weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books2:59:09HMS Vanguard and the meaning of wartime priorityChapter
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:15:13Why British CATOBAR carriers would probably use F-18sQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:19:20Could the Royal Navy have kept HMS Vanguard?Q&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:22:41A Royal Navy ship as home, community, and weaponNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books3:25:35Royal Navy submariners entered war without a precedentNotable Point
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:34:25A starting book for 1960s Royal Navy frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 93: Soviet Navy Books & Random Books4:38:45Five force-structure changes for the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships0:18Nelson as the product of Britain's capital-ship research programChapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships1:51Why Jutland did not end the battlecruiserChapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships8:20Hood, G3, and N3 as a global deterrent systemNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships13:57Watership Down explains the G3 deterrentNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships18:39The Washington Treaty squeezes Britain's battle lineChapter
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships22:11Britain's constructor bench tackles the treaty tradeoffsNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships45:15Nelson and Rodney as wartime heavy hittersNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships48:26Why Nelson's treaty engineering irritated Admiral KingNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships53:40Nelson as the home-fleet apex behind Hood's prestigeNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships55:13Why two treaty battleships could not fill Britain's global stationsNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response7:10Tirpitz and the strategic value of a raider threatQ&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response10:03Was Tirpitz a fleet in being or a surface-raider threat?Q&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response41:51How NATO planned to counter Sverdlov cruisersQ&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response43:28Did British naval planners dismiss Soviet naval capabilities?Notable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response44:32Why two Darings were a doubtful answer to a SverdlovNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response47:00The 1954 Indochina claim and the question of declaring warQ&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response48:05American pressure and the pace of the Suez operationNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response49:26Why a Daring could fill a cruiser station without matching its firepowerNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response50:49What was the Royal Navy's purpose-built counter to Sverdlov?Q&A
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response51:39Buccaneer's development time and the short-war planning gapNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response56:19How more Sverdlovs could have reshaped British gun cruisersNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: Comment Response59:38Minotaur, early guided missiles, and the case for fundingNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?7:04Why secret water armour challenged the treaties' spirit of opennessChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?11:54Could HMS Hood have pioneered water armour?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?23:58Why Jutland did not end the Royal Navy's battlecruiser strategyChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?35:21Hood as a global instrument of presence and deterrenceNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?38:39Would Britain keep building battlecruisers without the Washington Treaty?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?40:28How John Brown's American links informed British shipbuildingNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?43:49The post-Napoleonic logic behind British naval presenceNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?45:18The dockyards and basing logic behind a global G3 forceChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?52:21How G3 and N3 designs could disrupt rival procurementNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:13:34F2 and F3: the fast designs behind Nelson's all-forward layoutChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:27:51Would a 15-inch/50 weapon have spread across the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:30:44Why Britain chose 16-inch guns over the logical 15-inch/50Notable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?1:47:04Could Britain trade gun calibre for a third treaty battleship?Q&A
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:10:30Why Nelson's water armour frustrated Admiral KingChapter
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:15:23The design experience behind Britain's treaty battleshipsNotable Point
- Patreon 67: RN use of water Based Armour, and why it annoyed Admiral King so much?2:45:17Why did the Royal Navy return to smaller battleship guns?Q&A
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....0:48The information-war origin of Britain's later light cruisersNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....2:13From scout cruiser to modern light cruiserChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....12:22Four yards build the eight-ship classNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....16:12Arethusa's intense Harwich Force careerChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....19:06Weather, intelligence, and contact at Dogger BankChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....32:14Galatea reports Jutland's first contactNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....33:53Inconstant pairs Grand Fleet service with long-range machineryNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....34:34Penelope survives a U-boat torpedo and presses the coastChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....36:18Phaeton becomes Jellicoe's trusted independent scoutNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....38:54Royalist and the tempo of Grand Fleet screeningNotable Point
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....40:01Undaunted uses resemblance and surprise at TexelChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....44:12Destroyer coordination decides the Battle of TexelChapter
- Arethusa(1913) Class: Light Cruisers or....49:41The Arethusas' legacy in later British cruisersNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1214:14Cressy at the turn from Victorian to modern cruisersChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1217:47Why the Royal Navy wanted the Cressy classChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1220:28Coal endurance depended on fuel and shipboard expertiseNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1225:57How armoured cruisers could reinforce a battle lineNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1228:39Overwhelming force in Victorian naval coercionNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1236:45How the Admiralty enforced class standardizationNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1243:43HMS Cressy from China Station to Heligoland BightChapter
- 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 1252:30Aboukir's exercises as a signal of support for GreeceNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 1253:42Aboukir from battleship escort to Harwich supportChapter
- 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 121:00:43Bacchante's Mediterranean flagship handoverChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:02:01Why Britain treated the German Navy as an exceptional threatNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:03:39Bacchante's officers and the wartime command bottleneckNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:06:36Bacchante's gunfire support at GallipoliChapter
- 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
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:17:16Admiralty micromanagement on the Broad FourteensNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:21:17How U-9 sank Aboukir, Hogue, and CressyChapter
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:25:54Civilian rescue and the anti-submarine gap after U-9Notable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:27:38The Cressy disaster, hindsight, and the escort lessonNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:31:40Why a Cressy would not have solved CoronelNotable Point
- Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 121:34:35The unbuilt post-Minotaur medium-cruiser questionNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...9:44Two complementary studies of JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...15:20Why Beatty wanted HMS Tiger before her trials were completeQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...22:25Why British and American interwar naval economies differedQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...31:33How Fisher might have changed the Revenge classQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...45:18Why the paperback HMS London is the edition to chooseNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...51:00HMS London prepares to respond to the Amethyst crisisNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...57:44What the Trafalgar Chronicle offers beyond battle narrativeNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:14:49Why the Grand Fleet held qualitative as well as numerical superiorityQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:26:51Why a fleet of Dunkerques would have alarmed BritainQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:29:02What keeping a warship in ordinary requiredQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:42:13Why collecting intelligence is only the first problemQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:47:29How armoured cruisers were meant to support the battle lineNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:52:25How removing Tirpitz could change the Anglo-German naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:05:41Ralph Edwards from Bismarck operations to Third Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:08:22Why British big-gun studies gravitated toward 16.5 inchesQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:09:33What first-, second-, and third-class cruiser ratings communicatedQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:18:01How the Royal Navy might spend 80,000 extra treaty tonsQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:21:01Books for the County and Town classesQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:23:27How an earlier King George V design would change the main batteryQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:26:39Why the Rainbow class excelled at long-range submarine workQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:38:19Early submarine experiments were an international phenomenonQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:39:01How early King George Vs could accelerate the Lions and VanguardsNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:41:10Why a British super-cruiser would likely use 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:00:57Two routes into Royal Navy destroyer operationsQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:09:45Why Type 82 destroyers might replace the Type 42sQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:11:17What HMS Victory did during the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:12:24Three Royal Navy classes worth duplicating in wartimeQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:28:07Where British battlecruisers offered strategic value beyond the Grand FleetQ&A
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)4:18Suez draft and coaling limit European reinforcementsNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)27:01Asama combines naval diplomacy with radio trialsNotable Point
- Asama Class: Armoured Cruiser or Battleship? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 11)39:10Elswick takes the risk of building a major cruiser on speculationNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)0:35The first-class protected cruiser as a reaction forceChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)5:58Balancing Diadem's cost, range, and rough-sea speedChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)22:22What the Diadem accounts reveal about dockyard cost controlNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)27:03Merchant shipping, royal escort duty, and Diadem's public purposeNotable Point
- 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)34:33Niobe's Boer War escort, rescue, and fleet serviceChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)36:59Niobe and the political founding of Canada's navyChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)44:18Deferred maintenance defeats Canada's cruiser exchangeNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)48:09Andromeda becomes a radio experiment and training establishmentChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)52:50Europa moves crews, serves at the Dardanelles, and finds a civilian afterlifeChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)58:39Amphitrite and the personnel logistics of a global fleetChapter
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:01:34Ariadne during the Venezuelan blockadeNotable Point
- Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)1:08:19Why the Royal Navy abandoned the middle cruiser tierChapter
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)9:14Bespoke French cruisers versus British series productionNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)15:09Naval constructors enforce class disciplineNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)48:23Coronel illustrates how Royal Navy tradition shaped commandNotable Point
- Descartes(1894) Class: I Cruiser Therefore I Am? (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 8)53:04Fisher makes Jeune Ecole ideas useful inside a wider fleetNotable Point
- Sverdlov Class: The Last of Stalin's Soviet Gun Cruisers3:21Why the Royal Navy treated Sverdlov as an ocean-raider threatChapter
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)0:20Apollo-class cruisers balance capability and quantityChapter
- 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
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)4:33Naval procurement deters through diplomatic behaviorNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)12:21Sail-era command logic survives into the steam fleetNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)15:30Apollo construction spreads a mass program across British yardsNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)31:14Melampus combines royal command training with naval diplomacyNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)34:19Naiad sends naval manpower into colonial campaigns ashoreNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)37:14Sappho survives flooding and returns quickly to serviceNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)39:10Sappho protects convoys and polices contraband routesNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)47:03Brilliant calibrates British presence during tension in MoroccoNotable Point
- Apollo(1890?) Class: Quantity = Quality (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 7)51:32Indefatigable shows the cost of sustained overseas serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books19:44Type 82 as a task-force command shipQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books23:43The seized battleships and Ottoman entry into the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books24:23Why Hood was not simply the first fast battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books26:22A 40,000-ton treaty successor to G3 and N3Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books28:35How a 1930 dockyard expansion could enlarge British warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books30:33The case for an Admiral-class carrier conversionQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books34:23A Nelson successor without the treaty building holidayQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books37:19Sketching a Royal Navy Type 90Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books53:46Nagato's true speed and the treaty battleship balanceQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:40:22Would a larger engine improve the Buccaneer?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:42:14Why a captured French predreadnought would be hard to absorbQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:50:46What 3,000 extra tons could do for NelsonQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:05:05A more capable Fearless and IntrepidQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:05:38A Harry Bennett naval-history reading guideNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:15:49HMS London across cruiser service and imperial retreatChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:18:09HMS London, QP15 and the pressure of Arctic convoy serviceNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:31:06P.1154 fighters would still need airborne early warningQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:35:08An early British ballistic-missile submarine forceQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:48:30A post-Falklands British 70,000-ton carrier air wingQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:51:59Why the York class looked like cut-price CountiesQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books2:58:26Finding Royal Navy history of the Korean WarQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:14:44Mediterranean Fleet planning before the Second World WarChapter
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:18:26Why Pound preferred convoy protection to Scheme ZNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:20:24Keeping twelve destroyers on patrol required a larger forceNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:21:53Scheme Z relied on uncertain morale effectsNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:33:24The Revenge class and the danger of cut-price capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:40:13Fast Queen Elizabeths set the speed of later battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:49:30How fast battleships would ease Hood's workloadQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:03:02Hood's armor depended on range and hit locationQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:03:38Hood was intended to lead four shipsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:10:51A faster Royal Navy battle line forces foreign redesignsQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:28:30Why Royal Sovereign would become the training shipQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:34:56How a longer First World War might produce Admirals, G3s, and N3sQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books4:35:58Where to study interwar Royal Navy exercises and war gamingQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty12:38Interwar admirals could doubt current aircraft yet expect rapid changeNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty25:23Lexington's tonnage breach risked the entire carrier settlementChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty36:10The 10,000-ton cruiser rule invited predictable evasionNotable Point
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty47:31A 10:7 ratio could give Japan status while strengthening deterrenceChapter
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty48:40Why naval arms races do not automatically cause warNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response11:44British maritime leadership in an American-German crisisNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response17:47The Royal Navy's expectation to engageNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response20:31Would Fisher have been a better wartime First Lord?Q&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response26:16Why a rational retreat was culturally difficultNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response50:17Why Coronel ranked as an exceptional British defeatQ&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response51:55Cradock's ability and the reinforcements he never receivedNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response57:08The armored cruisers that could have changed CoronelQ&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response1:02:25What Britain needed to win at CoronelQ&A
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response1:03:09Cradock between the Fisher and Beresford campsNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response1:03:29Reserve crews and the pursuit of von SpeeNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"8:25Why HMS Hood did not carry Britain to WashingtonQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"17:39A starting source for HMS Tiger in 1913Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"27:18Washington's capital-ship quotas and the navies left outsideChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"42:05Was the naval gun race truly global?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"53:27Carrier gun rules favored Britain's six-inch preferenceNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"57:00The 5:3 ratio deepened Japan's security dilemmaChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:04:18Britain repeated the wartime seizure Article 17 was meant to stopNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:11:50Why Britain kept treaty restraints after Japan withdrewQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:20:31A larger allowance could have paired Lexington battlecruisers with carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:30:23Could stronger carrier support have changed Singapore?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:32:25How Australian warships counted under the treatyQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:35:12Why Britain did not convert an Admiral-class carrierQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:00:07County-class cruisers were designed to receive armor laterChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:14:25Why some British designers called carriers three-deck cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:42:45Were the K-class fleet submarines a sound idea?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:55:27Nelson and Rodney stayed below the treaty ceiling yet used water as protectionChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:08:58Naval designers worth studying firstQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:14:16How old battleships deterred German surface raidersQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:19:04Why the Royal Navy did not adopt a 50-caliber 15-inch gunQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:22:33Could a 15-inch/50 fit a Nelson-class barbette?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:23:52A photographic reference for County-class cruisersQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:30:51Which battleships should receive new 15-inch guns first?Q&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?10:37Why speed could not solve Italy's two-front Mediterranean problemNotable Point
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?21:19The Dido comparison exposes a cruiser-on-cruiser mismatchNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road6:40Why treaty-era capital-ship trades required much more than Admiralty approvalQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road41:44Gannet and Forbin reveal different ideas of the imperial cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road48:07Poland's Grom class filled the same heavy-destroyer niche as the TribalsQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road50:57The nineteenth-century Warspite would be a revealing museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road59:00A 1930 Royal Navy reform program starts with carriers, guns, and machineryQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:28:31The Warspite name carries an independent fighting spiritQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:39:41A no-treaty G3 follow-on combines eighteen-inch guns, speed, and protectionQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:54:51Brassey's 1939 treats merchant shipping and shipbuilding as instruments of sea powerChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road1:59:43Birmingham represents the Town class at its most activeQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:18:13Warspite, Nubian, Illustrious, and a U-class submarine as a museum fleetQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:26:51Rickover's institutional legacy may have outlasted Fisher's reformsQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:32:30A twin 76 mm battery would give Type 31 stronger all-round gun coverageQ&A
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:40:15Philip Vian's career converged with the Tribal-class destroyerChapter
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road2:46:39Privacy, law, and wartime routine constrained same-sex relationships at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 90: Books From the Road3:45:26N3 would likely evolve toward Nelson's layout in a no-treaty arms raceQ&A
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 50:02Why the Blake class blurred cruiser categoriesChapter
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 56:10William White and professional naval constructionChapter
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 58:28The royal-yacht crisis and White's leadership burdenNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 510:16William White's 245-ship construction recordNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 511:56Why delegation was a naval-construction problemNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 514:33One cruiser design for fleet work and trade protectionChapter
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 521:45Blake carried crews, projected presence, and supported destroyersChapter
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 527:37Blenheim's ceremonial voyages and Gallipoli support roleChapter
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 529:48Why the Blake hull looked decades aheadNotable Point
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 530:36Marine-engineering competition behind the Blake classChapter
- Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 533:05Why the Blake design worked as a first-class cruiserNotable Point
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 43:14A British super-cruiser thought experiment with 14-inch gunsNotable Point
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 44:12The sparse service record of Marathon and MagicienneNotable Point
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 416:24Why fleets need unglamorous second-class cruisersChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 418:34The cruiser classes missing from headline battle historiesNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control31:11The Admiralty command crisis behind CoronelChapter
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control43:19Cradock's cross-faction credibilityNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: A Collapse of Command & Control1:16:22The Royal Navy's response to CoronelChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 217:48A Red Sea flagship for Italian imperial ambitionChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 221:28The international squadron intervenes in CreteChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 222:38Venezuela misreads the Monroe DoctrineChapter
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 225:17Britain doubles Germany's blockade forceNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 231:24Testing Roosevelt's claimed naval ultimatumNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 234:36Italian participation makes the blockade multilateralNotable Point
- Giovanni Bausan(1883): 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 235:33American power remains short of coalition dominanceNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 47:43How to research Royal Navy anti-slavery patrols around AfricaQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 416:07A heavier Admiral class could have surpassed HoodQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 444:28Without a battleship holiday, King George V evolves from NelsonQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:02:19A surviving Hermes remains useful after newer light carriers arriveQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:04:36Without the battleship holiday, replacement could outrank modernizationQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:19:51Continuous construction could replace Britain's old battle fleetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:27:12Scrapping Eagle early could free tonnage for a second Ark RoyalQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 41:46:19Type 26 and Type 31 fill different essential fleet rolesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:14:29Why the Royal Navy uses helicopter airborne early warningQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:18:05A peacetime carrier loss could unlock replacement funding during rearmamentQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 42:19:44The Dido class shows ships designed around a weaponQ&A
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?6:50Furious put superstructure and exhausts in the aircraft's pathNotable Point
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?10:28Hosho and Hermes prove that carrier roles matterChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?35:05Courageous and Glorious repeated a flawed flying-off deckNotable Point
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?55:29Ark Royal left treaty tonnage unusedChapter
- Shortcomings of Early Aircraft Carriers: What Lessons can we Learn from Innovation?1:15:19Illustrious traded aircraft flexibility for armored protectionChapter
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)26:23Air-force ownership does not remove naval crewing needsQ&A
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)45:12Technical services depend on educated military professionalsNotable Point
- BC-304 Daedalus Class: Stargate SG1's Battle Cruisers (Comment Response)1:07:52Treasury limits differ from shipyard capacity limitsQ&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:39:20Why did Britain rarely mass its carriers early in the war?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 651:41:14Which British carrier best fulfilled its intended role?Q&A
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 652:58:35CVA-01 preserved an elaborate answer to deck trafficNotable Point
- Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 653:04:38Did CVA-01 predate the angled flight deck?Q&A
- Mersey(1885) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 137:28Pre-eminent naval power requires global presenceNotable Point
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?0:00Why the Active class arrived too late to revolutionize scoutingChapter
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?11:03HMS Active as a Grand Fleet flotilla leaderChapter
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?16:25Active shifts from the Humber to Dover, Queenstown, and GibraltarChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War17:27Why more British carriers may not change German naval planningQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War20:21Modernized submarines in 1941 improve endurance but remain visibleQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War22:21Keeping Courageous and Glorious changes carrier allocationQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War38:52Carrier design follows geography and expected battle tempoNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War46:10Britain and America designed carriers for different Pacific routesNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:01:44Training duties could preserve First World War hulls into 1948Q&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:06:15Royal Navy air-group command was a short career stepQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:08:05Six Lexingtons require funding and provoke British constructionQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:16:09A major refit can amount to rebuilding the shipNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:36:58Defending fleets and ports against Kaiten submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War1:49:35Audacious and Malta classes formed the next carrier stepsQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:14:28A dual-purpose gun refit for HMS HermesQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:16:29A roll call of naval Victoria Cross actionsChapter
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:18:42American conversions supply the case for three Admiral carriersQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:22:09Falklands award deadlines disadvantaged naval nominationsNotable Point
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:31:47Few First World War cruisers were worth retainingQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:34:04Naval bravery can be harder to document in battleQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:40:44HMS Eagle might survive one kamikaze strikeQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War2:53:03Britain improvised carrier transport with the GannetQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War3:40:05The 15-inch Mark I succeeded by evolving proven workQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War4:03:42Named ship classes build political attachmentQ&A
- Bruships 89: New Books (Christmas Recomendations) & Personal Accounts of War4:05:14Making Harrier the carrier aircraft was a calculated gambleQ&A
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?30:13Edward Codrington's career before NavarinoChapter
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?41:42The British squadron and Dartmouth's small-craft roleChapter
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?1:26:01A naval victory Britain did not wantChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video24:05How revealing Yamato could have prolonged the battleship ageQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video28:38Queen Elizabeth's first deployment as visible deterrenceQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video37:00Sailor pay as a recurring readiness problemQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video37:30Why senior command needs more than combat specializationQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video40:55Why navies also need Whitehall warriorsQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video52:33The Falklands crisis as a cross-government failureQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video56:15An Admiral-class carrier conversion counterfactualQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:00:16Why the fall of Singapore was a combined-operations blunderQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:00:33Was the Raid on the Medway an epic British blunder?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:01:41Force Z and the consequences of pausing carrier constructionQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:03:07How two carriers could reshape the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:11:09Why NATO assumptions did not rescue Cold War warship designQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:12:04When a navy shares responsibility for political failureQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:22:08Adam Duncan's personal method of suppressing mutinyQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:23:33A Ceylon-based alternative for Force ZQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Comment Response Video1:25:07How the Royal Navy might fight YamatoQ&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:05:09Three Allied admirals brought very different strengthsChapter
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:06:22Codrington's Trafalgar record explains his aggressive confidenceNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:19:50Did Codrington think he was another Nelson?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:26:18The British squadron doubled as an officer proving groundChapter
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:38:16How much British reinforcement was available?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:38:47Why is HMS Hind's commander uncertain?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:58:58Coalition ship totals reveal careful status balancingNotable Point
- Battle of Navarino (1827)2:01:13Did Britain try to match the Russian squadron?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)2:14:58Did the Royal Navy invent fireships?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)2:41:53How important were press gangs to naval recruiting?Q&A
- Battle of Navarino (1827)3:10:28Britain celebrated Navarino while sidelining CodringtonChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:06Why Yamato required a fleet battle planChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War11:12How an early Yamato disclosure could revive the Lion classNotable Point
- Bruships 88: Way of War22:25Strategic culture and a British way of warChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War39:04What the Falklands War exposed about fleet depthQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War41:14Singapore, Honolulu, and deterrence of JapanChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:05:23Byng's execution and Royal Navy aggressionChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:22:07Tyrwhitt, the Harwich Force, and the Zeppelin shedsChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:37:27Why Royal Navy class names can be ambiguousQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:38:33Why Britain traded capital-ship work for escortsQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War1:56:16Why the Royal Navy retained proven boilersQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:12:14Royal Navy submarines scouting inside Japanese watersChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:15:27If Bismarck and Tirpitz sortied togetherQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:31:09Royal Navy mobilization and support in KoreaChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:31:39Korean War mobilization reaches the reserves and RFAChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:32:49Theseus, Sea Otter rescue, and early helicopter replenishmentChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:35:05HMS Ladybird as a Commonwealth command and logistics hubNotable Point
- Bruships 88: Way of War2:55:24St Vincent's strategic strength and administrative failureChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:01:49A wartime naval career for King George VIQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:04:37If Prince Philip became First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:06:21How commanders give orders to serving royalsQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:11:00A blunt assessment of Mountbatten as First Sea LordQ&A
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:30:50War Memorandum Eastern as preparation strategyChapter
- Bruships 88: Way of War3:40:26Why Royal Navy officers could not simply refuse promotionNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History19:36Camperdown and the danger of misreading fleet readinessChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History22:08Richard Parker and the hidden organization of the Nore mutinyNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History23:13Duncan restores readiness before CamperdownNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History36:29Warning and half-measures cripple the Dardanelles campaignNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History47:40Why Denmark Strait was a constrained choice, not a blunderChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History48:34Why RAF expansion cost more than naval reactivationNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History52:07The escort surge's hidden cost in carrier strengthNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History1:04:29Mixed signals and narrow force design invite the Falklands WarChapter
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response3:28Why General Belgrano remained an operational threatNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response14:30Would sinking both Argentine capital units have been politically costly?Q&A
- Brooklyn Class(US Treaty Cruisers): Comment Response18:18Why the Royal Navy needed its Falklands veteransNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6416:54Why challenge British sea power when it already helps Germany?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6432:13Did Hood's size trap Britain at Washington?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 6443:29Camperdown exposes a readiness gapNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:03:22Could the United States have converted a third battlecruiser?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:13:35Tsushima shaped a slower British Far East strategyNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:23:57Could Holland have won at Denmark Strait?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:34:38Forty thousand tons could rescue the KGV quadruple turretQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:38:38A 40,000-ton Nelson becomes an early fast battleshipQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:41:39Dardanelles fails through warning and half-measuresChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:49:03How Britain would hunt two German capital shipsQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:55:03Why Hood and Prince of Wales lacked Tribal escortsQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 641:56:37What if every R-class battleship had been modernized?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:13:34A British super cruiser as a fleet-design release valveQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:15:18Secrecy squandered Yamato's deterrent valueChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:26:03A public Yamato forces an Allied shipbuilding dilemmaNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:33:07Bombers could free the fleet for the Far EastNotable Point
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:42:02Should Britain have modernized the 15-inch gun?Q&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 642:44:59Falklands exposes deterrence and force-design failuresChapter
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 643:16:15Why the Royal Navy was unlikely to follow the LCS routeQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 643:17:29Jutland's missed German night-fighting opportunityQ&A
- Epic Blunders of Naval History: Patreon 643:22:14What Britain could do after a decisive Jutland victoryQ&A
- Abruzzi Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina33:01Operation Vigorous judged by the convoy objectiveChapter
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations22:20Would Britain still build Vanguard if Hood survived?Q&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations28:51A one-day modernization of the 1939 Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations40:11The British choice between fifteen- and sixteen-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:01:50The diplomatic battle around HMS AmethystChapter
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:20:35A visual route into Royal Navy camouflageChapter
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:50:06Could the Audacious class enter service in 1944?Q&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:50:49Warspite's sailors and the Invergordon pay crisisChapter
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations1:55:43Jacky Fisher, the lower deck, and naval modernizationChapter
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations2:02:44Why Alan Pope's near-miss on HMS Oryx matteredQ&A
- Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations2:26:18Yamato intelligence and the fate of the Lion classQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video6:10Keeping French guns supplied in Allied serviceQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video13:00Dreadnought and Warspite defy the boring-battleship labelNotable Point
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video14:49Building an eastern fleet when the Mediterranean is quieterQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video22:47French crews for British light fleet carriersQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video34:12Admiral-class conversions and a Navy-controlled Fleet Air ArmQ&A
- French Navy Fights on in 1940: Comment Response Video36:16Calibrating criticism of warship designsNotable Point
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…1:43:36What might a third Queen Elizabeth-class carrier cost?Q&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:22:39Could Charles Beaufort have damaged herself at Nice?Q&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:24:51How could the Swiftsure class reach 14,000 miles?Q&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:26:50Why was the Canopus class shorter-ranged?Q&A
- Battle of Arausio (105BC), lessons of an Ancient Land Battle…2:27:07Was Denmark Strait a German victory?Q&A
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:01:25A US Navy Mediterranean counterfactual changes more than carriersNotable Point
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:34:25General Belgrano remained a dangerous surface threatChapter
- Brooklyn Class: The Not Quite Last US Treaty Era Cruisers1:41:10Falklands logistics show why near-peer wars stay difficultNotable Point
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:27:47American fast battleships would prevent a treaty settlementQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:31:49Type 23 relied on Sea Wolf instead of a gun CIWSQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:53:14A 36-hour watch is brutal and operationally wastefulQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More2:56:37Early North Carolina-level battleships would start a larger arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:09:29Even an Iowa could only pause the 1910s naval raceQ&A
- Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More3:19:51Keeping carrier aviation under naval command changes developmentQ&A
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations1:41Why trade-protection carriers stalled before the warChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations10:33Convoy survival is the measure of anti-submarine successNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations17:26Treaties and budgets narrow the small-carrier opportunityChapter
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations21:33HMS Unicorn signals a new prewar aviation directionNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations36:10MAC ships bridge the gap to true escort carriersNotable Point
- Escort Carriers, the idea, designs, development and some notable operations54:13Aircraft ferrying and trade protection share one hullChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)6:53Fisher's concern over losing old shipsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)9:55A larger Type 26 as command ship and escort leaderQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)13:13Why Edgar needed twice the range of later Town cruisersQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)29:11Gefion's poor return on displacementQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)31:09Why a two-ship economy cruiser class failsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)32:50Why U.S. cruisers prioritized fleet battle over trade warfareQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)34:22How treaty limits shaped carrier armor choicesQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 3 (Sfax - Geffion)36:33The Royal Navy's cruiser fleet was not exhausted in 1918Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:00Why Britain did not build escort carriers before the warChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations7:42Why Britain kept to carrier treaty limitsQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations8:21How Argus might have served before the First World War endedQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations14:39What treaty clause could have enabled escort carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations16:40Why carrier doctrine differed between naviesQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations20:11Were the Invincible-class ships escort carriers?Q&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations21:21How carrier doctrine travels between theatersQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations28:11A squadron of Hermes-sized carriersNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations32:02Hermes as Force H's anti-submarine carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations53:09Why HMS Unicorn outranked an escort carrierChapter
- 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 operations59:06How the fall of France and Norway broke convoy doctrineChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:10:43How MAC ships preserved cargo capacityChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:13:48From captured merchantman to HMS AudacityChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:20:40Why Britain changed American escort-carrier fit-outsNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:26:32HMS Archer as a complete carrier in miniatureChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:34:36Why PQ 18 carried submarines inside its screenNotable Point
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations1:42:59How to classify the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:12:26Why Salerno needed five small carriersChapter
- Patreon 63: Escort carriers, the idea, designs, development and notable operations2:18:56The forced landing behind Cunningham's 'two lucky men' remarkNotable Point
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide4:00How the Town class bridged cruiser erasChapter
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide11:50The Greek origins of the Birkenhead subclassNotable Point
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide31:55HMS Chester, Jutland, and Jack Cornwell's last standChapter
- Town Class 1913 +: Birmingham & Birkenhead Classes + HMAS Adelaide53:34The Town class as a cruiser capability programChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)5:37Could an unprotected cruiser still count as a warship?Q&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)8:17How HMS President carried a captured-warship name ashoreNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)27:53How James II lost the armed forces and the crownNotable Point
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)30:56How an Admiral Tryon fleet action might have changed the Royal NavyQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)32:13What the old Leander-class cruisers did in the First World WarQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)36:05Why HMS Warspite watched the Battle of IquiqueQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)39:09Why a smaller navy benefits from general-purpose escortsQ&A
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France0:00The alliance assumption behind British naval planningChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France3:17Two-ocean planning and the infrastructure answer to Plan ZNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France20:47From allied asset to the burden of Force HNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France28:32Division of labour creates Allied freedom of manoeuvreNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:04:34A reinforced Far East keeps the Burma Road openChapter
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:12:06A stronger Indian Ocean fleet reshapes Japan's target choiceNotable Point
- If the French Navy Fought on in 1940: Vive La France1:16:06The French fleet is the balance against ItalyChapter
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)7:55A tiered Royal Navy cruiser force for global commitmentsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)16:54Warrior, Black Prince, and changing warship classificationsQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)38:10Pacocha and the difference between survival and victoryQ&A
- 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)55:42Unproven weapons depend on the enemy behaving as expectedNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?18:07Could Britain sustain the French fleet abroad?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?19:19What Britain intended at Mers-el-KébirQ&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?29:44British credit and the Louisiana PurchaseNotable Point
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?2:11:38Could Germany rely more on merchant raiders?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?2:28:01Did Britain underestimate Japan?Q&A
- Patreon 62: What If The French Navy in 1940 Fought On?2:42:01Reversing the Royal Navy's 1940 nightmareChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 36:09Why HMS Penelope could not have downed the Aer Lingus ViscountQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 314:48Why Nelson and Rodney were the best postwar retention candidatesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 321:28Why US battleship guns advanced in whole-inch stepsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 324:50Sizing floating dry docks for supercarriersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 337:55U, V, and T classes in Royal Navy submarine warfareQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 348:50Cochrane as St Vincent's persistent naval opponentQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 350:59British submarines and Japan's inadequate escort fleetQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 352:16Why Vanguard's proposed refit could not shed much weightQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 355:15Vanguard as the Royal Navy's most dangerous gunshipQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 357:05Why the Royal Navy valued American carrier fightersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:01:00What Ceylon needed to support British carrier strikesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:03:21The Royal Navy ships most dangerous to their own crewsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:12:38The unavoidable compromises in modernizing HMS HoodQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:15:37Oliver Cromwell as a First Sea LordQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:20:56Why HMS Queen Elizabeth deployed to the United StatesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:31:19Sea power and South American alignmentQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:49:21How the Royal Navy is developing extra-large uncrewed submarinesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:50:52A 9.2-inch-gun successor to the Hawkins classQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:54:41Batch versus flight in warship productionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 31:57:54A fast-patrol-craft program ready for UkraineQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:00:34How a continuing French fleet reshapes the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:06:08Vanguard submarines and Britain's NATO nuclear umbrellaQ&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 32:16:35The navies and Commonwealth fleet that operated battlecruisersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 32:23:19Why postwar British warship exports depended on politicsQ&A
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 127:23Infrastructure, not Trafalgar alone, sustained Royal Navy dominanceChapter
- SMS Gefion(1894): 19th Century Cruisers part 1243:54Why Britain might have used a cruiser Germany did not needNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4213:57Rapid aircraft development outpaced naval air defenceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4217:15Carrier development without the Washington Naval TreatyQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4221:31How Canadian cruisers might have served in wartimeQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4225:46ABDA needed a coalition staff before the warQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4231:56Why Repulse received only a minor refitQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4232:42Why Britain modified American-built escort carriersQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4236:26Why British carrier changes did not prove US incompetenceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4241:12Graf Zeppelin as a carrier fleet in beingQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4248:02British capital-ship depth in an earlier RheinübungQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4251:37Why the Allies could trade a capital ship for a raiderQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-4255:23Turning a huge treaty allowance into a balanced fleetQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:21:23Keeping modern escorts in ordinary reserveQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:26:19A British Alaska with six 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:28:54The carrier experience lost before Ark Royal sankQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:29:32Choosing one British carrier for the 1920sQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:37:11What Jellicoe and Fisher might demand with twenty years' warningQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:39:38Using genuine Admiralty design work for deceptionNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:42:35Plan Z would provoke a larger Allied naval raceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:44:48The Royal Navy's answer to Plan Z was continuous replacementQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:57:40A 1948 war leaves few old British capital shipsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-421:58:53British racing green and military display aviationQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-422:04:15Plan Z and the High Seas Fleet problemQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1941-422:06:08A Super Lion response to YamatoQ&A
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1149:23Was the commerce destroyer an answer to blockade limits?Chapter
- Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 1153:44British cruiser quantity changes the tactical problemNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1043:38St George and the changing gun threshold for naval ratingsNotable Point
- Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 1051:28A national flagship creates modern escort demandNotable Point
- Duca D'Aosta Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina10:49HMS Unison misses Duca d'Aosta and MontecuccoliNotable Point
- Sfax(1884) of Marine Nationale: 19th Century Cruisers p938:16Sfax versus Leander and the flaw in Jeune École commerce warChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 29:55Why the Emerald class could not simply be redesignedQ&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 237:40Vanguard and the replacement of aging battlecruisersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 238:17Why the Royal Navy did not abandon the Indian OceanQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 248:42Ranking Royal Navy admirals of World War IIQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 254:47RUM-139 ASROC and Royal Navy Mk 41 launchersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 255:18Cleanliness and health aboard Age of Sail warshipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:12:45A carrier designed for medium bombers before World War IIQ&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 21:20:58Could Nelson fire Lion-class 16-inch shells?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:34:57Why Panama shaped US warship dimensionsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:44:03Giving Yamato's plans to Britain in 1910Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:47:25Choosing one Royal Navy destroyer class for 1942Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 21:57:44Which World War II submarines could dive deepest?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:00:44A prosperous 1950 Britain with Malta-class carriersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:02:15If Hood survived the Denmark Strait hitQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:08:01A fully modernized Hood in 2022Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:10:45How Britain could blockade Argentina in the Falklands WarQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:13:27Renaming a captured EnterpriseQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:15:48How much personal kit Royal Navy sailors could carryQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:21:27Prospects for European nuclear-powered surface warshipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:22:01How fleets evolve if World War I is delayedQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:28:41Will Britain build a national flagship?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:29:23The 4.5-inch gun Britain most needed in 1936Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 22:33:36Why the Royal Navy adopted a 120 mm gunQ&A
- Imperieuse Class(1883): 19th Century Cruisers p81:35What the Royal Navy learned from the Imperieuse classChapter
- Imperieuse Class(1883): 19th Century Cruisers p810:45Warspite's Pacific service and return to reserveChapter
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p65:26Commerce protection shaped the Leander programmeChapter
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p620:43The 1885 Evolutionary Squadron made readiness a practiceChapter
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p622:25China Station cruiser became a destroyer depot shipNotable Point
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p637:31Arethusa within the 1901 China Station forceNotable Point
- Leander Class(1882): 19th Century Cruisers p647:10Leander became a template for later Royal Navy cruisersChapter
- New Orleans Class: US Treaty Era Cruisers28:53USS New Orleans tests cruiser mobility and fleet coordinationChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p40:45Why HMS Shannon failed as an armoured cruiserChapter
- HMS Shannon(1875): 19th Century Cruisers p423:06An expensive failure the Royal Navy could learn fromChapter
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out8:15Mountbatten pink as naval camouflageQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out15:00When the Royal Navy used foreign-built warshipsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out26:26Dutch or English shipbuilding for a global sailing navyQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out27:10The risk of concentrating British warship constructionQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out34:41British shipbuilding in the two world warsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out38:30The extra displacement Invincible-class carriers neededQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out42:54Royal Navy counterparts to Kamchatka's false alarmsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out46:38How ASW cruisers became through-deck carriersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out47:56An updated Hermes instead of InvincibleQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out48:42Britain's two-front dreadnought competitionQ&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 Out1:08:30Why the Royal Navy could not send its battle fleet straight to the PacificQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:11:33A larger Royal Navy escort force sketchQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:13:08The planned amphibious turn of the German flankQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:18:01North Cape if Scharnhorst kept her destroyersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:25:38Could different command have changed the Indian Ocean raid?Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:44:13A second Japanese Indian Ocean raid instead of MidwayQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:49:50A Pacific war without a European warQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out1:53:59Why Britain needs another carrier dry dockQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:03:07Diesel submarines or extra-large uncrewed vehiclesQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:05:49Britain's unrealized 24-inch torpedo potentialQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out2:10:04What extra Royal Navy carriers requireQ&A
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p36:39A Russian cruiser alarms British plannersNotable Point
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p315:11Prince Alfred's Royal Navy education and commandsChapter
- General-Admiral(1873): 19th Century Cruisers p327:18Britain uses ships and logistics as diplomatic leverageNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-406:00How continuing British carrier construction changes the early warQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4016:22Churchill applied the last war's escort lesson to a future submarine threatQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4019:31Carrier construction, Commonwealth manpower, and retained experienceQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4021:25How Coastal Command and the Royal Navy bypassed interservice politicsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4044:27Interservice assumptions distorted naval anti-aircraft designQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4048:28How Britain might answer a revealed 18-inch battleshipQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4052:51A 4.5-inch standard weapon for the Royal NavyQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-4057:45Chatfield's 14-inch-gun bargain with HendersonQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:05:06A British 9.2-inch heavy cruiser and its rivalsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:16:30What boarding a moving Bismarck at night would requireQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:20:26Why Axis battleships in Dublin would provoke invasionQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:33:33Britain's strategic logic for occupying IcelandQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:50:46Using existing heavy guns to accelerate new British battleshipsQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-401:51:30Royal Navy heavy gunfire shaped fighting along the North African coastNotable Point
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:01:14Floating dry docks were a critical early-war vulnerabilityQ&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:02:00The single Royal Navy fix: build more sloops from 1930Q&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:09:19British 14-inch guns for the Dutch Design 1047Q&A
- Five Ways to Fix the Fleets of WWII 1939-402:10:04How interservice politics overwhelmed Henry HarwoodQ&A
- HMS Inconstant(1868): 19th Century Cruisers p23:25The Wampanoag threat behind Inconstant's designChapter
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p14:21Esmeralda and the commerce-raider threatNotable Point
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p19:42Explosive shells make protection essentialChapter
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p113:02Pacocha exposes the limits of unarmoured cruisersChapter
- Introduction to Unprotected, Protected & Armoured Cruisers: 19th Century Cruisers p120:41Angamos shows armour and firepower working togetherChapter
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:07Radio silence during the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading5:49Destroyer captains moving to larger commandsQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading8:38How long Victorious might have served without the fireQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading58:48Cable cutting under cover of maritime accidentsNotable Point
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:16:40Why the Empire Cruise avoided the US Atlantic coastQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:22:44Why Hood was repeatedly sent to the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:24:47Why Operation Highjump was not a Falklands templateQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:48:36British capital ships visiting Kiel in 1914Q&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:48:55Ardent as a proud but ominous Royal Navy nameQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:51:01Tiger's powerful but troublesome 6-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:52:15The Empire Cruise as a warning about global commerce warQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading2:59:21The Empire Cruise and the Great White FleetQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:00:30Endurance as a treaty-cruiser design tradeoffQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:01:41A GW96 cruiser defending San Carlos WaterQ&A
- Bruships 85: Cruiser, New & Random Reading3:05:27Why the Empire Cruise faded from popular memoryQ&A
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation0:08Why the Selborne-Fisher Scheme sought interchangeable officersChapter
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation2:42Testing the battleship-centric argument through source criticismNotable Point
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation5:52Treaty-era procurement complicates the battleship-centric labelNotable Point
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation40:15The Selborne generation commands in the Second World WarNotable Point
- Selborne Fisher Scheme: It's Conception, Creation, Implementation, Operation and Discontinuation44:57A revolutionary-looking reform becomes continuous adaptationChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments11:18Why the Far East command needed naval political weightQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1941 & 1942; Response to some Comments44:24Why capital-ship losses accelerated the Implacable classQ&A
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches35:02The engineering status crisis behind the reformChapter
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches1:28:18Scheme graduates built the interwar and wartime NavyNotable Point
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches1:53:14Training reform changes a navy for generationsChapter
- Patreon 61: Selborne-Fisher Scheme: Integration & De-Integration of Executive & Engineering Branches2:13:39Ark Royal occupies the center of the interwar fleet portraitNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again6:40What a concentrated Allied carrier force means against a Midway-era fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again13:09Would Hood destroying Bismarck cancel HMS Vanguard?Q&A
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again41:43Jellicoe's training links to NelsonQ&A
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:42:09Mers-el-Kebir and the problem of appearing strong without becoming another enemyNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:47:24Does the restraint comparison concern Mers-el-Kebir or Alexandria?Q&A
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again1:59:32What could replace the Anson subclass's six-inch guns?Q&A
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again2:30:14How a damaged Hood might escape after sinking BismarckQ&A
- Some Minor Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19424:05Imperial naval dependence without Imperial-scale fundingChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194211:40A submarine-only Kriegsmarine simplified Allied defenceChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19421:18Royal Navy losses created an immediate capital-ship shortageChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19422:20Carriers became essential to Royal Navy survivalChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19423:09Crete and Ark Royal constrained carrier support for Force ZChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19425:51Britain needed both crash carrier construction and VanguardChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19427:11Why Britain and America exchanged different kinds of naval supportNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19428:27How earlier carrier losses could weaken damage controlNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19429:20Earlier sloop construction could free fast destroyers for carriersNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194210:11Global commands outnumbered trusted British admiralsChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194119:36A German carrier-battleship force ties down BritainChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194122:01An Atlantic threat could reshape the Mediterranean warNotable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194123:36Carrier vulnerability makes escorts indispensableNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 19416:38Force H as an early fast carrier task groupNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194110:31The Royal Navy's depleted command benchChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194115:44Britain's strategic map has collapsedChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments4:31Graf Zeppelin's value as a threat rather than a mature carrierQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments8:59Churchill, Chamberlain, and wartime carrier constructionQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments14:49British-built warships for the NetherlandsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments23:52Why HMS Unicorn could not simply gain more machineryQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments25:34How surface raiders reshape the convoy war without fightingChapter
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments37:55What uninterrupted work could do for British carrier deliveryNotable Point
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments45:08Rebalancing British construction toward carriers and escortsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments47:06French Dunkirk-type ships with British heavy gunsQ&A
- Five Weaknesses of Allied/Axis/Minor Navies in 1939 & 1940; Response to some Comments56:21Why Tillman battleships would not win an Anglo-American building raceQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War52:55How attacking Spain could have brought Britain into the warQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War1:03:41Warship paint schemes could vary between stationsQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:43:32Could Britain or Germany outfight the United States in 1898?Q&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:46:47How far British intervention might have goneQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:48:21Would Britain support an American blockade of Spain?Q&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War2:53:54What a prolonged U.S.-European war might have looked likeQ&A
- Patreon 60: Cruiser Actions of the Spanish-American War3:00:59Hood, Ark Royal, and symbols of British declineQ&A
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina1:13Published operational reports open the Royal Navy archiveNotable Point
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina25:01Italian light cruisers shape the Battle of CalabriaChapter
- Raimondo Montecuccoli Class: Condottieri of the Regia Marina27:38Nightfall reverses the balance at First SirteChapter
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:12British dockyards and the limits of giant warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times7:48The human cost of rebuilding the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times12:24When a 16-inch King George V becomes a LionQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times16:25Raven and Roberts on British battleship designChapter
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times24:47Why an export Nelson would alarm the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times26:02A British answer to the Tillman battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times38:44Why early cruisers mixed four- and six-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times40:05A treaty-breaking American battleship restarts the arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times54:31A Commonwealth carrier strike group in the PacificQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:08:19Competition limited interwar Anglo-American design sharingQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:15:10Why the Revenge class is remembered less than its workloadQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:17:24How Almirante Cochrane's conversion shaped British naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:18:34Comparing British and American 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:23:04Why Britain and America did not keep the LittoriosQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:24:04What a Belfast-standard Town class would changeQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:29:57Oceanic as a better carrier hull than ArgusQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:36:48How a six-carrier policy could preserve British naval aviationQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:45:20Why the Royal Navy needs LHDs more than a modern UnicornQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:48:23Geography decides the fate of a Polish auxiliary carrierQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:50:14Why the RAF resisted naval area-air-defense missilesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:52:06Faster Standard Type battleships raise the fleet-speed benchmarkQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times1:54:45Could the Neptune cruisers become helicopter carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:41:19How new gun cruisers could survive into the Gulf WarQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:42:58How heavier depth charges widen the submarine kill zoneQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:45:44A third Renown changes modernization and deployment choicesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:53:14What a larger East-of-Suez Royal Navy might doQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times2:58:39A 1945 Malayan buffer navy built for delayQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:00:52A nuclear CVA-01 pair from the 1970s to the 2010sQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:01:24What a credible Vanguard reserve would requireQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:04:07Why carrier losses would harden British Falklands resolveQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:05:03Replacing a wrecked Revenge under treaty rulesQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:11:07Kirov as the political case for retaining VanguardQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:13:53Three shafts unlock a genuinely fast Nelson derivativeQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:17:33A fifth NATO battleship for Atlantic surface groupsQ&A
- Bruships 83: New Books & Random Books for Random Times3:26:56The cost case for regunning VanguardQ&A
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194027:56How Graf Zeppelin changes an Atlantic breakoutChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 194036:41A German carrier reshapes Allied deployments worldwideNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194010:20How Illustrious-class carrier delays accumulatedChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194014:48Carriers as enablers alongside the battle fleetChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194019:30How earlier British carriers might change TarantoNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194024:09Britain's capital-ship replacement advantageNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194026:42Fortify Far East bases before ships are withdrawnChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 194041:46Royal Navy dawn bombardment methods in 1939Notable Point
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193914:24Using the Yamato class as strategic disclosureChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193940:29How steady German construction changes Allied procurementChapter
- Major Axis Navies: Five Problems & How to Fix them in January 193942:46Illustrious, Ark Royal, and Implacable carrier conceptsNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193913:26The policy choice behind the King George V class's 14-inch gunsNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193920:31Modernizing the Royal Navy's available capital shipsChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193924:13Accelerating Unicorn and Royal Navy carrier supportNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193926:41Rearmament versus First World War debt repaymentNotable Point
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193927:18Building escorts and submarines across the CommonwealthChapter
- Major Allied Navies of WWII: Five Problems and How to Fix them January 193949:53Removing radar, turbine, and gun-production bottlenecksNotable Point
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.4:56The Royal Navy's global dockyard networkChapter
- Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.13:42Continuous orders preserve shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Offset Strategies One to Four25:25XV Patrick Blackett as a NavyX experimentNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.33:35Why Royal Navy orders did not sustain Australian yardsQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.56:47Why British ASW construction still arrived lateQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.58:18Australia's fuel depots in the Far East strategyChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:18:17Why Bermuda became the Caribbean station's durable dockyardChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.1:50:18Malta's valuable dockyard sat under Italy's air umbrellaNotable Point
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:16:05The Royal Navy's global base map still had major gapsChapter
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:33:46Why Britain benefited when the High Seas Fleet disappearedQ&A
- Patreon 59: Infrastructure in the Colonies: shipyards of the Commonwealth and Empire.2:47:06Could Britain still sustain a global Commonwealth?Q&A
- Town Class (1910): Bristols & Weymouths17:01Town-class naming as naval traditionNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books12:40Choosing engines for the P.139B naval aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books31:04Why Type 12 frigates endured abroadQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books37:36Reading the plus sign in Royal Navy speed figuresQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books43:13The N3 battleship's extreme armour schemeQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books44:58The teams that sampled D-Day beachesNotable Point
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books58:39The unresolved evidence for the N3's 18-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books2:11:07Buccaneers against US carrier groupsQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books2:25:50Choosing HMS Cossack for a wreck expeditionQ&A
- Bruships 82: New Books, Fun Books & Random Books2:43:45Effective gun ranges for cruisers and destroyersQ&A
- Ruse de guerre14:04Warships repeatedly borrowed merchant identitiesNotable Point
- Ruse de guerre27:41HMS Abdiel imitates two battleships by radioNotable Point
- Ruse de guerre38:05Flower-class sloops bridge Q-ships and escortsChapter
- Ruse de guerre39:19Postwar Flower-sloop voyages raise an intelligence questionNotable Point
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)47:01Designing a Western counterpart to KirovNotable Point
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare1:52:04Why disabling the Normandie Dock matteredNotable Point
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:19:57Why rate of fire can outweigh shell sizeQ&A
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:24:06Hood's condition and the cost of raider coverageQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today10:21Why Northampton-class cruisers did not fit the Royal NavyQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today23:46How an earlier battlecruiser disaster changes JutlandQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today31:46A possible Guardian name for Blackburn's carrier AEW aircraftQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today32:02Why three CATOBAR carriers can be easier to sustain than twoNotable Point
- 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 today37:56Birds as Royal Navy shipboard petsQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today58:52Naval challenges created by predominantly land powersQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:32:32What kept the Alaska class aliveQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:42:21Choosing guns for a British Alaska equivalentQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:43:54What Britain might call a postwar large-cruiser classQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:52:17What could trigger a British large-cruiser programQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today1:54:39Why active fleet spending undermines naval treatiesQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:00:22Money and armour plate constrained a British large cruiserQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:19:22How early flying-off and landing trials shaped carriersChapter
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today2:41:38What fleets look like if war waits until 1945Q&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:03:46A 1935 Royal Navy rearmament blueprintQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:07:46A larger Royal Navy built around Type 23s and bigger InvinciblesQ&A
- Doug Clarke Bruships; As today would have been my Dad's Birthday, it's his books today3:13:37How budgets shape warship service lifeNotable Point
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less9:25Destroyers and quick-firing guns answer torpedo boatsChapter
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less14:06Jackie Fisher uses flotillas to buy time for the battle fleetChapter
- The Jeune Ecole in 30mins or Less18:33HMS Dreadnought carries the counter in her 12-pounder batteryNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine13:28Would triple turrets improve the Trento class?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine54:16What could the Royal Navy do with a captured Pola?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:12:06Would Italian carriers change British planning?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:35:17Why did HMS Renown carry so many Oerlikons?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:12:12Why were so many treaty cruisers badly matched to their navies?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:50:27How did Abdiel protection compare with Capitani Romani?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:52:39Italian cruiser doctrine remains caught between two fleetsChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine2:55:56Cruiser tonnage might have bought battleships or torpedo swarmsNotable Point
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine3:02:03Cape Matapan puts the Zaras in the wrong battleNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack13:14Royal Navy spending before the First World WarQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack28:21The Royal Navy context of Britain's July 2022 leadership changeQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack32:23Why Britain is unlikely to navalise TempestQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack35:47Why a larger fleet needs sustained shipyard investmentQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack37:54How an American Canada changes the War of 1812Q&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack45:44Mobilizing warships on the Great LakesQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack47:14Why a British carrier was the wrong Black Sea signalQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack48:18Royal Navy ironclad visits to Canada and the CaribbeanQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack51:33Why CATOBAR conversion remained difficultQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack53:31An overlooked War of 1812 admiral in the southern theatreQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack54:06Naval power behind British anti-slave-trade enforcementQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:10:41Why impressment disputes were hard to resolveNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:25:42Royal Navy ammunition and post-Ukraine replenishmentQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:27:44Force posture in an Anglo-French naval standoffQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:39:23If the High Seas Fleet had not been scuttledQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:55:12Why Britain did not want captured German battleshipsNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:03:44If Italy received two Bayern-class battleshipsQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:05:49Royal Navy boarding actions stranger than fictionQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:14:12A Renown-derived nine-gun capital shipQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:19:16What supercruisers could add to the Royal NavyQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:29:11What a full destroyer squadron adds to Force ZQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:30:03The Royal Navy's planned 9.2-inch cruisersQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack2:32:07The Hawkins class as raider huntersQ&A
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)5:20The three constraints behind a cruiser designNotable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)36:00France's Far East fleet as an allied force enablerChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)41:45Interwar naval coordination magnified Britain's shock in 1940Notable Point
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)1:05:09French eight-inch ships as fast first-class cruisersChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)23:59Standard frigate hulls across allied fleetsQ&A
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)25:53Fleet strength changes the Falklands deterrence calculationNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by another name? (Patreon 57 Videos Comment Response)33:23Designing warships for diplomacy and controlled accessNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)19:03Why requisitioned trawlers kept unusual civilian namesQ&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)31:08Did French turbine orders keep Parsons in business?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)37:12Why the Lion-class gun problem began with the King George V classQ&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)42:00Were eighteen interwar French cruisers a large program?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:19:13Why Britain could not ignore a French naval defeatNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:20:20Why France designed an allied navy for the Atlantic and Far EastChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:22:41How a French fleet would reach a coalition war against JapanChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:31:01France's Atlantic role was to multiply Royal Navy hunting groupsChapter
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)1:37:24Could France count on a British battlecruiser against German raiders?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:57:50What did a Royal Navy mobile wiping unit do?Q&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions36:01Moving Atlantic escorts to the Pacific warQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions43:20Why Scharnhorst was unlikely to escape North CapeQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions43:44Why shipyards limit fleet expansion before training doesQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions50:29A guide to the Royal Navy's China StationChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions56:44The myth of unquestioned British sea supremacyQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions58:27Why the Orion class had no postwar roleQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:12:36The navy's constitutional role in the Glorious RevolutionQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:19:56Why cost killed the K25 light cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:40:04A Washington Treaty that transfers surplus capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions1:55:35Why vending machines are unusual aboard warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:10:20The fleet of a united Britain and North AmericaQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:48:14Following the Glorious First of June through maps and orders of battleChapter
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions2:59:35The Royal Navy force to add in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:03:24Why HMS Princess Margaret would need a capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 81: Some Books from Chalk Valley & Tank Fest and Naval History Questions3:11:03How Brazilian river monitors entered Royal Navy serviceChapter
- 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)19:33Why modern sensors changed the cruiser’s scouting roleNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:08:08From deployment ratios to a 36-hull Royal Navy mixNotable Point
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:27:05Type 26 variants reflect three national fleet structuresChapter
- Modern Frigates: Cruisers by any other name? (Patreon 57 Long Patrol)1:30:37Six Type 45s constrain Royal Navy task-group plansNotable Point
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)11:46Hawkins, Danae, and Emerald design flawsQ&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)14:37How close should a scouting force stay?Q&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)19:38How Britain might have continued after N3 and G3Q&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)23:47How an N3 might have fought in the MediterraneanQ&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)28:05Could Britain maintain Baltimore-class cruisers?Q&A
- UAD Homage and Questions of US Cruiser Introduction Answered (Long Patrol)28:36The Alaska class arrived after its best warQ&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:10:33Type 31's forward-based sloop roleNotable Point
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:22:25A Royal Navy force built around Type 26Q&A
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?1:32:29Why the Horizon partnership splitChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:23:28Type 26 as a global cruiser familyChapter
- Patreon 57: Modern frigates, cruisers by another name?2:28:37Scottish independence as a Type 26 yard riskNotable Point
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)6:37Pembroke Dockyard synthesizes the scout-cruiser experimentsNotable Point
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)12:04From a worldwide fleet to a North Sea fleetNotable Point
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)23:22HMS Blonde from flotilla leader to minelayerChapter
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)28:23Naval Staff Monographs for Home Waters operationsNotable Point
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)29:27HMS Blanche before JutlandChapter
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)29:52Warship launches, Welsh politics, and dockyard employmentNotable Point
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)35:06Blanche's wartime minelaying and disposalChapter
- Blonde Class(Take 2): Scout Cruisers of the WWI Royal Navy (Long Patrol)35:16Reginald Drax from Blanche to convoy commodoreNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 29:25Why the Blitz damaged fewer active warships than expectedQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 222:36Why Bismarck's loss mattered more than Hood'sQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 229:17A Royal Navy built around the full Type 82 classQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 234:29Why Royal Navy working uniforms changed little during wartimeQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 244:03What supplied British blockade fleets in the Napoleonic WarsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:16:34What Britain would build with foreknowledge of 1939Q&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:17:36How amphibious ships could provide a third carrierQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:36:38Why ski jumps improve STOVL carrier operationsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:47:21Why the Admiral-class hulls made better carriersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:48:07Why restarting Type 45 production is impracticalQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:06:06Why post-Jutland Britain still wanted fast battlecruisersQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:11:30Why Britain built so many pre-dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:16:36Type 26 as a drone mothershipQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:25:30Britain shifted wartime construction rather than stopping itQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:31:07How a successful naval weapon becomes fleet standardQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:46:24The global role of a mini-Renown cruiserQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 22:58:29Desired and available mini-Renown cruisersQ&A
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))0:57War plans did not make conflict inevitableNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))2:59Royal Navy promotion was never automaticChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))7:47Recall records show which skills the Navy neededNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))9:51Albert Percy Addison and dockyard mobilizationChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))12:11Henry Percy Douglas brought rare hydrographic knowledgeChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))14:54Richard Bell Davies's bombing attacks and air rescueChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))16:52Richard Bell Davies traded rank for active serviceChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))18:18Sydney Bailey coordinated British-American naval assistanceChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))19:29Retirement kept flag-rank promotion movingNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))20:34Ragnar Colvin remained useful after medical retirementChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))22:28George Collins had reached the end of a hard command sequenceChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))24:41Brownrigg returned from retirement to convoy dutyNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))25:43Hector Boyes first proved himself in East AfricaChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))26:29Hector Boyes turned attaché work into intelligence accessChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))28:42An honours post could preserve a command reserveNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))31:22Retired officers reinforced convoy and reserve commandsChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))32:13Alexander Ramsay's naval-aviation experience remained availableChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))34:45Vera Laughton Mathews expanded the WRNS workforceChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))38:55A wartime Admiralty needed leadership depthChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))44:42D-Day destroyer selection explains wartime officer choiceNotable Point
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))48:38Retirement was not a verdict of incompetenceChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))50:19Norway exposed the political side of command selectionChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))52:49Henry Harwood's promotion exposed a political-skills gapChapter
- Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Patreon 56: Long Patrol))54:57Cunningham carried the cost of a thinning command poolChapter
- Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...12:08How survey voyages built naval capabilityNotable Point
- Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...14:23How HMS Warrior combined existing technologiesNotable Point
- Technology an Introduction to a History... of Sorts...23:13How naval logistics sustained British rifle useChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)8:48Why the Royal Navy promotion pyramid narrowsChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)15:52Why a Royal Navy commodore could retire as a captainNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)16:16Falklands experience versus the promotion planNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)22:24Percy Addison and irreplaceable dockyard expertiseChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)31:03Henry Percy Douglas brought Dover expertise back to warChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)35:24Why firms valued retired senior officersQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)35:35How British and American admiral numbers comparedQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)50:04Sidney Bailey linked British needs with American aidNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)51:37Thomas Buckley Curteis ran out of suitable commandsNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:01:22Could the First Sea Lord control every admiral's employment?Q&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:02:12Three years at Gibraltar justified George Collins's retirementChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:19:51Geoffrey Arbuthnot as an available reserve admiralNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:25:18Alexander Ramsay advised naval aviation without a sea commandChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:34:01Sybil Matthews and the wartime reach of the WRNSChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:38:23Family connections could shape postings, not competenceNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:42:57The practical reasons admirals retired during warChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:53:38The Admiralty needed depth far below the First Sea LordChapter
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)1:57:32Wartime expansion multiplied the demand for senior experienceNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:06:23How HMS Rodney found unexpected speedQ&A
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:13:18Retirement kept wartime promotion movingNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:15:40Lord Cork and the cost of interservice rivalry in NorwayNotable Point
- Patreon 56: Why Retire Admirals in a World War? (Live)2:24:44How wartime sea and shore commands comparedQ&A
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)52:48Mers-el-Kebir as a strategic failure of trustChapter
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)1:05:34Godfroy at Alexandria and the missing French share of Allied plansChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels32:50A vast postwar naval budget and British reconstructionQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels46:08Why Britain designed the Lion-class battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels56:28Could a larger Taranto strike force Italy out of the war?Q&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:12:15Getting the Lion class into service requires earlier escort investmentQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:23:06Royal Navy battleship design continued beyond individual classesQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:23:46HMS Bulwark as a Falklands commando carrierQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels1:58:31Interwar hydrography under financial restraintChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:03:29Why HMS Royal Sovereign was loaned to the Soviet NavyQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:15:25Why counting Britain's wartime torpedo types is difficultQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:22:00A Royal Navy reading guide to the Indian Ocean warQ&A
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:37:24The Royal Navy in Action as visual naval historyChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels3:43:19Malta and the strategic cost of alienating an island populationNotable Point
- Nine Sailed Star Book Review & Interview with Glynn Stewart5:18Elvar discipline compared with the Royal NavyQ&A
- Nine Sailed Star Book Review & Interview with Glynn Stewart9:09Why does Elvar command not devolve after an admiral is lost?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)26:06How Catholic personnel served despite discriminatory rulesQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)37:25Sidney Smith as an improvised special-operations commanderQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)43:34John Markham connects sea command to Admiralty leadershipNotable Point
- 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)48:24Did British sailors call Napoleon "Boney"?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)53:44Why Courageuse had a short Royal Navy careerNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)59:01Different approaches to warship standardizationNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:01:38Was Bellona a 64-gun ship?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:02:44Alceste changes hands across three naviesNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:11:07Could Bismarck have surrendered without being scuttled?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:12:27Why the Royal Navy stopped reusing the name CaptainQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:14:08Salamine and Emerald show two kinds of cruiser careerNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:18:18Alerte and Santa Teresa return to sea as prizesNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:20:04How blockade trade reduced local resistanceNotable Point
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:22:50Could ordinary sailors afford blockade laundry?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:25:13Did Cádiz civilians know they were trading with blockaders?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:27:01The official dispatch records five capturesChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:32:40Markham holds together a 28-hour pursuitChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)1:44:24Why local supply made blockade duty easierQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:00:25Perrée is acquitted while Britain sorts the prizesChapter
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:12:47Why choose Canadian and British guns already in service?Q&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:13:48Sea supply frustrates a siegeQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:15:25Why not every Queen Elizabeth received the same rebuildQ&A
- Action of the 18th June 1799: How to Lose Frigates and Influence (Live)2:24:34Could Canada join a British Bofors 40 mm purchase?Q&A
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)20:27Keith, Markham, and Royal Navy continuityChapter
- Action of the 18th of June 1799: How to Lose Frigates & Influence (Long Patrol)53:51Why five cruising ships matteredChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)3:44How extra carriers could compound the Taranto strikeQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)27:30What the 'super Leander' cruiser proposal combinesNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)28:18What Admiral-class carrier conversions mean for Courageous and GloriousQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)34:16Evolving the N3 into an 18-inch fast battleshipQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)46:56Which older British battleships would be modernised?Q&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)50:56Converting R-class battleships into fast commerce huntersQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)55:58Unrestricted rebuilds and a faster British battle lineQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)57:43G3 orders and the information gap before WashingtonNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)59:13A larger carrier force and Fleet Air Arm independenceQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:08:29Recasting the Courageous class as proto-super cruisersQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:14:55The unused treaty opportunity to build hundreds of sloopsChapter
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:24:21How larger treaty carriers could lead toward the Malta classQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:26:13Shipbuilding spending as employment and deterrenceQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:31:50A British fast-battleship answer to the Francesco Caracciolo classQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:52:39How triple 15-inch guns could change King George V serviceQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)1:59:08Why no treaty might widen the Allied industrial advantageQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:04:09How continuous destroyer building could accelerate the 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:13:08Why Britain prioritized Admiral-class battlecruisers after 1918Q&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:14:16What the Admiral-class companion battleship might carryQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:15:18How treaty-free Tribal-class destroyers might growQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:33:29Why battle-line speed mattered for crossing the TQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:42:18The missing sloops were a political choice, not a treaty limitNotable Point
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)2:55:10Where a treaty counterfactual must stopQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)3:01:52How the Royal Naval Reserve could man a larger sloop forceQ&A
- Equitable Naval Treaties Discussion (Live)3:02:26Why a fire-support gunboat should not be disguised as a sloopQ&A
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)18:16King George V and the 14-inch gun gambleChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)23:25Two early battleships as industrial insuranceChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Summary (Long Patrol)47:24County-class weight and the York-class compromiseNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)11:49The Florida class illustrates the scouting-force paradoxNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)21:19Omaha and the limits of interwar naval presenceNotable Point
- Introduction to US Cruiser Strategy in the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)29:56Building American cruiser doctrine from scratchChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)3:10British submarine bans versus ASW investmentNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)11:24Equal submarine tonnage meets unequal geographyNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)17:24T-class and Gato submarines fit different missionsChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Submarines & Fortifications (Long Patrol)20:28One-, two-, and three-ocean navies under one limitNotable Point
- A Treaty Inspired Destroyer Design Discussion: UAD & Patreon Infused video31:43Destroyer balance depends on the navy's missionNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)8:21A Commonwealth escort industrial baseNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)17:50Carrier design follows operating geographyNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Sloops & Other Ships (Long Patrol)51:43Interwar escort advocates lacked supportNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)2:19HMS Kempenfelt sets the destroyer scaleNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)12:00The London Treaty's destroyer rulesChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)15:41Category transfers complicated treaty complianceNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)22:23The Washington cruiser loophole and industrial capacityNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)26:28Historical ceilings produced small destroyer fleetsNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)29:34A 10:10:7:4:4 destroyer settlementChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)34:14Destroyer quantity versus individual capabilityChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)42:11Make the flotilla the treaty unitChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)49:23Why unlimited sloops cannot replace destroyersChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)50:47Why the Royal Navy needed at least twenty flotillasNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Destroyers (Long Patrol)51:23Old escorts preserve the modern striking forceNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)5:30Why Britain argued that it needed seventy cruisersChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)19:26The London Treaty's unequal cruiser allowancesChapter
- Equitable London Treaties: Cruisers (Long Patrol)1:02:51Steady cruiser construction and national force coverageChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)3:01Anglo-American competition did not make war inevitableNotable Point
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)35:15Competing with British County-class cruisersChapter
- Pensacola Class: US Interwar Cruisers (Long Patrol)50:42Holding navies accountable for role-driven designNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)4:35Treaty rules and wartime contingency planningNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)15:26What Glorious and Courageous still offeredNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)41:03British carrier numbers versus American carrier sizeNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)44:20Why geography pushed Britain toward armoured carriersChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)50:24A steady carrier program instead of a wartime rushNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)58:44How more tonnage changes British and American carriersChapter
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:05:06Higher treaty limits favor the strongest shipbuilding powersNotable Point
- Equitable London Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:16:59Treaty tonnage, not indifference, constrained British carriersNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)7:50Shipbuilding as Depression-era industrial policyNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)24:53King George V armament and the 15-inch alternativeNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)28:37A 10:10:7:4:4 treaty ratioChapter
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)35:29The Royal Navy fell far below its treaty tonnageChapter
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)41:44More British dreadnoughts lost to treaty than combatNotable Point
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)46:03Treaty limits for a twenty-capital-ship fleetChapter
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)49:20A cadence for eight to ten new battleships by 1939Chapter
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)1:03:12UAD British and German treaty battleship designsChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)6:02How four G3 hulls might become aircraft carriersNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)24:29Why undersized capital ships would become death trapsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)27:05Why the treaty could permit forty-eight County-class cruisersNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)30:26G3 conversions and an alternative Royal Navy fast fleetNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)32:32How one capital-ship category encouraged fast battleshipsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)38:18Six British conversions and a six-Lexington carrier forceNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)42:02Regional carrier ratios depend on fleet concentrationNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Overall Equitable Treaty & Summary (Long Patrol)59:34How a three-theatre Royal Navy constrains rival concentrationNotable Point
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)9:13An all-forward Royal Navy treaty cruiserChapter
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)17:53British protection versus Japanese speed and torpedoesChapter
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)26:53Destroyers must fit a navy's theaters and industryNotable Point
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)30:52How a British-Japanese night battle might unfoldQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)46:36A dual-purpose gun upgrade for the Tribal classQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)49:14The case for a new David Beatty biographyQ&A
- My Royal Navy Washington Treaty Cruiser: with added Qs from "1939 Destroyer Doctrine" (Long Patrol)1:09:34Why Japan shaped Royal Navy cruiser requirementsChapter
- Meeting a Tribal at last: HMCS Haida (live)6:32Tribal-class losses and wartime mission overloadNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)14:25British ship exports and a possible County-class building programmeNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)16:12Could six-inch gun supports prepare merchant ships for torpedoes?Notable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)17:13Foreign warship orders and a hypothetical British requisitionNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Other Ships & Fortifications (Long Patrol)35:39Geography made the Pacific freeze unequalNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)0:22Specialist survey ships versus ships assigned to survey dutyChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)7:40Why the Royal Navy keeps survey shipsChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)10:11Britain cannot choose between its sword and shieldNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)12:15Public charts, trusted data, and sensitive seabedsNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)19:38How Admiralty hydrography became an institutionNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)22:46Merlin and the first dedicated coastal surveyChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)26:44Hecate establishes the converted-survey-ship patternNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)29:14HMS Challenger confirms Challenger DeepChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)32:51Protector becomes an Antarctic patrol shipNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)35:01Vidal, helicopter surveying, and the claim to RockallChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)43:56Enterprise combines inshore survey work with port presenceNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)46:09Endurance and the strategic value of presenceChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)50:13Beagle and the importance of survey data processingNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)53:53Herald's wartime and mine-countermeasure rolesChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)56:53Roebuck and the reduction from four survey ships to twoNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)58:38The second Endurance and icebreaker survivabilityNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:01:47HMS Scott as a high-end ocean survey platformChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:05:52Echo and Enterprise on global survey deploymentsChapter
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:10:38Protector and the limits of an off-the-shelf polar shipNotable Point
- Royal Navy Survey Ships: A History - Patreon 55 (Long Patrol)1:12:49Magpie turns practical surveys into real-world trainingChapter
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy53:42Where to begin reading Royal Navy hydrographic historyQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy58:15Why British charts could outperform France's own coastal mapsNotable Point
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy59:43The missing history of Britain's paper warshipsQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy1:06:22Samuel Pepys and the demand for reliable coastal chartsQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy1:35:22Why HMS Merlin was the most influential survey shipQ&A
- Patreon 55: History of Survey Ships in the Royal Navy2:54:19Why the Royal Navy has no spare ship to call least usefulQ&A
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)12:43How torpedo prestige made small ships useful overseasNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)14:02Small torpedo boats versus real engagement rangesChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)15:03Jeune École: torpedo boats as a substitute for a fleetChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)19:41Fisher's flotilla defence as a force enablerNotable Point
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)46:32Torpedo results in the Russo-Japanese War and JutlandChapter
- Torpedoes and their Ships 1900-39: Patreon 54 (Long Patrol)50:33Harwich Force and training for aggressive commandChapter
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)0:41Tribal destroyers and rapid wartime learningNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)24:04British warship losses beyond battleChapter
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)26:35HMS H29 and the cost of an unclear orderNotable Point
- 2022 Canada Naval History Trip Reading List (Long Patrol Book Review)45:55Early sea-based missile concepts under uncertaintyNotable Point
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine18:52Why the Mark IV followed the Mark IIQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine43:26Fisher made flotilla defence support the battle fleetQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine43:33Jackie Fisher used flotillas to free the battle fleetChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:00:21Fisher wanted fear of war to prevent warQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine1:43:55Spearfish was designed to outrun fast submarinesQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:07:32Britain kept motor torpedo boat development in private handsQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:10:57Interwar exercises refined destroyer torpedo doctrineChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:17:00Treaty displacement rules invited creative accountingQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:25:03Spearfish production restarted after a long pauseQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:27:19Torpedo doctrine reflected national strategy, not just engineeringChapter
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:33:16Torpedo development required long testing cyclesQ&A
- Patreon 54: Torpedo development 1900-1939 and it's impact on destroyer design an doctrine2:48:36A harder Mers-el-Kébir strike changes risk more than politicsQ&A
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)0:05The Admiralty turned a scout-cruiser competition into its own designChapter
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)20:15Pembroke shows what Britain lost when naval yards stopped buildingChapter
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)35:50HMS Bellona mirrored her sister’s war service and mine workChapter
- Boadicea Class (1907): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)39:20The Boadiceas worked hard but exposed the cost of cautionNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:17What made Dunkirk possible?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)57:16HMS Unicorn and the politics of ship classificationNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)1:37:16Exploration cruises that also signal powerNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)3:22:13Are five triple 15-inch turrets too much for a G3 hull?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)3:55:33What would the 40 mm Toadstool system have changed?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:03:34What would a 15-inch/50-caliber gun have changed?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:06:18Strategic shock after Norway and FranceNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:09:21Who planned to take Hood out of service for refit?Q&A
- Galaxy Class: A Naval Historian's view of Federation Cruisers & Ships of the 24th Century (Live)4:12:37Why was Hood's deterioration not enough to force a refit?Q&A
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN19:58Offshore patrol vessels as a practical Pacific presenceChapter
- Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:04:19Post-Cold War fleet contraction weakened visible peer deterrenceNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)0:36Replacing three battleships lost at JutlandChapter
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)12:01Could Britain have afforded more Audacious-class carriers?Q&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)15:57Why no immediate successor was named HMS HoodQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)16:35Politics behind Royal Navy turret choicesNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)21:15Could triple-turret work have targeted a Russian contract?Q&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)36:44Admiralty conservatism amid rapid technological changeChapter
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)40:54Coal, oil, and the Royal Navy's global support problemNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Battleships Lost at Jutland)1:00:31Why naval superiority had to look unmistakableChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN14:50If Germany had lost three battlecruisers at JutlandQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN22:16What nuclear weapons in Belarus would change for BritainQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:02:22Why British security extends along global trade routesChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN1:41:36The logistics behind Britain's global reachChapter
- 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/RNZN2:24:58Why a joint Pacific carrier rotation still needs more hullsQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:34:30Adapting a Trieste-derived LHD for Royal Navy operationsQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:35:45The case for a shared submarine programmeChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN2:49:07Common designs, national fleet mixesChapter
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN3:04:35Why naval counter-drone lasers were slow to fieldQ&A
- Patreon 53: Comparison of Future Warships for the RN/RAN/RCN/RNZN3:10:13Building the case for complementary military capabilitiesChapter
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century15:36Naval culture shapes Starfleet's peaceful self-imageNotable Point
- Galaxy Class: Federation 24th Century1:15:47Warspite's Turkish visit shows how presence must fit its audienceNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:42Would converted Admiral-class ships keep their names?Q&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature9:29Ten Malta-class carriers would be a long postwar programmeQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature10:27Captured German warships imposed a second logistics systemNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature44:00Only Britain and the United States could sustain an N3-era arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:22:01Ocean-class amphibious ships would likely use traditional sea namesQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:31:54Treaty-era cruiser scarcity constrained Operation Pedestal choicesQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:42:12Heavy cruisers escorted convoys for the threat that might appearQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:45:03Impressment disputes were complicated by contested citizenshipQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:50:20Pirate Queens examines piracy as a social escapeNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:58:51Mers-el-Kébir as a grim fleet-denial decisionQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:02:02A midshipman's war told through repeated survivalNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:07:14Several Hoods would change the Washington Treaty bargainQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature2:16:08Extra battlecruisers would reverse Britain's modernization prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:13:54The Hunt class was a true escort; US ships remained light fleet destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature3:18:40The Type 21 made sense as a short-term numbers solutionQ&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)8:41The Finnish War inside Napoleon's European systemChapter
- Finnish War 1808-9 (Sweden vs Russia): A War of Autocracies (Long Patrol)28:16British troops and warships were a missed option for FinlandNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)9:28Why cut-price County cruisers were a false economyChapter
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)23:47Why US-Royal Navy planning papers should not be read as imminent war plansNotable Point
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)27:50Could a future book explore cruiser design?Q&A
- Cut Price County Questions and a Modern Battle Cruiser: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)39:52What interwar ASDIC exercises taught - and distortedChapter
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)1:21:48Saumarez's British squadron enters the BalticNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)1:28:37Were third rates sufficient for Britain's Baltic expedition?Q&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:15:43Can Astute-class submarines cover UK home defence?Q&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:41:19London Treaty scope for a larger sloop forceNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:51:39Would surviving early battlecruisers last into the 1920s?Q&A
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:52:06War is fought with serviceable forces, not paper strengthNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)2:56:38Planning for Japan left the wrong escort balanceNotable Point
- Finnish War 1808-9 (214th Anniversary of the Battle of Kuopio)3:02:06Escort procurement and carrier availabilityNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...6:39When a large destroyer is functionally a cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...30:43How surviving battlecruisers might have changed the Admiral classQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...35:44Why almost every Royal Navy destroyer became a fleet destroyerQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...40:13How US armoured cruisers could have raised treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...45:19Why 9.2-inch guns could beat 10-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...47:52What a cruiser-sized Type 83 might carryQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...50:06Why the 4.5-inch gun won the postwar lineageQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...52:16Why the Admiral class carried such heavy armamentQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...55:13The limits of the 6-inch Mark XXIII as an anti-aircraft gunQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:05:15How five Tiger-class cruisers could have survived longerQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:10:53How battlecruiser numbers create capabilityQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:25:42What armed merchant cruisers reveal about fleet shortagesQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:30:48Why submarines do not automatically crowd out armiesQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:36:04Which Royal Navy ironclad frigates stand out before steel cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:37:19Why better accommodation does not make sailors softQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...1:48:20Favourite British and American cruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:13:17Why the Royal Navy still wanted battlecruisersNotable Point
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:31:02What different interwar navies needed from cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...2:47:01Why interwar US-UK war plans do not prove a cold warQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:02:32How a larger County-class missile cruiser might lookQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:15:13The D-class cruisers and their cancelled sistersChapter
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:27:15From Type XXI lessons to a true postwar submarineChapter
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:50:16How a missed dockyard cycle constrained the Admirals and later carriersQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...3:58:41Why British cruiser endurance can look weak in one-on-one comparisonsQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...4:26:44How Tiger and Leopard could lead to a 15-inch King George VQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...4:33:15Refitting the First World War fleet with improved 15-inch gunsQ&A
- The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC): Long Patrol23:43Why copied warships still differed from their modelsNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)0:03An equitable London Treaty begins with cruiser numbersChapter
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)7:56A twelve-gun British battleship tests the treaty counterfactualNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)12:04Could HMS Defence have changed Cradock's position?Q&A
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)18:29Twelve-gun British battleships overwhelm the German pairNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)34:35Belfast and the problem of the balanced treaty cruiserQ&A
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)46:30Alternative cruiser schemes make the County choice historicalNotable Point
- County Class Cruiser Comment Response: A UAD Infused Discussion of the Part 8 Response (Long Patrol)48:47Why design institutions make the County choice more revealingNotable Point
- Largest Naval Battle Ever Fought? The Battle of Cape Ecnomus (256BC)2:45:59Q&A: Why call the Renown class the ultimate battlecruisers?Q&A
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)1:01County cruisers caught between two naval erasChapter
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)3:15The Royal Navy's missing middle cruiserNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)33:31Why heavy cruisers mattered in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)39:02Cruiser production also created carrier optionsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)39:28Cruiser construction continuity as a design capabilityNotable Point
- County Cruisers P8: The County Class in War and Retrospect (Long Patrol)50:55The County class's real value: ships available nowChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)13:43Germany's fleet policy and Britain's likely alignmentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)17:56A stronger Royal Navy North American stationQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)27:40Political choices behind post-1918 Royal Navy retentionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)28:39Commonwealth demand for Battle-class destroyersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)29:17Why German carriers demand a British carrier responseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)36:13The anti-ship missile gap on modern destroyersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)40:12A British seeker for Tomahawk and the case for Mark 41Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)47:55Limited naval impact if Sweden joined the AxisQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)49:07The small surviving group of First World War Royal Navy shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)57:14British carriers in Operation Downfall's anti-kamikaze defenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:15:00Type 26 compared with the Leander rather than the BurkeQ&A
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)5:23Why the loss of Royal Oak mattered beyond one battleshipNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)13:50An exercise ground that concentrated fleet trainingNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)19:39Fuel supply constrained Scapa Flow's wartime usefulnessNotable Point
- Scapa Flow: A History & A Future? (Long Patrol for Patreon 52)43:05Threat forecasts, the Ten Year Rule, and neglected basesChapter
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)25:16Capital-ship losses also destroy decades of experienceQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)25:47Replacement cycles instead of preserving HoodQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)32:19A flexible 3-3-2 British building programmeNotable Point
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)37:40How national priorities shape treaty battleshipsQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)42:12Tiger as a fast specialist rather than a battle-line shipQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)46:44Henderson also anticipated the aircraft carrier's riseQ&A
- More Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)46:57Battlecruisers for trade protection and cruiser huntingQ&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future18:20Why shore establishments became stone frigatesQ&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future21:08Which Royal Navy ship name has been used most often?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future22:31Why Scapa Flow is strategically useful and logistically awkwardChapter
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future1:51:12How might the High Seas Fleet have been divided?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:02:42Why the loss of HMS Royal Oak matteredChapter
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:24:23Scapa Flow supports the Arctic-convoy battle fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:44:38Could Rosyth support today's Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 52: Scapa Flow - A History & A Future2:44:53Why Britain was slower to adopt all-or-nothing armorQ&A
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)8:05Coal quality behind the published performanceNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)14:07Why a new scout role kept old enginesChapter
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)20:07HMS Sentinel and the value of working shipsChapter
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)23:05Why four available cruisers may require twelveNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)25:44Industrial depth, competition, and naval outputNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)30:18Fleet demand keeps shipbuilding lines aliveNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)32:11HMS Skirmisher as a flotilla leaderChapter
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)34:52George Ballard as officer, analyst, and historianNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)36:36Skirmisher, Scarborough, and uncertain intelligenceChapter
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)40:41The Imbros response force and the cost of too little speedNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)43:34Why the world's largest navy was still short at ImbrosNotable Point
- Sentinel Class (1904): Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)45:44Scout cruisers as a missed turbine testbedChapter
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...4:59Could Rodney have been fast enough for the Bismarck chase?Q&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...9:48How each German capital ship tied down British strengthQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...18:46Why corruption does not guarantee military collapseNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...22:11The 1944 Royal Navy view of leadershipChapter
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...31:53Why older battleships struggled in the Indian OceanQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...33:17How the Royal Navy exposed phantom crewsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...34:25How ratings can surface poor leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...42:31Lord Cork as a failed wartime naval leaderQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...43:00Why the R class aged behind the Queen ElizabethsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...44:00Correct subordinates privately, not publiclyNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...48:52The Queen Elizabeth class and claimed savingsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...54:04Why 4.5-inch destroyer mounts took timeQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...54:34First Lord, First Sea Lord, and Admiralty rolesQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:14:07When leadership exceeds expectations of rankQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:19:11When baked-bean cans became naval projectilesQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:39:14Dockside steam and warship support systemsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:44:07Why fewer cruisers became museum shipsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...1:59:40The fleet built around retained CATOBAR carriersQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:01:38Andrew Cunningham's leadership in A Sailor's OdysseyChapter
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:09:01Choosing Cunningham, Nelson, or Henderson for different commandsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:11:07Reginald Henderson's overlooked rearmament workNotable Point
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:17:07An Admiral-class identity for Type 83Q&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:18:43Why Renown received reconstruction before RepulseQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:30:20Beer, ice cream, and Allied naval logisticsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...2:38:08Why U.S. Marines valued British carrier deploymentsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:16:19From Malta-class conversions to British nuclear carriersQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:28:22The Royal Navy's most serious capability gapsQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:29:12Type 83 as a cruiser in all but nameQ&A
- Bruships 77: Leadership, books & questions...3:31:21Why warship interiors matter to diplomacyQ&A
- Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)45:54The siege of the French occupiersChapter
- Sieges of Malta: Patreon 51 (Long Patrol)48:18The World War II siege's human and material costChapter
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)2:03G3 conversions and the Royal Navy's strike-carrier gapChapter
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)55:11Treaty ratios, industrial capacity, and political willNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)58:53The Anglo-Japanese Alliance behind Washington security fearsNotable Point
- Questions of the Equitable Washington Treaty Answered: A UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:19:25A seven-carrier British conversion program with hindsightQ&A
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...4:01A 1954 Royal Navy medium fleet-carrier studyQ&A
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...30:12How Britain treated Malta as a naval baseQ&A
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...1:49:00French occupation and the Maltese siege of VallettaChapter
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...1:57:16Portuguese ships, HMS Alexander, and the blockade of VallettaChapter
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...2:23:17Force K, submarines, and aircraft strike from MaltaNotable Point
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...2:29:19How Malta-based submarines hid from air attackQ&A
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...2:52:58What if Admiral Hipper and Gneisenau were lost in Norway?Q&A
- Patreon 51: Sieges of Malta...2:57:17What if Britain destroyed the German surface fleet in Norway?Q&A
- Titanic Lessons Learned 110yrs On (Long Patrol)51:17Albion and Bulwark show the cost of deleting useful marginNotable Point
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions20:01Battlecruisers, carriers, and sea-control task groupsQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions38:34Why the Royal Navy kept battleship torpedo tubesQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions52:21How the Royal Navy named capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:04:02How far Britain took 20-inch gun ideasQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions1:14:10Rebuilding Royal Navy air power from 1934Q&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:15:20Changing the Battle of the ChesapeakeQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:30:35If the London naval treaties had failedQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions2:46:44Paying for earlier British naval rearmamentQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:01:38If the Panay Incident triggered war with JapanQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:03:39What effective naval damage control demandsQ&A
- Bruships 76: Five New Books & a Lot of New Questions3:17:47An Ethiopian navy backed by British basing rightsQ&A
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:47Why exchange ratios depend on the whole fleetNotable Point
- All Forward vs Aft Balance Main Armament: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)9:20A heavy-cruiser comparison in Ultimate Admiral: DreadnoughtsChapter
- RMS Titanic, 110yrs on what lessons were learned?2:10:23Could political will have completed the G3s?Q&A
- Leipzig Class (Reichsmarine)15:30The Achilles comparison and cruiser flexibilityChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)30:42Why the Royal Navy avoided routine deck parkingNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)37:48Carrier aviation before the strike-carrier eraChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)50:10How carrier islands supported faster flight operationsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)58:32The Royal Navy's three-fleet carrier arithmeticNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:08:47A British 27,500-ton carrier programmeChapter
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Aircraft Carriers (Long Patrol)1:14:12G3 conversions as a strike-carrier forceChapter
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)0:13A deliberately improbable Anglo-American crisisChapter
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)2:13Global commitments constrain both battle fleetsNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)5:27Why rival navies might converge on the British compromiseNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:07Why geography changes the armour-aircraft trade-offNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)8:40All-forward guns as a treaty-era efficiency choiceChapter
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:16Why a one-ship margin could decide the squadron actionNotable Point
- The Maple Confrontation (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): UAD Infused Discussion (Long Patrol)50:42Why the British win more simulated meetingsChapter
- Battle of Shiloh: a Riverine, if not quite Maritime, confluence of events1:01:12Could France have invaded the United States?Q&A
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)26:11What a six-inch cruiser revealed about BalearesNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)0:13Why York and Exeter were cut-price CountiesQ&A
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)6:48Arethusa showed that a smaller cruiser could be coherentNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)7:47The intended Type B cruiser roleNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)20:30County cruisers balanced many roles at onceNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)22:53Exeter improved York without rethinking the conceptNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)23:45Exeter moved from Atlantic service to the Abyssinian CrisisNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)24:10Exeter under Graf Spee's fire at the River PlateChapter
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)25:48Exeter's escort role and Far East deploymentNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)31:14York reveals the limits of overseas dockyardsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)33:47York as a transport, towing, and convoy cruiserChapter
- County Cruisers P6: York, Exeter & The Cut Price County Concept (Long Patrol)35:48A two-ship order defeated the quantity argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet11:18How the 32 planned Tribal-class destroyers were dividedQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet16:55Why the final planned Tribal-class ships disappearedQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet17:37Why sailors can regard renaming a ship as dangerousQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet24:09Why Tribal-class crews might try to capture almost anythingQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet32:57What capturing an enemy cruiser could meanQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet46:35What ABDA needed to become a credible fleetQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet51:31Sherbrooke, Casper John, and Eric Brown rising to the occasionQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:03:17Why the Royal Navy's Mark IV torpedo could still fightQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:07:38How the Royal Navy's ship-naming committee guarded its authorityQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:20:18How four G3s would reshape British battlecruiser squadronsQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:27:32Seizing or relocating the French fleet after 1940Q&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet1:50:15An alternate treaty split between six-inch and nine-inch cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 75: Following the 614th Running the Gauntlet2:18:37A fleet in being as an active strategic postureQ&A
- The 614th Running the Gauntlet: Six Books Reviewed (Long Patrol)1:12Kriegsmarine secret projects and the limits of Plan ZNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)7:08Technology and exercises can mislead doctrineNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)9:06Crews and formations turn ships into doctrineNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)25:34British zigzagging and Japanese long-range torpedo attacksNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)33:17Match destroyer weapons to the threatNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)45:11Force Z, gun choices, and interrupted carrier constructionNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)47:30Keeping shipboard aviation under naval commandNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)56:33Royal Navy destroyers for global commitmentsChapter
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)59:50Fleet Air Arm bureaucracy and the missing 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:02:33A wartime 4.5-inch mount and the doctrine built around itNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:04:14The Tribal class as a night-fighting screenNotable Point
- 1939 Destroyer Doctrine: Patreon 50 (Long Patrol)1:07:22Tribal destroyers and the need for fleet reservesNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)9:12Singapore as the Far East fleet hubChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)11:38Why the British design reaches 50,000 tons loadedNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)14:53All-forward British guns versus faster Japanese shipsChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)53:50Controlled naval competition as deterrenceChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:00:29Disarmament and the illusion of a stable status quoChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:03:55Fleet mobilisation as diplomatic signallingNotable Point
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:06:12Treaty ratios, Japanese insecurity and British readinessChapter
- Battle of Singapore Straits (Equitable Washington Treaty Scenario): A UAD Infused(Long Patrol)1:08:37Radar narrows the simulated fleet balanceNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?12:48Henderson and Chatfield argue over destroyer sizeNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?23:01Should a navy buy more small destroyers or fewer powerful ones?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?25:07Where a Royal Navy expansion could find sailorsQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?29:30Could the H-class losses at Narvik still count as success?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?46:21How destroyer doctrine answers an enemy battleshipQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?48:30How Britain prepared escorts before the U-boat warQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:22:14Did large destroyers fight cruisers and smaller destroyers?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:32:24What being prepared for war actually meansQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:36:02Why the Royal Navy treated the American wars as secondary theatresNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:49:27Sea power made Britain's empire sustainableNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:52:43Why the Tribal class was not right for every navyQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:55:01Naval treaties tried to stop wartime seizure of export shipsQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:57:49Naval supremacy can survive serious ship lossesNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:30:17Were the J-, K-, and N-class ships fleet destroyers?Q&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:31:05Royal Navy destroyers: the Tribal spearhead and flotillaChapter
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:32:57Air attack forced British destroyer armament to changeNotable Point
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:43:45How British destroyers illuminated a night targetQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?2:52:52How many Tribal-class destroyers Britain, Canada, and Australia plannedQ&A
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion0:48Treaty limits and the grey areaChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion5:00Why the Royal Navy retained six-inch cruisersNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion9:46Two light cruisers against an 11-inch raiderChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion16:26Volume of fire versus the perfect cruiserNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion20:29Why surface raiding needs numbersNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion23:41The steady drumbeat of naval ordersChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion26:22Treaties, deterrence, and visible industrial strengthChapter
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion31:16Battlecruisers as sea-control toolsNotable Point
- British Light Cruisers & Treaties: A UAD Infused discussion37:27Treaty-induced neglect and wartime rearmamentChapter
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)4:12The narrow window for a British requisitionNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)16:32The strategic value of a long-legged small cruiserNotable Point
- ARA La Argentina(1937): Year of the Cruisers (Long Patrol)23:47Geography made Axis alignment strategically untenableNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)20:15Fleet totals and national choicesNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)25:14Three British fleets and regional reinforcementNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)30:29A Royal Navy of early fast battleshipsNotable Point
- An Equitable Washington Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD (Long Patrol)1:22:10How the British design changes the comparisonNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)7:57A larger British heavy cruiser after 1945Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)8:39How Nelson and Rodney alarmed the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)9:43The two-power standard turned against BritainQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)19:24Ship-number limits versus destroyer tonnage limitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)20:33Why Lion-class battleships would probably change by batchQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)22:16Why geography and American power shape a Brazilian naval challengeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)37:49Warspite's reconstruction nearly matched her build costQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)39:36A German Yamato and the Allied responseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)53:53Why canals did not compensate for China's weak navyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:03:01Replacing the Hawkins class before the next warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:08:53Why Elswick would develop a British 15-inch/45 gunQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:12:29Why a recovered British battleship would fill a museum gapQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:13:57How Royal Navy institutions shaped other naviesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:18:35The institutional reform that could transform the Georgian NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:25:47Why more graving docks outrank another ship programmeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:47:54Why extending the War of 1812 would not require a new British deploymentQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:29:55How holding Singapore changes Allied commandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:42:34Why Admiral Holland could be the greater lossQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)2:47:10The paper trail regretting HMS Tiger's disposalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:13:03Why Britain might answer an American nuclear battlecruiserQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)3:15:25Why money alone cannot accelerate Type 26 deliveryQ&A
- Patreon 49 - Admiral Kimmel: Not His Failure of Leadership (Long Patrol) #SARCASM ALERT#13:42Kimmel's reputation as a gunnery officerNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)13:21Lord Nelson and the road to DreadnoughtChapter
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)25:09Six-inch guns and battlecruiser riskNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)28:07The War of the Worlds in night-fighting thoughtNotable Point
- A Rumble in the Tumble: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)32:16Night fighting and the value of volumeNotable Point
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)40:34Which Royal Navy officers went on diplomatic cruises?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)53:49A coal-logistics trap for Imperial GermanyQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:06:46How the Royal Navy regarded KimmelQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:11:16Why Renown was refitted before HoodQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:16:46Why the Royal Navy resumed showing-the-flag cruisesQ&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:52:17Which British admiral could take Kimmel's command?Q&A
- Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)1:53:15How overseas stations built Royal Navy knowledgeQ&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)16:03How could HMS Hood remain the world's largest warship?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)16:41Could Yamato have been a more effective deterrent?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)25:51Could Britain keep the United States out of the war?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)31:16Could HMS Unicorn lead to wartime light fleet carriers?Q&A
- Anglo Japanese War: If Tsingtao caused a war in January 1939 (Comment Response)32:01How would a British blockade of Japan work?Q&A
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)0:48When the Royal Navy set the terms for shipbuildersNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)6:36Why the Royal Navy needed scout cruisersChapter
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)21:25Upgrading a destroyer-flotilla leaderNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)29:18Destroyer flotillas as a leadership schoolNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)32:24Training officers to outgrow their last commandNotable Point
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)42:36Hartlepool's cruisers were trapped by their own baseNotable Point
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:30How a delayed war changes fleet balanceNotable Point
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)33:39River Plate command and adaptive thinkingQ&A
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)46:07What the simulation suggests about 14-inch and 15-inch gunsNotable Point
- Adriatic if WWI hadn't started till 1918: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)1:08:42Why identical ship plans do not produce identical shipsNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:05:44A presence fleet still needs a warfighting coreNotable Point
- Glorious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth & SciFi Bruships3:24:13Use frigates to preserve aggressive command skillNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)27:37Britain's proposed advance through Taiwan, Hong Kong, and WeihaiweiNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)42:42The Tsingtao crisis at gunpointChapter
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)50:01How one salvo could turn Tsingtao into warNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese War Feb 39 - if Tsingtao incident blows up, what would be IJN doctrine? (Long Patrol)58:50Britain's answer: reinforce Singapore and advance by stagesChapter
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)1:40An 18-inch Queen Elizabeth alternativeNotable Point
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)5:45A delayed war and British capital-ship replacementQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)8:21How 18-inch British ships could reshape naval treatiesNotable Point
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)10:11Troubridge, Arbuthnot, and command supervisionQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)16:44Choosing between four-, five-, and six-inch secondariesQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)19:11Why the simulated British battle line has more shipsNotable Point
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)24:37British wire-wound guns traded weight for strengthQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)25:04HMS Tiger and the battlecruiser-hunter argumentQ&A
- The 18in Gun HMS Agincourt and UAD video comment response (Long Patrol)36:28Both fleets wanted battle on favourable numerical termsQ&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:12What use would Vittorio Veneto be to the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?5:51Would British motor boats deploy to Singapore?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?11:55Could Tiger or Blake have helped in the Falklands?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?20:15Reserve cruisers would release modern ships for AsiaNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:07:09Treaty parity hid Britain's larger ready fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:26:02Two navies prepared for night fightingNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:28:39What fleet would Britain send to the Far East?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:39:15Would the United States and other powers join Britain?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:50:36Tsingtao: a confrontation at point-blank rangeChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?1:59:10Tsingtao's command breakdown made diplomacy dangerousNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:10:56Why did Britain later strip forces from Malaya?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:11:57Britain's likely answer: Singapore, sea control, and blockadeChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:14:23A Far Eastern war keeps carriers and capital ships buildingNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:16:29Cunningham and the first fleet to SingaporeChapter
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:23:02Taiwan as a limited Allied advance baseNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:28:47Would Vanguard still be built in this timeline?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:35:58Would an early carrier war teach mass-strike operations?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:38:08Fuel is the decisive constraint in a 1939 Pacific warNotable Point
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:40:08Where would the Allies take their heaviest losses?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?2:49:04Could Britain field 18-inch guns by 1942?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:03:25Would the Battle and Daring classes arrive earlier?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:27:51How would Ernest King handle British command?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:31:13Would Britain join a US-Japanese war after Panay?Q&A
- Patreon 48: Anglo-Japanese War in Feb 39 - if Tsingtao Incident goes "hot", what's IJN doctrine?3:36:07How large would the postwar navies be?Q&A
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion3:41Replacement numbers make a class usableNotable Point
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion9:10Designing a faster, larger NelsonChapter
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion48:22A Hood-based limit reshapes fleet balanceChapter
- If Hood Was the Washington Template not the exception: A UAD infused discussion53:19Four fast battleships change British deploymentsChapter
- Glourious Heritage Class of the Systems Commonwealth (Long Patrol)5:29How the Navy League explained Royal Navy preparednessQ&A
- The Most Pointless Mission: Operation Tan No 2 (Long Patrol) - Working Sound5:34Operation Y-Go and the limits of delaying victoryChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue13:02Ark Royal and the usefulness of an older carrierQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue19:39A better 15-inch gun as a fleet-wide modernization pathNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue33:58What an early Battle-class destroyer programme could have deliveredQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue50:22Strengthened decks were not the same as armoured carrier decksQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue54:44Fisher's big ships belonged inside a flotilla navyNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue55:20Why the King George V design accepted quadruple turretsQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue58:51Barrel length, elevation, and turret balance pull in different directionsQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:00:37Why distant naval enclaves matter to a fleetQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:01:05Why a battleship refit would skip a small calibre increaseQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:05:40How a two-ship class distorted the Nelson design compromiseNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:07:15Forward presence balanced with a rapid-reaction fleetChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:10:22Five flight decks require a much deeper escort fleetNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:18:42A stronger postwar fleet still needs a new missile cruiserQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:20:09Why occupying Ascension Island would have delayed the Falklands campaignQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:26:08How the Tribal hull shaped later British destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:31:01A squadron map for persistent Royal Navy presenceNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:39:42Lord Cork and the avoidable failure in NorwayQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:41:33River Plate and Hood's chase orders as tactical innovationQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:43:16What an Indian-funded Iron Duke could have changedQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:44:25Why saying the Falklands War cannot recur can weaken deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue1:47:44Why a future Royal Navy LHD would need to exceed the Canberra classQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:12:26Victorious could shield American strike carriers as USS RobinQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:22:01All-forward guns can make an aggressive cruiser compactNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:25:10Spithead reviews and the Royal Family's service traditionQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:30:24A ten-ship Malta carrier programme could still contract after the warQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:36:29Procurement booms create corruption opportunities across servicesNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:42:41Submersible experiments around the age of TurtleQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:02:25Purser and writer roles in naval administrationQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:05:23Separate Dominion battleships would upset Washington treaty parityQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:36:28An annotated bibliography as a map of Royal Navy scholarshipChapter
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:51:46A second Ark Royal would narrow the interwar carrier gapNotable Point
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:53:51Armoured carriers against Japanese air attackQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue3:54:18A 1939 Anglo-Japanese war reshapes fleets and alliancesNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)37:01Who believed Hood was unsinkable?Q&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)58:44Why the Royal Navy did not need its own UlithiQ&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)1:14:38Dissent within naval high commandNotable Point
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:34:06Royal Navy propellant remained improved corditeQ&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:45:05How might Tan No. 2 have fared against armored carriers?Q&A
- Operation Tan No.2 (77yrs ago today)2:56:20Tentative estimates of cordite stocks and British productionQ&A
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion11:09Why the Royal Navy needed cruisers in quantityChapter
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion24:44County cruisers and conservative treaty designChapter
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion33:01Raider hunting requires a multi-ship forceChapter
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion40:30National doctrine changes the value of all-forward gunsNotable Point
- All Forward 8in Cruiser & a Battle of the River Plate (RN Dream Team): A UAD Infused Discussion43:55What the all-forward cruiser experiment suggestsChapter
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol9:19Paper firepower versus practical vulnerabilityNotable Point
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)13:17The two reputations of ships named PenelopeNotable Point
- Battle Cruiser Squadron Action: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)29:29Why Britain did not extend its 24-inch torpedo to destroyersChapter
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World11:17Trieste as a model for a British amphibious shipQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World24:52Why three carriers do not require three air wingsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World34:12Hood as Vian's fast-carrier flagshipNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World35:51The case for nuclear-powered cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World40:14How a surviving Hood might become a museum shipQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World55:22How G3 battlecruisers could reshape the wartime fleetQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World59:24Commerce raiding needs speed and supportQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:00:24Trading Hood for a larger treaty battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:08:38The Falklands War as a logistics comparisonQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:11:33Why Freetown anchored South Atlantic operationsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:13:32Why a larger Nelson class could trade armour for speedQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:33:35The narrow market for surplus dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:38:40What Royal Fleet Auxiliary scale says about European logisticsNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:39:34A global mine-warfare role for Type 32Q&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:41:07Why Hood received a roomier turret designQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:47:04Hood's expensive rebuild and a shorter wartime alternativeQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World1:55:06Why a European army could be heavy on teeth and light on tailNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:13:33Royal Navy combat in the Russian Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:15:26Using treaty leverage to build a larger carrier fleetQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:32:16How more conversions could accelerate Fleet Air Arm controlQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:34:32Why navies hesitate to name ships after the nationQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:43:26Pooling carrier and battleship tonnage in one treaty limitQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:45:46Replacing the Royal Navy's experimental carriers earlierQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World2:58:47Why the Royal Navy was unlikely to capture BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:12:23Royal Marines and music aboard capital shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:27:04Why the Royal Navy retained names such as Cossack and TartarQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:33:04Why Type 26 numbers should follow readiness cyclesQ&A
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:34:07Reading the Harper and Bacon reports on JutlandNotable Point
- Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World3:44:49Why Britain's heaviest hammers could not replace HoodNotable Point
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): Long Patrol52:33Généreux and HMS Leander change handsNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)0:51Trading older capital ships for new constructionChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)3:35Why fewer British hulls might unlock treaty consentNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)5:22A 28-knot alternative to Nelson and RodneyChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)14:15Quantity versus armour in the battle lineNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)34:43A fast battle line would reshape rival designsChapter
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)36:42Five ships as the conservative treaty outcomeNotable Point
- What if Washington allowed more than Nelson & Rodney: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)45:53Deployment options for a faster British battle lineChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today37:38An unlikely Russo-Ottoman naval allianceChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today1:27:50Généreux and HMS Leander changed hands across the Mediterranean warChapter
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today1:52:15Extended watches as an alternative to floggingQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:43:26Russia returned HMS Leander as a giftQ&A
- Siege of Corfu (1798–1799): 223 yrs ago today2:50:57HMS Vanguard's usefulness in 1944 and after the warQ&A
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)2:27County cruisers, Hawkins, and replacement choicesNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)5:34Heavy-cruiser tonnage and over-age allowancesChapter
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)9:05Why Britain prioritized light cruisersNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)20:24Modern replacements versus the 70-cruiser headlineNotable Point
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)21:25Industrial options for cruiser renewalChapter
- County Cruisers P5: Getting Proscriptive with Cruisers… London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Long Patrol)32:21Arms control and the appearance of weaknessNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)0:26Why the planned Norfolk class shrank to two shipsChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)8:55Dorsetshire in Force A and the Indian Ocean raidChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)10:03What the Royal Navy expected heavy cruisers to doNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)10:37Dorsetshire and leadership during the Invergordon mutinyNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)14:05Why County cruisers were not built for one enemyChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)23:41Dorsetshire and Maori rescue Bismarck survivorsNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)27:32Treaty limits and the heavy-cruiser force Britain wantedNotable Point
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)29:26Norfolk's interwar stations and the Cristero WarChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)38:32Norfolk's evacuation of Norway's royal familyChapter
- County Class P4: The Norfolk class… and why they stopped - extended (Long Patrol)56:47Ship numbers turn tokens into usable capabilityNotable Point
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)19:19Lake-class cutters as wartime escortsChapter
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment4:26What if a Malta-class carrier appeared in 1935?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment48:32Why the Royal Navy performs Coast Guard-like missionsQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment57:40Lake-class cutters as Atlantic convoy escortsNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:11:11Did the Royal Navy capture German fast attack craft?Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment1:49:44The Type 31 frigate as a modern sloopQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:27:52When a proposed Type 45 missile upgrade becomes realQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:34:50How the Royal Navy would answer a mass German surface sortieQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:49:02If the Royal Navy regained the Fleet Air Arm in 1932Q&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:54:34Why a huge auxiliary fleet implies a much larger navyQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:55:07Why the Royal Navy would resist owning the French Channel coastQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment2:55:41Why the Italian Navy posed the greater wartime threatQ&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 & deployment3:14:40Redesigning British armored carriers with hindsightQ&A
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment3:38:59Suez, fleet size, and the signals preceding the Falklands WarQ&A
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)4:44G3: magazines, machinery, and existing dockyardsChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)32:03N3 and G3 as a fleet systemChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)37:27World War I's maritime lesson shaped global fleet rolesNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)39:05Why two Nelsons demanded an unusually protected designChapter
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)57:22How availability shaped Nelson's design prioritiesNotable Point
- All Forward Main Guns: Patreon 46 Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles (Long Patrol)1:10:18Battle-class destroyers: guns forward, air defence aftNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)6:43Why fleet effectiveness matters more than a single shipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)10:33Deterrence and the ship visible on sceneNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)13:30War of 1812: strong frigates versus naval massNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)16:45Torpedoes as an offset weaponNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)18:26Why small navies pursue the '100 percent' warshipChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)30:11Battlecruisers fought as groups, not solo test casesNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)44:56Why the Horizon frigate partners divergedNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)46:00Type 45 class cuts, power choices, and missile spaceChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)49:46Type 45 shortfall and specialist task groupsChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament12:02G3: concentrating armour, machinery, and dockyard needsNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament17:07Why the Royal Navy did not build faster Nelson repeatsQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament20:05Would a transom stern have made Nelson faster?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament20:28Dockyard improvements and treaty restrictionsQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament20:47Treaty limits make compact capital ships attractiveChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament26:24Why not move the third turret aft?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament35:32Why the Royal Navy preferred three triple turretsQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament37:10Did Japan copy N3's tower structure?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament44:35Were G3 and N3 bargaining tools at Washington?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament52:40How the G3 and N3 design letters workedNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:01:37The scale of Britain's 18-inch gun programmeNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:03:51Two flagships versus a usable fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:12:54Could a rebuilt G3 move its middle turret?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:15:28How faster Nelsons could reshape the battle fleetNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:17:03Chatfield, gun policy, and the turn away from NelsonQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:29:29What did the British tower superstructure offer?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:46:51Did newer British propulsion machinery have reliability problems?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:52:55Could the Royal Navy have built an all-forward heavy cruiser?Notable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:57:17How exercise assumptions shaped the Tribal-class destroyerNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament1:59:38British 9.2-inch cruiser proposals before the treaty limitQ&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:00:16Why Battle-class destroyers put their main guns forwardChapter
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:06:04Lighter mounts make an aft destroyer gun practical againNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:09:54How archival access limits a destroyer historyNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:35:54Can heavy seas disable an all-forward battery?Q&A
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:52:34How British 18-inch ships could have changed treaty naval competitionNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament2:56:13How 18-inch guns would change Agincourt and HoodNotable Point
- Patreon 46: Nelsons, Dunkerques, Tones and Battles - Good or Bad to Concentrate Main Armament3:02:21What an 18-inch British flagship could mean at JutlandNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion0:20HMS Tiger as a battlecruiser hunterChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion34:47A counterfactual Tiger in the Second World WarNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion41:43Sea control can remove the option to retreatNotable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion55:30Tiger's role in a layered battle fleetChapter
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter: A UAD infused discussion56:55Modern fleet scarcity can distort battlecruiser historyNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)0:02Why destroyer flotillas needed scout cruisersChapter
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)6:51A competitive tender that spread naval ideasNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)11:11How reserve ships gave the Royal Navy personnel depthNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)14:15Fairfield's long shipbuilding lineageNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)16:13HMS Forward from flotilla service to wartime patrolsChapter
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)20:12Arthur Bedford's senior naval appointmentsNotable Point
- Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)21:02Bedford's final visit to his son's grave in MaltaNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)1:32Global infrastructure as naval strengthChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)4:39Commercial docks do not guarantee strategic coverageNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)6:48Why an Anglo-American naval race did not mirror Germany'sNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)12:29Why Bermuda received a floating dockChapter
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)38:51Medway testing created immediate repair capacityNotable Point
- British Industry P4/4: Mobile Infrastructure (Bermuda Floating Docks to Illustrate)39:58A worldwide ladder of dock capacityChapter
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books17:10HMS Tiger, Hood, and the value of oil firingQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books29:32Why British and American warships solve different problemsNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books35:33Where Britain could place two long-lived naval dry docksQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books37:49The Allied war against Japan extended beyond the US NavyNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books38:21The Isle of Man's concentration of Royal Navy captainsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books57:50Goodall's claim as a Royal Navy designerQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:32:32Why Washington counted battlecruisers with battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books1:44:45Why wartime wear decides the postwar fleetQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:01:28A Washington Treaty that forced every capital ship to be rebuiltQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:01:57A Royal Navy version of the Doolittle RaidQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:16:54How class commonality makes modernization affordableQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:18:46How Royal Navy ships forecast weather at seaQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books2:28:43Why HMS Vanguard reused stored 15-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:10:11Why better commanders cannot erase industrial limitsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:13:06A fair method for comparing British and American shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:24:53How four Maltas could reshape the postwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:26:16How Japanese neutrality would change Royal Navy deploymentsQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:30:33Why Britain occupied Iceland after Germany took NorwayQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books3:36:16Matthew Wright's route into HMS New Zealand's storyNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)1:49Why sister ships acquire different reputationsChapter
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)6:08Renown and Repulse as adaptable battlecruisersNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)10:35Turret mechanisms and conservative designNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)20:06Repulse, global presence, and naval infrastructureNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)33:12Four older battleships for two Nelson-class shipsNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)55:04Scarcity directed sensors to four favored capital shipsNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)1:02:29Why deterrent submarines are continuously deployedNotable Point
- Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)1:04:03Modern carriers and the lesson of fleet depthNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney9:40Why compare sister ships?Chapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney30:05Q&A: how many new amphibious ships would make sense?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney31:56Why Dreadnought was built as a single shipNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney42:30Q&A: what might a third Nelson have been called?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney49:02Q&A: did sister-ship crews compete?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney54:18Q&A: why the later battleships were named King George VQ&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney1:03:56Renown: service, royal tours, and reserveChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney1:42:33Q&A: how long would Repulse's reconstruction take?Q&A
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney1:48:07Repulse's different interwar pathChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:03:44Why Repulse missed a full reconstructionNotable Point
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:32:05The Washington Treaty made Nelson and Rodney a pairChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney2:59:41Nelson, Rodney, and the Invergordon pay crisisChapter
- Patreon 45: Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney3:41:25Q&A: when a naval officer's career path becomes visibleQ&A
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)3:30Armoured cruisers built for the battle fleetChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)9:47Dockyard access as a design constraintNotable Point
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)22:31HMS Duke of Edinburgh in distant serviceChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)29:22Pembroke Dockyard and hidden naval capacityNotable Point
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)36:50First Cruiser Squadron and Gordon MooreChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)45:01Troubridge's economic route to fleet battleChapter
- Duke of Edinburgh Class: Year of Crusier (Long Patrol)57:09Unequal consequences after the Goeben decisionNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)3:12When ships outgrow their dockyardsNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)10:28Worldwide basing versus larger warshipsChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)16:04Hong Kong's dockyard as a repair baseChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)26:43Malta supports the Royal Navy's largest shipsChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)31:01War Plan Red exposes the gap between paper strength and readinessNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)35:58Cockatoo Island combines shipbuilding with a natural basinChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)37:47Simon's Town remains useful across three naviesChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P3/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards II)54:54Infrastructure as long-term naval strategyChapter
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...29:52How a Royal Navy battlecruiser compares with AlaskaQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...33:42Why HMS Renown would fill a preservation gapQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...35:29A late-war Arctic camouflage scheme for destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...39:10A treaty system built around 45,000-ton capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...59:09Who crews a warship during sea trials?Q&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:02:46Royal Navy workhorses beyond the famous classesQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:08:43How British control of Panama could reshape Royal Navy designQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:10:24When Britain and America nearly chose different 40 mm weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:12:09What changes if British and American anti-aircraft systems are swappedQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:15:39A British superpower's counterpart to the Ticonderoga classQ&A
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:16:57Chasing the fall of shot in Royal Navy manoeuvre doctrineNotable Point
- Bruships 70: Travelling along...1:20:25How a Churchill victory in 1945 might change carrier procurementQ&A
- Some Sunday Naval Books6:46The British way of war as strategyChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books13:29Fleet Air Arm operations and usable source notesChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books20:41Town-class cruisers and the design spiralChapter
- Some Sunday Naval Books28:10Treaty-era modernisation of capital shipsNotable Point
- Some Sunday Naval Books29:54The dreadnought race was wider than Britain and GermanyNotable Point
- Some Sunday Naval Books34:54An unconstrained capital-ship technology raceNotable Point
- Some Sunday Naval Books36:37How treaty limits changed British strategyChapter
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)0:38Patronage and professional merit in Beresford's careerChapter
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)4:20HMS Condor at Alexandria: success with reservationsNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)5:32Exams, engineering, and professional selectionNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)9:34Steam-era seamanship and HMS DefenceNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)11:37The Hawaii incident and a protected careerChapter
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)15:07Royal yachts and the machinery of patronageChapter
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)26:01Naval barracks and the politics of serving officersNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)31:50Alexandria, the Gordon Relief Expedition, and public fameNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)36:05HMS Undaunted: a modern cruiser and first captaincyNotable Point
- Fisher's Foil: Lord Charles Beresford (Long Patrol)42:14A published letter and naval accountabilityNotable Point
- What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)5:18Why dreadnought secondaries targeted torpedo craftChapter
- What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)11:38Troubridge, Arbuthnot, and incentives for aggressionNotable Point
- What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)25:34G3's layered gun and torpedo batteryNotable Point
- What a the choice of Secondary gun calibre tells us: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)28:21G3's six-inch guns and a Far Eastern missionChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)4:58Beresford's late opposition to HMS HoodQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)14:33Beresford as Fisher's political foilChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)17:00A privileged start in the Mediterranean FleetChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)23:52Debt, complaints, and a protected transferNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)27:42The Hawaiian legation incidentNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)32:26Lieutenant qualification and gunnery training aboard HMS ExcellentChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)36:09Why some complaints about HMS Research were justifiedNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)42:31HMS Galatea and Nancy Sumner in HawaiiNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)50:32Why the Navy valued political balanceQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)58:48HMS Condor in the 1882 Egyptian campaignChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)59:31The Gardner gun from Admiralty manufacture to Abu KleaNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:03:59Naval spending, HMS Undaunted, and the 1889 ActChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:04:14HMS Undaunted's guns, speed, and enduranceNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:11:05A fleet rehearsal ashore provokes FisherNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:15:43Mediterranean command and resistance to initiativeNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:26:55Grimsby trawlers and the future patrol serviceChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:29:23Percy Scott, gunnery practice, and unsafe ordersChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:44:17A limited case for Beresford's reforming roleNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)1:46:22Parliamentary pressure and naval leadership instabilityChapter
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:12:05George V's restraint in naval mattersQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:16:20Was Beresford really Fisher's foil?Notable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:17:15Fisher, Beresford, and the battle for the Navy's futureNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:30:01Seeking support for A3 victims' familiesNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:37:55Churchill's dock programme and the infrastructure behind a fleetNotable Point
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:43:55A five-year model for the First Sea LordQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:49:10Britain's changing naval reform movementsQ&A
- Lord Charles Beresford (on his birthday)2:54:19The Washington Treaty as a mixed British bargainQ&A
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)11:27A cheap threat that demands an expensive responseNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)18:04What navies learned about dedicated minelayersNotable Point
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)25:29The Scandinavian convoy's escort problemChapter
- Brummer Class (1915): Long Patrol (Year of the Cruiser)39:19Why the Royal Navy limited more Tribal-class destroyersNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)0:21Caisson pronunciation and period spelling in naval recordsNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)3:50Infrastructure sets a navy's maritime reachChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)6:35A global dockyard network can still constrain ship sizeNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)7:32Existing docks favored a 20,000-ton cruiser forceNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)8:36The 1909 dock table reveals class-by-class limitsNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)12:25Annual dock surveys linked new ships to shore spendingNotable 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
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)26:10Haulbowline and repair depth in the Irish SeaChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)27:35Haulbowline expanded an island to build repair capacityNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)31:05Maintenance capacity keeps a fleet effectiveNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)32:35Chatham's inherited layout made expansion a political choiceChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)41:22Pembroke's closure shifted the site from ships to flying boatsNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)45:00Portsmouth's limits for HMS HoodNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)52:02Gibraltar's enlarged docks still limit modern carriersChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P2/4: Maintaining (Royal Navy Dockyards I)57:38Gibraltar investment reveals planning for war with ItalyNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider5:04A later Falklands war and Royal Navy capacityQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider22:55Why the Royal Navy would avoid the BalticQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider24:40Which services held influence before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider28:42If the early U.S. Navy built first-rates instead of frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider31:53The cost of retaining Type 23 frigates in reserveQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider33:49Why another close-in missile can be a fleet burdenQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:06:06Why Britain treated the naval arms race differentlyQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:15:39Why Admiral Jellicoe never received a completed namesakeQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:21:27No Jutland would reinforce battleships, not discredit themQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:24:02Admiral Hood’s career and mentorshipNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:31:13Capital ships without treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:27:18The nineteenth-century crew-health lesson still mattered in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:30:18Why Invergordon remained the Royal Navy’s last major mutinyQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:31:47The danger of building a navy only for wars of choiceQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:41:23Why the loss of HMS Thetis demanded a major studyQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:45:05A forgotten HMS Victory and Admiral BalchenNotable Point
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:00:43The committee behind Royal Navy ship namesQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:03:13How a Buccaneer S.1 crash accelerated an existing transitionQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:08:24A German E-boat swarm would create a specialised British answerQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:28:00Why smaller navies need general-purpose escortsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider3:31:49How the Royal Navy understood Tribal-class namesQ&A
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu2:40:27Portuguese India lasted into the twentieth centuryNotable Point
- The Forgotten Trafalgar: the 1509 Battle of Diu2:42:50Why did U.S. carriers park aircraft differently?Q&A
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)0:50Why the Royal Navy still needed heavy cruisersChapter
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)10:18The Hawkins compromise and cruiser firepowerNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)15:02The London class trades weight for speedChapter
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)24:24Devonshire carried diplomacy and refugees during the Spanish Civil WarNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)24:48Devonshire joined the response to Rawalpindi's lossNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)25:40Devonshire's Norwegian evacuation missionChapter
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)30:54Why commanding a County cruiser could lead toward flag rankNotable Point
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)50:23Sussex protected neutral shipping during the Spanish Civil WarChapter
- County Cruisers P3: The London Class (Long Patrol)56:00Sussex at Singapore's 1945 surrenderNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)3:48Dockyards as a limit on capital-ship designChapter
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)6:19Treaty limits and the shipbuilding pipelineNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)51:15Fleet size and the economics of yard competitionNotable Point
- British Industry: The More than Just Ships P1/4 - Building (Long Patrol)54:47When a private naval yard becomes a taxpayer-funded monopolyNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions10:36A disciplined way to use alternate historyQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions19:51A larger fast battlecruiser force in 1932Q&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions22:23Why the 4.5-inch mount arrived lateQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions24:09Why the Royal Navy favoured 4.7- and 4.5-inch gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions27:44US 5-inch/38 and British 4.5-inch design prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions28:42Could Type 21 frigates carry lightweight Sea Wolf?Q&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions29:24Why New Zealand repeated an older turret layoutQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions37:21The Royal Navy's attempt to standardize secondary gunsNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions42:01Where Britain stored guns from scrapped warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions57:11Why Britain settled on the 9.2-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:14:08Why Scapa Flow's scuttling suited BritainQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:26:55What an eighty-frigate Royal Navy would changeQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:28:22Royal Navy admirals still lacking ship names in 2022Q&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions1:30:24The contingency if Britain fell in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:05:09If CVA-01 became a nuclear carrier classQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:12:53The continuity of naval boarding weaponsQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:14:05Why one frigate hull produced several classesQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:25:15Treaty-exempt battlecruisers as rolling design experimentsQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions2:38:00Why US and British carrier doctrine differedNotable Point
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:08:00If Britain had retained HeligolandQ&A
- Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions3:11:31A larger Royal Navy also needs larger graving docksQ&A
- Scout Cruisers & Conning Towers: A UAD infused discussion (Long Patrol)26:12Why armoured conning towers lost their appealChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"29:40The 1909 dockyard survey confronts growing warshipsChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"40:59Gallipoli responsibility beyond Churchill and the admiralsQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"46:23Why German naval expansion looked different from American strengthNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"48:07A global network for keeping ships operationalChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:00:31Haulbowline: enlarging an island for a naval dockyardChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:31:16Gibraltar joined protected water with accessible repair docksNotable Point
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:46:31Why Britain avoided a Second World War repair-yard shortageQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:51:25Hong Kong as an imperial repair baseChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"1:57:29Repair capacity as wartime force generationChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:04:07Why fast battleships and carriers displaced the battlecruiserQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:22:30Bermuda's floating dock as strategic mobilityChapter
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:47:02Japanese and British contingency plans against the Panama CanalQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:51:42British plans to mine the Kiel CanalQ&A
- Patreon 44 "More than just ships: Infrastructure - the yards that ruled the world"2:59:14Why the modern Royal Navy lacks a large floating-dock fleetQ&A
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)0:23The Royal Navy's unusually fertile procurement environmentChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)4:33Why destroyer flotillas needed scout cruisersChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)6:47The Admiralty's scout-cruiser design competitionChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)27:49HMS Adventure's adaptable service careerChapter
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)32:24Attentive and the risks of destroyer-style trainingNotable Point
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)36:08Why the Town class displaced the scout-cruiser compromiseNotable Point
- Adventure (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)38:14Attentive returns to flotilla leadership after repairChapter
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"11:04Would HMS Incomparable force an Anglo-American naval race?Q&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"14:39Why Incomparable would have displaced Hood as the fleet's prestige shipQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"24:23Altmark: neutrality, prisoners, and a risky rescueChapter
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"45:03Why Tribal flotillas had senior commandersNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:01:57Why battle-honour counts underrate destroyer combatQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:06:00Commodore as a Royal Navy appointmentQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"1:49:16What PQ 17's escort layers reveal about coalition fleet organizationNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:05:39Why Suez mattered more than Panama to Royal Navy designQ&A
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:37:49High operational tempo, not a weak classNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"2:57:21Countering a railway gun at NamsosNotable Point
- Patreon 43: "Unverified stories of Norwegian Campaign: Tall Tales of Tribals"3:01:28Royal Navy aggression as calculated riskQ&A
- 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
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol29:51Three fleets, three strategic problemsNotable Point
- The Imperial Russian Navy between the Russo-Japanese War & WWI: Long Patrol45:17The risk of ordering cruisers from a potential enemyNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:21Q&A: Were Britain's 24.5-inch torpedoes useless?Q&A
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:14:36Charles I's ship money and the politics of fleet designNotable Point
- Patreon 42: "Recovering from Disaster: The Imperial Russian Navy between Russo-Japanese War & WW1."1:19:11Q&A: Where would the Royal Navy operate inside the Baltic?Q&A
- Pluton 1928 (Long Patrol)3:28How Royal Navy hunter groups could neutralise a raiderNotable Point
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru16:22How the Royal Navy could answer a Jeune École fleetQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru19:29Royal Navy cruiser designs worth reconsideringQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru21:00If Deutschland-class ships replaced German pre-dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru23:15Why the Royal Navy has a strong claim to the longest continuous historyQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru25:09Why institutional dislike did not stop shells, torpedoes or submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru27:24Early Royal Navy radar installationsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru36:54Why the Royal Navy prioritizes SSNs over SSKsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru38:21How the Nelson class handled rough seasQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru39:12Royal Navy personnel on the Western FrontQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru39:39Radar aboard Norfolk and Suffolk in the Bismarck huntQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru49:13A treaty fleet built to the two-power standardQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:01:31Could British armored cruisers become interwar heavy cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:04:18Why peacetime ASDIC trials had limitsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:08:16Why British convoys still needed heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:12:53Why capital-ship parity mattered more than cruiser advantageQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:15:35What a modern two-power-standard Royal Navy would requireQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:18:16Three warnings for the Royal Navy before three warsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:23:39If the United States enters the European war in 1939Q&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:26:33A naval war during the Abyssinian CrisisQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:33:14How America might answer five British capital-ship carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:35:29The unsettled order of Britain's late-1930s capital-ship refitsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:38:57Why Admiral-class carrier conversions could avoid Lexington's problemsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:47:28Why two cruisers could be worth more than HMS VanguardQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru1:54:35How naval treaties might have increased the risk of warQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:16:00Turning Incomparable into a workable fast battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:20:04What a 14-inch gun limit without a tonnage limit encouragesQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:28:06Why oil displaced mechanical stokers in capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:29:02How Jellicoe tightened ammunition handling after JutlandQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru2:38:50Which two extra capital ships Britain would retain at WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:13:44Anson's Navy as a guide to fleet logisticsChapter
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:24:28Why sea power is optional for Russia but essential for maritime powersQ&A
- Bruships 67: Cruising on through with Questions & Bru3:33:21Why 'utility destroyer' is not a Royal Navy classificationQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)6:03Long-range patrol, scouting, and commerce warfareNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)20:38Numbers versus individual cruiser powerNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)28:50Trade protection works as a layered operationNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)31:41Presence needs space as well as armamentNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)46:38Town and Chester cruisers serve different rising powersChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)50:18Town and Brooklyn layouts reveal national doctrineChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Long Patrol)54:35Type 26 and graduated naval presenceNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)10:10What made a good 1930s cruiser?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)25:40Human geography creates cruiser demandChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)31:02When did the US Navy inherit the global policing role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)35:41Why a Mediterranean OPV may fail around the FalklandsQ&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)45:11Fleet numbers limit the individual cruiserChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)58:09Can cruiser combat capability be compared fairly?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:02:19Was Type 82 a destroyer or a cruiser?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:05:59River Plate: deterrence without equal gunsChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:15:05A cruiser can project confidence as well as firepowerNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:19:58Did destroyer experience sharpen cruiser tactics?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:22:07Replacement capacity changes the cost of naval lossesNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:23:21Cruiser aircraft for sea controlChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:42:16A naval technology race need not lead to warNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:50:49What would the Royal Navy send against Deutschland?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:51:12The 1910 Town class balances patrol and combatNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:53:49Town and Chester: fighting power versus presenceNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)1:54:45Town and Brooklyn: two valid cruiser answersChapter
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:03:06Gloucester's loss was not simply a design verdictNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:07:13Were Arethusa and Dido designed for the same role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:15:44Did six-inch gun performance vary by navy?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:16:59Did battlecruiser losses expose British cruisers?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:25:04What would a British counterpart to Alaska look like?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:25:35Could Tribal destroyers substitute for light cruisers?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:28:28Type 26 as a modern presence shipNotable Point
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:30:32Why did Britain retain the County-class cruisers?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:40:18Why does Britain still need the cruising role?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:46:46Could navies again face a convoy-escort shortage?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)2:47:52Why not leave British trade protection to the United States?Q&A
- The Principles and Factors of Cruiser Design(Live)3:27:11How did naval officers shape British diplomacy?Q&A
- Nautilus class (Kaiserliche Marine): Long Patrol0:29A minelayer as an answer to naval inferiorityChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)4:48Could another navy outbuild Britain?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)23:44Could Britain have waited out the American naval programme?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)39:12Why a return to coal failed the manpower testQ&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
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:12:55How the Royal Navy delegated press advocacyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:13:20Conscription, volunteers, and wartime naval officersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:14:10A Pacific war beginning in 1938Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)1:47:46Rebuilding the wartime Royal Navy around mature designsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:13:30How a second German cruiser changes the River Plate huntQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:19:14How cruisers and battlecruisers divided the raider huntNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:27:25Crew culture behind Renown and RepulseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:44:44Why peacetime navies struggle to preserve fighting leadershipQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)2:49:09A Royal Navy without pre-war weapon-development delaysQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:02:02How the Tribal class turned reputation into forward presenceNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:07:23How the Royal Navy bent treaty displacement rulesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:12:59Why Princess Royal is overshadowed in battlecruiser historyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:37:02The evidence for unofficial Tribal-class torpedo reloadsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:45:56Preventing another Victoria-Camperdown collisionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:48:14Escort, fleet, and large fleet destroyersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)3:52:09Service tradition as an outward-facing institutional identityQ&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)1:55Could Britain have kept pace before Washington?Q&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)7:11Fleet geography changed the Anglo-American balanceNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)10:38Why Britain viewed American and German fleets differentlyNotable Point
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)11:58What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?Q&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)28:56A distant base is not an ocean-going task forceQ&A
- Question Time: Answering Knight6831's Questions (Long Patrol)30:15Atlantic experience drove heavier British hullsNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)4:15Operation Grog and shallow-water survival at GenoaNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)10:49X1 and the awkward logic of cruiser submarinesChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Long Patrol)34:29Abdiel class: speed, mines and a narrow design marginChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:02Was HMS Hood already at the end of her service life?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)6:42Why navies preferred purpose-built carriers by the Second World WarQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)8:27Why the Hawkins class can seem unsatisfactoryQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)11:32Which alternative carrier force best changes the Falklands War?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)30:01X1 and the case for a cruiser submarineChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)36:16Did the loss of HMS M1 end the cruiser-submarine idea?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)41:50Could X1 fight a German auxiliary cruiser on the surface?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)58:31Why HMS Furious carried fewer aircraft than Courageous and GloriousQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)59:23Did the M-class submarines predate X1?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:52:19Abdiel class: speed as minelaying powerChapter
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:56:26How British cruisers handled their floatplanesQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:56:55Did Manxman overhaul a US carrier group?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)1:57:54Could the Abdiels outrun Tribal-class destroyers?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:03:48Were the Abdiels the fastest large pre-1950 warships?Q&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:04:32HMS Unicorn and distant fleet aviation supportNotable Point
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:13:40How Unicorn filled carrier and flagship gapsQ&A
- Quirky Classes and What they tell us about their navies… (Live)2:21:40Why the Royal Navy declined Pegasus-class hydrofoilsQ&A
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued4:21Why battlecruisers could not replace cruisersNotable Point
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued12:32County cruisers in Far Eastern deterrenceChapter
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued25:09Cornwall’s hangar and long-range cruiser roleNotable Point
- County Cruisers P2: The Kent Class Continued31:11The County mission: watch, report, and surviveNotable Point
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)1:39Hawkins class and the cruiser limitsChapter
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)3:12Fleet hierarchy and role specialisationNotable Point
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)17:43The Royal Navy’s unbuilt heavy-cruiser conceptNotable Point
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)25:20Why Britain deferred a larger heavy cruiserNotable Point
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)26:53County cruisers as station flagshipsChapter
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)40:52Why the Counties still look like large light cruisersNotable Point
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)49:12HMS Kent in the Mediterranean warChapter
- County Cruisers P1: The Kent Class (Long Patrol)57:35Kent’s reserve years and scrappingNotable Point
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered30:10Choosing a British escort for mass productionQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered35:08Why warships moved from DC toward AC powerQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered38:42The later Type 22 as a modern Tribal equivalentQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered46:44Matching a German programme of eight Bayern-class battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered47:32A Royal Navy rapid-reaction group before World War IQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered48:26Using Town-class cruisers as a paired commerce-raiding forceQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:00:32Operation Pedestal as a Leyte Gulf counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:18:50Why Vanguard was not renamed HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:19:22The Weapon class and shipyard capacityQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:22:28Why the Royal Navy moved beyond the Tribal classQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:23:27How War Emergency destroyers reduced design riskQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:31:00Welding's gradual place in British warship constructionQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:34:00The L class as Britain's Fletcher counterpartQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:37:19Friendly fleet visits shortly before World War IQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:41:13Updating torpedoes in modernized First World War capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:44:36The Royal Navy's early triple-turret programmeQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:47:23Why the Royal Navy did not retain modern monitorsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:08:10The unbuilt Gallant class and the limits of the intermediate destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:13:42Why the unrotated projectile was a failed ship weaponQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:24:54Turning the unrotated projectile into an early guided weaponQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:35:16The Altmark incident as a close-quarters naval actionQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered2:50:29Building fast six-inch cruisers for overseas stationsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:04:15Warships that filled the Tribal role before the TribalsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:14:48Treaty weight and the King George V class's wet bowQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:27:12The overlooked U-class submarines and Hunt-class escortsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:49:15Why British and American carrier losses had different effectsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:55:07Royal Navy and US Navy cooperation before the world warsQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered3:58:22How the blockade cut Germany out of global tradeQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered4:00:00Royal Navy submarines inside the BalticQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered4:09:22Comparing Europe's leading navies in early 2022Q&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered4:13:18The Royal Navy's unbuilt 1916 armored-cruiser studiesQ&A
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)27:55Who might have led the Royal Navy in a 1906 war?Notable Point
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)31:46Royal Navy presence as conference diplomacyNotable Point
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)50:45The naval understanding that deepened the ententeNotable Point
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)1:00:41Deterrence requires capability and clear signalsChapter
- The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises (Long Patrol)1:03:32Britain's army and navy strategies pulled apartNotable Point
- Auld Lang Syne & The Royal Navy0:29Why the Royal Navy plays Auld Lang Syne at passing-out paradesNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)0:41Queen Mary as a triple-turret testbedQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)2:49Royal Navy test ships and the missing experimentNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)23:37Annual ordering and a possible experimental breakNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)27:26One-off battlecruisers and design experimentationNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)32:23Triple turrets and the prewar naval raceNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)34:48Deterrence financing and the cost of warChapter
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)36:43Presence, capability, and broadside superiorityNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises19:31The Perdicaris affair and naval brinkmanshipChapter
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises56:42How British naval power shaped AlgecirasNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:29:08The naval division of labour after AgadirNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:33:35Tax capacity behind British naval powerNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:43:02A fleet dinner as naval diplomacyNotable Point
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:49:47Britain's army plan and naval strategy pulled apartChapter
- Youtube Vote 1: The 1905-1906 and the 1911 Morocco Crises1:55:59A naval deterrence alternative for 1914Notable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)8:06Why all-forward gun arrangements appealedQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)43:37Would Germany match British triple turrets?Q&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Comment Response)44:42Why the alternative design has a lightly armoured conning towerQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)0:27A possible 1909 triple-gun turretChapter
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)1:58Where a triple turret might fit in super-dreadnought designNotable Point
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (Long Patrol)26:01Why the Royal Navy may have kept twin turretsChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)0:36Why the Abdiels were built for speedChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)1:10World War I roots of the fast minelayerNotable Point
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)2:55Mine warfare for an outmatched Far East forceNotable Point
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)3:55The dash-in, dash-out minefield missionChapter
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)6:08Why Fleet Air Arm night flying matteredNotable Point
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)7:07HMS Aurora and the cruiser-minelayer precedentNotable Point
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)8:55Cruiser machinery in a much lighter hullNotable Point
- Abdiel Class: When You Want To Really Go Fast (Long Patrol)12:11Cruiser classification after the treaty systemNotable Point
- So How Do You Do Archival Research? (Long Patrol)7:16Search catalogues broadly, then refineChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)4:19Treaty frigates and the early escort shortfallQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)9:48A battlecruiser category reshapes carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)14:35Hood and Bismarck mattered differently to their fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)22:50Japanese treaty parity could become a fiscal trapQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)27:40Walrus floatplanes doubled as fleet taxisQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)28:03How warship floatplane launches became routineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)30:09Taranto in a single-front Mediterranean warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)41:46Dominion battlecruisers could sustain British fast-capital-ship buildingQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:05:57Armoured carriers and persistent air powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:07:41What a navy can build in one yearQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:16:29British treaty practice relied on favorable allowancesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:28:43Northern Ireland's shipyards mattered more than its fleet basesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:36:28The Falklands replaced vulnerable at-sea supply shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:41:16Why the E-class did not receive a new main batteryQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:45:55Losing Illustrious could accelerate British carrier buildingQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:46:31The US Navy read the Tribals through its own doctrineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:51:46Why the 4.5-inch gun made a better dual-purpose weaponQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)1:55:51Ten years of warning changes the fleet around HoodQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:00:00Early warning preserves shipyards and heavier battleship choicesNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:11:00Irish participation and Atlantic air powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:12:46A failed Channel Dash releases ships for the eastern warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:19:25A combined German sortie triggers a mass Royal Navy responseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:20:50G3 and N3 construction would upset the Pacific balanceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (9)2:35:14Other fleets rivaled the Second Pacific Squadron's dysfunctionQ&A
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 97:25Five months from laying down to serviceNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 919:27A small wartime crew covered every action-station roleNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 922:47M31's fire-support and training afterlifeNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 931:08HMS M33 from Gallipoli to preservationChapter
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 91:01:50From monitor layout to the Nelson classNotable Point
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 90:05M33 and the Gallipoli evacuationChapter
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 923:48Gorgon under return fire off BelgiumChapter
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 931:40M29 class: emergency construction and M33's survivalChapter
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)3:06Interwar escort numbers were a budget choiceNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)5:41Building submarines to improve anti-submarine warfareNotable Point
- ASW and Submarine Warfare in the Inter-War Royal Navy: 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol)17:49Why British submarine requirements differed from Germany'sNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars5:46Why submarines and ASW forces had to train togetherChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars12:19Range and geography shaped the submarine forceChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars22:11Why snorkels were not an automatic British priorityQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars27:47Early radar gave British submarines warning and search reachNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars29:13Building a Far Eastern submarine force by iterationChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars40:49The S class balanced Atlantic and Mediterranean demandsChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars43:34Royal Navy convoy exercises used fleet auxiliariesQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars50:24Fleet and minelaying boats tested alternative submarine rolesChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:15:07Why submarine numbers mattered only if they arrived in timeQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars1:17:30ASDIC found range and bearing, not certaintyChapter
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:05:35Preparing civilian trawlers in peacetime carried a naval budget costQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:11:22What a 22-submarine fleet could keep forwardQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:19:53Specialist leaders sustained submarine and ASW expertiseNotable Point
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:22:57How often destroyers and submarines trained togetherQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:25:37British exercises included Commonwealth forces but not FranceQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:26:35Why the Royal Navy did not put floatplanes on sloopsQ&A
- Patreon 41: RN Strategic & Tactical thinking on submarines & anti-submarine forces between the Wars2:48:10Why the Nelson class was not a fast battleshipQ&A
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)2:47The Type 72X enters carrier serviceChapter
- Beacons; Finding Home When Alone Over The Ocean (Long Patrol)43:58American YE/YG beacons and the move to TACANChapter
- The Challenger Expedition (Long Patrol)0:07What 'jammy' means in Royal Navy slangNotable Point
- The Challenger Expedition (Long Patrol)3:02Why HMS Challenger became a remarkably lucky shipChapter
- The Challenger Expedition (Long Patrol)12:22Why a small corvette suited a worldwide surveyNotable Point
- The Challenger Expedition (Long Patrol)23:00Naval command for a ship full of scientistsChapter
- The Challenger Expedition (Long Patrol)26:08The Royal Navy's scientific officer networkNotable Point
- The Challenger Expedition (Long Patrol)28:23Nares's authority over ship and scienceNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...29:56Why fleets still need sloops and corvettesQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...32:18Post captain as a substantive rankQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...33:14Why an all-submarine German navy would be easier to counterQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...44:34Should Type 23 frigates remain in reserve?Q&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...47:00A plausible British carrier-aircraft path after CVA-01Q&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...51:13How revealing Yamato in 1941 could have changed Allied planningQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:05:06Why Britain would fold carrier delivery into a future Merlin replacementQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:20:20Why battleships still mattered beside carriers in 1941Notable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:23:56Where HMS Hood could receive a deep wartime refitQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:24:34Why keeping HMS Renown after 1945 required an almost total rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:27:36Why Britain could not simply send battleships to the US Pacific FleetQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:29:43The King George V class problem was the quadruple mountQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:35:45Anson's Navy and the infrastructure behind a fleetChapter
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:43:01The Royal Navy's practical and emotional response to Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...1:57:50A treaty-era role for new armoured cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:09:23War Plan Red and the problem of fighting Britain at seaQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...2:58:16How the Royal Navy might have fought around GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:07:34Royal Navy and Japanese night-fighting doctrines at GuadalcanalQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:12:52Why a warship design cannot be copied outside its fleet systemNotable Point
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:35:19Why the United States did not welcome Britain's CATOBAR retreatQ&A
- Bruships 64: Naval History & Sci-fi Books reviewed and Questions answered...3:44:38From Hood to Ark Royal as the Royal Navy's public flagshipQ&A
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)17:10The Harwich Force and aggressive light craftChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)31:09Making night fighting an institutional habitChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)58:31Type 79's path from warning to surface detectionChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:20:53Why global war favoured dispersed task forcesChapter
- How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII? (Long Patrol)1:27:00Operation C and competing night doctrinesNotable Point
- Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 83:02A purpose-built platform for two 15-inch gunsChapter
- Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 818:08From Mediterranean operations to post-war serviceNotable Point
- Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 820:06How older turrets and barrels reached the Roberts classChapter
- Roberts Class - Naval Fire Support of the WWI (WWII) Western Front: Long Patrol Part 827:17Why the Royal Navy kept supporting the 15-inch gunNotable Point
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII17:56Night flying: a Royal Navy capability with a high costQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII18:55Jutland's destroyer night action and HMS SpitfireChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII29:12The Harwich Force as the foundation of British night fightingChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII38:22British and Japanese night doctrine grew from experience as well as allianceQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII1:04:47Why the best component was not always the best Royal Navy systemQ&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 WWII1:52:51Who built the most destroyers depends on the period countedQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:09:01Type 79 radar extended night awareness before the warChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:37:16Radar retrofit built on years of testingQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:46:17Naval night-vision experiments predated mature radarQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:47:31Why searchlights could still be used at MatapanQ&A
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII2:50:25Night convoy defence could turn a U-boat's tactic against itChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII3:02:38Operation C: close British attacks versus Japanese torpedo ambushChapter
- Patreon 40: How was British Night Fighting Doctrine developed for and then practiced during WWII3:09:40Why the Operation C answer became more nuancedQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)25:32Japan could not outbuild either maritime rivalNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)42:56Why a British fleet belonged nearer SingaporeQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)46:45Ranger was a last-resort Pacific substituteQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)48:18The Royal Navy anticipated a surprise blow in principleQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)52:31An Indian Ocean fleet would be harder to surpriseQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)54:19A British 1942 offensive would begin at SingaporeQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:14:41Warspite was refitting at Puget SoundQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:37:51A second Taranto raid could restore the planned scaleQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:46:52The prewar American plan advanced through the PhilippinesQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)1:55:17Taranto and Pearl Harbor had different aimsChapter
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:03:07A carrier raid on Kiel could reshape the Atlantic warQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:13:42Older dreadnoughts could still guard convoysQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:25:12A stronger Force Z needed a balanced fleetQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:32:11Force Z nearly reached vulnerable transportsQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:33:59Battlecruisers need room to use speedQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:34:34Britain needed depth beyond SingaporeQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:39:01Industrial organization shaped fleet outputNotable Point
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:41:21Saving two carriers compounds across theatersQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)2:56:17A Royal Navy night strike could compound dangerQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:17:37Japan expected Britain to be distractedQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:19:21Invergordon was a pay mutiny, not an ideological revoltQ&A
- Take 2: Pearl Harbour – A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do? (Live)3:32:01Britain could dock Yamato and design an answerQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)0:35Writing a destroyer-class history under archival constraintsNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)3:44How the name Deutschland changed surface-raider prioritiesNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)8:23Why Scharnhorst faced overwhelming odds off North CapeChapter
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)18:19Destroyers as the safety net for fleet commandersNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)23:34Fishing fleets supplied vessels, crews, and skills for naval warChapter
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)24:19Drifters adapting to danger at GallipoliChapter
- Tribals, Battles & Darings/British Trawlers & Drifters in 2 World Wars: A Book or Two To Review (36)29:10Corbett's British strategy was not a universal formulaChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?10:19Fisher's Baltic strategy shaped the shipsChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?14:42Fifteen-inch guns as a fleet-battle triggerNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?17:02Why Courageous returned as a submarine nameQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?19:20Light protection and remarkably rapid constructionNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?24:03A wartime full-length flight-deck refitNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?31:52A carrier built for fleet air defenceChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?40:17Why the Royal Navy called them acceleratorsQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?57:46Why two early carrier losses constrained every refitNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:05:01How the Royal Navy planned to replace its old carriersQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:06:51Courageous and the limits of anti-submarine exercisesChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:40:15Mers-el-Kébir with three British carriersChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?1:59:19Saving hulls also preserves carrier expertiseNotable Point
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:13:13Why two carriers create outsized strategic effectsChapter
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:25:50A Polish carrier would probably be built abroad and survive 1939Q&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:46:46Room 40, Bletchley Park, and German cryptographic confidenceQ&A
- Patreon 39:What if Courageous and Glorious had survived?2:48:48A combined Royal Navy-US Navy carrier forceQ&A
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived4:02Why the Tribals were more than large destroyersNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived7:44A Tribal flotilla poem and destroyer service identityNotable Point
- Tribals, Battles & Darings has just arrived8:46Using photographs and maps to follow a destroyer classNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol38:48Royal Navy commanders and world-war planningNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol42:44Standardisation and forward naval logisticsNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol58:14Forward basing and the threat of naval raidingNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol1:07:20Baltic naval stores and British restraintNotable Point
- The Seven Years War: Proto World War for 20th Century Sea Power Theorists, Long Patrol1:09:06Quiberon Bay and strategic decisivenessChapter
- Pearl Harbor: A product of the Kantai Kessen Doctrine or something to do?1:18:56Taranto and the problem of damaging too muchNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov32:23Did the United States decisively win the Great Lakes race?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov1:28:18Hawke's convoy protection and freedom of commandNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:11:12Corbett's support for Fisher had limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:11:12Corbett's case for speed and distant blockadeChapter
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:18:41Corbett and war plans that educate rather than predictNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:43:13A possible Royal Navy 12-inch heavy cruiserNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov2:48:39Could old battleship turrets arm new cruisers?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:17:29Could an Invincible-class carrier have become a museum?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:19:30Would converting the G3 hulls have made better carriers?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:40:28Keep Type 45s or fund more replacement ships?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov4:53:34What Royal Navy Type numbers reveal about rolesQ&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5:00:00Ship names as a procurement safeguardNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5:08:32When do Royal Navy officers carry sidearms?Q&A
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov5:14:56Wartime boarding and continuing peacetime enforcementQ&A
- Strategy & Stragists: An Introduction to Bruships 634:00Civilian and military strategy must connectChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)59:17Boscawen's pre-war capture off NewfoundlandChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:20:10Q&A: proxy forces and a balanced British ArmyQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)1:25:59Ranger branding does not solve force scarcityNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:06:45Q&A: how the Royal Navy shadows a Kirov sortieQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:17:31Q&A: extra Admirals at the Washington conferenceQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:20:21Q&A: fiscal choices shaped the Washington settlementQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:26:02Q&A: where four Admiral-class ships might serveQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:42:13Pondicherry: using a fleet to sustain a siegeChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:49:10Lagos and Quiberon Bay break the French fleetsChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)2:57:01Q&A: why Britain's navy enduredQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:06:40Q&A: why naval history can disappear behind campaignsQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:08:41Q&A: Mahan already had the War of 1812 warningQ&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:12:03Prussian armies create room for Britain's maritime warNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:25:24Belle Île as a forward blockade baseChapter
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:32:55Cape Finisterre and the professional naval legacyNotable Point
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:39:45Q&A: the war cemented Royal Navy esprit de corpsQ&A
- Battle of Tassafaronga: 30th of November 1942 - Long Patrol29:20Admiral Duncan combines authority with advocacy before CamperdownNotable Point
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat29:24Carrier aviation, amphibious lift, and defence choicesQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat34:30Assessing The Royal Navy and the War at SeaQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat57:37Putting 1960s diesel technology into a U-class submarineQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:39:13British Pacific Fleet confidence at nightQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat1:56:50Why the Blackburn Buccaneer suited naval strikeQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat2:15:18An ideal Royal Navy built for availabilityQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:02:55Where a preserved HMS Warspite might have goneQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:08:24Roslyn Wemyss and rebuilding British strategyQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:16:31A pre-emptive Taranto strike in 1940Q&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:25:29Royal Navy and US Navy data-link interoperabilityQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat3:57:41Why older warships remain useful in reserveQ&A
- Bruships 62: Naval History Book Review & Chat4:11:46Turning naval engineering skills into civilian credentialsQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...14:22Age-of-sail store ships and self-repairChapter
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...15:53Warrant officers as a shipboard maintenance systemNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...35:28Did other sailing navies use similar maintenance systems?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...52:11How did overseas stations establish auxiliary support?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...53:06HMS Ambrose and the depot-ship roleChapter
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:06:44HMS Vindictive as a converted depot shipNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:10:01HMS Resource and the cost of specializationNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:24:16Converted tenders as affordable long-war preparationNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:27:44HMS Unicorn as forward aviation supportChapter
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:29:35Why the Falklands task force needed relief shipsQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:42:57Was HMS Unicorn really only an auxiliary?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:54:12What if the Royal Navy had built three Unicorns?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...1:59:39Would a modern HMS Unicorn concept make sense?Q&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:10:45British repair versus American aircraft replacementNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:43:43Why smaller ships do not guarantee a larger fleetQ&A
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...2:51:13A 48-escort Royal Navy force modelNotable Point
- Patreon 36: Repair Ships, Depot Ships, Tenders and Stores Ships...3:16:45Did the Royal Navy consider a shower tender?Q&A
- My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design2:53N3's 18-inch gun and the Agincourt design hypothesisNotable Point
- My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design19:33The British preference for a minimal conning towerNotable Point
- My G3/N3 Dreadnought Battleship + Battle Cruiser = Fast Battleship Design23:22The Queen Elizabeth class as an unrealized fast-battleship ideaNotable Point
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol33:32The Northern Patrol and the Greenland-Iceland-UK approachesChapter
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol38:00Building a fighting ship from reserves and merchant sailorsNotable Point
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol56:58Remembering the crew as well as the captainNotable Point
- The Sinking of HMS Rawalpindi, 23rd of November 1939; Long patrol1:03:31Armed merchant cruisers as a wartime force multiplierNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions23:37An improved 15-inch gun can beat an awkward 16-inch conversionQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions24:10How a larger Dreadnought gun could reshape the naval raceNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions45:20A British 18-inch gun would likely retain familiar proportionsQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions51:36Reading warship plans beyond the headline classChapter
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions57:39X1, submarine technology, and the Meyers espionage caseNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions1:10:50The legal distinction in the Colin Meyers secrets caseQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:03:41A 12-ship rhythm for escort force readinessNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:04:38Type 45 gains missiles within a constrained VLS choiceNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:25:12Old Type 23 frigates may have limited export valueQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:37:00A mutual Hood-Bismarck loss changes memory more than strategyQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:49:29Dispersing a preserved Grand Fleet around BritainQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions2:53:15Postwar Britain: constrained choices, not simple bankruptcyNotable Point
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:05:40Battle damage denied Warspite time to become a museumQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:17:02A Royal Navy funded at Napoleonic-war proportionsQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:22:16If Bismarck defected, Britain would use it cautiouslyQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions3:46:50Destroyer conversions could supply two decades of frigate serviceQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:07:29Funding cuts held the Audacious class to two carriersQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:07:46Why Tribal destroyers missed the intended dual-purpose batteryQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:26:02A practical OPV upgrade stops short of frigate armamentQ&A
- Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions4:31:51Match public institutions to the problem they must solveNotable Point
- Sherman's March to the Sea9:22Industry, supply, and the advantage of firepowerNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?0:46Why Type 26 is an anti-submarine specialistChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?2:19Fleet numbers and the danger of a too-useful frigateNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?22:40Commonwealth fleets, bases and the 1930s comparisonChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?27:55How historic operating areas still shape Commonwealth escortsNotable Point
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?31:31Dido firepower, Black Swan ASW and Britain's specialist choiceChapter
- The 3 Type 26s - City, Hunter & CSC, where do they fit in the WWII navies that they will serve?37:19How flexible escorts buy a place in allied task groupsNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...11:39What Royal Navy type numbers are meant to signalNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...39:23Three national variants, three fleet problemsChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...59:00How Type 23s became general-purpose frigatesQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:05:15Why stripped-down frigates are poor fishery-protection shipsQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:22:08Geography explains why the three fleets use similar hulls differentlyChapter
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:31:29The City name links very different wartime and modern shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:40:37Why a future Type 83 could blur the destroyer-cruiser boundaryQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:50:55An LHD was one possible successor to Albion and BulwarkQ&A
- Patreon 38: Evaluating Type 26 Frigates against WW2 ship classes...1:51:40Where amphibious operations fit beside carrier strikeQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books12:01Victorious and a four-carrier modernisation programmeNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books18:22Modular ships need room to growQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:05:36Why small escort fleets specialiseChapter
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:27:54Judging the Regia Marina's convoy warQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books1:53:37Quebec, Halifax, and amphibious sea power in North AmericaNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books2:38:13From warrant surgeons to commissioned medical officersQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books2:54:55How a Second World War carrier group might fight BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:02:26Fighting with ships actually availableNotable Point
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:06:25Heavy cover for convoys threatened by TirpitzQ&A
- Bruships 60: Covid Jab, Bad Back & New Books3:22:12How an LPD well deck supports fast landingsQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol3:06Trafalgar, wind, and global naval operationsChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol7:38Paddles, screws, and the Rattler trialsNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol12:32How engines made armoured hulls practicalChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol13:40British sea power and the Confederate steam ramsNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol16:34HMS Warrior's selective armour schemeNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol36:09Royal Sovereign and global naval competitionChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: 1805-1905 Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc - Long Patrol45:17Dreadnought built for speed and readinessChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary9:39How a navy rebuilds institutional memoryQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary18:26A harbour-strike doctrine built before TarantoChapter
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:35:38Could Britain have mounted a Taranto-style raid in the Pacific?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:38:00How much carrier knowledge Britain and Japan sharedQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary1:45:44Why Italy could not safely divide its battle fleetQ&A
- Battle of Taranto: The 81st Anniversary3:39:46How a fuller victory could have changed force allocationNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p47:28Carrier design follows the missionNotable Point
- The Operation: Taranto Long Patrol p416:10How crippling Italy's battle fleet could release British shipsNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P321:20Harbour knowledge built from institutional memoryNotable Point
- The Plan for Taranto: Taranto Long Patrol P326:04The original Taranto date linked moonlight with Trafalgar DayNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol7:05The Mediterranean’s "phony war" concealed a fleet imbalanceNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol10:01Royal Navy leaders applied First World War lessonsNotable Point
- WW2 in the Mediterranean up until November 1940: p2 Taranto Long Patrol10:50The 1914 Army commitment became a warning about strategyNotable Point
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol15:30HMS Furious and the experimental carrier strikeChapter
- The Beginnings of Naval Aerial Strike: p1 Taranto Long Patrol21:58Ark Royal as a purpose-built strike carrierChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat18:23Quiberon Bay and Hawke's fighting spiritChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat27:26Would Britain strike the Italian fleet first?Q&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat47:57A broad guide to the Royal Navy's warChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat53:21If the Royal Navy destroyed Germany's fleet in 1914Q&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat57:44Putting 1944 air defence into the fleets of 1939Q&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:01:03David Hobbs as a British carrier-history starting pointQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:08:47Why losing the Royal Navy could lose the warQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:21:03Nelson's Navy through objects and frigatesChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat1:27:52Why frigate commanders resisted reassignmentQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:00:38New Zealand's battlecruiser as public spectacleChapter
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:12:40If Australia and New Zealand retained battlecruisersQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat2:33:01The Queen Bee predates modern drone enthusiasmQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:13:44Read naval exercise successes in contextQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:15:39A research route for Royal Navy pensionsQ&A
- 21 Christmas Books for 2021 - Bruships 59: Books & Naval History Chat3:26:35Naval nuclear propulsion depends on fuel policyQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles10:42Why the 74-gun ship became a naval standardQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles23:00Why screw propulsion displaced paddlewheelsChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles39:20How the Victorian Royal Navy could afford physical trialsQ&A
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles42:21HMS Warrior's speed, armour, and striking powerChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:10:14Turbina's spectacular turbine demonstrationChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:16:19Competing turbine suppliers accelerate British developmentNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:22:14Royal Sovereign and the mature battleship formChapter
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:27:19Could the Royal Navy have built an all-big-gun ship in the 1890s?Notable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:33:03HMS Barfleur: a battleship in imperial serviceNotable Point
- Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles1:41:02German battleships replace France as the planning problemChapter
- Operation Judgment: HMS Eagle Variance (the 10mins of lost sound from Operation MB8! - Long Patrol)0:41Operation MB8 as a web of simultaneous commitmentsChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)0:30Operation MB8 was chiefly a reinforcement operationChapter
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)5:38MB8 assembled a large Commonwealth task organizationNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)10:00A risky balance in the eastern MediterraneanNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)14:37Station experience made complex planning possibleNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)20:11Why the Royal Navy needed cruiser numbersNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)41:06Illustrious embodied a different carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)45:05Nubian's battle honours reached far beyond OtrantoNotable Point
- Operation MB8 - Taranto's Big Picture... more than just Sinking Battleships! (Long Patrol)57:35Italy's entry changed fleet and shipyard prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat9:32An earlier Dreadnought with 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat55:21A tonnage-limited treaty fleetQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:03:39Turning Nelson into a faster economical battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:27:15Japanese cruisers in Cunningham's MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:31:51Putting Bismarck's reputation in contextQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:49:30What extra Type 26 and Type 31 orders would signalNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat1:59:14XLUUVs and the future of the local SSK missionNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:13:44Singapore as a theatre logistics hubNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:27:35The Type 83 propulsion tradeoffQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:28:48Why more T-class submarines were not ready for the Far EastQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:32:26Why British estimates of Baden changed after inspectionQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat2:43:04Why the Royal Navy's late-war manpower problem differed from the Army'sQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:03:47Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the warNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:12:16Britain's war with Finland produced little naval actionQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:30:51How the Royal Navy became locked into the Tiger classQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:37:32Royal Navy cordite safety and the scale of heavy ammunitionNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:40:56Type 45 versus Horizon for global air defenceQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat3:42:23Why Nicholas Rodger's next naval history is such a large taskQ&A
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:24:43Why British aerial torpedoes suited Taranto's shallow waterNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:28:19The Channel Dash was a coordination failure, not a Swordfish testNotable Point
- Bruships 58: Some Cool Books & Naval History Chat4:41:19The Lord Nelson class arrived after DreadnoughtQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore12:31Why coal made overseas logistics essentialNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore19:44Blockade logistics predated steam naviesNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore19:44Singapore as a theater logistics hubChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore23:03Fast oilers arrived late for both naviesNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore30:25A base is not automatically a supply baseNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore36:32Global commitments shaped British planningChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:00:12Secret bases enabled a quiet fleet moveChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:17:06Carrier losses shaped Force ZQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:19:48Mobile bases were built on arrivalNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:23:42Secret-base plans were compartmentalizedNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:27:42Singapore as a repair triage centerChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:39:15The Royal Fleet Auxiliary sustained the fleetQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:48:54Mediterranean logistics were limited by ammunitionChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:58:11The Bismarck hunt showed an escort shortfallQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:59:14Britain did not need submersible supply shipsQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore1:59:52Admiralty floating docks outlived their original serviceQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore2:08:20A German war prioritized different shipsNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:18:09A planned Far East force built around five carriers and UnicornChapter
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:25:59British planners expected powerful Japanese torpedoesQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:28:51Merchant ships could stock secret bases without a special planQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:29:29China Station experience shaped British estimates of JapanChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol0:41The problem with judging 1939 by 1944Chapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol4:45Why fast fleet tankers were not the only priorityNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol7:29Royal Navy logistics long predated oilersNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol9:04Compare replenishment systems at the same dateNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol11:16Singapore as a hub, not the fleet's final fighting baseChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol15:26Logistics strategy must fit the theatreNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol20:36Fast tankers competed with combat-ship productionNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol21:34One fleet, three opponent-specific requirementsNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol24:41Singapore's role as a fleet-support arsenalChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol29:48War arrived before the planned industrial buildupNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol33:06Washington Treaty limits on Pacific base defencesChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol40:55Japanese ship design shaped British contingenciesNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol46:43War redirected the construction programChapter
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol52:26A counterfactual 1939 Far Eastern warNotable Point
- Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore: Long Patrol54:00Adaptation rather than predictionNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol2:32Squadrons that could have transformed TrafalgarChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol14:57Continuous war as a professional filterChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol23:13HMS Diamond Rock and a court-martial for an islandNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol28:45Britain's dispersed blockade networkNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol35:05Readiness was more than the number of shipsChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol45:13Colour squadrons as a command reserveNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol49:40Nelson's strengths and amphibious limitationsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol51:16Collingwood's rank, Mediterranean command, and memorialNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol53:00Patronage, reputation, and officer developmentNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:00:33HMS Malta at Cape FinisterreNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:02:20Concentrating British force after Cape FinisterreChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:06:09Huguenot migration and naval talentNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:07:25"England expects" and signal economyNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:09:35HMS Africa and independent commandNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:22:36Gunnery doctrine and Trafalgar's casualtiesChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:26:02Leadership, risk, and the humanitarian aftermathNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:31:52Trafalgar's myth and later battle expectationsChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs ago After the Storm): Long Patrol1:33:16What made Trafalgar decisiveChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol2:02Time-appropriate technology and a British responseChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol9:51Risk-fleet theory and its British assumptionsChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol18:42Fisher's doctrine prizes fighting efficiencyChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol19:49Fisher and Tarkin drive a technology-first arms raceChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol22:56German 12-inch guns provoke a British 14-inch answerChapter
- 'The Imperial High Seas Fleet: Tarkin replaces Tirpitz...': Patreon 36 Introductory Long Patrol26:02Torpedo-boat numbers meet British turbines and larger destroyersChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)13:25The Third Coalition's naval settingChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)42:23Britain's layered defense against NapoleonNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)42:54Britain's blockade network and ships on stationNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)46:42How Britain intended to contain an invasion beachheadQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)50:40Pitt's government and Britain's large wartime fleetsQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:02:18Royal Navy expansion continued after TrafalgarNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:05:21French coastal raids and British frigate patrolsQ&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)1:16:53How many frigates did the Royal Navy need?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:19:21Why twenty-eight-gun sixth rates disappeared from the totalsQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:21:03Why claims of one hundred Royal Navy wrecks need checkingQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:23:02How HMS Africa entered the battleQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:35:04How the Royal Navy's colored flag ranks workedChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:43:35Could coloured admiral ranks work again?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:46:42The professional requirements behind Royal Navy patronageNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)1:59:03Why single quotations distort naval institutionsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:10:29Why reassessing British submarines can look like overcompensationQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)2:47:55Breaking the line was already British practiceNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)3:24:19Captures, destruction, and the fate of Trafalgar's prizesChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)3:39:52French speed and British sea-control durabilityNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)4:05:48When did Britain stop using armed merchant cruisers?Q&A
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion4:11The missing allied squadron and British force depthChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion18:30A small British group helps divert VilleneuveNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion22:14Cadiz blockade and the Royal Navy command networkChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion24:38Napoleon's Brest concentration meets British fleet depthNotable Point
- 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 Conclusion37:36Cape Ortegal completes the campaignChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion41:09French design and British fighting enduranceNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion43:24A French fleet junction would not solve invasion logisticsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign0:50The 1805 invasion crisis and allied fleetsChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign7:13Concentration could trap the allied fleetNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign9:03British mobilisation and sea-going experienceChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign10:56Yellow admirals as an unused reserve of captainsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign19:06Orde reinforces the Channel Fleet without a port callNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign26:20Engineering HMS Diamond RockChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign32:33Diamond Rock's surrender and court-martialNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign34:38Nelson's Atlantic pursuit and British coverageChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p4: The Early Campaign39:46Cape Finisterre and Malta's two prizesChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 17590:20Why Quiberon Bay mattered in 1759Chapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175910:29Blockade, manpower, and fleet readinessChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175912:07Corbett's close-blockade warning and Hawke's answerNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175913:31Why Conflans reached Quiberon Bay so slowlyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175914:48Fighting through the storms and shoals of Quiberon BayNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175915:17Prize money as a naval incentiveChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (34): The Battle of Quiberon Bay 175917:49Why crews fought and what prize money promisedNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders0:40How the colour-squadron rank system workedChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders3:42Admirals as global commanders and administratorsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders7:25Blockading fleets rather than portsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders9:19Collingwood and the blockading-fleet commandNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders11:08Promotion through the coloursChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders14:51Robert Calder and a career slowed by controversyNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders19:56Colour ranks, commodores and modern command gradesNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders22:54Strachan and joint-command frictionNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders23:31HMS Caesar and the Royal Navy's 80-gun experimentsNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders26:51William Cornwallis and the Channel FleetChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders29:17Cornwallis, the Whitbys and a service familyNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders32:23Why naval service complicated family lifeNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders34:08Shipboard families, socialization and naval diplomacyNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders1:18How blockade weakened French commandChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p2: French Fleet Commanders14:27Dumanoir, Cape Ortegal, and the experience gapChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities27:37The Royal Navy's forward blockade systemChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities33:00Forward blockade required a larger navyNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities41:53Dundas, corruption and naval intelligenceNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities45:24Gambier and the Admiralty command structureChapter
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p1: Strategy & Some Priniciple Personalities47:58St Vincent and merit in officer promotionNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol0:00Why Fisher is more than a colourful admiralChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol5:09Fisher's early life, patrons, and naval entryChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol13:17Foreign stations as a Royal Navy knowledge networkNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol24:41Half pay as leave, education, and a mobilization reserveNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol27:38The Bellerophon command: hard standards and rewardChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol47:57Efficiency reform before the German naval surgeNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol51:37The Hague conferences and Britain's affordable naval burdenNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:01:42Fisher, Beresford, and a Navy divided by politicsChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:06:48The Osborne scheme and integrated officer trainingChapter
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:17:33Lord Torrington and the older fleet-in-being strategyNotable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:33:18Britain had already won the naval race by 1913Notable Point
- Admiral John Arbuthnot 'Jackie' Fisher: Long Patrol1:40:34Fisher's deterrence through overwhelming naval powerChapter
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)21:52Charles Knowles and sailor welfareNotable Point
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)29:16Knowles's mixed British battle lineChapter
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)31:39Cornwall and Lennox as rebuilt veteransNotable Point
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)34:15Warwick and Canterbury across changing warsNotable Point
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)37:16Oxford's eighty-four-year careerNotable Point
- Battle of Havana (12th of October 1748)53:20Anson and the lure of the Manila galleonNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)9:49Professional friendship between the Royal Navy and Imperial German NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)39:11Making the case for a larger Type 83 destroyer forceChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)50:13Where an Anglo-American destroyer programme might convergeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:03:39How domestic industrial value can favour naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:21:33Deterrence through balanced strength rather than panicQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:28:47Why carriers need a critical mass of aircraftQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)1:35:25Carrier deployments as allied training and deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:03:23How littoral strike ships could supplement Britain's two fleet carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)2:21:22Why Type 32 could become a mine-warfare support shipQ&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? (8)2:41:30How an earlier British 14-inch gun could have reshaped the dreadnought raceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)3:10:48A plausible British fixed-wing carrier air group after GannetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)3:25:58A plausible succession for a surviving CVA-01 air wingQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:02:26The Blackburn Blackburn's place in early carrier ASWQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:15:57Henry Jackson and the early Royal Navy wireless revolutionChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:29:39A more resilient Royal Navy in the 1981 defence reviewQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:38:14The unbuilt dreadnought armoured cruiser alternativeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:46:00Why British planners considered 14-inch battleship gunsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)4:47:58What earlier Sea Vixen and Buccaneer service could have changedQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:04:11Why age-of-sail warships became harbour guard shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:17:02How the Falklands could become a more capable forward naval baseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:18:58The cruiser as a modern counterpart to the numerous third rateQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:26:41Why British capital-ship planning was about growth, not simple replacementQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)5:34:35Why the Royal Navy retained old capital ships while building new onesNotable Point
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)1:46:03Where did the rank of commodore come from?Q&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)1:48:22Which Kentish Knock names returned later?Q&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)3:30:00What could HMS Blake have contributed in 1982?Q&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock (8th of October 1652)3:38:12Which ships could have launched the Sea Gull missile?Q&A
- Battle of Kentish Knock: Long Patrol18:54Robert Blake's authority at seaNotable Point
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 80:30Erebus and Terror: fast-built monitorsChapter
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 86:44Erebus: protection and interwar gunnery workChapter
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 811:45Testing the claim that Erebus armed VanguardNotable Point
- Erebus Class: Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front Long Patrol Part 825:39From gunnery trials to a floating Singapore batteryChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)6:15Why HMS Invincible carries an eventful nameNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)12:01Why Warspite is imagined as a ship with a mind of her ownNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)20:05Why a submarine deterrent must stay at seaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)38:25Why lightweight Sea Wolf would have helped in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)40:04Philip Vian's rapid rise during World War IIQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)53:01Britain used 14-inch guns as a treaty signalQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)55:44The logistical case for a common British 15-inch/45 gunNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:00:38Why Type 45 diverged from the Horizon programmeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:26:22Could fleet-age limits replace the treaty construction holiday?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:33:54Chatfield, Henderson, and interwar carrier policyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:36:49Why some historic warship names should not be reusedQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:38:13Four Malta-class carriers and an East of Suez postureQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:38:57Why King George VI fits a ballistic-missile submarineQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)1:56:59Why British warships needed better habitability than German shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:30:31Why Sturdee was sent to repair the disaster after CoronelQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)2:51:48Clues behind the hypothetical 18-inch AgincourtNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:04:50How an 18-inch Agincourt could reshape treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:13:14From littoral strike ships to a three-LHD forceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:22:47How Germany's U-boat turn reinforced British planningQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:36:13Designing for requirement growth in naval procurementNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)3:57:38Letters of last resort and the human decision loopQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:00:08The Windows 2000 claim about Type 45Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:07:32Delegated submarine control versus centralized nuclear commandNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:12:42The 1957 Defence White Paper's short-war assumptionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:44:55The missed British SSGN opportunityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:49:54Surface raiding versus enforcing a blockadeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:53:22Estimating a Resolution-class guided-missile conversionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)4:57:40A five-boat British SSBN and SSGN forceNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:08:32Translating Napoleonic fleets into World War II warshipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:33:17The missing forward vice admiral in the FalklandsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:38:24What an Argentine attack on Britain would changeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (7)5:47:27Why more American carrier power was not a simple Falklands answerQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…9:19Bellerophon class as the first durable battle-fleet coreNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…51:14Queen Elizabeth class: fast battleships with strategic leverageChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…54:04Which Royal Navy battlecruisers were the Cats?Q&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…57:27Indefatigable and the danger of speed at any priceQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:11:42HMS New Zealand and the meaning of plot armourNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:24:52Why Renown edges Hood as a favourite battlecruiserChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:49:13Japanese planning for a Royal Navy tied down in EuropeNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…1:52:21Working Italian shells and a British building responseNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:02:39Conning-tower armour versus command visibilityQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:16:18Did the Washington treaty avert an Anglo-American war?Q&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:38:26How HMS Tiger inspired the Kongo classQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:42:39Export warships and withheld design secretsQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…2:46:02Nelson class and the missed chance for speedChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:02:46British rearmament as a budget choiceNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:10:54Naval readiness timetables before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:13:18The Anglo-German agreement did not grant submarine parityNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:13:44Why HMS Hood patrolled during the Spanish Civil WarQ&A
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:15:10Warspite as the overall favourite capital shipChapter
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:15:48Why Warspite ranks ahead of Iron DukeNotable Point
- Favourite Dreadnoughts – Battleships & Battle Cruisers…3:28:22Sea Lord roles after rank and title changesQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...5:52When Britain might export battleshipsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...48:08Two Deutschlands at the River PlateQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...54:54The Navy League turned shipbuilding into mass politicsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...57:07An 18-inch Argencourt built from Queen Elizabeth logicChapter
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...59:36Extra Queen Elizabeths could reshape Cape MatapanQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:19:22Why wartime Britain kept the 15-inch production lineQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:28:30Seven Bayerns would provoke a larger British replyQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:29:25Royal Navy expansion depended on volunteersQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:30:32An 18-inch production line could rearm the G3Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:34:35What might follow the 1914 British programme?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:36:03Small-tube boilers as a fleet-wide advantageQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:38:01Why Queen Elizabeth leads the wartime comparisonQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:45:23Four Admirals and a homogeneous 15-inch battle lineChapter
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:51:19Could Britain lengthen the 15-inch gun during refits?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...1:52:22Agincourt could redirect the Revenge classQ&A
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...2:03:23Carrier conversions could have reshaped the fast wingNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts that Almost Were of the WWI Era...2:16:13Vanguard was shaped by wartime time limitsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)8:05Bellerophon and the Royal Navy's rapid design cycleNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)9:20Why Britain triggered both ends of the battleship eraQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)25:06What happened when Britain requisitioned a foreign warshipQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)38:36Why Dreadnought did not make every older battleship useless overnightQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)43:32Why Britain could replace heavy Jutland losses more readilyQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)46:17Who designed Britain's dreadnought-era battleshipsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)48:57How a 14-inch choice might have changed British gun developmentNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)58:50From Rio de Janeiro to HMS AgincourtNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:01:03Why the Royal Navy chose the name battle cruiserNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:01:45Queen Elizabeth versus Iowa: measuring a battleship's valueQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:08:32Royal Navy rhetoric and the commerce-raiding roleNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:17:16Queen Elizabeth speed, firepower, and production limitsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:22:01Why Hood's planned reconstruction was financially plausibleQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:24:22Beatty's political miscalculation over naval aviationNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:25:45Bayern versus Britain's 15-inch production advantageChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:31:22Why Royal Oak's loss obscured the upgraded R classQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:33:03Why Resolution-class submarines inherited battleship namesQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:35:39Why carrier conversion suited the Courageous classQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:37:00What an upgraded R class could still do at 23 knotsQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:39:57Why Britain scrapped 12-inch dreadnoughts after the warQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:42:37American 16-inch guns widened the dreadnought competitionChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:46:11Why Britain preserved no pre-dreadnought battleshipQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:46:49The Nelson class in the treaty-era gapNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:47:59Could the Iron Dukes have carried 15-inch guns?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:49:29Jackie Fisher: vision and late-career overreachQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:52:16Weather was not the decisive barrier to British ship preservationQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)1:55:02How far British battleships ranged in the Second World WarQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:02:24Why Dunkerque needed range beyond the MediterraneanQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:07:45How gun politics complicated the King George V classNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:17:03From Dreadnought to VanguardChapter
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:20:30Why Britain did not build a larger Vanguard classQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:21:09Why Britain could contemplate broad capital-ship modernisationQ&A
- Dreadnoughts (Commissioned Ships 1905-55)2:22:11What Vanguard might have contributed in the FalklandsQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?20:50Treaties shaped the carrier fleet that emergedChapter
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?32:26Why maritime patrol could remain a joint responsibilityQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:09:15How a treaty-free carrier fleet might have divided into heavy and light typesQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:15:40Anglo-American parity if later naval conferences failedQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:17:52Royal Navy planning had to cover Japan, Italy, Germany, and the Soviet UnionQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:19:50Supermarine's naval work before the SpitfireNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:21:27Why Britain deferred small-carrier construction in peacetimeQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:22:32Why the Soviet Union appeared in British threat planningQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?1:23:54The Walrus joined reconnaissance with air-sea rescueNotable Point
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:34:35Every major navy entered the war with a different readiness gapQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:41:10Bomber doctrine, not malice, set Air Ministry prioritiesQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?2:52:50What earlier Royal Navy control could have changedQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:32:03Norway counterfactual: sea control before the landingsQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:38:57Why Britain sometimes used American aircraft differentlyQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:43:05A postwar cruiser-destroyer could have been a durable Royal Navy platformQ&A
- Patreon 34: Inter-war Naval Aircraft Development - what could have been?3:51:52How many aircraft could Admiral and Incomparable conversions carry?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/42:21Why Britain is not interchangeable with EnglandQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/42:49A Hawkeye answer to carrier early warningQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 4/45:26Why Tirpitz's risk fleet was a fragile gambleNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 3/417:34What made a navy ready for war in 1939?Q&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 2/428:18Why the Regia Marina was Britain's strategically awkward opponentNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies – Comment Response 1/425:07Why German naval rank equivalences are not straightforwardQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.41:23Falklands lessons: command space and helicopter controlQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.50:14When an amphibious landing becomes a land campaignQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.56:48Amphibious credibility requires enough hulls for availabilityQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.1:08:31Response groups give amphibious forces a peacetime caseNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:16:39LPH, LPD, and LSL: different amphibious rolesNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:36:56A British amphibious force with more self-defenceNotable Point
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.2:44:12More carriers would not solve Suez's diplomatic defeatQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:11:45HMS Jackal remains difficult to classifyQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:19:04Britain answered Italian light cruisers with several ship typesQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.3:52:23Type 26 moves the Royal Navy to a supported 5-inch gunQ&A
- Patreon 33: Amphibious ship development from 1980's to modern day.4:01:32The Washington treaty contained the next naval raceQ&A
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)11:22One-, two-, and five-ocean fleet allowancesNotable Point
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)17:38Kantai Kessen as a reverse risk-fleet strategyNotable Point
- Victims of the Kantai Kessen: Japanese Cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s (Long Patrol / Patreon 32)33:18Myoko-class cruisers in prewar Far East confrontationsNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:08:16Where British constructors recorded their doubts about Japanese cruisersNotable Point
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:25:12Why Japanese planners still expected a fleet battleQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?1:59:04The risk of making an 8-inch cruiser do scouting workQ&A
- Patreon 32: Japanese heavy cruisers of the 1920s & 1930s, were they worth it?3:07:28How treaty ratios linked British and Japanese cruiser numbersQ&A
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P14/14: Ernesto Burzagli20:29The Regia Marina as a Mediterranean strategic fulcrumChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff5:41Why Germany could not outbuild BritainNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff17:12Why knowing the shipping problem did not produce convoysNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P12/14: Henning von Holtzendorff45:33Risk Fleet deterrence versus submarine warChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence14:15AUKUS and the Royal Navy's submarine availability problemQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence22:02HMS Warrior combined battleship firepower with a frigate roleQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence31:35Victorian ironclads produced many celebrated false startsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence42:31Risk-fleet theory and the danger of naval dogmaChapter
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:27:22Why a Tribal-class destroyer does not appear in the Force Z rosterQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:31:13Why Italy's war mattered even when its forces struggledNotable Point
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:33:31How foreknowledge could redirect Royal Navy preparationQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:40:10How to identify Royal Navy destroyers by silhouetteQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence1:50:00Hull condition and replacement timing shaped battleship modernizationsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:20:37Why Plan Z needed Britain to stand stillQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence2:43:23Britain could answer H-44 with volume rather than caliberQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:01:36A Japan-first war could deter Germany through coalition strengthQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:30:45Why Allied navies divided the global war by theatreQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:32:24Two-inch gun-calibre steps could produce a 16-inch Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:38:44How an Allied Italy would transform the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:41:30A delayed American advance could bring the British Pacific Fleet into SaipanQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:44:13A third Renown as fast-carrier protectionQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:51:59Eight Renowns would make speed the Royal Navy's interwar standardQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence3:59:06How a smaller German program could avoid the naval arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:10:01How separate battlecruiser treaty limits could change fleetsQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:12:57A delayed war could produce British 9.2-inch heavy cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 56: "Walking Softly & Carrying a Big Stick" - Admirals, Diplomacy & Detterence4:17:29Naval rearmament as long-term industrial policyQ&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?49:37Which pre-1945 warship offered the best living conditions?Q&A
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?2:43:59Why Dönitz kept the surface fleet afloatNotable Point
- Karl Dönitz (on his Birthday) - how capable an Admiral was he?3:21:45Why the Third Sea Lord shaped Royal Navy warshipsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany2:19A Royal Navy-centred survey of the warChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany4:05Why modern naval conclusions date quicklyNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany9:37How MAC-ship conversion moved from idea to serviceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (32): Total Germany13:03The Admiralty work behind the MAC-ship shortcutNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz17:16Plan Z meets industrial capacity and escort productionChapter
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) - P7/12: Karl Dönitz33:50The surface fleet and force redistributionNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 19400:20A Norway campaign history built from Royal Navy recordsChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 19401:45Planning a Trondheim landing without adequate air coverNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 19408:04Following British preparations through force recordsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 19409:33Why Germany's invasion of Norway was a gambleNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 194013:49Destroyer shortages and vulnerable flying-boat reconnaissanceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(30): Fight for the Fjords, The Battle for Norway 194016:33Lord Cork's command problem as the campaign deterioratesNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War0:30Whitby and the specialist convoy escortChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 11/11 The Whiskey War10:00How Types 12, 14, and 15 formed an escort familyChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:04Strategy as a naval command responsibilityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)17:01The armoured-cruiser line Britain nearly continuedNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)19:53When a postwar rebuild pays offQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)22:44Why the US Navy is not the interwar Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:01:50A British answer to Tillman battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)1:20:35What naval shock trials are meant to revealQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:14:57An interwar Royal Navy built around armoured cruisersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:22:12Why 24-inch torpedoes were a different weaponQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)2:25:31Why the Royal Navy needed more cruiser hullsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)3:16:43The treaty allowed US parity that the Senate did not fundQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)4:07:28Why the Royal Navy needs both destroyers and OPVsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (6)4:23:03Why the F-35B fits Britain's flight-deck problemQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out5:06Postwar fleets lacked a battleship threat to answerNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out7:09Unnecessary is not the same as obsoleteChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out12:38Inherited cruisers and Tiger-class test bedsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 10/11 Why the Battleship Fizzled Out14:12Cruisers sustained global naval presenceNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari16:00Mediterranean containment and French rail logisticsNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P3/14: Domenico Cavagnari20:44Battle of Calabria and Cavagnari's removalChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory2:05What the loss of maintenance ships says about war planningNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory3:34How floating repair facilities extend a fleetChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory11:26Repair ships were a wartime programme in their own rightChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory17:01Why the Falklands War was not a peer conflictNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 9/11 Building for Victory18:28Falklands improvisation exposed a Cold War repair gapNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s4:21Why the Archer class was a torpedo cruiserChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s8:47Were the Archer class destroyers?Q&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s16:23How the Archer class operatedQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s38:16The Powerful class and experimental cruiser buildingChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s38:51Planning a fleet during rapid technological changeQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:24:01How the Tennessee-class armoured cruisers comparedQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s1:51:41Treaty loopholes and the missing sloop fleetChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:06:13How late did Flower-class construction begin?Q&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:08:54Pre-war plans for escort-carrier conversionsQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:10:00Nelson's compact layout and its operational costChapter
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:15:21What earlier 4.5-inch guns could have changedNotable Point
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:29:13Where Nelson and Rodney fit in the battle fleetQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:39:41What a completed Malta-class force might have changedQ&A
- Shipbuilding through the 1880s-1950s2:53:42Small components that delayed major warshipsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different0:23Ark Royal and Yorktown as purpose-built fleet carriersChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different5:12Ark Royal emerged from a long procurement path and fixed dock limitsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different16:24British and American views of the first strikeNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different19:27A second Ark Royal and the Yorktown trio as force-structure choicesNotable Point
- Chiefs of Staff of the Axis Navies: (Long Patrol) P1/14: Erich Raeder10:01Plan Z and the revival of risk-fleet strategyChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties0:40Treaty limits and the Nelson-class choiceChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties4:25Trafalgar's battle-line image versus Jutland's manoeuvreNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties5:11Admiral-class carriers and a global rapid-reaction forceNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties6:38Jutland's political shadow over battlecruisersNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties9:06The Washington Treaty bargain and American parityNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties11:33Nelson's all-forward turret layoutNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties21:23Concentrated fleet doctrine versus distributed warNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 7/11 The Roaring Twenties23:17Admiral Henderson's procurement authorityChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea5:08Non-intervention stretched a weakened Royal NavyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea7:27Britain's global commitments and multiple naval threatsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea10:35Italy, Abyssinia, and Mediterranean deterrenceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea16:39Why interwar choices look clearer in hindsightNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (29): The Spanish Civil War at Sea25:21How more escorts might have changed the Spanish crisisNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI9:43The First World War convoy decision created an escort crisisChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI11:04HMS Bryony links First World War Q-ships to NarvikNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI13:36The interwar dilemma of replacing old escortsChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 6/11 WWI14:58When emergency shipbuilding success becomes a peacetime excuseNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (28): Jutland - double book time0:02Two staff histories of JutlandChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (28): Jutland - double book time2:14When the Jutland argument outlasted the battle's modelNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures4:27Superfiring turrets for export before Royal Navy adoptionNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures10:55The dreadnought race beyond GermanyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:56Regional backgrounds among British admiralsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)8:24Britain's three prospective naval enemiesChapter
- 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)16:45How Germany, Italy, and Japan posed different maritime risksNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)23:01Escort numbers for a three-carrier Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)36:31Royal Navy leverage during the American Civil WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)43:53ABDA's command problem and the value of a visible Allied forceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)48:55The Trent Affair and the risk of war with BritainNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)49:39When Britain began watching US naval power closelyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)50:56Tribal-class destroyers and illumination by fireNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)52:37A British SSGN force built from SSBN hullsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)58:29Damage control and the armoured-flight-deck comparisonQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:06:39Type XXI submarines and the Allied escort problemQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:10:11Where Trident could move after Scottish independenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:18:52Carrier crew size, reactors, and damage controlQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:23:38The Royal Navy's role at the Plains of AbrahamQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:26:07Maritime presence as a response to ship seizuresQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:29:44Why nuclear-powered Midway-class carriers are plausibleQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)1:55:27The three skill sets demanded of senior naval leadersNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:15:46US Navy ships of the line and force-planning limitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:16:31HMAS Melbourne and the Falklands WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:24:20From Royal Marines strike ships to LHDsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:30:04Why Britain retained war plans against the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:33:28Why wartime anti-aircraft fits varied ship by shipQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:36:29The US ship the Royal Navy most needed in 1941Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:38:21Sterling-engine submarines and the XLUUV route to an SSKQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:50:03A Ceylon-based Far East fleet as deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (5)2:53:50Single versus twin five-inch mounts on aircraft carriersQ&A
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers0:21Duke of Edinburgh as a late armoured-cruiser benchmarkChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers5:19Battlecruisers inherit the armoured-cruiser roleNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers7:41Scout cruisers: information and destroyer leadershipNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral5:06A military family and an unexplained naval ambitionChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral9:03Lough Swilly, HMS Agincourt, and an unshaken naval ambitionChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral10:36The closed officer class of a changing navyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral12:49Reaching Britannia despite the hurdlesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral15:08Why small commands develop future admiralsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (25): Churchill's Admiral18:37Testing future fleet and staff leaders before wartimeNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class0:40Astley Cooper Key and the emerging torpedo threatChapter
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class6:25Range, cost, and service life of the Archer classNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 1/11 Archer Class11:34A precursor to the general-purpose destroyerChapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper12:37Why a continuous Trident patrol changes the deterrentQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:09:24Gunboat diplomacy as an escalation ladderQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:35:38Carrier cancellation and the cost of CVA-01Chapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:45:26Royal Navy carriers in NATO's Atlantic war planChapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:47:27Suez separated military success from political defeatQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper1:52:44Hansard, naval resignations, and the fixed budget ceilingChapter
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:42:41CVA-01, airborne warning, and the FalklandsQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon: The 1966 Defence White Paper & Lessons for the 2021 Defence Command Paper2:51:03A neutral Scotland and Ireland in interwar shipbuildingQ&A
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper25:20Civil-military friction over carrier cancellationNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper34:43Service historical research and the carrier argumentNotable Point
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper36:33Polaris funding and the RAF's missing F-111Chapter
- British Geostrategic Situation in the 1960s: The 1966 White Paper41:48Presence, trade, and a voice at the tableNotable Point
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?17:09The Royal Navy rating system and fleet massChapter
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?22:01First and second rates: gun decks and gun countsNotable Point
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?23:42Third rates as the line-of-battle backboneNotable Point
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?25:50Fourth rates and overseas stationsNotable Point
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?35:30Warship design was not a French scientific monopolyNotable Point
- Age of Sail Ship of the Line/Frigate Primer – what Rate am I looking at?38:43Royal dockyards and the logistics of multiple fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)15:27Fast German battleships reshape JutlandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:08:21A British 14-inch step before the warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:16:51E-class cruisers as interwar test bedsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:32:44Doubling German dreadnought outputQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:53:50Why the King George V class kept its bowQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)1:55:38The case for the King George V class's 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:03:29Reliable British shells at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:31:45A 1921 Royal Navy strike on the U.S. fleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)2:48:23Could the early U.S. Navy match Royal Navy construction?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:02:52How railways sustained Royal Navy dockyardsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:09:38The fleet manoeuvre behind Wolfe's Quebec attackQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:17:04If Britain captured the interned High Seas FleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:50:18An Anglo-Japanese alliance surviving into World War IIQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)3:55:36Radar-directed 40 mm guns in the FalklandsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:08:30Why Britain would decline loaned FletchersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:15:49Why Norway need not repeat the naval losses off GreeceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)4:22:51Reading the Jutland naval staff appreciationNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (4)5:02:53Why cruisers did not reinforce the Dunkirk rear guardQ&A
- An Introduction to Armoured Cruisers & the Mediteranean16:44Why Britain used few armoured cruisers in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI56:04Why the Royal Navy preferred an 18-inch leapQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:12:05The Cressy losses and the cost of stopping for survivorsNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:17:06Did anyone survive the three Cressy-class sinkings?Q&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:18:39The later salvage of the Cressy wrecksNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:33:06The Warrior class approached a more coherent cruiserNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI1:45:08Attrition is not a complete fleet strategyNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:15:09Could armoured cruisers threaten Goeben?Q&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:16:21How the Royal Navy approved a warship designQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:26:03Why armoured cruisers made more sense for BritainNotable Point
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:36:53Why HMS Arethusa would make a practical museum shipQ&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:46:45Did the Arethusas carry dual-purpose four-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 31: Armoured Cruisers in the Mediterranean in WWI2:49:13Were the Tribals destroyers or very light cruisers?Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class3:14What a First World War monitor actually wasChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 7, M15 Class10:32An emergency class built at wartime speedNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response2:06Escort procurement across three possible warsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response16:38Henderson's place in the convoy argumentQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response20:20Merchant aircraft carriers were not one person's inventionQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response29:41What extra carriers could have changed at TarantoNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response35:09Trade-protection carrier plans before the warQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response39:13Why no navy's doctrine is universally bestQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement - Comment Response54:20Why Anglo-Japanese tension competed with Atlantic planningNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response8:36Escort carriers close the mid-Atlantic air gapQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response18:01A bigger German destroyer force invites a countermoveQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response31:39Pre-war preparation did not remove ASDIC's limitsQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response35:10The Ten Year Rule did not produce instant rearmamentNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Comment Response36:14A balanced fleet for several threatsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books8:10The staff work behind a destroyer flotillaQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books11:45Why different shipboard jobs expose crews to different stressesNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books18:17Neutral shipping in the Spanish Civil WarNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books19:57Why calling an attack intentional carried diplomatic weightNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books22:56Why destroyer flotillas needed leadersQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books55:06Canada's Cold War anti-submarine specializationQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:13:35Comparing the King George V class's 14-inch gunsQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:30:47HMS Victorious, USS Saratoga, and the Robin deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books2:53:47A cruiser becomes Bermuda's emergency lifelineNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:30:32Following British Cold War submarine designNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books3:41:16Chevaline and the Resolution-class deterrentNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:01:25Sea Lion and the Royal Navy's maritime barrierQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:07:40How Germany's Norwegian gamble might have failedQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:14:18Supplying Norway despite German air powerQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:21:04Why combining German surface raiders could make them easier to catchQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:25:06Surface raiders would not free the U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:29:39Why submarines were scarce for SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:30:20Why battleship money could not instantly become U-boatsQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:32:01Why the Royal Navy needed to prepare for three different opponentsNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:35:33Royal Navy torpedoes in the early-war reliability crisisQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:36:35HMS Birmingham faces down Japan at TsingtaoQ&A
- Bruships 55: New Books4:51:12The Anglo-French division behind German naval planningNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:52:18How a different German fleet might have changed British battleship prioritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:58:38Treaty parity and the fleets governments actually fundedNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books4:59:16British and Japanese reasons for night fightingNotable Point
- Bruships 55: New Books5:00:54Why allies still plan to fight each otherQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response2:30German shipbuilding and Royal Navy prioritiesQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response15:40Escort building and ASW readinessQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response18:00Black Swan sloops and the escort-carrier answerQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response20:34Strategic costs of a submarine-only German fleetQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response34:22Fast raiders and British force-planning pressureQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response37:16Squid and Hedgehog in the late-war escort fleetQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response37:29Flower-class timing and the convoy-planning disputeQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Comment Response42:21An interwar sloop-building counterfactualQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW228:52Royal Fleet Auxiliary oilers as a planned carrier reserveNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:07:05Why the Royal Navy sold carriers after the Second World WarQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW21:30:33What a Malta-class carrier could have offered in the FalklandsQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:14:04Triple-turret alternatives for Renown and the R classNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:40:09The British armored-hangar battlecarrier proposalNotable Point
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW22:54:54Churchill's Baltic fortress proposal as a leadership testQ&A
- Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW23:01:38Invincible's missile fit made the through-deck cruiser a hybridQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol0:22Ordering, design, and escort readinessChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol2:33The 10-year rule and an unexpectedly early warNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol6:06Kingfishers, trawlers, and prototype escortsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol8:51From DNC requirements to a shipyard-ready designNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol10:50From Bridgewater sloops to Flower corvettesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol15:33Carrier construction and scarce shipyard laborNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol18:23Convoy coverage and escort shortageNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol21:20Bittern hull lineage and iterative escort designChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol28:43Black Swan specialization and HMS StarlingNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic: Escort Procurement Long Patrol29:31The treaty-exempt sloop fleet Britain did not fundNotable Point
- Battle of Makin Island (1942): Long Patrol11:25The Tribal-class elite-standard analogyNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:34Britain outside World War I and German naval statusQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)8:33Force Z with an armoured carrierQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)9:45If Britain received the entire US NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)12:20Lettered forces and convoy covering groupsNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)17:43Walter Cowan would still go ashore at NarvikQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)19:18A treaty fleet big enough for AsiaQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)28:07Which capital ships belong in a British Asian fleetNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)35:58Somerville's night strike in the Indian Ocean RaidQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)43:25British namesakes for Van Speijk-style naval courageQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)47:14Treaty cruisers at 12,500 tonsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)52:24A stronger Falklands garrison as deterrenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)53:05Why Bismarck's last action has no single battle nameQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)55:54Peacetime obedience and the Victoria-Camperdown collisionQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)59:47A US battle squadron with the Grand FleetQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:05:28What early US naval support gives BritainQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:21:15If Germany lost the Norwegian campaignQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:27:30Brazil's pro-British wartime alignmentNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:29:08Naval consequences of Russian neutralityQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:31:21The two British battles of CopenhagenQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:34:01If the French fleet continued the warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:37:47An 1860 coalition war turns on British sea powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:39:09Japan isolates Australia instead of attacking MidwayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:40:09Without Suez, Gibraltar seals the MediterraneanQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)1:55:17Why Britain struggled to rotate Pacific commandersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:02:04A ten-year replacement rule instead of a battleship holidayQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:11:02American ship designs in the Mediterranean warQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:14:13Napoleon underestimated Gibraltar and sea powerQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:30:41What the British armored flight deck coveredQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:31:07Commanding the Norwegian campaign differentlyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:32:36Prince of Wales and Repulse as ABDA's command coreQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:58:49The hunt for Deutschland before she became LutzowQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:02:04Why the Alaska class arrived too lateQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:17:19Why the Royal Navy chose STOVL carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:22:43Royal Navy versus US Navy in 1946Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:29:08Hood needed refit but fell to an unlucky hitQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:30:20The Chinese Navy as a threat to British interestsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:38:48A 1937 crash program for British cruisers and carriersQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)3:48:39Specialist escorts versus the Dido compromiseQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/72:39Escort orders and the 1938 answerNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/75:22Escort production through capital-ship pausesNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/76:39Type VIIs versus escort massChapter
- 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 p7/713:15A later war strengthens British ASWNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/715:01More U-boats provoke counterbuildingNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/718:04ASW weapons and institutional learningNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Original): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/721:02Trained ASW crews as capacityNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz0:06Why Hunting Tirpitz is useful for source-led naval historyChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz3:03X-craft passage planning for the Tirpitz attackNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz4:09Tow failures and navigation errors before the attackNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz6:48X9 is lost during the passage to NorwayNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (21): Hunting Tirpitz9:03X8's charge failures force her crew to scuttle the craftNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:48:50Maritime air power closed the cruiser submarine's surface windowNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Non-Churchill) – The Comment Questions...1:58:50HMS Victoria's collision was an obedience problem, not proof for rammingQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions9:00Sweden, iron ore, and NorwayNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions16:29Why Poland and Norway posed different guarantee problemsQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions17:21Britain, empire, and a long war of attritionQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions30:50Carrier command and GloriousNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions43:08Light-carrier work and treaty carrier categoriesNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions49:01Depression, naval treaties, and shipbuilding capacityNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions49:58Force Z air cover and carriersQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions57:53Mediterranean routes and the wider warQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWII) – The Comment Questions1:14:45R-class ordering and naval-race signalingQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions1:56R-class coal and boiler choicesQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions4:55Churchill as First Lord in the two world warsQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions16:05Did Revenge end Britain's battleship-design lead?Q&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions23:19Shell quality, acceptance, and live firingQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions33:43RNAS and early naval aviation riskQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions45:37When the Royal Navy nearly crewed the landshipsNotable Point
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions1:09:07British joint amphibious experience before GallipoliQ&A
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/76:55Escorts outbuild submarinesChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/712:02Convoy geometry favors escortsNotable Point
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/717:01British shipyard asymmetry multiplies escortsChapter
- Battle of the Atlantic (Redo): Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p7/726:40Convoys counter surfaced U-boat attacksNotable Point
- Steam Rams: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p6/70:29Confederate steam rams and Royal Navy purchaseChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19411:20Force Z and the claim that air power killed the battleshipChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19413:36Hermes, Indomitable, and Force Z air coverNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19415:09Carrier pauses, shipyards, and escort productionNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 19418:12Singapore defenses and the Malayan air shortfallChapter
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194111:10Britain knew the naval-air threatNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194113:33Carrier construction pause and Far East consequencesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194116:54Phillips, Somerville, and Far East Fleet commandNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review(20): Sinking Force Z 194117:25Singapore as a lifeline for Pacific strategyNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/70:19Why gun-armed cruiser submarines appealed in the 1920sChapter
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/710:10The case for ending cruiser-submarine gun experiments soonerNotable Point
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/711:04A larger T-class submarine as the alternativeChapter
- Cruiser Submarine: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p5/712:31Long-range submarines, distant bases and the cost of surfacingChapter
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/71:45Single-engine power and turret weightChapter
- Turreted Fighter: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p4/79:31Roc development costs and a more powerful SkuaNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/71:00Napoleon's sea-control problemChapter
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/71:46Boulogne and the landing geographyNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/78:42The fleet-breakout gambleNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/710:35A second blockade forms off BoulogneNotable Point
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/713:08Transports under coastal warningChapter
- Napoleon's Invasion Scheme: Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas Badly Done p3/716:00Converted East Indiamen after battlefleet attritionNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy1:37Suez and Britain's route back eastNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy3:31How the Regia Marina constrained BritainNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p3/3 - Italy4:36Who would own the Pacific victory?Notable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy0:05Battles and Honours as a Royal Navy study guideChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy3:34Camperdown, blockade pressure, and Duncan's attackChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy5:46Duncan's reputation for personal combatNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy7:16Camperdown's captures and the limits of prize valueNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy7:57Camperdown honours map ships to their captainsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy8:22Flagship authority between captain and admiralNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy9:36Camperdown honours and the recurring Agincourt nameNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy10:36Camperdown's frigates were freed to huntNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy11:57Cape Bon destroyers and night attackNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy13:56The book's sections beyond battle honoursChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy15:34Calder's Cape Finisterre action and Admiralty judgmentNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy17:08Calder, moving expectations, and battle luckNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (18): Battles and Honours of the Royal Navy19:47Why a good captain may not become a great admiralNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War14:43Cuxhaven and early seaplane-carrier operationsChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War17:00Cuxhaven as fleet bait and an operational templateNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War18:00Seaplane-carrier fires shaped British safety practiceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War19:23The Royal Navy's possible case for retaining carrier aviationNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (17): Naval Aviation in the First World War21:25Admiral-class carrier conversion counterfactualNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z0:19Force Z and the carrier availability problemChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z2:21Admiral-class carriers and survivabilityNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z4:34Pound's Ceylon plan for the Far EastChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z8:19Illustrious-class build delaysNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z13:22What faster armored-carrier construction could changeNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z16:56Implacable-class delays and lost momentumNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z18:25Why Force Z had no carrierChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z20:27The Audacious class and the British Pacific FleetNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z22:36HMS Unicorn's lost year of wartime serviceNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p2/3 - Force Z24:04Ceylon and a stronger ABDA alternativeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...1:38Ark Royal and the Mers-el-Kebir attackChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...5:23Single-carrier limits and multi-carrier practiceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...7:10Allied carrier lessons adapted to national practiceNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...9:18Illustrious under sustained air attackChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...12:32Rebuilding Illustrious's air group after the attackNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...14:18Treaty tonnage and armoured carrier air groupsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (16): Carrier, A Century of First-Hand Accounts of Naval Operations...18:15British and American carrier doctrine by geographyNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident0:05Altmark as a Churchill initiative caseChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident2:47Why strategic commanders must also be politiciansNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident4:23Senior-officer scarcity and overworkNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident5:50Churchill's Altmark objective and the Norway linkChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident7:56The missed mining timetable off NorwayNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident9:20The scale of the Norway fleetNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident11:18Command choice and bad execution in NorwayNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWII); Long patrol p1/3 - Altmark Incident19:44Altmark succeeded, but the Norway follow-up failedChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli1:53Preparing old battleships to survive minesNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli3:11Joint push through the DardanellesChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli9:33The Allied battleship force on 18 MarchChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli11:26Ten older battleships and the cost of protective bulgesNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol3:33Calder's honor and the fleet's needChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol6:16A competent captain under Saint VincentChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol9:46Why sailing-ship command demanded specialist seamanshipNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol11:37Family connections and naval advancementNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol19:08Jervis, Cape St Vincent, and independent commandNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol20:50Prize money, dispatches, and Calder's public honorNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol23:08Admiral rank and reliable officersNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol26:46Wartime expansion of the admirals listNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol32:19Invasion scare and the weight of sea battlesChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol33:08Diamond Rock as economy of forceNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol39:26Cape Finisterre's success and missed renewalChapter
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol46:17Nelson's offer and Calder's Trafalgar absenceNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol52:49Unused frigates undermine Calder's defenseNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol56:08Finisterre and the 1805 victory standardNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol58:06Court verdict and Plymouth shore commandNotable Point
- Admiral Robert Calder: Long Patrol59:28Finisterre's legacy against the Trafalgar standardNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks2:03RNAS armoured cars lead to the Landships CommitteeChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p3/4 - Tanks10:02Naval six-pounders arm the first tanksNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (13): Images of War Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France 19402:23A County-class cruiser beside armour bound for AlexandriaNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (13): Images of War Armoured Warfare and the Fall of France 19406:51A Royal Navy officer's unexplained connection to a Mark VI light tankNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS0:01Churchill pushes the Royal Naval Air Service into beingChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS1:30Early RNAS roles from reconnaissance to armoured carsNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS2:21Air defence makes the naval air service too largeChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS3:37RAF formation and the Fleet Air Arm problemNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS5:06Carrier design needs naval and aviation translatorsNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS7:08The RNAS learns to fight the established branchesNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS7:47How the RFC combined Army and naval aviation in 1912Chapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS9:36Godfrey Paine's career bridges the Navy, Army, and RAFNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p2/4 - RNAS13:15Regimental identity versus naval systems thinkingNotable Point
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism2:47Churchill's turn toward navalismChapter
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism5:01The eight-dreadnought compromiseNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant0:07Sturtivant's British naval aviation referenceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant2:38Meteorological work aboard Ark RoyalNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant2:38Phoney War carrier dispositionsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant3:58Albatross and 710 Squadron at FreetownNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant4:14Fleet carriers in anti-submarine patrolsNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant8:19Mobilizing a cruiser Walrus aircrewNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (12): British Naval Aviation by Ray Sturviant10:30Walrus cruiser patrols in the South AtlanticNotable Point
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships14:35Would HMS Vanguard have changed the Cod Wars?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships2:20:23How can the Royal Navy sustain a Far East presence?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships3:06:55Was the Royal Navy's Devastation class a coastal-defence design?Q&A
- Patreon 29: Coastal Defence Ships3:22:26What was the smallest gun that could threaten Scharnhorst?Q&A
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber1:15Why the Skua combined fighter and strike rolesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber2:21Armoured carriers, air-group mass, and survivabilityNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber3:47Peter C. Smith on Tribal and J-class destroyersNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber4:25International sight development and Air Ministry resistanceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber6:01A moving-warship requirement diluted at committeeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber9:33Glide bombing versus naval dive bombingNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber18:02What the Skua book reveals about naval aviationNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber19:35A 48-aircraft Illustrious-class counterfactualNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (11): Skua! The Royal Navy's Dive Bomber21:00Blackburn development and the limits of surviving evidenceNotable Point
- Battle of Lissa 1866: Long Patrol2:46The earlier Battle of Lissa was a frigate victoryNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions8:55Agincourt as a fast 18-inch-gun possibilityQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions14:30Renown shows how an R-class basis could become a fast capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions15:02Favorite big-gun counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions22:44Modernizing the Nelson class meant choosing prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions26:28A faster Nelson could have changed the Denmark Strait forceQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions33:23A fast Agincourt would likely carry twin six-inch secondariesQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions34:17Could an autoloader explain Agincourt's design mystery?Q&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions47:59Why the US Navy chose super-heavy 16-inch shellsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions56:10An H-45 threat would trigger ships and air attackQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions58:48Howard of Effingham and the hit-first traditionNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:05:50Tillman battleships versus fleet productionQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:20:07Naval treaty compliance was a spectrumQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:26:04From the Dumaresq to reliable fire-control tablesQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:30:17Autoloaders were studied for later Lion designsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:32:46The G3's third turret privileged broadside fireQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:43:11The logistical case for a British 15-inch/45 gunQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:50:16Without naval treaties, carriers grow alongside battleshipsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:53:04Why treaties settled on six- and eight-inch cruiser gunsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:56:24Lion hybrids as protection against a surface ambushQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions1:58:39HMS Unicorn used her anti-aircraft guns ashore in KoreaQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:02:15The 15-inch/45 could have renewed the Queen ElizabethsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:04:34Postwar Royal Navy decline was also about choices and leadershipNotable Point
- 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... Questions2:24:13Jack Cornwell's age was normal for his service worldQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:25:34A Town-class cruiser as a one-type navyQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:28:40What two, three, or four ships buy a navyQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions2:40:55A stronger Beatty might also have raced into danger fasterQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:14:13Somerville's missed opportunity during Operation CQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:18:01An armored British carrier could defeat a Japanese carrier with gunsQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:32:24Sources for Britain's planned role in invading JapanQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:33:45Vian told subordinates the plan before he told superiorsNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:35:59Prize money could have produced an ORP BismarckQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:39:09An Admiral-class Type 83 could revive Nelson, Rodney, and VianQ&A
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions3:54:35Brassey's 1939 shows the Tribal class as a prestige programNotable Point
- Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions4:00:52Tribal destroyers believed they belonged with HoodNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail6:29Frigate origins as speed and economic warfareChapter
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail59:30Medee and the classic sailing frigateNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:03:35How captured French frigates changed British designsNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:06:16How captured French designs led toward HMS SurpriseQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:08:1618-pounder frigates and carronade tradeoffsNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:14:22From captured Hebe to the Leda and Seringapatam classesNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:18:15Pallas-class captures as design intelligenceNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:20:39Spanish treasure frigates and prize-money politicsNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:32:31What happened when a captured ship duplicated a Royal Navy nameQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:36:35Super-heavy frigates before the War of 1812Notable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:40:54How Royal Navy frigates compared with American super-heaviesQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:46:09Royal Navy razees predated the War of 1812Notable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:48:46Why third rates did not dominate the frigate war of 1812Q&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:05:38Sovereign of the Seas and the meaning of a long service lifeNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:06:49How Sovereign of the Seas changed gun ratingsQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:14:28Nelson boarding one enemy ship through anotherQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:16:42Spardeck frigates built to hunt American heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:25:05Edward Pellew and the Western Frigate SquadronChapter
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:32:25Ralph Collier's attack on FlecheNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:40:13Post ships and the lower boundary of a Royal Navy frigateChapter
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:44:15Sidney Smith's precocious command and intelligence apprenticeshipChapter
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)11:16Fisher's replacement logic for capital shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:01:39Hood sister ships as carrier conversionsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:10:25Admiral-class carriers without BeattyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:22:29If Nelson loses at TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:23:34Malta-class carriers and Falklands deterrenceNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:31:22HMS London's extensive cruiser refitQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:35:46Where the combined fleet could flee after TrafalgarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:38:26Type 26 numbers and a Type 83 industrial planQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)1:57:34Scotland, union, and the cost of an independent stateQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)2:01:46Royal Navy support at the Battle of the YserQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)2:22:43HMS Glorious, escort, and air coverQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:23:10Why the Type 83 must exceed the Type 45Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:47:36The Venezuelan crisis and British acceptance of US influenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)3:56:21French-built ships in the post-Napoleonic Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)4:03:35Why Germany missed British radio intelligenceQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)4:06:47British response to four Scharnhorst-class shipsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)4:11:12British 4.7-inch gun anti-aircraft limitsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (2)4:13:04Queen Bee drones for naval anti-aircraft practiceQ&A
- The Ring of Iron(Nee Stone): Flint Castle - Long Patrol P4/1413:45Flint's later uses and naval namesakeNotable Point
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live32:56British carrier aircraft by 1944Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live41:39British Avengers as torpedo aircraft and bomb trucksQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:04:40Why carrier fighter control differed from the RAF systemQ&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live2:57:56What if Japan attacked America but not Britain?Q&A
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:01:19The fundamental flaw in Kantai KessenChapter
- The Battle of the Philippine Sea: Live3:08:57Why Tsushima was the wrong scale modelNotable Point
- The Battle of Athos 1807: A Long Patrol37:10Alexey Greig's Scottish education and Russian naval careerNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books15:12Prize capture as a naval manpower incentiveNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books27:55How Italian rebuilds widened the capital-ship raceQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books44:27Why Royal Navy ships carried the name BarfleurQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books52:42Why second-rate ships of the line were less prominentQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:09:46Beatty and Fleet Air Arm controlQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:27:55Why Kantai Kessen could not solve Japan's industrial mismatchNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:47:32What total destruction at Pearl Harbor would costNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books1:55:21Which carrier air groups were considered eliteQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:10:03A practical 1941 role for HMS HermesQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:46:34Vanguard over Hood for a later missile-era fightQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:57:49Replacing Hood's rocket anti-aircraft batteryQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books2:59:17What seventy extra meters would give the Queen Elizabeth classNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:03:20Why the Royal Navy can mix F-35B ships with catapult-launched dronesNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:07:55STOVL commonality across allied carrier decksQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:20:10Why nuclear submarines are difficult for middle powersQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:21:03Military power depends on logistics and global reachQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:28:54Royal Navy debate over new amphibious shipsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:36:00Fearless and Intrepid for future British LHDsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:40:05Why early progress on HMS Glasgow matteredQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:42:05LHDs as forward F-35B rearming pointsNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books3:45:44Manta and Moray as an uncrewed submarine forceChapter
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:00:25A British LHD based on Italy's TriesteNotable Point
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:05:28Why U.S. amphibs omit ski jumpsQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:07:46When an Orkney naval base would be worthwhileQ&A
- Bruships 52: A Year of Bruships - Questions & Books4:09:19The cost of making the Clyde a larger naval baseQ&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI35:19Were German World War I submarines technically superior?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI45:58Why did British submarines sink less merchant tonnage?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:28:43Why did U.S. battleships need gunnery work with the Grand Fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI1:31:22Did the U.S. Navy contribute effectively to World War I ASW?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:01:32Why did Britain seize the Ottoman battleships?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:11:32Did the Allies fail to scout the Dardanelles minefields?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:25:56What did Russia gain by claiming it fired on a British Type 45?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:28:02Did British admirals also lead naval forces ashore?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:33:54Formal French command did not guarantee coalition obedienceNotable Point
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI2:59:42Did Britain have a formal alliance obligation to France?Q&A
- Patreon 27: Some Actions of the French Navy in WWI3:03:11Was Fisher wrong to dispose of Britain's gunboats?Q&A
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:24Communication, audience, and the Victoria collisionChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)5:55Constructive challenge in a rigid command cultureNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)10:29Victoria's loss and Camperdown's specificationsNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)23:10Compound engines, triple expansion, and coal enduranceNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)25:29Experienced officers at the center of the collisionChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)35:48Tryon's exercises and independent commandChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)40:38Tryon's 1888 blockade breakoutChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)47:14The 1889 maneuvers and competing theories of naval warNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)50:04The TA system and safe maneuveringNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)54:59The six-cables turning orderChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:00:34Tryon's signaling method and Markham's delayChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:06:46The collision and the failed attempt to beach VictoriaNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:10:30Victoria's capsize and Camperdown's survivalNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:16:31Court martial and command responsibilityChapter
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:26:05Flooding forensics and watertight integrityNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:27:32The verdict's conflict between obedience and initiativeNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:30:41Majestic-class survivability and career consequencesNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:34:43Jellicoe, Victoria, and Grand Fleet commandNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:35:33A TA culture at Dogger BankNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:38:21Tryon as a possible First Sea Lord before FisherNotable Point
- Camperdown Rams Victoria: TA Communication & Command (Long Patrol)1:40:31Why Victoria discredited the TA systemNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17830:22The Great Siege begins as a contest over a naval baseChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178312:34Gibraltar turns an American war into a global naval problemChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-178319:57Why Gibraltar was valuable before Britain held itQ&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:24:33Rodney's first relief turns supply into naval victoryChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:29:23Which admiral gave HMS Rodney her name?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:31:01Copper sheathing gives Rodney freedom in the Moonlight BattleNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17831:37:00Darby's second relief defeats the starvation strategyChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:05:28Did the Royal Navy bombard the siege lines?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:13:31Roger Curtis turns victory into a rescue operationNotable Point
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:20:59Howe's final relief leaves Gibraltar too strong to forceChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:24:20Howe's maneuver completes the relief and peace finally ends the siegeChapter
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:31:54Why could the Royal Navy not simply crush the American Revolution?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:47:08Could Minorca have replaced Gibraltar as Britain's Mediterranean base?Q&A
- Patreon 26: The Great Seige of Gibraltar 1779-17832:55:56Did Britain deploy the Royal Marines as a second army?Q&A
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)2:39Operation Aerial after DunkirkChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)29:04Why Milbourne James prepared Portsmouth earlyNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)43:04Cherbourg and Saint-Malo evacuationsChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)54:45Naismith, Brest, and Saint-NazaireChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)59:29Brest demolition parties show prior preparationNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:12:28Improvised command at La PalliceChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:18:47Berkeley and the Bordeaux communications networkChapter
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:22:11Calcutta rams HMCS Fraser at Le VerdonNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:23:53Lessons from the 1940 evacuationsNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:31:36Experience could not replace ships at SingaporeNotable Point
- Operation Aerial: France after Dunkirk (Long Patrol)1:34:28Finding evacuees across the Atlantic coastNotable Point
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron40:24The two-power standard as insurance against France and RussiaQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:24:44Choosing sides for an ironclad wargameQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:56:22Churchill and Royal Navy ship namingQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron2:58:57Reginald Tyrwhitt and aggressive Harwich Force commandChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:00:51Reginald Tyrwhitt's upbringing and naval pathChapter
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:09:00Earlier Royal Navy ships named ChurchillQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:21:11Round Table names and a proposed destroyer classQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:29:33XLUUVs as a littoral complement to nuclear submarinesQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:31:33Why Type 83 could become a quasi-capital shipQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:33:47Naval diplomacy and Anglo-Japanese war scaresQ&A
- Bruships 51: The Age of Iron3:52:22British conventional-submarine design work alongside SSNsQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty0:33Beatty biography as a balancing sourceChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty0:58Beatty and postwar control of naval aviationNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty5:04Jutland reports and lost intelligence credibilityNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty11:26Beatty's aggression versus senior commandNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (2): The Life and Letters of David Beatty19:20Communications staff and Beatty's strategic limitNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.24:53Could an old third rate become a transport?Q&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.52:08Voyage contracts ended under the threat of impressmentNotable Point
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:01:24Discipline without a warship's coercive structureQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:48:10Where was the Royal Navy escort at Pulo Aura?Q&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.1:53:49Why fourth rates appeared on distant stationsQ&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.2:47:59Did East Indiamen protect rope against theft?Q&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.2:51:51Could lower-class sailors rise to command?Q&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.2:55:26Is post-captain still a rank?Q&A
- Patreon 25: History of East India Company Merchantmen and differences to Ship of the line.2:55:39Learning a new life at sea and earning a naval commissionQ&A
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune0:18John Quilliam's career beyond TrafalgarChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune4:00Prize money, frigate command, and Quilliam's court martialNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune7:27HMS Amazon as a prime frigate appointmentChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune8:52Edward Riou saves HMS Guardian after an iceberg strikeNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune11:17Why Quilliam was placed in AmazonNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune16:21Amazon moves toward the Baltic crisisChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune16:21Amazon watches invasion ports on the Dutch coastNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune17:31North Sea weather breaks up Amazon's squadronNotable Point
- Blockade19:50The Continental System without sea controlNotable Point
- Blockade25:06Loose blockade and the submarine-warfare distinctionNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword7:15A professional reading starter set for a Royal Navy officerQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword13:48What Bluejacket commandos brought to wartime raidsQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword24:00How Britain might have built warships without the Washington treatyQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword1:37:51A visual guide to British wartime sloops and frigatesChapter
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword2:21:05Books for tracing how warship classes evolvedQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:11:32The naval shape of Operation UnthinkableQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:14:52How Royal Navy officers find professional readingQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword3:16:53Could Bismarck have escaped with fuel and radio silence?Q&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword4:00:49The Admiralty's interwar studies of merchant shippingQ&A
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword4:04:56How Type 26, Type 31, and Type 83 divide Royal Navy rolesNotable Point
- Bruships 50: A D-Day special with Questions & some New Books from Pen & Sword4:07:37How Royal Navy hydrographic charts serve mariners worldwideQ&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class32:41The Glatton inquiry drove a full insulation safety refitNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class46:21Tactical German losses could reshape the Narvik campaignNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”14:06What the RAF inherited from the Royal Naval Air ServiceQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”26:30Why histories shifted blame onto the Royal NavyQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”51:52Naval-air experience at Coastal Command's helmQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:45:02Why the Royal Navy did not simply neglect anti-submarine warfareChapter
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:57:18What the Royal Navy funded first in 1930s rearmamentQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:58:37Submarine warfare extended far beyond two famous campaignsNotable Point
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”1:59:34Why the Royal Navy preferred more light cruisersQ&A
- “Coastal Command in the 1920s & 1930s”2:34:13Why the early twentieth-century naval race was globalQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)19:10Super Tigers versus a mixed R-class forceQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)21:56Why German fleet building alarmed BritainQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)26:09Compatibility among 13.5-inch ammunition typesQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)27:07The Admiral class as enhanced HoodsQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)29:40Treaty rule-bending and water-based armourQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)39:12How a Tillman battleship could reshape the arms raceQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)57:36Why small enemy fleets consumed many British shipsNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:01:25Why triple 4-inch turrets did not spreadQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:18:49German gun quality versus British shell weightQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:29:43British shell fuzes and Greenboy quality controlNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:47:49How national procurement systems shaped dreadnought constructionNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:51:02The global dreadnought race beyond GermanyNotable 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)1:58:33Why the R class could not be rebuilt like RenownQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:58:56Could HMS Tiger take 14-inch guns?Q&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:59:51A 28-knot Iron Duke rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:01:25What a small-tube-boiler refit requiredQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:09:03The three-ship Canadian Queen Elizabeth proposalQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:21:56Where British battleship materials came fromQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:24:05How the United States might answer an 18-inch British shipQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:33:26Why Jellicoe chose Iron DukeQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:33:46A 28-knot Queen Elizabeth with small-tube boilersQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:39:16Rearming Iron Duke with larger gunsQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)2:48:28The missed small-tube-boiler rebuildQ&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
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)3:03:24Battlecruisers judged by mission, not labelsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19151:34Triple mounts and the 18-inch-gun questionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19152:45Renown’s speed and the battlecruiser testNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19153:20Wartime components reveal pre-existing programmesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19155:29Renown and Courageous as competing wartime choicesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19158:32Testing the Agincourt story with fragmentary evidenceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191511:37Agincourt’s programme logic and technical complexityNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191515:40The 1915 dreadnought balance was an industrial balanceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191517:54Why Britain built Dreadnought despite its old-fleet leadChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19142:08Wartime shipbuilding exposed the industrial gapNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191412:01Gun and turret advances came from beyond GermanyNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191413:46The fiscal case for larger British gunsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191414:51Dreadnought did not erase Britain's numerical leadNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191416:02British sea power beyond a German duelChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191417:39Cruiser presence backed by scalable forceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191418:20Why an 18-inch British capital ship was plausibleNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191421:06The Royal Navy fought effectively for resources in WhitehallNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191421:43A six-gun 18-inch capital-ship alternativeNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19130:40HMS Tiger and the battlecruiser trade-offChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19137:18Bayern, Revenge, and fleet numbersChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191314:17A technology race beyond hull countsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191317:21Why matching gun power did not equal deterrenceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191318:03Britain's planned concentration of 15-inch battleshipsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19121:14Iron Duke as Jellicoe's flagshipChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191213:23Queen Elizabeth raises the calibre stakesChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191214:51Queen Elizabeth trades a fifth turret for speedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191222:23German gun calibre follows rather than drivesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19110:24King George V class: armour for rangeChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19112:58Queen Mary and the price of speedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19117:39Kongo's 14-inch battlecruiser logicNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191111:54The 14-inch gun race reaches Chile and the United StatesChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191127:17The risk fleet's strategic signalling paradoxChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19104:51Wyoming combines a twelve-gun broadside with conservative designChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191014:40Italy, Britain, and America pursue different innovation pathsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191023:38The 1910 dreadnought balance hides another response cycleChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December0:17How the Colossus class refined HMS NeptuneChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December4:45Orion makes the super-dreadnought leapChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December7:50Why Britain chose 13.5-inch guns for OrionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December9:20Lion turns Orion firepower into battlecruiser speedChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December13:22German armor strength meets British caliber escalationNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December14:30British production raises the 1909 dreadnought standardNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December17:52Why Britain did not panic over 1909 building totalsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December19:00The logistics of leaving the 12-inch gun standardNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June0:39HMS Neptune combines superfiring and wing turretsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June3:41Neptune trades maximum armor for broader protectionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June5:32Exercises turn dreadnought experience into new designsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June7:41Indefatigable follows a year of battlecruiser experienceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June9:58Battlecruisers support Britain's global commerce warNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 January-June14:24Britain and America drive the dreadnought design raceNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190817:38British and German battlecruisers were designed for different warsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190826:18British trials and German tempo create different design cyclesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-76:33Why Admiral-class hulls might have made better interwar carriersNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-77:20Why a third Renown-class battlecruiser might modernize wellNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-79:58Dreadnought reset the type while Britain kept its industrial leadNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-714:04American deterrence and Germany's risk fleet sent different signalsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-716:58Why sustained turbine speed mattered beyond battleNotable Point
- Patreon 24: Everything Wrong With Star Wars Fleets (From a Naval History Perspective)49:55A VLS without missiles exposes a procurement gapNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers9:23HMS Hood provides the built battlecruiser baselineChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers13:11Hood preserves capability beyond the current warNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers15:13Blockade intelligence tests German shipbuilding claimsNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers16:42Hood's range signals a global missionNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers18:22Hood survives wartime priorities and Admiralty pressureNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers53:44G3 trades Lexington's speed for a ninth 16-inch gunChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers56:30G3's forward battery limits its tactical freedomChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers1:02:09An Admiral-class conversion points toward the strike carrierNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers1:04:35Postwar task-force doctrine reinforces G3's battlecruiser characterNotable Point
- Bruships 48: Reading History12:05Teaching naval history aboard HMS BelfastQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History16:40Warship plans and drawings for modelersQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History30:56Why Invincible worked as a cruiser but not a line battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:01:05Why Tribal-class service appears in notable commanders' careersQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:06:00Covering the loss of USS Bonhomme RichardQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:29:18Foylebank and the cost of coastal convoy air defenceChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:34:23How Portland's air attack exposed convoy OA 178 to E-boatsChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:47:06Why wartime fleet snapshots hide production lagNotable Point
- Bruships 48: Reading History1:54:13Bangor-class minesweepers as small sloop-like escortsQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:22:47Likely names for unbuilt Ark Royal sister shipsQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:28:36Winter limits, Atlantic trade, and the road to the Glorious First of JuneChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:34:22John Clerk, line-breaking theory, and tactical controversyChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History2:44:46Convoy intelligence and the difficulty of finding a fleet at seaChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:10:56How Howe attempted deliberate line-breaking before 1 JuneChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:16:26Why a long Queen Elizabeth deployment can be a work-upQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:17:18Why the Fairey Barracuda left the British Pacific FleetQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:29:59Battle damage, fog, and the approach to 1 JuneChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:37:48How Howe tried to break the French lineChapter
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:43:28Why the Sea Hurricane never received folding wingsQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:53:55Royal Navy battles that slip from popular memoryQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History3:57:50Vanguard as a cruise-oriented successor to HoodQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:03:46Why US and British wartime fleets were not interchangeableQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:05:26Why Bismarck's final action lacks a separate battle nameQ&A
- Bruships 48: Reading History4:07:30Why German battleships demanded close attentionQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-457:44Why handwritten ships' logs can be difficult sourcesQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4513:16Coastal convoys as Britain's wartime distribution networkChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4517:10Coal traffic after the Royal Navy changed to oilQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4537:12How Scottish independence could reshape Royal Navy basingQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-4548:34Convoy commodores kept merchant formations togetherChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:27:57Small warships formed the coastal convoy escort poolChapter
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:40:15Who commanded Royal Navy trawlersQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-451:41:36When Royal Navy ships gained air conditioningQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:30:54The Royal Navy's heavy anti-invasion backstopNotable Point
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:48:16British DEMS and the US Navy Armed GuardQ&A
- Patreon 23: Coal, Canals, Convoys & Coastal Carrying: traffic around the British isles from 1939-452:55:55Why the British intervention in Norway failedQ&A
- Four Random Books Episode 36: No Good Choices14:23Operation Torch's harbor coups de mainNotable Point
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 30:19William Agnew's cruiser-command careerChapter
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 34:05Turning HMS Corfu into an armed merchant cruiserNotable Point
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 37:45From HMS Dido to Excellent and VanguardChapter
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 312:56Aurora and the Arethusa-class cruiser balanceNotable Point
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 320:10HMS Lively's short, active Mediterranean careerNotable Point
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 324:23Vanguard's cruiser-style organization and gunneryNotable Point
- William Agnew: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 325:23Vanguard, postwar global presence, and Agnew's influenceChapter
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 21:48Robert Sherbrooke's route to destroyer commandChapter
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 27:40How Vian rotated Tribal-class commandsNotable Point
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 210:16Destroyer officers in Arethusa-class cruisersNotable Point
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 215:12Sherbrooke's Victoria Cross defence of convoy JW 51BChapter
- Robert Sherbrooke: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 217:21Why convoy JW 51B had to be protectedChapter
- Basil Jones: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 11:01Basil Jones and the Royal Navy's depth of commandChapter
- Basil Jones: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 16:01The Tenth Destroyer Flotilla's shield for D-DayChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail17:22Naval history as national historyChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail34:11From king's ships to permanent purpose-built warshipsQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:06:58Francis Austen's Royal Navy careerChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:20:13Why Royal Navy admirals carried red, white, and blue ranksQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:31:53Admiral ranks began as positions in the battle lineQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:39:23The Royal Navy's slow buildup in the War of 1812Chapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:58:25Why Britain limited its War of 1812 commitmentQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:03:07An Operation C counterfactual ends with carrier gunfireNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:10:10Why Britain sourced escort carriers from North AmericaQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:17:08Why most imperial capital-ship industry remained in BritainQ&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail3:40:47Radar development depended on how institutions handled rivalryNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class1:26Marshal Ney and Marshal Soult lend their names to British monitorsChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class8:18Ramillies gives up her turrets for the Marshal Ney monitorsNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class12:35An R-class battlecruiser counterfactual tests wartime procurement choicesNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class19:48The Dover Patrol combines monitors with a diverse coastal forceNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class19:48Redoubtable proves useful in trials but awkward off the Belgian coastNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class23:08Dover Patrol monitors gain range but lose control in tidal watersChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class24:07Marshal Ney circles under fire from the Tirpitz batteryNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class25:18Rearmed Marshal Ney becomes a useful Downs guard shipNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class26:28Marshal Soult reaches bombardment stations under towNotable Point
- 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
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class30:45Hugh Tweedy's career from Victorian ships to Grand Fleet destroyersChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class34:04The Tweedy family carries military service into the Second World WarNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class36:17A young Tweedy improvises a river operation in Sierra LeoneNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 5, Marshal Ney Class39:22Personnel quality turns flawed ships into usable capabilityNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?25:51Could Britain and Canada win the Atlantic battle without US entry?Q&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?34:30Why Force Z needed depth behind SingaporeQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?40:02How an earlier 14-inch gun might reshape British dreadnoughtsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?43:13How Britain initially understood JutlandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?48:34Why HMS Tamar received a dazzle scheme for the Indo-PacificQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?51:41Why peacetime promotion slowed the Georgian Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:04:26How navies carried lessons from one war into the nextQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:14:02A longer Anglo-Japanese alliance and American anxietyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:18:47Why HMS Glorious was caught without warningQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:25:25What six more months of peace gives the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:40:46Command succession after bridge strikes at JutlandQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?1:50:07The case for a Royal Navy 9.2-inch cruiserQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:02:48A British cruiser squadron at Pearl HarborQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?2:04:25How the Royal Navy might evolve without the First World WarQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out?3:23:14Why Courageous, Glorious, and Ark Royal were avoidable lossesQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19070:43Dreadnought production reshapes the 1907 naval balanceChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19074:16St Vincent-class batch production builds a battle squadronChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 19076:27Declared purpose shapes naval threat perceptionNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190715:07Proximity and fleet range sharpen the British-German rivalryNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190719:12North Dakota brings turbine power to the American battle lineChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190721:45Peer navies advance unevenly by subsystemNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190723:43Brazilian orders give British yards a technology testbedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190726:50Maintainability slows the transition from engines to turbinesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 190727:51The 1907 fleet balance still favors BritainNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 19064:52Why Britain could treat HMS Dreadnought as an experimentChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 19065:40Why Fisher followed one Dreadnought with three battlecruisersChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190610:23How the Invincibles reached 25 knotsChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190618:46Bellerophon as an incremental second-generation dreadnoughtChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 2, 190619:42Britain's lead while other navies evaluated the dreadnoughtChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 19059:49Mission and geography shaped dreadnought designChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190513:03Dreadnought's machinery combined speed with redundancyNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190515:07Dreadnought was more than an all-big-gun shipNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190515:44Dreadnought became an international benchmarkNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190516:34Britain had the margin to risk the Dreadnought experimentChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 1, 190519:03Dreadnoughts did not instantly erase older battleshipsNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)11:51Why the Royal Navy retained so many older battleshipsQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)13:20How the Royal Navy viewed itself in 1945Chapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)15:44The Malta class and Britain's postwar carrier choiceChapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)36:38Could Audacious have been traded for Malta?Q&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:11:29Why Eric Brown did not become a rear admiralQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:16:21The 1955 carrier force confronts jets and missilesChapter
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:25:12Five Royal Navy carriers deploy during the Suez CrisisNotable Point
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:27:14Why interwar naval procurement controlled costs betterQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)1:50:06Did small carriers push the Royal Navy toward narrower roles?Q&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:02:44Why Britain and America did not merge Malta and MidwayQ&A
- Pseudo Patreon British Aircraft Carrier development Since 1945 (as suggested by Kyle Hardman)2:18:41From CVA-01 cancellation to through-deck cruisersQ&A
- Four Random Books 34: A Special Place0:24HMS Trinidad's doomed escape from MurmanskChapter
- Four Random Books 34: A Special Place4:49The human strain of wartime minesweepingChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War11:48Why Lord Cork is blamed for the loss of HMS GloriousNotable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War59:13Ludovic Kennedy, HMS Rawalpindi, and wartime publishingNotable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War1:31:59Why Dunkirk needed both little ships and destroyersQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:10:54Mission command existed before navies named itQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:29:08Beresford, Fisher, and Royal Navy patronageQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:34:22Somerville and Noble in Ernest King's Royal Navy relationshipsQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:37:58King and Cunningham's grudging wartime respectNotable Point
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War2:50:11How a source network recovered Dickie Cork's lifeChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:05:00British interservice rivalry and the Norwegian campaignQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:06:37Lucky ships in the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:13:49Torpedo failures at the First Battle of NarvikChapter
- Bruships 46: Accounts of Naval War3:24:56How to assess Prince Philip's wartime naval serviceNotable Point
- Patreon 22: If the Cold War went hot in 1986 would NATO's navies keep the Altantic Going?1:04:22Where would Royal Navy amphibious forces be used?Q&A
- Four Random Books 33: Liberty Ships & Depth in History0:04Four books uncover the machinery behind naval historyChapter
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity1:21The fleet submarine as a hidden Sunday punchChapter
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity3:00The Royal Navy invested heavily in submarines before 1914Notable Point
- 'K' Class Submarines; not such a Kalamity9:55How hindsight distorts early submarine technologyNotable Point
- Bruships 45: Something Medieval3:50:46How should a carrier group cover detached escorts?Q&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces12:19Basil Jones and the wartime destroyer command trackChapter
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces35:45Robert Sherbrooke finds his calling in destroyersChapter
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces56:53William Agnew, Force K, and small-force commandChapter
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:08:11Why sea-going officers leave as command posts shrinkNotable Point
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:18:40The selective command course for surface-warfare officersNotable Point
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:32:10What weapons did Altmark's boarding parties carry?Q&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:33:26How the Royal Navy found AltmarkQ&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces1:42:28Why Royal Navy crews still trained for boarding and fighting ashoreQ&A
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces2:05:24Frederick Peters returns to war for special serviceChapter
- Patreon 21: Notable WW2 commanders of smaller naval forces2:17:33How earlier carrier losses left Force Z without air coverQ&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!21:25The American war exposed a command-quality gapQ&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!28:30Coppered hulls and fresh water turn readiness into speedNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!29:34A capable French navy faced Britain's institutional memoryChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!36:51Rodney, Hood, and Drake formed an unusually experienced command teamChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!44:52Could Nelson have beaten the United States in 1812?Q&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!55:56Drake traded flagship weight for pursuit speedNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!1:00:33Why did HMS Formidable have two captains?Q&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!1:03:46A fleet designed to survive command lossesNotable Point
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!1:18:27The battle lines engage on 12 AprilChapter
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!2:12:14Why did HMS Hood's loss have such cultural force?Q&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!2:13:35Would Canada buy the Type 45 destroyers?Q&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!2:28:03Which Royal Navy ships are receiving deep refits?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy8:51Prince Philip's Royal Navy career at a glanceChapter
- Prince Philips Navy18:45Was Philip the last Matapan survivor or the longest-serving naval officer?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy20:42Are Royal Navy ships named for living monarchs?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy27:36Dartmouth gave Philip structure and a wartime openingChapter
- Prince Philips Navy30:19Britain's naval academy is DartmouthQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy33:47Indian Ocean service as a conventional midshipman apprenticeshipChapter
- Prince Philips Navy36:27Was Philip barred from helping defend Greece?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy59:35Could Prince Philip have remained in naval command?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy1:36:27Did Lord Louis Mountbatten arrange Philip's wartime postings?Q&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:01:21The Royal Navy's long path to replenishment at seaQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:03:56Why the 1939 King George V class reused an earlier monarch's nameQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:08:04Postwar instructor duty and an unusually consequential engagement requestNotable Point
- Prince Philips Navy2:12:30Chequers gave Philip flotilla-level executive responsibilityChapter
- Prince Philips Navy2:17:48Elizabeth's comparatively ordinary life as a naval wife in MaltaQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:18:38Petty-officer training at HMS Royal Arthur in CorshamQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:19:49The last sloop commissioned by the Royal NavyQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:21:07Why a sloop could be a prestigious anti-submarine commandQ&A
- Prince Philips Navy2:31:42Assessing Philip as an officer whose career yielded to royal dutyNotable Point
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)2:45Between Hostile Shores as an archive guideChapter
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)11:01Why destroyers dominate a convoy operationNotable Point
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)13:13Naval estimates and the We Want Eight campaignChapter
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)15:22How Admiralty designers kept existing ships currentNotable Point
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)15:51From torpedo nets to structural bulgesChapter
- Four Random Books Episode 32: Destroyer Challenge (Live)21:12Repulse trials expose destroyer seakeeping limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy22:08The Tribal class punished tactics built around an average destroyerNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy30:21Naval intelligence grew unevenly with communications technologyChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy33:04Better intelligence should support rather than remote-control commandersNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy37:19Trade protection helped turn intelligence into a naval institutionNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy56:44Finding references on Royal Navy coal-fired boilersQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:36:54Roskill's sea-power history frames the uneasy interwar settlementChapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy1:39:48Treaty limits created design problems and encouraged workaroundsNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:01:43A twentieth-century naval history can narrow around one warNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:10:41Royal Navy planning extended beyond one decisive battleNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:34:02Intelligence managed Anglo-American naval rivalry after 1918Chapter
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:34:04The Anglo-Japanese alliance linked security and naval technologyNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:37:38Capital-ship ambitions competed with the wartime need for escortsNotable Point
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:49:42When did the US and Britain stop treating each other as naval rivals?Q&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy2:53:40Naval treaties enabled change without planning British successionQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:01:33Why did the postwar Royal Navy contract?Q&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:21:03Why Royal Navy crews wear flash gear at action stationsQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:34:17Bridge and operations crews also face flash hazardsQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:41:01Autonomous mine warfare creates a command-training tradeoffQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:45:31No major navy entered the Second World War fully readyQ&A
- Bruships 44: Strategy3:47:25The Falklands reinforced the need for a ship's gunQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers6:46Replacing wartime cruiser lossesChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers11:07Cruiser needs differed by theaterChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers13:51Comparing the wartime Royal Navy and US NavyQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers35:10Why older ships remained in the Far EastNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers38:02Far Eastern escorts followed speed and cargoQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:03:36When bunks displaced hammocksQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:10:00Postwar cruisers tested the next fleetQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:33:14The British Pacific Fleet restored influence through presenceChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:39:01Cruiser variety in the British Pacific FleetNotable Point
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:41:04Cheap reconstruction options created expensive failuresQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers1:58:16Why the Royal Navy stayed with 4.5-inch gunsQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:42:01Where modern Royal Navy command staffs goQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:43:30The unbuilt British missile-gun cruiserQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers2:47:54British influence on Sverdlov was limitedQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers3:01:02Type 83 points toward a cruiser-sized hullChapter
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers3:17:50Eight Type 83s support persistent deploymentQ&A
- Minotaur & Tiger Class Cruisers3:18:50Type 32 as an unmanned mine-warfare mothershipQ&A
- Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War12:49Why German naval expansion alarmed BritainNotable Point
- Four Random Books 31: The Conduct of War14:19A multi-author study of Royal Navy innovationChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation25:49Carrier deterrence during the Indonesian ConfrontationChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:05:30Life and work aboard a wartime escort carrierChapter
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation1:57:17How a carrier could have changed Force ZQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:12:16Force Z's loss angered Britain more than it demoralized itQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:21:06British night-flying carriers in the early Pacific WarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:26:52Ernest King's resistance to shared Pacific commandQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation2:56:02Foreign personnel in British naval serviceQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation3:57:38Royal Navy multi-carrier doctrine before the Second World WarQ&A
- Bruships 43: Aircraft Carriers & Naval Aviation4:21:34A larger Type 83 need not require a larger crewQ&A
- Patreon 20: Sino Japanese War of 1894: Fighting a modern war with feudal societies1:21:19HMS Flying Fish rescues the Japanese legationNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi1:06:49Old Royal Navy traditions imagined aboard a spaceshipNotable Point
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi4:28:06Museum-ship maintenance and permanent dry-dock accessQ&A
- 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 & Ottomans1:23:34Why not arm treaty cruisers with 9.2-inch guns?Q&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans1:28:01Why Royal Navy calibers used decimalsQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:33:11Could Latorre use British 14-inch ammunition?Q&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:44:34American battleship range and coaling stationsQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans2:47:58Where British battleships were actually neededQ&A
- Patreon 19: 2nd Tier powers Dreadnoughts: Spain, Austria-Hungary, S.America, Greece & Ottomans3:18:54How admirals chose their flagshipsQ&A
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War4:23US and British carrier night fighters reflect different constraintsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War7:53British intelligence overestimates König-class gun upgradesNotable Point
- Four Random Books 29: Weapons of War12:44British Naval Weapons rewards focused technical studyChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA13:13Destroyers for bases expands Atlantic securityChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA37:34Allied orders accelerate American industrial mobilizationChapter
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P2/5 What was Lend Lease according to the USA42:23A rejected battleship request supplies a rumor's kernel of truthNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease20:02Boom-and-bust procurement makes successor programs harderNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease34:20Ceylon made Singapore's loss a planned contingencyNotable Point
- Lend Lease Long Patrol: P1/5 WW2 prior to Lend Lease44:54Cash-and-carry favored Britain through geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)24:27Landing engineering vehicles to clear Northern Ireland blockadesNotable Point
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)28:28HMS Nubian and small-unit island landingsQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)52:35Quebec in 1759: naval mobility, luck, and command mistakesChapter
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:52:33Why mine countermeasures are moving to remote systemsQ&A
- Bruships 41: A History of Armour & Amphibious Warfare (Kyle Hardman)1:59:54Service strategy, procurement, and the British Army's caseNotable 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)4:09:20Why modern escorts combine primary and secondary rolesQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...28:57Why Britain's rearmament program was aimed at 1942Chapter
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...30:05The Royal Navy's path toward Dominion light fleet carriersNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...32:50Canadian ambitions versus the Royal Navy's longer planQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...36:44Light fleet carriers were already on the Royal Navy's horizonQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...40:21What the Royal Navy received beyond ships and aircraftQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...41:24Britain's naval response in a hypothetical war with the United StatesQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...47:18How the Royal Navy entered war with global fuel reservesQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:07:10The fall of France creates Force HChapter
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:14:56How destroyer flotillas produced wartime flag officersQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:18:27Port admirals ran active wartime area commandsQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:20:45Why Tom Phillips received command of Force ZQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:39:06Arming Britain as the safest way to keep America outNotable Point
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:09:05Britain could have laid down a second Ark Royal immediatelyQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:23:56Why gun trials do not settle destroyer performanceQ&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...3:29:16Why captured German destroyers would burden the Royal NavyQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 4 Ceylon to Newfoundland45:32Was Rear Admiral King or the promotion system at fault?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda11:09Why HMS Falkland is absent from the Colony frigatesQ&A
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 3 Trinidad to Bermuda39:42Gambia and Bermuda carry relief to ZakynthosNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya0:50HMS Fiji's treaty-era design and real displacementChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya6:41Battle of Crete air attacks exhaust cruiser ammunitionChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya12:04Naval seniority gives Force C unified commandNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 2 Fiji to Kenya36:42HMS Kenya returns for Korean War bombardment patrolsChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from19:14The Town class set the Royal Navy's cruiser benchmarkChapter
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from32:07Naval planners questioned whether the treaty was practicalNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Long Patrol: Part 1 - where did they come from36:31Alexander challenges plans to replace rather than retain cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...18:04Why forty-eight F-35Bs need not be the final British totalQ&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...40:32The Jutland Scandal joins two admirals' suppressed criticismChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...46:29Beatty places the Fifth Battle Squadron on the wrong side of his screenNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...49:28Does The Jutland Scandal still hold value for modern readers?Q&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...55:39Why British sea power in 1914-15 looked inactive to the publicChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:16:31A Battle-class guide turns ship movements into usable chronologyChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:26:57Crew recollections add lived experience to ship chronologiesNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:29:05HMS Decoy combined diplomatic visits with Bahamas patrolsNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:36:31How an alphabetical destroyer scheme produced Daring, Delight, and DaintyNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:43:09Has the Royal Navy had an HMS Daffodil?Q&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...1:46:01A Town-class history connects HMS Birmingham to postwar crisesChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:17:44Why USS Enterprise received a British naval pennantQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:19:39Which destroyer commanders went on to flag rank?Q&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:24:03General messing and central dining were different changesQ&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:29:25HMS Despatch trades gunnery time for South American presenceChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:44:15Caspar John enters an awkwardly divided Fleet Air ArmChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...2:59:28Using a contentious book to sharpen the opposing caseChapter
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:37:12Gallipoli needed amphibious expertise and an aggressive commanderNotable Point
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...3:53:34Would a world without the interwar naval treaties avoid war?Q&A
- Bruships 40: Favourite Books to Use When Writing...4:09:55Could Britain have replaced the R-class before 1939?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers9:09The unstable 1936 setting behind the Crown Colony classChapter
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers25:40How long had the Crown Colony six-inch battery been in development?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers2:47:02How treaty accounting could mislead naval intelligenceNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:26:35Why Royal Navy designers left room for wartime growthNotable Point
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:27:52Why did HMCS Uganda keep her colonial name after transfer?Q&A
- Crown Colony Class Cruisers3:33:41Why the Royal Navy removed cruiser torpedoes after 1945Q&A
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 4, Lord Clive Class M10-132:31Bacon helps organize the Royal Navy's submarine serviceChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-94:20Majestic-class gun donors and British fleet depthNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 3, Lord Clive Class M6-97:30The Majestic-class battleship baselineChapter
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class10:31American neutrality changed the monitors' proposed namesNotable Point
- Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 2, Abercrombie Class11:26Maritime trade links slavery, naval funding, and suppressionNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"52:42French command and the Allied Adriatic imbalanceNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:03:13Mines and U-4 keep pressure on Allied escortsNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:27:18Mines and escort mistakes at DurazzoChapter
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"1:47:40Why Italy worried the Royal Navy more than GermanyNotable Point
- Patreon 18 "Fast attack craft, ie. torpedo-, U- and gunboats in WWI Adriatic "Klein Krieg"2:10:03Hornet, Jackal, and Torrens press the April 1918 clashChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments1:22How a British victory over Russia might have shaped Japanese doctrineQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments3:46Why aggressive names suit small warshipsNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments8:49Why naval initiative changes from one era to anotherQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments9:34Beresford's claimed plan for the Second Pacific SquadronQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments12:27Why constructor-admiral partnerships matter in warship designNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments13:53Using Castles of Steel for First World War naval historyQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments15:04Why Beatty bears responsibility for Seymour's signalsQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments16:11How a squadron commander obtained a flag captainQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments17:20Sturdee's tactical strength and strategic limitsQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments17:46A retired Royal Navy engineer and wartime radio workNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments19:15Why monitors operated without heavy escorts near minefieldsQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments20:03What casualty reports miss about HMS Arabis's gunneryNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments20:14Why the 1916 sloops did not escape through their minefieldQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Response to Comments20:53Why HMS Arabis deserved greater recognitionQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s1:57John Nott's fiscal logic behind the 1981 naval cutsChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s12:07Why reserve ships did not equal ready reinforcementsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s17:02Charging the strategic deterrent to the Navy budgetNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World0:38The Royal Navy's 1980s mission setChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P4 Britain in the World4:12The logic of continuous at-sea deterrenceNotable Point
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection0:28Tracing Fleet Air Arm squadron lineagesChapter
- Four Random Books 26: The Sturviant Fleet Air Arm Collection10:51Recreating a North Sea war plan in the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)1:38Royal Navy Reserve wartime rolesChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)3:43Naval housing and the reserve shortfallQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)5:23HMS Invincible and confidence across the naval serviceChapter
- 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 P3b/7 Keith Speed (Continued)28:36Parliament challenges a naval visit to ChinaQ&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)0:07Why naval capability needs quantity and readinessChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)3:08Layered air defence for Atlantic ASW groupsChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)10:46Ship orders, dockyard employment, and election timingNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)23:17Recruitment, retention, and the demographic troughChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)25:51The WRNS expands into technical and operational rolesNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)26:39Integrated naval nursing, pay, and family separationNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P3a/7 Keith Speed (Continued)27:27Retaining experience and accelerating promising naval NCOsNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed1:49Keith Speed's break with the 1981 defence reviewChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed29:59Could Britain reinforce Southwest Asia at sea?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed30:37Who controlled Britain's Polaris deterrent?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P2/7 Keith Speed31:35Mediterranean cover and worldwide naval diplomacyChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy2:15Patrick Duffy frames NATO as a maritime allianceChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy20:16SACLANT cannot both contain the Northern Fleet and protect every convoyChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy23:26Britain claims Atlantic and global roles while ordering no new escortNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy28:00Did Labour empty the warship order book before the election?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy29:08Cammell Laird's modernization needs a continuing order bookChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy31:10Should Britain favor sea power over the NATO central front?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy33:23The NATO central front buys influence at a maritime opportunity costNotable Point
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy35:27Was Duffy satisfied with Labour's naval construction plans?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy36:31Sea Dart and Sea Wolf still need a last-ditch defenceChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy37:08Minehunting and amphibious lift reveal neglected support fleetsChapter
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy37:53Could laid-up trawlers reinforce mine countermeasures?Q&A
- Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P1/7 Sir Patrick Duffy43:48Close-in weapon warnings precede the Falklands WarNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment16:19Pepys's Navy as a guide to Restoration warshipsChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment18:15Michael Partridge on Victorian politics and naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment20:39How Restoration gun crews prepared and aimed at seaNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment29:11Midshipmen as messengers and combat leadersQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment40:45Fleet reviews as a long view of Royal Navy changeNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment44:47The 1867 fleet review as naval diplomacyChapter
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment48:28Minotaur and Royal Sovereign at the 1867 reviewNotable Point
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment1:42:29Why Churchill endured as First Lord of the AdmiraltyQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:29:14How replating extends a warship hull's service lifeQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:35:55Why the Hawkins-class 7.5-inch gun disappointedQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment2:37:11Royal Marines identity as an elite naval forceQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:07:32What Britain could add to an expanded QuadQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:10:27An LHD-centered replacement for Britain's amphibious fleetQ&A
- Bruships 38: Amphibious Operations & Equipment3:17:52How a battleship holiday redirected naval constructionQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan7:58How closely RAF Buccaneers supported the Royal NavyQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan13:35Patrick Duffy and the anatomy of a serious defence debateNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan57:41How usable was Britain's reserve fleet?Q&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:14:22US-Royal Navy cooperation around the GIUK gapQ&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:30:44Keith Speed's informed dissent from the Nott ReviewNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:42:01The 1998 Strategic Defence Review's fleet ambitionsNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan1:48:43Global deployments, access, and a seat at the tableChapter
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:30:58Could redundant naval housing support service families?Q&A
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:37:02A balanced fleet concept before the 1981 Nott ReviewNotable Point
- Patreon 17 "The Royal Navy’s Strategic Role in 1980s NATO" as suggested by Joseph Sullivan2:44:10Why a Royal Navy visit to China became a point of orderQ&A
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P5/6 19162:20The 1916 Dogger Bank clash and its mismatched forcesChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P5/6 191610:12German cruiser claims and the loss of HMS ArethusaNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P5/6 191612:49Why twenty-five German boats failed to destroy four sloopsNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191521:47The British order of battle and its layered commandsChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191529:20British light forces create overwhelming numerical superiorityNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191534:36Ship names give crews identity beyond hull numbersNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191536:31British and German destroyer doctrine divergesNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191550:44German and British reviews draw opposing gunnery lessonsNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P4/6 191552:04Blücher's loss in burial honors and wartime filmNotable Point
- Four Random Books 25: On a Precipe9:55How the fall of France transformed the Mediterranean warChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 190414:47How close Dogger Bank came to a wider warChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P3/6 190417:18Dogger Bank and Britain's balance-of-power strategyChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 17813:29Two unusually even fleets meet at Dogger BankChapter
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 17814:12The British and Dutch orders of battleNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 178119:45Hyde Parker asks for better ships and younger officersNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol P2/6 178120:18Dogger Bank as a test of crews and commandNotable Point
- Battles of Dogger Bank: Long Patrol Part 1/6 - 169615:12Jean Bart takes the convoy prizes and escapes BenbowChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects19:00Reginald Bacon's history of the Dover PatrolChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects41:32Tracing Royal Navy names across centuriesChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects42:15Why two 32-gun ships could have different fighting powerNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects51:50Enterprise from captured warship to survey shipNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects52:56Exeter's name history includes a cancelled frigateNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects57:02What the Warspite name implies for a new SSBNNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects1:52:26The 1919 naval architects' record of the wartime fleetsChapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:03:03Why destroyer officers gained command experience earlyQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:10:24How the Royal Navy organized its fleets in August 1914Chapter
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:13:29Why battle squadrons had attached light cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:49:52Would Britain have been better without the R class?Q&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:55:26Should modern Royal Navy ships carry twin medium guns?Q&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects2:56:45Why Royal Navy ships moved away from 40 mm gunsQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:00:38Why the Royal Navy chose the 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:03:37Why a continuous shipbuilding drumbeat mattersNotable Point
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:08:43Type 26 warfighting and Type 31 forward presenceQ&A
- Bruships 37: New Books & Some More Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects3:29:49How the Type 31 contract limits redesign churnNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191639:56Benbow's squadron was hunting Jean BartQ&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-191643:52The balanced British and Dutch fleets of 1781Chapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19161:06:29Hyde Parker's career across three warsNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19161:09:00Officer corps preserve or lose combat knowledgeNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19161:15:58Hyde Parker's resignation and younger admiralsNotable Point
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19161:51:12How Britain watched the Russian fleetQ&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19162:13:36Should Hipper have turned and fought?Q&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19162:16:55Room 40 enables British force concentrationChapter
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19162:34:06Why Beatty escaped a Dogger Bank court martialQ&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19162:46:42Did German radio habits shape British silence?Q&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19162:51:36Why short-range radio suited fighter directionQ&A
- The Battles of Dogger Bank 1696-19163:06:51Could another admiral have replaced Beatty?Q&A
- Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s7:10Policing, deterrence, and insurance in British strategyNotable Point
- Four Random Books 24: Power, Money & Strategy in 1930s9:43Singapore made fleet mobility a Far East strategyChapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations8:16How the Royal Navy trains with foreign naviesQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations26:20Would naval reform have continued without Fisher?Q&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations28:28How an earlier British move might have denied Germany NorwayNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations32:33Would Norway have resisted a British intervention?Q&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations54:11The reach and supply problem of a German base in IcelandQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:03:35Britain's diplomatic bluff over Graf Spee at MontevideoChapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:05:44Patrolling the River Plate without violating neutral watersNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations1:14:36How Britain and America expanded trained wartime crewsQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:10:41Dreadnought and Britain's search for alliesChapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:36:00Britain's Naval Future and the risks of planning for one kind of warChapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:41:24Cable on independent foreign policy and seaborne tradeNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations2:43:57How naval shrinkage can leave a fleet without a useful roleNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:20:39American neutral trade and Britain's need for sailorsNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:22:42Maritime rights and the road to the War of 1812Chapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:48:24When navies and foreign ministries worked best togetherQ&A
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)26:11Was a captured French ship renamed HMS Ville de Paris?Q&A
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)28:31The British-built 74s in Cochrane's battle lineChapter
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)52:06Why a fleet could bring exceptional artillery ashoreQ&A
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)1:00:57Why a German push toward Dunkirk faced joint firesNotable Point
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today16:35Why Guadeloupe's ship count may be three or fourNotable Point
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today17:28Did Napoleonic naval history continue after Trafalgar?Q&A
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today23:15The West Indies campaign's road to GuadeloupeChapter
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today28:29How Cochrane sustained a Caribbean expeditionNotable Point
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today30:05HMS Diamond Rock, the Royal Navy's stone sloopChapter
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today36:23A French army left without naval supportNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 412:14Sailors, marines, and armed naval parties ashoreQ&A
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 416:04Royal Navy deterrence and the cost of full protectionNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 423:56Britain in a hypothetical 1930s US-Japan warQ&A
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...0:42Theodore Roosevelt's blockade lesson from the War of 1812Chapter
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...12:02Interwar Royal Navy preparation and threat assumptionsChapter
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...13:11Tactical means and the danger of assuming equal competenceNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 31:17The China Station's crowded strategic agenda in 1931Chapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 33:48Frederic Dreyer brought operational authority to the China StationNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 21:45A Zeppelin anecdote captures Tyrwhitt's Harwich Force personaNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 24:20China Station command alternates force and diplomacyChapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 27:04HMS Kent turns naval prestige into diplomacyChapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 228:19Submarines stop the pirate seizure of SS IreneChapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 14:03How the China Station emerged from a vast combined commandChapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 18:24Hong Kong's trade network creates rich targets for piracyChapter
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 110:51Global presence competed with fleet concentrationNotable Point
- Counter Piracy in China in 1920s & 1930s: Long Patrol Part 121:20Postwar commanders reassess the Far East from SingaporeChapter
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword14:50Navarino and naval intervention for Greek independenceChapter
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword36:39Norway-focused planning left a Falklands helicopter-control gapNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword41:28Matching helicopter loads to the force needed on Mount KentNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword1:59:13Batmen, naval stewards, and carrier batsmenQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:11:40Pairing a captain and executive officer with complementary skillsQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:14:40Steward service could become a route to a naval commissionNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:17:34Stewards protect the critical people who keep a ship functioningNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:29:35Dudley North's lost command opportunityQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:30:12Cork and Orrery's investigations cost the Royal Navy usable officersNotable Point
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:34:33Royal Navy officers were not uniformly aristocraticQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:35:26Steward skills transferred into logistics and civilian leadershipQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:38:23Admirals who preferred sea command still accepted shore dutiesQ&A
- Bruships 35: Personal Wars + a New Book from Pen & Sword2:44:08Royal Navy commissioning from the lower deck did not use a fixed quotaQ&A
- Greenwich Naval College: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Part 221:38The Royal Navy underwrote London’s global tradeNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East8:13A reported cruiser shortcut against a pirate dhowNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East10:24The treaty basis for Royal Navy piracy patrolsChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East19:32Which navies conducted joint counter-piracy operations?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East37:17China Station commanders and the Singapore strategyChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East45:07When did Singapore become a proper naval base?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East46:00How close were Royal Navy and Japanese Navy relations?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East48:50The Washington treaty, forward bases, and naval visitsChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East55:26Command turnover weakened station experienceNotable Point
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:06:18Did wartime exhaustion weaken the postwar officer corps?Q&A
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East1:20:22Admiral Tyrwhitt's rules for retaliatory fireChapter
- Patreon 16: Royal Navy anti-piracy operations of the 1920s & 1930s in the Far East2:01:32How many modern Black Swans would deter China?Q&A
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 14:17Thomas Whitcombe's elusive life and prolific naval artChapter
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 17:51Why Camperdown offers a near-peer fleet comparisonChapter
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 19:22The Spithead and Nore grievances behind CamperdownNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 110:15Admiral Duncan's personal response to mutinyNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 112:29Camperdown's opposing fleets and small-warship balanceNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 115:42Camperdown's casualties, captures, and prize wealthNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 117:25The Saintes and a rare British numerical advantageChapter
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 118:52HMS Barfleur's British construction and long battle recordNotable Point
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 121:22The broken French commerce-raiding squadron of June 1796Chapter
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 126:38Why Britain turned its fleet against AlgiersChapter
- Thomas Whitcombe: Naval Paintings Long Patrol Episode 127:56Exmouth's ships and bomb vessels at AlgiersNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History11:33British global commitments and the naval reversal in 1813Chapter
- Bruships 34: Random History1:28:06British food imports and the risk of a second war across the AtlanticNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:43:03Britain's Naval Future defines limited sea controlChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History1:47:44A battle fleet built for a blockade that never cameNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:49:18Cable's criticism of Britain's prewar allocation of resourcesNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History1:55:30What should the Royal Navy have changed after the Falklands War?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History1:58:27Broad-beamed Type 22s, larger Invincibles, and a Type 82 fleet escortQ&A
- Bruships 34: Random History2:04:40How the Landing Craft Assault balanced beaching, protection, and troop movementChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History2:26:17Castle-class corvettes ship by shipChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History2:40:43Why do Castle-class corvette totals look inconsistent?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History2:42:45When did electric searchlights appear on warships?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History3:10:32British submarine production, the A class, and special-purpose designsChapter
- Bruships 34: Random History3:16:19U-class submarines: simple machinery and revised bow arrangementsNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History3:40:50How might Western Cold War fleets better counter the Soviet Navy?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History3:46:21Kirov-class ships, submarine threats, and a naval arms-race counterfactualQ&A
- Bruships 34: Random History3:47:50A stronger prewar British anti-submarine fleetQ&A
- The Great White Fleet35:50How Spithead reviews complemented Britain's global squadronsQ&A
- The Great White Fleet52:21British colliers made logistics a diplomatic endorsementNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet1:08:00Did the Venezuela crisis mark a British retreat?Q&A
- The Great White Fleet1:45:45Comparing the Great White Fleet with the 1869-1870 Flying SquadronQ&A
- The Great White Fleet1:50:49How Britain combined commerce interdiction with neutral tradeQ&A
- The Great White Fleet2:16:47British help in the search for ARA San JuanQ&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response2:18Could Britain afford the G3 and N3 programmes?Q&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response6:34Treaty tonnage rules and Britain's need for hull numbersNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response9:24G3 conversions and a larger treaty carrier normNotable Point
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response15:35Japan's carrier options after the Amagi lossQ&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response21:30Postwar peace optimism and premature cancellationNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 3/3 Scapa to Type 32224:28Why Germany did not initially panic the Royal NavyNotable Point
- Supemarine Aircraft of the Interwar: Long Patrol Part 1/3 Sea Lion 1-Sea Lion 232:38The Royal Navy's Seagull order kept Supermarine in businessChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations11:04What the Great White Fleet's port calls signaledQ&A
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations35:15An 1880 naval chronicle close to the age of sailChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations39:06Fifteen miles of rowing to capture four Chesapeake schoonersNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations43:07Frigates and troops compel Ponza to surrenderNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations1:19:48Documents behind the Anglo-German naval raceChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations2:01:44How the Royal Navy made a mass invasion findableChapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations2:23:23When grooming standards stop serving operationsNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:08:18John Fisher on full-scale trials and public argumentNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations3:25:16Naval operations under CromwellQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:30Michael Clapp as a favorite Royal Navy captainQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes10:37How the G3 and N3 ships might have been namedQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes12:44From Dreadnought to the postwar capital-ship problemChapter
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes32:24How different Grand Fleet leadership might have changed the G3Q&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes43:35The Jutland report and distorted postwar lessonsNotable Point
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:33:53Why the G3 reached the order stage before the N3Q&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes1:52:22Capital-ship orders as employment and national policyChapter
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:07:47Technology exchange did not create common British-American ship designsQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:14:44Visibility limited the practical value of 8-inch cruiser rangeQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:20:41Why British 16-inch gun development slowed after NelsonQ&A
- Patreon 15 - Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 classes2:27:02M3 was an earlier step toward the N3 battleshipQ&A
- Four Random Books 20: Intelligence13:07The Royal Navy cost of stopping Operation Sea LionNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...10:27Why the Great White Fleet did not visit BritainChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...18:24The Falklands War and confidence in global actionNotable Point
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 2 of 3 - A New Reality...28:15Modern carrier deployments announce global statusChapter
- Great White Fleet: Long Patrol Part 1 of 3 Theodore Roosevelt's Dream5:27Why the Great White Fleet went around the worldChapter
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)42:01Why a Type 23 frigate can perform a cruiser roleChapter
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)1:15:37Could the Type 45 be considered a cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)1:54:08Dreadnought design evidence in the 1922 naval architects' transactionsChapter
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)2:04:00Design debate and displacement margins behind battleshipsNotable Point
- Bruships 32: Ships & Space Ships (Reality & Scifi)2:53:51Ark Royal and the move to a mature purpose-built carrierChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered14:38Why German naval expansion would trigger countermobilizationNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered18:22The Royal Navy Germany would have faced in the mid-1940sNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 8: Questions Answered53:08How purpose-built carriers might have changed developmentQ&A
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)22:41A de facto British fleet predates the 1707 UnionNotable Point
- Battle of Stromboli (8th of January 1676...that's 345yrs ago tomorrow)1:23:47Parliamentary funding helps the Royal Navy overtake its rivalsNotable Point
- 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
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys4:05The 1939 annual as a prewar fleet referenceChapter
- Four Random Books 19: A Decade of Brasseys31:10How wartime prize money was distributed after 1945Notable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion5:28The carrier as an economic-warfare capital shipChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion7:05Beacons, navigation, and the logic of armored flight decksNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion8:22Why Singapore made a surprise air attack imaginableNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion13:17Armored carriers answered British repair and shipyard limitsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion20:07Seaplane carriers as mobile maritime-air depotsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 7: Conclusion23:13An Admiral-class alternative to the Courageous conversionsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 32:47HMS Glorious and the cost of risking fleet carriersChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 36:37Carrier ships and aircraft had to develop togetherNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 319:28Ark Royal trades propulsion weight for protection and air powerChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 6: 1930s Aircraft Carriers of the Big 324:16The 1930s solidify three national carrier pathsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 5: French & German Carriers16:59A Hood conversion counterfactual for twin-engine carrier aircraftNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 310:20Hosho and Eagle define different carrier scalesChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 315:35Hermes gives the Royal Navy early carrier depthChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 318:39Furious briefly becomes the leading carrierChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 323:17American carrier scale reshapes British planningNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 4: 1920s Aircaft Carriers of the Big 324:09Courageous and Kaga show flight-deck layout choicesChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...2:26Aircraft carriers as instruments of imperial presenceChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...15:54An HMS Hermes aircraft disrupts a pirate seizureNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...18:46Far East preparedness and ten-years-away assumptionsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 3: What Aircraft Carriers were for...20:16Far East reconnaissance amid flag and identity confusionNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties9:25Why Britain studied 22,000-ton carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties23:42Royal Navy carrier numbers built early operational experienceNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 2: Papers & Treaties26:20Converted fast cruisers and the scale of carrier investmentChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction16:01Birmingham and Hibernia prove flight from warshipsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction20:14HMS Hibernia shows the institutional cost of aviation trialsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction23:34HMS Furious turns a large light cruiser into an early carrierChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s Long Patrol Part 1: Introduction27:04The Tondern raid measures the speed of carrier learningNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...1:02:04Who should command a British deep-space fleet?Q&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:35:22An extra battlecruiser in the hunt for Scharnhorst and GneisenauQ&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:39:40Cruisers and destroyers supporting the Revenge counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:40:45L9 destroyers and earlier adoption of the 4.5-inch gunQ&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...3:48:18Axis vendettas against famous Allied warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 31: Some more Science Fiction from a Naval Historians Perspective...4:09:59Science-fiction fleets reflect historical naval culturesQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s31:46HMS Furious proved both carrier potential and dangerNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s51:22Why HMS Furious lacked a conventional islandQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s57:34Why British night torpedo doctrine differed from the US alpha strikeQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:23:18Why published carrier aircraft capacities were not directly comparableQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:29:44How Courageous and Glorious could have freed newer carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:31:32HMS Unicorn as a mobile carrier-support systemNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:34:49Why Britain uniquely needed a carrier maintenance shipQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s1:42:24Why Philip Vian was given command of British carriersQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:21:51Why a Canadian carrier would probably follow Royal Navy designQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:24:01Carrier power projection and a continuous shipbuilding strategyQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:44:16Why interwar admirals usually commanded from battleshipsQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s2:54:20Royal Navy retention challenges the battlecruiser failure mythNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:01:00Ark Royal and Hiryu as fast strike carriersChapter
- Aircraft Carriers of the 1920s & 1930s3:09:11The earlier Ark Royal became HMS PegasusQ&A
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy0:47Norman Friedman's books as Royal Navy design referencesChapter
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy2:17Why a postwar multi-role destroyer became too largeNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy4:44Fold-out design plates in Friedman's submarine historyNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy5:36The A-class submarine as a wartime compromiseNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy6:41A-class control-room lessons and the postwar submarine futureNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy7:26Equipment reliability and submarine fighting valueNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy8:26Why triple turrets strained British treaty-cruiser designsNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy10:09A 34-knot four-triple cruiser could not protect its magazinesNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy12:04A 23,000-ton carrier could meet speed and air-group goals but not protectionNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy13:20Carrier treaty limits collided with fleet availabilityNotable Point
- For Random Books 18: Freidman's Royal Navy14:52Carrier limits depended on Japanese acceptanceNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result9:19Parliament proposes armed ocean liners as naval auxiliariesChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result14:40The 1889 fleet created capacity for a changing naval worldNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result19:07Deterrence requires interpreting a country's strategic psychologyNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 4: Result23:24Fisher's battle-fleet focus may have weakened global deterrenceChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships0:09The 1889 programme begins a generation of war preparationNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships3:17What the Naval Defence Act actually deliveredChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships5:29Royal dockyards and private industry sustain fleet constructionNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships11:25Why British battleships carried such heavy armourNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships35:49Pearl-class cruisers for worldwide policingChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate1:13Why the Naval Defence Act was a political breakChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate3:45Private contracts build national shipyard capacityNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 2: Debate20:15Peacetime hid the cost of obsolete funding rulesNotable Point
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context2:42The two-power standard was more than a battleship countChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context22:36Britain watched a worldwide wave of naval expansionChapter
- Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 1: Context25:27Global commitments drove Royal Navy force requirementsChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books22:24A 15-inch-gun stopgap for rapid Lion-class constructionNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books45:10Why naval-architect transactions matter as primary sourcesChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books58:48British naval construction and the danger of false war lessonsChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:53:53Nelson and Rodney under Washington Treaty limitsChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:57:41D'Eyncourt's role on both sides of Nelson's construction contractNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:02:16Where to research British naval design recordsQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:16:41Treaty definitions, carrier tonnage, and experimental replacementChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:46:29Battleship cost, fleet numbers, and global commitmentsChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:48:29Foreign contracts as experiments in British warship designNotable Point
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:02:55A 15-inch stopgap for King George V and LionQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:05:36How Royal Navy design conflicts were resolvedQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books3:14:47Mountbatten as an example of patronage and rapid promotionQ&A
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol9:43Why ocean-going warships favored the screwChapter
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol14:56Royal Navy trials made propulsion choice evidence-ledChapter
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol29:58Why the Royal Navy built paddle minesweepers in World War IChapter
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol33:57Requisitioned paddle steamers in World War IIChapter
- Paddle Steamers of War Long Patrol41:29Waverley and Glenavon classes remained useful coastal warshipsNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 192045:46Why auxiliary status could open neutral portsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:00:24HMS Hood and RMS Lancastria enter serviceChapter
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:04:33Hood's possible gray antifouling paintQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:15:48An Admiral-class carrier conversion alternativeQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:17:28Why an octuple pom-pom concentrated eight barrelsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:20:32Treaty survival through an Incomparable carrier conversionQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:21:41How sister ships could have accelerated Hood's modernizationQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:22:38Decades of shipyard investment behind giant capital shipsNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:24:25An Admiral-class fast force at SingaporeQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:25:17How British conversions shaped carrier treaty limitsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:44:16Why planned Dutch battlecruisers would become denial targetsNotable Point
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:52:41More Scharnhorsts instead of two BismarcksQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19201:59:41A King George V redesign for a drier bow and heavier gunsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:03:03From Clemson class to Royal Navy Town classQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:29:16How Britain compensated for limited domestic oilQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:39:34Royal Navy turret naming conventionsQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:45:16Trading Nelson's torpedoes for power and layoutQ&A
- Steel of a Hundred Years Ago: Ships of 19202:46:15Battlecruisers as fast task-force shipsQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora24:09The two-power standard was more than a two-navy calculationNotable Point
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora34:07Why Germany drew British attention before it had a large fleetQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora37:34How Britain kept civilian shipbuilding under Admiralty controlNotable Point
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora57:02How Britain watched and supplied the Great White FleetQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:48:25Why the Royal Navy may have reached its high point in 1919Q&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora1:48:51Royal Sovereign class gave the program a powerful battle lineChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:05:09Edgar class joined fleet work to long-range cruisingChapter
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:09:24Why the Royal Navy later moved away from 9.2-inch gunsQ&A
- Patreon 14: The Naval Defence Act of 1889 as proposed by Baile Inneraora2:18:39British export warships were strong without surpassing home designsQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History25:36Captain's stewards as operational supportQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History31:28Stewards as an informal command feedback channelNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History40:59How command monitors meal quality at seaQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History51:30Officer and sailor rations in Nelson's navyNotable Point
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History55:05Who cooked a sailors' mess's rations in Nelson's navy?Q&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History1:41:58Samuel Pepys and the professionalization of the Royal NavyChapter
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:43:57Formal position versus operational powerQ&A
- Bruships 29: Best Seller History3:54:24Why the Royal Navy favored six-inch cruisersQ&A
- Paddle Ships at War41:01HMS Rattler tests the screw against HMS AlectoChapter
- Paddle Ships at War42:36Rattler proves the screw beyond controlled trialsChapter
- Paddle Ships at War1:34:49Paddle gunboats in the Gordon relief expeditionChapter
- Paddle Ships at War2:02:34Racecourse-class paddle minesweepers in World War IChapter
- Paddle Ships at War2:08:11Ailsa Shipbuilding turns small-ship experience into minesweepersNotable Point
- Paddle Ships at War2:16:49USS Wolverine and USS Sable train carrier pilotsChapter
- Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates5:20The Dutch invasion of 1688 and an English fleet that did not fightChapter
- Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates9:08Why political will can disable sea powerNotable Point
- Four Random Books 16: It's A Question of Dates12:57British turret ships from Prince Albert to CaptainChapter
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?34:58A February combined naval and land assaultNotable Point
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?45:27Could a naval force capture Constantinople?Q&A
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?59:20The near-breakthrough on 18 MarchChapter
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?1:11:23Cradock as an aggressive Dardanelles commanderNotable Point
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?2:04:45Would Britain fight without the Anglo-German naval race?Q&A
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?2:20:25Could Britain bankroll the Allies and rely on the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?2:23:19Why the Allied fleet became inadequate by AprilQ&A
- Patreon 13: Martin Doherty: What if Gallipoli had succeeded?2:30:00How an Admiral of the Fleet could advise governmentQ&A
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy7:21How mine damage helped Belfast survive the warChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy8:40Why late 1942 changed a warship's survival oddsNotable Point
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy15:06Why frigates and destroyers do not fully replace cruisersChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy20:22A five-flight-deck fleet for strike and amphibious operationsChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy23:22A modern cruiser as a graduated-response optionChapter
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy25:54Fleet numbers, global availability, and the Type 45 successorNotable Point
- Town Class Part 7 of 7: Edinburghs & Legacy29:42Cruiser diplomacy between routine presence and a battle fleetChapter
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters4:29Why the Gloucester subclass carried weight in the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters9:29Force Z and the changing balance between aircraft and battleshipsNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters17:55How war disrupted Royal Navy carrier replacement plansNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters23:29Why Manchester's scuttling led to a court martialChapter
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters34:01Gloucester's sinking and Cunningham's quiet accountabilityChapter
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters36:21Manchester and Gloucester as contrasting preventable lossesNotable Point
- Town Class Part 6 of 7: Gloucesters37:00Carrier experience did not give the Royal Navy full procurement controlNotable Point
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War1:18Town-class deployments at the start of warChapter
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War2:15Liverpool and the Asama Maru incidentNotable Point
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War4:33Why wartime demands overwhelmed deterrent deploymentsChapter
- Town Class Part 4 of 7: Overview of War14:13Crete, naval tradition, and enduranceNotable Point
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War1:30Building and commissioning the Town-class cruisersChapter
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War11:12Exercise CD rehearses a German raider breakoutChapter
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War13:42Rapid wartime expansion erodes institutional memoryNotable Point
- Town Class Part 3 of 7: Pre-War29:07Town-class ships train the Royal Navy's wartime leadersNotable Point
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction0:42Why the Minotaur design became the Town classChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction24:22The unbuilt quadruple-gun Super TownChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction29:23Why the Town fitted the Royal Navy's cruiser roleNotable Point
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction41:51Why a hypothetical Super Town might have been the Bristol classNotable Point
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers4:06Four pressures shaping Royal Navy cruiser designNotable Point
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers7:26Cruisers defend trade and attack enemy commerceChapter
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers15:48Global trade routes define the cruiser battlespaceChapter
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers18:09Why a three-power war overwhelmed cruiser planningChapter
- Town Class Part 1 of 7: Cruisers21:19A 96-cruiser force for Britain's worst-case warNotable Point
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…9:29Why the Royal Navy still needed global cruisersChapter
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…12:14Was Britain bankrupt after the Second World War?Q&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…40:37Night fighting reinforced the six-inch choiceQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…54:19Cancelling Surrey surrendered treaty leverageNotable 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
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…1:32:30Super Town planning assumed treaty limits would fadeNotable Point
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…1:47:38How Neptune might have survived into the Falklands eraQ&A
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…1:49:31Minotaur layouts had to fit British firing prioritiesChapter
- RN Paper Cruisers; the what might have beens…2:00:40Town-class adaptability delayed the next cruiserNotable Point
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?20:27Mountbatten's strengths did not make him a complete commanderQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?36:37Why alliance capacity is not the same as naval presenceQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?38:05Britain's Far East problem was moving oil, not finding itQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?1:20:11What Kimmel and Short could do without a declaration of warQ&A
- Was Pearl Harbour a missed opportunity for the US?1:52:27How a surviving Pacific Fleet could reshape MidwayQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys39:04How Eric Brown combined private test flying with Royal Navy serviceQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:04:57Is there a biography of Admiral Reginald Henderson?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:09:52Why the Royal Navy moved from CATOBAR to STOVLQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:10:18Empire-wide sloop production in the 300-U-boat counterfactualNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:17:23Was there an American equivalent to Admiral Henderson?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:18:04Could the Royal Navy conceal submarine construction overseas?Notable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:25:32British treaty compliance through carefully read loopholesNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:26:20Why Canada can build more Type 26 frigates than BritainNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:32:44Would Type 32 be a modified Type 31?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:33:03What a later start to the Second World War would change at seaQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:37:35A critical reading of The Eastern Fleet and the Indian OceanChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:47:12Somerville's green staff and the Eastern Fleet's night-strike planChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys1:52:42Which power was best prepared for war in 1939?Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:00:15Trafalgar Chronicle and the reputation of William CornwallisChapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:14:47Why dismissing the Italian Navy also distorts Royal Navy historyQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:18:24Why lightweight destroyer turrets could become lethal trapsNotable Point
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:19:14Why the Royal Navy could not concentrate on the Eastern Fleet in 1942Chapter
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys2:29:35How the British Pacific Fleet might have grown in 1946Q&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys3:09:04Why a future capital ship may not revive the name HMS HoodQ&A
- Bruships 28: New Books & Christmas Buys3:24:15Edinburgh, Duke of Edinburgh, and the likely CVA-01 nameNotable Point
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint10:02The cruiser age and changing design pressuresChapter
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint37:31Why British and American cruisers emphasized different strengthsQ&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint2:32:46The Type 42's air-defense role on too small a hullQ&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint2:43:34How postwar Royal Navy type numbers divided missionsQ&A
- Town Class; big impact with a light footprint3:04:05Why an all-U-boat German fleet could simplify Britain's warQ&A
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions7:00Aiding the Soviet Union despite Arctic convoy costsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions7:58Greek evacuation convoy complexity and the Scottish Prince rescueChapter
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions10:08Warships covering the Greek evacuation refuel and return with almost no restNotable Point
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions11:21Greek evacuation routing across dispersed Aegean embarkation pointsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 14: Tricky Decisions12:14Crete as an eastern Mediterranean unsinkable aircraft carrierNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:13:15HMS Sluys commemorated the battle, but not its kingNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:47:24What would an Anglo-American naval war in 1946 look like?Q&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"1:50:29Former Allied anti-submarine teams would face the U.S. NavyNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:11:41Battle-tested admirals would shape the 1946 counterfactualNotable Point
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:15:44Could Pacific-style carrier warfare work in the North Atlantic?Q&A
- Patreon 12: “The Battle of Sluys: ...one of the Western World decisive battles"2:17:51The Panama Canal would shape an Anglo-American naval warNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books17:43Should cruiser describe a mission or a ship type?Q&A
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books1:04:25Reported hull-thickness changes in Royal Navy designsNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books2:02:17Why Andromeda needed more of her original crewNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books2:08:02Captain loyalty and abandon-ship ordersNotable Point
- Bruships 27: Science Fiction Books2:54:39Which countries built full-size carriers after 1970?Q&A
- The Fairey Story - Part 4 of 4: Into WWII12:31The institutional gap behind Albacore procurementNotable Point
- The Fairey Story - Part 2 of 4: Keeping Going After WWI13:41Fairey III floatplanes extended Royal Navy presence in the AdriaticNotable Point
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"0:32From World War II carrier defence to the late-1950s fleetChapter
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"5:48HMS Bulwark's balanced 1958 carrier air groupChapter
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"9:46Victorious, Ark Royal, and Hermes embodied multi-carrier doctrineNotable Point
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"11:17The jet age accelerated existing naval changeChapter
- Part 4 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"13:26Carrier power preserved influence within an allianceNotable Point
- Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:26The Royal Navy's new postwar carrier fleetChapter
- Part 3 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"7:03Britain's five-carrier Suez forceChapter
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:55Light fleet carriers lead Britain's Korean War air effortChapter
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"10:00Wartime carriers underpin Britain's early Cold War naval-air positionNotable Point
- Part 2 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"27:36Saunders-Roe SR.A/1 explores a carrier-independent jet fighterChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"10:17British and American fighter-direction radio systemsChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"16:31Royal Navy carrier power before the late-1960s declineChapter
- Part 1 of 4 "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"19:23Caspar John as the Royal Navy's aviation advocateChapter
- Four Random Books 13: It's Armoured Warfare Time...12:56Reassessing British armoured doctrineNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"8:18Fighter direction before the Big Blue BlanketChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"18:08Radar development as a wartime feedback cycleNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"30:11Caspar John makes the case for naval aviationChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"37:00Carrier cancellation and industrial continuityQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"45:25Why Britain still wanted a Pacific fleet after 1945Notable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"51:20Fleet Air Arm growth required a global shore networkQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:05:50CVA-01 was envisioned as a four-carrier programmeQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:06:16Light Fleet carriers remained valuable postwar assetsChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"1:55:03Suez showed a rapidly modernised carrier forceChapter
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:05:41Perceived naval imbalance can encourage warNotable Point
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:06:54Why the modern Royal Navy has fewer carriersQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:48:47Shore clutter exposed the airborne-warning gapQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:51:10Why light carriers carried the Korean deploymentQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"2:54:34The Type 42 and Type 22 worked as a complementary pairQ&A
- Patreon 11: "The effect of the early jet age on naval warfare strategy/tactics?"3:01:33Victorious's rebuild uncovered accumulated wartime damageQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol1:27Why Britain needed many cruisersChapter
- Amphion Class Cruisers: Long Patrol16:23Cruisers in Far Eastern deterrence plansChapter
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:34:40Littoral strike ships and a renewed amphibious roleQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:39:42Why a German Atlantic sortie alarmed the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:43:43A navy as insurance for a trading stateNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection1:54:27Using LHDs beside the Queen Elizabeth classQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:28:46Tracing Royal Navy history through HMS UnicornNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:33:47When a standing English navy becomes recognizableQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection2:37:25Warspite from Elizabethan galleon to nuclear submarineNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:03:37Fleet size sets the case for naval basesQ&A
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:36:04Computer-aided ship design across naval and merchant fleetsNotable Point
- Bruships 26 - The Random Collection3:48:03Battlecruisers as global trade-defence cruisersQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond0:37Force X carries the attack into the AdriaticChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond5:16Taranto strikes fuel, prestige, and protected watersNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond18:40Damaged battleships change Mediterranean operationsChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond52:10A small carrier force produces a strategic resultChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 3 of 3: Ripples in Musso's Pond56:09Taranto was one operation in a global warNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay4:16Who commands a frigate or destroyer?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay18:42France's 1759 invasion planChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay27:29How much of each navy foughtQ&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay28:04The Carrickfergus raid after Quiberon BayNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay32:31Edward Hawke's command experienceNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay37:28Sir Charles Hardy beyond the battleNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay40:50Did Hawke still seek command at sea?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay42:19James Young and the careers beneath famous admiralsNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay45:55Hawke's political backing and naval effectivenessQ&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay52:31The Royal Navy force at Quiberon BayChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay58:01Why did 60- and 70-gun ships remain?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:04:57Storm, scouting, and the chase into the bayChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:08:51Fighting among Quiberon Bay's shoalsChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:09:59Hawke set the chase and his captains fought itNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:15:47Why the victory mattered beyond the bayChapter
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:16:42Hawke's plan to attack the trapped French fleet from landNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:23:34Why similar fleets suffered unequal lossesQ&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:26:46Had British and French gunnery already diverged?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:27:03Did Seven Years' War success mislead Britain?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:44:07How far upriver could large warships travel in China?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:50:16Sea training, patronage, and naval commandNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay1:53:36Why the invasion plan failed in practiceNotable Point
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:02:28Did Rodney's raid end the 1759 invasion threat?Q&A
- Battle of Quiberon Bay2:14:40The 2020 proposal to grow Royal Navy escort numbersNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)13:03Why prize-court procedure matteredNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)16:10Sea power against the Anaconda PlanChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)20:57How Britain could break the Union blockadeNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"(Intro)25:27Breaking the blockade changes Confederate supplyChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"10:54The Oregon dispute and America's exposed Pacific flankNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"15:08Why late 1861 was an awkward moment for the UnionChapter
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"26:14How Crimean War gunboats could reach the Great LakesNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"37:55HMS Warrior and Britain's early ironclad advantageNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"41:43Why a distant blockade favored BritainNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:12:36Why Britain would not repeat its War of 1812 blockadeQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:15:18The 1861 Pacific naval imbalanceQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"1:18:42How a second Trent incident could start the warNotable Point
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:03:52Should a Type 23 frigate be preserved?Q&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:09:23Type 32 frigates, defence spending, and crew capacityQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:14:29How Type 32 fitted a planned 24-escort Royal NavyQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:20:38Type 31 and Type 32 as forward-presence shipsQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:25:16What a larger Royal Navy could and could not coverQ&A
- Patreon 10: “If the Trent affair had gone hot, how badly would it have gone for the US navy?"2:41:01Singapore as a Royal Navy forward baseQ&A
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II0:53The Tribal class as a family of wartime shipsChapter
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II2:30A pencilled bow curve and Commonwealth Tribal constructionNotable Point
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II4:52Cossack and the political afterlife of the Altmark affairNotable Point
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II7:09Destroyer survival under Luftwaffe attack in NorwayNotable Point
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II9:57A destroyer screen in the 1941 Tripoli operationChapter
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II12:41Cossack plans reveal Tribal-class design trade-offsChapter
- Four Random Books 12: Destroyers II15:59The Tribal class and interwar air-defence thinkingNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes0:16Could a fleet interception have stopped the invasion?Chapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes1:38A rapid counterstroke at Narvik and TrondheimNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes9:37Norway as a destroyer warNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes11:24Renown's pursuit after Glowworm's lossChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 5 of 5: What ifs, Ships & Patreon Votes13:16Whitworth, Narvik, and the limits on German naval actionChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 4 of 5: After 1940 - Quislings & Commandos14:09Fish oil as a raid targetNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 3 of 5: Namsos, De Wiart & Fleischer2:44A divided command at the Norwegian landingsChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 3 of 5: Namsos, De Wiart & Fleischer10:34Destroyers as Namsos headquarters, artillery, and defenceChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,4:36Allied intervention plans and Operation WilfredChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,10:24Warnings that did not become readinessNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,15:40HMS Glowworm's last fight with Admiral HipperNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,21:01HMS Gurkha and early air-attack lessonsNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,26:08How stopping the Narvik group might have reshaped NorwayNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,27:18Why Narvik had three battlesChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,38:38British destroyers strike the Narvik forceChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,41:49Warspite's third battle and an unseized portChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 2 of 5: Planning, Invasion & Narvik,45:24The missed amphibious opportunity after Warspite's victoryNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction4:22The Altmark incident and neutrality under pressureChapter
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction7:42Signals and the Royal Navy force outside JøssingfjordNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction12:13The proposed Altmark search and conflicting recollectionsNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction16:52The Anglo-German Naval Agreement as arms control and intelligenceNotable Point
- 1940 Norway Campaign Part 1 of 5: Introduction48:21Why the invasion was not a naval cakewalkNotable Point
- What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)10:32An amphibious operation built from wartime equipmentChapter
- What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)27:49The scale of the Anglo-French task forceNotable Point
- What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)46:29Destroyers, cruisers, and controlled naval firepowerNotable Point
- What if the 1956 Suez Crisis had gotten even hotter? (Long Patrol)49:55The Royal Navy's global security role before SuezNotable Point
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark9:22Henderson creates a specialist carrier-planning staffChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark28:50Taranto's place in Mediterranean force balanceChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark57:18Pollock bypasses an intelligence-sharing barrierChapter
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:01:42Why RAF-Royal Navy rivalry obstructed intelligence sharingQ&A
- Bilgepumps Taranto 80 part 1 of 3: Origins of the Flash in the Dark1:22:45Doctrinal rivalry complicates secrecy before TarantoNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American8:13Royal Navy battle summaries as operational learning documentsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 11: Quasi American12:07Coral Sea carrier air groups and usable striking powerNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark54:42Who developed the aerial torpedo?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:01:26Why HMS Furious kept an obstructed flight deckQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:22:10Taranto inside a wider Mediterranean operationChapter
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:26:56Who commanded the Taranto operation?Q&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:29:11How Britain would shape a fleet battleQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark1:50:19Why the Royal Navy could not repeat Taranto elsewhereQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:23:58How the Fleet Air Arm remembers TarantoQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark2:40:42How long the Royal Navy refined the Taranto planQ&A
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:28:49Why magnetic pistols demanded global dataNotable Point
- Battle of Taranto - a Stringbag Strike from the Dark3:35:32Did warships conduct scientific research?Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation42:09Coastal Command belonged to the RAFQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:00:49Fuel safety and manpower delayed escort-carrier serviceChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:03:13Escort carriers put aircraft with the convoyChapter
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:26:37Escort-carrier ideas before the warQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation1:46:31Britain entered the war before its shipbuilding buildup maturedQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:05:41Why Tiger's reserve status did not make her available in 1982Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:10:23Hermes was still an active carrier in 1982Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation2:27:57British and American steam catapult compatibilityQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:30:30Defence spending follows political prioritiesQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation3:51:52Why Merlin replacement planning mattered in 2020Q&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:00:29Spearfish answered the Alfa class's speedQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:03:53The 2020 case for replacing Albion and Bulwark with LHDsNotable Point
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:07:30Why the Royal Navy chose a Danish-derived Type 31 designQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:12:14The 2020 expectation that Prince of Wales would remain in serviceQ&A
- Bruships 25 - Some More Naval Aviation4:14:01A 2020 proposal for British carrier support in the PacificQ&A
- HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/40:11A Royal Navy name with a long lineageChapter
- HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/41:54An Arethusa-class cruiser with a destroyer's spiritNotable Point
- HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/43:29The later Penelope's second career in EcuadorNotable Point
- HMS Penelope (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 3/45:34Why Penelope's battle honours understate her serviceNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/230:26Why the Pacific War is not a universal fleet templateNotable Point
- Bilgepumps does Battlestar Galatica Deadlock for Navy Con 2/21:08:00Sea Slug, Type 3 shells, and unrotated projectilesNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard19:57Fisher's experience before the reform programmeChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard30:09Fisher and Beresford represented different command strengthsNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard44:34Why a global navy needs ships already abroadNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard50:03Combat quality and peacetime numbers are different measuresNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard56:00Why visible ship numbers matter in diplomacyNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard1:47:57War-fighting and peace-fighting fleets reinforce each otherNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)1:05The Orlando class as foreign-station cruisersChapter
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)4:15A useful class in varied Royal Navy rolesNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)4:49HMS Galatea's British coast-guard assignmentQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)8:36Why Fisher could scrap the OrlandosQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)10:58Photographic evidence of HMS Immortalité in JapanNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)13:51Crew size and the surprisingly young ships Fisher scrappedQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)15:23Fisher's reform aims and their implementationQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)15:40A long-range class without a known machinery flawQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)16:38Fisher's order of selection for scrappingQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)17:08The difficulty of finding a complete Fisher disposal listQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)18:06A reading recommendation for Victorian cruisersQ&A
- The Ships that Fisher Scrapped: Orlando Class (The Forgotten Coast Guard)24:42Fisher's mandate to cut the naval budgetQ&A
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books6:21Camouflage references for destroyers and escortsChapter
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books9:30Using repeated profiles to trace ships through the warNotable Point
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books10:55Battleship and carrier profiles drawn to useful scaleChapter
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books12:44Combining carrier profiles with squadron and air-defence researchNotable Point
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books14:42Cruiser profiles that follow a ship's whole careerChapter
- Four Random Books 10: Overview Books16:03Cruiser camouflage designed to confuse identificationNotable Point
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/41:43The Galatea name before the 1935 cruiserChapter
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/48:26Spanish Civil War patrols and a Republican evacuationNotable Point
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/49:14Norway, Operation Ariel, and the cruiser as transportChapter
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/411:08A small cruiser in the fleetwide hunt for BismarckNotable Point
- HMS Galatea (1935) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 2/421:09Crown Colony cruisers on a tighter Town-class budgetNotable Point
- HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/41:03The Arethusa class and its destroyer characterChapter
- HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/41:52The long naval history behind the Arethusa nameChapter
- HMS Arethusa (1934) an introduction to the Arethusa Class part 1/45:01Philip Vian learns command under Lionel WellsNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War31:48Tribal names for the Type 31 frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:39:32Could studying Graf Spee revive a British heavy cruiser?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:41:18Names were ready for more Tribal destroyersNotable Point
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:46:27Why the wartime Royal Navy doubled in manpowerQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War1:51:58What was the Royal Navy's CVA-01 project?Q&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War2:47:35Signals training for naval officersQ&A
- Bruships 24 - An Autobiography from War3:28:54A British command against JapanQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers7:59A cruiser designed around trade protectionChapter
- Amphion Class Cruisers19:22From HMS Amphion to HMAS PerthChapter
- Amphion Class Cruisers22:22A layered cruiser blockade across the PacificQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers25:42Could any Royal Navy cruiser avoid serious wartime damage?Q&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers45:57Assessing Admiral Tom PhillipsQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers53:20Could Tom Phillips have become a good task-group commander?Q&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers54:28How Australia selected British cruisersQ&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:05:14Were cruiser aircraft successful scouts?Q&A
- Amphion Class Cruisers1:06:14Why Britain wanted so many cruisersNotable Point
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words5:45Cunningham's naval education between sail and steamChapter
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words7:54Operation Demon and the limits of the Greece evacuationNotable Point
- Four Random Books 9: Command in Their Own Words12:48HMS Cossack and the Altmark rescueNotable Point
- HMS Africa 2 mins (Special)0:01HMS Africa remembered in songNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-221:33Articles 17-18: cruiser transfers and US constructionChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2210:14Article 20's national replacement exceptionsChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2229:40Why weapons resist offensive and defensive labelsNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 5 of 5/Articles 17-2239:42Why aircraft carriers stayed outside the debateChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-161:34Why Britain wanted seventy cruisersChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-161:34How British complaints concealed treaty advantagesNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1612:11Britain's advantage within apparent parityNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1613:21Destroyer leaders as treaty-efficient flotilla command shipsChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1616:07Global cruiser needs versus Japanese attritional doctrineNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1618:11The Commonwealth burden behind Britain's naval totalsChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1622:02Italian frogmen and the attrition of repair timeNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1623:02Submarine parity and Britain's interest in abolishing the typeNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 4 of 5/Articles 14-1626:31Japan's submarine requirement and the limits of the fleet submarineChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-138:46Which naval treaty loopholes were closedNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-1310:10Who represented the powers at the London conferenceChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-1316:21Labour, disarmament, and British naval interestsNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 3 of 5/Articles 11-1323:48Classical mythology, consent, and inherited ship namesNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-104:53The six-inch threshold and small-cruiser pressureNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1010:38National destroyer solutions and the six-inch cruiserChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 2 of 5/Articles 8-1012:40Eight-inch turrets and firing while withdrawingNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-73:23Article 2 trades old capital ships for lower costsChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-75:40Why Britain preferred cruiser numbersChapter
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-712:49Why politicians took a larger role at LondonNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-714:02Ryujo reveals the small-carrier loopholeNotable Point
- 1930 London Naval Treaty: An Introduction Part 1 of 5/Articles 1-715:26Aircraft growth undermines small carriersNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review15:36Royal Navy Eastern Waters and carrier availabilityChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review20:53Weather and readiness shaped carrier deck parksNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review25:05An extra deck park still required spare aircraftQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review30:23British naval intelligence: a rich but demanding readNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review32:06Carrier protection followed repair geographyNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review50:18Carrier design depends on the navy's problemQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:58:44Nelson's guns in Warships after WashingtonQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:10:34Independence exposed American shipping to Barbary piracyNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:11:54Large navies preserved competing wartime ideasNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:12:24Where Roskill fits in interwar readingQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:19:28Falklands strike capability was also politicalQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:21:55Arethusa and Leander trade-offs reached the Australian NavyChapter
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:25:21Foreign cruiser threats could help unlock Treasury fundingNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:27:33Submarines near Argentine ports still faced political limitsNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:30:55The Grand Fleet's pale, dusty greyQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:35:57The nearest suitable ship would answer a tanker seizureQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:11:05Keeping aerial torpedoes shallow at TarantoQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:13:29Washington and London treaty bargainingQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:20:58Britain and the naval treaty limitsQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:24:15British and American navies needed different cruisersQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:27:51Queen Elizabeth carriers: crew size and damage controlQ&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:30:34If the Admiral-class battlecruisers had been completedQ&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson2:47Diverse crews and Nelson's protection of fugitivesNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson5:40The Nile as a fleet-destruction missionChapter
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 2/2 - Lord Nelson9:49Why initiative worked at the NileNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy7:20HMS Africa charges the combined fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy21:26If Nelson had survived TrafalgarQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy39:03A top-heavy command structure in the Allied fleetChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy49:14Why British prizes often lost gunsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy50:37Why naval commissions were not purchasedQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy56:51Sea time matters more than a common languageQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:15:39What Trafalgar Night can teach a modern navyChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:21:38American victory also depended on French sea powerQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:23:20A multinational Royal Navy built around sea skillChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:25:19The Nile and Nelson's willingness to actChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:28:56How might the Royal Family have been evacuated?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:40:03Mast timber, hull wood, and salt-water seasoningNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:45:56Nelson's boarding attack at Cape St VincentChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy1:54:54Why towing Pola home was not worth the riskQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:01:13Could a razee frigate defeat USS Constitution?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:14:22Was Hornblower based on a real officer?Q&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:16:12Tradition after Jutland: use history criticallyChapter
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:24:09How HMS Trafalgar carried memory across naval erasQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:32:08Why Tribals paired heavy guns with quadruple torpedoesQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:42:37HMS Jervis in British destroyer designQ&A
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle9:18Why defeating Nelson would not have opened BritainNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle13:42The opposing senior commands in the order of battleChapter
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle24:00Multinational crews and the hierarchy of seamanshipNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle28:59Villeneuve and the Royal Navy's family networksNotable Point
- Legacy of Trafalgar Part 1/2 - The Battle30:21Remembering courage across the battle linesNotable Point
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill4:11Dreadnought and the Anglo-German naval raceChapter
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill9:50Spee aborts the Port Stanley attackNotable Point
- Four Random Books 8: Churchill11:02Glasgow scouts as Sturdee's squadron gets under wayNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty10:55Could the United States Really Miss the Mobilisation?Chapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty14:34Why an American-Anglo-French Clash Was UnlikelyQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty45:03Suez and the “East of Suez” ProblemQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:21:29The Canal and Britain’s Far East LifelineQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:24:33Destroyers and Restrained Naval GunfireQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:28:21The Suez Fleet and Its Logistical TailChapter
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:44:32Mobilisation Delay and the Lost InitiativeQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty1:47:17What Political Success Would Have Meant for British and French Sea PowerQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:24:49Carrier Policy After a Successful SuezQ&A
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:37:13The Trent Affair and a War Britain Would Fight by ProxyNotable Point
- Patreon 9 – “Suez goes hot in 1956” by Martin Doherty2:56:36Nelson’s Disputed Letter and the Wider Trafalgar LegacyQ&A
- Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk9:00Why the East Mole became an evacuation lifelineNotable Point
- Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk10:27Why committing destroyers to Dunkirk was a strategic riskNotable Point
- Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk11:22Correcting the Royal Navy's 1940 destroyer distributionNotable Point
- Four Random Books 7: Dunkirk12:59Why invasion required defeating both British sea and air powerNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 5: HMS Coreopsis0:04HMS Coreopsis and the naval drifter Coreopsis IINotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 5: HMS Coreopsis0:31Coreopsis as a concealed-armament Q-shipChapter
- Flower Class Shorts no 4: HMS Polyanthus0:57From convoy sloop to disguised submarine trapNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 4: HMS Polyanthus1:17Saxifrage survives as HMS PresidentNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol0:38Why interwar sloops matteredChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol7:23The scale of interwar small-ship ordersNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol20:12Trade protection as a naval priorityChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol33:09Henderson's peacetime case for sloopsChapter
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol39:12The 24 class and survey conversionNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol40:36Why naval bases are commissioned like shipsNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol41:31Bridgewater and Hastings overseas serviceNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol49:01Shoreham-class diplomacy and command experienceNotable Point
- Sloops of the Interwar a Long Patrol1:04:27Peacetime presence and wartime escortChapter
- Flower Class Shorts no 3: HMAS Geranium0:42From Royal Navy sloop to Australian hulkNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 3: HMAS Geranium1:47Geranium's larger Australian crew and gun fitNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 2: HMS Zinnia (& HMS Azalea)0:08HMS Azalea, HMS Zinnia, and the Flower classChapter
- Flower Class Shorts no 2: HMS Zinnia (& HMS Azalea)1:14Zinnia, U-44, and the Begonia rescueNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes0:08Trade routes define the Royal Navy's 1930s worldChapter
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes1:16Why the Royal Navy deployed where trade flowedNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes1:59Why Singapore, rather than Hong Kong, fit the trade mapNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes2:55How trade geography shapes fleet constructionNotable Point
- The World According to the Royal Navy of the 1930s - 4 minutes3:13Economic warfare beyond the fleet battleChapter
- Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove0:01HMS Foxglove's three-decade Acacia-class careerChapter
- Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove1:34From World War I minesweeping to wider wartime serviceNotable Point
- Flower Class Shorts no 1: HMS Foxglove2:44Dive-bomb damage and wartime support serviceChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A4:50How the Royal Navy classified ScharnhorstQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A11:44Nelson, heroism, and historical judgmentChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A22:37Which admirals make useful career models?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A22:51Would Nelson still be a hero if he survived Trafalgar?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A28:50Jingo on plans and adaptive leadershipNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:04Philip Vian, E-boats, and rapid equipment changeChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:51:53Vian and the Soviet request for White Sea supportNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:58:55Geoffrey Hornby: detail, discipline, and restraintChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:53Henderson during the Abyssinian CrisisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:14:09Can an admiral serve without later sea command?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 21: Leadership, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:20:27Richard Woodman on Arctic convoysQ&A
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea9:30Fleet superiority must allow for ships in refitNotable Point
- Four Random Books 6: War At Sea13:13Cape Matapan: aircraft, radar, and a decisive night actionNotable Point
- Blackburn Skua - 2 Minutes0:14How the Royal Navy shaped the Skua specificationChapter
- Blackburn Aircraft of the 1920s & 1930s a long patrol (& introduction)1:31:17Skuas sink Königsberg at Bergen, then suffer in NorwayNotable Point
- Specification: M.1/30 - Genesis of a Legend - 2 Minutes (ish)1:51Defining the Fleet's future strike aircraftNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:07:44Fred Jane's British Battle Fleet as institutional historyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:11:51Why a wooden warship needed valued tradesmenQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:15:53Type 31 gun choices and the presence missionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:50The Royal Navy's post-1918 officer demobilization problemNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:41:31Brassey's 1939 debate over the right cruiser sizeNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:04:16Why Arctic convoys still needed heavy coverQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:22Scottish independence, naval basing, and fiscal capacityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:23:07Replacing Fisher, Jellicoe, and Churchill in a 1908 counterfactualQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:40:48Type 26 and Type 31 serve different escort jobsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:05:57Escort numbers need maintenance and training marginNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 20: Brasseys & Janes, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:14:28Why defence spending loses to visible prioritiesQ&A
- WWI in the Far East; Penang, Tsingtao, Emden & Cormoran the Long Patrol2:22How the Anglo-Japanese Alliance workedChapter
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers0:05A destroyer officer’s account of the Bismarck huntChapter
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers2:21Inside the Admiralty Operations RoomNotable Point
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers3:29Dudley Pound’s health and the burden of wartime commandNotable Point
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers5:20Narvik and the need to learn from early failureNotable Point
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers7:38Senior-command friction over the Narvik expeditionNotable Point
- Four Random Books 5: Destroyers13:15Mediterranean operations and the limits of early naval radarNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 20:41An Allied force with divided authorityChapter
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 26:44De Gaulle's precarious place in the expeditionNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 2 of 216:12The Allied fleet assembled for DakarNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 211:29Dakar and the dispersed French NavyNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Menace part 1 of 212:03Why Britain preferred French ships at MartiniqueNotable Point
- Four Random Books 4: Warship Design0:40A Grand Fleet design reference worth browsingChapter
- Four Random Books 4: Warship Design6:57HMS Fearless and the price of beaching capabilityChapter
- Four Random Books 4: Warship Design12:13A technical history of British warship designChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul8:40Why British sources say E-boatChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul21:39Why the stream uses the British E-boat labelQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul34:47Why the fall of France changed the problemChapter
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul38:07Why modern patrol boats cannot replace frigatesQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul48:52Why British MTBs and American PT boats differedQ&A
- Patreon 7 – How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel as proposed by Paul1:28:27The Channel Dash forces a daylight attackChapter
- 2 Minutes: RN vs the E Boat a quick Summary...0:19Fast-firing guns against torpedo boatsChapter
- 2 Minutes: RN vs the E Boat a quick Summary...1:28Gunboats and destroyers against E-boatsNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Steam Gun Boats - The 'Gray' Class0:43Seven Steam Gun Boats completed, one lostChapter
- 2 Minutes: Steam Gun Boats - The 'Gray' Class1:12Steam Gun Boats against the E-boat threatNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: HMS Rutherford0:18HMS Rutherford's American-built originChapter
- 2 Minutes: Dog Boats - The Fairmile D's0:14Fairmile D Dog Boats and Britain's coastal fleetChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 33:05Convoy routes, radar, and command controlNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 3 of 332:27Capacity was the decisive constraintNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 31:20Dunkirk and the need for an E-boat counterforceChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 35:08Layering escorts against E-boat attacksNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 2 of 324:19The Channel Dash and Britain's strategic geographyChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 32:52E-boat terminology and the British viewpointChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 34:24Channel geography creates a command problemChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 37:23Prewar roles for British motor torpedo boatsNotable Point
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 38:51The 1940 shock drives new coastal craftChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 322:30Dunkirk reveals the E-boat challengeChapter
- How the RN countered E-Boats in the English Channel - Patreon 7 Introduction Part 1 of 324:13France's fall reshapes Channel securityNotable Point
- Four Random Books 3: Naval Aviation in a Swordfish5:55Ark Royal's career, design debate and wreck photographsNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K a quick summary0:07Force K's shift from hunting surface raiders to raiding shippingChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style1:13Force K as sea control in practiceChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style3:28Why several wartime forces were called Force KNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style10:01Renown and Ark Royal in the raider-hunting netChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style15:04Neutrality law and the intended pressure on Graf SpeeNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style18:18Sea control without a famous victoryNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style34:04Why Royal Navy surface raiding is easy to overlookNotable Point
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style45:47The economic war behind famous naval battlesChapter
- The Force K Long Patrol; Economic Warfare Royal Navy Style55:42From Atlantic hunting force to Malta raidersChapter
- 2 minutes: Battle of Duisburg Convoy1:36Aurora, Penelope, and Upholder strike the convoyNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: HMS Orion The Leander Class Bonus0:11HMS Orion's battle honours, 1939-44Chapter
- 2 Minutes: HMS Orion The Leander Class Bonus0:50What battle-honour totals hideNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?2:10Why a global navy needed more than one cruiser typeChapter
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?6:35The first generation of new 1930s light cruisersChapter
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?16:30HMS Leander and a cruiser built for distant stationsNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?20:20Catapult aircraft and the value of a flexible hullNotable Point
- The Leander Class Long Patrol - The Interwar 2nd Class Protected Cruiser?1:02:51The River Plate as the Leanders' defining momentNotable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson0:54Mutiny and officer discipline in the Age of SailChapter
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson2:38Why junior officers had to think independently at seaNotable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson3:55A deep survey of the Royal Navy, 1649-1815Notable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson7:53How Howe's fleet turned maritime clues into contactNotable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson9:11Following Trafalgar through its ships and mapsChapter
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson11:47Nelson as a commander rather than a legendChapter
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson13:21Nelson's burden and Britain's remaining fleetsNotable Point
- Four Random Books 2: Age of Sail & Nelson14:19Why high-command backing mattered to NelsonNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers0:41Why carrier command culture still encouraged aggressionNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers6:49Formidable as a battle-fleet support carrierChapter
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers11:28Radar height and a layered anti-aircraft screenNotable Point
- HMS Formidable: A Special Chat With Jamie from Armoured Carriers22:18Cunningham's case for eighteen fighters over the fleetNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: What Was Force K going to Montivedo to do?0:45The case for sending Ark Royal and RenownNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: What Was Force K going to Montivedo to do?1:40Ark Royal and a possible attack in neutral watersNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/21:21Aurora, Penelope and Force K's 1941 raiding groupNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an Overview Part 2/21:41Force K in 1942: strength against convoy escortsNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/20:06Force K as a heavy raider-hunting forceChapter
- 2 Minutes: Force K's an overview Part 1/21:48How Force K changed after 1939Notable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car7:07Three very different Force KsChapter
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car9:41What is known about Reginald Henderson's death?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car15:04The 1939 force: speed, striking power, and enduranceNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car16:02Understaffing magnified Henderson's Admiralty workloadNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car23:38Why Repulse entered the war without Renown's reconstructionQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car27:06Malta's facilities were strong; fuel was the weak pointQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car35:34Training and ammunition for battleship shore bombardmentQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car45:28Why did German naval radar have so many problems?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car51:01How PPI changed night formationsQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car58:20Why did Agnew command Force K?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:03:08Force K belonged to Cunningham's Mediterranean commandQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:05:09Arethusas: compact cruisers with combat valueNotable Point
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:12:32Why Neptune led without taking command of Force KQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:38:14How sailors kept their watches aligned aboard shipQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car1:57:12How the Royal Navy confirmed HMS Glowworm's lossQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:08:12Could Type 31 be a modern Arethusa?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:09:44How HMS Zubian combined two damaged destroyersQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:12:00Could historic Tribal-class names return?Q&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:23:23Royal Navy type numbers still have class namesQ&A
- Patreon 6 - Force K… Malta’s mailed fist, as proposed by Ian Car2:25:24Were the N3 battleships to bear national-saint names?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A23:33Why Black Swan sloops became an ASW standardQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A27:58High and low points for major naviesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A36:30A reference for Fleet Air Arm squadron historiesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A52:26Sherbrooke's Barents Sea action: buying timeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:00A Force K letter captures destroyer aggressionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:07:32HMS Cossack after grounding at NarvikQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:19Why Tribal-class names were not limited to the EmpireQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:03:41Reading the Royal Navy China Station through peopleChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:05:34How family ties formed a Royal Navy officer classNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:58Jutland letters preserve professional memoryNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:22Beatty and Jellicoe: a communication problemQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:14:27Why Trafalgar's aftermath mattered as much as the battleNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:16:11Battle-class destroyers as a crowded general-purpose designChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:27:48Reading the design tradeoffs behind British cruisersChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:33:18British submarine development between the world warsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:33Why Queen Elizabeth rebuilds beat replacement battleshipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:10Unofficial support for convertible trawlersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 18: Really Big Books, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:54What would make a paper BCG proposal plausible?Q&A
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 29:14Re-rating captured Danish ships for Royal Navy serviceChapter
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 210:47Burned stocks, lost gunboats, and ships held in reserveNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p2 of 217:06Copenhagening as a repeated naval precedentNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 23:21Parker's signal and Nelson's blind eyeNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 28:11Narrow waters, shore guns, and mortar shipsNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 211:20Gambier's experience and the Basque Roads disputeChapter
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 218:45Why Gambier built the fleet around third ratesChapter
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 221:11A second-rate flagship chosen for command visibilityNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 223:00Reinforcements under experienced captainsNotable Point
- Introduction: Making Copenhagening a Verb - 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807) p1 of 225:49Naval diplomacy before the attackNotable Point
- 2 Minutes: 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807)0:15The 1801 precedent at CopenhagenChapter
- 2 Minutes: 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807)0:34Gambier and Cathcart return to Copenhagen in 1807Notable Point
- 2 Minutes: 2nd Battle of Copenhagen (1807)1:42Why Britain repeated the Copenhagen attackNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era13:59Why forcing the Dardanelles also required troopsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era33:00Taking the fleet through the DardanellesNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era47:07How Hornby might have performed in a major warQ&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era55:24Why Seymour's fleet lacked immediate leverageNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:07:34How the Algeciras venue favoured British sea powerNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:22:36The Algeciras fleet demonstrationNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:41:28Why Tangier was really about the EntenteNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era1:57:15Britain's practical commitment to France before 1914Notable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:00:19Was 1856-1914 really a peacetime Royal Navy?Q&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:01:02What could have countered the Royal Navy at Algeciras?Q&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:02:43The Royal Navy's difficulty in a technological transitionQ&A
- 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 era2:06:14When small-war experience does not prepare a navy for peer conflictNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:07:56Was the Algeciras fleet appearance improvised?Q&A
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:08:49Fisher's economies and Britain's overseas positionsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 5: Mediterranean gunboat diplomacy in the Victorian era2:10:11Fisher's approach to better-trained personnelQ&A
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy5:22Hornby's Bosphorus fleet deters a Russian advanceNotable Point
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy6:50Hornby asks for command depth, not a mass reinforcementNotable Point
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy10:51Alexandria 1882: intervention to protect foreign nationalsChapter
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy14:40Training, ironclads, and the practical gunboatNotable Point
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy21:04Tangier and the fleet demonstration at AlgecirasChapter
- An Introduction to Victorian Naval Diplomacy24:57Algeciras: visible sea power and its consequencesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A21:59A sailor's life across two world warsChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A25:26Did destroyers carry Royal Marines?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A28:56Royal Navy swords from fighting weapon to shipboard traditionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A36:44How long William Stone served in the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:06What if Taranto had used another carrier?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:38:17If Taranto and Matapan had not weakened the Italian fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:41A naval Band of Brothers?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:58:01I Sank the Bismarck and a memoir's central claimChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:12:04Why carrier elevators moved to the deck edgeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:15:12HMS Cossack's aggressive Narvik attackQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20:46Could Bismarck and Prinz Eugen return from the Mid-Atlantic?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 17: Fiction & Fraction, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:15:08Ludovic Kennedy on the pursuit of BismarckChapter
- PQ17: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P3/39:47PQ 17's escorts and distant covering forcesChapter
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/31:36HMS Lotus on PQ 17 and HMS Ayrshire as a trawler escortChapter
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/37:09Flower corvettes: slow but handy convoy escortsNotable Point
- The Ships: An Introduction to the Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P2/318:13Trawlers as the convoy war's mass escort forceNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/317:25PQ 18 and the cost of a full convoy screenNotable Point
- Battle of Atlantic: An Introduction to The Convoy war & the Perfect Storm of PQ17… P1/318:41Distant cover guarded convoys against surface raidersNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 19419:19The Tarigo convoy links Crete to the supply warNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194111:18The Royal Navy underwrites the evacuation promiseNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194117:47Royal Navy night power stops the seaborne landingsNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194135:11Italian reinforcements arrive after evacuation beginsNotable Point
- Introduction to Crete 194136:03HMS Formidable reveals the fleet's supply strainNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)10:30British rather than EnglishNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)38:55Judging seventeenth-century command by later standardsNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Battle of Texel (1673)40:16Weather gage and naval professionalismNotable Point
- 2 minute: Battle of Texel0:18The fleets at Texel and the British commandChapter
- 2 minute: Battle of Texel0:51Spragge, Tromp, and a failure of overall commandNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...10:56The Tsingtao incident and SS Vincent de PaulChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...31:59HMS Folkestone: a small sloop on the China StationNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...37:06HMS Folkestone from the Persian Gulf to Atlantic convoysNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:04:56Birmingham's crew and the three-cruiser exchangeNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:21:10American entry and a coalition Pacific commandChapter
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:25:51Commerce warfare begins before the main fleet battleNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:40:04Why Anglo-American naval war was unlikely in 1928Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:41:22A Pacific war as a warning to Europe's dictatorshipsNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:53:02The 1939 Allied capital-ship balanceNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...1:55:33Redeploying the Pacific fleet through SuezNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:08:17How a 1939 Pacific war could accelerate naval radarNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:17:46Eight British capital ships for the Pacific fleetNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:30:21Why the R-class battleships stay with the Home FleetQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...2:41:30A naval war removes peacetime funding restraintsQ&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:06:02How a Pacific war could reshape Royal Navy ship designNotable Point
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:13:50The carrier inventory that actually existed in early 1939Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:15:25Britain still had a 15-inch gun pipeline in 1939Q&A
- Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...3:16:09Why 30 knots could matter for future battleshipsQ&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 43:20A Pacific war as an early rearmament triggerNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 49:28Tsingtao containment shifts attention back to EuropeChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 417:56Cruiser construction, treaties, and long-term choicesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 420:42Service backgrounds shape operational instinctNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 423:20Treaty restraint meets maritime ruthlessnessNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6c Introduction to Patreon Video 424:58Global war and the Royal Navy's competing schoolsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...12:15Wartime refits and Britain's early Pacific windowNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...14:04Carrier experience and the value of night attackNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...16:01Submarines, anti-submarine warfare, and an unproven torpedoChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...21:56Singapore as a concentrated defensive positionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...23:42An imagined Battle of Argentia in the AtlanticChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...49:08How a Far East war would rebalance British aircraft productionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...52:50Fleet Air Arm types and assumptions not yet tested by warChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6b Introduction to Patreon Video 4...57:56Cruiser design choices shaped by treaty hopeChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 40:16Why January 1939 changes the naval balanceChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 432:18Imperial resources and economic warfareNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 435:45Capital ships in reserve, cruisers on the China StationNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 436:46Gallipoli and the limits of old amphibious assumptionsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 450:57Royal Navy trade warfare versus decisive battleNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 40:08A Far Eastern war changes British air prioritiesChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 47:39Dido-class cruisers expose the cost of treaty-limited hullsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 48:52A Pacific war accelerates British fleet constructionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 416:28Ernest King faces a British-led naval warNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 419:11An experienced Royal Navy enters the MediterraneanNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 420:17American sea power without its Pacific foundation mythNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 422:26Italian air power faces a Pacific-tested carrier fleetNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5c Introduction to Patreon Video 430:17Henderson's pre-war refit plans become availableNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 44:28Mediterranean leverage against a late Italian entryNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 46:49Launching is not commissioning for the King George V classChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 48:04The cruiser pipeline cannot be redesigned overnightNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 410:34Rearming reserve cruisers for the Pacific emergencyNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:01A Pacific-first war changes the ships Britain buildsChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5b Introduction to Patreon Video 447:57Treaty collapse accelerates battleships and fleet carriersNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 49:26Peacetime procurement and a balanced fleetChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 442:40The remaining Mediterranean capital shipsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 452:03Germany's unready fleet and British pre-emptionNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P5a Introduction to Patreon Video 459:41Submarines and bases for a Mediterranean counteroffensiveNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A14:32Why naval basing should avoid a single point of failureQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A22:16Taranto, diversion, and the centrality of logisticsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A30:40Would Roosevelt enter a 1939 Pacific war?Notable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A47:36Vanguard's design compromises and a 16-inch alternativeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:03:04How small hull changes could improve VanguardQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 15: Diplomacy & When it Fails, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:35:10Why Fleet Air Arm officers also needed ship command experienceNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P4 Introduction to Patreon Video 4...7:36A Far Eastern coalition fleetNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 44:33The escalation from Tsingtao to a wider warNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 413:06Keeping naval leaders alive changes the forceNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P3 Introduction to Patreon Video 413:50Roger Keyes as a coalition commanderNotable 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 410:12How a Pacific-first war changes British procurementNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 414:29Japanese refits and an unready battle lineNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 417:30Shifting the Mediterranean Fleet eastChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 420:29Worked-up destroyer flotillas and forward reservesNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 424:10HMS Bulldog and the escort culture around GloriousNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 425:34Could newly commissioned Ark Royal be sent east?Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 429:43Matching fleet command to theatre logisticsNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 432:01Concentrating British carriers in the Far EastNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 436:35Budget rivalry versus tactical cooperationNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 443:22Blockade before invasionChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 444:44Would France send a battleship east?Q&A
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 445:21The concentrated fleet battle the Royal Navy planned forNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 446:47Night operations, radio beacons, and SwordfishNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2b Introduction to Patreon Video 448:10Submarine ambushes before the fleet battleNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 42:17A merchant sinking starts a Far Eastern crisisChapter
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 412:15Percy Noble and proportionate strength in a naval crisisNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P2a Introduction to Patreon Video 428:48China Station experience as an operational advantageNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P1 Introduction to Patreon Video 441:21Why Midshipman Edward Ashmore was a calibrated choiceNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise9:56East Indies service and the experimental turretChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise12:33Town-class relief on the China StationNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise13:22Crew transport as quiet Far East reinforcementNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 2 - HMS Enterprise22:46The Enterprise name and its modern survey roleNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald4:41C, D, and E cruisers as successive design answersNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald5:20Why the E class was built for raider huntingChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald6:47Questioning the German-cruiser origin storyNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald10:19A new cruiser on the East Indies StationChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald10:56Assembling naval power for the Nanjing crisisChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald12:38Nanjing shows what cruiser presence could doChapter
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald16:15Positioning a cruiser for regional presenceNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "E" Class; part 1 - HMS Emerald26:22Buff-and-white schemes marked Emerald's deploymentsNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro7:31Starting a fight before war is declaredNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro9:10Why George Byng's command was so formidableNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro11:58Personal ambition and divided advice in both fleetsNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro26:49George Byng's victory and diplomacyNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro26:55How Byng distributed detached commandsNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro27:42Cape Passaro and British Mediterranean sea controlChapter
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro28:42John Byng's difficult Menorca commandChapter
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro31:17The Articles of War and the duty to engageNotable Point
- Introduction to the Battle of Cape Passaro38:08Aggressive determination and equal accountabilityNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A38:35Why some Type 45 modernizations are harderQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:42The 1939 Tsingtao confrontation in briefQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:08How naval forces could support Channel border operationsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:28:14From 4.5-inch to 5-inch naval gunsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:53Civil-support missions can strengthen the Navy's funding caseNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:17Law, naval orders, and Channel enforcementQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:45:42Why a twin 5-inch mount would be expensive for BritainQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:59:38RIM-116 logistics versus a Phalanx upgrade pathQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:39How to trace a former Royal Navy launchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:34When frigates and destroyers perform cruiser rolesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 14: Special & Covert Operations Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:48:59Admirals worth commemorating in ship namesQ&A
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean6:54Why the Royal Navy built ambush submarinesChapter
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean7:37Captured merchant ships were part of blockade strategyNotable Point
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean16:08O, P, and Rainbow classes: oceanic submarinesNotable Point
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean34:20Japan as the Royal Navy's fundable peer benchmarkNotable Point
- Long Patrol: Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest - RN Submarines in the Meditteranean41:04HMS Thrasher's Victoria Cross bomb removalNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 28:59Ark Royal's service continued long after 1588Notable Point
- An Introduction to the Spanish Armada Part 2 of 241:51PQ17 as an information and worst-case planning failureNotable Point
- An Introduction to Patreon Video 3: The Little Boat Wars...23:23Crete and the misuse of light forcesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:45A Royal Navy technical handbook as a fleet guideChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A9:57Naval Strike Missile as an interim Harpoon replacementNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A11:34When a naval reporter knew the fleet better than ministersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A13:10Why Type 23 frigates may remain in service for yearsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A25:04Reading Chatfield’s Navy and Defence criticallyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:52Why public subscription campaigns for warships fadedQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A35:53Could later timing have helped Argentina in 1982?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A47:27Why later British cruisers moved away from an older lookQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:49A guide to naval anti-aircraft guns and delayed rearmamentChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:05:43Queen Bee drones before the Second World WarNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:09:19How Britain could build so many capital shipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:10:28The uncertain evidence for Royal Navy torpedo reloadsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:16:26An unresolved question about the largest US-built Royal Navy vesselQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:15Why Britain refitted American-built escort carriersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:43:45HMS Birmingham’s experimental cruiser bowQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:54:03What the Daring-class AC and DC trials achievedQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:57:08Why the Royal Navy finally adopted the five-inch gunNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:57:48A World War II class least desirable to serve inQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:16:04Why Britain favoured more six-inch cruisersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 13: Weapons, Both Personal & Ship, Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:19:02Why Britain chose Spearfish over Mark 48Q&A
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN0:52Why destroyers need reach and speedChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN2:24The cost of building small for numbersChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN4:07Designing for an unlikely Anglo-American warNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN5:58E and F classes: a standard destroyer fitNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN7:50Gun elevation and the limits of peacetime exercisesNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN9:48G- and H-class leaders: Grenville and HardyChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN11:12ASDIC changes hidden by a stable type labelNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN12:03H-class growth and treaty reportingChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN12:46Article 17 protected foreign warship ordersNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN15:06Brazilian H-class orders and HMS InglefieldNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN16:19I-class torpedoes and the path to the TribalsChapter
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN18:03I-class minelayers and Turkish ordersNotable Point
- P2 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN19:21From First World War lessons to new destroyer generationsChapter
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)2:39Why the Royal Navy needed pre-Tribal destroyersChapter
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)5:07Destroyers as an imperial presence forceNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)9:05HMS Amazon and the prototype leader ideaChapter
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)10:34Stanley Goodall and destroyer design continuityNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)11:15How an interwar destroyer flotilla was organizedNotable Point
- P1 Introduction to Pre-Tribal Class Destroyers of the RN (special guest; Fluffy Research Assistant)19:13Why peacetime presence gives way to wartime concentrationNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest Part 2 of 28:19France, Crete and the Royal Navy's supply dilemmaNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 25:34Submarines and the Axis supply warChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 29:38Why the Royal Navy designed submarines for ambushChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 215:10Far East channel ambushes for an outnumbered fleetNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 215:39Treaties and budgets shaped submarine sizeNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 218:34O-, P-, and R-class boats for distant patrolsChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 233:26HMS Thrasher and bomb removal under attackNotable Point
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 235:44T-class tubes: forward concentration and escape fireChapter
- BAD SOUND - An Introduction to Making Mare Nostrum a Hollow Jest part 1 of 244:19Why the U-class became a Mediterranean workhorseNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A10:22A commander's-eye history of the China StationChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:30Operational barriers to borrowing a U.S. carrier for the FalklandsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:09:51Why warship numbers need depth beyond one shipQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:54:33The supersonic P.1154 and Britain's carrier choiceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:20:52A modern Royal Navy cruiser conceptQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:31:21A 1940 snapshot of naval strategic thoughtNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:00:16Fraser and the Battle of North CapeNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:05:11Command culture, evidence, and Alan TuringNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:08:44Arming Gibraltar patrol craft for a tougher presence roleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:13:16Storm avoidance and British naval anchoragesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 12: New to Me Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:21:51A time traveller's Royal Navy rearmament prioritiesNotable Point
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.12:25The Peninsular War’s maritime supply systemChapter
- An Introduction to From the Sea... How Navies Influence Land Campaigns.14:50Wellington and the Royal Navy balanced escort prioritiesNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4311:48The Royal Navy's eastern problem: protect a trading empireChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4326:38Presence, distance, and deterrence in the Indian OceanChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4330:38East Indies command was built to receive a fleet in crisisChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-4343:11How Britain linked its Pacific cruisers into Far Eastern commandQ&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
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:16:43Why Britain kept the 3.7-inch gun out of naval and anti-tank rolesQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:18:38Tribal destroyers and prewar pressure in the Red SeaNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:23:05Why the Royal Navy kept the pom-pom while Bofors output was scarceQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:38:55Modern British warship survivability relies on subdivision and damage controlQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:44:12Why 26 knots was dangerous for a commerce raiderQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:47:45The 1941 response to Admiral ScheerChapter
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:49:42HMS Formidable's early 1941 Indian Ocean deploymentNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:52:20When could a surface raider really divert British power?Q&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-431:53:30Force D and an improvised harbor at British SomalilandNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:19:08The Kido Butai raid was not an entirely new kind of threatQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:22:45Somerville's experience and exhaustion during Operation CQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:29:15How Mers-el-Kebir added to Somerville's command burdenQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:36:01Why Britain treated the French fleet as an existential riskNotable Point
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:40:24Why Britain did not attack the French fleet at ToulonQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:42:16Would Phillips have kept command after losing Force Z?Q&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-432:55:24Why the Royal Navy struggled to rotate exhausted commandersQ&A
- Patreon Video 2: Royal Navy Operations in the Indian Ocean 1941-433:12:50The Royal Navy's expanding weight in the Indian OceanQ&A
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)9:43How dispersed stations used seniority to coordinateNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)12:00How a flagship expanded an admiral's working staffNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)15:58Deterrence without making war inevitableQ&A
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)20:34Modern cruisers backed a very thin imperial footprintNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)31:07Sea control made the Somaliland evacuation possibleNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)35:17Why Admiral Scheer avoided the counter-raider forceNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)36:48The surface raider Germany did not send to PenangNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)37:50Iraq and Iran widened the Indian Ocean warNotable Point
- An Introduction to the Royal Navy in the Indian Ocean 1941-3 (Patreon Video 2)1:03:43A League-style grand alliance against JapanNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A22:04Finding sources on Royal Navy electronic warfareQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A28:09Jane's British Battle Fleet as a technical historyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A47:57Italy's plan to fight the Royal Navy by local concentrationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:14Books for understanding the Fisher-Beresford feudQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:13:36What the Royal Navy Fisheries Protection Squadron doesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:17Why different ships mattered to Doug ClarkeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:31:24Making the naval case during an uncertain defence reviewQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:59Corvettes as a supplement to the Royal Navy's global patrol forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:48:32British Somaliland and the danger of treating service budgets as separableNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:22:15Why Army officers may enter politics more often than naval officersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:31:17What if Britain and France had remained at SuezQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:02A personal ranking of First World War battlecruisersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:58Why some navies standardized on the five-inch gunQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:42:04Why speed changes the battlecruiser rankingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:50:44How fast battleships made battlecruisers less persuasiveQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:55:00Could HMS Hood have received a major pre-war refitQ&A
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"11:40Type 31 frigates and the economy of presenceNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"15:39The interwar Mediterranean Fleet as a response reserveNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"18:43River-class ships and everyday maritime contactNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"20:33Why global presence needs massChapter
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"22:44South America and the diplomatic price of absenceNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"43:58The Battle of Britain and the naval barrier to invasionNotable Point
- An Extended Introduction to "Naval Diplomacy"46:18PQ 17 and the danger of worst-case assumptionsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy2:53Operation Vantage and a wider view of naval diplomacyNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy24:02Signalling in the Strait of HormuzNotable Point
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy43:34Presence, reach, and the value of forward basingChapter
- An Introduction to Naval Diplomacy53:05Fleet numbers for waging peaceChapter
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians11:12Why high-end fleet capacity starts before warNotable Point
- An Introduction to Some More Admirals, Engineers & Historians23:23What Gorshkov's Atlantic reading leaves outNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:00:11B. B. Schofield on Arctic convoys and cold-water warfareChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:12:44A starting history for the post-war Royal NavyQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:13:26The Town-class story beyond HMS BelfastChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:19:09Robert Blake and the wider work of an admiralQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:27Why HMS X1 offered little useful legacyQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:23:17Edward Ashmore’s memoir and checking recollectionChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:35HMS Unicorn firing beyond her support-ship roleNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:14Why Churchill and Fisher amplified each other's weaknessesNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:45:22Destroyer actions from the opening war yearsChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:31Von Spee's narrow options after CoronelQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:50:25The offer behind Britain's eight-dreadnought programmeNotable Point
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:57:13Philip Vian’s view from the sharp endChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:43Navies as carriers of cosmopolitan cultureQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:15:58Cunningham’s career in A Sailor’s OdysseyChapter
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:33A participant’s account of the pursuit of BismarckChapter
- 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
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:56:01What Germany needed for a credible surface-raiding threatQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:01:56A war without German commerce raidingQ&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:11:59Britain, France, and neutrality in the American Civil WarNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You20:40Camouflage and the Black Swan sloopsNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You37:27Presence makes naval diplomacy credibleNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You53:22D-class cruisers as global presence shipsChapter
- 50th Live Special: Thank You57:35D-class variation multiplied the support burdenNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:05:14Why one continuous SSBN patrol needs four boatsNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:11:25HMS Delhi introduced the Royal Navy to Mk 37 fire controlNotable Point
- 50th Live Special: Thank You1:25:29Force Z and command fit in the Malaya disasterNotable Point
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P3/4 WWII (L)9:24Supermarine Walrus: common engines and flexible rolesNotable Point
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal12:34A full-spectrum carrier task forceChapter
- Dream Fleet for the Current Integrated Review A Little Proposal23:56Mobilisation and maintaining capabilityChapter
- An Introduction to "Flying Boats & Seaplanes; Mothered by Capability or Necessity?" P2/4 Inter-War7:43British flying boats as fleet reconnaissance assetsChapter
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?5:45Setting realistic limits for an interwar reserveChapter
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?44:22A rebuild can preserve capacity by changing a ship's roleNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:07:57Reginald Henderson's likely path to Far East commandQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:39:45Which navy was most ready for 1939?Q&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?1:59:40Why Greenwich and historic dockyards still matterQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:03:11When the Royal Navy became predominantly oil-firedQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:04:06Why the Royal Navy would not retain High Seas Fleet shipsQ&A
- Patreon Video 1: What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?2:30:20What follows the Type 45 and Albion-class ships?Q&A
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?0:03Planning postwar reserves within treaty limitsChapter
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?14:04RAF control severed naval aviation's engineering linkChapter
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?18:42A naval home for Coastal CommandNotable Point
- Patreon Video 1: Intro - What would you put in warehouses at the end of WWI for WWII if you could?19:26Joint P-8 ownership as a case for stronger advocacyNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A25:28Could Britain have built post-war battleships?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A43:53Sources for following the modern Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A56:45Treaty limits as British strategyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:16:28Why wartime Britain delayed new fleet carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:19:12Why Britain's trade depends on maritime orderNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:22:03The treaty logic behind a 14-inch battleship gunQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:33:49An alternative Royal Navy rearmament programmeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:41:18Why Soviet service differed between transferred British shipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:07A 25-to-30-escort Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:17Deck-edge lifts for armoured carriersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:51:04The six-inch versus eight-inch cruiser questionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:53:54The post-war Royal Navy's manpower crunchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:07:33Place names as political insurance for shipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:25:21US and British carrier doctrine were built for different fleetsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:45How large a Royal Navy ship could use the Caledonian Canal?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:57:51Albion and Bulwark as unmanned-system mothershipsQ&A
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class10:20Specialist machinery and Admiral Fraser's backingNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class21:46Torpedoes and the last back-pocket cruisersChapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class29:30Why HMS Nubian deserved preservationNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class30:44A speculative lineage from Henderson to DaringNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class32:45The Type 31 parallel: presence needs numbersNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 3: Daring Class35:16HMS Defender's Formosa Strait patrolChapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)3:40Stanley Goodall carries forward the large-destroyer ideaChapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)12:19Capital-ship 4.5-inch mounts in a destroyerNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)24:15Battle names for a new fleet destroyerNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 2: Battle Class (+Stanley Goodall)27:31Fire-control priorities: Battle class versus VanguardNotable Point
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)0:49Why the Royal Navy needed ‘back pocket cruisers’Chapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)16:19Why a large gun destroyer faced resistanceChapter
- An Introduction to “Back Pocket Cruisers” Part 1: Tribal Class (+Admiral Henderson)22:26The Royal Navy’s Tribal flotillas and their lossesNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan3:37Why Roger Keyes is chosen to commandNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 2: The Counter-Factual; My Plan20:00Concentrate the battle fleet and convoy escorts at CeylonChapter
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?17:52Reinforcements existed, but not for the December crisisNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?18:49Force Z: capital ships with a thin screenNotable Point
- An Introduction to “The Battle of Malaya & Force Z” – Part 1: What Happened?25:06Why Phillips took Force Z north without air coverChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A46:11Beachhead Assault and Royal Navy commandosNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:19:53A starting book on Royal Navy cruiser designQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:25Putting imperial defence spending in proportionNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:19:08What reopening Simon's Town would requireQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:32:18How destroyer experience reached flag rankQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:45:23Royal Navy culture in successor fleetsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:51:37Ships' animals as a source of crew moraleQ&A
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister0:18Designing a Royal Navy within a whole-defence budgetChapter
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister3:05Interservice rivalry and the CVA-01 lessonNotable Point
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister8:26A five-ship core for global reachChapter
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister22:11Personnel growth as the cost of a larger fleetNotable Point
- 4000 Subscribers Thankyou Special – The Royal Navy if I were Prime Minister24:06Type 31s for persistent regional presenceNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville10:14Somerville's early life and entry into the Royal NavyChapter
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville15:17A communications specialist shaped by flagship serviceNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville18:40From battleship command to imperial defence planningChapter
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville19:02Somerville's uneasy fit with destroyer commandNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville22:15The health cost of preparing the interwar fleetNotable Point
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville25:02Radar expertise and the return to wartime serviceChapter
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville26:07Taking command of Force H after France's collapseChapter
- An Introduction to Admiral Somerville & Force H – Part 1 Admiral Somerville27:53Consensus command versus small-ship ruthlessnessNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers8:35Hunt-class destroyers as dedicated escortsChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers9:06The unresolved escort-destroyer labelNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers11:27How 56 V and W destroyers filled three escort rolesChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers15:51How treaty rules enabled heavily armed sloopsQ&A
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers18:09The multinational mid-ocean escort systemNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers24:22Why wartime escort production needed a prewar foundationNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers28:07A familiar hull made the Hunt design easier to trustNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War; the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 4 Escort Destroyers31:01Treaty-era escort designs and the cost of too little warningChapter
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates10:59River frigates survived the war better than they survived preservationNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates19:36Why the frigate, sloop, and corvette labels need contextNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates21:56The Tribal class marks a transition in destroyer thinkingNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 3 Frigates22:38Hunt destroyers and adapted V and W escortsNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 2 Sloops10:25The Bittern class as a multi-role sloopNotable Point
- An Introduction to Ships of the Convoy War - the Battle of Atlantic in Steel Part 1 Corvettes...12:10Flower-class endurance and refuellingChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A4:09Reading warship histories through national perspectivesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A19:00Why ship and class monographs can outperform broad surveysNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A31:28Why the single 4.7-inch anti-aircraft mount fadedQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A36:44Reginald Henderson's interest in amphibious mobilityQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A41:00Reliability decided early 4.5-inch mount choicesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A51:31The Erie class and treaty loopholes for small warshipsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:05:01Naval brinkmanship can turn on individual commandersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:27:00Stored Harriers are not a ready combat forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:27:49Scandinavian steel in the Royal Navy supply chainNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:32:41Withdrawal announcements did not end Gulf deploymentsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:36:26Dockyard closures narrowed warship-building competitionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:37:54Fleet culture is shaped by ship type and manning pressureQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:42:53Comparing Royal Navy and Japanese naval aviationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:10Kaga and Ark Royal answered different naval plansQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:44:46What G3 conversions might have changed for British carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:47:51Why Tiger and Bulwark could not return for the FalklandsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:00:03Reserve forces need a tangible naval roleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:08:20Five LHDs could sustain British amphibious readinessQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:12:00Dido and Arethusa classes reflect different cruiser prioritiesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:21:48A contemporary Falklands crisis might have saved a third CVA-01Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:24:19Two starting points for escort-carrier researchQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:30:37Promotion from the lower deck into the officer corpsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:32:57Why Royal Navy warrant-officer numbers appeared top-heavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:34:49The Royal Navy at Shanghai watched Japan as well as ChinaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:38:34Admiral counts and warship costs need contextQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:54:58Why ship losses did not automatically end Cunningham's commandQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:58:31Where Reginald Henderson might have commanded in wartimeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 7: Warship Design Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:00:20Merlin Crowsnest carries British airborne early warningQ&A
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 226:05A class spread across British shipbuildersNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 2 of 232:43The D class in global presence missionsNotable Point
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 20:03Why a World War I cruiser remained relevantChapter
- An Introduction to the "D" Class Cruisers Part 1 of 217:38Postwar service from the Baltic to the China StationChapter
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 2 of 218:28The Type 22's post-Falklands gun lessonChapter
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 2 of 220:47The case for keeping all 16 Type 23 frigatesNotable Point
- An Introduction to Not the Big Ships: NGFS As Provided by Destroyers & Below Part 2 of 221:21Al-Faw and the Royal Navy's recent gunfire-support recordNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 3 of 310:00Trafalgar rewarded a plan the fleet could executeChapter
- 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 331:39A defensive central front might have preserved Allied NorwayChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 33:10River Plate and the power of good-enough shipsNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 37:21Type 22 frigates outgrow a single Cold War scenarioChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 2 of 318:43Dreadnought and Zumwalt as innovation signalsNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 39:04Why withdrawing a ship changes diplomatic expectationsNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 310:36Tsingtao and the power behind HMS BirminghamChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 312:12Admiral Noble turns seamanship into a diplomatic signalNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 314:40The SS Vincent de Paul prize dispute at TsingtaoChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 317:20HMS Birmingham's close-range warning at TsingtaoNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 318:19A small warship represents the fleet behind itNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 318:43Pitt combines British fleet pressure with Prussian mobilizationChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 322:02What mobilizing a laid-up wooden fleet requiredNotable Point
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 326:55Routine naval visits build British influence in UruguayChapter
- An Introduction to What was paid for in Blood, in Sweat, in Tears & so much Money... Part 1 of 338:49Midshipman Ashworth and controlled escalation at TsingtaoNotable Point
- An Introduction to Operation Ironclad: May 1942 Invasion of Madagascar9:41The fleet assembled for Operation IroncladChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 422:57Mass-built escorts resist tidy class statisticsNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 435:34HMS Enchantress combined sloop, yacht, and presence rolesNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 438:10A red-painted frigate served as a D-Day brigade headquartersNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 440:48Little ships expanded Dunkirk's evacuation capacityChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the Big War Part 4 of 442:04A thousand little ships sustained the Royal Navy and Commonwealth war effortNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 43:59The Royal Navy's six-hundred-strong trawler fleetChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 46:02Why wartime trawlers appear as both HMT and HMSNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 413:41Article 8 left room for unlimited small escortsNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 420:20Sackville, Haida, and Vampire preserve Commonwealth ship typesNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 434:28Black Swan sloops brought destroyer-like combat powerChapter
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war11:37Why the Abdiel class counted as cruisersNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war32:27Leadership balance aboard small attack craftNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war35:45How fast the Abdiel class could run in serviceNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war49:17How changing MTB numbers obscured British strengthNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:01:53Carrying CB90 escorts in an amphibious well deckQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:06:16Why modern Royal Navy patrol ships are lightly armedQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:16:47Keeping small-boat designs alive after the warQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:22:41Destroyer escorts versus wartime frigatesQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:32:23Why trawlers became early Royal Navy minesweepersQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:38:19The Halcyon class and purpose-built minesweepingQ&A
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war1:43:55How early mine damage may have helped HMS Belfast surviveNotable Point
- Minesweepers, Torpedo Boats & Gunboats – the ‘Littleships’ of the big war2:11:21Using treaty rules to build more ocean escortsQ&A
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 21:27How the London Naval Treaty defined little shipsChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 25:45Abdiel-class cruisers beat distance with speed and minesNotable Point
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 28:43HMS Bassett as an ocean-going trawler prototypeChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 219:28Vosper 73-foot boats and the Admiralty fight over coastal strike craftChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 1 of 228:05Fairmile D dog boats hunted Schnellboots with guns and depth chargesChapter
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style3:27Victorious expands fighter direction before crossing the AtlanticNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style5:51Victorious and Saratoga divide strike and fighter rolesNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style7:52Victorious's Bombay refit reveals the crew experience of overseas yardsNotable Point
- Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style13:29Illustrious's American refit doubles as an alliance publicity tourNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A17:04Radar changed how navies coordinated at seaNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A37:04Some Battle of the Atlantic books introduce rather than exhaustQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A45:19Why the F-35B makes sense for BritainQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A55:22Naval presence is a calibrated political signalQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A57:51Johnnie Walker's sloop background signals competenceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:40Hedgehog and Squid grew from prewar ASW workQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:03:40Replacing Albion and Bulwark with LHDs would widen carrier optionsQ&A
- 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
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:07:17The early carrier gap was a money decisionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:35Britain needs naval reach without hollowing the ArmyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:32:31Sea Fury success frames a wider point about underestimated naval aviationQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:50Vian would likely have driven the Falklands task force harderQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:53:29Carrier command usually led toward flag rankQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:00:37For Royal Navy Pacific operations, read beyond the obvious campaign booksQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:10:21Navies needed rifles because sailors fought ashore tooQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:14:50Royal Navy promotion mixed time, tests, and meritQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:17:19Britain had no spare carriers to reinforce MidwayQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:31:35British-French carrier cooperation is politically easier than operationally reliableQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:37:07Mers-el-Kebir was brutal but strategically understandableQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:39:42India would probably lean toward the West in a China naval crisisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:44:14Indian coalition command could preserve national autonomyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:56:31Astute-class submarines are central to future ASW confidenceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:02:43A prepared French fleet would still face overwhelming forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:23:14HMS Lancaster is a strong preservation candidateQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:29:46A Third Sea Lord counterfactual focuses on prewar materielQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:32:07Mine warfare is moving toward mixed dedicated and modular forcesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:40:22HMS Cossack's Narvik charge captures destroyer combatQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:45:34Type 45 VLS replacement is technically easier than politically certainQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 4: Naval Aviation Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:46:58Naval treaties let Britain save money and shape the rulesQ&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…16:29Naval trawlers in the PQ 17 storyQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…17:57Sea Harriers and Britain's postwar air-combat recordNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…25:45The Royal Navy's postwar type numbersQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…30:08Why HMS Agincourt needed carefully chosen officersNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…38:20Why the Royal Navy could use proper cruisersNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…44:21Leander flexibility and postwar Type designationsQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:13:05British trade and strategy in the US Civil WarQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:18:19The Admiralty's continuous warship design laboratoryNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:20:47Foreign designs for a larger Royal NavyQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:24:14Survey data as Royal Navy operational memoryNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:31:51Interwar submarines built for chokepointsNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:33:39Which Tribal-class names might return?Q&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:04:41Forward basing from minehunters to MontroseNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:06:10The Royal Navy's distributed LCS equivalentQ&A
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…2:13:08The escort numbers behind Royal Navy commitmentsQ&A
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)4:25HMS Meteor and the M-class destroyersNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)10:16HMS Dragon, Sea Viper, and unused Type 45 potentialNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)12:55HMS Conqueror and the sinking of General BelgranoNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)14:09HMS Folkestone, the little ship that couldNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)15:55HMS Warrior and the mature ironcladNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)21:50HMS Victory beyond TrafalgarNotable Point
- An Introduction to My Top 10 Warships (No Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town Classes allowed)23:01HMS Unicorn and forward fleet aviation supportNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 33:33Bruce Fraser: fleet command, logistics, and politicsChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 35:40Andrew Cunningham and calculated operational riskChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 37:50Bertram Ramsay's amphibious commandChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 39:41Michael Clapp and the Falklands amphibious forceChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 312:15Roger Keyes: fertile ideas and uneven executionChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 320:24Herbert Richmond as admiral and historianChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 322:39Nathaniel Barnaby builds a naval-construction institutionChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 324:48Why command opportunities preserve naval memoryNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 331:09HMS Snipe reverses Argentina's Deception Island landingNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 24:28Geoffrey Hornby and the craft of peacetime commandChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 26:00Harold Burrough as a quiet wartime professionalNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 27:07Philip Vian's career through Action This DayChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 29:27Reginald Tyrwhitt, the Harwich Force and Royal Navy cultureNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 210:38Percy Noble built the foundations at Western ApproachesChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 211:49Percy Noble practiced calibrated deterrence on the China StationNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 216:21Reginald Henderson and the fleet built for the Second World WarChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 218:25Reginald Henderson from HMS Erin to the convoy systemChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 220:18Henderson's high standards could become a leadership liabilityNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 229:34Stanley Goodall turned naval policy into ship designsChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 234:49Goodall tied personal honors to recognition for his staffNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 14:06David Beatty: charisma, politics, and command limitsChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 16:28John Jellicoe's global command vision and officer legacyChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 19:34James Somerville's aggression and Indian Ocean judgmentChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 111:36Henry Harwood from the River Plate to political commandChapter
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 130:25Stephen Roskill's strongest sea-power historiesChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A7:53HMS Eskimo's three emergency bow replacementsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A10:53Why Fraser left the Tribals guarding the North Cape convoysNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A42:17The Nore mutiny's political and strategic dangerNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:01:44Japan's strategic dependence on an Anglo-American partnerQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:13:21A peacetime 1942 Royal Navy under Reginald HendersonQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:21:35Why Britain did not base a major fleet in IndiaQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:22:31How a navy might disable the Panama Canal covertlyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:39:59Why Britain and America kept contingency plans against each otherNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:08:21Where Prince of Wales might go after a surviving Force Z withdrawsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:16:07Why Cleveland-class cruisers carried larger crews than TownsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:22:07Why the Town class did not need 4.5-inch secondary gunsQ&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
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:00:55Britain or America alone against JapanQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:09:47How the Lion class fit Royal Navy operationsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:11:27Why the Royal Navy modified American escort carriersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:12:20The most well-rounded fleets from 1935 to 1946Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:20:16Comparing British 4-inch, 4.5-inch, 4.7-inch, and 5.25-inch gunsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:24:43How effective was the Dido class in its intended role?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A3:25:16Foreign observers at Royal Navy exercisesQ&A
- An Introduction to Falklands Command11:05Why amphibious experience still needed institutionsChapter
- An Introduction to Falklands Command14:20Cold War amphibious command built for casualtiesNotable Point
- An Introduction to Falklands Command32:21The planned theater layer above carriers and landingsChapter
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy10:55Why the Royal Navy still needed battlecruisersChapter
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy19:21The battlecruiser-carrier Far East response forceChapter
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy22:07Why KGV and Vanguard remained battleshipsQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy33:21Why Gurkha's early loss was not simple failureQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy33:54How he would group the ships hunting BismarckQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy35:53Reframing the Battle of the FalklandsNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy36:02What the Special Service Squadron's route revealsNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy39:49How Jutland's safety lessons reached carrier designQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy41:28Why the R class aged differently from the Queen ElizabethsQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy50:21When exercises rewarded dangerous aggressionNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy57:08Why two battleships could not deter JapanQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:02:32Why fuel security shaped the Revenge classQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:03:04How large cruisers absorbed battlecruiser workQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:03:56Why wartime acquisitions multiplied Royal Navy gun typesQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:13:32Why reconstructed Renown was the best battlecruiserQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:16:36Why air-defense awareness did not guarantee enough gunsNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:25:45Why Royal Navy gun standardization took yearsQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:27:36Water armor and treaty displacementNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:28:15Why Royal Dockyards stopped building capital shipsQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:31:35Why Iron Duke was unlikely to return to combatQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:41:18Where to trace the British water-protection storyQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:44:13The 1929 exercise case for retaining battlecruisersChapter
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:46:48Hood's intended role versus wartime employmentQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:48:43Why the surviving battlecruisers were near retirementQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy1:50:23How earlier wars emptied the Far East cruiser planQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:00:40Anti-slavery coercion off BrazilNotable Point
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:04:36Why naval gunfire support never disappearedQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:05:02How treaty limits encouraged larger destroyersQ&A
- Battle cruisers in a ‘modern navy’…. Well a WWII Navy2:07:59Why the 15-inch gun was more practical than the 18-inchQ&A
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers8:18Global trade routes and Washington Treaty constraintsChapter
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers13:51Reconstruction could remake an old warshipNotable Point
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers21:36Renown, Repulse, and classification by purposeChapter
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers23:52Reconstruction left Renown and Repulse at different stagesChapter
- An Introduction To Battle Cruisers37:59Why the Scharnhorst class attracted two labelsNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A7:58Choosing a Daring over a GearingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A9:02Churchill among the First Lords of the AdmiraltyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A11:30What the Admiralty meant by 'Winston is back'Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A12:20What a treaty ban on submarines would changeQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A17:50Why HMS Furious is a memorable carrier conversionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A29:45Royal Navy basing in wartime AustraliaNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A50:25Comparing wartime underway replenishmentQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A51:19The Fighting Tenth and the Tribal destroyersNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2b: Book Reviews/Q&A55:34HMS Cavalier and HMCS Haida as surviving destroyersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A8:46Choosing naval histories by scale and purposeChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A15:26Reading Jackie Fisher's memoirs against his egoNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A21:57Reading Royal Navy in Eastern Waters criticallyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A27:14The Admiralty's logic for the Anglo-Japanese AllianceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A30:34Why Canadian and Australian Tribals served longerQ&A
- 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&A40:45Why Britain left carrier catapults behindQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A45:31From cancelled big carriers to the Sea HarrierNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A48:41Why British shells could carry larger bursting chargesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A52:25Mers-el-Kebir as a necessary but corrosive missionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A54:02Why Britain resists adding a dedicated Osprey tanker fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A56:17Why the G3 design lacked useful growth marginQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:02:50Spanish Armada, French intervention, or Imperial Germany?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:03:36Why Repulse missed a Renown-style reconstructionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:09:29Why Queen Elizabeth did not need catapultsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:15:32Why Merlin mission-kit swapping suits a small fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:21:02From MEKO modularity to Type 31Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:26:38Strength decks and armor in British battlecruisersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:26:44HMS Vanguard was operational, even without a wartime battle roleQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:28:12First lieutenant, commander, or executive officer?Q&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:30:44What Alexandria in 1882 changed for the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:34:43Why Britain risked fleet carriers in submarine huntsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:37:22Why Fletcher suited the US Navy but not the Royal NavyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:38:21The fleet exercise that ended with a carrier ramming attackQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:40:55Britain operates Trident, not PolarisQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:41:21Why continuous deterrence requires four submarinesNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:43:21The hidden displacement cost of 1950s radarQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:45:16First World War destroyers that returned to serviceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:47:53Component sourcing and control of Britain's deterrentNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:48:09Coronel, sacrifice, and an understrength squadronQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:50:08Honor in defeat versus the duty to preserve crewsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:54:40Sea Fury and Sea Vixen as British carrier-aircraft favoritesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 2a: Book Reviews/Q&A1:55:35Battles, animals, and inherited Royal Navy ship namesQ&A
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 19292:19What the Royal Navy expected war games to teachChapter
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 19299:09War games made damage assessment part of officer educationNotable Point
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192924:19Carrier deck capacity turned fleet aviation into a timing problemChapter
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 192931:38Communications rules prepared fleets for dispersed warfareNotable Point
- Exercises & War Gaming Rules in 19291:16:14The 1929 exercises found questions faster than answersNotable Point
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history46:34Royal Navy plans for commerce raidingQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:01:11An idealized Royal Navy force structureQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:06:00Why Britain gave up conventional submarinesQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:08:39The case for Naval Strike MissileQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:17:10Reusing Daring, battleship, and destroyer namesQ&A
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:27:24British and American wartime command culturesNotable Point
- A Name to illustrate a navy - HMS Leander through history1:40:16The Gurkha boarding-party traditionNotable Point
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)1:31Headquarters ships as floating command centresChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iv)2:50HMS Lothian's conversion exposed habitability and discipline risksNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie0:50Why Britain planned several kinds of carrierChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie8:14Reginald Henderson and the carrier building programmeChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie13:53The disputed British contribution to Allied carrier proceduresNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie14:37British and American interwar carrier experimentsChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie16:56Why similar carrier exercises produced different doctrinesQ&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie47:40Why Operation C became a test of attack cultureNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie52:18Could Operation C have changed the postwar balance?Notable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie54:46Did the Abyssinian Crisis shape British carriers?Q&A
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:02:40Why the Mediterranean favoured armoured carriersChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:09:14The Royal Navy's decentralized night-fighting cultureNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:31:54How wartime promotion reshaped carrier commandNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:39:49Make do and mend as an operational doctrineChapter
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:52:17Why wartime production reused interwar designsNotable Point
- Aircraft Carriers the Debate - Dr Alex Clarke vs Armoured Carrier's Jamie1:54:24Audacious and the carrier Britain wantedNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A12:08River-class patrol ships as forward-based sloopsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A14:11Why intermittent British warship building costs moreQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A20:33British repairs still competed for space in American yardsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A34:35Force Z and the danger of sending an incomplete fleetQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A35:41A general-purpose Type 45 and nine escort groupsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A38:25Type 26 construction reduced clean-sheet procurement uncertaintyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A39:39Royal Navy ASW doctrine favored Merlin over ASROCQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A44:39Town-class commerce raiders should avoid Takao-class cruisersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A47:07Cromwell's role in creating a professional navyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A50:15Fleet Air Arm flights become carrier squadronsQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A55:05Gibraltar and Suez as Mediterranean naval gatesQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A58:32Fleet commonality argued against a small British Osprey forceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A59:26Royal Navy demand as an Industrial Revolution catalystQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:02:46Portsmouth Block Mills applied divided labor to naval supplyQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:06:15A pre-war Anglo-American naval balance turned on timingQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:08:17Vian, Moody, and John as British carrier commandersQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:20:29Spruance and Vian faced different command burdensQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:31:28Royal Navy model tanks built decades of hull-form evidenceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:49:56Why two British carriers did not justify nuclear propulsionQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:53:03Regular, hostilities-only, and conscript naval serviceQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 1: Book Reviews/Q&A1:56:30HMS Nubian was a leading destroyer combat-record candidateQ&A
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192121:16Why Britain welcomed a strong Japanese Army but watched its navyNotable Point
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192132:18Why the Anglo-Japanese Alliance unraveled in 1921Chapter
- Anglo-Japanese Relations Part 1: 1902-192132:41The Sempill Mission transferred knowledge and assessed JapanChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered9:40Riskable did not mean disposableQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered14:38Why the Royal Navy adopted helicopter assaultQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered17:21Recruiting crews for the landing-craft flotillasQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered32:54How landing-craft flotillas were organizedQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered45:48Why The Battle of the River Plate stands out as a naval filmQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 0: Update & Some Amphibious Questions Answered59:21Why an Anglo-Japanese coalition alarmed US plannersQ&A
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)1:40How three LST marks divided the design problemChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(iii)20:18The LST Mark III was timed for the Pacific warChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(ii)6:12Train ferries become stern-chute landing shipsChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(ii)15:50Operation Ironclad assembles a complete amphibious fleetChapter
- A Question of Getting Them There - Landing Ships & Amphibious Warfare Part 2(i)7:11Landing Ship Infantry categories and shifting rolesNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 16:35Were purpose-built landing craft needed before World War I?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 16:35From ships' boats to Gallipoli's X-lightersChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 18:19Henderson's staff assessments linked Gallipoli and convoysNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 112:38The myth of neglected interwar amphibious warfareChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 113:28Was Gallipoli Japan's main amphibious lesson?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 118:28How 1924 exercises anticipated World War II landingsNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 124:50From the Motor Landing Craft to the LCMChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 129:17How were the early LCMs crewed?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 129:31Mass-produced assault craft and close fire supportChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 134:44How did early landing craft protect themselves?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 137:03Higgins designs and Anglo-American landing-craft exchangeChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 143:52Designing Landing Craft Tank for heavier armourChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 147:27Operation Claymore, Crete, and specialised support craftChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 154:20The LCT Mark IV's mass lift and Far Eastern refitChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 156:19Dieppe, raiding limits, and stable gun platformsNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:00:54The Landing Craft Infantry as a giant raiderChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:03:41Did Henderson also shape the Hunt-class destroyers?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:04:54From six-pounders to destroyer guns on landing craftChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:08:03When LCA mass production crowded out a successorNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:10:16Fairmile's British-built answer to American landing craftNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:11:28Why heavy warships could not replace close-support craftQ&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:14:20Long-range LCTs and heavy gun craft for the Far EastChapter
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:18:20A thousand-rocket barrage from an LCTNotable Point
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:24:50Why wartime landing-craft lists are never exhaustiveQ&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:25:57How separate were American and British landing-craft designs?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:31:41How did the British landing in Somaliland work?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:32:44Did Madagascar reshape landing-craft development?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:34:57Why did Allied landing-craft bows differ?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:49:18How many rocket landing craft supported D-Day?Q&A
- A Question of Getting There – Landing Craft & Amphibious Warfare Part 11:50:17What did the Royal Marines practice between the wars?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?3:47What made an interwar sloopChapter
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?49:00Did the US and Royal Navies value destroyers differently?Q&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?50:50Why other navies filled the sloop niche differentlyNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:07:08Why torpedoes defined interwar destroyersNotable Point
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:17:04Imperial range shaped British sloop designQ&A
- Sloops during the Inter-War – what were they for?1:36:45Landing platform dock ideas predated the Second World WarNotable Point
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!6:36Strike carriers and battle carriersChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!17:24HMS Unicorn and a globally supported carrier fleetChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!36:09Armor as an answer to distant-war logisticsChapter
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!38:12Why American yards could not solve every British Pacific repair problemQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:16:13Wei-hai-wei, Far East plans, and Swordfish rangeQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:24:18Ark Royal and damage-control trainingQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:35:54British and American sustained air operations convergeQ&A
- Special Episode: Design, Design, Design!1:44:49War interrupts a planned carrier transformationNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck18:23Eight Tribal destroyers divide the hunt's two rolesNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck28:52Royal Navy and allied destroyers as one fighting systemNotable Point
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck42:01A 2020 view of reviving Tribal or Battle namesQ&A
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck42:24How destroyer culture spread across the postwar Royal NavyQ&A
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck48:35How many Tribal destroyers were built and survivedQ&A
- A bit more on RN Destroyers - The Hunt for the Bismarck53:50Why Tribal destroyers operated in homogeneous flotillasQ&A
- Namsos & the Central Norway Campaign (Norway 80)1:31Tribal-class destroyers enabled reconnaissance and landingsChapter
- Namsos & the Central Norway Campaign (Norway 80)2:42The evacuation promise foreshadowed DunkirkNotable Point
- The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)6:51Norwegian resistance and the three battles of NarvikNotable Point
- The Battles of Narvik (Norway 80)8:54The third battle becomes a continuous destroyer brawlNotable Point
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full7:52Why the Royal Navy committed a powerful hunting forceNotable Point
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full13:35Philip Vian's aggressive destroyer leadershipChapter
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full18:34How Vian helped a sailor reach his wife during childbirthNotable Point
- T he Altmark 80 Videos in Full1:03:38Captivity aboard Altmark and the propaganda battleNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream1:27Tribal, Battle, and Daring destroyers as back-pocket cruisersChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream4:47Henderson and the Royal Navy case for the Tribal classNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream7:24Tribal-class destroyers as instruments of naval diplomacyChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream13:12Tribal destroyers sweeping ahead of Arctic convoysChapter
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream21:09Why the Battle class lacked a stern main turretNotable Point
- Tribal, Battle & Daring Class Destroyers - A live stream32:24Escort numbers, crew retention, and deployable readinessChapter
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video1:54When wartime necessity overtakes maritime rulesChapter
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video4:24A British flag becomes the whole case at TsingtaoChapter
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video21:45What Britain was prepared to do if Graf Spee stayedChapter
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video46:44Philip Vian and the culture of naval initiativeNotable Point
- When Good Guys Go Bad - A Conference History Video48:51Deterring Japan with the threat of blockadeChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video13:08Percy Noble manages an overstretched China StationChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video39:25German merchant sailors become strategic manpowerChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video42:58Trade routes explain worldwide cruiser deploymentChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video45:33Germany's plan to recover merchant sailorsChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video53:58A deterrent demonstration near JapanChapter
- Asama Maru Incident, 21st of January 1940 - #AsamaMaru80 video1:16:33The bluff that worked and backfiredChapter
- January 6th Asama Maru leaves San Francisco - An AsamaMaru80 video2:08Why the Asama Maru interception matteredChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile1:18Why battleships remained credible before carrier aviation maturedChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile3:00Treaties, cruisers, and the Royal Navy's economic-war strategyChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile6:00Overseas experience and the political case for Town-class cruisersChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile12:05How limited overseas infrastructure shaped Royal Navy deploymentChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile28:30Edinburgh joins the North Atlantic barrierChapter
- HMS Edinburgh - A Ship Profile48:03Force attrition and the ships left to fightNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:57Britain projects naval power with ships that do not yet existNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video4:05Graf Spee's silent passage frustrates the British searchChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video11:32Waiting becomes part of Graf Spee's economic warNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video19:19Every merchant attack gives a raider awayNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video23:32Wartime accounts and biographies behind the River Plate historyChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video29:51Global commitments limit the Graf Spee huntChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video37:03Destroyer shortages reshape Harwood's South Atlantic forceNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video41:42Different raider doctrines produce different campaign mapsNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video44:54Royal Navy relationships constrain Graf Spee in South AmericaChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video56:34Britain resists Graf Spee's intended psychological pressureNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:02:25British forces chase Graf Spee through the Indian OceanNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:06:31A British hunting group occupies Graf Spee's waiting areaNotable Point
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:32:51Cruiser movements and repairs shape the River Plate concentrationChapter
- Sunday Updates Movie - A River Plate 80 Video1:45:28The South Atlantic campaign accelerates fleet-auxiliary planningChapter
- The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video0:09Why Langsdorff scuttled Admiral Graf SpeeChapter
- The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video5:01Commerce-raiding aggression and the risk of interceptionNotable Point
- The End of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video7:09How Graf Spee's raiding route revealed her intentionsChapter
- Day 3 of the Montevideo Diplomatic Battle, the 16th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video0:19Intercepting Graf Spee without entering neutral watersNotable Point
- Day 3 of the Montevideo Diplomatic Battle, the 16th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video1:00British surveillance tracks any move by Graf SpeeChapter
- Day 3 of the Montevideo Diplomatic Battle, the 16th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video5:45Ajax and Achilles refuel while ammunition runs shortChapter
- Day 3 of the Montevideo Diplomatic Battle, the 16th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video6:03Ark Royal approaches the River Plate at more than 30 knotsNotable Point
- Montevideo on the 14th December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video4:58Harwood asks diplomats to hold Graf Spee until Cumberland arrivesNotable Point
- The Royal Navy on the 14th of December 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video6:19British and French diplomacy shifts from expulsion to delayChapter
- Battle of The River Plate - A River Plate 80 Video33:06The British cruisers seize the initiativeChapter
- Arado AR 196 - 12th of December - A River Plate 80 Video0:53The Arado's offensive and defensive scouting rolesNotable Point
- SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video4:18Harwood anticipates Graf Spee at the River PlateChapter
- SS Streonhalh; the Last Victim of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video5:26Captured papers and the geography of British tradeNotable Point
- Altmark Last Meeting with the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video5:01German logistics in the South Atlantic campaignChapter
- SS Tairoa - A River Plate 80 Video4:32Tairoa's signal tightens the hunt for Graf SpeeChapter
- SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video2:21Doric Star's signal turns a sinking into a pursuit clueNotable Point
- SS Doric Star - A River Plate 80 Video8:38Delay gives Harwood time to concentrate at the River PlateChapter
- Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video3:19Forces H and K search behind Graf SpeeChapter
- Rendezvous with the Altmark - A River Plate 80 Video5:44Forces H and K are absent from the River Plate battleNotable Point
- Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video2:53Imperial shipping sustained Britain's war effortChapter
- Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video4:10Surface raiders could draw escorts from critical routesNotable Point
- Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video6:30Graf Spee's conservative strategy may have limited her impactChapter
- Surface Raider Conundrum - A River Plate 80 Video7:17Graf Spee's sinkings against a total of 2,712 merchant shipsNotable Point
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)1:08Royal Navy plans and command arrangements in 1939Chapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)1:50Global communications and the Royal Navy's night-fighting edgeChapter
- The RN in 1939, more than just a Question of Geography - A Quarterdeck Talk (26/11/2019)51:12Global presence depended on regional and diplomatic knowledgeChapter
- Eugen Millington-Drake - A River Plate 80 Video4:20Why British naval influence depended on the Foreign OfficeNotable Point
- Disguises of a Surface Raider - A River Plate 80 Video6:08An American-cruiser disguise for the voyage homeChapter
- Cruise of the Admiral Graf Spee - A River Plate 80 Video3:53Why the Battle of the River Plate mattered at homeNotable Point
- The 1939 Panama Convention - A River Plate 80 Video4:49British bases preserve Royal Navy reach near the River PlateNotable Point
- RN Commands in 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video0:04The Royal Navy's worldwide command map in 1939Chapter
- RN Commands in 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video2:13Sea control depends on ships already presentChapter
- RN Commands in 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video3:11Cruisers and carriers across the Royal Navy's regional commandsChapter
- RN Commands in 1939 - A River Plate 80 Video3:37Reinforcing the Far East took time and resupplyNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video0:04Why Harwood's preparation belongs in the River Plate storyChapter
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video7:01Exercises turn local knowledge into tactical freedomNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video8:22Captain Bell and the Royal Navy's aggressive ethosChapter
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video12:06From Coronel to River Plate: damage that enables victoryNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video13:59Bell's curtailed postwar careerNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video15:41Why independent stations attracted capable officersNotable Point
- Harwood & Captains - a River Plate 80 video16:31Captain Woodhouse as a gunnery specialistChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)1:04Why the Tribal class became back-pocket cruisersChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)16:46Far East offensive cruising in Operation IrregularChapter
- Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)18:26Esprit de corps as an operational capabilityNotable Point
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)1:26British grand strategy needed ships across the worldChapter
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)6:02Reginald Henderson's practical case for larger destroyersNotable Point
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)17:19Tribals joined the 18th Cruiser Squadron to block German breakoutsNotable Point
- Back Pocket Cruisers Presentation (Practice 2)30:10Cape Bon tested destroyers against the light-cruiser alternativeChapter