Naval Historywith Dr. Alex

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Ship Modernisation

Also searchable as Ship Modernization, upgrades.

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  1. Bruships 266: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:39:04Separating bow repairs from a cruiser's refit billQ&A
  2. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:49:34Could a surviving Hood have become a museum ship?Q&A
  3. Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:53:35Would a modernised Fletcher still be a Fletcher?Q&A
  4. Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live
    2:05:48Modernising an Abdiel with gas turbinesQ&A
  5. Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:11:32Santisima Trinidad and the limits of repeated rebuildingQ&A
  6. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    18:22Which experimental Royal Navy carrier was worth rebuildingQ&A
  7. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:35:34Retrofitting remote power control to British cruiser gunsQ&A
  8. Bruships 249: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:43:27Fitting Mark 24 turrets to Swiftsure and Ceylon cruisersQ&A
  9. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    13:53Audace gains room for modernizationChapter
  10. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    16:14A larger hull fixes the 76 mm coverage problemNotable Point
  11. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    31:38Francesco Mimbelli's modernization and multinational missionsChapter
  12. Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age
    34:52Why a vertical-launch conversion was impracticalNotable Point
  13. Bruships 247: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    34:35Armour and subdivision in the fast-battleship debateNotable Point
  14. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    0:37Tiger's beam leaves room to consider larger barbettesChapter
  15. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    11:00Washington treaty rules block the historical Tiger gun changeChapter
  16. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    14:13Stored Courageous turrets show Britain's measured rearmament paceNotable Point
  17. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    38:00New boilers reshape Tiger's machinery layoutChapter
  18. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    42:09Armor coverage matters alongside maximum thicknessNotable Point
  19. 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
  20. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    47:26Four fast ships support a deploy-train-refit cycleChapter
  21. What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?
    50:48Accepting Tiger may be cheaper than reopening the treaty bargainNotable Point
  22. 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
  23. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    17:08Judging Perry radar in its original contextNotable Point
  24. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    32:14Foreign Perry variants reveal the design's longevityChapter
  25. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    40:16Why reactivating retired Perrys cost too muchChapter
  26. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:02:34Old hull refits versus a continuing Perry lineChapter
  27. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:10:53Mark 41 VLS and a modern Perry fitChapter
  28. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:23:02Shared guns and radar options for Perry and LCSNotable Point
  29. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:27:27Could an evolved Perry carry a 5-inch gun?Q&A
  30. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:29:51Could later Perrys support laser defence against drones?Q&A
  31. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:33:48Modernized Perrys as a frigate benchmarkChapter
  32. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:40:46What a 5,000-6,200-ton Perry would becomeQ&A
  33. Could the US Navy have kept the Oliver Hazard Perry's in service for longer?
    1:46:48Could a Perry carry Aegis?Q&A
  34. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    46:42Warspite in a longer Pacific warQ&A
  35. Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:47:29When battleship rearming becomes a new-ship problemQ&A
  36. Korean Destroyers: Core of a Statement Surface Fleet
    30:52A late KDX-II upgrade points to roughly forty years of serviceNotable Point
  37. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    36:47An OPV design can support wartime constructionNotable Point
  38. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    37:23Deck-mounted weapons still need structural and stability workNotable Point
  39. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    41:22Legend-class conversion can approach a new buildNotable Point
  40. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    44:24Shipyard workforce is the slowest capacity to rebuildChapter
  41. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    46:25Wartime conversion plans need industrial stress testsNotable Point
  42. What do Offshore Patrol Vessels do and are the useful in War as well as Peace?
    49:16Rapid up-arming must be proven before warNotable Point
  43. Bruships 242: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:11:02A collision and Tiger as conditions for rebuilding HoodNotable Point
  44. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    5:45A proven Burke hull reaches its design limitsNotable Point
  45. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    1:04:45Useful Burke retrofits meet a structural limitNotable Point
  46. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    1:10:31ODIN and the effect of hull limits on laser selectionNotable Point
  47. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    1:21:25The Flight IIA technology insert bridges toward Flight IIINotable Point
  48. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    1:23:47Construction dates reveal the long transition between Burke flightsNotable Point
  49. Total Burke Domination: Why the US Navy could be rebranded the Arleigh Burke Flotilla & Friends?
    1:38:38A hypothetical Flight IV would require substantial redesignNotable Point
  50. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    5:20Ragnar's modest weapons still complicate an invasionNotable Point
  51. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    9:40New boilers and weapons extend Hugin's serviceNotable Point
  52. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    15:08The Ehrensköld class moves Sweden toward larger destroyersChapter
  53. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    34:48The Göteborg program expands from two ships to six as war approachesChapter
  54. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    40:19The Visby class improves a familiar weapons packageChapter
  55. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    48:36Öland remains dangerous through repeated modernisationNotable Point
  56. Protecting Ikea in the Cradle; Swedish Destroyers in WWII
    50:53The 1972 fast-attack-craft turn closes a destroyer traditionNotable Point
  57. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    31:16Refitting Incomparable for radar-controlled gunneryNotable Point
  58. Bruships 239: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...restart
    32:32How much could new boilers improve Incomparable?Q&A
  59. 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
  60. What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?
    5:41How StanFlex separates weapons from hull upgradesChapter
  61. What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?
    15:17Upgrading modules ashore and rearming ships for higher-threat missionsNotable Point
  62. 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
  63. What if the Royal Navy used the Lessons of the 1982 Falklands War to go Stanflex?
    47:25A forty-eight-Sea-Wolf Gulf fit and easier Type 23 upgradesNotable Point
  64. Why the Royal Navy's Type 45s Daring Class Destroyers are what they are & what their future is?
    33:29How should a destroyer programme introduce unproven technology?Q&A
  65. 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
  66. 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
  67. Would an AUKUS Destroyer make a sensible 3rd pillar for the Australia, UK & US Defence Cooperation?
    1:00:17Burke architecture is reaching its design ceilingNotable Point
  68. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:20:07A larger Oliver Hazard Perry escort fleetQ&A
  69. Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:55A 1960s gun cruiser evolved for modern serviceQ&A
  70. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    30:17Shenzhen bridges imported machinery and Chinese designChapter
  71. Modern Chinese Destroyers: How the Current People's Liberation Army Navy's surface ships came to be
    34:43Older destroyers absorb the risks of presence missionsNotable Point
  72. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    1:20:46What might a modern Perry flight have carried?Q&A
  73. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:15:35Why converting LCS into corvettes would not fix the fleet gapQ&A
  74. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:20:05Why the US Navy calls design batches flightsQ&A
  75. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:27:32Could Perry's launcher be reloaded, and should the design have evolved?Q&A
  76. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:52:18How many Constellation-class frigates would the fleet need?Q&A
  77. The rise and fall of Constellation class Frigate program? (Patreon Live)
    3:54:15Could shorter class runs reduce US procurement risk?Q&A
  78. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    39:26Why a 1960s missile conversion of Yavuz fails at the hullQ&A
  79. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start
    55:20Why reactivating Yavuz in 1968 would mean building a new shipQ&A
  80. Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    9:29HMS Hood's reconditioned engines in 1941Q&A
  81. Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service
    45:00Machinery trials establish maintenance baselinesChapter
  82. Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service
    1:17:34A newly built radar need not be the same radarQ&A
  83. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:36:27What Type 31 upgrades mean for the escort pipelineQ&A
  84. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:29:25Tiger modernization: machinery, radar and missile spaceQ&A
  85. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:35:13A Tiger conversion for helicopters and the Royal MarinesNotable Point
  86. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:38:55Modern guns and a usable helicopter hangar for TigerNotable Point
  87. Bruships 229: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:06An unlimited-budget Tiger becomes a new command cruiserNotable Point
  88. Bruships 228: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:56:34Why the monitor Parnaiba remains usefulQ&A
  89. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    51:21Interwar destroyer abundance enabled experimentation and conversion planningChapter
  90. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    55:37Modernizing another navy's ships as a design exerciseNotable Point
  91. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    1:50:34Modern systems do not make the Burke a modern hull designNotable Point
  92. 134yrs of evolution: How a Destroyer's Role has evolved from as envisaged in 1892 to 2026
    2:25:58Which Cold War destroyer had the best modernization potential?Q&A
  93. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    9:36Monarch's armour stayed while new machinery improved her speedNotable Point
  94. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    29:09Collision, repair, and Mediterranean serviceNotable Point
  95. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    32:12Modernization carried Monarch into the twentieth centuryChapter
  96. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    48:21Monarch's armour and early wartime fire-control and AA upgradesNotable Point
  97. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:41:34Keeping Type 45 destroyers alongside Type 83Q&A
  98. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:30:08A Type 45 batch two with an inserted missile sectionQ&A
  99. Bruships 226: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    3:43:48Modernizing HMS Vanguard with 1980s technologyQ&A
  100. Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    1:46:44Invincible's condition when a hull extension was discussedQ&A
  101. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    32:21PA9's specialized hangars left little room for aircraft growthChapter
  102. More Lessons of Never Built Carriers
    35:27Design slack makes warships easier to modernizeNotable Point
  103. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    29:21Why an Agincourt battlecruiser conversion lacks a purposeQ&A
  104. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    4:51:43An Italian Iowa rebuild and the treatment of senior officersQ&A
  105. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    4:58:22Could the earlier Iowas receive the later torpedo-defence arrangement?Q&A
  106. 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P9 of 9 - A Movie Star in the Making: HMS Portchester Castle
    5:41:18Refitting First World War cruisers for useful wartime serviceQ&A
  107. Maya Class: The Ultimate Arleigh Burke Flight IIA or something else?
    23:16Maya's power system shows the cost of deep modernizationNotable Point
  108. Bruships 191: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:06:26Why a nuclear Great Eastern would cease to be the same shipQ&A
  109. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    1:46:51Would a modernized Hood survive Bismarck?Q&A
  110. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:16:15Would Scharnhorst be better with 11-inch or 15-inch guns?Q&A
  111. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    3:57:32Why upgrading Type 45 does not by itself prove Type 83 is delayedQ&A
  112. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:07:14Why fleet availability blocked Hood's reconstructionQ&A
  113. Bruships 175: Pre- Christmas Party 2024
    4:19:00A reconstructed HMS Tiger at the Denmark StraitQ&A
  114. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    2:32:09Barham's interwar modernisation and its limitsNotable Point
  115. Essay Competion, UAD ship design & Questions: Third 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 3/4
    8:40:08What Vanguard taught about postwar battleship designQ&A
  116. World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/4
    3:09:55Why Oklahoma's game speed prompts a check of her bulgesQ&A
  117. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    1:44:24Why the Perry class was not rebuilt into a premium combatantQ&A
  118. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    1:48:53Why early Ticonderogas could not cheaply receive VLSQ&A
  119. Bruships 169: Kalax o Kalax, my kingdom for a Kalax...
    3:23:29A 1950s Yavuz rebuild trades wing turrets for missiles and aviationQ&A
  120. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    29:47A forty-year production span makes one class serve several erasNotable Point
  121. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    35:23Refueling overhauls remake the ship for new missionsNotable Point
  122. The Nimitz Class: The Tenacious Ten that underpin America on the Global Stage
    2:01:25Subclasses trace the Nimitz design’s evolution toward FordNotable Point
  123. Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    12:26Canada-class refit firepower tradeoffsNotable Point
  124. Check Campaign 24: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:48:39Refitting old hulls versus replacing themNotable Point
  125. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    27:09Småland modernized without surrendering torpedo powerNotable Point
  126. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    38:07Rugged light carriers that outlived their planNotable Point
  127. War Emergency Carriers of WWII... Lessons for future procurement?
    47:57Saipan class replaced the emergency conversionsNotable Point
  128. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    21:48Why veteran crews can justify modernizationNotable Point
  129. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    40:09Cruiser building and turret-weight cautionNotable Point
  130. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:10:34Old warships as imperial presence and invasion tonnageQ&A
  131. Check Campaign 23: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    3:08:25Refitting an obsolete battleship under weight constraintsChapter
  132. Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!
    1:48:31Carrier fuel systems evolved through repeated upgradesQ&A
  133. Check Campaign 22: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:04:52Research and refit prioritiesNotable Point
  134. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:05:56Research priorities for fleet qualityNotable Point
  135. Check Campaign 21: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:59:09Modern armor, heavy cruisers, and submarine researchNotable Point
  136. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:28:03The missed modernization choiceNotable Point
  137. The Royal Navy's Interwar Dream... The Implacable Class: Key Ships Series 9, Ship 3
    1:36:37Speed-build choices and the final 27,000-ton reconstructionChapter
  138. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    37:22Illustrious and cumulative bomb damageNotable Point
  139. Damage Control - The WWII Aircraft Carriers Edition; when it went wrong & when it went right
    2:07:52Protecting Eagle with bulges would have cost speed or availabilityNotable Point
  140. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    21:24G3-style battlecruiser design choicesNotable Point
  141. Check Campaign 20: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:45:06Italian battle losses drive a fleet-wide refitNotable Point
  142. What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 1
    56:47Fleet strength as deterrence and diplomatic leverageNotable Point
  143. What would the economic impact have been if the Naval Treaties hadn't happened? Patreon Premier 1
    1:17:27New 15-inch guns supported by a global ammunition systemNotable Point
  144. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    35:06Why navies retain specialized industrial capacityNotable Point
  145. Check Campaign 19: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:08:23Research gates the next Rodney designNotable Point
  146. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:34:38Long-range guns and the politics of modernizationNotable Point
  147. Check Campaign 18: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:49:58Modernizing the Revenge II battleshipsNotable Point
  148. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    22:26Modernization made Midway a rock-and-roll carrierNotable Point
  149. USS Midway is it magic or surviable? Key Ships Series 9: Ship 1
    29:02Modernization stretched the hull and the budgetChapter
  150. Check Campaign 17: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:37:18Survivable heavy cruiser refitNotable Point
  151. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    37:58Why Adelaide was not the model for British Town conversionsQ&A
  152. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:33:48Replacing battlecruisers in a no-treaty fleetQ&A
  153. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    1:41:24Why few navies matched Britain's adaptable cruiser surplusQ&A
  154. Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote
    4:08:44Modernization, not inherent inferiority, separated old destroyersQ&A
  155. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    36:36The Chatham and Birmingham hulls before conversionNotable Point
  156. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    41:30Hull proportions and four shaftsNotable Point
  157. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    50:11Why not fit 4.5-inch guns?Q&A
  158. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    53:04Would 5.25-inch guns fit the old hulls?Q&A
  159. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    54:03Making the 4.7-inch gun more dual-purposeNotable Point
  160. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    55:27Arranging the rebuilt Town's guns and funnelsNotable Point
  161. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    57:32Reusing the six-inch ammunition magazinesNotable Point
  162. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:02:32Provision for radar and hydrophonesQ&A
  163. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:03:59Scaling destroyer machinery for the old cruiserNotable Point
  164. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:11:06What follows if the 4.7-inch modification works?Q&A
  165. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:13:16Could all four conversions be ready for September 1939?Q&A
  166. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:16:06Why use four-inch guns instead of developing the mounting?Q&A
  167. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:37:24Testing the conversion's air defence in NorwayChapter
  168. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:44:46Could the old hull tolerate the increased power?Q&A
  169. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:46:10Replacing the shafts for the higher-powered plantQ&A
  170. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:52:26Type 79 radar as an early-warning optionNotable Point
  171. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:54:00Could the four-inch Didos receive 4.7-inch mounts?Q&A
  172. Patreon 103: The Nightmare returns - 4 WWI Town class are discovered by the Royal Navy in 1938
    1:54:26Floatplanes and space for radar on the rebuilt TownsQ&A
  173. Check Campaign 16: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    2:36:54Modernizing a battleship within its weight limitsNotable Point
  174. Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends
    2:10:39Replacing the R class with more Queen ElizabethsQ&A
  175. Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins
    2:34:57A British 1980s modernization for HMS VanguardQ&A
  176. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    39:00Reserve hangar space for future aircraft generationsNotable Point
  177. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    54:27Adapt the deck across aircraft generationsNotable Point
  178. So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 3
    1:30:13Plan for service beyond the nominal retirement dateNotable Point
  179. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    2:11:52What completed modernizations change in 1941Q&A
  180. Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed
    3:00:38Nine fast Queen Elizabeths and the Washington treatyQ&A
  181. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    8:24Why ships in ordinary preserve fleet depthNotable Point
  182. Suggest Series Name Please: Comment Response video with a twist
    52:19Why 1920 carrier elevator figures misleadNotable Point
  183. Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 1938
    16:46Royal Navy modernization and reserve depthNotable Point
  184. Imperial Star Destroyers if designed by the World's Major Navys in 1938
    21:07Warspite as the Royal Navy's enduring capital shipNotable Point
  185. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    12:00Continuous design work preserves a navy's ability to respondChapter
  186. The Royal Navy's Forgotten Lost Battleship Generation: Key Ship Series 8 - Ships 6
    1:01:49Diving-shell research creates a gunnery safe-zone dilemmaChapter
  187. 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
  188. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    24:10Converting the Deutschland ships into light carriersQ&A
  189. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    32:30Bulges, machinery, and speed in a dreadnought rebuildQ&A
  190. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    51:23A G3 carrier conversion would resemble a British LexingtonQ&A
  191. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    1:09:56A 5.9-inch Hipper would not become a viable light cruiserQ&A
  192. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:07:19Courageous cannot be enlarged into a 35,000-ton carrierQ&A
  193. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    3:41:50Early mothballing could preserve Ticonderoga cruiser lifeQ&A
  194. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    4:02:53Ships are lengthened by inserting a new midbodyQ&A
  195. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    4:12:24Missile conversion depends on a cruiser's remaining lifeQ&A
  196. Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered
    4:24:53Early missile-cruiser conversions taught space and balanceQ&A
  197. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:21:03Why a 28-knot Montana could still be reactivatedQ&A
  198. Bruships 139: Books will be Attempted, Questions will be Answered
    3:28:42Type 26 variants and the cost of taking a frigate out of serviceNotable Point
  199. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    1:36:27Gas turbines transform interwar capital-ship reconstructionsChapter
  200. Patreon 92: Frank Whittle is given consistent funding by Britain to develop jet engines from 1928
    1:41:02Vanguard and Hood reveal the limits of capital-ship turbine powerChapter
  201. HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response
    3:34Could eight boilers have made Warspite a fast battleship?Q&A
  202. HMS Warspite: The Survivor - KSS3 S3 Comment Response
    6:28How a 28-knot Warspite could reinforce carrier hunting groupsNotable Point
  203. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    1:24:19Earlier high-pressure steam reshapes capital-ship refitsNotable Point
  204. Patreon 88: Sydney Strategy: When looking for a Far East Naval Base - what if Sydney not Singapore?
    2:13:10Could Nelson be refitted with triple 15-inch turrets?Q&A
  205. Mistakes & Missed Opportunities of the Washington Naval Treaties
    49:09Mogami and treaty-era upgradeabilityNotable Point
  206. HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 8
    25:25Rebuilding Renown without sacrificing speedChapter
  207. HMS Renown, the RN's most Underated Capital Ship of WWII?; Key Ship Series 3, Ship 8
    41:28What separated Renown from RepulseNotable Point
  208. Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!
    23:20Crown Colony cruiser conversions were a funding choiceQ&A
  209. Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!
    35:19Why a Sea Cat refit might retain Bofors gunsQ&A
  210. Some Books Aquired So Far during #NavHistAus23! Perth Take 2!
    37:35Why Tiger was the likelier 14-inch battlecruiser conversionQ&A
  211. What were the 'Bearns' of the other Major Navies? RM, IJN, USN, RN & Kreigsmarine
    1:09:23Ranger received a smaller refit for night-fighter trainingNotable Point
  212. Patreon 78: The Bearn of every major treaty navy...
    2:41:14Did the Admiral-class battlecruisers suffer the same overstuffing problems?Q&A
  213. Bruships 107: Some New to Me Books & Some New from Pen & Sword
    2:09:34When a stronger anti-aircraft fit mattersQ&A
  214. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:27:12Scaling armour for an 18-inch AgincourtChapter
  215. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:32:20Would a refitted Agincourt retain torpedoes?Q&A
  216. UAD: 18in gun Agincourt & Other Ideas
    1:32:44Giving Agincourt a Warspite-style modernizationNotable Point
  217. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    2:56:33Malta-class angled-deck changes without a Victorious-scale rebuildNotable Point
  218. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:10:02Completing Malta later or rebuilding it afterwardNotable Point
  219. Bruships 104: Primary or Secondary Sources
    3:37:41Why Malta-class ships could finish with different layoutsNotable Point
  220. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    45:52Could Revenge machinery turn Queen Elizabeth into a faster standard?Q&A
  221. Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?
    1:47:15Why build Revenges instead of more Queen Elizabeths?Q&A
  222. The Great Ships: 1st, 2nd & 3rd Rates in 18th Century (Comment Response)
    54:49Captured timber and hulk valueQ&A
  223. USS Wichita: Comment Response
    53:16Wichita service record and Baltimore successorNotable Point
  224. Christmas Comment Response: HMCS Sackville, Descartes & some 60s shorts
    34:25Repulse refit, dual-purpose guns, and Force ZNotable Point
  225. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:14:33Iron Duke could carry a stronger anti-aircraft refitQ&A
  226. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:15:12A large interwar cruiser hull could remain a useful testbedQ&A
  227. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:19:39A late-service Victorious would need missile air defenseQ&A
  228. New Years 2023 Naval History Questions till the Bru runs out...
    1:26:03Low mounting weight eased the twin four-inch upgradeQ&A
  229. 1860-1960 A Hundred Years of Gun Cruisers
    1:35:54USS Atlanta and the US Navy's steel-cruiser beginningChapter
  230. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    2:55:01A plausible 1980s radar suite for HMS VanguardQ&A
  231. Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat
    3:22:05How a Malta-class carrier might lose its twin islandsQ&A
  232. Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response
    7:36Why removing Hood's crushing tubes was not a simple modernizationNotable Point
  233. Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response
    38:40Could older British battleships accept the 15-inch/50?Q&A
  234. Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response
    51:35Would the treaties permit 15-inch/50 refits?Q&A
  235. 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
  236. Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...
    2:41:54Why modern armour does not yield a simple improvement figure for HoodQ&A
  237. Diadem Class: First Class Protected Cruisers (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 10)
    33:39Why large hulls are easier to modernizeNotable Point
  238. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    12:51Upgrade margin determines how long a steel warship remains usefulQ&A
  239. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    15:22A modernized HMS Tiger as a fast 14-inch-gun reinforcementNotable Point
  240. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    49:18Navies avoided renaming expensive rebuilds because a 'new ship' attracted scrutinyQ&A
  241. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    50:07Modern 16-inch guns would not fit Victoria's short 16.25-inch mountingsQ&A
  242. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    59:00A 1930 Royal Navy reform program starts with carriers, guns, and machineryQ&A
  243. Bruships 90: Books From the Road
    4:12:23A 2022 Hood refit pairs guided 15-inch shells with close-in defenceQ&A
  244. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    28:02How an interwar G3 refit might trade guns for speedQ&A
  245. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    1:04:36Without the battleship holiday, replacement could outrank modernizationQ&A
  246. Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 4
    1:19:51Continuous construction could replace Britain's old battle fleetQ&A
  247. Bruships 88: Way of War
    4:02:22Could the Nelson class standardize on 15-inch guns?Q&A
  248. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    37:52How modernization changed HMS London's handlingQ&A
  249. Bruships 87: Books Found on My Travels, New Books & Christmas Recomendations
    2:27:22A 1930s American rebuild of Argentina's battleshipsQ&A
  250. Bruships 86: Science Fiction Strikes Some More
    3:14:58Argentine battleship modernization depended on foreign yardsQ&A
  251. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 1 (Introduction - Shannon)
    1:06:58An American modernization plan for HMS ShannonNotable Point
  252. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    56:14The Star Trek Columbia refit as a modernization thought experimentChapter
  253. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    59:43Rapid technical change tests long-lived ship designsNotable Point
  254. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    31:39Why shipyard geography kept Nakhimov in the northChapter
  255. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    34:28Admiral Nakhimov's prolonged modernizationChapter
  256. Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)
    37:51Pyotr Velikiy as Russia's operational status shipChapter
  257. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    2:29:28Goodall's Hood judgment depended on replacement timingQ&A
  258. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    28:02Adaptability behind the long lives of the Colossus and Majestic carriersQ&A
  259. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)
    55:28Modernizing the unbuilt 1920 South Dakota classQ&A
  260. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    1:11:16Why Renown was refitted before HoodQ&A
  261. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    1:17:43Why command of USS New York matteredChapter
  262. Patron 49: Admiral Kimmel: A Failure of Leadership? (Live)
    1:21:15Could the Standard-type battleships gain more speed?Q&A
  263. Bruships 72: A Litte Bit of Everything Makes the World
    1:47:04Hood's expensive rebuild and a shorter wartime alternativeQ&A
  264. Comparing Sisters(Not Kardashians) - HMS Renown & Repulse / HMS Nelson & Rodney (Long Patrol)
    1:01:08Modernization timing separated sister-ship careersChapter
  265. Some Sunday Naval Books
    28:10Treaty-era modernisation of capital shipsNotable Point
  266. Bruships 68: Random Naval History Books & Questions
    28:42Could Type 21 frigates carry lightweight Sea Wolf?Q&A
  267. Bruships 61 - Ship Design; Sci-fi, Wooden & Steel, and some Naval History Questions
    4:26:02A practical OPV upgrade stops short of frigate armamentQ&A
  268. Patreon 30: Japanese hybrid warships of WW2
    2:07:13Ise's six-turret layout constrained both modernization and conversionChapter
  269. Japanese Hybrids: Teaser for Today's Patreon Live
    1:54Ise and Hyuga before the carrier conversionNotable Point
  270. Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions
    6:21R-class hull margin and refitsNotable Point
  271. Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p4/4 - Gallipoli
    11:26Ten older battleships and the cost of protective bulgesNotable Point
  272. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    1:11:57Battleship blast protection is possible but expensiveQ&A
  273. Bruships 53: The Big Gun Era... Questions
    2:02:15The 15-inch/45 could have renewed the Queen ElizabethsQ&A
  274. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class
    18:01From Norwegian order to British monitorChapter
  275. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:44:21Renown and Kongo after modernizationQ&A
  276. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:54:02The HMS Tiger training-ship tradeoffQ&A
  277. 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
  278. 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
  279. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    1:59:51A 28-knot Iron Duke rebuildQ&A
  280. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:01:25What a small-tube-boiler refit requiredQ&A
  281. 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
  282. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:39:16Rearming Iron Duke with larger gunsQ&A
  283. Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)
    2:48:28The missed small-tube-boiler rebuildQ&A
  284. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    7:20Why a third Renown-class battlecruiser might modernize wellNotable Point
  285. Some More Battle Cruisers
    42:05Amagi pairs immense firepower with a torpedo liabilityChapter
  286. Some More Battle Cruisers
    48:59Lexington's machinery and range suit a Pacific battlecruiserChapter
  287. Bruships 48: Reading History
    4:06:07Why Victory at Trafalgar was not Warrior at JutlandQ&A
  288. Basil Jones: Patreon 21, Notable Commanders, Long Patrol Part 1
    15:18Why the Canadian Tribals probably carried PPI radarNotable Point
  289. Britain of the 1980s: Long Patrol P5 the Royal Navy of the 1980s
    10:53How Leander batches traded guns for Ikara and ExocetNotable Point
  290. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    52:17Were older ironclad modernizations worthwhile?Q&A
  291. The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard
    2:11:47Could a Pearl-class cruiser carry modern radar?Q&A
  292. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    1:03:22A Town-class cruiser modernization with missiles and helicoptersQ&A
  293. Bruships 23 - New Book Review
    3:21:11A Town-class modernization would need new machineryNotable Point
  294. Patreon Video 4: Tsingtao 1939 Goes Hot...
    3:11:53Pacific combat would decide the County-class cruisers' futureQ&A
  295. Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A
    2:27:23Why a modern Daring would be easier than a modern TribalQ&A
  296. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    14:56Royal Sovereign exposes the R-class modernization gapNotable Point
  297. Introuduction to Refits/Taking Care of Buisness Allied Style
    28:12Rodney loses modernization resources to higher prioritiesNotable Point
  298. Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)
    16:46Far East offensive cruising in Operation IrregularChapter
  299. Tribal Class in 60s (Combined)
    19:36Destroyer ethos behind cruiser capabilityChapter