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- Bruships 265: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:16:51Why stationary boiler performance does not transfer directly to shipsNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?11:33Swift's trials expose the cost of extreme speedNotable Point
- Destroyer Leaders: Where did they come from and why?29:41G101 and the endurance cost of deleting cruising dieselsChapter
- Bruships 264: Naval History Questions Answered Live59:48The hull and machinery cost of a 35-knot WarspiteQ&A
- China's Type 54 Frigate: Mass Production and Tactical Balance1:12Diesel propulsion, acoustic quieting and operating rangeChapter
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:28Diesel as a fuel label and an engine principleNotable Point
- Bruships 263: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...53:54Turbine ignition and spark plugs aboard warshipsQ&A
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...17:24Escorting Olympic damaged the destroyers' enginesNotable Point
- The "M" Class destroyers of WWI: The Grand Fleet's Workhorses...28:23Opal's propeller arrangement and water flow over ruddersNotable Point
- Bruships 260: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:33:23Why fast liners make expensive armed merchant cruisersQ&A
- What the unbuilt destroyers of the Regia Marina tell us about WWII?40:29Machinery power and survivabilityChapter
- Bruships 259: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:01Why an Iowa power plant would not make a fast Formula 1 carQ&A
- Bruships 258: Naval History Questions Answered Live1:20:52Could Hood's refit use the Lion machinery plant?Q&A
- Why Can't Modern Russia Build Destroyers?25:20What turns a warship announcement into a construction programmeNotable Point
- Bruships 250: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:54:22Reusable oceanic USVs have different costs from expendable dronesNotable Point
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age1:28A compact destroyer with layered weapons and sensorsChapter
- Durand de la Penne Class: The Destroyer class which showed the Oto Melara 76mm had came of age13:53Audace gains room for modernizationChapter
- Resurgent Japan, the "Destroyer Navy" of the 21st Century43:04Akizuki combines electronic warfare with a balanced escort fitChapter
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- 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?27:18Why battlecruisers traded protection for strategic speedNotable Point
- What if the RN decided to upgrade HMS Tiger to 15in guns?38:00New boilers reshape Tiger's machinery layoutChapter
- The Defence Investment Plan: A Live Review if it's been published, A Chat of What to Look For if not2:10:14Laser power demands keep conventional guns relevantNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI2:42V25 as the German wartime baselineChapter
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI4:57V25 production evolves through different hulls and turbinesNotable Point
- The Large Torpedoboats & Torpedoboat Destroyers of the Imperial German Navy in WWI27:52G96 and the late-war peak of the large torpedo boatChapter
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...3:36Range, efficiency, and metacentric heightNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...6:09Vibration and unexpected system interferenceNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...19:27Speed trials and commissioning politicsNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...22:28Hull shape determines cruising efficiencyNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations: Why Testing Warships Matters...27:37Machinery shock and quieting checksNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI26:42Hull shaping explains range efficiencyNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI33:01Chasseur layout anticipates later destroyersNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI40:18Reliable turbines replace mixed destroyer machineryNotable Point
- Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI42:14French turbine development draws on international exchangeNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....11:01Warrior's trial speed, sailing performance, and tidal assistanceNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....33:33Armor and machinery choices for a two-decker WarriorNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....36:12Why Duncan supplies the proposed armored two-decker's starting pointNotable Point
- Ironclads go Two Decker....48:05Faster frigates could delay the cruiser labelNotable Point
- Bruships 236: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:54:09Afterburners on shipboard gas turbinesQ&A
- Where has Britain's Royal Navy Gone?1:43:35The Type 45 power margin that could have prevented a later refitNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...55:44Umikaze tests the limits of turbine destroyersNotable Point
- Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...59:09Sakura restores range with proven machineryChapter
- 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)1:21:05Could battleships have combined steam and gas propulsion?Q&A
- Top/Bottom 5 inventions/adaptations of RN ships that came from the ships themselves...(Patreon Live)2:34:17How early did combined ship propulsion appear?Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start28:53The technologies that remade navies from 1815 to 1914Q&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:04:50How far an archaic Greek rowing vessel could travel inlandQ&A
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3rd Start1:07:27Why ancient merchants avoided large slave rowing crewsNotable Point
- Bruships 230: Naval History Questions Answered Live...9:29HMS Hood's reconditioned engines in 1941Q&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service27:38Speed trials depend on load, machinery, wind, and currentNotable Point
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service36:00Crash stops and zigzags test the whole ship at onceChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service45:00Machinery trials establish maintenance baselinesChapter
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:35:47Nuclear base load and gas turbines serve different power demandsQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:44:17Stirling power loses its submarine advantage on the surfaceQ&A
- Trials and Tribulations- why ships go through the testing they do before they enter service2:58:20Fusion would need to justify its power density and complexity at seaQ&A
- Bruships 222: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:35:25Azipod is a brand name, azimuth thruster is the generic termNotable Point
- 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 Bon3:11:57What limits a warship's speed in reverseQ&A
- 36hrs Live Historiophon 2025: P7 of 9 - Supplying Churchill’s Christmas Present: Battle of Cape Bon3:12:42Could electric-drive ships go as fast astern as ahead?Q&A
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- Bruships 198: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:34:40A 1,100-1,500-ton propeller-shaft estimate was plausible but unverifiedQ&A
- Dalrymple Hamilton: The Captain of HMS Rodney who believed she could be a destroyer57:07Why a speed-obsessed destroyer officer received HMS RodneyChapter
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...2:11:24Why modern sailing warships still carry enginesQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:47:06Why new warships still favor shafts over azipodsQ&A
- Bruships 188: Naval History Questions Answered Liven & Birthday Party...3:54:45Småland and the move toward centralized machinery controlNotable Point
- So you want to Build a Battleship today? For the 21st Century? Naval History Live1:11:14Gas turbines, electric power, and four-way redundancyChapter
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:50:21How closed-loop marine steam systems workQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:28:11Integrated electric propulsion in plain languageQ&A
- Bruships 187: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:31:27What earlier electric propulsion could offer the JMSDFQ&A
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- Flotillas of the Danube: A River Runs Through It!27:23Austria-Hungary's river-warship problemChapter
- 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 membership4:46:37Why displacement alone does not determine ship speedNotable Point
- Bruships 176: Christyear or Newmas?2:30:04A diesel battleship depended on solving the gearboxQ&A
- Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates13:17Naval performance hidden beneath a merchant-style hullNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!45:43Shaft-seal damage makes emergency dry-dock access essentialNotable Point
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!48:13Ukrainian engines show how one supplier can halt a fleetChapter
- So, You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier? Infrastructure & Industry, the Realities of Construction!49:31First World War turbines and fuzes reveal asymmetric dependenceNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...1:30:24Carrier aircraft fatigue changes the cost of replacementNotable Point
- Bruships 173: Christmas Books for the History Lover in your life...2:10:22What Admiral Gorshkov frigates reveal about Russian shipbuildingNotable Point
- Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo21:10Britannic's hybrid machinery and the meaning of published speedNotable Point
- 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 3/48:21:12Why propellers would still leave a role for river paddle wheelsNotable Point
- World of Warships Colab 1, Questions & U Class subs: Second 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 2/44:11:14Why the Brooklyn-class cruiser seems too slow in the gameQ&A
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax3:46:06Why length and beam cannot determine a 40-knot power requirementQ&A
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!23:25Propeller problems and the 2007 refitNotable Point
- Traditional French Bonhomie to spare via the only non USN Nuclear Carrier! The Charles de Gaulle!29:31Reactor enrichment and the decision to refuel earlyNotable Point
- Bruships 166: As I walk through the library of Naval History, I take a look at my shelf space....1:40:25How a speed race reshapes propulsion and treaty limitsNotable Point
- Kuznetsov Class Aircraft Carriers: Smoking the Mazut0:00Why Kuznetsov's funnel smoke points to mazut handlingNotable Point
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments28:50Why rebuilding an old battleship cannot be reduced to horsepowerQ&A
- Scuttlebutt 4: A Wide Variety of Comments36:16Warspite's refit produced more power from fewer boilersNotable Point
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!21:37Why Scharnhorst needed new diesels, not more old onesQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!27:46Small-tube boilers and a faster Jutland battle lineQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!39:01What it meant for HMS Hood to strip a turbineQ&A
- Bruships 157: Books so good they've blown the budget on the #ScandiShip24 tour already!1:47:07Unicorn's turbines sit on a scale between cruisers and battleshipsQ&A
- 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 247:54Germany turns to diesel-turbine hybrid capital shipsNotable Point
- 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 Doctrines44:39Essex's belt armor, protected decks, and machineryNotable Point
- 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 Begins2:16:36The cramped maintenance spaces behind marine boilersQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins2:39:09Oil-fired Lions and the path to small-tube boilersQ&A
- So You Want to Build an Aircraft Carrier: Design! Part 1 or 357:43Choose propulsion for range, aviation, and politicsChapter
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed12:45A modern 16-inch battleship designQ&A
- Bruships 147: Naval History Questions & Book Boxes Getting Packed3:41:08A German oil-fired fleet and Galician supplyQ&A
- The reality that the Marvel Shield Helicarriers Drew From: The USS Akron an Airship Aircraft Carrier40:29How Akron's structure balanced strength and weightChapter
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built35:36Powering a hypothetical modern battleshipQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built44:51How large ship propellers are cast and finishedQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built1:35:18A better engine for the Blackburn SkuaQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:07:21Why gun count alone cannot determine warship sizeQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:21:56Why later US carriers left Lexington's electric drive behindQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built2:44:52The weight cost of turbo-electric propulsionQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built3:08:48How air-independent boilers would reshape early warshipsQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built4:53:11What separates a super-dreadnought from a 1940s fast battleshipQ&A
- USS Akron; The World's First Purpose Built Flying Aircraft Carrier1:19:37Akron's structure, lift, and endurance tradeoffsChapter
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?12:52Cold-starting an oil-fired warshipQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?41:03How a steam-water-oil heat exchanger protects fuel systemsQ&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?2:27:20Could small-tube boilers make Queen Elizabeth a 28-knot battleship?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?4:58:55What makes a power plant suitable for a warship?Q&A
- 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 646:00Design 12L hints at a fast battleship fallbackNotable 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 Answered32:30Bulges, machinery, and speed in a dreadnought rebuildQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered40:00Le Fantasque reached 45 knots through hull designQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered40:24Removing Hipper's rear turrets does not yield free speedQ&A
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered48:30A turretless Hipper could be fast but dangerously fragileQ&A
- Patreon 100: Stalin's 1930 London Treaty - the USSR joins the Naval Treaties at London44:03Where would Soviet battleship machinery come from?Q&A
- 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 London3:19:34Why dimensions alone cannot determine cruiser displacementQ&A
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:47:14How fast should a 257,000-horsepower light cruiser be?Q&A
- Check Campaign 9: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign2:03:31Improved oil burners create a fleet-wide refit burdenNotable Point
- Bruships 141: Some Cool Books & Naval History Questions Answered41:29A better propulsion scheme for the Normandie classQ&A
- Trident Fails to Fly9:04Fixing carrier propulsion faults while there is timeNotable Point
- Bruships 138: Random Naval History Books from Me, Random Naval History Questions from You!2:08:56Why torpedo-style contra-rotating propellers do not scale easilyQ&A
- Twelve Odd Ships43:03Novgorod's circular hull favored sheltered watersChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:33:23Novgorod's circular hull fits a narrow missionChapter
- Patreon 96: Odd ship designs that actually work.1:43:41What is meant by Novgorod's compound engines?Q&A
- Patreon 91: Flower class sloops: The most key ship of the 20th century?2:17:40How sustained sloop building could aid destroyersQ&A
- Naval Historian Reacts to Aircraft Carriers the Debate Part 2 of 21:19:05Operational resilience from Malta to OkinawaNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out12:43Indicated and brake horsepower measure different pointsQ&A
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out30:51L3 and K3 shared armament but required very different powerNotable Point
- Bruships 132: Questions till the Milk or Pancreas Runs Out1:35:35Why Kirov received undersized reactorsQ&A
- Bruships 126: Hutchinsons Pictorial History of the War Series1:15:30Heavy fuel oil could make machinery almost self-destructiveQ&A
- Why WWII evolved Motor Torpedo Boats in Motor Gun Boats: Pacific, Black Sea & Baltic Designs1:27:28Why naval horsepower and speed figures need contextNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics4:43CODOG propulsion and older diesel-steam arrangementsQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics26:06A starting point for studying marine enginesQ&A
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics33:20Trading treaty displacement for a third shaftNotable Point
- Bruships 123: Naval History Questions and Books on Strategy & Tactics2:29:46Why ocean liners could outrun their cruiser escortsQ&A
- The Hunt Class: The WWII Royal Navy's Escort Destroyers - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 325:10Hunt and Egret machinery raise a treaty-speed questionNotable Point
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- Ersatz Monarch Class: Pebbles casting Ripples can lead to Tsunamis - Key Ship Series 4, Episode 1020:21British engineering in the dreadnought raceNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 432:24Four shafts spread sustained-speed loadsNotable Point
- H Class Battleships: Ignoring Reality for Perfection, Key Ships Series 4, Ship 436:18Mixed diesel and steam drive multiplies failure pathsChapter
- Sovetsky Soyuz (Советский Союз) Class: Stalin's Battleship Dreams - Key Ships Series 4, Ship 350:40Why Project 23's two funnels raise a propulsion questionNotable Point
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?19:19Common fuel versus fleet reconstructionQ&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?3:12:46Using Nelson's treaty margin for speed and better gunsQ&A
- Lexington & Saratoga Carrier Conception: Key Ship Series 3, Ships 10 &1117:33Speed and turboelectric propulsionNotable Point
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:10:29Why Blanco Encalada used twin-shaft steam powerQ&A
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:13:25Why early steam warships often had two shaftsQ&A
- Chilean Civil War & the sinking of the Blanco Encalada1:16:35Would five shafts make Nelson or Rodney faster?Q&A
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas7:20Why gas turbines took decades to reach warshipsChapter
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas11:03The trade-offs behind marine gas turbinesNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas12:41MGB 509 and the first marine aero-derived turbineNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas17:41Why small fast craft suited early gas turbinesNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas20:17How CODOG separates economical cruising from a fast dashChapter
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas21:26How CODAG adds gas-turbine dash powerNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas22:45How CODLAG separates generators from the shaftsNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas29:10COGAG's performance comes with a logistics burdenNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas32:18Why combined-cycle propulsion remains rare at seaNotable Point
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas34:30How the Type 45 power system was cut downChapter
- Ship Shape & Running on Gas36:16Integrated electric propulsion as a survivability systemChapter
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History0:09Marine diesels through a 1938 engineering sourceChapter
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History2:49Metallurgy and systems before enginesNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History5:45From producer gas to oil fuelNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History9:50Akroyd Stuart and Diesel make compression ignition practicalNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History15:10Early motor ships prove the marine caseNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History18:45Diesel's prestige problem against steamNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History32:53Two-stroke diesels and scavengingNotable Point
- Marine Diesels: A Short Introduction to their History35:59Diesel-electric power and submarine spaceNotable 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
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?9:27Speed bought through machinery weightNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?15:03Nevada and Oklahoma machinery splitNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?52:58Small-tube boilers and conservative revolutionNotable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?57:06The Queen Elizabeth Maximus counterfactualNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?32:51Baseline armor, machinery, and 15-inch broadsideNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?41:14Nevada, armor, and Queen Elizabeth's speed marginNotable Point
- 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
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?56:54What would a Queen Elizabeth-derived battlecruiser look like?Q&A
- 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?1:08:45Could America or Germany match a 28-knot Queen Elizabeth?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?1:32:26Small-tube boilers and the faster ship not takenNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:08:03The uncertain 18-inch Agincourt hypothesisNotable Point
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:20:48Did Japanese designers believe Queen Elizabeth made 25 knots?Q&A
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:27:02Could the oil conversion alone make 26-knot Queen Elizabeths?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
- Patreon 73: Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?2:31:02Did oil firing raise top speed or sustain it?Q&A
- Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI? Comment Response24:48Bearn's turbines, range, and conversion economyNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines1:12Steeple engines and warship fitChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines4:21HMS Rattler and the screw-propeller turnNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines7:18Why early screw ships lacked folding propellersQ&A
- 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 2 Steeple to Turbines16:19Direct-acting and oscillating engine tradeoffsChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines21:09Trunk engines and monitor compromisesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines25:57Back-acting engines and steam varietyChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines28:47Vertical expansion engines and efficiencyChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines37:48Why Liberty ships used triple-expansion enginesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines39:19Parsons turbines and compact powerNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines44:19Boilers, coal, and propulsion infrastructureChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam1:09Steam power as a systems problemChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam7:00The aeolipile and the power gapNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam11:31Mining demand, boilers, and manpower pressureChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam13:56Trevithick, Sims, and high-pressure steamChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam18:20Why navies wanted repeatable enginesNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam21:59Charlotte Dundas and steamboat viabilityChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam26:51Savannah, Great Western, and the liner transitionChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam32:44How shared engineering accelerated the steam transitionNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam33:23Side-lever and beam engines in early warshipsChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam36:29Compact grasshopper engines versus exposed crossheadsNotable Point
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam38:00Walking-beam engines and American path dependenceChapter
- Steam Engines: Part 1 Aeolipile to Cross Beam40:30Why the path to expansion engines was not linearChapter
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions18:22Steam and sail overlapped for reliabilityQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions37:10Steam engines split into specialized familiesQ&A
- Bruships 98: Steam Engines (both maritime and rail), random & naval questions49:04Cold steam plants needed hours to raise powerQ&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 questions1:03:05Readiness often meant keeping boilers runningQ&A
- Top 5 Inventions that came too Early...25:35Zumwalt and railguns show the power-supply problemNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...6:38Paddle battleship: icebreaking, manoeuvre, and repairNotable Point
- Bruships 95: Science Fiction, Including Paddle 'Corn Oil' (Aka BioDiesel) Battleship Twist...13:00Icebreaker's paddle wheels use biodieselNotable Point
- Comus(1878) Class: Protected Corvettes/Third Class Cruisers20:20A compact sail-and-steam cruiser with varied gunsNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response7:36Why removing Hood's crushing tubes was not a simple modernizationNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response14:23A 38,000-ton fast Nelson built from F3 ideasNotable Point
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response45:47Why machinery order changes capital-ship survivabilityQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response49:45Why Britain could not simply copy U.S. turboelectric driveQ&A
- Nelson Class & Patreon 67 Comment Response1:02:42The German design problem posed by a 29-knot F3Notable 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
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships24:59The fast F3 and its 15-inch/50 alternativeNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships34:56How Nelson's all-forward layout saved weightNotable Point
- Nelson (1925)Class: The Story of Britain's Washington Treaty Battleships39:39Nelson's compact machinery and disputed top speedNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...1:11:46Why better British machinery was not a simple answer for the NormandiesQ&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...2:57:46How early gas turbines could reshape battleship designNotable Point
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...3:10:14How treaty limits contributed to destroyer turbine wearQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books10:42How installed machinery loads a ship's hullQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:25:31The Bretagne class as a logistics warningNotable Point
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:33:09Were the Bretagnes simply a second batch of Courbets?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books1:38:46Do different boilers require different gearboxes?Q&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:39:41Triple-turret Renowns need more machinery spaceQ&A
- Bruships 91: New Books & Cruiser Books3:43:42Why speeding up the Revenge class was expensiveQ&A
- Washington "Cheaties'': an Inevitability of Winning a Treaty41:20A 40,000-ton ceiling could reduce incentives to cheatChapter
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response15:53Canopus trial speeds versus operational enduranceQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:32:47Ryūjō tested the sub-10,000-ton carrier loopholeChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:46:18Italian heavy cruisers exceeded the limit in plain sightChapter
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"1:56:03Why Italian cruisers used British boilers and turbinesQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:02:48Why replacement turbine blades are not simple copiesQ&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"2:42:45Were the K-class fleet submarines a sound idea?Q&A
- Patreon 66: "Washington Cheaties"3:42:31Why warships avoid raw seawater engine coolingQ&A
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?14:14A 41-knot hull built around guns, torpedoes, mines, and machineryChapter
- Capitani Romani Class Cruisers: Supersized Destroyers or Shrunk Cruisers?20:20Machinery, mine rails, and broadside torpedoes shaped the deck planChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 411:14Medusa's Dürr boiler purchase and the Formidable debateChapter
- Marathon(1888) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 414:55Useful careers despite a failed 20-knot design targetNotable Point
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out 428:02How an interwar G3 refit might trade guns for speedQ&A
- Active Class: The Last Scout Cruisers?4:14Plough bows, mixed-fuel boilers, and incremental efficiencyNotable Point
- Bruships 84: Science Fiction Strikes Again42:25When lengthening the O3 hull would be practicalQ&A
- Kirov Class Cruisers; the Alaska Class of the Late Cold War? (Soviet Navy)14:42Project 1144 size and combined propulsionChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine57:15British machinery exposes Italy's industrial constraintChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:00:16Could Italy copy Japan's machinery technology transfer?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:41:16Zara approaches a balanced heavy cruiserChapter
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:49:28Would an Italian Atlanta-style cruiser fit the doctrine?Q&A
- Projecting Mussonlini's Mare Nostrum: Italian 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine1:59:01What fuel penalty bought four more knots?Q&A
- Luigi Cadorna Class: The Regia Marina's Condottieri Part 28:53The Cadorna class range and displacement puzzleChapter
- French Cruiser Policy & Doctrine of the 1920s & 30s (Long Patrol)8:35French turbines reveal the limits of industrial autonomyNotable Point
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)22:30Rateau turbines and France's propulsion bottleneckChapter
- 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)2:42:23Which French interwar cruiser had the best protection?Q&A
- French 1920s & 1930s cruiser design/doctrine (Live)2:56:47Why French cruisers could not always disengageQ&A
- Questions & Answers on Naval History till the Bru Runs Out Take 21:12:14How Richelieu's boilers fit high-pressure developmentQ&A
- Suffren Class: Mon croiseur de 1ère classe de la Marine Nationale préféré (Long Patrol)17:16Suffren-class machinery, endurance, and protectionChapter
- Bruships 80: Books From Travels2:05:44Why a steel battleship could sail only after a major redesignQ&A
- Equitable London Naval Treaty: Capital Ships with UAD infusion (Long Patrol)5:49What North Carolina delivered within 35,000 tonsNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)10:37What the enormous original funnel cost the designNotable Point
- County Cruisers P7: The Canaris Class (Long Patrol)15:28Spanish construction and the machinery behind 33 knotsChapter
- Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)8:12Heavy machinery squeezed Pathfinder's torpedo armamentNotable Point
- Konigsberg Class (Reichsmarine): Long Patrol10:51Modern hybrid machinery inside a dated cruiser hullNotable Point
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books31:02A proposed Leopard as a 15-inch TigerQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books32:26How paired high- and low-pressure turbines save fuelQ&A
- Bruships 71: Hobbs on the Fleet Air Arm in Europe & Other cool books42:38How machinery dictated Tiger's separated after turretsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider1:51:31Why 1930s battlecruisers stop near 36 knotsQ&A
- Bruships 69: The Decider2:27:51Giving every Queen Elizabeth-class battleship the Warspite treatmentQ&A
- Bruships 65: Naval History Books & Questions Answered1:16:24Why warships cannot simply add more propeller shaftsQ&A
- A Historical Possibility: Triple Turret Potentiality (The Battle Cruiser Permutation)24:41Oil firing and the Queen Mary boiler caseChapter
- M29 Class (M33 special, Ep2/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 914:52Engine power held the firing positionNotable Point
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore35:19Early oil tankers adapted liquid-cargo practiceQ&A
- Patreon 37: Interwar RN logistics - The Good, The Bad, and The Singapore3:04:50Tanker design reflected industrial bottlenecksNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different6:48Displacement and power reveal Ark Royal's structural weightNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 8/11 Both Queens but Different13:53Ark Royal exceeded her design speed on trialsNotable Point
- Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 4/11 What Dreadnought Obscures8:14Delaware's centerline battery and missed speedNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)44:14Oil beats coal in an underground naval baseQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What If's till the Bru runs out? (3)2:13:04Why ship-scale steam favors boilersQ&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 Questions11:20R-class boiler orders and the Renown design lineageQ&A
- Crackpot Schemes or Good Ideas (Churchill WWI) – The Comment Questions17:25R-class speed against the German battle lineQ&A
- Churchill's Iniatives (WWI); Long patrol p1/4 - Navalism10:37R-class speed and machinery tradeoffsNotable Point
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)34:34Why the US Navy retained triple-expansion enginesQ&A
- Bruships 49 Special: 'Questions on ‘Battle Cruisers’ & ‘Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14)1:13:27Why Germany moved from three shafts to fourQ&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)2:14:53Fuel quality behind German trial speedsNotable Point
- 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)2:48:28The missed small-tube-boiler rebuildQ&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19145:54Francesco Caracciolo and the fast battleship ideaNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 19123:02Nevada and the American standard battleshipChapter
- 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): 19112:58Queen Mary and the price of speedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191111:54Almirante Latorre: big guns and oil-sprayed coalChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191114:24New York class: superheaters and triple-expansion enginesNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191115:33New York class: propulsion redundancy as survivabilityNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191116:59Kaiser class and Germany's coal constraintChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191014:40Italy, Britain, and America pursue different innovation pathsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 191021:03Rivadavia pairs long range with a compromised gun layoutChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December2:54Kaiser-class armor, range, and Germany's responseChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1909 July-December9:20Lion turns Orion firepower into battlecruiser speedChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190816:09Moltke and Goeben repeat the offset-turret compromiseChapter
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 190821:58Small engineering gains turn horsepower into more speedNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-74:03Delaware-class machinery trials and industrial politicsNotable Point
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-716:26Do steam turbines define a dreadnought?Q&A
- Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-716:58Why sustained turbine speed mattered beyond battleNotable Point
- Some More Battle Cruisers45:24Lexington's turbo-electric drive pushes capital-ship technologyChapter
- Some More Battle Cruisers53:44G3 trades Lexington's speed for a ninth 16-inch gunChapter
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response12:22Nelson displacement and the N3 speed estimateQ&A
- Washington’s cherry trees: the G3 and N3 class - Patreon 15 Comments Response33:51Could the X Kiwi design fit a 35,000-ton limit?Q&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books1:39:16Turning pulverized coal into a pumpable marine fuelChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:08:22Italian flotilla-leader trials and the 1,850-ton destroyer problemChapter
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:34:50Testing a 70,000-ton battleship's speed claimQ&A
- Bruships30: Nine Transactions of the Institute of Naval Architects(Including 1939) & Three New Books2:57:03Ark Royal's lifts, propulsion, and flight-deck workflowChapter
- Town Class Part 2 of 7: Contruction10:11How the Southampton, Gloucester, and Edinburgh batches grewChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard35:45Why steam cruisers still carried sailing rigsNotable Point
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:05:27The Pearl class as a compact overseas presence cruiserChapter
- The Ships that Fisher scrapped… suggested by Geoff Grognard2:12:01What did forced draught mean for the Orlandos?Q&A
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review1:55:53Le Fantasque combined gun range with exceptional trial speedNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review2:02:30Abruzzi traded speed for a shorter protected citadelNotable Point
- Bruships 23 - New Book Review3:21:11A Town-class modernization would need new machineryNotable Point
- Tsingtao 1939: WWII but in January & against Japan - P6a Introduction to Patreon Video 410:38Why engine noise defeated a fishery survey shipNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A31:41Trading Deutschland-class gun weight for speedNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:29:46Why a noisy engine could ruin a fisheries survey vesselNotable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 11: Top Trumps/Ship Comparison Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:40:39Could a collision damage a destroyer's propeller shaftQ&A
- Bru Ships Episode 9: Super Power Contest (as in the nations) Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A1:35:19When a propulsion technology matures too lateQ&A
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 411:03Why a Hill-class trawler complicated a U-boat attackChapter
- An introduction to the ‘Littleships’ of the big war Part 3 of 422:38Dispersed Flower production created a propulsion smorgasbordNotable Point