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Triple Expansion Engines

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  1. Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?
    19:37Japan's rapid wartime destroyer constructionChapter
  2. Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?
    21:36Type 41 guns and the Japanese destroyers' performanceNotable Point
  3. Why France bought Japanese Destroyers in WWI?
    25:04How shipbuilding capacity kept destroyer development movingNotable Point
  4. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    4:12The first six destroyers and the later A-class labelNotable Point
  5. Building for Research & Development: The Royal Navy's Pre-WWI Destroyer Programs...
    19:16B-class destroyers: raising the requirement to 30 knotsChapter
  6. Jeune Ecole Batch 2... The French Destroyers up to WWI
    40:18Reliable turbines replace mixed destroyer machineryNotable Point
  7. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    26:50Four-ship orders exposed Russia's rebuilding limitsNotable Point
  8. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    33:20Larger destroyers still brought limited range and new machineryNotable Point
  9. Imperial Russian Destroyers: The Paper Numbers vs The Reality of what they didn't have at Tsushima
    37:48Lieutenant Shestakov combined heavy armament with limited speedNotable Point
  10. Japan's First Destroyers: How they intimidated the Russian Empire on less than 1000tons...
    59:09Sakura restores range with proven machineryChapter
  11. 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
  12. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    9:36Monarch's armour stayed while new machinery improved her speedNotable Point
  13. Naval Architecture from Turret Ironclads to Super Dreadnoughts: HMS Monarch 1868 & 1911...
    19:12Larger guns favoured turrets before engines could free their firing arcsNotable Point
  14. An introduction to Torpedo Boat Destoyers
    30:16Kotaka, Rattlesnake, and Destructor search for a gun-torpedo balanceChapter
  15. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:10:51If reliable triple-expansion engines existed in 1850Q&A
  16. Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy II
    8:14:00How an early marine-engine breakthrough could spread ashoreNotable Point
  17. #2Historians Live: With @Drachinifel comes to chat & build UAD Dreadnoughts that Almost were P3
    3:04:57Designing for Chinese cruisers and local maintenanceNotable Point
  18. Liberty Leadership: How the ships that were the blood cells of WWII came to be...
    32:37Cargo flexibility and familiar engines shape the Liberty shipChapter
  19. HMS Bellerophon: A Dreadnought, but better...
    18:27Philip Watts and serving officers refined the Bellerophon designNotable Point
  20. Bruships 185: Naval History Questions Answered Live...
    2:04:06Why diesel-to-gas differs from steam's earlier transitionQ&A
  21. Flotillas of the Danube
    1:05:01Körös demonstrates the river monitor's artillery roleNotable Point
  22. Frigating in WWII for the Allies: HMAS Diamantina & the River Class Frigates
    25:37How indicated and shaft horsepower compareChapter
  23. Built in Australia: HMAS Castlemaine & the Bathurst Class Corvettes
    19:18Local machinery made the design distinctly AustralianChapter
  24. Of Two Submarines, in two wars... The sinkings of HMHS Britannic & IJS Kongo
    21:10Britannic's hybrid machinery and the meaning of published speedNotable Point
  25. Questions, Flower Class & the Essay Competition: First 9 of the 36hr Historiophon Part 1/4
    8:54:19A 20-knot battleship was possible but demanding in 1882Q&A
  26. Bruships 162: I can feel the Kalax in the Air Tonight... Oh Books! Naval History Questions & Chat
    2:07:42A transverse triple-expansion paddle warship is technically plausibleQ&A
  27. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    30:02The Flower-class answer to World War I minesChapter
  28. Sloops Adaptability of Presence
    32:29Acacia-class dimensions, machinery, and powerNotable Point
  29. Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 2
    9:18Improvised weapons and hard-driven machineryChapter
  30. Acacia Class: Batch 1 of World War I's Flower Class - Key Ships Series 7, Ship 2
    40:12A practical ASDic modernization caseNotable Point
  31. Check Campaign: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign
    1:32:23Triple-expansion engines narrow, but do not solve, the stability problemNotable Point
  32. HMS Lord Nelson(1906): Britain's Last Soverign Style Battleship - Key Ships Series 6, Ship 5
    11:29Triple-expansion engines, speed, and rangeChapter
  33. HMS Formidable(1898): Lessons of a Highly Conventional Carreer - Key Ship Series 6, Ship 4
    14:19Protection, machinery, and endurance in the Formidable designChapter
  34. USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 8
    0:02Why North Dakota qualifies as a true dreadnoughtChapter
  35. USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 8
    10:50Why turbines matter to the dreadnought benchmarkChapter
  36. USS North Dakota(BB-29): The USN's First True Dreadnought - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 8
    37:28Could a failed North Dakota have delayed the turbine navy?Notable Point
  37. Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 6
    17:03Flagship staffing and uneven machinery resultsNotable Point
  38. Scharnhorst Class: The Quality of the Kaiserliche Marine - Key Ships Series 5, Episode 6
    28:29Mature reciprocating engines and the turbine gapNotable Point
  39. Joffre Class: Too Many Enemies - Key Ship Series 5, Epsiode 5
    4:14Béarn combined a propulsion compromise with engineering overloadNotable Point
  40. Starting off Franco-Italian Battleship race... come see what a Francisco Caracciolo might have done
    1:23:10French capital-ship responses to Queen ElizabethNotable Point
  41. Starting with Building HMS Thunderchild...
    11:53Using HMS Renown as a Thunder Child referenceNotable Point
  42. Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus
    3:20:46USS Iowa's protection and mixed battery in 1897Notable Point
  43. Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    12:27Bearn and lost carrier momentumNotable Point
  44. Bruships 99: Political History, Geostrategic History & Naval History
    2:22:21Choosing a maintainable warship for an earlier centuryQ&A
  45. Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines
    28:47Vertical expansion engines and efficiencyChapter
  46. Steam Engines: Part 2 Steeple to Turbines
    37:48Why Liberty ships used triple-expansion enginesNotable Point
  47. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    52:21Bearn's mixed propulsion compromiseChapter
  48. Patreon 71: Why did the French Navy not more fully embrace carrier aviation after WWI?
    1:04:56Bearn's range case fails against the Courageous classNotable Point
  49. HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class
    45:49Scotch boilers and triple-expansion enduranceChapter
  50. HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class
    53:05How Sackville's triple-expansion engine reused steamNotable Point
  51. HMCS Sackville & The Flower Class
    1:04:31How familiar machinery kept Flowers useful after the warNotable Point
  52. Cressy(1899) Class: Famous for the Wrong Things - 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 12
    24:56Cressy machinery, protection, and costNotable Point
  53. Châteaurenault (1898): The French Columbia Class... (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 9)
    24:49Fourteen boilers, continuous speed, and vibration trialsChapter
  54. Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)
    8:45Hull dimensions, machinery, and the transition to salvo fireChapter
  55. Victoria Louise(1897) Class: Time to Make An Impression (19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 6)
    36:29Why a sound cruiser design became obsolete so quicklyNotable Point
  56. Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 5
    3:16Rapid technology change reshaped cruiser designChapter
  57. Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 5
    19:36Twenty-two knots from specialized cruising and speed enginesNotable Point
  58. Blake(1889) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Series 2 Part 5
    30:36Marine-engineering competition behind the Blake classChapter
  59. Shortcomings with the designs of 'Early' Aircraft Carriers: Patreon 65
    1:04:09Béarn traded flight speed for mixed propulsionChapter
  60. 19th Century Cruisers: Comment Response Video 2 (Velasco - Imperieuse)
    31:36A 20-knot Leander successor for fleet screeningNotable Point
  61. Columbia (1892) Class: 19th Century Cruisers (+ Star Trek & SSBNX) part 11
    24:24Columbia's spectacular range and ambiguous speed recordChapter
  62. Edgar(1890) Class: 19th Century Cruisers Part 10
    5:57Edgar-class machinery, range, armament, and protectionChapter
  63. Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare
    1:41:11Why old pre-dreadnought hulls made useful auxiliariesQ&A
  64. Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    8:12Heavy machinery squeezed Pathfinder's torpedo armamentNotable Point
  65. Pathfinder Class(1904): Scout Cruiser (Long Patrol)
    15:44A compact cruiser with surprising protectionChapter
  66. Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    8:23Forward class machinery, armament, and enduranceChapter
  67. Forward (1904) Class: Scout Cruisers (Long Patrol)
    12:45When 25 knots stopped being enoughNotable Point
  68. Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (10)
    2:40:30How turbine shortages changed escort machineryNotable Point
  69. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    26:14M15 class: mass-produced small monitorsNotable Point
  70. M29 Class (M33 special, Ep1/2) - Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol Part 9
    31:40M29 class: emergency construction and M33's survivalChapter
  71. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    2:03:23Would triple-expansion machinery have changed Dreadnought's funnels?Q&A
  72. Trafalgar to Dreadnought: A Century in Fifteen Ships and Battles
    2:08:44Why did Black Prince need more boilers than Dreadnought?Q&A
  73. Shipbuilding trends of the 1880s-1950s: Long Patrol Part 3/11 Pre-Dreadnought Cruisers
    9:18The 9.2-inch cruiser as a convoy-escort alternativeNotable Point
  74. Naval Fire Support of the WWI Western Front: Long Patrol, Part 6, Gorgon Class
    12:34Reliable machinery gave Gorgon near-cruising speed enduranceNotable Point
  75. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1915
    6:42The unbuilt Lyon class as a French design choiceChapter
  76. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1911
    14:24New York class: superheaters and triple-expansion enginesNotable Point
  77. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): 1908
    6:09Helgoland repeats Nassau's costly turret geometryChapter
  78. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    4:03Delaware-class machinery trials and industrial politicsNotable Point
  79. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 4, Questions 1904-7
    16:26Do steam turbines define a dreadnought?Q&A
  80. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    10:23The Nassau class blurs the dreadnought divideChapter
  81. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    19:12North Dakota brings turbine power to the American battle lineChapter
  82. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    22:51Minas Geraes brings British shipbuilding into Brazil's naval expansionChapter
  83. Dreadnoughts from Around the World (1905-14): Part 3 1907
    26:50Maintainability slows the transition from engines to turbinesNotable Point
  84. The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!
    2:07:52HMS Victoria joined new machinery to enormous gunsNotable Point
  85. Naval Defence Act of 1889 Long Patrol Part 3: Ships
    28:39Correcting Astraea's machinery from turbine to triple expansionNotable Point
  86. Flower Class Shorts no 4: HMS Polyanthus
    0:18A simple minesweeper built to survive a blastNotable Point