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- Rise of the Frigate Navies: Why so many nations are going Frigate and why others want them as well!14:33American heavy frigates and the limits exposed in 1812Notable Point
- What happens if Emperor Napoleon III of France backs Emperor Maximilian of Mexico to the Maximum?58:23Why a war with France could deter postwar AmericaNotable Point
- Bruships 262: Naval History Questions Answered Live4:29:40Chesapeake Bay's overlooked maritime historyNotable Point
- Bruships 261: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:26:24Seward and reunification through foreign warNotable Point
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:38:21Napoleon's exile creates a chronology problem for the War of 1812 scenarioQ&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:43:50What Britain might demand after the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 257: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:46:32Indigenous allies and the proposed buffer stateQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...46:45Impressment and the British-American citizenship problemChapter
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...49:56Charles Davis and a claim of American impressmentNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...54:49Isaac Hull's retaliation for losing merchant sailorsNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:00:40Why modern party labels mislead in the War of 1812Notable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:10:36Testing American claims that whole crews were impressedQ&A
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:12:22Local identity complicated claims of nationalityNotable Point
- The Press Gang, myth and reality...1:18:02Why the liberator assumption failed in CanadaQ&A
- Bruships 252: Naval History Questions Answered Live...take 21:09:08President as a British reminder of a captured American frigateQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...52:04Where a 170-gun first rate could actually see actionQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:17If the War of 1812 began after NapoleonQ&A
- Bruships 251: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:19:47A second American invasion of Canada after the Rideau CanalQ&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...26:52A Civil War-era US Navy in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 248: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:53:41Samuel de Champlain encounters a Huron ballista-armed frigateQ&A
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality6:04War of 1812 impressment exposed conflicting citizenship rulesChapter
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality8:00Isaac Hull answered a British seizure by taking a sailorNotable Point
- Press Gang: The Myth & Reality9:20American impressment totals need a sailor-population comparisonNotable Point
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:26:09An American battle line before the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 245: Alternate History & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:42British first-rates on the Great Lakes before 1812Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...24:14How blockade could shape a longer War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 244: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:23:30The cost of giving America the 1812 Royal NavyQ&A
- Bruships 243: Modern Navy & Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:50Why six third rates would not replace the 1812 frigatesQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:45:35A British New York and Pennsylvania after independenceQ&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:53:20Native alliances in an alternate War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 240: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:38:14Modern Canadian ships sent to the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:14:26Liberation assumptions and the invasion of CanadaNotable Point
- Bruships 233: Science Fiction & Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:34:01Wage evasion complicates impressment narrativesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More4:27Roosevelt turns the War of 1812 into a naval caseChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More6:33Why impressment claims are hard to verifyNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More13:10American neutral trade and Anglo-French maritime pressureNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More16:13Hull and Dacres preserve a friendship across enemy naviesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More17:18Nationality papers and competing estimates of impressmentNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More22:14Roosevelt's evidence shifts from impressment to confiscationNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More26:20Why taking a few topmen could cripple a merchant crewNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More27:28Cheap coastal defence and the naval funding gapNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More30:43Mines, Fulton, and claims of an American naval revolutionNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More33:35Preparedness beyond the frigate victoriesChapter
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More34:37Why Britain built lighter frigatesNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More37:55Roosevelt compares American, British, and French single-ship actionsNotable Point
- The Arguments that made American Seapower: Roosevelt, Mahan, Sims & More41:07Could American first rates break the British blockade?Notable Point
- Why is a Frigate a Frigate and other questions of modern navys?3:57Fifth rates, skilled crews, and the limits of impressmentNotable Point
- What the Frigates up with our Frigates? A Bilgepumps Christmas 2025 @Drachinifel& @wgowshipping15:21The War of 1812 illustrates a reversal in frigate needsNotable Point
- Bruships 221: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:39:04Warships built farthest from the oceanQ&A
- Historiophon 2025: part 1 of 9 - National Museum of the Royal Navy I1:37:58Why steam propulsion changed naval warfareQ&A
- Procuring for Peace First Draft1:09:03American heavy frigates bought status without a battle fleetChapter
- Bruships 216 On the Road Japan 2025: Last one from Japan! Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:29:06American ships of the line would reshape the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 212: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:08:59British first rates on the Great Lakes after 1812Q&A
- Procurement for Peace: Second Draft1:02:58American heavy frigates made the republic costly to coerceChapter
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:50:22Shannon, Chesapeake, and the limits of counting gunsQ&A
- Bruships 203: What if Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:54:08Separating Shannon from the Chesapeake-Leopard affairQ&A
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:37:23Was the War of 1812 a draw in willingness to keep fighting?Notable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:44:57British reinforcements and the proposed advance beyond New OrleansNotable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:49:10The young United States' institutional limits in 1812Notable Point
- Bruships 202: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:03:55The Mississippi route in Britain's War of 1812 plansNotable Point
- Bruships 200: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:47:09Why HMS St Lawrence could not remain on the Great LakesQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...32:47What American merchant captures achieved in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...35:27Why East India Company convoys were difficult frigate targetsQ&A
- Bruships 196: Naval History Questions Answered Live...37:50Why escaping an American port did not evade the British blockadeQ&A
- Bruships 194: Naval History Questions Answered Live...2:10:50Why Canadian officers kept checking invasion routes in the United StatesNotable Point
- Coastal defenses in WWII: Why did they fail to stop so many amphibious operations?1:33:29Whether US forces were driven from a beachhead depends on the definitionQ&A
- Mary Rose to Victory: How the Wooden Wall Grew as both forest and trees1:52:48Victory remained useful after TrafalgarNotable Point
- The Battle of Cartagena de Indias(1741) - How not to do combined operations... Naval History Live2:38:30Does Cartagena parallel the Battle of New Orleans?Q&A
- Bruships 186: Naval History Questions Answered Live...Restart 2!1:13:21Why cannon production constrained the early United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 184: Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:52:01An American War of 1812 against Napoleonic FranceQ&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...1:55:45Could the U.S. Navy have prepared better for the War of 1812?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...3:54:44How far back could a coal-fired USS Texas remain supportable?Q&A
- Bruships 183: Science Fiction/Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:04:57The American ships of the line planned before 1812Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...4:55:03New Ironsides in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:04:00Why the Mediterranean posed a different risk from home watersQ&A
- Bruships 182: Naval History Questions Answered Live...5:07:13Why Britain concentrated its strongest forces against FranceNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him5:00A naval-family apprenticeship from childhoodChapter
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him10:18Learning selectively from David PorterNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership Becomes Him14:44Valparaiso combat and global navigation experienceChapter
- Fifth Rate: A Price Point Which Matters... Key Ship Series 9 - Ship 1025:40British numbers versus American heavy frigatesNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience24:43Naval families as officer schoolsNotable Point
- David Farragut: Leadership from Roll Models & Experience51:56Farragut returns a deserter to British authoritiesNotable Point
- Bruships 177: New Year, same Dr Alex... possibly with new gym membership45:47Nelson's possible career after TrafalgarQ&A
- The Monroe Doctrine: The Myth, The Legend, The Rhetoric, The Reality!17:59Ambiguity created diplomatic latitudeNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality8:41Why peace in Europe produced the Monroe DoctrineChapter
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality1:03:32Canada reveals the doctrine's reciprocal logicNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality1:43:44Anglo-American wars and Britain's wider commitmentsNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:39:06Why Britain accepted peace without territorial concessionsNotable Point
- The Monroe Doctrine, a living history of Rhetoric vs Reality2:43:47Would losing Maine have transformed Anglo-American relations?Q&A
- Middle of the Road doesn't always provide Best Bang for your Buck... Fourth Rates56:29Heavy American frigates still faced a two-deck disadvantageNotable Point
- Bruships 171: Oh Kallax my Kallax, Where art though my Kallax4:40:28British organization outweighed France's larger naval infrastructureQ&A
- Chattanooga Campaign of 18631:19:53Was the post-1812 U.S. Navy as divided as the Army of Tennessee?Q&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)46:17The Gunboat War thins the Royal Navy's American stationNotable Point
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)53:11HMS President and the names of American prizesQ&A
- Naval History Live... The Ships of the Wooden Wall(1781)59:13Why frigate victories did not replace a battle fleetNotable Point
- Musings on Procurement18:17Matching ships to threats and rolesNotable Point
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote1:51:03Measuring navies by operations, not only battlesQ&A
- Bruships 151: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & July Patreon Vote2:56:16Frigate-sized canals in the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 149: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Ends1:20:13Why the Royal Navy did not send fireships into American portsQ&A
- Bruships 148: Naval History Questions Answered, Boxes Packed & June Patreon Vote Begins3:24:19Royal Navy lessons from the War of 1812Q&A
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!5:16The Gunboat War and Britain's divided naval commitmentsNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!6:17When HMS Africa joined the chase of USS ConstitutionNotable Point
- Exploring the Sisters of Africa: Royal Navy's Inflexible Class 64s, Cuddalore to Trafalgar & Beyond!31:58Why Africa was the principal threat to ConstitutionNotable Point
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built25:37Why an earlier War of 1812 would not spare the United StatesQ&A
- Bruships 146: Naval History Questions, Boxes Getting Packed & Lego Getting Built49:18How Congress constrained early American ships of the lineQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!0:28Valparaiso set glory seeking against a prepared professionalChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!12:32American heavy frigates met a fleet-scale blockadeChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!19:01Porter's victory over Alert and the risks of glory-seeking commandNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!21:43Cartel ships depended on agreements the belligerents never madeNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!28:28Silver routes exposed Porter's poor operational securityChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!35:52A Constitution-led squadron would have drawn heavier British shipsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!48:32Porter's slogans collided with naval power and Valparaiso's tradeNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:31:39Porter lost local support and failed to deceive the blockadeChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!1:47:42Range and mobility decided the Battle of ValparaisoChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:12:24Porter turned release aboard a cartel ship into an escape storyNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:13:38Blockade and recapture erased most of Essex's prize haulNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): Where Glory dies at the feet of Professionalism & Gossip!2:22:10What would Britain have sent against a Constitution-type frigate?Q&A
- Bruships 145: Naval History Questions Answered & Will it be lego building or book boxing?25:12How Chesapeake became prize money for Shannon's crewQ&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism10:56Glory hunting meets professional sea power at ValparaísoNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism19:19Impressment, trade, and expansion pull the United States toward warChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism22:31Canada was not waiting to be liberatedNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism24:19Why American frigate victories could not decide the War of 1812Chapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism28:17Would Nelson have been sent to fight the United States?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism29:11Great frigates could not substitute for an American battle fleetNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism30:24Could an English-speaking foreign sailor be impressed as British?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism32:17New Orleans was a hard victory, not the end of British capacityNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism34:28Capturing a whaler was easier than getting the prize homeNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism37:39Could American harbor defenses stop a British battle squadron?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism40:15How cartel ships returned prisoners between enemiesNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism42:22Gunboats could not replace seagoing warshipsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism46:12Local officers kept cartel exchanges workingNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism48:18Port gossip and silver protection create an intelligence networkChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism56:30Manley Dixon coordinates the South American stationChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:07:13Porter reaches the Pacific with combat experience but little command supportChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:13:56James Hillyar brings a lifetime of war to the PacificChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:18:22Essex's carronades create a decisive range problemChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:29:31Essex Junior was a captured whaler, not a second frigateNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:39:29Valparaíso becomes a blockade trapChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:44:18Hillyar tries to win inside the neutral harbor without firingNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:46:24Flags and slogans compete for Chilean opinionNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:51:10A prisoner exchange confirms Essex's carronade weaknessNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:52:39Cannon range defined territorial waters and blockade logisticsNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:54:29Burning Hector destroys Porter's standing with ChileNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism1:58:26Hillyar refuses permission to attack inside ValparaísoNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:00:01Porter's neutrality claims collapse under his own actionsChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:05:03Hillyar refuses Porter's duel and controls the escape gameChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:14:37Planted intelligence and a failed leeward decoyChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:26:19Mast loss and anchoring surrender range controlChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:42:28Damage breaks Essex's command system before surrenderNotable Point
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism2:59:38A cartel inspection becomes Porter's heroic escape storyChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:02:33Porter's heroic memory exceeds the cruise's material resultsChapter
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:09:32Why did the US Navy name ships for David Porter?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:15:37Why did Porter burn Hector?Q&A
- Battle of Valparaíso(1814): When Hunting for Glory breaks on the Rocks of Solid Professionalism3:16:10Porter's myth overwhelms the Valparaíso historyNotable Point
- Bruships 143: Some Book Tales and Naval History Questions Answered2:28:52Napoleon's death in 1812 frees Britain against AmericaQ&A
- Check Campaign 7: UAD has updated & to Learn it's new ways I started another British Campaign1:27:35Loyalist migration and the Canadian side of the War of 1812Notable Point
- Bruships 135: Japan again... Can I get through 12 books this time1:13:48Constitution has the weight, but Cochrane makes the result uncertainQ&A
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:54:44Loyalist settlement undermined an invasion assumptionNotable Point
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:57:21Food shipments sustained resistance to blockadeNotable Point
- The Other 7th of December Harbour Attack: Operation Frankton, aka the Cockleshell Heroes2:59:19Unequal losses behind the War of 1812's status-quo peaceNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 107:43National potential is not the same as deployable naval powerNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1015:58Impressment and neutral trade before the War of 1812Chapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1021:06Indigenous trade, Canada, and the war's competing motivesChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1021:46Arms-for-furs in the wider pattern of British imperial commerceNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1024:17Mobile gunboats promise coastal defence on the cheapNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1029:23Canada, New Orleans, and Washington expose a disordered land warNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1029:23Great Frigate victories meet the Royal Navy blockadeChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1044:00A powerful blockade keeps Independence in BostonChapter
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 1046:35Blockade searches combine strategy with anti-slavery enforcementNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:12:17Independence's larger lesson: reserves, hard power, and credibilityNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:13:20Causes, blame, and who starts a warNotable Point
- USS Independence(1814)- First USN Ship of the Line & only USN Razee: Key Ship Series 7 Ship 101:17:20Reciprocity constrains maritime complaintsNotable Point
- Bruships(Christmas Eve): Naval History Questions answered till the Bru runs out!1:27:44American heavy frigates won local matchups but could not challenge larger British shipsQ&A
- New Ironsides: KSS1 S8 Comment Response13:55The rising-power trap in rapid naval expansionQ&A
- Bruships 127: 2023 Christmas Naval History Releases4:53:00The United States misread the post-Trafalgar Royal NavyQ&A
- Building the Fleets of Trafalgar(1805)1:22:03Africa's service extended to the pursuit of ConstitutionNotable Point
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built31:30The St Lawrence as a War of 1812 naval corridorQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built54:54Using a St Lawrence seaway for amphibious operationsQ&A
- Bruships 122: Patreon Special - how wooden ships between 1700 to 1860 are built57:11North American timber for War of 1812 shipbuildingQ&A
- Bruships 121: Questions till the Bru Runs Out!39:08What sailing-ship sails were made fromQ&A
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough23:53The Leander Affair exposed compromised neutralityNotable Point
- Fourth Rates: When the Fourth is Just Not Enough42:27HMS Leopard and the Chesapeake affairChapter
- Bruships 119: Cool Books - but they're definitely a Mixture2:51Why ships of the line were rare on the American west coastQ&A
- Bruships 117: Battle Cruisers, Battle-Cruisers or Battlecruisers?47:10A larger canal and British frigate access in the War of 1812Q&A
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!0:01Roosevelt's War of 1812 historyChapter
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!14:21Chesapeake and Shannon: training over excusesNotable Point
- Theodore Roosevelt: Theory in Action - A Naval Theorist who became President!18:40Using 1812 to criticize a neglected navyChapter
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued17:20Ships of the line change the War of 1812 balanceQ&A
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:38:27Roosevelt's War of 1812 history and the purpose of heavy frigatesNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:40:17Shannon boards Chesapeake after its command breaks downNotable Point
- Bruships 116: Australia Trip Books... Continued1:45:01Training and discipline at Shannon and ChesapeakeNotable Point
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:02:22The War of 1812 analogy cannot carry the whole scenarioChapter
- Patreon 79: AH - WW1 incidents happen that bring the US enters war on the side of Germany...2:19:28French Canadians undermine the liberator premiseNotable Point
- Bruships 110: Naval Aviation4:04:21Fort York's powder explosion: magazine or deliberate mine?Q&A
- USS New Ironsides: Key Ships Series 1, Ship 812:21From Old Ironsides to New IronsidesNotable Point
- Bruships 109: Mahan, an inspiration & a Reflection + Bonus2:10:45Would American war experience produce a raiding fleet?Q&A
- Battle of San Nicolas(1811): Revolutionary Battles Part 2/243:02William Brown's difficult early biographyChapter
- Patreon 75: The Attack on Copenhagen in 1801 and following operations in the Danish waters1:17:03Bille's gunboats as an asymmetric naval strategyNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood20:42War of 1812 memory and invasion fearNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood58:28Why Baltimore was defended differently from WashingtonChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:02:05An uncertain staff-college wargame of the War of 1812Notable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:04:16Britain's three-pronged campaign in 1814Chapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:12:54North Point, Fort McHenry, and the British withdrawalChapter
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:20:56Wartime news and British support for continued fightingNotable Point
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:26:26Did Britons see the War of 1812 as a betrayal?Q&A
- Bombardment of Ellwood1:52:43Could the post-Napoleonic settlement reopen the Louisiana Purchase?Notable Point
- Queen Elizabeth class battleships - Brave first step, faltering leap or something else?39:30Propaganda, blockade claims, and naval source criticismNotable Point
- Blockade!!33:50Toulon's blockade fleet and the War of 1812Chapter
- Privatising War: Guerre de Course31:10Privateers remain central in the Napoleonic Wars and 1812Notable Point
- Bruships 97: Random Books, Naval Chat & Possibly the Sound of Rain27:48HMS Cockchafer carried a small-ship name across erasQ&A
- Bruships 96: Vikings, Okinawa & 2nd to Last Pre-Christmas 2022 Naval Chat23:23A modern United States sent back to the War of 1812Q&A
- Bruships 92: New Books, Naval Chat and Late 19th Century Warships...57:44What the Trafalgar Chronicle offers beyond battle narrativeNotable Point
- Battle of Coronel: Comment Response50:17Why Coronel ranked as an exceptional British defeatQ&A
- Battle of Navarino(1827): A Failure of Deterrence or Expecting too Much?30:13Edward Codrington's career before NavarinoChapter
- Battle of Navarino (1827)1:05:09Three Allied admirals brought very different strengthsChapter
- Patreon 58: Ruse de Guerre or Deception, disguises and decoys in naval warfare2:40:44Repeated troop columns counterfeit a larger armyNotable Point
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack37:54How an American Canada changes the War of 1812Q&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack48:34Would the War of 1812 happen without Canada?Q&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack53:31An overlooked War of 1812 admiral in the southern theatreQ&A
- Naval History Questions: Live From The Brushack1:10:41Why impressment disputes were hard to resolveNotable Point
- Bruships 79: Eight New Books, plus Discussions of a Naval Nature1:45:03Impressment disputes were complicated by contested citizenshipQ&A
- Bruships 78: Favourite Cruisers A Discussion...17:05How national memory reshapes medieval and 1812 warsQ&A
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (8)17:56A stronger Royal Navy North American stationQ&A
- Patreon 50: 1939 Destroyer Doctrine of the combatant navies & Where did it come from?1:36:02Why the Royal Navy treated the American wars as secondary theatresNotable Point
- Bruships: A Special - Questions/What ifs till the Bru runs out? (11)1:47:54Why extending the War of 1812 would not require a new British deploymentQ&A
- Bruships 73: Some Old, Some New, None Borrowed, but Some Blue2:41:23Breech-loaders in 1812 trade rate of fire for reliabilityQ&A
- Cutting through some Cutters of the US Coast Guard (Long Patrol)11:44Why the early cutter record is incompleteNotable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment36:57Revenue cutters from the Quasi-War to the War of 1812Notable Point
- Patreon 47: Putting the USA's 2nd fleet to work - US Coast Guard's presence missions & deployment38:41Small cutters in the War of 1812Notable Point
- HMS Tiger - The Battle Cruiser Hunter 2, The UAD Version: A UAD infused Discussion (Long Patrol)13:30War of 1812: strong frigates versus naval massNotable Point
- Bruships 63: The Writing Theorists - Corbett & Mahan, Richmond & Simms, Cable & Gorshkhov32:23Did the United States decisively win the Great Lakes race?Q&A
- Inspiration of Theorists: The Maritime & Strategic Lessons of the Seven Years War (1756-63)3:08:41Q&A: Mahan already had the War of 1812 warningQ&A
- Battle of Trafalgar (216yrs Ago to the Day)18:17Nelson and Collingwood in a War of 1812 counterfactualQ&A
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion32:33HMS Africa's later service and USS ConstitutionNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p5: The Battle of Trafalgar and Campaign’s Conclusion47:20Nelson's death and Trafalgar's cultural legacyNotable Point
- Trafalgar Campaign (Long Patrol) p3: Royal Navy Fleet Commanders24:14Alexander Cochrane and the West Indies stationNotable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:36:35Super-heavy frigates before the War of 1812Notable Point
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:40:54How Royal Navy frigates compared with American super-heaviesQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:48:46Why third rates did not dominate the frigate war of 1812Q&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail1:51:00How much live oak helped American heavy frigatesQ&A
- Patreon 28: The original cruisers: Royal Navy frigates in the age of sail2:16:42Spardeck frigates built to hunt American heavy frigatesNotable Point
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune0:18John Quilliam's career beyond TrafalgarChapter
- A Book or Two to Review (1): Favourite of Fortune4:00Prize money, frigate command, and Quilliam's court martialNotable Point
- Blockade21:51How the Continental System widened the warChapter
- Blockade27:45Neutral rights, contraband, and maritime coercionChapter
- Blockade30:52Contraband searches, cargo seizure, and impressmentNotable Point
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:39:23The Royal Navy's slow buildup in the War of 1812Chapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:47:47The War of 1812 produced mixed campaigns on land and lakesChapter
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:51:51What Wellington might have changed in the War of 1812Q&A
- Pepsiships 47: Age of Sail1:58:25Why Britain limited its War of 1812 commitmentQ&A
- The Battle of the Saintes (1782): 239yrs ago... Today!44:52Could Nelson have beaten the United States in 1812?Q&A
- Bruships 42: Some More Scifi4:26:38Would Fulton's proposed vessel surprise the Royal Navy?Q&A
- Lend Lease Act 80yrs on...1:19:41USS Constitution versus HMS Shannon would turn on the opening fireQ&A
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:18:15Roosevelt on national survival and neutral rightsNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:20:39American neutral trade and Britain's need for sailorsNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:22:42Maritime rights and the road to the War of 1812Chapter
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:30:15How the European war shaped British memories of 1812Notable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:36:22Peninsula veterans in a continued Anglo-American warNotable Point
- Bruships 36: International Relations3:41:33What Britain might have demanded after victory in 1815Q&A
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)24:15How Cochrane built forces ahead of Admiralty paperworkNotable Point
- Guadeloupe 1810 (Part 2 of Live)26:19Was London afraid Cochrane might declare independence?Q&A
- Invasion of Guadeloupe (1810) - The First Eagle Captured/211 yrs ago today27:26How Caribbean warfare prepared Cochrane for 1812Notable Point
- Four Random Books 23: 1930s Thinking...0:42Theodore Roosevelt's blockade lesson from the War of 1812Chapter
- Bruships 34: Random History11:33British global commitments and the naval reversal in 1813Chapter
- Bruships 34: Random History17:30How the British blockade closed American commerceNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History19:13Roosevelt's twenty-ship argument for naval preparation before warNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History22:59Why did the United States choose war with Britain in 1812?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History25:19Does Roosevelt's War of 1812 history cover the Great Lakes?Q&A
- Bruships 34: Random History25:45Bad powder and a broken gun carriage doom Gunboat No. 121Notable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History27:19Asp's survivors return after a British boarding attackNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History28:12Surveyor's defence earns the return of her commander's swordNotable Point
- Bruships 34: Random History29:16Alligator repels a night boat attack at the Stone RiverNotable Point
- The Great White Fleet8:35Roosevelt's case for preparation and sea powerChapter
- The Great White Fleet12:48How training changed the balance between three naviesNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations39:06Fifteen miles of rowing to capture four Chesapeake schoonersNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations41:00How USS Hornet overwhelmed HMS PeacockNotable Point
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations1:08:10Theodore Roosevelt judges the naval War of 1812Chapter
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations1:23:15Does Roosevelt's naval War of 1812 still hold up?Q&A
- Bruships 33: History, Speeches & Quotations2:16:35Responsibility for the British failure at PlattsburghQ&A
- Four Random Books 17: General Ship & Total War13:19Wellington argues for peace with the United StatesNotable Point
- Paddle Ships at War2:50:49Demologos shields its paddle between twin hullsNotable Point
- Battle of Trafalgar & it's Legacy2:01:13Could a razee frigate defeat USS Constitution?Q&A
- 50th Proper Live Stream - Bru Ships Episode 10: Naval Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A2:57:46What Wellington might have changed in the War of 1812Notable Point
- Bru Ships Episode 8: Amphibious Warfare Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A20:52Theodore Roosevelt as naval historianNotable Point
- Top 10 Ships – not Tribal, Battle, Daring or Town classes…1:24:14Survey data as Royal Navy operational memoryNotable Point
- Introduction to Admirals, Engineers & Historians Part 125:39Andrew Lambert's route into naval historyChapter
- Bru Ships Episode 3: Imperial Japanese Navy Themed Books to Review & a general Q/A29:05Reading Theodore Roosevelt as a naval theorist and policymakerNotable Point