The Most Unhinged Warships Ever Built

Warships are meant to be the most powerful machines ever sent to sea, but some designs pushed naval engineering far beyond common sense.

Featuring ships like Japan’s I-400 submarine aircraft carrier, Italy’s FA di Bruno, USS Wolverine, USS Massachusetts, Russian circular ironclads, and Britain’s M-class submarines, we explore some of the strangest vessels ever built. From floating gun platforms and paddlewheel aircraft carriers to unstable hybrid battleships like Ise, these stories reveal what happens when ambition outweighs practicality.

00:00 The Most Unhinged Warships Ever Built
01:05 I-400 Submarine Aircraft Carrier (Japan)
11:48 FA di Bruno Floating Gun Platform (Italy)
17:45 Colossus-Class Ironclads (Britain)
22:12 USS Wolverine Paddlewheel Aircraft Carrier
28:09 Russian Circular Ironclads (Novgorod)
34:12 USS Massachusetts Design Disaster
38:52 French Battleship “Grand Hotel” (Hoche)
41:55 German Vesper-Class Coastal Gunboats
46:15 Tomozuru Incident and Japanese Design Scandal
49:28 British M-Class Submarines With Battleship Guns
59:35 Lord Clive-Class Monitors and the 18-Inch Gun
01:06:52 Ise-Class Hybrid Battleship Aircraft Carriers
01:14:41 French Pre-Dreadnought Carnot
01:21:20 Final Thoughts

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