Explore: Coast Defences

protect land beyond the area to be flooded. Costs may be lowest if existing defences are left to fail naturally, but the realignment project may be more actively

landward defence provided began to vary by country from the late 19th century; by 1900 new US forts almost totally neglected these defences. Booms were

Coastal defence ships (sometimes called coastal battleships or coast defence ships) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defence, mostly during

were part-time coast defence units of the British Army from 1859 to 1956. Although these units saw no action, they protected the Dorset Coast, including the

Radar, Coast Defence, Mark I, or CD Mk. I, was a radar system used by the British Army to detect ships, E-boats and U-boats during World War II. An Army-wide

formal coastal defences during the early Ming dynasty (14th century) to protect against attacks by pirates (wokou). Coastal defences were maintained

reducing the manpower in the coast defences began in 1943, but there were few organisational changes for the Thames & Medway defences closest to the enemy. The

a massive increase in Britain's coast defences. In addition to the existing fixed defences, a number of Coast Defence Emergency Batteries were established

coastal defence unit to engage the enemy, and it also trained siege gunners for service on the Western Front. It continued its coast defence role in World

decided that the coast defences of the UK would be manned by the TA alone. A 1927 report on coastal defences by the Committee of Imperial Defence made recommendations