Coastal Warships.

This is coolbert:

Regarding the prior blog entry, the Nordic countries HAVE in the past adopted innovative and unusual approaches to coastal defense. Warships, NOT INTENDED TO OPERATE IN PELAGIC WATERS [DEEP, OCEANIC] , shallow-draft, but very heavily armored and possessing guns that were oversize [?]! Designed for coastal defense only, recognized as such AND employed as such!

"Coastal defense ships (sometimes called coastal battleships, coast defense ships or Baltic dreadnoughts) were warships built for the purpose of coastal defense . . . They were small, often cruiser-sized warships that sacrificed speed and range for armor and armament. They were usually attractive to nations . . . that could be satisfied by specially-designed shallow-draft vessels capable of littoral operations [green water] close to their own shores. The Nordic countries and Thailand found them particularly appropriate for their island-dotted coastal waters."

Those Nordic nations bordering the Baltic DO NOT NEED OCEAN-GOING WARSHIPS. Defensive only vessels operating close to shore are adequate, special design characteristics that give advantage in such circumstances being incorporated.

The Finns did have coast defense vessels in their naval inventory, and did use ships of this class during World War Two [WW2]!

These tank turrets from 1950's era design "embedded", placed-in-the-ground are an expedient and cost-effective means of providing SOME SORT of defense?

Nations with limited resources must use limited means and do well with they have.

coolbert.