The scenario keeps the familiar naval answer of flotilla defense around vulnerable harbors, using destroyers and submarines to complicate German approaches. Its distinctive element is Battenberg's preference for collaboration with the Army, which could place surplus 12-inch or 9.2-inch guns in stronger coastal batteries at key ports. That consensus-building approach contrasts with Fisher's more exclusively naval and personally antagonistic style. Institutional temperament can shape a concrete defense system even when both leaders recognize the same threat.
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Coastal defense after the North Sea raids
In response to German raids on the British coast, Battenberg is projected to combine destroyer and submarine flotillas with heavy coastal batteries developed with the Army.