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'To Kill a Sub: the U-boat campaign and anti-submarine strategy, tactics and operations in the Great War by Dr Scott Lindgren'
To Kill a Sub: the U-boat campaign and anti-submarine strategy, tactics and operations in the Great War. This talk explores the background to the U-boat strategy and campaigns, and the strategy and tactics employed in an attempt to counter these.
The Safe Passage of BEF Troopships August 1914
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Comparatively little outside of the Official History has been written about the defensive measures established to cover the initial transport of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to the continent in August 1914 and that may well be because of their success. The Royal Navy, with its traditional global perspective, had held little enthusiasm for…
A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Battle of Coronel - Scott Lindgren
“A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Battle of Coronel” - Scott Lindgren This battle was described in the Times at to time as “the saddest Naval Action of the War”. The German ships were commanded by Admiral Maximillian von Spee and the British by Admiral Craddock. This is an often overlooked naval engagement not only taking place early in the …
A Concept Vindicated: The Battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 - Scott Lindgren
In early 2023, Scott visited Ruddington to talk about the Battle of Coronel, and perhaps unwisely, offered to return to the branch and give his follow up talk on the Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914!Following Coronel, the Royal Navy dispatched three battlecruisers to hunt down the German East Asia Squadron. This lecture examines the engagement, …