The Royal Navy installed a number of harbour
defences at Haifa Harbour, Palestine (now Israel), at the outset of World War 2. By early
1942 seven or eight indicator loops had been lain over a four mile front at the harbour entrance. To
supplement this, harbour defence asdics (HDAs) were
also installed. At the same time loops had been approved for installation in
the Mediterranean at the Dardanelles, Bosphorus, Smyrna, Malta and
Alexandria.
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If you worked there or have any feedback please email me:
Dr Richard Walding
Research Fellow - School of Science
Griffith University
Brisbane, Australia
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LINKS TO MY RELATED PAGES:
Indicator Loops
around the World (Home Page)
How an indicator loop works
The
defence of Haifa port was under the command of
N.O.I.C. (Naval
Officer in Charge)
Palestinian Ports
Captain G. O. Lydekker OBE DSC RN. He was the fourth in the command line after
the Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill, the First Sea Lord
Sir Dudley Pound
and the C-in-C (Commander in Chief) the Mediterranean Fleet Sir Henry Harwood,
KCB, OBE, RN. The loop cable at Haifa suggests about seven or eight loops, each
of approximately 2 miles (3.3 km) length. More details to follow.
If you have any further details of
Haifa Bay antisubmarine harbour defences in general (Indicator Loops and Harbour
Defence Asdic) that may help with this research project please email me at the
address above.
