Motor Gun Boats were the Spitfires of the Seas of the Royal Navy. Bristling with small-calibre guns and machine guns, they served in a variety of roles during the War. In the early war period they battled against German E-boats in the English Channel, then went on the offensive, searching the enemy shore for targets of opportunity. At other times, they ran support for Motor Torpedo Boats and were used to deliver commandos on various raids. Naval Warfare expert, Angus Konstam, tells the story of these small, but destructive boats, beginning with their design and development and carrying through to their operational use in both the European and Mediterranean theatres of World War-II.
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Motor Gun Boats were the Spitfires of the Seas of the Royal Navy. Bristling with small-calibre guns and machine guns, they served during the War. This book tells the story of these destructive boats, beginning with their design and development and carrying through to their operational use in the European and Mediterranean theatres of World War-II.
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Introduction
Outlines the role of motor gun boats, and the way their importance increased as the war progressed

Design & Development
This major section covers pre-war development, British Power Boat designs, Fairmile designs, and MGBs built by other companies, including lend-lease production.

Construction & Operation
This section covers details of construction, propulsion, armament, and outlines the way these vessels were manned and operated.

MGB Specifications

MGB Losses

MGBs listed by Pennant Number

Bibliography

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A detailed study of a versatile and widely-used craft that performed a myriad of duties, including protecting their own and attacking enemy coastal convoys, transporting spies and commandos to hostile shores, raiding ports and attacking larger warships.
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Product details

ISBN
9781849080774
Published
2010-04-10
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; Osprey Publishing
Weight
194 gr
Height
248 mm
Width
184 mm
Thickness
5 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
48

Author
Illustrated by

Biographical note

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years' experience who lives and works in Dorset. He worked for a number of years in Military Research and Development, and has a keen interest in military hardware. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.