The Home Book Club

PDF eBook Download Library

Coastal Forces at War

Release on 1996-01-01 | by David Jefferson

Small motor torpedo, gunboats and launches were used by the British Armed Forces extensively during World War II in the coastal waters surrounding the UK. This is the complete story of those vessels and the crews who sailed in them.

Author: David Jefferson
Publisher: Haynes Publications
ISBN: 1852604999
Category: History
Page: 208
View: 264

Coastal Forces at War

Coastal Forces at WarJeffersonSubtitled: Royal Navy Little Ships in World War 2. The amazing story of the fast patrol boats that kept Britains coastal waters free of enemy craft during WWII. Jefferson describes the layout, armament, engines, crew and role of these Little Ships, and explains training, life ashore and conditions at sea. Fully reveals German E-Boat operations, and details the development of Motor Gun Boats and high-speed Motor Launches. Hdbd., 6x 9, 28 pgs., 75 bandw ill.

Language: en
Pages: 208

Coastal Forces at War

Authors: David Jefferson

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 1996-01-01 - Publisher: Haynes Publications

Language: en
Pages: 48

British Motor Gun Boat 1939–45

Authors: Angus Konstam

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-03-20 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

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

Language: en
Pages: 56

Our Navy at War

Authors: United States. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Ernest Joseph King

Categories: World War, 1939-1945

Type: BOOK - Published: 1944 - Publisher:

Books about Our Navy at War

Language: en
Pages: 351

New Zeland at War

Authors: Kenneth Rangi Hancock

Categories: New Zealand

Type: BOOK - Published: 1946 - Publisher:

Books about New Zeland at War

Language: en
Pages: 669

The Royal Navy in World War II

Authors: Derek G. Law, Martin Gordon

Categories: History

Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher:

Lists annotations related to the role of the Royal Navy in World War II, categorized by naval campaigns and significant battles, allied and axis forces, and writings such as correspondence and poetry.