British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45

by Tony Bryan and Angus Konstam

During World War II, few groups within the Royal Navy fought a harder, more intense war than the men of Coastal Forces. Their job was to operate the Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs), Motor Launches (MLs) and Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) that protected coastal convoys, attacked enemy ones, and performed a myriad of duties, which include the dropping of agents and commandos on a hostile shore, raids on enemy ports, and near-suicidal attacks on larger enemy warships...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849080771
• ISBN13: 9781849080774
• Release Date: April 2010
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.1" x 9.7"