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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II - Volume I: Fairmile Designs & US Submarine Chasers (Hardcover)
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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II - Volume I: Fairmile Designs & US Submarine Chasers (Hardcover)
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The major contribution made by Coastal Forces to the Allied war
effort has had surprisingly little coverage in the literature of
the Second World War. Motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor
gunboats, launches and submarine chasers served with distinction
throughout the War, and in every theatre. They performed invaluable
service as patrol boats, convoy escorts, minelayers and
minesweepers, harbour defence vessels, light landing craft, RAF
rescue boats and transports for agents and clandestine missions.
Allied Coastal Forces, now a recognised classic work and first
published in 1990, remains the only publication to deal
comprehensively - in words, photographs and drawings - with the
technical detail of all these boats. Design, construction and
subsequent development are all covered, and the builders,
construction lists, fates and the technical data are given for each
type. Separate sections cover armament and equipment, sea-going
qualities and habitability. This first volume covers all the
designs of the Fairmile Marine Company (including those craft built
and equipped for Canada), together with the 72ft Harbour Defence
Motor Launch and the US Navy 110ft subchaser. The authors, firmly
established as the recognised authorities on small warships,
unearthed a remarkable body of information now included in this
major work, and their finely detailed drawings, redrawn form
original builders' plans, offer an unparalleled view of all these
remarkable designs. The new editions of their work will be welcomed
by naval enthusiasts and modellers alike.
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