Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, powered by four supercharged petrol engines and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons, the 'D' Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with enemy shipping in home and foreign waters. During three years of war they engaged the enemy on more than 350 occasions, sinking and damaging many ships. Dog Boats at War is the authoritative account of operations by the Royal Navy's 'D' Class MGBs and MTBs in the Second World War in Home, Mediterranean and Norwegian waters. As well as drawing on official records - both British and German - the author has contacted several hundred Dog Boat veterans whose eyewitness accounts add drama to the unfolding story.

Titel
Dog Boats at War
Untertitel
Royal Navy D Class MTBs and MGBs 1939-1945
EAN
9780752499949
ISBN
978-0-7524-9994-9
Format
E-Book (epub)
Veröffentlichung
29.05.2009
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
0.37 MB
Anzahl Seiten
289
Jahr
2009
Untertitel
Englisch