Allied Coastal Forces Of World War Ii

Author : John Lambert,Al Ross
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526744500

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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Volume I by John Lambert,Al Ross Pdf

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.

Author : John Lambert,Al Ross
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03
Category : History
ISBN : 1682474356

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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II by John Lambert,Al Ross Pdf

Allied Coastal Forces, now a recognized classic work first published in 1990, remains the only publication to deal comprehensively--in words, photographs, and drawings--with the technical detail of motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches, and submarine chasers. This second volume covers sixteen Vosper MTB designs and the US 70ft, 77ft and 80ft ELCO designs.

Author : John Lambert
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Gunboats
ISBN : LCCN:93087261

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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II by John Lambert Pdf

Author : Gordon Williamson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846038204

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Kriegsmarine Coastal Forces by Gordon Williamson Pdf

Although often overlooked in favour of the U-boats or battleships, the vast majority of the Kriegsmarine was formed of the smaller vessels of the coastal forces. These ships and boats, which included minesweepers, torpedo boats, patrol boats, and blockade breakers, gave crucial service to Germany during the war, and many continued serving for decades after the surrender in such tasks as clearing minefields. Also included in these forces was Hitler's yacht, the Ostwind. This book reveals the history of the vessels that formed the backbone of the Kriegsmarine, and combines fascinating anecdotes, detailed technical information, and full-colour artwork.

Author : John Lambert,Al Ross
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Gunboats
ISBN : 1557500347

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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Fairmile designs and US submarine chasers by John Lambert,Al Ross Pdf

This ambitious study provides the technical details of these boats in words, photographs, and hundreds of finely detailed, keyed line drawings.

Author : John Lambert,Al Ross
Publisher : Naval Inst Press
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Gunboats
ISBN : 1557500355

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Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Vosper MTBs and US Elcos by John Lambert,Al Ross Pdf

This second volume provides the design, construction, equipment, and subsequent development, builders, construction lists, fates, and technical data for each ship in the volume as well as aspects of the first volume.

Author : Lambert and Ross Staff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0851779603

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Allied Coastal Forces Wwii by Lambert and Ross Staff Pdf

Author : John Lambert,Al Ross
Publisher : Conway
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : History
ISBN : 0851775195

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Allied Coastal Forces of WWII, Volume 1 by John Lambert,Al Ross Pdf

The first volume in this series detailing all the designs for Motor Torpedo Boats, Motor Gun Boats and Motor Launches that served the Allied Forces in the period 1939-45. It covers all the designs of the British Fairmile Marine Company (including those craft built and equipped in Canada), together with the 72ft Admiralty harbor Defence Motor Launch designs and the US Navy's 110ft submarine chaser. Separate sections deal with Coastal Forces armament and equipment in full, and appendices include further technical detail, production data, provisioning and typical service records.

Author : Dudley Pope
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1954
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080701936

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Flag 4 by Dudley Pope Pdf

Flag 4, the signal for 'attack with torpedoes', is an account of British motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean during the Second World War. British Coastal Forces were the smallest fighting ships of the Royal Navy, able to fight in the shallowest waters, penetrate minefields and hide in the inlets of enemy-held islands; they were, in fact, from 1940 to 1943, the only surface craft able to continually seek out and attack the enemy. Based on the eyewitness acoounts of the officers and men who served in these perilous actions.

Author : Seedie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : 095133803X

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Seedie's List of Coastal Forces Awards for World War II by Seedie Pdf

Author : Leonard C Reynolds
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2009-05-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9780752499949

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Dog Boats at War by Leonard C Reynolds Pdf

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 eye witness accounts add drama to the unfolding story.

Author : John C. Miles
Publisher : Fighting Forces of World War I
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781543574814

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Fighting Forces of World War II at Sea by John C. Miles Pdf

How did the forces that fought at sea affect the outcome of World War II? This book explores the ships and submarines that slugged it out to rule the seas during World War II, from stealthy U-boats to mighty battleships. Along the way, readers will discover the key battles, tactics, and weapons that helped propel the Allies to victory.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : US Naval Institute Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015011812842

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Allied Landing Craft of World War Two by Anonim Pdf

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399018593

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British Coastal Forces by Norman Friedman Pdf

The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the dramatic story of British coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in both World Wars and beyond. In the Second World War, British coastal forces fought a desperate battle to control the narrow seas, particularly the Channel and the North Sea, and took the war to the coasts of German-occupied Europe, fighting where larger warships could not be risked. They also made a significant contribution to victory in the Mediterranean, but it was primarily warfare in home waters that shaped wartime British Coastal Forces and left lessons for postwar development. In this book, Norman Friedman uniquely connects the technical story of the coastal craft and their weapons and other innovations with the way they fought. In both world wars much of the technology was at the edge of what was feasible at the time. Boats incorporated considerable British innovation and also benefited from important US contributions, particularly in supplying high-powered engines during World War II. In contrast with larger warships, British coastal forces craft were essentially shaped by a few builders, and their part in the story is given full credit. They also built a large number of broadly similar craft for air-sea rescue, and for completeness these are described in an appendix. This fascinating, dramatic story is also relevant to modern naval thinkers concerned with gaining or denying access to hostile shores. The technology has changed but the underlying realities have not. This book includes an extensive account of how coastal forces supported the biggest European example of seizing a defended shore, the Normandy invasion. That was by far the largest single British coastal forces operation, demanding a wide range of innovations to make it possible. Like other books in this series, this one is based very heavily on contemporary official material, much of which has not been used previously – like the extensive reports of US naval observers, who were allowed wide access to the Royal Navy as early as 1940. Combined with published memoirs, these sources offer a much more complete picture than has previously appeared of how Coastal Forces fought and of the way in which various pressures, both operational and industrial, shaped them.

Author : Norman Friedman
Publisher : Seaforth Publishing
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2023-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781399018616

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British Coastal Forces by Norman Friedman Pdf

The Royal Navy invented the fast motor torpedo boat during the First World War, and used it and other small coastal craft to great effect during the Second. This book tells the dramatic story of British coastal forces, both offensive and defensive, in both World Wars and beyond. In the Second World War, British coastal forces fought a desperate battle to control the narrow seas, particularly the Channel and the North Sea, and took the war to the coasts of German-occupied Europe, fighting where larger warships could not be risked. They also made a significant contribution to victory in the Mediterranean, but it was primarily warfare in home waters that shaped wartime British Coastal Forces and left lessons for postwar development. In this book, Norman Friedman uniquely connects the technical story of the coastal craft and their weapons and other innovations with the way they fought. In both world wars much of the technology was at the edge of what was feasible at the time. Boats incorporated considerable British innovation and also benefited from important US contributions, particularly in supplying high-powered engines during World War II. In contrast with larger warships, British coastal forces craft were essentially shaped by a few builders, and their part in the story is given full credit. They also built a large number of broadly similar craft for air-sea rescue, and for completeness these are described in an appendix. This fascinating, dramatic story is also relevant to modern naval thinkers concerned with gaining or denying access to hostile shores. The technology has changed but the underlying realities have not. This book includes an extensive account of how coastal forces supported the biggest European example of seizing a defended shore, the Normandy invasion. That was by far the largest single British coastal forces operation, demanding a wide range of innovations to make it possible. Like other books in this series, this one is based very heavily on contemporary official material, much of which has not been used previously – like the extensive reports of US naval observers, who were allowed wide access to the Royal Navy as early as 1940. Combined with published memoirs, these sources offer a much more complete picture than has previously appeared of how Coastal Forces fought and of the way in which various pressures, both operational and industrial, shaped them.