21 August 2020
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Royal Navy Motor Gunboat Owner's Manual by Haynes
Your complete guide to maintaining a 1942-45 Royal Navy MBG will be released in September.
During World War II the Royal Navy’s flotillas of small, fast and powerfully armed motor gun boats (MGBs) were looked upon as the Spitfires of the seas. Operating from their harbour bases around the south and east coasts of England, RN Coastal Forces crews would set out under cover of darkness to look for trouble with German shipping in the Channel and the North Sea. The centrepiece of this manual is MGB 81, a combat veteran that saw repeated action between 1942 and 1945 in the North Sea and English Channel, including on D-Day. Her fighting career, restoration and recent rebuild are all covered in this fascinating insight into the only operational example of an RN Coastal Forces MGB of World War II.
The book, by archaeologist and historian Stephen Fisher and co-author Diggory Rose, is published in association with the Portsmouth Naval Base Property Trust. It includes the full combat history of MGB 81 along with archive photos, technical drawings and detailed photography.
- Haynes
- ISBN: 978-1-7852-1142-3
- Hardback. 192 pages. £25.00
- Publication date: September 2020
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