Author: Reynolds, Leonard C. OBE, DSC (foreword by Admiral of The Fleet Lord Lewin),
Title: DOG BOATS AT WAR - A History of the Operations of the Royal Navy D Class Fairmile Motor Torpedo Boats and Motor Gunboats 1939-1945.
Description: The History Press, Stroud, 2009, 1st in imprint, paperback, x, 289pp, oversize (9.5 x 7 inches approx.) but a slightly smaller format to the earlier Sutton publication, coloured pictorial upper wrapper, an account of the development and service of the the Fairmile Co. type 'D' boat, the longer (115ft) semi-hard chine 4 engine boats that came into service in the Spring of 1942, able to withstand heavier seas than earlier types and with a greatly increased armament, with accounts of actions in Norwegian and Home Waters, and the Mediterranean, from Spring 1942 until 1945, and with tables of awards; war losses; flotiilas, the boats they comprised and where based; and a bibliography of sources and index, fine,

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