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Granville, Wilfred and Kelly, Robin A., - INSHORE HEROES - The Story of HM Motor Launches in two World Wars.
W. H. Allen, London, 1961 1st. edn., 320pp, half tone photo frontis, 12pp half tone photo ills., 3 in text maps, red cloth lettered in gilt at spine, coloured pictorial dustwrapper by Alan Plummer, a history of the development and operational use of the Royal Navy's motor launches during WW1 (pp 13-59) including Zeebrugge, and WW2 (pp 63-295), with the emphasis on RN Coastal Forces of WW2 when the MLs and HDMLs formed the 'maids-of-all-work' of routine naval duties including escort, minelaying, minesweeping, etc. whilst the faster MGBs and MTBs had much of the glamour, covering the design development of the early vessels, the training programme for their officers and crews at HMS St Christopher (Fort William), further training in anti-submarine duties at HMS Sea Hawk (Ardrishaig), engineer training and drafting at HMS Attack (Portland) and working up crews at into operational units at HMS Bee (Weymouth), with accounts of their exploits in home waters including the operation againt St. Nazaire, in the Mediterranean, the naval contribution to the invasion of Normandy and in the far east, with appendices of vessel specifications, strength and losses in each war, an uncommon title, upper edge dusty, all edges tanned, dustwrapper: price clipped, a little rubbed and creased at extrems., slight loss at tail of spine and flap folds, repaired to reverse, very goood in a very good dustwrapper,
GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.75 US$ 43.71 | JP¥ 6804] Booknumber: 44140
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GBP 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.75 US$ 43.71 | JP¥ 6804] Booknumber: 44140
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