Coastal Forces Veterans

MTB 730;

Drama was sold to Demetre Mendrinos and re-named Sounion. In LRoY 1966.

KILORAN II EX CAMBRIAN PRINCE EX LEPANTO Built 1941 FAIRMILE B ML253. Builder J. SADD Owners DEVON CRUISING CO, LATER CAPT MORGAN (MALTA) late 1990s THEN TO TUNIS 2001. 1951 Converted to yacht "Lepanto". For the 1956 season she was bought by Cambrian Marine Line Ltd of Liverpool and made c...

from holmesb4; 17th MGB Flotilla MGB 601, MGB 603, MGB 604, MGB 605, MGB 606, MGB 607, MGB 609, MGB 610, MGB 612 Based at Great Yarmouth 10/43 50th MTB Flotilla MTB 603, MTB 604, MTB 605, MTB 606, MTB 607, MTB 609, MTB 610, MTB 612 later MTB 673, MTB 676, MTB 677, MTB 678, MTB 734, MTB 751, MTB 756 ...

this picture is from here; http://www.fairholmfamilytrees.info/Pag ... joyce.html

this picture is from here; http://www.39-45war.com/coastalforces.html

Hello Al

Glad to hear you will complete the Higgins section, John did mention to me he had nearly finished the BPB section also...

Another source of information for the craft you mention is RASC Archives (as many became HSTTL's). I will ask Dave Fricker.

Regards,
Christian.

Hi Rodney Yes I can make you a 1/72nd scale Ton hull no problem. The price is 42.00 pounds. Picture; https://www.flickr.com/photos/25721684@N00/17108538529/in/album-72157632269542118/lightbox/ contact email mtbhulls@gmail.com It may interest you to know there is a 1/96th scale kit available here; ht...

This is a picture of MGB 318;

P8202 ex RCB2 ex P8046 ex CT46 was built as MTB 499

This from Janes 56-57;

from navyworld.narod.ru Torpedo boats type "Fr. Lürssen" 1. "Durmitor" ( "Durmitor" ) (from December 25, 1945 5 PM ( TČ 5 ) on-board number 5 , with the May 18, 1949 PM 191 ( TČ 191 ) side number 191 , 1952 391 PM ( TČ 391 ) side number 391 ) Yugoslav motor torpedo boat...

Hi Arjan

This is a nice shot;

CHANT 45; CHANnel Tanker number 45 built by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHANT_%28ship_type%29

Sistership pic from teesbuiltships.co.uk;

Hi Liam Reading through these should give you some insight (especially the first one!) http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/53/a2087453.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/68/a1156268.shtml http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/44/a6384044.shtml http:/...

Hi Liam

Here are a few pictures gleaned from various sources hopefully one or two are new to you;

No bad luck I hope. My dad always told us never to take an Admiral, a wheelbarrow or an umbrella on a boat.

Hi Ken From Allied Coastal Forces of WWII vol. I; 229 boats were built. Numbers; 601-616 were ordered as MGBs (no hull scallops). 617-632 as MTBs with 2 x raised 21" tubes (no hull scallops). 633-696 mostly MTBs but not all were so rated (hulls with scallops). Up to this point about half were M...

MTB HULLS will do 20% off for orders for Portsmouth Historic Dockyard D-Day Commemoration Fleet hulls sets.

HDML 1387, MGB 81, MTB 102 and HSL 102.

In 1/72nd scale; £80.00

In 1/24th scale; £220.00

plus p&p.

www.mtbhulls.co.uk

Did you already see this on the database; ML 206 Fairmile Motor Launch (B ML) Length: 112' Builder's Yard: Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea Completion Date: 5th March 1941 Loss or Disposal Date: October 1946 Notes: ML 206 had torpedoes fitted for a time but these never proved very useful as the addi...

ref. torpedo armament.
from uboat.net

Commissioned as Motor Gunboat MGB 640 on 1 Nov 1942
Reclassified as Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 640 in 1943

Fairmiles were fitted with anchor points for a wide range of equipment and weaponry so fitting the Oropesa sweep would have been a straightforward task, it could have been easily carried out in Gibraltar or Malta.

Minesweeping and patrol I think. That would be Brian's field of knowledge not mine.

ML 130 in A/S role with 3-pounder MKI Hotchkiss gun, Holman Projector and 12 depth charges;

TITS.

Tracer, Incendiary, Tracer, Semi-armour-piercing.

Gunners found it easy to remember the mnemonic TITs for some reason, in order to load the shells in the correct order.

TITS.

Brian

Post war fate for ML 149; Yacht CRYSANTHE O/No 167993. Owner 49-55 AGNES JAY at PORTSMOUTH.

Try contacting Frederick Galea, the author of Call Out, he may be able to help you with this research. He is on several social media websites.

Martin interestingly your view shows the tourboat Bramjla which started life in 1941 as HDML 1009

Danielle

A picture of ML 129 is available from the IWM;

http://m.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205119461

Quoted from "FROM TROMBAY TO CHANGI, THE STORY OF ARAKAN COASTAL FORCES, WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED BY OFFICERS WHO PARTICIPATED" AT 09:30 THE MLS DEPLOYED TO STARBOARD AND PORT TO ENGAGE ANY TARGET THAT PRESENTED ITSELF, AND THE LANDING CRAFT ROARED ONTO THE BEACHES TO DISGORGE TROOPS WHO SPRE...

Hi David

ML 891

37th ML Flotilla

Lt. Johnny Weston RNVR
S/Lt Peter King RNVR

Mined and Sunk at Kyaukpyuat, Ramree Island, Burma 21.1.45.

Regards, Christian.