Coastal Forces Veterans

Hello John Thank you for your post. The information we have on MGB 657 is that it was: Fairmile 115' D-Type Motor Gun Boat Builder's Yard: Woodnutt, Bembridge, Isle of Wight Completion: 9th February 1943 Loss or Disposal: 12th September 1944 Notes: MGB 657 was deemed a Constructive Total Loss (CTL)...

Good evening, my first post, I had the good the good fortune to speak to former Petty Officer Syd Scott (98) who lives near me. He was a PO based at Malta / Ancona from 1944 to 1946 and insisted he 'didn't get up to much' 'just a bit of minesweeping and stuff like that'. I suspect that Syd is perhap...