Coastal Forces Veterans

Thank you for this great photo. It joins my collection. It also further supports my confusion over what were the topsides and deck paint colours used in the Med' on these boats during this period. According to my research, Admiralty missives were Paint colours 507B (Decks) and 507C (Topsides) but to...

Thank you for your reply. Perhaps, someone will trip over this post one day and see a long-forgotten memory. They certainly seem a happy bunch.

Regards.

Thank you for your reply. I do have the book you mention and noted the excellent information within.

Thank you for following up with me. I am enjoying casting my net for information ever wider.

It would be brilliant if someone could be identified and enjoy recalling this moment.

My Father, Ralph Lewis, is in the middle row far left.

Thank you. I will check out both of those.

Hello everyone, Looking for information on P8044, a Vosper Type II MTB(?). I believe she started out as MTB 531 when ordered but then was designated as CT 44. She was then reassigned as P8044 serving out of St Angelo in Malta. My Father served on P8044 in the late-'40s in Malta. P8044 and P8045 were...