Coastal Forces Veterans

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.

See the specs here;

http://uboat.net/allies/warships/class/643.html

The main difference was the flush deck design and the different motors (Stirling Admirals rather than Packards).

A new website for these hulls here;

www.mtbhulls.co.uk

DSCN9733.JPG I was honoured to have been asked to make a model of HDML 1392 as a 90th birthday gift for her First Lieutenant whilst at D-Day with the 149th ML Flotilla, TSLt J M B Lloyd RNVR by members of his family. I used one of the 12" (i.e. 1/72nd scale) GRP hulls which I produce for model...

Hi Denis

The 2 torpedoes aft are shown stowed ready for insertion into the single launcher mounted amidships.

Regards, Christian.

Hi Thomas What scale will you build the model? At 1/24th scale you can buy very good plans from here; http://www.myhobbystore.co.uk/product/16740/british-powerboat-mm1377 and complete kits from Deans Marine here; http://www.deansmarine.co.uk/shop/product_info.php/cPath/10_14/products_id/220 if you w...

That's right Ted, they were in RAF service 1955-1961.

Hi Ted

They're not well known but boy are they handsome;

http://www.asrmcs-club.com/boatswebsite/dboat.html

Regards, Christian.

Hi Leo I'm only doing the bare hulls as a starting point for the scratchbuilder. I can print a sized GA drawing if required. I have sent you an email regarding the short MTBs. Since my first post I have also completed; RAF 96ft Krogerwerft D Boat. Ham Class Minesweeper. Camper & Nicholson MGB. F...

Thank you very much, I'm afraid no such kit exists although I can supply the Fairmile B hull in GRP, and certain fittings are available commercially e.g. https://www.whiteensignmodels.com/p/Coastal+Craft+172+Vosper+72+ft+MTB+234+CC72001/13265/#.UNC8auQ0WSp I always felt the series of photos of MASB ...

I am currently building 1/72nd scale model hulls in glass-fibre for some WWI and most WWII CF types over the coming months. The two scales have been chosen to match the most popular scales of the model kits currently available from the likes of Italeri, Revell and Airfix etc. so that modellers can a...

I'll try to help sunshine with pics;

MTB 490 then, and now as houseboat Laguna at Shoreham;

Photos of MGB 660 appear on page 38 of The Fairmile D (Anatomy of The Ship series) and page 97 of Allied Coastal Forces of WWII vol I, both by John Lambert and both alongside at Bastia. There is also a line drawing of 660 on page 113 of the latter publication.

Hi Owen

Did the bmpt still have any fittings off HSL 142?

Regards, Christian.

pics;

Yes I think that is quite likely.