Dog Boats at War Royal Navy D Class MTBs and MGBs 1939-1945

by Reynolds, Leonard C; Lewin

• ISBN13: 9780752450452
• ISBN10: 075245045X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-05-29
• Publisher: The History Press

Summary

Built of plywood and measuring 115 feet long, powered by four supercharged petrol engines and armed to the teeth with heavy weapons, the D Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) were better known as Dog Boats and played havoc with enemy shipping in home and foreign waters. During three years of war they engaged the enemy on more than 350 occasions, sinking and damaging many ships.Dog Boats at Waris the authoritative account of operations by the Royal Navy's D Class MGBs and MTBs in World War II in home, Mediterranean, and Norwegian waters. As well as drawing on official recordsboth British and Germanthe author has contacted several hundred Dog Boat veterans whose eye witness accounts add drama to the unfolding story.

Author Biography

Leonard Reynolds is a military and naval historian who has written numerous books, including Commando: The Illustrated History of Britain’s Green Berets.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vi
Author's Note	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
MTB/MGB Class Data	p. x
The Urgency of War	p. 1
Operations Begin	p. 14
The 30th (Norwegian) MTB Flotilla, June 1942 to October 1943	p. 29
Mediterranean Operations, March to October 1943	p. 44
Home Waters, May 1943 to May 1944	p. 72
Norwegian Operations, September 1943 to May 1945	p. 104
Mediterranean Operations, Octobers 1943 to July 1944	p. 120
Home Waters, June 1944 to May 1945	p. 158
MTB 718, Clandestine Operations to the Shores of Brittany and Norway	p. 192
Mediterranean Operations, August 1944 to May 1945	p. 209
C Class MGBs, SGBs and Camper and Nicholsons MGBs	p. 241
Epilogue	p. 254
Glossary	p. 259
Notes	p. 260
Tables:
Awards of Decorations	p. 266
War Losses	p. 273
The Dog Boat Flotillas	p. 274
Bibliography	p. 279
Index	p. 283
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