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| 2262 | AMODEO, Colin. ed. "Fire Sugar, Fire Pudding!": Pat Clark-Hall's Letters from a Torpedo Boat 1943-1945. 160p., bibliog., illus., index. Christchurch, NZ: Caxton, 2009. ISBN: 9780473148924.
After training he was posted in November 1943 to MTB 655 in the Mediterranean, where he spent the rest of the war. He was preparing his letters for publication at the time of his death in 2006. A lively tale. |
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| 2263 | BOYCE, Mike. Medusa: HDML 1387. ii, 18p.,illus. [Portland]: author, 1993.
The career and construction of one of the few surviving motor launches of this type. A revised edition was published in 1996. |
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| 2264 | BROWN, Alan, & POLGLAZE, Richard. HMS Aristocrat: A Paddler at War. 72p., illus. Glasgow: Waverley Excursions, 1995. ISBN: 095051778X.
The wartime career of a West of Scotland ferry converted to an antiaircraft ship. |
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| 2265 | BROWN, Jimmy. Harry Tate's Navy: One Man's Story of the Royal Naval Patrol Service. [iv], 45p., illus. Inverurie: author, 1994. ISBN: 0952270617.
Brown joined as a Telegraphist in 1943. He describes the setting up of HMS Europa - Sparrow's Nest - at Lowestoft and his own training there. He joined HMS Northern Isles at Durban and was based there until she ran aground and sank in early 1945. He then moved to HMS Le Tiger in Durban until she returned to the UK in late 1945. He was demobbed in March 1946. A pawky irreverent view. |
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| 2266 | COBB, David. HM MTB/Vosper 70ft. (Profile Warship, 7). 145–168pp., illus. Windsor: Profile Publications, 1971.
Describes these most successful boats in some detail as well as the tactics of their employment. |
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| 2267 | DIVINE, A. D. Behind the Fleets: A First Hand Account of the Duties and Exploits of the Convoys, the Dover Patrol, the Minesweepers and other Subsidiary Fleets. viii, 140p., illus. London: Murray, 1940.
A miscellaneous collection of pieces on the work of the Navy. |
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| 2268 | FEATHERBE, F. C. Churchill's Pirates: The Royal Naval Patrol Service 1939–1945, the Veterans Stories. [iv], 48p., illus. Rochester: North Kent Books, 1994. ISBN: 0948305088.
Assorted brief reminiscences. |
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| 2269 | FEATHERBE, F. C. More Tales from Churchill's Pirates: The Royal Naval Patrol Service 1939–1945, Veterans Stories. [ii], 42p., illus. Rochester: North Kent Books, 1996. ISBN: 0948305096.
More assorted brief reminiscences. |
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| 2270 | FIRST LIEUTENANT. Terriers of the Fleet: The Fighting Trawlers. 96p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1943].
In praise of "the destroyer's poor relation" and their many workaday tasks. The author was Trevor Blore. |
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| 2271 | GILL, Alec. Lost Trawlers of Hull: Nine Hundred Losses between 1835 and 1987. 144p., illus., index. Beverley: Hutton, 1989. ISBN: 0907033776.
Faithfully records details of the ships and their loss. Some 100 were sunk in WWII from the Carolinas to the Mediterranean. Along with the natural hazards of storm and icebergs, mines, torpedoes, aircraft and surface ships exacted a heavy toll. |
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| 2272 | GRAVES, Charles. Life-Line. vi, 238p, illus. London: Heinemann, 1941.
A series of more or less fictional vignettes of the work of the smaller units of the RN. |
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| 2273 | HAMPSHIRE, A. Cecil. Armed with Stings: The Saga of a Gunboat Flotilla. 203p., illus. London: Kimber, 1958.
The history of the Insect Class river gunboats. Built in WWI, they served on the rivers of China in the 1920s and 1930s. In WWII they served with distinction in Hong Kong, the Persian Gulf and in the Mediterranean, notably in support of the 8th Army. A workmanlike history. |
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| 2274 | HANNAN, Bill. Fifty Years of Naval Tugs. 160p., illus., index. Liskeard: Maritime Books, 1989. ISBN: 0907771254.
A class-by-class list with leading details and notes on the fate of individual vessels. Well-illustrated. |
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| 2275 | HOLLAND, Philip. Our Light Coastal Forces. 37p., illus. London: Rolls House,[1943] From minesweepers to MTBs - a look at their work. |
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| 2276 | HOLMAN, Gordon. The Little Ships. 164p., illus. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1943.
The role of Coastal Forces described with patriotic gusto. |
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| 2277 | HUTSON, Harry C. Grimsby's Fighting Fleet: Trawlers and U-Boats during the Second World War. 108p., illus., index. Beverley: Hutton Press, 1990. ISBN: 0907033962.
Records all the incidents involving Grimsby trawlers (both fishing and in RN service) and U-boats, along with notable escorting duties and rescue operations. |
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| 2278 | KEMP, Paul J. British Coastal Forces of World War II: A Pictorial Survey. 112p., illus. London: ISO Publications, 1997. ISBN: 0946784523.
A photographic record, showing all aspects of life in, and the varied craft of, Coastal Forces. |
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| 2279 | KEMP, Paul J. British River Gunboats. [40]p., illus. London: ISO Publications, 1989. ISBN: 0946784515.
A photographic record, with strong representation of the Insect Class which saw onerous service in WWII. |
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| 2280 | KONSTAM, Angus. British Motor Gun Boat 1939-45 (New Vanguard, 166). 48p., bibliog., illus., index. Oxford: Osprey, 2010. ISBN: 9781849080774.
An excellent summary of their design, evolution and deployment. |
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| 2281 | LAMBERT, John. The Fairmile "D" Motor Torpedo Boat (Anatomy of the Ship). 120p., illus. London: Conway; Annapolis: NIP, 1985. ISBN: 0851773214.
A profusely illustrated nuts-and-bolts view. |
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