The War of the Motor Gun Boats Chapman, A. J.

. These awards were won in all manner of fighting ships, from disguised schooner to light cruiser, motor

to the teeth with heavy weapons, the 'D' Class Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) and Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs

. The crews of the launches and coastal motor boats were frequently 'amateur' sailors but their courage

ships were sunk or scuttled. But then came the saga of the Little Ships, the motor gunboats flying the

was universally known). After a brief description of his early life, time at Oxford, his motor racing

classes of warship that fought in the First World War, from dreadnoughts to coastal motor boats. It

, coupled with competition from both railway and the motor coach, were to spell the end for many of the

coverage in the literature of the Second World War. Motor torpedo boats, PT boats, motor gunboats, launches

PTs was at a peak. Bulkley provides a wealth of facts about these motor torpedo boats, whose vast

deeper waters, the ideal craft for use in coastal waters were motor boats armed with torpedoes and light

be awarded the Medal of Honor in the Battle of the Atlantic; and Chief Motor Machinist Zenon