Table of Contents

Introduction
Outlines the role of motor gun boats, and the way their importance increased as the war progressed

Design & Development
This major section covers pre-war development, British Power Boat designs, Fairmile designs, and MGBs built by other companies, including lend-lease production.

Construction & Operation
This section covers details of construction, propulsion, armament, and outlines the way these vessels were manned and operated.

MGB Specifications

MGB Losses

MGBs listed by Pennant Number

Bibliography

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A detailed study of a versatile and widely-used craft that performed a myriad of duties, including protecting their own and attacking enemy coastal convoys, transporting spies and commandos to hostile shores, raiding ports and attacking larger warships.

About the Author

Angus Konstam is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and has written widely on naval history, with well over a hundred books in print. He is a former Royal Navy officer, maritime archaeologist and museum curator. Now a full-time author and historian, he lives in Orkney.
Tony Bryan is a freelance illustrator of many years' experience who lives and works in Dorset. He worked for a number of years in Military Research and Development, and has a keen interest in military hardware. Tony has produced many illustrations for partworks, magazines and books, including a number of titles in the New Vanguard series.

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