ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME II: VOSPER MTBS AND US ELCOS
Written by John Lambert, Al Ross
Published by Conway Maritime Press
in 1993
ISBN: 0851776027
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- MILITARY
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- MARITIME
- SHIP BUILDING
ALLIED COASTAL FORCES OF WORLD WAR II VOLUME II: VOSPER MTBS AND US ELCOS
Written by John Lambert, Al Ross.
Stock no. 1829864
1st.
1993.
Hardback.
Large format.
Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Dealing comprehensively with the technical detail of these boats in words, photographs and line drawings. Large format. Blue boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and diagrams. 256 pages including index. ISBN: 0851776027. A lovely copy, appears unread!
Front cover
Contents
- Foreword and Acknowledgements
- Request for Information
- Abbreviations
- Vosper Ltd
- Elco - a short history
- The vessels
- Vosper's private venture (MTB 102) and Bloodhound
- Vosper MTB designs 1938-39
- The Vosper 45ft MTB design
- Vosper designs 1940
- MTB 74
- MTB 103
- Vosper designs 1941
- Vosper designs 1942
- MTB 510
- Vosper designs 1943-45
- Vosper construction
- The Elco 70ft PT
- The Elco 77ft PT
- The Eclo 80ft PT
- Licence-built Vospers
- PT construction
- Equipment and details
- PT Camouflage
- The Packard 4M-2500 marine engine
- Selected weapons system
- The twin 0.5in Vickers machine gun, Mark V mounting
- The 20mm Oerlikon gun in the Royal Navy
- The twin 20mm Oerlikon manual Mark T and Mark IX mountings
- The 9mm Lanchester machine carbine
- 18in and 21in torpedo tubes 1939-45
- PT torpedo armament
- The Dewandre turret
- Additional data
- The US 20mm mounts
- The US 37mm gun
- The US 40mm Mark 3 gun
- Rocket Launchers
- Development of bridge and wheelhouse during the Second World War
- Notes on operating Royal Navy Package engines
- Free French Vosper MTB's
- The Vosper survivors
- Restored Elco PT 617
- Bibliography