Motor Launches in Action - The Royal Navy's Small Submari...
Maxwell, Gordon S / Nutting, William W Adventures in the fast moving small motor boats of the Royal Navy
The Great War may well have seen the zenith of the huge battleship fleets, but was also the creation of new kinds of vessels for naval warfare. The Germans had refined the submarine and the U-Boat menace represented a severe threat for the sea-borne transportation of men and materiel across the Atlantic Ocean. Clearly counter-measures were required and among several suggested ...