Coastal Motor Boats
thornycroft and the origins of fast attack craft
$112.32
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2025
Summary
Speed, Stealth, and Surprise: The Untold Story of Coastal Motor Boats
According to conventional naval history, the Coastal Motor Boat was the brainchild of three enterprising young Royal Navy officers in the early stages of the First World War. This new book reveals that the truth was far more complex, and historically more significant.
Research in previously unused family records shows that the shipbuilder John I Thornycroft played a pivotal role, building on his pre-war ex…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781036137939 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1036137937 |
| Author: | Martin Kelly, David Griffiths |
| Publisher: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 0g |
| Dimensions: | 260mm x 216mm |
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About The Author
Martin Kelly
MARTIN KELLY is a naval researcher whose interests revolve around espionage and amphibious planning in the 1900-1914 period, and the naval career of Erskine Childers, both of which play into the story of Coastal Motor Boats.
DAVID GRIFFITHS is the project manager of the organisation that built the CMB replica at Portsmouth.
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