Harbour defence motor launch
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The harbour defence motor launch was a 72 ft long British-designed motor vessel used for harbour defence during World War II. Nearly 500 were built by numerous Allied countries during the war.
ML 1322, a Royal Australian Navy HDML, in Brisbane in 1944
HDML 1301 in Padstow with extra fuel tanks and stores for a voyage to Malta
Coastal Forces was a division of the Royal Navy initially established during World War I, and then again in World War II under the command of Rear-Admiral, Coastal Forces. It remained active until the
Motor torpedo boats in the Mediterranean, February 1945
The steam gun boat Grey Goose
MTB 5 c. 1939-1945
Crewmen with a Molins autoloading 57-mm gun on a Fairmile D motor torpedo boat during World War II