A Short History of the Revival of the Small Torpedo Boats (C.M.B.s) during the Great War & subsequently in The Kronstadt, Archangel & Caspian Sea Expeditions of 1919.

A Short History of the Revival of the Small Torpedo Boats (C.M.B.s) during the Great War & subsequently in The Kronstadt, Archangel & Caspian Sea Expeditions of 1919. Orig. dec. wraps., 44pp., 4to, approx. 4o photos., several sketches & plans, charts & maps (of operations named in the title). Printed by Vacher & Sons Ltd. for Thornycroft & Co. Ltd. March, 1920. #67231

Typically handsome & finely illustrated work sponsored by the manufacturers of these Coastal Motor Boats, containing interesting accounts of their operations during the war & most notably in the Allied Intervention in north & south Russia during 1919, including the epic raid on Kronstadt harbour &c. Includes many finely produced photographs, sketches & plans of the craft involved, diagrams of the actions, together with a roll of the naval officers (RN, RNVR & RNR) appointed to the first twelve boats (& a named group photograph of these officers), lists of officers taking part in the Russian expeditions & of officers & ratings killed, wounded or taken prisoner during the Kronstadt raid. Attractive orig. card wraps., covers somewhat marked, staples rusting, generally VG, rare & well-illustrated record of these small vessels, their crews & operations. £145

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