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Baldrick

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1917 Thornycroft Coastal Motor (Torpedo)Boat
« on: October 08, 2022, 03:51:29 pm »
Fascinating bit of archive film of the coastal boat squadron WW1 . Boy could those boats shift, must have been a bowel moving experience . Also launching the torpedo off the stern to chase you so that a sharp turn out of its trajectory was essential.






https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060023109
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Re: 1917 Thornycroft Coastal Motor (Torpedo)Boat
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2022, 05:43:22 pm »
There is a couple in Portsmouth Naval Base plus a couple in build or rebuild.
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Re: 1917 Thornycroft Coastal Motor (Torpedo)Boat
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2022, 06:19:47 pm »
Have a look at T180, scary stuff.
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Re: 1917 Thornycroft Coastal Motor (Torpedo)Boat
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2022, 09:36:18 pm »
Wonderful footage. Thank you for posting it.
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Re: 1917 Thornycroft Coastal Motor (Torpedo)Boat
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2022, 05:49:34 pm »
Look up Augustus Agar, who went to school just down the road at Framlingham College, and his exploits in CMB's in the Baltic in 1919. Real "Boys Own" stuff. :-))
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Re: 1917 Thornycroft Coastal Motor (Torpedo)Boat
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2022, 09:38:04 pm »



  This is a good guide to their history.


https://www.shippingwondersoftheworld.com/motor_boats.html
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