Bob C's Everything you Didnt Want to Know about British Coast Forces and how to play them.
Steam Gun Boats SGB' s and MASB's
- These are the the missing Coastal types mentioned in part 1.
Motor Anti Submarine Boats
- MASB’s Originally intended as named for coastal waters , their design by the BPP company lent itself to use as MGB’s due to their heavier armament 60′ long and armed with 2 or 4 .50 vickers HMG’s and a 3pdr.
MASBSteam Gun Boats SGB’s
Originally 60 were ordered but this was reduced to only 7 as one was lost in its 1st action due to the vulnerability of its steam powered engine. Re-armoured thes boats built by Denny are considered the Battleships of Coastal forces at 145 ft in length and weighing 175 tons, initially modestly armed they later bristled with gun ranging from multiple 303 vickers k guns to a 3″ and could include multiple 2pdr pom poms , 6pdrs and 20mm orlikons in both single and twin configurations.plus 2x 21″ torpedoes and mines.
They were of sufficient size that they lost their SGB no (3-9 , 1 & 2 being cancelled) and were given animal names pre fixed by the word Grey to beome Grey Wolf, Grey Fox, Grey Seal, Grey Owl, Grey Shark and the most well known Grey Goose. The latter mainly to its skipper wartime book ‘Battle for the Narrow Seas’, by Peter Scott who became a well known ornithologist in the 60′ and 70’s, plus he was the son of Robert Scott or Scott of the Antartic.
SGB in its early wpns layout
SGB later wpn layout
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