Royal Navy Submarines & MTB sections

Royal Navy Submarines & MTB sections

Submarines: Designed for operations in Northern European waters and the Mediterranean, the S-class was manoeuvrable and possessed a remarkable capacity for extremely rapid crash diving. Coupled with a large torpedo salvo, this was a successful pre-war design that was soon updated and put back into production.

MTBs: The Fairmile A was designed from the outset to use prefabricated components that could be produced by small companies, such as furniture manufacturers, and then assembled in shipyards. Capable of 25 knots and armed with a 3-pound gun and a pair of .303 machine guns, as well as a depth charge.

The Fairmile B (like its predecessor, the Fairmile A) was primarily intended as an anti-submarine hunter, and was therefore fitted with a depth charge. Built in large numbers, the Fairmile B also saw action in the St. Nazaire Raid.

Capable of 26 knots, the Fairmile C was a motor gunboat armed with two 2-pounders and eight machine guns of various calibres. It was used primarily for close escort work and some clandestine missions.

Nicknamed the "Dog Boat," the Fairmile D was highly adaptable and could be fitted with a range of weapons, allowing it to serve as both a motor gunboat and a motor torpedo boat. Some were used by the Royal Air Force for long-range air-sea rescue of downed airmen.

The box contains:

• S-Class Submarines x 3
• Fairmile MTB sections (A,B,C & D) x 4
• Ship Cards

Models are supplied unpainted and unassembled.