The "Wooden" British Speedboat That Let Twelve Men Sink a Warship Twenty-Five Times Their Size скачать в хорошем качестве

The "Wooden" British Speedboat That Let Twelve Men Sink a Warship Twenty-Five Times Their Size

In May 1942, three tiny British motor torpedo boats made of furniture-grade mahogany attacked a German convoy in the Strait of Dover. They sank two German torpedo boats, each displacing twenty-five times their own weight, then escaped into the darkness. The Admiralty had dismissed these plywood craft as suicide vessels. The crews proved them wrong. This is the story of how yacht builders and weekend sailors created a weapon the Royal Navy never wanted, and how that weapon earned more gallantry decorations than any other branch of the service. #ww2 #ww2history #ww2navy In this video, What were British Motor Torpedo Boats made of in WW2? How did plywood boats sink German warships? Why did the Admiralty reject Coastal Forces before World War 2? What happened at the Action of 13 May 1942 in the Dover Strait? Does MTB 219 still exist today?