| capncarp | 16 Feb 2015 8:41 a.m. PST |
link I think he'll have a bit of a go trying to get torpedoes for it, however. |
79thPA  | 16 Feb 2015 9:39 a.m. PST |
That's pretty cool. A couple of smart high school kids can make him some torpedos. |
| jpattern2 | 16 Feb 2015 10:33 a.m. PST |
Very cool.
Reminds me of the book Bandersnatch by Desmond Lowden. In the late '60s, an ex-Royal Navy MTB captain restores his old MTB as part of a plot to kidnap an Onassis type off his luxury yacht.
Check out the dust jacket:
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| Bellbottom | 16 Feb 2015 11:05 a.m. PST |
Nice to see someone cares |
| shaun from s and s models | 16 Feb 2015 2:19 p.m. PST |
yes was on our local news, only 6 miles from me, I must have a look sometime |
| 15th Hussar | 16 Feb 2015 2:35 p.m. PST |
Put it up on Kickstarter (or some form of Crowdfunding), make the person who donates the most $$$ his first officer, etc.! |
| dwight shrute | 16 Feb 2015 3:01 p.m. PST |
Theres a few of those hulls in bembridge harbour – now houseboats by the looks of them . |
| Oddball | 16 Feb 2015 5:11 p.m. PST |
"Paul Childs said the boat – moored at Bridgwater Docks – was the only known example of its kind, credited with sinking two German destroyers." A MTB sank not one but two German destroyers? Very cool that this piece of history is being saved. |
| zoneofcontrol | 16 Feb 2015 7:58 p.m. PST |
Funny thing. Just the other evening I was looking thru Buck Surdu's "The Quick and The Dead" small craft rule set. I remembered seeing stats for MTB 219 in the supplement. According to the charts it carried 2 – 21" Torpedoes, twin .5" MGs and twin .303 MGs. Neat to see the real thing. Hope they can save and restore her. |
| Mako11 | 16 Feb 2015 10:12 p.m. PST |
Good to hear they will be restoring it to a vessel with a bit of dignity. Houseboat? What were they thinking? |
| Big Martin Back | 17 Feb 2015 5:20 a.m. PST |
Not that far from me – will have to see if I can find time to have a look. |
| shaun from s and s models | 17 Feb 2015 6:36 a.m. PST |
where are you big martin? |
| The Young Guard | 17 Feb 2015 8:24 a.m. PST |
You do get some funny things in bridgewater. That is pretty mental. Totally missed this! |
| spontoon | 20 Feb 2015 9:18 p.m. PST |
Re; Bandersnatch. As a point of interest, Onassis's yacht Christina was originally a RCN frigate! |
| jpattern2 | 21 Feb 2015 7:40 a.m. PST |
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| hindsTMP | 21 Feb 2015 12:36 p.m. PST |
Better houseboats than scrapped… MH |
