They were also used in the Mediterranean and off the Norwegian coastline. It was hailed as the " Balaclava of the sea". MTB 07 was hit 97 times losing two crew dead and all three engines. The operation was arguably the most daring daylight MTB raid of all time losing over 40% of the flotilla. On 19 December 1941 MTB 07 led the attack on Japanese landing craft in Kowloon Harbour, Hong Kong, taking fire from land, sea and air.
They were also based in Malta, The 1st & 3rd MTB Flotillas, Numbers 01-06 & 14-19, and HMS Tamar, Hong Kong, the 2nd MTB Flotilla, numbers 07-12, 26 & 27. Royal Navy Coastal Forces craft operated mainly in the English Channel and North Sea waters. The chief staff officer to the admiral was Augustus Agar, VC, who had commanded coastal motor boats during World War I and in British operations in the Baltic Sea in 19 in support of White Russian forces during the Russian Civil War. ĭuring World War II (1939-1945), the first Coastal Forces headquarters was set up at HMS Vernon in 1940 under Rear Admiral Piers Kekewich, Flag Officer Coastal Forces. MTBs 01-19 were built between 19, following the hard chine planing hull designed with T E Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), for high speed rescue of downed aircraft crew. The first post WWI motor torpedo boats built for the Royal Navy were built by the British Powerboat Company at Hythe, Southampton. They operated as often in action against the enemy coast as in defence of British coastal areas.
The Royal Navy had previously operated flotillas of small torpedo- and depth-charge-armed craft ( coastal motor boats) during World War I (1914-1918). She served as a coastal forces control frigate in 19. The Royal Navy Captain-class frigate HMS Rutherford underway during World War II.
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