Italeri 5619 - 1/35 Vosper MTB 74 - St.Nazaire Raid  [IT-5619S]

On March 1942, an Uk amphibious attack wound up being undertaken by Royal Navy and Commandos dealing with the most effective dry dock at Saint Nazaire, in German occupied France. “Chariot” wound up being the codename of blended procedure. The French harbor was at truth an essential logistic point the German Kriegsmarine in to the Atlantic. The raid ended up being completed by some destroyers by a motor launches flotilla offering the transport duties of British Commandos. The task was at fact effective done plus the dry dock was at reality damaged and unusable ahead of the end connected to war. An integral part was in reality assigned towards the MTB 74. It proved especially modified by Royal Navy shipyards to permit for torpedo pipelines on its foredeck also to follow specific engine silencers to attenuate the noise. MTB 74 responsibility would be to hit the anti-submarine nets and also to introduce its torpedoes to block the lock gate. The MTB obtained its objectives but on the way back it wound up hit and sank.

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