Publisher's Synopsis
This, the tenth volume in the eleven-volume definitive illustrated history of the torpedo boat, contains five bonus articles and twenty appendices. The volume includes never-before published-correct charts of the locations of S-boats during their devastating attack on the landing ships of Exercise Tiger on the night of 27 April 1944.
CSS (Confederate States Ship) David Class Torpedo Boat: 1863
USN Torpedo Boat No.5, Spuyten Duyvil
The Herreshoff Brothers
The Torpedo Boat Winslow, TB-5
The Raven's Wrath
Appendix A. Abbreviations and terms Used in Boat Specifications
Appendix B. Identification Codes by Country from Jane's Fighting Ships 1901
Appendix C. World Navy Prefixes By Year
Appendix D. Foreign Warship Prefixes
Appendix E. German Naval Terms
Appendix F. List of British MTBs by Manufacturer
Appendix G. American Manufacturers of PT Boats in WWII
Appendix H. US PT Boats By Numbers and Manufacturers
Appendix I. Vessels Lost to German Human Torpedoes
Appendix J. Vessels Damaged or Sunk by Japanese Suicide Explosive Motor Boats
Appendix K. Allied Merchant Ships Lost to S-boats 1940 1945
Appendix L. US Navy Official Listing of Allied Ships Sunk by S-boats 1944
Appendix M. British Losses 1940-1945-Sunk or Captured by S-boats
Appendix N. Japanese Warships and vessels Sunk or Damaged by PT boats
Appendix O. List of S-boat Losses During World War II
Appendix P. Summary of PT Boat Losses WWII
Appendix Q. PT Boats Damaged and Lost by Coordinates
Appendix R. Captured Allied Torpedo Boats
Appendix S. Subs Sunk by Motor Torpedo Boats During WW II
Appendix T. Ships Sunk or Damaged by MTBs in WW II
