The Fairmile 'D' was often known as the 'Dog Boat' and was the most numerous British 'long' MTB to serve in the Second World War.
Produced by Noel Macklin's Fairmile Marine Company it followed three earlier Motor Launch and Motor Gun Boat designs. Fairmile's boats were built at dozens of yards in the UK and around the world, using a kit of parts supplied by Fairmile. This reduced the possibility of error in constrtucting the boats, and allowed them to be built in smaller yards. The 'Fairmile System' also used suppliers that hadn't previously made boat parts.
The D was designed as a pur gunboat (MGB) with enough speed and guns to take on the German S Boats which were such a threat to coastal convoys and the smaller 'short' MTBs. Although never as fast as the S-boats, the D was eventually fitted with heavier guns and was capable of tackling much larger opponents.
This is Volume 3 of the Coastal Craft Histories series and includes profiles based upon the drawings of John Lambert.
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First Publishment Date: 01 January 1970
