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

On March 1942, a British amphibious assault was undertaken by Royal Navy and Commandos up against the big dry dock at Saint Nazaire, in German occupied France. “Chariot” was the codename of the combined operation. The French harbor was in reality an essential logistic point the German Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic. The raid had been conducted by some destroyers and by a motor launches flotilla that offer the transport duties of British Commandos. The procedure had been successful done and the dry dock was damaged and unusable before the end associated with war. A key role had been assigned towards the MTB 74. It turned out specifically modified by Royal Navy shipyards to house torpedo tubes on its foredeck and to adopt specific engine silencers to reduce the sound. MTB 74 responsibility would be to strike the anti-submarine nets and to launch its torpedoes to block the lock gate. The MTB obtained its objectives but along the way right back it had been hit and sank.

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