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

On March 1942, a British amphibious attack 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 combined operation. The French harbor was in reality a vital logistic point the German Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic. The raid had been carried out by some destroyers and by a motor launches flotilla that provide the transportation duties of Uk Commandos. The procedure was in fact successful done as well as the dry dock had been damaged and unusable ahead of the end associated with war. An integral part had been assigned towards the MTB 74. It proved particularly modified by Royal Navy shipyards to accommodate torpedo pipes on its foredeck also to adopt particular engine silencers to lessen the sound. MTB 74 duty would be to hit the anti-submarine nets also to introduce its torpedoes to block the lock gate. The MTB obtained its objectives but along the way back it turned out hit and sank.

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