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Within the pages of Cruel Seas you’ll find the complete rules for small ship action plus full-colour guides, superb art courtesy of Osprey Publishing, history on your fleets, Campaign rules and special weaponry, Aircraft rules and more! In Cruel Seas, you take on the role of a naval crew manning their fragile coastal craft as they head out day and night to take on both the sea and the enemy. Soft Cover Rulebook (with special miniature).Royal Navy Vosper MTB flotilla (6 ships).British Royal Navy Fleet (7 ships & 1 aircraft).They generally fought at night and using radar and radiotelephone, coupled with RAF and fleet air arm support and even secret information from intercepts they fought the Kriegsmarine to a standstill and by 1944, with hugely superior numbers and technological advantage truly ruled any waters which they chose to dominate.Ĭombine the complete might of the British Royal Navy Fleet with a flotilla of the famous Vosper MTBs, then add in the rules for Cruel Seas with the special U-boat miniature and your Royal Navy Coastal Force is ready to head out on aggressive patrols and intruder missions! After a slow start, the Royal Navy helped by construction in the USA, Canada and India, built an extraordinary catalogue of excellent small boats, supported by larger vessels which gave serious firepower and, using the characteristics of each boat to maximum effect, fielded mixed formations supported by destroyers or powerful gun equipped LCTs. Great Britain never built a vessel as fast or as deadly as the E-boats, instead, fielding many types of MTB and motor gunboats.
It put a stranglehold on Axis Supply lines and ultimately formed a force that could not be resisted, so much so that by the D Day landings in 1944, the Kriegsmarine was impotent to resist.Ĭontains: six Vosper MTBs (3 early & 3 late) It ensured that Britain was not isolated for trade. This impressive tactical achievement contributed mightily to the allied strategic successes. They also accounted for 32 axis aircraft and fired in total 1169 very expensive torpedoes.
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These Flotillas, enhanced by Commonwealth, Dutch, Norwegian, French, and other free forces sank over 400 enemy vessels, including 48 E-boats and 32 midget submarines. But with judicious use of what were pre-war civilian boatyards and the huge resources of their empire and help from the USA, the Coastal Forces would in 1944 have 25,000 sailors in over 2000 small craft! The ’E’ or enemy boat threat had become real and it stimulated some frantic development in private shipyards.Īt the outbreak of war, Britain had 3 formed MTB flotillas, precious few to cover the world’s largest empire. Small pinprick attacks grew to savage attacks on the British coastal convoys and those, supported by aggressive Luftwaffe and U-boat attacks, forced the Admiralty to re-examine its attitude to light forces. The Big Ships, Battleships, Cruisers and Carriers were seen as war winners and certainly vessels that projected symbols of power.Įarly in the war, however, the Admiralty grew more concerned about the German actions in the Channel and the North Sea. The Royal Navy in 1939 was a tremendously powerful force. Add your Royal Navy Fleet, Flotilla and Coastal Force to the battle for the coastal waters in Cruel Seas!ĭespite the Royal Navy’s successful use of light coastal forces in the Great War, the RN found itself almost completely bereft of coastal forces in September 1939 when war again broke out.
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