Lambert and Ross's volumes cover Fairmiles, American submarine chasers, Vospers, MTBs, and Elco boats. Their plans, photographs, colour schemes, and technical detail make them useful to historians and model-makers alike. The books also show why neat labels for small combat craft can conceal many different designs and roles. A later exchange confirms that they preserve small operational details too, including an Adriatic torpedo squadron's improvised acquisition of 40 mm Bofors guns.
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A close reference for Allied coastal forces
Two Allied Coastal Forces volumes provide design, propulsion, camouflage, and operational detail on small combat craft.