Motor torpedo boats are another likely part of the British response. These small craft cannot match a Scharnhorst-class ship in a fleet action, but they complicate movement through confined and coastal waters. Their torpedoes create another threat that German heavy units must screen against while approaching British bases or operating near the North Sea littoral. A capital-ship buildup can therefore drive investment in numerous, inexpensive denial craft.
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Britain adds coastal torpedo craft to sea denial
More German fast capital ships could prompt additional British motor torpedo boats as a cheap layer of coastal sea denial.