The Fairmile D motor gun boat was known as the Dog Boat. Leonard C. Reynolds's book on the craft is recommended as a useful introduction to its history. Fairmile rapidly produced motor torpedo boats, motor gun boats, and motor launches that made up much of the Royal Navy's coastal fleet in World War II. The Fairmile B is the more familiar member of the family because so many launches and motor gun boats were based on it.
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Fairmile D Dog Boats and Britain's coastal fleet
The Fairmile D Dog Boat and Fairmile's rapid wartime production of coastal craft for the Royal Navy.