Home Guard narrow boats during an invasion

How might the Home Guard have used narrow boats during an Axis landing?

They could support evacuation, logistics, canal patrols, and improvised defenses, although many boats were already essential to commercial transport.

The discussion emphasizes that narrow boats remained important commercial carriers, so requisitioning them would compete with moving coal, fuel, and other essentials. Locally owned or damaged craft could nevertheless help evacuate civilians. Other boats could support Home Guard patrols along the canal network. Their low-profile presence also offered opportunities for concealed improvised weapons defending bridges and crossings.