Cruel Seas: Fairmile B Minesweeper mdf_bundle_15mm Sharing its core design feature

Sharing its core design feature with the Liberator Combat Skimmer

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Overall width 270mm

Building footprint 212mm x 92mm

Cruel Seas: Fairmile B Minesweeper mdf_bundle_15mm Sharing its core design featureThe Fairmile B class Motor Launch weighed in at 85 tonnes and 112 feet long. Crewed by 16 men it could make in the region of 20 knots through its 1200 hp petrol engines. The coastal forces were able to convert the Fairmile B into quite a varied assortment of roles we see it here configured as a minesweeper. Vessels of this type saw action during the siege of Malta, using their shallow draught to avoid mines that would have scuppered larger trawlers.