From the laying of minefields to the early tactics of protecting merchant shipping from U-boats. The wide-ranging subjects that are covered and the vast amount of information in the many Appendices makes this book a valuable resource for both readers and researchers. Another fascinating read from Mr Haarr. Read the full review [link=https://historybookchat.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-gathering-storm.html]here[/link]
History Book Chat

"The Steep Atlantick stream is a jolly good yarn." Read the review [link=https://navalinstitute.com.au/the-steep-atlantic-stream/]here[/link]
Australian Naval Institute

Sir Stanley Goodall was Director of Naval Construction for most of WWII and his diaries, as the editor Ian Buxton comments, provide a “unique and revealing insight… to the RN’s successes and failures” during the war. Goodall wrote a diary page a day for all the war years, covering everything from notes on construction progress to frustrations with people and yards unable to deliver. The editing is superb and perseverance will be rewarded.
Peter Wykeham-Martin, Warship World

This is a book not to be missed and the companion Volume I, covering Fairmile and US Submarine Chasers, is equally important. Read the full review [link=http://reviews.firetrench.com/allied-coastal-forces-of-world-war-ii-volume-ii-vosper-mtbs-us-elcos/]here[/link]
Firetrench

I’m convinced this deeply researched and beautifully presented, book will become the definitive reference source on the subject, for historians, collectors, model makers and war gamers.
Model Boats, November 2018 - reviewed by John Deamer