HMS MEDUSA

In June 1944, HMS Medusa served as the lead navigation ship on D-Day, guiding allied crafts through enemy minefields

During the course of WWII, over 480 Harbour Defence Motor Launches (HDMLs) were built to defend the United Kingdom’s coasts against the German submarine threat. In the early years of the war there was a real fear U-boats could encircle the country and cut off its vital ports and harbours, so these small vessels were intended to build a screen of defence, identifying and sinking any enemy boats. When this threat didn’t materialise, the HDMLs were put to work in a whole range of other tasks, such as defending convoys, inserting agents into enemy territory and supporting attacks on islands. The vessels truly came into their own during Operation Neptune, when they guided allied craft through the deadly enemy minefields of the English Channel on D-Day. In the lead up…

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History of War Book of Combat Machines (Digital) - 1 Issue, History of War Book of Combat Machines 2016

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