Cruel Seas: MT Barchino Explosive Motorboat UN and builds his band of

and builds his band of followers

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624 was built by the Dorset Yacht Company

Gav Thorpe

These citizens of the Republic fight shoulder to shoulder with the other national groups that augment their ranks

Cruel Seas: MT Barchino Explosive Motorboat UN and builds his band ofDeveloped in the inter war years by the Royal Italian Navy, these explosive boats were developed for special operations and would inspire the German Linse program. They were designed to be launched from a mothership, making a silent approach while avoiding any harbour defences, before the pilot locked the rudder and rammed it against the side of an unsuspecting ship. The Barchini would first see action against the British fleet moored at Crete's Souda