Just spent another lunchtime browsing the local magazine shop and read an interesting article in the current BEST OF BRITISH PAST AND PRESENT Magazine.
Seems the city of Portsmouth is now the proud home of a pair of fully restored British built boats, both with very impressing, documented war records. One served as an RAF Rescue Launch and looked stunning in it's dark blue glossy paint job with the large RAF roundels painted on either side of the prow, as it was cutting through the water, coming out of the harbour abeam of it's harbour mate!
The second boat, Code '107' is in full Royal Navy livery as it looked when guarding the flanks of the US Forces landing at Omaha and Utah beaches on D-Day.
If anyone is down that way this summer, the plan is that for 25 GBP, one can go on a patrol on one of these boats. They plan to keep their history alive and well for as long as possible.
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