Talk:Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy

message: My Father, Thomas William Lofthouse, served with Coastal Forces during WW2, but almost exclusively on MTB's with the Polish Flotilla: links and some rare pictures of these vessels available at <http://www.polishnavy.pl/PMW/ships/index_45.html> <drlofthouse@tiscali.co.uk>   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.77.43.67 (talk) 20:16, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Coastal Forces WW2 -Polish Flotilla - Links and Pictures

message: a lot of the text here resembles that of an information sheet of the Royal Navy Museum namely  this. GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:44, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: copyvio question

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message: There is a conspicuous absence in the bibliography: that of the short history written in 1945 by the renowned ornithologist, the late Peter Scott (Lt Cdr, RNVR, DSC and Bar).  The title is: "The Battle of the Narrow Seas - A History of the Light Coastal Forces in the Channel and North Sea, 1939 - 1945".  The ISBN is: 0 85617 788 1 and it was re-published by White Lion in 1974.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ghisere Andy (talk • contribs) 11:06, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks :) --Epipelagic (talk) 11:39, 2 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing from the bibliography?

message: The table in the "Units and craft" section of this article is missing information. This makes me wonder if the ship types listed there are the only ones, or may be more to add. Can anyone help here please? Thanks DPdH (talk) 03:01, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: I removed the empty section on "units". I have not noticed anything in the literature apart from "flotillas". A Coastal Forces flotilla usually consisted of a small group of boats all of the same type. They can be mentioned in the existing section on craft types. --Epipelagic (talk) 16:46, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, if literature doesn't list the specific units (e.g.: flotillas) that employed these craft, agree that having an empty section for indefinite time doesn't make sense. Sadly I don't have access to any bibliography on this matter to help. Regards, DPdH (talk) 01:24, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Units and craft" section - complete? 

message: I'm a bit surprised that so few surviving examples exist from what I assume was a numerous force. Is the list in this section "complete"? Possibly not, so if this is the case this should be called out. Can anyone help clarify this please? Thanks, DPdH (talk) 13:02, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: What is a "surviving" craft?  I could walk you out to a fair few piles of mouldering plywood in creeks around the south coast.  There were a lot more privately owned craft in the '70s, but age and rot really has caught up with these wooden craft and there are very few left in even recognisable shape. More than listed here, but unless a vessel was deliberately looked after (even as a static hulk houseboat) it's now at an age where decay will have caused physical collapse. Andy Dingley (talk) 13:16, 5 October 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Good question! My assumption is that the "survivors" that may be included in this section are those craft in good condition (seaworthy or not) that resemble in some way their original purpose even with modifications. But after going thru a few similar articles, I can't see that a common criteria has always been used. Regards, DPdH (talk) 01:20, 6 October 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Surviving craft" section - complete? 

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message: Motor Launch vs. motor launch etc.
See WT:WikiProject Ships#Capitalisation (yet again) Andy Dingley (talk) 19:22, 8 January 2020 (UTC)
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message: I've been working on Draft:List of vessels of Royal Navy Coastal Forces which may be of use. GraemeLeggett (talk) 09:12, 19 February 2023 (UTC)
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