40ft CMB (Coastal Motor Boat)

Object details

Category

Vehicles, aircraft and ships

Related period

Interwar (association)

Materials

Plinth: wood

Model: metal

Dimensions

whole: L: W: H:

Catalogue number

MOD 1158

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