JFYI
Was exploring that quote of 300, wanting a breakdown of vessels, type and armament, found this....
RUSI
COMMENTARY
The Battle of Britain: The Naval Perspective
20 October 2006
The Whale and the Elephant
by Andrew Gordon
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But in case – as was likely – the Germans waited until after dark before commencing their 12-hour[2] toil across to England, the Royal Navy had a pool of 700 armed patrol craft (requisitioned motor yachts and trawlers) of whom around 200 were on picket duty “off the north coast of France”[3] every night. So, owing to either the air.....
[3
] WORDS OF THE GERMAN NAVY WAR DIARY (FUEHRER CONFERENCES ON NAVAL AFFAIRS, 1939-45 (NAVAL INSTITUTE PRESS, 1990) P.139).
Strange, use enemy intelligence estimate for a RN historian, instead of reliable primary source.
Anyway, I looked it up..
Not a word about 200 patrol craft, only "stationing of his patrol vessels off the north coast of France". 30 odd destroyers, but nothing about true number.
Maybe page number wrong.
No nothing in chapter, and next chapter
And found similar for other quotes.
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