Looe’s main contribution to the war effort lay in its ship building work for the Admiralty.  Frank Curtis Ltd produced over sixty Motor Torpedo boats together with numerous Harbour Service boats and minesweepers in its yard on the West Looe river.  After construction the boats were floated down below the bridge for fitting out.  A large workforce was needed for this enterprise.  They were billeted in the old town in East Looe, an area which had been condemned and was to be demolished.  The houses remain to this day.
 
Activity
Use the internet for researching the answers to the following questions about boats built by Frank Curtis Ltd:

1. What was the number of the motor fishing vessel completed on 15th June, 1943?
2. In which year was the motor gun boat Eidolon converted to a house boat?
3. A model of which gunboat can be purchased from Warlord Games for £30?