Gay Viking 1943
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| i | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (MGB502) | ||||
| ii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (MGB503) | ||||
| iii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Hopewell) | ||||
| iv | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Nonsuch) | ||||
| v | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Gay Viking) | ||||
| vi | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Gay Corsair) | ||||
| vii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Master Standfast) | ||||
| viii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (MGB509) |
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Displacement standard, t |
86.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
102.5 |
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Length, m |
35.7 |
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Breadth, m |
5.82 |
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Draught, m |
1.31 deep load |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Paxman diesels |
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Power, h. p. |
3000 |
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Max speed, kts |
28 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 22700 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC |
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Complement |
21 |
Project history: In 1939 Turkey ordered to Camper & Nicholson eight large 117ft MTBs. After a beginning of war these boats were requisitioned by the Great Britain and completed for Royal Navy as MGB502-509, actually five of them were completed as cargo launches / blockade runners.
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