Gay Archer 1953
Gay Fencer 1963
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Names |
P1041 Gay Archer P1042 Gay Bombardier P1043 Gay Bowman P1044 Gay Bruiser P1045 Gay Carabineer P1046 Gay Cavalier P1047 Gay Centurion P1048 Gay Charger P1049 Gay Charioteer P1050 Gay Dragoon P1051 Gay Fencer P1052 Gay Forester |
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Builders |
Vosper, Portchester: P1041-1044 Thornycroft, Hampton: P1045, 1047 Taylor, Chertsey: P1046, 1050 Morgan Gyles, Teignmouth: P1048, 1049 McGruer, Clynder: P1051, 1052 |
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Completed |
1952: P1041 - 1043, 1047 1953: P1044 - 1046, 1048 - 1051 1954: P1052 |
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Losses |
none |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1962: P1044, 1047, 1050, 1052 1963: P1041 - 1043, 1045, 1046 1967: P1048 1968: P1051 1971: P1049 |
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Displacement standard, t |
50 |
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Displacement full, t |
65 |
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Length, m |
21.8 pp 22.9 oa |
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Breadth, m |
6.10 |
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Draught, m |
1.20 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Packard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
40 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
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Armament |
as gunboats: 1 x 1 - 114/19 Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 12 as torpedo boats: 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 12, 2 - 533 TT |
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Electronic equipment |
type 293Q radar |
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Complement |
13 |
Project history: Short-hulled wooden convertible MTBs/MGBs, these were the last class with petrol engines. The design was developed from Vosper's MTB538 and was basically an interim one (after the 'Darks') since development of the Deltic diesel was being delayed. Originally were numbered as FPBs but were completed with P numbers.
Modernizations: mid-1950s, all: - 1 x 2 - 20/70; + 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 7
Naval service: No significant events.
Gay Bombardier 1953 as MTB
Gay Bombardier 1953 as MGB
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