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MGB2001 motor gun boat (1944)

Names

MGB2001

Builders

Kris Cruisers, Ferryll Road: MGB2001

Completed

4.1944: MGB2001

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

6.1945: MGB2001

 

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

97

Length, m

35.1

Breadth, m

6.48

Draught, m

1.36 deep load

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 Bristol petrol engines

Power, h. p.

6600

Max speed, kts

30

Fuel, t

petrol 22700 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC

Electronic equipment type 291U or type 268U radar
Complement  

Project history: Fairmile "F" type. Experimental boat with increased engine power, that, however, has not led to appreciable raise of speed.

Modernizations:  none.

Naval service: Never been operational.

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