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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

COASTAL FORCES

MGB312 motor gun boats (1941)

MGB312 1941

MGB332 1945

Names

ML312 - 316, 8.1941 - MGB312 - 316

MGB317 (ex-ML317)

ML318, 8.1941 - MGB318

MGB319 - 320 (ex-ML319 - 320)

ML321, 8.1941 - MGB321

MGB322 (ex-ML322)

ML323, 8.1941 - MGB323

MGB324 - 329 (ex-ML324 - 329)

ML330, 8.1941 - MGB330

MGB331 - 335 (ex-ML331 - 335)

Builders

Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea: ML318, MGB329

Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad: MGB319

Curtis, Looe: MGB325

Dickie, Bangor: ML314, MGB322, 334, 335

Kris Cruisers, Ferryll Road: ML323

Lady Bee, Shoreham: MGB328

James N. Miller, East Shore: ML313

Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge: MGB327

Alex Robertson, Sandbank: ML315, MGB317, 320

James A. Silver, Rosneath: ML321, MGB326, 332

Tough Bros, Manor Road: ML316, 330, MGB331

Woodnutt, St. Helens: ML312, MGB324, 333

Completed

5 - 10.1941: ML312-316, 318, 321, 323, 330, MGB317, 319, 320, 322, 324-329, 331-335

Losses

MGB313 (16.8.1944), MGB314 (28.3.1942), MGB326 (28.6.1944), MGB328 (21.7.1942), MGB335 (11.9.1942)

Transfers

none

Discarding

10/1945: MGB312, 315-318, 320-322, 324, 327, 329, 331-334

1-3/1946: MGB319, 323, 325, 330

 

Displacement standard, t

69

Displacement full, t

75

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

5.31

Draught, m

1.73 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Hall-Scott petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2700

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

petrol 8180 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/51 QF Mk XIV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC

Sensors type 134 sonar

Complement

16

Project history: Fairmile "C" design. Modification of 110ft "A" type ML.

Modernizations: 1942, all: + type 286U radar

1943 - 1944, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 40/50, type 286U radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 291U radar

1944 - 1945, most survived: - 2 x 2 - 12.762; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV

Naval service: No significant events.

MGB333

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