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MGB 314, a Fairmile C motor gun boat, during World War II. The motor gunboat (MGB) was a small, high-speed British military vessel of the Second World War, which was armed with a mix of guns, in contrast to the physically similar motor torpedo boat (MTB), whose main offensive weapon were torpedoes.
The Fairmile C motor gun boat was a type of motor gunboat designed by Norman Hart of Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy.An intermediate design, twenty-four boats were ordered on 27 August 1940 from Fairmile Marine in kit form and were assembled at multiple boatbuilders' yards and completed in 1941; they were initially rated as Motor Launches (ML), but received the designation Motor Gun Boats ...
Their main armament initially reflected their anti-submarine focus, with 12 depth charges, a single QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun forward, and one set of twin 0.303-in Lewis or GO machine guns (frequently increased in number by the crew); early boats often received a Holman projector amidships. A common upgrade to gun armament by 1942-43 in many ...
The Fairmile A motor launch was a coastal motor launch designed by Norman Hart for the Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy in World War II. The prototype ML 100 was privately built by the British industrialist Noel Macklin, who placed an order for this craft on 27 July 1939 with Woodnut's boatyard at St Helens. The Admiralty placed an order for ...
Motor Gun Boat: MGB 1940–41 24 MGB 312 – MGB 335 Fairmile D: Motor Gun Boat/Motor Torpedo Boat: MGB MGB / MTB MTB 1942–43 1942–43 1943–44 95 229 134 MGB 601-663,674 MTB 664-673,675-800, 5001-5029 MGB 601-640,649-656 later converted to MTB Fairmile F Motor Torpedo Boat MTB 1944 One (experimental) MGB 2001 [2] Fairmile H: Landing Craft ...
The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was a type of British motor torpedo boat (MTB) and motor gunboat (MGB), [1] conceived by entrepreneur Noel Macklin of Fairmile Marine and designed by naval architect Bill Holt for the Royal Navy.
The PGM-1-class motor gunboats were a class of eight gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1943 to 1944 and were succeeded by the PGM-9-class motor gunboats. All eight PGM-1s were converted from SC-497-class submarine chasers. The PGM-1s were created to support PT boats in the Pacific, but were
A two-masted schooner (may not have had an engine) purchased for use on Lake Erie on 18 October 1839. Sold 1848 HMS Minos: Chippawa, Ontario: June 1840: Sold to Mr Weston in March 1852 HMS Sydenham: Montreal: 1841: Purchased while building at Montreal in 1841. Served in the Mediterranean as a packet. Refitted and reboilered at Woolwich in 1843 ...