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Torpedo boats of the New South Wales Naval Brigade (1 C) Torpedo boats of the Queensland Maritime Defence Force (2 P) Torpedo boats of the Royal Australian Navy (2 C, 6 P)
Scimitar-class Gibraltar patrol craft Scimitar; Sabre; River-class offshore patrol craft Clyde; MTB 102 motor torpedo boat; Gay-class interchangeable motor gunboat / torpedo boats [1] Gay Archer - launched 20 August 1952; Gay Bombardier - launched 20 August 1952; Gay Bowman - launched 19 December 1952; Gay Bruiser - launched 19 December 1952
The Scimitar class were a class of fast patrol boat formerly in service with the British Royal Navy.. The two vessels of this class were of a commercial design known as the Lifespan Patrol Vessel built by Halmatic (now BAE Systems Surface Ships), and formerly served in an inshore waterways anti-terrorist role in Northern Ireland.
The Cutlass class is a class of fast patrol boat of the British Royal Navy. The two vessels of this class are a commercial HPB-1900 design, built to military specifications by Merseyside -based Marine Specialised Technology [ 2 ] at a cost of £9.9m for two (including 4 years support). [ 3 ]
Along with HMS Dagger, she is replacing the Scimitar-class patrol vessels in Gibraltar. The Scimitar -class boats were deployed in Gibraltar after 2003 but were withdrawn from the territory in 2020, being then replaced by two Archer -class boats on an interim basis until the arrival of the Cutlass -class vessels.
HMS Sabre (P285) is a 16-metre Scimitar-class fast patrol boat. It was commissioned into the Gibraltar squadron on 31 January 2003 and is used for police, customs and rescue purposes. [ 2 ] It had previously been used in Northern Ireland since 1993 as MV Grey Wolf [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and was based in Lough Neagh where it was manned by Royal Marines .
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The force consisted of the only two Brave-class patrol boats to be completed along with one Dark-class boat. [1] [2] In January 1969, an order was placed with Vosper Thornycroft for three fast training boats to replace the Braves and remaining Dark-class boats in the training role. The design chosen was a smaller derivative of the Brave-class ...