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Motor gunboat. 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 small size of the MGBs, and their high speed, made them difficult targets for German E ...
Motor torpedo boat. MTB 102, an experimental design, served in World War II. During the Dunkirk evacuation it acted as a temporary flagship. A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol engines, typically marinised aircraft engines or ...
List of active Royal Marines military watercraft is a list of landing craft and other watercraft in service with the Royal Marines.It consist of a varied fleet of transport vessels, patrol vessels and special forces watercraft (I.e mini submarines etc.) maintained by the Royal Navy and designed to transport the Royal Marines or special forces from ship to shore as well as conduct river or ...
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 Short S.25 Sunderland is a British flying boat patrol bomber, developed and constructed by Short Brothers for the Royal Air Force (RAF). The aircraft took its service name from the town (latterly, city) and port of Sunderland in North East England . Developed in parallel with the civilian S.23 Empire flying boat, the flagship of Imperial ...
The Vosper 73 foot Motor Torpedo Boat was a mid-twentieth century British motor torpedo boat (MTB) designed by Vosper that served in the Royal Navy Coastal Forces during the Second World War. At 73 ft (22 m) long they were considered small boats compared to longer designs such as the Fairmile D .
CB90 HSM: 1 × Saab Trackfire RWS. Stridsbåt 90 H (alv) (Strb 90 H; CB90) is a class of fast military assault craft used by several countries after being originally developed for the Swedish Navy by Dockstavarvet. Its name means Combat Boat 90 Half; the 90 refers to the year of acceptance (1990) and Half refers to the fact that it can carry ...
This is a list of torpedo boat classes of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, organised chronologically by entry into service.This article's coverage is restricted to the steam-powered torpedo boats built for or acquired by the British Navy between 1876 (the date on which the Admiralty ordered the first torpedo boat to carry the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo) and 1905; the final batch of ...