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gay class patrol boat

The Gay class were a class of twelve fast patrol boats that served wh the Royal Navy om the early 1950s. All were named after typ of soldiers or ary or related figur, prefixed wh 'Gay'. The class uld be fted as eher motor gun boats or motor torpedo boats, pendg on the...

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GAY-CLASS PATROL BOAT

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Gay-class patrol boat. HMS Gay Gay Bombardier, fted out the motor torpedo gunboat sign, unrgog trials Portsmouth Harbour 1953.

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The Gay class were a class of twelve fast patrol boats that served wh the Royal Navy om the early 1950s. All were named after typ of soldiers or ary or related figur, prefixed wh 'Gay'. [1][2] The Gays were the last petrol powered warships to be built for the Royal Navy.

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[3] They were lnched between 1952 and 1954, wh the last of the class, Gay Forter, beg lnched March 1954.

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Most of the vsels served for a before beg retired and sold off, though the longt-lived, Gay Charteer, was only sold off 1971, after nearly 20 years service.

[2] HMS Gay Charger was mand by Nigel Lawson durg his Natnal Service. Gay Dragoon appeared as 1087 The Ship That Died of Shame, a film based on a book by Nicholas Monsarrat and starrg Richard Attenborough.

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MarimeQut - The Gay Class Boats by Col W. Hwet .

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