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 FAST PATROL BOAT
- POSTWAR GAY-CLASS BOATS&THSP;–&THSP;THE END FOR PETROLM
- GAY CLASS BOATS
- ENGEERG:GAY-CLASS PATROL BOAT
- GAY CLASS PATROL BOAT: GAY ARCHER - [1:1]
GAY-CLASS FAST PATROL BOAT
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Gay-class fast patrol boat. HMS Gay Bombardier, fted out the motor torpedo gunboat sign, unrgog trials Portsmouth Harbour 1953.
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Gay Archer The 'Gay Archer' is one of the Gay class patrol boats which served to the Royal Navy. Twelv ships were built the early 50s.... * gay class mtb *
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.
[3] They were lnched between 1952 and 1954, wh the last of the class, Gay Forter, beg lnched March 1954. 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. [1][2] Gay Fencer beme a target vsel and was sunk off Portland 1968, while Gay Archer was damaged while beg livered to the Navy, and then damaged when a vsel she was moored next to explod. Gay Archer.
GAY CLASS BOATS
Gay Bombardier. Gay Bowman. Gay Biser.
Gay Caribeer. Gay Cavalier. Gay Centurn.
Gay Charger. Gay Charteer. Gay Dragoon.
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Gay Fencer. Gay Forter.
Durg the Send World War the Royal Navy also sailed HMS Gay Vikg and HMS Gay Corsair, a pair of motor gun boats. The were superficially siar to the later Gay-class, although their primary armament was a mixture of QF 6 pounr Hotchkiss, Oerlikon 20 mm nnon, and pth charg.
GAY CLASS PATROL BOAT: GAY ARCHER - [1:1]
Both had left service by the top of the Gay-class' troductn. "Gay Class Fast Attack Craft".