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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

COASTAL FORCES

MGB312 motor gun boats

MGB312 1941

MGB332 1945

Names

ML312 - 316, 8/1941 - MGB312 - 316; MGB317 (ex-ML317); ML318, 8/1941 - MGB318; MGB319 - 320 (ex-ML319 - 320); ML321, 8/1941 - MGB321; MGB322 (ex-ML322); ML323, 8/1941 - MGB323; MGB324 - 329 (ex-ML324 - 329); ML330, 8/1941 - MGB330; MGB331 - 335 (ex-ML331 - 335)

Builders

Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea: ML318, MGB329

Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad: MGB319

Curtis, Looe: MGB325

Dickie, Bangor: ML314, MGB322, 334, 335

Kris Cruisers, Ferryll Road: ML323

Lady Bee, Shoreham: MGB328

James N. Miller, East Shore: ML313

Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge: MGB327

Alex Robertson, Sandbank: ML315, MGB317, 320

James A. Silver, Rosneath: ML321, MGB326, 332

Tough Bros, Manor Road: ML316, 330, MGB331

Woodnutt, St. Helens: ML312, MGB324, 333

Completed

5 - 10/1941

Losses

MGB313 (16/8/1944), MGB314 (28/3/1942), MGB326 (28/6/1944), MGB328 (21/7/1942), MGB335 (11/9/1942)

Transfers

none

Discarding

10/1945: MGB312, 315-318, 320-322, 324, 327, 329, 331-334

1-3/1946: MGB319, 323, 325, 330

 

 

Displacement standard, t

69

Displacement full, t

75

Length, m

33.5

Breadth, m

5.31

Draught, m

1.73 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

Hall-Scott petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2700

Max speed, kts

27

Fuel, t

petrol 8180 l

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/50 Rolls-Royce Mk XIV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC

Complement

16

Ship project history: Fairmile "C" design. Modification of 110ft "A" type ML.

Modernizations:  1943 - 1944, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 40/50; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

1944 - 1945, most survived: - 2 x 2 - 12.762; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon

Naval service: No significant events.

 

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