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lighter guns. The later 71.5-foot short MGBs would sport two heavy weapon locations (a pom-pom forward and twin
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had 3-shaft Rolls-Royce installations for 3,300 bhp and a top speed of 36.7 kts. All were of 28–30 t std displacement. Individual armament varied, but most boats had 2 × twin HMG turrets abreast the bridge (some early models had the single dorsal turret seen on the 63-feet type) in the case
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BPB built 34 purpose-built 72 ft MGBs (also referred to as 71.5-feet). Capable of 40 knots, they carried a hydraulically powered 2-pounder gun mount forwards for engaging other vessels, along with a twin powered 20mm mount on the aft cabin roof and two twin .303-in machine guns (one either side
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of the wheelhouse) for additional firepower in surface actions as well as defence from aircraft. Some early boats even carried a Holman
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1843:Arsenal ship
1682:Crane vessel
1677:Command ship
1616:Mine planter
1594:Mine warfare
1560:Missile boat
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1527:Torpedo boat
1487:Motor launch
1450:Patrol craft
1355:Radar picket
1161:Supercarrier
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49:verification
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1893:Mother ship
1732:Repair ship
1631:Minesweeper
1507:Patrol boat
1462:Armed yacht
1184:Dreadnought
1171:Battleships
998:Naval ships
538:Gay Corsair
365:gas turbine
349:gas turbine
176:Description
1952:Boat types
1941:Categories
1919:Ship types
1878:Guard ship
1752:Submarines
1687:Depot ship
1621:Minehunter
752:References
664:Fairmile D
542:Gay Viking
371:(formerly
320:Yugoslavia
314:to assist
82:newspapers
1626:Minelayer
1441:Troopship
1369:Transport
1335:Escorteur
1315:Destroyer
1056:Broadside
1024:auxiliary
1019:submarine
674:Survivors
454:and from
409:MGB 50-67
345:Metrovick
339:In 1947,
316:partisans
280:interdict
166:torpedoes
145:, during
1868:Flagship
1601:Danlayer
1472:Corvette
1350:Kaibōkan
1219:Cruisers
1111:CAM ship
1066:Casemate
1002:warships
943:Archived
843:"MGB 81"
822:Archived
698:See also
616:MGB 2009
546:Hopewell
502:Oerlikon
401:MGB 6-21
369:MGB 2009
341:MGB 2009
312:Adriatic
296:Sardinia
276:PT boats
1912:Related
1888:Monitor
1822:Wet sub
1667:Collier
1585:Shin'yō
1580:PT boat
1477:Gunboat
1340:Frigate
1071:Turrets
819:"MGB81"
692:MTB 416
642:Higgins
637:Higgins
612:Packard
591:Speed:
550:Nonsuch
498:pom pom
482:MGB 501
477:MGB 502
448:MGB 107
432:⁄
373:MGB 509
300:Corsica
274:(or US
266:In the
237:E-boats
217:Service
191:MGB 658
170:E-boats
139:MGB 314
96:scholar
1817:U-boat
1545:E-boat
1512:Q-ship
1298:Escort
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508:and a
414:MGB 66
405:MGB 46
234:German
226:MGB 66
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1360:Sloop
1305:Aviso
510:6-pdr
418:Rolls
389:40–45
367:from
355:Types
327:D-Day
308:Italy
284:Italy
207:radar
103:JSTOR
89:books
1790:DSRV
1575:MTSM
1000:and
911:ISBN
893:ISBN
878:ISBN
771:ISBN
631:Elco
626:Elco
579:VRB
548:and
520:and
506:HMGs
488:The
407:and
363:The
304:Elba
302:and
209:and
152:The
141:, a
75:news
1570:MTM
1565:MTB
1555:MGB
1550:MAS
587:bhp
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