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...
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they were stricken in 2016. The Asheville-class gunboats were originally designated PGM motor gunboats, but were reclassified in 1967 as PG patrol combatant...
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PGM-9-class motor gunboats were a class of 24 gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1944 to 1945, succeeding the PGM-1-class motor gunboats. All...
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The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was a type of British motor torpedo boat (MTB) and motor gunboat (MGB), conceived by entrepreneur Noel Macklin of Fairmile...
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The Nuoli-class motor gunboats (English: Arrow) was a series of thirteen fast attack craft of the Finnish Navy. The ships were constructed in 1961 by Oy...
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PGM-1-class motor gunboats were a class of eight gunboats converted for the United States Navy from 1943 to 1944 and were succeeded by the PGM-9-class motor gunboats...
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War, Britain fielded a variety of motor launches (MLs), motor torpedo boats (MTBs), motor gunboats (MGBs) and motor anti-submarine boats (MASBs), which...
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2007. "PGM-40". Motor Gunboat / Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive. Retrieved November 6, 2011. "PGM-41". Motor Gunboat / Patrol Gunboat Photo Archive. Retrieved...
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Monitory, Kanonerskiye Lodki i Bronekatera [Soviet Monitors, Gunboats and Armoured Motor Gunboats] (in Russian). Vol. II. Sankt-Petrburg. ISBN 5-8172-0091-0...
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Missile boat (redirect from Sa'ar gunboat)
budgetary issues. List of missile boat classes Fast attack craft Motor torpedo boat Motor gunboat Ballistic missile submarine (sometimes called a "missile boat")...
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The PGM-39-class gunboats, designated Patrol Gunboat, Motor by the United States Navy were a class of fifty nine gunboats constructed in various shipyards...
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of Mangalia, the Romanian gunboat Stihi informed the Romanian 250t-class torpedo boat Năluca (converted to gunboat) and motor torpedo boats Viscolul and...
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monitors and two armored motor gunboats, as well as the sinking of another armored motor gunboat. The two damaged Soviet gunboats were the result of an action...
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were lost, and one vessel was lost after conversion to a PGM-9-class motor gunboat. Only one of the class, USS PC-566 commanded by Lieutenant Commander...
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precision weapon maker A US Navy hull classification symbol: Patrol motor gunboat (PGM) Ibanez PGM, the signature guitar model of Paul Gilbert Playground...
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The Fairmile C motor gun boat was a type of motor gunboat designed by Norman Hart of Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy. An intermediate design, twenty-four...
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National Register of Historic Vessels. Harbour launch High-speed launch Motor gunboat Motor torpedo boat Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy R boat – German World...
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War II. The MFP was used for transport, minelaying, as an escort and a gunboat in the Mediterranean, Baltic and Black Seas as well as the English Channel...
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River-class offshore patrol craft Clyde MTB 102 motor torpedo boat Gay-class interchangeable motor gunboat / torpedo boats Gay Archer - launched 20 August...
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USS SC-1366, later PGM-8 USS SC-1367 These were British design Fairmile B motor launches built in Canada and loaned to US. USS SC-1474 / SCC-1474 USS SC-1475...
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These ships of the Allied navies of World War II were present in Tokyo Bay on Victory over Japan Day (2 September 1945) when the Japanese Instrument of...
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USS PGM-1 (category PGM-1-class motor gunboats)
USS PGM-1 was a PGM-1 class motor gunboat that served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally laid down as an SC-497 class submarine...
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USS Marathon (PGM-89) (category Asheville-class gunboats)
waterways. The second ship to be named Marathon by the Navy, PGM-89, a motor gunboat, was laid down 21 June 1966 by Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma,...
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USS PGM-9 (category PGM-9-class motor gunboats)
USS PGM-9 was a PGM-9-class motor gunboat in service with the United States Navy during World War II. Laid down by Consolidated Ship Building Corp. on...
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Fast attack craft (category Gunboat classes)
four craft. The design matured in the mid-1930s as the motor torpedo boats (MTBs) and motor gunboats (MGBs) of the Royal Navy, the PT boats of the US Navy...
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BAP Río Chira (PC 12) (redirect from Río Chira (gunboat))
BAP Río Chira (PC 12) is a motor gunboat in the Peruvian Coast Guard. She was built under American influence at SIMA Callao Shipyard and laid down initially...
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vessel. Torpedo gunboat were a form of gunboat armed with torpedoes and designed for hunting and destroying smaller torpedo boats. Motor gunboat is a type of...
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night on Bonaparte Beach and taken to Plymouth, England by a Royal Navy motor gunboat. The planned evacuations were risky. The Germans offered substantial...
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quickly. The first gas-turbine-powered naval vessel was the Royal Navy's motor gunboat MGB 2009 (formerly MGB 509) converted in 1947. Metropolitan-Vickers...
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HM Motor Gun Boat 501 was a motor gunboat operated by Royal Navy Coastal Forces during the Second World War. The design, prepared by Bill Holt of the DNC's...
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