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Camper & Nicholson-built motor torpedo boats


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
i     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (MGB502)
ii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (MGB503)
iii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Hopewell)
iv     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Nonsuch)
v     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Gay Viking)
vi     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Gay Corsair)
vii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Master Standfast)
viii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (MGB509)


100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate i     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (MGB502) ii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (MGB503) iii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Hopewell) iv     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Nonsuch) v     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Gay Viking) vi     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Gay Corsair) vii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (Master Standfast) viii     Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK     2.1941 // --- completed for United Kingdom (MGB509)

Technical data


Displacement standard, t

86.5

Displacement full, t

102.5

Length, m

35.7

Breadth, m

5.82

Draught, m

1.31 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Paxman diesels

Power, h. p.

3000

Max speed, kts

28

Fuel, t

diesel oil 22700 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC

Complement

21



Standard scale images


<i>Gay Viking</i> 1943
Gay Viking 1943


Project history

In 1939 Turkey ordered to Camper & Nicholson eight large 117ft MTBs. After a beginning of war these boats were requisitioned by the Great Britain and completed for Royal Navy as MGB502-509, actually five of them were completed as cargo launches / blockade runners.