HMS Gay Bombardier (P1042)

Career
Name: HMS Gay Bombardier
Builder: Vosper & Company
Launched: 28 August 1952
Fate: Sold on 26 July 1963.[1]
General characteristics
Class and type: Gay class fast patrol boat
Displacement: 50 long tons (51 t) (standard)
65 long tons (66 t) (deep)
Length: 75 ft 2 in (22.91 m)
Beam: 20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Draught: 4 ft 1 in (1.24 m)
Propulsion: 3 x V12 Packard engines
1,500 hp
Speed: 40 knots (46 mph; 74 km/h)
Complement: 13
Armament:

Either:

  • 2 x 40mm guns
  • 2 x 21-inch torpedoes

Or:

  • 1 x 4.5-inch gun
  • 1 x 40mm gun
Notes: Pennant = P1042

HMS Gay Bombardier (P1042) was an Gay-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vosper, Portchester, and launched on 28 August 1952. She was the second ship to be launched in her class.

Following her sale to a private individual, she was seized and confiscated by the Italian Customs service in the mid-1960s. Her eventual fate is unknown.[2]

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