May have been re-floated and used as civilian vessel until 1973
General characteristics
Class and type
MGB 502 Motor gunboat
Displacement
95 long tons (97 t)
Length
117 ft (36 m)
Beam
20 ft 3 in (6.17 m)
Draught
4 ft 1 in (1.24 m)
Propulsion
3 × Paxman VEE RB engines
3 × 800 hp = 2400 hp
Speed
28 knots (52 km/h) (max.)
25 knots (46 km/h) (cruising)
Range
2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) at 11 kn (20 km/h)
Complement
21
Armament
as intended:
1 × 6 pounder Hotchkiss
1 × 2 pounder autocannon
4 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons (2 twin)
2 × depth charges
after modification:
4 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons (2 twin)
8 × .303 in Vickers MGs (1 quadruple, 2 twin)
Gay Viking was a blockade runner of the British Merchant Navy. Originally under construction as a Motor Gun Boat, Gay Viking was one of eight vessels that were ordered by the Turkish Navy, but were requisitioned by the Royal Navy to serve with Coastal Forces during the Second World War. Originally intended to be HMMGB 506, the vessel was instead completed as a blockade runner for the Merchant Navy and named Gay Viking. She operated out of Hull on two separate operations to the Scandinavian countries. She was one of the more successful of her group, but was lost in a collision while returning from one of these operations. Reports indicate that she may have been salvaged after this and gone on to sail for a considerable number of years as a civilian vessel.
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to bring ball bearings out of neutral Sweden. MGB 506 became MVGayViking, and MGB 507 Gay Corsair, . They also built Motor torpedo boats This included...
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