HM Motor Gun Boat 2007
HM Motor Gun Boat 2007 was a Motor Gun Boat operated by Royal Navy Coastal Forces during the Second World War. She was initially built as one of eight gun boats ordered by the Turkish Navy, but which went on to see service in the North Sea as fast blockade runners. She was initially classed as the merchant vessel Gay Corsair, crewed by men of the merchant navy and sailing under the red ensign. She became HM Motor Gunboat 507 after being acquired by the Royal Navy, and finally HM Motor Gun Boat 2007. She was wrecked under this name in 1945.
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HM Motor Gun Boat 2007
HM Motor Gun Boat 2007 was a Motor Gun Boat operated by Royal Navy Coastal Forces during the Second World War. She was initially built as one of eight gun boats ordered by the Turkish Navy, but which went on to see service in the North Sea as fast blockade runners. She was initially classed as the merchant vessel Gay Corsair, crewed by men of the merchant navy and sailing under the red ensign. She became HM Motor Gunboat 507 after being acquired by the Royal Navy, and finally HM Motor Gun Boat 2007. She was wrecked under this name in 1945.
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HM Motor Gun Boat 2007 was a M ...... ecked under this name in 1945.
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3.56616e+1
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1943-08-24
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Wrecked 24 May 1945
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*1 × 6-pounder Hotchkiss
*1 × 2-pounder pom-pom
*4 × 20mm machine guns
*2 × depth charges
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*3 × Paxman VRB engines
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Ship renamed
*Launched in 1943 as Gay Corsa ...... *HM Motor Gunboat 2007 in 1945
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HM Motor Gun Boat 2007 was a M ...... ecked under this name in 1945.
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HM Motor Gun Boat 2007
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2007
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