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HMS GAY CHARIOTEER
Type/Class Admiralty > MTBs
Designer: Admitalty / Vosper
Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd
Year: 1953
Ship statusUnknown
Yard Number671
Known History
2nd Squadron Devonport manned 1954/55
High speed target towing vessel based at HMNB Devonport from 1959.
Put into reserve in 1964.
Sold in 1971. Eventual fate unknown.
ConstructionHard Chine Hull
LOA75 ft 2 in (22.91 m)
Beam20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Draft 4 ft 1 in (1.24 m)
Displacement51 Tons
OwnerAdmiralty
Previous Ownership
Admiralty - Launched 12th June 1953
