HMS Gay Bombardier (P1042)

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gay Bombardier
Builder	Vosper & Company
Launched	28 August 1952
Identification	Pennant number: P1042
Fate	Sold on 26 July 1963.
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 (22.9 m)
Beam	20 ft 1 in (6.1 m)
Draught	4 ft 1 in (1.2 m)
Propulsion	3 × V12 Packard engines; 1,500 hp;
Speed	40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Complement	13
Armament	Either:; 2 × 40mm guns; 2 × 21-inch torpedoes; Or:; 1 × 4.5-inch gun; 1 × 40mm gun;

HMS Gay Bombardier was a 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]

References

^ Olver, Jeremy. "Gay Class Fast Patrol Boats". The Royal Navy Postwar, 25 February 2001.Archived from the original 12 October 2008.
^ British Military Powerboat Trust - Gay Class

[1] Olver, Jeremy. "Gay Class Fast Patrol Boats". The Royal Navy Postwar, 25 February 2001.Archived from the original 12 October 2008.

[2] British Military Powerboat Trust - Gay Class

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v t e Gay-class fast patrol boats
Gay Archer Gay Bombardier Gay Bowman Gay Bruiser Gay Caribineer Gay Cavalier Gay Centurion Gay Charger Gay Charioteer Gay Dragoon Gay Fencer Gay Forester
Followed by: Dark class
List of patrol vessels of the Royal Navy