Allied Warships

HMS MGB 601 (MGB 601)

Motor Gun Boat of the Fairmile D class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Gun Boat
ClassFairmile D 
PennantMGB 601 
ModMotor Gun Boat 
Built byTough Bros. Ltd. (Teddington, England, U.K.) 
Ordered15 Mar 1941 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned9 Mar 1942 
Lost24 Jul 1942 
History

Sunk after an explosion and fire at Dover on 24 July 1942 after action with enemy forces during the night of 20/21 July.

 

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1T/Lt. Allan Arthur Gotelee, RNVR194224 Jul 1942

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