Motor Gun Boats
All Motor Gun Boat classes
The list is divided by navy, then ordered by commissioned date of each class (oldest first).
| Commissioned | ||
|---|---|---|
Royal Navy | ||
| Higgins 70 feet-type (12) | 1940 - 1941 | |
| VTB-11 (former French) (2) | 1940 - 1940 | |
| Fairmile C (24) | 1941 - 1941 | |
| Elco 70 feet-type (12) | 1941 - 1941 | |
| BPB 72 feet-type (34) | 1942 - 1943 | |
| Camper&Nicholson-type (4) | 1942 - 1945 | |
| Higgins 82 feet-type (15) | 1944 - 1944 | |
7 ship classes.
Please note that we list the classes by navies that initiated/owned the class.
Often vessels of certain classes were then built for other nations (or lent), those ships are not visible here but only through the navies pages or by looking into each class.
War losses: Motor Gun Boats
| Date | Vessel | Class | ||
1941 | ||||
 | Mar 1941 | HMS MGB 98 (MGB 98) | VTB-11 (former French) | |
| 16 Jul 1941 | HMS MGB 90 (ii) (MGB 90) | Elco 70 feet-type | |
| 16 Jul 1941 | HMS MGB 92 (ii) (MGB 92) | Elco 70 feet-type | |
1942 | ||||
| 28 Mar 1942 | HMS MGB 314 (MGB 314) | Fairmile C | |
| 21 Jul 1942 | HMS MGB 328 (MGB 328) | Fairmile C | |
| 27 Jul 1942 | HMS MGB 501 (MGB 501) | Camper&Nicholson-type | |
| 10 Sep 1942 | HMS MGB 335 (MGB 335) | Fairmile C | |
| 3 Oct 1942 | HMS MGB 78 (MGB 78) | BPB 72 feet-type | |
| 6 Oct 1942 | HMS MGB 76 (MGB 76) | BPB 72 feet-type | |
1943 | ||||
| 7 Feb 1943 | HMS MGB 109 (MGB 109) | BPB 72 feet-type | |
| 28 Feb 1943 | HMS MGB 79 (MGB 79) | BPB 72 feet-type | |
| 29 May 1943 | HMS MGB 110 (MGB 110) | BPB 72 feet-type | |
1944 | ||||
| 27 Jun 1944 | HMS MGB 326 (MGB 326) | Fairmile C | |
| 9 Jul 1944 | HMS MGB 115 (MGB 115) | BPB 72 feet-type | |
| 16 Aug 1944 | HMS MGB 313 (MGB 313) | Fairmile C | |
1945 | ||||
| Apr 1945 | HMS MGB 99 (MGB 99) | VTB-11 (former French) | |
16 Motor Gun Boats lost. See all Allied Warship losses.
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