Name 501 Class and type Motor Gun Boat Beam 19 ft 6 in (5.94 m) Builder Camper and Nicholsons | Completed 1942 Displacement 95 long tons (97 t) Length 36 m | |
Fate Sank after an internal explosion, off Lands End, on 27 July 1942 | ||
HM Motor Gun Boat 501 was a Motor Gun Boat operated by Royal Navy Coastal Forces during the Second World War. She was initially built as a combined anti-submarine boat and motor torpedo boat, but instead was completed as a motor gun boat.
Loss
HM MGB 501 was lost off Land's End on 27 July 1942, after an internal explosion.
References
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