MV Gay Viking
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Gay Viking was a blockade runner of the British Merchant Navy. Originally under construction as a Motor Gun Boat, Gay Viking was one of eight vessels that were ordered by the Turkish Navy, but were requisitioned by the Royal Navy to serve with Coastal Forces during the Second World War. Originally intended to be HMMGB 506, the vessel was instead completed as a blockade runner for the Merchant Navy and named Gay Viking. She operated out of Hull on two separate operations to the Scandinavian countries. She was one of the more successful of her group, but was lost in a collision while returning from one of these operations. Reports indicate that she may have been salvaged after this and gone on to sail for a considerable number of years as a civilian vessel.
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MV Gay Viking
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MV Gay Viking
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* as intended:
* 1 × 6 pounder Hotchkiss
* 1 × 2 pounder autocannon
* 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
* 2 × depth charges
* after modification:
* 4 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
* 8 × .303 in Vickers MGs
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MGB 502 Motor gunboat
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21
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July 1943
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--02-05
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60
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MV Gay Viking
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* 3 × Paxman VEE RB engines
* 3 × 800 hp = 2400 hp
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Gay Viking was a blockade runner of the British Merchant Navy. Originally under construction as a Motor Gun Boat, Gay Viking was one of eight vessels that were ordered by the Turkish Navy, but were requisitioned by the Royal Navy to serve with Coastal Forces during the Second World War. Originally intended to be HMMGB 506, the vessel was instead completed as a blockade runner for the Merchant Navy and named Gay Viking. She operated out of Hull on two separate operations to the Scandinavian countries. She was one of the more successful of her group, but was lost in a collision while returning from one of these operations. Reports indicate that she may have been salvaged after this and gone on to sail for a considerable number of years as a civilian vessel.
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* Sunk in a collision on 5 February 1945
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* May have been re-floated and used as civilian vessel until 1973
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