Motor gunboats

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   Many boats built by British Power Boats started their career as an MGBs but were later converted to MTBs. Does anyone knows the correspondance between their number as MGBs and those as MTBs ?

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dldldl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote dldldl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Motor gunboats Posted: 01 November 2007 at 4:38pm
	Many boats built by British Power Boats started their career as an MGBs but were later converted to MTBs. Does anyone knows the correspondance between their number as MGBs and those as MTBs ?

Christian Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 17 June 2005 Location: Gibraltar Status: Offline Points: 775	Post Options Post Reply Quote Christian Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2007 at 6:13pm
	The 71' 6" British Power Boat MGBs re-numbering sequences from Fast Boats and Flying Boats by A Rance; MGB 74-81 became MTB 412-416 MGB 107-109 became MTB 417-418 MGB 110-122 became MTB 430-441 MGB 123-130 became MTB 442-449 MGB 131-138 became MTB 450-457 BPB MTBs from MTB 458 onwards were built as MTBs. N.B. There's more MGBs than MTBs due to wartime losses.

dldldl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote dldldl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 01 November 2007 at 9:04pm
	Thanks for the fast answer

dldldl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote dldldl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 November 2007 at 4:40am
	I still have problems with the conversion list. Let's take MGB-110 for example. She was sunk off West Dyck on May 29, 1943 (German source). She should have been renumbered MTB-430, which in fact was sunk on July 27, 1944 off Normandy. It seems to be too many lives for only one boat

dldldl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote dldldl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 November 2007 at 5:06am
	Disregard my previous message: I'm better at e-mails than at math. I'm checking if the correspondance works (it does for "MGB 74-81 became MTB 412-416" at least)

dldldl Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 01 November 2007 Status: Offline Points: 16	Post Options Post Reply Quote dldldl Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 02 November 2007 at 7:21am
	Yes it works. Thank you very much

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	Erik, Mark at Flew Sails www.flewsails.co.uk 01329 551674 made the cover for 81. Richard
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