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Type C personality[edit]

The infobox has the later boats fitted with 2x2pdr & up to 6 Oerlikons. Is this right? 6 Oerlikons sounds like an awful lot for a boat this size... Trekphiler (talk) 00:58, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to the text I have, yes. Twin .5 Vickers mounts (2 per boat) replaced by single or twin 20mm oerlikon, Holman projector (1 per boat) by a single/twin 20mm. As to how many boats any had the combination for any period of time.....?GraemeLeggett (talk) 12:12, 22 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This is interesting. Navyphotos has a gallery of MLs which includes a nice late / postwar shot of an 'A' type that has been rearmed with three single Oerlikons, but this sort of image seems exceptionally rare. Are there any corroborative images of Type 'C' MGBs as re-armed with cannon? 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:5D41:6EDB:9C31:C714 (talk) 15:34, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Photos[edit]

Photo of MGB 061 seems to be an image of Type 'B' ML 145 and not a Type 'C' MGB at all? There's a 3-pdr Hotchkiss forward, a single Oerlikon aft, no HMG turrets aft of the superstructure (positioned further aft and of slightly different form to Type 'C') and there's a vertical exhaust casing ('funnel'). Not to miss the very obvious deck fittings for mounting extra DCs and torpedo tubes, along with the distinctive two-thirds-length rubbing strake of this type.

This image: https://i.pinimg.com/originals/4f/3f/9b/4f3f9b5727b0a457a10e92f42f235e47.jpg clearly shows the same boat from a different angle and her true identity is very clear, as her pennant number is visible on her bow. This is a Type 'B', 100%.

It's a nice image, but can we move it to the correct article? 2A00:23C7:3119:AD01:5D41:6EDB:9C31:C714 (talk) 15:19, 25 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]