Wartime Builds Chart

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The Morgan Giles shipyard  built over 100 vessels during the second world war.

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Evacuation of Tolbruk 1942

Two Morgan Giles HDMLs were captured by German Forces during the evacuation of Tolbruk in 1942.

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The engine running on The Margherita (HMS Tresham)

Two Minesweepers were built by Morgan Giles in the 1950s as part of a NATO programme to counter mines, which it was believed would be laid by the Soviet Union in western European coastal and inshore waters in the event of a war.

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The Morgan Giles Register

HMS GAY CHARGER

Gay Charger 2

Type/Class Admiralty > MTBs

Designer: Admiralry/Vosper

Builder: Morgan Giles Ltd

Year: 1953

Ship statusUnknown
Yard Number670
Known History

Launched 12th January 1953.  Sold January 1967.

Eventual Fate unkown.

ConstructionHard Chine Hull
LOA75 ft 2 in (22.91 m)
Beam20 ft 1 in (6.12 m)
Draft 4 ft 1 in (1.24 m)
Displacement51 Tons
OwnerAdmiralty

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