Q&A · 11:45-11:54

Where gas turbines enter the fast-boat story

A brief pointer places gas-turbine experimentation in the postwar Vosper lineage rather than the wartime boats under discussion.

Question

Did the Royal Navy consider putting a gas turbine into a motor gun boat?

Short answer

Yes. Postwar Vosper designs are the place to look for turbine-powered fast-craft development.

Notes

The answer points toward postwar Vosper designs without naming a wartime installation. This keeps the turbine idea separate from the Packard- and Griffon-powered craft discussed later in the stream. It identifies a continuation of the fast-boat design story without claiming that wartime motor gun boats used turbines. The passage is a research lead rather than a complete account of a particular class or machinery fit.