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2 Minutes: Steam Gun Boats - The 'Gray' Class

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Study 2 Minutes: Steam Gun Boats - The 'Gray' Class, a Dr. Alex Clarke video from 21 Sept 2020, with 3 time notes. Topics include Coastal Forces, E Boats, Royal Navy.

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Runtime2:28
Guide points3 time notes

Time notes

  1. 0:01
    Grey Goose's survival as a houseboat

    In 2020, Grey Goose was the sole surviving Steam Gun Boat, altered by her postwar conversion to a houseboat in Kent.

    Notable Point
  2. 0:43
    Seven Steam Gun Boats completed, one lost

    The Royal Navy completed seven Steam Gun Boats and lost one. Grey Fox was offered for sale in October 1947 and appears to have been scrapped.

    Chapter
  3. 1:12
    Steam Gun Boats against the E-boat threat

    Fairmile boats and the larger, costlier Steam Gun Boats were two Royal Navy responses to the E-boat threat.

    Notable Point