page_title: Motor gunboat
hierarchical_section_title: Motor gunboat
caption_attribution_description: English: MGB 314 (14 Motor Gun Boat Flotilla)
context_page_description: A motor gunboat was a British Second World War small high-speed military vessel armed, in contrast to the physically similar motor torpedo boats, with a mix of guns instead of torpedoes. Their small size and high speed made them difficult targets for German E-boats, though, like these opponents, they were limited by heavy weather, when they did not provide a stable enough platform to aim the guns. The large number of guns meant the crew was relatively large, numbering as high as thirty men on the largest boats.
context_section_description: A motor gunboat (MGB) was a British Second World War small high-speed military vessel armed, in contrast to the physically similar motor torpedo boats (MTBs), with a mix of guns instead of torpedoes. Their small size and high speed made them difficult targets for German E-boats, though, like these opponents, they were limited by heavy weather, when they did not provide a stable enough platform to aim the guns. The large number of guns meant the crew was relatively large, numbering as high as thirty men on the largest boats.
caption: MGB 314, a Fairmile C, during World War II
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