HMS Gay Bombardier

HMS Gay Bombardier was a Gay-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy. She was built by Vosper, Portchester, and launched on 28 August 1952. She was the second ship to be launched in her class.

History
United Kingdom
Name	HMS Gay Bombardier
Builder	Vosper & Company
Launched	28 August 1952
Identification	Pennant number: P1042
Fate	Sold on 26 July 1963.[1]
General characteristics
Class & type	Gay-class fast patrol boat
Displacement	50 long tons (51 t) (standard) 65 long tons (66 t) (deep)
Length	75 ft 2 in (22.9 m)
Beam	20 ft 1 in (6.1 m)
Draught	4 ft 1 in (1.2 m)
Propulsion	3 × V12 Packard engines 1,500 hp
Speed	40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph)
Complement	13
Armament	Either: 2 × 40 mm guns 2 × 21-inch torpedoes Or: 1 × 4.5-inch gun 1 × 40 mm gun

Following her sale to a private individual, she was seized and confiscated by the Italian Customs service in the mid-1960s. Her eventual fate is unknown.^[2]