BRITISH POWER BOATS co 70ft MOTOR GUN BOAT & MOTOR ANTI/SUBMARINE BOAT

MGB 59

Builders: British Powerboat Co. Hythe~Southampton 1940
Machinery: 3 x Rolls Royce MERLIN'S high-octane petrol engines
Maximum speed: 40 knots max
Length: 70 ft
Beam: 19 ft 11inch
Crew: 12.  2 Officers, and 10 ratings
Armament: 1: 20mm Oerlikon Cannon or 1: 40mm Rolls Royce cannon,  1 or 2 X twin .500 Vickers MG’s in  power turrets, eight depth-charges and 2 .303 MG’s on deck mounts
Displacement: 34 tons
Admiralty No’s: MGB 50-67 MA/SB 6/21 

Model built by CJ Walters 2001    

70ft MA/SB with twin Vickers .500's and a 40mm Rolls Royce cannon.

The photos below are of our new model under construction, the vac-formed wheelhouse is only a pre-production sample and not the correct top for the Motor Gun Boat we are building. A revised top will be used to complete this model. Most of the fittings that will be used on this model will be from our own range along with new items.  The  Vickers .500 Machine Guns in the power turrets and 10ft clinker are available  from Precision Controls

The model is powered by 2 Electronize 543-23 motors with  3 blade plastic props running on 9.6 volt 3000 mah Ni-cad battery pack. This gives a good scale speed and appearance, running time is around 25 minuets on and off the plain. The prop shafts and rudders have been made to fit from our HDML range of fittings, now available for this model using a bearing post for each shaft .

For information and prices on this hull and wheel house see our page "PBM hulls".

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Some of the fitting used in these four photos are those made for the HDML and MA/SB, new hatches have been made to suite this particular MGB, which are also suitable for the 63ft MA/SB & A/SR. 

 We  have a set of fittings available to complement the hull and wheelhouse package sold by POWERED BOAT MOULDINGS.

The photos below are of our 70ft MGB  using a production vac-form from Powered Boat Mouldings along with new fittings and scratch built items, again some fittings are made by Precision Controls. We are fortunate enough to have a set of original British Power Boat co plans draw in 1941 to make this model from.

I would like to that Cpt Trevor Robotham for his kind help with the plans.  Cpt  Robotham along with a team are restoring a 70ft MGB #60 at Newsons boat yard.

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The photos taken below show our MGB almost complete. All major paint work has be completed and there are just a few small job to complete, such as a few more deck hands, flags, life belts and the running number. The solid colour on the side of the hull is as near to "WESTERN APPROACH BLUE" as we could mix. It make a nice change to see a MGB in white rather than the traditional battle ship grey.

This is how MGB 59 and others in her class would have looked like in late 1941, early 1942.

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MGB 59 FINISHED UNTIL WE HAVE ANY PHOTOS TO 

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