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Name: P 50
Type: Patrol Boat
Keel:
Launched: 25/11/1916
Completed: 12/1916
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 210
Dimensions: 613disp, 230.0 x 24.0 x 8.0(draft)ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, 3500ihp
Engines by:
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 20.0knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 1 x 4.0ins, 1 x 2pdr QF guns, 2 x 14.0ins torpedoes
History:
12/1916 British Royal Navy
01/12/1921 Broken up
Comments: Member of the P Class of patrol boats or sloops
01/12/1921: Sold for breaking up at Dover by Stanlee Shipbreaking & Salvage Co Ltd


Photo of typical P Class Patrol Boat, courtesy of Photoship

Photo of typical P Class Patrol Boat, courtesy of Photoship