| Name: | S G B 6 |
| Type: | Steam Gun Boat |
| Keel: | 28/03/1941 |
| Launched: | 17/10/1941 |
| Completed: | 30/04/1942 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 646 |
| Dimensions: | 175disp - 255disp, 135.3 x 23.3 x 5.5(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR geared, 8000shp |
| Engines by: | Metropolitan-Vickers "Metrovick", Manchester |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 35.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 2pdr, 2 x 2 x 0.5ins guns, 2 x 1 x 21.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 30/04/1942 | British Royal Navy |
| 07/1942 | Named GREY SHARK |
| 13/10/1947 | Unknown owner |
| No later history known | |
| Comments: | 1944: Converted to a fast minesweeper |
| Final armament 2 x 2 x 20mm guns only | |
| 13/10/1947: Sold to a private buyer | |
| 1949: Converted to a houseboat |
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