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Originally Posted by Six Nifty .50s
As a side note, nearly all wartime fast patrol boats and subchasers were mainly of wooden construction.
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Even further aside, the Admiralty supplied the plans for wooden fast patrol boats to the Russians who in turn were supplying them to other countries at least into the 1980s. Vosper Thornicroft fitted out at least 6 fpts with modern weapon systems and a fibreglass skin on the hull.