Hms gay archer meme

Champions Club's Chief shit talker. Photo from the Colin W. Hewitt Collection Courtesy of Colin W. Hewitt Scan by Philip J. Heydon, I. Two images of HMS Gay Archer, whilst undergoing trials in a gun boat configuration, though date and location are not known. Some are somewhat understandable due to lack of pictures, but most could have been avoided with a simple bit of research.

I much prefer ships be modeled after their wartime refit. She was built by Vosper, Portchester, and launched on 20 August HMS Gay Archer () was the first of the Gay class, a fleet of twelve vessels built in by Vosper's of Portchester for the Royal Navy to strengthen Britain's coastal defences.

Hi guys, today Gaijin anounced HMS Gay Archer for the upcoming battle pass, and as the one who suggested a few members of the class, i was somewhat disappointed to see that the ship model was completely ahistorical to how HMS Gay Archer was configured and appeared during actual service.

During her service the main gun based on most photos was a bofors 40mm mk 7, as seen previously. Whom ever modelled the ship used photographs of this rebuild to model the ship but unfortunately, this referb was done on a budget and is very much different to how the ship actually appeared and was armed in service.

Edit: HMS Gay Archer restored you can clearly see the 20mm on the back which was added on to it but historically wouldn’t have been there. May 15, HMS Gay Charioteer P left and HMS Gay Archer P seen on the River Thames escorting the Royal Barge. Photo of HMS Gay Bombardier, showing the twin 20mm mount that would have been fitted to HMS Gay Archer during her early torpedo boat configuration, as you can see it varies wildly from what is presented in the dev blog.

The British Gay Archer torpedo boat will appear in the game as one of the top prizes in the new season of the War Thunder Battle Pass, named “Tropical Storm”!. Whilst in Aarhus Harbour, Denmark. Three images showing hms Gay Archer in Aarhus Harbour, Denmark on 18 May she was alongside MTB P, which caught fire and exploded.

Designed from a World War II hull specification but modernised. HMS Gay Charger was commanded by Nigel Lawson during his National Service. image × Two images showing HMS Gay Archer after almost sinking after striking a boon. Whilst on delivery from Vosper to the Royal Navy, her hull was punctured.[1] During her time with the Royal Navy, she was nearly sunk on two occasions.

So far we are two for two this update, as the vickers mk 11 is missing its roof-mounted 50 cal. Also I love the 4. June Four Gay class boats, including HMS Gay Archer P foreground seen at Hon Fleur, France. Two additional photos showing a Gay class configured with the forward 40mm.

I believe this one was modeled after the civilian refit too. For a such a bland BP vehicle, the least they could do is make it correct and not this lazy overlooked trash. HMS Gay Archer was a Gay-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy. MaritimeQuest - HMS Gay Archer P Page 1.

Below serves as a brief summery of what is wrong with the ship as present and what needs to be rectified to make the model historically accurate plus additional historical photos to cement my information. They have removed the glass around the bridge too, but have yet to touch the radar and comms mast.

[1][2] Gay Fencer became a target vessel and was sunk off Portland in , while Gay Archer was damaged while being delivered to. She was built by Vosper, Portchester, and launched on 20 August She was the first of twelve vessels of the Gay-class fast patrol boats.

The rear of the ship has also lost the 20mm, but so far that area has not been changed otherwise. An update on the model provided by smin, they seem to have so far corrected the 40mm on the front along with the arming devices for the torp tubes, though they are orientated in the wrong direction.

In order to substantiate these claims I will now affix several photos and their incumbent context:. Gay Dragoon appeared as in The Ship That Died of Shame, a film based on a book by Nicholas Monsarrat and starring Richard Attenborough. At least that’s what I think happened.

Above is a screenshot of the ship as it currently appears in the devblog and circled are parts that are historically inaccurate and based of the civilian rebuild of the vessel by a private collector. HMS Gay Archer was a Gay-class fast patrol boat of the Royal Navy.