Indeed the plot thickens my dear Doctor!
A great find Greg!
However it brings up more complications, to which later!
Looking at several of the British commissioned boats in the PT 200 series, non have been re designated in series, (typical RN) but the query as to the
CJMN MT 1-8 is on all of them. So it is likely that one or several of those vessels may have been transferred on to the Yugoslav Navy. It doesn't necessarily mean PT201 was transferred.
Just when we thought we were getting somewhere!
If the images on that Yugoslav site are correct then my boat is definitely not a Higgins 78, but an Elco 80.
The bridge on the Higgins is well forward, not leaving room for a forward deck gun. On my boat the bridge is more central and it has offset machine gun turrets. Starboard side turret being alongside the bridge and portside at rear of engine housing.
To add to the frustrations there were no Elco 80' boats delivered to the RN so I need to make mine a foreign vessel. A shame as I would liked to have kept it British!
I suppose that will help finding data, as there seems to be more information about American naval operations on the net.
Annoying though as I have ordered some books about British MTBs and Mediterranean operations.
Greg you really are tenacious when you search!
You even find more sites and info whilst I am posting a reply!
It really is addictive though once you start searching for specific data!
The search now switches to Elco 80' vessels! Sorry!
