Vosper 70/72/ 73 ft deck material?

[Laurence]

Cannot find specific info in literature and web regarding type of deck:
Steel (armour) deck?
Wood deck?

Thanks in Advance for any answer, if possible with reference.

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[invisible officer]

Wood

[Laurence]

Thanks..that leads to my final question about deck:
Home fleet steel decks 1936-1943 were painted dark grey, same the wooden deck of Vospers in this period?

What about the dark blue-grey paint (B.5/B.15)- was used for decks as well for Home Fleet, or only for vessels including coastal forces in Mediterranean?

• This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Laurence.
• This reply was modified 4 years, 4 months ago by Laurence.

[invisible officer]

Yes, dark Grey.

For sources have a look into
arships Number 13 Vosper in Action by squadon Signal.

For look you might also look into my older Vosper Posts, based on the sources.

[Laurence]

My question was because in the book from John Lambert & Al Ross “Allied Coastal Forces of World War II Vol. II
page 176 it says:
“[..] following areas were to be painted dark blue-grey (B.15): the deck [..]”

page 177: “As a rule, RN coastal forces craft used only B.15, G.45, and white [..]”.

But in other info I cannot find a confirmation of so I wonder why they stated such.

Thanks again, I will check your older Vosper posts.

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