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MTB90 motor torpedo boats (1942-1943/1943)

MTB90 1943

Names

MTB90 - 92

MTB94

MTB96

MTB98

MTB227

MTB239

Builders

Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK: MTB90 - 92

Berthon, UK: MTB94

Morgan Gyles, Teignmouth, UK: MTB96

Vosper, Portsmouth, UK: MTB98

McLean, Renfrew, UK: MTB227

Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK: MTB239

Completed

1942 // 1943: MTB90, 91, 94, 96, 98, 227, 239

1943 // 1943: MTB92

Losses

none

Transfers

UK, 2.1946: MTB90-92, 94, 96, 98, 227, 239

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

39.4

Displacement full, t

47

Length, m

22.1

Breadth, m

5.84

Draught, m

1.27 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Packard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

3750

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

petrol 11400 - 11700 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 1800(18)

Armament

MTB90 - 92, 94, 96, 98: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 4 DC

MTB227, 239: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC

Electronic equipment

type 286U or type 286PU radar

Complement

12 - 13

Project history: British-built ex-RN Vosper-type MTBs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MTB96 1944

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