T3 1940
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Names |
T3, 4 T3 - 6 |
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Builders |
Vosper, Portsmouth, UK: T3, 4, 3 - 6 |
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Completed |
2 - 11.1940: T3(i), 4(i) 6 - 9.1941 // ---: T3 - 6 |
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Losses |
requisitioned incomplete by UK early 1941: T3 - 6 T3 (British MTB70 1.1941), T4 (British MTB69 1.1941) |
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Transfers |
None |
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Discarding |
None |
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Displacement standard, t |
32 |
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Displacement full, t |
37 |
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Length, m |
21.9 |
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Breadth, m |
4.98 |
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Draught, m |
1.12 deep load |
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No of shafts |
T3: 2 T4, 3 - 6: 3 |
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Machinery |
T3: 2 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines T4, 3-6: 3 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
T4, 3 - 6: 3450 T2: 2300 |
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Max speed, kts |
T4, 3 - 6: 42 (absolute) 40 (sustained) T3: 25 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 5500 - 8660 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 - 533 TT, 8 DC or 4 mines |
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Complement |
10 |
Project history:
Vosper 70ft class MTBs, ordered in 1939, completed early 1941, but after arrival to Crete requisitioned by Great Britain and
commissioned by Royal Navy as MTB69 and MTB70.
In 1940 Greece ordered to Vosper 4 more
MTBs of 72ft class (T3-6), but they were requisitioned even incompplete and commissioned by RN as MTB218-221.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: No significant events.
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