MTB222 Sperwer 1942
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Names |
MTB222 Sperwer MTB229 Gier MTB231 Stormvogel MTB235 Sperwer MTB236 Havik MTB240 Buizerd |
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Builders |
McLean, Renfrew, UK: MTB222 Sperwer McGruer, Clyder, UK: MTB229 Gier, MTB231 Stormvogel Berthon, Lymington, UK: MTB235 Sperwer Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK: MTB236 Havik Morgan Gyles, Teignmouth, UK: MTB240 Buizerd |
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Completed |
4-6/1942: MTB222 Sperwer, MTB240 Buizerd 1942 // 4-6/1942: MTB235 Sperwer 1942 // 7-8/1943: MTB229 Gier , MTB231 Stormvogel, MTB236 Havik |
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Losses |
None |
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Transfers |
United Kingdom, 6.1942: MTB222 Sperwer (MTB222); 1946: MTB229 Gier, MTB231 Stormvogel, MTB235 Sperwer, MTB236 Havik, MTB240 Buizerd |
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Discarding |
None |
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Displacement standard, t |
39.4 |
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Displacement full, t |
47 |
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Length, m |
22.1 |
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Breadth, m |
5.84 |
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Draught, m |
1.27 deep load |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Packard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
3750 |
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Max speed, kts |
37 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 11700 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC |
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Electronic equipment |
type 286U or type 286PU radar |
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Complement |
12 - 13 |
Project history: One of standard British-built MTBs of WWII era. Wooden-hulled. The first MTBs, transferred to Dutch Navy on lend-lease: MTB222 and 240 right after completions (and the first was replaced in some weeks by MTB235); and MTB229, 231 and 236 from British 9th MTB flotilla.
Modernizations: 1943 - 1944, all: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Naval service: No significant events.
MTB523 1944
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