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ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

COASTAL FORCES

MTB1 motor torpedo boats

Names

MTB1-4

Builders

British Power Boat, Hythe, UK: MTB1-4

Completed

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Losses

to UK before commission: MTB1-4 (MGB40-43)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

24

Displacement full, t

31

Length, m

19.2

Breadth, m

5.00

Draught, m

1.08

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Rolls-Royce petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

36

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 7.6/80, 2 - 450 TT

Complement

10

Project history: BPB 60ft MTBs. All were requisitioned by British Government when the war begun and commissioned by RN as motor gunboats.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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