MTB5 motor torpedo boats (1940, 1940/1941)

Names	MTB5 MTB6 MTB71
Builders	Vosper, Portsmouth, UK: MTB5, 6, 71
Completed	5/1940: MTB5, 6 7/1940 // 11.1941: MTB71
Losses	MTB5 (1.7.1941), MTB6 (29.6.1940)
Transfers	UK, 2.1942: MTB71 (MTB71)
Discarding	None

Displacement standard, t

25

Displacement full, t
32

Length, m
18.6

Breadth, m
4.67

Draught, m
0.94 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines

Power, h. p.
2300

Max speed, kts

41

Fuel, t

petrol 5330 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 4 DC

Complement
10

Project history: On the eve of war Norwegian Navy ordered 4 61ft wooden MTBs on Vosper. With the beginning of operations they were confiscated, but after German intrusion into Norway, British Government in May 1940 has transferred to new ally two of four ordered boats. Both were lost. Two MTBs of the same class were commissioned by RN as МТВ71 and МТВ72. One of RN pair, MTB71, was Norwegian-manned also a short time.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MTB5 1940

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

COASTAL FORCES

MTB5 motor torpedo boats (1940, 1940/1941)

Displacement standard, t	25
Displacement full, t	32
Length, m	18.6
Breadth, m	4.67
Draught, m	0.94 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines
Power, h. p.	2300
Max speed, kts	41
Fuel, t	petrol 5330 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 4 DC
Complement	10