MTB50 motor torpedo boats (1941/1941-1942)

MTB50 1942

Names	MTB50-52 MTB54 MTB56
Builders	Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: MTB50-52, 54, 56
Completed	4-12/1941 // 7.1941-2/1942: MTB50-52, 54, 56
Losses	None
Transfers	UK, 6.1942: MTB50-52, 54, 56
Discarding	None

Displacement standard, t

37

Displacement full, t

52

Length, m

23.0

Breadth, m

5.18

Draught, m

1.00 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Thornycroft petrol engines

Power, h. p.

2600

Max speed, kts

25.3 - 29 on trials

Fuel, t

petrol 8410 - 9090 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

Armament

1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC or 4 mines

Complement

10 - 12

Project history: Former British wooden Thornycroft 75ft MTBs. All were returned to UK, and their crews were gone to "Fairmile D" type MTBs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MTB50 1941

ROYAL NORWEGIAN NAVY (NORWAY)

COASTAL FORCES

MTB50 motor torpedo boats (1941/1941-1942)

Displacement standard, t	37
Displacement full, t	52
Length, m	23.0
Breadth, m	5.18
Draught, m	1.00 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Thornycroft petrol engines
Power, h. p.	2600
Max speed, kts	25.3 - 29 on trials
Fuel, t	petrol 8410 - 9090 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC or 4 mines
Complement	10 - 12