home

fighting ships of the world

PHILIPPINE NAVY (PHILIPPINES)

COASTAL FORCES

Q111 LUZON motor torpedo boat (1939)

Names

Q111 Luzon

Builders

Thornycroft, Southampton, UK: Q111 Luzon

Completed

6/1939: Q111 Luzon

Losses

Q111 Luzon (9.4.1942, later Japanese No114)

Transfers

none

Discarding

none

 

Displacement standard, t

40

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

19.8

Breadth, m

4.70

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Thornycroft petrol engines

Power, h. p.

1800

Max speed, kts

41

Fuel, t

petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

3 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 - 450 TT, 4 DC

Complement 6?

 

Project history: 65ft MTB of Thornycroft. Q111 was ordered at the initiative of General McArthur in 1937 and laid down by Thornycroft 15.4.1938. Boat completed trials in April, 1939 and shipped to Philippines in June, 1939. Letter Q in boats numbers was given by McArthur in honour of president of Philippines Manuel Louis Quezon. Structurally Q111 represented development of typical 55ft Thornycroft MTB, but differed by increased dimensions and installing of deck torpedo tubes. Stepped wooden hull.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: As part of Offshore patrol Q111 was used for training.

© Ivan Gogin, 2011-15