Names |
MGB40 - 45 (ex-MA/SB40 - 45) |
Builders |
British Power Boat, Hythe: MGB40-45 |
Completed |
1940: MGB40-45 |
Losses |
none |
Transfers |
Poland, 7.1940: MGB44, 45 (S2, 3) |
Discarding |
1945: MGB40-43 |
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 |
1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 DC |
Complement |
10 |
Project history: ex-Swedish and Norwegian MTBs, requisitioned after war begun.
Modernizations: 1942-1943, most survived: + type 286PU or type 291U radar
Naval service: No significant events.
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