MGB6 1940
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Names |
MA/SB6 - 21, 1940 - MGB6 - 21 MGB46, later- MTB433 (ex-MA/SB46) MGB50 - 59 (ex-MA/SB50-59) MA/SB60, 1.1941- MGB60 MGB61 - 67 (ex-MA/SB61 - 67) |
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Builders |
British Power Boat, Hythe: MA/SB6-21, 60, MGB46, 50, 61-67 |
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Completed |
1939 - 1940: MA/SB6-21, MGB50-59, MA/SB60, MGB61-67 1940 // 7.1940: MGB46 |
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Losses |
MGB12 (3.2.1941), MGB17 (11.6.1944), MGB18 (30.9.1942), MGB19 (6.11.1942), MGB62 (9.8.1941), MGB64 (8.8.1943) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1945: MGB6-11, 13-16, 20, 21, 50-59, 60, 61, 63, 65-67, MTB433 |
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Displacement standard, t |
28 - 30 |
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Displacement full, t |
32 - 38 |
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Length, m |
21.3 |
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Breadth, m |
5.05 |
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Draught, m |
0.95 - 1.21 |
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No of shafts |
MGB6 - 21: 2 others: 3 |
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Machinery |
MGB6 - 21: 2 Napier petrol engines MGB46: 3 Rolls-Royce petrol engines MG50 - 67: 3 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
MGB6 - 21:
1650 others: 3300 |
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Max speed, kts |
MGB6 - 21: 23 MGB46: 42.5 MGB50 - 67: 40 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 9800 - 10700 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
MGB6 - 21: 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 DC or 2 DCR (12 - 14) MGB46: 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 DC MGB50 - 67: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 1 x 4 - 7.7/87, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DC |
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Complement |
9 - 12 |
Project history: MGB46 was ordered by Netherlands, MGB50 - 67 by France, all as MTBs.
Modernizations: circa 1942, MGB6 - 21: were re-engined with Packard petrol engines (3600hp, 38kts)
1942-1943, some survived: + type 286PU or type 291U radar
Naval service: MGB21 became controlled target CT25 in 1943
MGB61 1942
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