MTB1 1936
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Names |
MTB1, 1937- MTB7, 1938- MTB13, 1938- MTB19 MTB2 - 6 MTB7(i), 1937- MTB1 MTB7(ii) (ex-MTB13) MTB8 - 12 MTB14 - 18 |
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Builders |
British Power Boat, Hythe: MTB1-7, 7, 8-12, 14-18 |
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Completed |
5-11/1936: MTB02 - 06, 19 MTB1, 2 - 6 4-10/1937: MTB7(i), 8, 9 7-10/1938: MTB10 - 12, 14 2-8/1939: MTB7(ii), 15 - 18 |
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Losses |
MTB6 (16.11.1939), MTB7 (26.12.1941), MTB8 (16.12.1941), MTB9 (26.12.1941), MTB10 (26.12.1941), MTB11 (26.12.1941), MTB12 (19.12.1941), MTB15 (24.9.1940), MTB16 (31.10.1940), MTB17 (21.10.1940) |
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Transfers |
none |
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Discarding |
1940: MTB1-5, 19 1942: MTB14, 18, 19 |
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Displacement standard, t |
18 |
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Displacement full, t |
20 |
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Length, m |
18.4 |
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Breadth, m |
4.22 |
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Draught, m |
0.86 deep load |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
3 Napier petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1650 |
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Max speed, kts |
36 (absolute) 29 (sustained) |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 2270 - 3360 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
MTB1, 8 - 12, 14: 2 x 4 - 7.7/87, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC MTB2 - 7, 15 - 19: 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC |
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Complement |
8 |
Project history: First British MTBs built after the First World War. 60ft boats, wooden hull.
Modernizations: None
Naval service:1940: MTB1 - 5, 19 were converted to minesweeper motor attendant craft MAC1 - 6
1942: MAC1 - 4 were converted to remote controlled targets CT01, 07, 03 and 04
1942: MTB14, 18 became CT09, 10
1942: MTB19 became MAC6 and later in the year CT06
MTB19 1939
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