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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

COASTAL FORCES

MTB424 motor torpedo boats (1943 - 1944)

Names

MTB424 - 429

Builders

White, Cowes: MTB424-429

Completed

8/1943 - 2.1944: MTB424-429

Losses

None

Transfers

Poland, 1944: MTB424 - 429 (S5 - 10)

Discarding

None

 

Displacement standard, t

39

Displacement full, t

47

Length, m

21.8

Breadth, m

5.49

Draught, m

1.24

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Sterling petrol engines

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

39.5

Fuel, t

petrol 10500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT

Electronic equipment

type 291 radar

Complement

17

Project history: In comparison with previous ÌÒÂ41 class they were less similar to Vosper design.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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