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ROYAL NAVY (UNITED KINGDOM)

COASTAL FORCES

MTB67 motor torpedo boats (1940 - 1942)

Names

MTB67 - 68 (ex-Finnish)

MTB213 - 217 (ex-Philippines)

MTB327 - 331 (ex-Philippines)

Builders

Thornycroft, Woolston: MTB67, 68, 213-217, 327-331

Completed

4-12/1940: MTB67, 68, 213 - 215

1/1941 - MTB216, 217

8.1942 - MTB327 - 331

Losses

MTB67 (23.5.1941), MTB68 (14.12.1941), MTB213 (23.5.1941), MTB214 (23.5.1941), MTB215 (14.12.1941), MTB216 (23.5.1941), MTB217 (23.5.1941)

Transfers

None

Discarding

circa 1943 - 1945: MTB327 - 331

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

17

Length, m

16.8

Breadth, m

3.35

Draught, m

1.07

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 Thornycroft petrol engines

Power, h. p.

750

Max speed, kts

38

Fuel, t

petrol

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 2 DC

Complement

5

Project history: Small 55ft boats built for export but requisitioned by Admiralty.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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