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MTB/MGB511 motor torpedo-gun boats (1944 - 1946)

MTB/MGB511

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
MTB511, 1945 - MTB2011, 1948 - MTB5511 1948- P5511   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     7.1944 sold 10.1954
MTB512, 1945 - MTB2012, 1948 - MTB5512 1948- P5512   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     1944 sold 1950s
MTB513, 1945 - MTB2013, 1948 - MTB5513 1948- P5513   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     1944 sold 1950s
MTB514, 1945 - MTB2014, 1948 - MTB5514 1948- P5514   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     4.1945 sold 3.1954
MTB515, 1945 - MTB2015, 1948 - MTB5515 1948- P5515   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     1945 sold 1950s
MTB516, 1945 - MTB2016, 1948 - MTB5516 1948- P5516   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     1945 sold 1950s
MTB2017 (ex-MTB517), 1948 - MTB5517 1948- P5517   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     1.1946 sold 2.1954
MTB2018 (ex-MTB518), 1948 - MTB5518 1948- P5518   Camper & Nicholson, Gosport     7.1946 sold 3.1956

 

Displacement standard, t

93

Displacement full, t

113

Length, m

35.7

Breadth, m

6.76

Draught, m

1.31 deep load

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Packard petrol engines

Power, h. p.

4050

MTB/MGB511 - 513: 3600

Max speed, kts

33

MTB/MGB511 - 513: 31

Fuel, t

petrol 23600 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC

MTB/MGB2014: 1 x 1 - 114/19 8cwt QF Mk I, 1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC

MTB2017, 2018: 1 x 1 - 114/19 Mk I, 1 x 1 - 57/43 Mk VII, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk XII, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC

Sensors

type 291U or type 293 radar

Complement

30

Project history: large round-bilge seaworthy boats.

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

MTB2018 1948

MTB2015 1946

 

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