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MTB459 motor torpedo boats (1944)
Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MTB459 - 466 (ex-MGB135 - 142) MTB485 - 486 (ex-MGB161 - 162) MTB491 (ex-MGB167) |
British Power Boat, Hythe, UK: MTB459-467, 485, 486, 491 |
3-12/1944: MTB459-466, 485, 486, 491 |
MTB459 (15.2.1945), MTB460 (3.7.1944), MTB461 (15.2.1945), MTB462 (15.2.1945), MTB463 (8.7.1944), MTB465 (15.2.1945), MTB466 (15.2.1945) |
None |
1946: MTB464, 485, 486, 491 |
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 37 - 46 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 46 - 53 |
| Length, m | 21.9 |
| Breadth, m | 6.27 |
| Draught, m | 1.28 - 1.37 deep load |
| No of shafts | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 Packard petrol engines |
| Power, h. p. | 3600 - 4050 |
| Max speed, kts | 38 - 40 trials |
| Fuel, t | petrol 1250 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, 2 DC |
| Electronic equipment | type 291U radar |
| Complement | 12 - 17 |
Standard scale images
MTB467 1943
Project history
70-ft BPB design.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2015
