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VLT1 motor torpedo boats (1945)


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VLT1 1945

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

VLT1 (ex-FL.F307), 1952- VLT780, 1955- P780

VLT2 (ex-FL.F305), 1952- VLT781, 1955- P781

V120 (ex-FL.F301), 1952- VED621

V121 (ex-FL.F302), 1952- P622 VED622

C N de Meulan: VLT1, 2, V120, 121

1945: VLT1, 2, V120

1946: V121

none

none

1953: VLT780

1955: VED621, 622

1958: P781



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

75

Displacement full, t

94

Length, m

30.4

Breadth, m

5.85

Draught, m

1.80 normal 1.99 max

No of shafts

3

Machinery

4 Jumo petrol engines (2 shafts) + 2 Jumo petrol engines (1 shaft)

Power, h. p.

4400+1800=6200

Max speed, kts

50

Fuel, t

petrol 12 000 l

Endurance, nm(kts)1000(15)
Armament

18



Standard scale images


<i>V120</i> 1945
V120 1945


Graphics


<i>VLT1</i> 1945
VLT1 1945


Project history

Ex-German Lüftwaffe rescue boats, completed after war by French as MTBs. Planned V122-125 (ex-FL.F303, 304, 306 and 308) were never completed.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.