MGB50 1940
|
Names |
VTB23 - 40 |
|
Builders |
BPB, Hythe, UK |
|
Completed |
1940: VTB23 - 27 |
|
Losses |
captured incomplete by British 3/7/1940: VTB28 - 40 (MGB55 - 67) VTB23 (3/7/1940 RN MGB50), VTB24 (3/7/1940 RN MGB51), VTB25 (3/7/1940 RN MGB52), VTB26 (3/7/1940 RN MGB53), VTB27 (3/7/1940 RN MGB54) |
|
Transfers |
None |
|
Discarding |
None |
|
Displacement standard, t |
34 |
|
Displacement full, t |
38 |
|
Length, m |
21.3 |
|
Breadth, m |
6.10 |
|
Draught, m |
1.22 |
|
No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
Rolls-Royce petrol engines |
|
Power, h. p. |
3300 |
|
Max speed, kts |
43 |
|
Fuel, t |
petrol 11 |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 13.2/76, 4 - 400 TT, 2 DCR (10) |
|
Complement |
11 |
Ship project history: VTB23-40 were ordered in Britain under British Power Boat design. All were completed for RN as MGB50-57.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: All completed and incomplete boats were captured by British 3/7/1940.
VTB23 1940
MGB61 1942
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