MTB715 1943
| Name | No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| MTB618 (ex-MGB618) | P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK | 6/1942 | wrecked 10/11/1944, CTL | |||
| MTB619 (ex-MGB619) | Dorset Yacht, Hamworthy, UK | 8/1942 // 11/1942 | to UK 7/1944 (MTB619) | |||
| MTB620 (ex-MGB620) | Dickie, Bangor, UK | 9/1942 // 11/1942 | to UK 8/1943 (MTB620) | |||
| MTB623 (ex-MGB623) | Wallasea Bay Yacht Stn., UK | 8/1942 | to UK 1/1945 (MTB623) | |||
| MTB625 (ex-MGB625) | Alex Robertson, Sandbank, UK | 9/1942 | wrecked 8/2/1944 | |||
| MTB626 (ex-MGB626) | Tough Bros., Teddington, UK | 7/1942 | scuttled after a fire 22/11/1943 | |||
| MTB627 (ex-MGB627) | P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK | 10/1942 | to UK 1/1945 (MTB627) | |||
| MTB631 (ex-MGB631) | Wm. King, Burnham, UK | 8/1942 | captured by Germany 14/3/1943 (S631) | |||
| MTB653 (ex-MGB653) | Alex Robertson, Sandbank, UK | 3/1943 | to UK 1/1945 (MTB653) | |||
| MTB688 (ex-MGB688) | Dickie, Tarbert, UK | 7/1943 // 8/1943 | to UK 1/1945 (MTB688) | |||
| MTB704, 1946- Ørn | Wm. Osbourne, Littlehampton, UK | 11/1943 // 12/1944 | stricken 1951 | |||
| MTB709, 1946- Lom | 1950- P347 | Dickie, Tarbert, UK | 2/1944 | stricken 1959 | ||
| MTB711, 1946- Falk | 1950- P343 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, UK | 4/1944 | stricken 1959 | ||
| MTB712 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Stn.,UK | 2/1944 | wrecked 26/1/1945 | |||
| MTB713, 1946- Hauk | Dorset Yacht, Hamworthy, UK | 12/1943 // 2/1945 | fire 23/11/1948 | |||
| MTB715, 1946- Teist | 1950- P348 | Woodnutt, St. Helens, UK | 12/1943 | stricken 1959 | ||
| MTB716, 1946- Ravn | 1950- P344 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, UK | 4/1944 // 12/1944 | stricken 1959 | ||
| MTB717, 1946- Stegg | 1950- P345 | Dickie, Bangor, UK | 2/1944 // 9/1944 | stricken 1959 | ||
| MTB719, 1946- Skarv | 1950- P346 | Lady Bee, Shoreham, UK | 2/1944 // 1/1945 | stricken 1959 | ||
| MTB722, 1946- Jo | 1950- P349 | Thomson & Balfour, Victoria Saw Mills, UK | 3/1944 | stricken 1958 | ||
| MTB723, 1946- Kjeld | 1950- P350 | P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK | 4/1944 // 1/1945 | stricken 1959 |
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Displacement standard, t |
102 |
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Displacement full, t |
118 |
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Length, m |
35.1 |
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Breadth, m |
6.48 |
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Draught, m |
1.50 deep load |
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No of shafts |
4 |
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Machinery |
Packard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
4800 |
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Max speed, kts |
29 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 22700 l |
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Armament |
MTB618-620, 623, 625-627, 631, 653, 688: 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC MTB704, 709, 711-713, 715-717, 719, 722, 723: 2 x 1 - 57/43 QF Mk IIA, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC |
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Sensors |
type 286 radar from 1943: type 291U radar from 1944: SO radar from early 1945: type 286U radar |
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Complement |
14 - 30 |
Ship project history: British 115ft Fairmile "D" class boats, very successful design.
Modernizations: late 1944, some boats: - 1 x 1 - 40/39, 2 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 57/43 QF Mk IIA, 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 - 450 TT
late 1944 - early 1945, some boats: - 2 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
late 1940s, all survived were armed with: 1 x 1 - 57/43 QF Mk IIA, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC
Naval service: MTB631 ran aground at Florö 14/3/1943, abandoned and subsequently captured by Germans and commissioned by them as S631. МТВ626 was sunk in Lervik 22/11/1943 as a result of a fire. МТВ625 was wrecked in the North Sea 8/2/1944. МТВ618 was stricken after hull damages during a storm 10/11/1944. МТВ712 was wrecked off Shetland islands 26/1/1945.
RN sister-ship MTB701 1944
© Ivan Gogin, 2010