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OTTOMAN EMPIRE / TURKEY
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Camper & Nicholson-built motor torpedo boats
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (MGB502) | ||||
| ii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (MGB503) | ||||
| iii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Hopewell) | ||||
| iv | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Nonsuch) | ||||
| v | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Gay Viking) | ||||
| vi | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Gay Corsair) | ||||
| vii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (Master Standfast) | ||||
| viii | Camper & Nicholson, Gosport, UK | 2.1941 // --- | completed for United Kingdom (MGB509) |
100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 86.5 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 102.5 |
| Length, m | 35.7 |
| Breadth, m | 5.82 |
| Draught, m | 1.31 deep load |
| No of shafts | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 Paxman diesels |
| Power, h. p. | 3000 |
| Max speed, kts | 28 |
| Fuel, t | diesel oil 22700 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC |
| Complement | 21 |
Standard scale images
Gay Viking 1943
Project history
In 1939 Turkey ordered to Camper & Nicholson eight large 117ft MTBs. After a beginning of war these boats were requisitioned by the Great Britain and completed for Royal Navy as MGB502-509, actually five of them were completed as cargo launches / blockade runners.
