MTB35 1940
MTB523 1943
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Names |
MTB31 - 40; MTB40K (ex-French); MTB57 - 66; MTB73; MTB74; MTB75 (i); MTB75 (ii); MTB76 - 98; MTB222 - 245; MTB347 - 362; MTB380 - 385; MTB386, 1949 - MTB1001; MTB387 - 391; MTB392, 1949 - MTB1002; MTB393 - 395; MTB523 - 527, 1949 - MTB1023 - 1027; MTB528; MTB529 - 530, 1949 - MTB1029 - 1030; MTB531; MTB532 - 533, 1949 - MTB1032 - 1033; MTB534 - 537 |
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Builders |
Vosper, Portsmouth: MTB31 - 40, 57 - 66, 73 - 85, 97, 98, 242 - 245, 347 - 349, 351 - 354, 380 - 395, 523 - 533 Morgan Gyles, Teignmouth: MTB86, 95, 96, 240, 241, 360 - 362 Harland & Wolff, Belfast: MTB87 - 92, 350, 355 - 359 Berthon, Lymington: MTB93, 94, 232 - 235 McLean, Renfrew: MTB222 - 228 McGruer, Clyder: MTB229 - 231 Camper & Nicholson, Gosport: MTB236 - 239 |
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Completed |
7-8/1940: MTB31, 32, 34 3-12/1941: MTB35, 36, 38, 57 - 60, 73, 74 1-12/1942: MTB61 - 66, 75 (ii), 76 - 79, 82 - 91, 93 - 98, 222 - 227, 229 - 245 1-9/1943: MTB80, 81, 92, 228, 347 - 361 1-12/1944: MTB362, 380 - 387, 390 - 393 1-12/1945: MTB388, 389, 394, 395, 523, 525, 533 1-12/1946: MTB524, 526 - 530, 532 |
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Losses |
MTB33 (26/9/1940 on stocks), MTB37 (11/1/1941 on stocks), MTB39 (11/1/1941 on stocks), MTB40 (11/1/1941 on stocks), MTB75 (i) (11/1/1941 on stocks), MTB531, 534 - 537 cancelled MTB61 (9/8/1943), MTB63 (2/4/1943), MTB64 (2/4/1943), MTB73 (24/11/1943), MTB74 (28/3/1942), MTB77 (8/9/1943), MTB80 (1943), MTB87 (31/10/1942), MTB93 (18/8/1944), MTB222 (10/11/1943), MTB230 (10/11/1943), MTB237 (7/8/1942), MTB241 (31/3/1944), MTB242 (7/1945), MTB347 (1/10/1944), MTB352 (26/3/1944), MTB356 (16/10/1943), MTB357 (23/12/1943), MTB360 (1/10/1944), FPB1023 (17/5/1953), FPB1030 (28/3/1950) |
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Transfers |
France, 11-12/1942: MTB90 - 92, 94, 96, 98 (all returned 1946), 227 (returned 1945), 239 (returned 1945) Netherlands, 4/1942: MTB222 (Sperwer, returned 6/1942), 6/1942: MTB235 (Sperwer), MTB240 (Buizerd), 7/1943: MTB229 (Gier), 8/1943: MTB231 (Stormvogel), MTB236 (Havik) Denmark, 1949: MTB1023 - 1027, 1029, 1030, 1032, 1033 |
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Discarding |
1941: MTB40K 1943: MTB31, 32, 34, 35, 361 1944: MTB36, 38, 57 - 60, 62, 66, 75 (ii), 76, 79, 88, 95, 232, 238, 243, 244 1945: MTB65, 78, 80 - 82, 97, 223, 225, 226, 233, 234, 348 - 351, 353 - 355, 358, 359, 361, 362, 385, 387, 388, 390, 531, 537 1946: MTB84 - 86, 89, 224, 245, 380, 383, 384 1947: MTB228, 382, 391 1948: MTB83, 90 - 92, 94, 96, 98, 227, 239, 381, 389, 393 - 395, 528 1949: MTB1001 1956: MTB1002 |
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Displacement standard, t |
35 - 39.4 |
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Displacement full, t |
43.5 - 47 |
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Length, m |
22.1 from MTB380: 22.3 |
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Breadth, m |
5.84 from MTB347: 5.92 |
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Draught, m |
1.12 - 1.27 deep load |
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No of shafts |
3 |
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Machinery |
MTB31 - 34: Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines MTB35 - 40, 40K, 57 - 66: Hall Scott petrol engines late boats: Packard petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
MTB31 - 34: 3450 MTB35 - 40, 40K, 57 - 66: 2700 MTB73 - 98, 222 - 245: 3750 MTB347 - 362: 4050 MTB380 - 395, 523 - 537: 4200 |
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Max speed, kts |
MTB31 - 34: 40 MTB35 - 40, 40K, 57 - 66: 25 - 28 late boats: 37 - 40 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 11400 - 11700 l |
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Armament |
MTB31 - 40, 40K: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 - 533 TT MTB57 - 66: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT MTB73, 75 - 98: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 4 DC MTB74: 2 - 450 TT MTB222 - 245: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC MTB347 - 362: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon or 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC MTB380 - 395: 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC MTB523 - 527, 529, 530, 532, 533: 1 x 1 - 57/43 Mk IIA, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 2 DC MTB528: 1 x 1 - 114/19 QF Mk I, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 2 DC |
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Sensors |
from MTB57: type 286 radar circa from MTB355: type 291 radar |
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Complement |
12 - 13 |
Ship project history: One of standard British-built MTBs of WWII era. Wooden-hulled.
Modernizations: 1942: all survived boats with Hall Scott engines were re-engined with 3 Packard engines
1943, survived MTB31 - 40: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
1943 - 1944, survived MTB73 - 98, 222 - 245: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
Naval service: 1941: MTB40K became motor minesweeper attendant craft MAC7
1943: MTB31, 32, 34 became controlled targets CT22, 24 and 23
1943: MTB361 became CT36
1945: MTB353, 354 became CT38, 39; MTB358, 359 became CT34, 35; MTB361, 362 became CT36, 37; MTB531, 537 became CT44, 45
1950: MTB1002 was reclassified to FPB (fast patrol boat).
MTB89 1940
MTB523 1944
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