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MTB601 motor torpedo boats

MTB794 1943

Displacement standard, t	MGB: 90 MTB: 102
Displacement full, t	MGB: 107 MTB: 118
Length, m	35.1
Breadth, m	6.48
Draught, m	1.42 - 1.50 deep load
No of shafts	4
Machinery	Packard petrol engines
Power, h. p.	4800
Max speed, kts	MGB: 31 MTB: 29
Fuel, t	petrol 22700 l
Armament	MGB: 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon (or 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon on few units), 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DC converted MTB (ex-MGB): 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 MTB696 - 724: 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 MTB725 - 800: 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, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC MTB5001 - 5006, 5009 - 5029: 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 MTB5007, 5008: 1 x 1 - 114/19 QF Mk I, 1 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
Sensors	type 286 radar from 1943: type 291U radar from 1944: SO radar from early 1945: type 286U radar
Complement	14 - 30

Ship project history: Fairmile "D" class boats, very successful design.

Modernizations: late 1943, some MGBs (circa 20): - 2 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, DC stowage raised up to 4.

1944, some boats: - 1 x 1 - 40/39; + 1 x 1 - 57/43 QF Mk IIA

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

1947 - 1949, future MA/SBs were rearmed with 1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 2 x 12 - 178 Split Hedgehog, 4 DC

early 1950s, future ш were rearmed with 2 x 1 - 114/19 QF Mk I or 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon (114/19mm guns can be replaced by 4 - 533 TT)

Naval service: MGB601 sunk 24/7/1942 in action in the Dover Straits, MTB605 collided 17/2/1945 with wreck off Ostend. MTB606 sunk at night 3-4/11/1943 in action off the Dutch coast. MTB622 was sunk 10/3/1943 by German destroyers off Terschelling. MTB633, MTB634, MTB637, MTB638, MGB642, MGB643, MGB658, MGB659, MTB670, MTB698 and MTB700 were lost on passage from Malta to Alexandria 30/1/1946. MTB635 was badly damaged in 1944 and sunk as target in July 1945. MTB639 was sunk 28/4/1943 by Italian torpedo boat Sagittario off Pantelleria. MTB640 was mined 26-27/6/1944 off Vada (Italy). MGB641 was sunk 14-15/7/1943 by shore batteries in Messina straits. MGB644 was mined 26/6/1943 off Sicily and scuttled. MGB648 was bombed 14/6/1943 in central Mediterranean. MTB654 was damaged in 1944 and stricken without repair next year. MTB655 was mined 22/3/1945 in the Adriatic. MGB657 was mined 11-12/9/1944 in Mediterranean and stricken as CTL. MGB663 was mined in the Adriatic 10/10/1944. MTB665 was sunk by shore batteries at Messina 15/8/1943. MTB666 was sunk 4-5/7/1944 in action off Ijmuiden. MTB669 was sunk in action off Norway 26/10/1943. MTB671 was sunk in action 24/4/1944 off Cape Barfleur. MTB681 was sunk 10/6/1944 in action off the Dutch coast. MTB686 lost 22/11/1943 by fire at Lerwick. MTB690 collided 18/1/1945 with wreck in the North Sea. MTB697 was mined in the Adriatic 17/4/1945. MTB705 was mined 23/3/1945 in the Adriatic. MTB707 lost in collision with French aviso L`Escarmouche N of Ireland 18/4/1944. MTB708 was bombed in error by Allied aircraft in La Manche 5/5/1944 and scuttled. MTB710 was mined 10/4/1945 in the Adriatic. MTB732 was sunk erroneously by French escort destroyer La Combattante in action in La Manche 28/5/1944. MTB734 was bombed erroneously by Allied aircraft off Normandy 26/6/1944 and scuttled. MTB776, MTB789, MTB791 and MTB798 were fired and exploded in Ostend 14/2/1945. MTB782 was mined off the Schelde 29/12/1944. MTB5001 was sunk in action in the North Sea 6-7/4/1945.

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