PT20 1941
|
Names |
PT20 - 68 |
|
Builders |
ELCO, Bayonne |
|
Commissioned |
6-9/1941: PT20 - 48 1-3/1942: PT49 - 68 |
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Losses |
PT22 (12/1/1943), PT28 (12/1/1943), PT31 (19/1/1942), PT32 (13/3/1942), PT33 (26/12/1941), PT34 (9/4/1942), PT35 (12/4/1942), PT37 (1/2/1943), PT41 (15/4/1942), PT43 (11/1/1943), PT44 (12/12/1942), PT63 (18/6/1944), PT67 (17/3/1943), PT68 (1/10/1943) |
|
Transfers |
United Kingdom, 1-3/1942: PT49 - 58 (MTB307 - 316) |
|
Discarding |
10/1943: PT21, 23, 25, 26 2 - 12/1944: PT20, 24, 27, 29, 30, 36, 38 - 40, 42, 45 - 48, 59 - 61 1/1945: PT62, 64 - 66 |
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Displacement standard, t |
35 |
|
Displacement full, t |
46 |
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Length, m |
23.5 |
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Breadth, m |
6.07 |
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Draught, m |
1.37 |
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No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
3 petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
4050 |
|
Max speed, kts |
41 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 11400 l |
| Endurance, nm (kts) |
1400 () |
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Armament |
PT20 - 44: 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT or (2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (8)) PT45, 59 - 68: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 4 - 533 TT or (2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (8)) PT46 - 48: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 1 x 1 - 7.6/90, 4 - 533 TT or (2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (8)) PT49 - 58: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; 2 x 2 - 7.7/83, 2 - 533 TT |
| Complement |
17 |
Ship project history: ELCO 77ft type. Development of 70ft type (10 boats were built, all were transferred to RN by lend-lease). At the expense of dimensions increasing the number of TTs has increased from two to four.
Modernizations: 1941, PT20 - 27, 29, 36 - 40, 42 - 45: + 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
1941, PT31 - 35, 41: + 2 x 1 - 7.7/83
1942, PT22, 24, 26, 27: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon
1942, PT65 - 68: + 1 x 1 - 7.6/90
1943, PT59 - 61: - 4 - 533 TT; + 2 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors, 6 x 2 - 12.7/90
Naval service: No significant events.
PT31 1941
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