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MTB50 1941

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
MTB50-52 MTB54 MTB56	Thornycroft, Woolston, UK: MTB50-52, 54, 56	4-12/1941 // 7.1941-2/1942: MTB50-52, 54, 56	None	UK, 6.1942: MTB50-52, 54, 56	None

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	37
Displacement full, t	52
Length, m	23.0
Breadth, m	5.18
Draught, m	1.00 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Thornycroft petrol engines
Power, h. p.	2600
Max speed, kts	25.3 - 29 on trials
Fuel, t	petrol 8410 - 9090 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 1 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC or 4 mines
Complement	10 - 12

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Project history

Former British wooden Thornycroft 75ft MTBs. All were returned to UK, and their crews were gone to "Fairmile D" type MTBs.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.