NAVYPEDIA

Support the project with paypal


HOME
FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
UNITED KINGDOM
COASTAL FORCES
MTB1 motor torpedo boats (18, 1936 - 1939)


Photo



 MTB19 1939  

Ships


Names Builders Completed Losses Transfers Discarding

MTB1, 1937- MTB7, 1938- MTB13, 1938- MTB19

MTB2 - 6

MTB7(i), 1937- MTB1

MTB7(ii) (ex-MTB13)

MTB8 - 12

MTB14 - 18

British Power Boat, Hythe: MTB1-7, 7, 8-12, 14-18

5-11/1936: MTB02 - 06, 19 MTB1, 2 - 6

4-10/1937: MTB7(i), 8, 9

7-10/1938: MTB10 - 12, 14

2-8/1939: MTB7(ii), 15 - 18

MTB6 (16.11.1939), MTB7 (26.12.1941), MTB8 (16.12.1941), MTB9 (26.12.1941), MTB10 (26.12.1941), MTB11 (26.12.1941), MTB12 (19.12.1941), MTB15 (24.9.1940), MTB16 (31.10.1940), MTB17 (21.10.1940)

none

1940: MTB1-5, 19

1942: MTB14, 18, 19



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

18

Displacement full, t20
Length, m18.4
Breadth, m4.22
Draught, m0.86 deep load
No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 Napier petrol engines

Power, h. p.1650
Max speed, kts

36 (absolute) 29 (sustained)

Fuel, t

petrol 2270 - 3360 l

Endurance, nm(kts) 
Armament

MTB1, 8 - 12, 14: 2 x 4 - 7.7/87, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC

MTB2 - 7, 15 - 19: 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC

Complement8


Standard scale images


<i>MTB1</i> 1936
MTB1 1936


Graphics


 <i>MTB19</i> 1939  
 MTB19 1939  


Project history

First British MTBs built after the First World War. 60ft boats, wooden hull.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

1940: MTB1 - 5, 19 were converted to minesweeper motor attendant craft MAC1 - 6

1942: MAC1 - 4 were converted to remote controlled targets CT01, 07, 03 and 04

1942: MTB14, 18 became CT09, 10

1942: MTB19 became MAC6 and later in the year CT06