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MTB41 motor torpedo boats (32, 1940 - 1942)
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MTB208 1940
Ships
| Names | Builders | Completed | Losses | Transfers | Discarding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MTB41 - 48 MTB201 - 212 MTB246 - 257 |
White, Cowes: MTB41-48, 201-212, 246-257 |
11-12/1940: MTB41, 42 1-11/1941: MTB43 - 48, 201 1-12/1942: MTB202 - 212 5-10/1942: MTB246 - 257 |
MTB41 (14.2.1941), MTB43 (7.8.1942), MTB44 (15.6.1942), MTB47 (17.1.1942), MTB201 (15.6.1942), MTB248 (6.6.1944), MTB255 (14.2.1945) |
Netherlands, 3-8/1942 (returned 9.1944): MTB202, 204 (Kemphaan, Valk) Netherlands, 3.1942: MTB203 (Arend) |
circa 1945 - 1946: MTB246, 247, 249 - 254, 256, 257 11-12/1944: MTB42, 45, 46, 48, 205, 207 - 212 7/1945: MTB206 1947: MTB202, 204 |
Technical data
| Endurance, nm(kts)(ts) | |
|---|---|
| Displacement standard, t | 37 - 40.5 |
| Displacement full, t | 43.6 - 49 |
| Length, m | 22.0 - 22.1 |
| Breadth, m | 5.54 - 5.84 |
| Draught, m | 1.21 - 1.26 deep load |
| No of shafts | 3 |
| Machinery | 3 Hall Scott petrol engines |
| Power, h. p. | 2700 |
| Max speed, kts | 28 - 29.5 trial |
| Fuel, t | petrol 9090 - 11560 l |
| Armament | 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 - 4 DC |
| Electronic equipment | completed 1942: type 286U or type 286PU radar |
| Complement | 12 |
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MTB208 1940
Project history
Wooden hull.
Modernizations
1942: all survived boats were re-engined with 3 Sterling engines (3600hp, 36kts)
1942, many completed 1940-1942: + type 286PU radar
1943 - 1944, all survived: - 1 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
1943-1944, most survived boats: - type 286PU radar; + type 291U radar
1/1946: 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk XII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 - 533 TT, 4 DC, type 291U radar
Naval service
No significant events.
