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'Vosper' fast attack craft (torpedo) (1943-1944/1950)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

7 boats

Annapolis Yacht, USA or Herreshoff, Bristol, USA: 7 boats

1943-1944 // 1950: 7 boats

none

none

mid-1960s: 7 boats



Technical data


Displacement standard, t

33

Displacement full, t

45

Length, m

22.1

Breadth, m

5.87

Draught, m

1.68

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 petrol engines

Power, h. p.

3375

Max speed, kts

39

Fuel, t

petrol 11200 l

Endurance, nm(kts)

570 (20)

Armament

1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC

Electronic equipment

SO or SCR-517A radar

Complement11


Project history

Vosper 72ft MTBs, delivered on lend-lease to Soviet Union and transferred to Albania being discarded by Soviet Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.