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Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
TM54 - 61	Gusto, Schiedam: TM54-61	None	captured incomplete by Germany 5.1940: TM54 (S151), TM55 (S152), TM56 (S153), TM57 (S154), TM58 (S155), TM59 (S156), TM60 (S157), TM61 (S158)	None	None

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	54
Displacement full, t	66
Length, m	27.7 pp 28.3 oa
Breadth, m	4.46
Draught, m	1.51
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Rolls-Royce Merlin III petrol engines
Power, h. p.	3000
Max speed, kts	34
Fuel, t	petrol 9.2
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/80 Hispano, 2 - 533 TT
Complement	21 - 25

Project history

Built by Gusto under the licence of F. Lürssen as large long-endurance MTBs for service in colonies. Practically they completely repeated German MTB of S2 class, but should be equipped with aviation motors. In June, 1940 they were captured by German troops on slipways in a low degree of readiness and completed for Kriegsmarine under the changed design as S151-158.