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"Vosper 70-ft" torpedo boats (PT384) (1944 - 1945)


Ships


Names Builders Commissioned Losses Transfers Discarding

PT384 - 449

PT661 - 730

Robert Jacob, New York: PT384 - 399

Annapolis Yacht: PT400 - 429, 661 - 730

Herreshoff, Bristol: PT430 - 449

1-12/1944 - PT384 - 449, 661 - 682

1-10/1945 - PT683 - 730

none

United Kingdom 5 - 10.1944: PT384 - 399 (MTB396 - 411)

Soviet Union 1.1944 - 5.1945: PT400 - 449, 661 - 692 (TK-220, 221, 231 - 234, 244, 245, 235 - 240, 561 - 563, 547, 567, 548, 580, 570, 587, 568, 588 - 597, 559, 560, 241 - 243, 564 - 566, 549, 517, 518, 537, 569, 538 - 540, 550, 578, 527, 579, 246, 528, 247, 265 - 268, 809, 810, 814, 811 - 813, 269 - 272, 248 - 264)

Cuba 7 - 8.1946: PT715, 716 (R41, 42)

11-12/1945: PT729 (small boat), PT730 (small boat)

6-9/1946: PT693 - 714 (never commissioned by USN)

6-8/1947: PT717 - 728 (never commissioned by USN)



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

PT384 - 449: 1 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC

PT661 - 692: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC

PT693 - 730 were not placed in service and never were armed

Electronic equipment

SO or SCR-517A radar

Complement10 - 12


Project history

72ft Vosper type, These boats were built under license of Vosper.

Modernizations

None.

1.1946, PT693-728: (as planned) 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC, SO or SCR-517A radar

Naval service

: No significant events.

Many thanks to Alex Norton for additional information

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