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PT6 (2) 1941

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
PT5 PT6 (1) PT6 (2)	Higgins, New Orleans: PT5, 6(1), 6(2)	8/1940: PT6 (1) 2-3/1941: PT5, 6 (2)	none	United Kingdom, 4 - 7.1941: PT5, 6 (1), 6 (2) (MTB269, MGB68, MTB270)	none

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	30
Displacement full, t	34
Length, m	24.7
Breadth, m
Draught, m
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 petrol engines
Power, h. p.	PT5, 6(1): 3000 PT6 (2): 3600
Max speed, kts	PT5, 6 (1): 31 PT6 (2): 36
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 2 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT
Complement	17

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Project history

Experimental MTBs built by Higgins design, may be first really armed American MTBs. All were transferred to RN by lend-lease and were commissioned by British as MTBs (2 boats) and MGB (1 boat)

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

: No significant events.

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