Fairmile D motor torpedo boats (1944-1945)

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Name	Builder	Comp	Fate
MTB726	Dickie, Bangor, UK	3.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB727	S. B. Hall, Galmpton, UK	2.1944	to UK 6.1945
MTB735	Tough Bros., Teddington, UK	2.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB736	Tough Bros., Teddington, UK	4.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB743	Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea, UK	4.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB744	Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge, UK	3.1944	to UK 5.1944
MTB745	Austins, London, UK	1.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB746	James A. Silver, Rosneath, UK	5.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB748	Wm. Osbourne, Littlehampton, UK	2.1944	to UK 5.1945
MTB797	Dickie, Tarbert, UK	1.1945	to UK 5.1945

100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate MTB726 Dickie, Bangor, UK 3.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB727 S. B. Hall, Galmpton, UK 2.1944 to UK 6.1945 MTB735 Tough Bros., Teddington, UK 2.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB736 Tough Bros., Teddington, UK 4.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB743 Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea, UK 4.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB744 Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge, UK 3.1944 to UK 5.1944 MTB745 Austins, London, UK 1.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB746 James A. Silver, Rosneath, UK 5.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB748 Wm. Osbourne, Littlehampton, UK 2.1944 to UK 5.1945 MTB797 Dickie, Tarbert, UK 1.1945 to UK 5.1945

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	102
Displacement full, t	118
Length, m	35.1
Breadth, m	6.48
Draught, m	1.42 - 1.50 deep load
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 Packard petrol engines
Power, h. p.	4800
Max speed, kts	29
Fuel, t	petrol 22700 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	2 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC
Electronic equipment	type 291U or type 293 or type 268U or SO radar
Complement	30

Standard scale images

MTB748 1944

Project history

Fairmile "D" class boats, very successful design.

Modernizations

late 1944 - early 1945, some boats: - 2 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV