"T14" type torpedo boats (538-GO) (1944

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"T14" type torpedo boats (538-GO) (1944 - 1945)

Ships

Names	Builders	Commissioned	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
第538号魚雷艇 - 第549号魚雷艇 [538-go - 549-go] 第838号魚雷艇 - 第894号魚雷艇 [838-go - 894-go]	Maizuru K K, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki: 538-549-go, 838-894-go	1944 - 1945: 538-549-go, 838-889-go	890-go - 894-go - never completed at least 549-go (1945), 869-go (1945), 870-go (1945), 871-go (1945), 872-go (1945), 873-go (1945), 874-go (1945), 875-go (1945), 876-go (1945), 877-go (1945), 879-go (1945), 883-go (1945)	none	after 8.1945: some from 538 - 548-go, 838 - 868-go, 878-go, 880 - 882-go, 884 - 889-go

Names

Builders

Commissioned

Losses

Transfers

Discarding

第538号魚雷艇 - 第549号魚雷艇 [538-go - 549-go]

第838号魚雷艇 - 第894号魚雷艇 [838-go - 894-go]

Maizuru K K, Mitsubishi, Nagasaki: 538-549-go, 838-894-go

1944 - 1945: 538-549-go, 838-889-go

890-go - 894-go - never completed

at least 549-go (1945), 869-go (1945), 870-go (1945), 871-go (1945), 872-go (1945), 873-go (1945), 874-go (1945), 875-go (1945), 876-go (1945), 877-go (1945), 879-go (1945), 883-go (1945)

none

after 8.1945: some from 538 - 548-go, 838 - 868-go, 878-go, 880 - 882-go, 884 - 889-go

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	14.5
Length, m	15.0
Breadth, m	3.65
Draught, m	0.62
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 71-gata petrol engine
Power, h. p.	920
Max speed, kts	33
Fuel, t	petrol
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 13.2/76 or 1 x 1 - 25/60 96-shiki, 2 - 450 TT
Complement	7

Standard scale images

538-go 1944

540-go 1945

Project history

Wooden-hulled, with V-shaped frames. New design, dimensions and displacement were moderated in comparison with previous classes, that has allowed to raise maximal speed without increase of engine power.

5 MTBs were incomplete (Nos890-894), orders for 6 (No895-900) was cancelled.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service