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MTB618 motor torpedo boats (1942-1944, 1942-1944/1942-1945)
Photo
Ravn 1951
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTB618 (ex-MGB618) | P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK | 6.1942 | wrecked 10.11.1944, CTL | ||||
| MTB619 (ex-MGB619) | Dorset Yacht, Hamworthy, UK | 8.1942 // 11.1942 | to UK 7.1944 (MTB619) | ||||
| MTB620 (ex-MGB620) | Dickie, Bangor, UK | 9.1942 // 11.1942 | to UK 8.1943 (MTB620) | ||||
| MTB623 (ex-MGB623) | Wallasea Bay Yacht Stn., UK | 8.1942 | to UK 1.1945 (MTB623) | ||||
| MTB625 (ex-MGB625) | Alex Robertson, Sandbank, UK | 9.1942 | wrecked 8.2.1944 | ||||
| MTB626 (ex-MGB626) | Tough Bros., Teddington, UK | 7.1942 | scuttled after a fire 22.11.1943 | ||||
| MTB627 (ex-MGB627) | P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK | 10.1942 | to UK 1.1945 (MTB627) | ||||
| MTB631 (ex-MGB631) | Wm. King, Burnham, UK | 8.1942 | captured by Germany 14.3.1943 (S631) | ||||
| MTB653 (ex-MGB653) | Alex Robertson, Sandbank, UK | 3.1943 | to UK 1.1945 (MTB653) | ||||
| MTB688 (ex-MGB688) | Dickie, Tarbert, UK | 7.1943 // 8.1943 | to UK 1.1945 (MTB688) | ||||
| MTB704, 1946- Ørn | Wm. Osbourne, Littlehampton, UK | 11.1943 // 12.1944 | stricken 1951 | ||||
| MTB709, 1946- Lom | 1950- P347 | Dickie, Tarbert, UK | 2.1944 | stricken 1959 | |||
| MTB711, 1946- Falk | 1950- P343 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, UK | 4.1944 | stricken 1959 | |||
| MTB712 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Stn.,UK | 2.1944 | wrecked 26.1.1945 | ||||
| MTB713, 1946- Hauk | Dorset Yacht, Hamworthy, UK | 12.1943 // 2.1945 | fire 23.11.1948 | ||||
| MTB715, 1946- Teist | 1950- P348 | Woodnutt, St. Helens, UK | 12.1943 | stricken 1959 | |||
| MTB716, 1946- Ravn | 1950- P344 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, UK | 4.1944 // 12.1944 | stricken 1959 | |||
| MTB717, 1946- Stegg | 1950- P345 | Dickie, Bangor, UK | 2.1944 // 9.1944 | stricken 1959 | |||
| MTB719, 1946- Skarv | 1950- P346 | Lady Bee, Shoreham, UK | 2.1944 // 1.1945 | stricken 1959 | |||
| MTB722, 1946- Jo | 1950- P349 | Thomson & Balfour, Victoria Saw Mills, UK | 3.1944 | stricken 1958 | |||
| MTB723, 1946- Kjeld | 1950- P350 | P. K. Harris, Appledore, UK | 4.1944 // 1.1945 | stricken 1959 |
100 - 1000 t displacement/ BRT tonnage vessels
Technical data
| Displacement standard, t | 102 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 118 |
| Length, m | 35.1 |
| Breadth, m | 6.48 |
| Draught, m | 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 | MTB618-620, 623, 625-627, 631, 653, 688: 1 x 1 - 40/39 QF Mk VIII, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC MTB704, 709, 711-713, 715-717, 719, 722, 723: 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, 2 - 533 TT, 2 DC |
| Electronic equipment | completed 1942-1943: type 286U or type 286PU radar most completed 1943-1944: type 291U or type 293 radar few completed 1943-1944: SO radar completed 1944-1945: type 291U or type 293 or type 268U radar |
| Complement | 14 - 30 |
Standard scale images
MTB715 1943
Graphics
Ravn 1951
Project history
British 115ft Fairmile "D" class boats, very successful design.
Modernizations
1943-1944, most earlier: - type 286U or type 286PU radar; + type 291U or type 293 radar
late 1944, some boats: - 1 x 1 - 40/39, 2 - 533 TT; + 1 x 1 - 57/43 6pdr 7cwt QF Mk II, 1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I/II, 2 - 450 TT
late 1944 - early 1945, some boats: - 2 x 2 - 12.7/62; + 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV
late 1940s, all survived were armed with: 1 x 1 - 57/43 Mk VII, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 - 450 TT, 2 DC
Naval service
MTB631 ran aground at Florö 14.3.1943, abandoned and subsequently captured by Germans and commissioned by them as S631. МТВ626 was sunk at Lervik 22.11.1943 as a result of a fire. МТВ625 was wrecked in the North Sea 8.2.1944. МТВ618 was stricken after hull damages during a storm 10.11.1944. МТВ712 was wrecked off Shetland islands 26.1.1945.
