NAVYPEDIA

Photo

MGB333

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
ML312 - 316, 8.1941 - MGB312 - 316 MGB317 (ex-ML317) ML318, 8.1941 - MGB318 MGB319 - 320 (ex-ML319 - 320) ML321, 8.1941 - MGB321 MGB322 (ex-ML322) ML323, 8.1941 - MGB323 MGB324 - 329 (ex-ML324 - 329) ML330, 8.1941 - MGB330 MGB331 - 335 (ex-ML331 - 335)	Aldous Successors, Brightlingsea: ML318, MGB329 Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad: MGB319 Curtis, Looe: MGB325 Dickie, Bangor: ML314, MGB322, 334, 335 Kris Cruisers, Ferryll Road: ML323 Lady Bee, Shoreham: MGB328 James N. Miller, East Shore: ML313 Risdon Beazley, Northam Bridge: MGB327 Alex Robertson, Sandbank: ML315, MGB317, 320 James A. Silver, Rosneath: ML321, MGB326, 332 Tough Bros, Manor Road: ML316, 330, MGB331 Woodnutt, St. Helens: ML312, MGB324, 333	5 - 10.1941: ML312-316, 318, 321, 323, 330, MGB317, 319, 320, 322, 324-329, 331-335	MGB313 (16.8.1944), MGB314 (28.3.1942), MGB326 (28.6.1944), MGB328 (21.7.1942), MGB335 (11.9.1942)	none	10/1945: MGB312, 315-318, 320-322, 324, 327, 329, 331-334 1-3/1946: MGB319, 323, 325, 330

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	69
Displacement full, t	75
Length, m	33.5
Breadth, m	5.31
Draught, m	1.73 deep load
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Hall-Scott petrol engines
Power, h. p.	2700
Max speed, kts	27
Fuel, t	petrol 8180 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/51 QF Mk XIV, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 4 DC
Electronic equipment	type 134 sonar
Complement	16

Standard scale images

Graphics

Project history

Fairmile "C" design. Modification of 110ft "A" type ML.

Modernizations

1942, all: + type 286U radar

1943 - 1944, all survived: - 1 x 1 - 40/50, type 286U radar; + 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, type 291U radar

1944 - 1945, most survived: - 2 x 2 - 12.762; + 1 x 2 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV

Naval service

No significant events.