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MGB61 1942  

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
MA/SB6 - 21, 1940 - MGB6 - 21 MGB46, later- MTB433 (ex-MA/SB46) MGB50 - 59 (ex-MA/SB50-59) MA/SB60, 1.1941- MGB60 MGB61 - 67 (ex-MA/SB61 - 67)	British Power Boat, Hythe: MA/SB6-21, 60, MGB46, 50, 61-67	1939 - 1940: MA/SB6-21, MGB50-59, MA/SB60, MGB61-67 1940 // 7.1940: MGB46	MGB12 (3.2.1941), MGB17 (11.6.1944), MGB18 (30.9.1942), MGB19 (6.11.1942), MGB62 (9.8.1941), MGB64 (8.8.1943)	none	1945: MGB6-11, 13-16, 20, 21, 50-59, 60, 61, 63, 65-67, MTB433

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	28 - 30
Displacement full, t	32 - 38
Length, m	21.3
Breadth, m	5.05
Draught, m	0.95 - 1.21
No of shafts	MGB6 - 21: 2 others: 3
Machinery	MGB6 - 21: 2 Napier petrol engines MGB46: 3 Rolls-Royce petrol engines MG50 - 67: 3 Isotta-Fraschini petrol engines
Power, h. p.	MGB6 - 21: 1650 others: 3300
Max speed, kts	MGB6 - 21: 23 MGB46: 42.5 MGB50 - 67: 40
Fuel, t	petrol 9800 - 10700 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	MGB6 - 21: 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII or 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 DC or 2 DCR (12 - 14) MGB46: 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 DC MGB50 - 67: 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or 1 x 4 - 7.7/87, 2 x 2 - 12.7/62, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DC
Complement	9 - 12

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Project history

MGB46 was ordered by Netherlands, MGB50 - 67 by France, all as MTBs.

Modernizations

circa 1942, MGB6 - 21: were re-engined with Packard petrol engines (3600hp, 38kts)

1942-1943, some survived: + type 286PU or type 291U radar

Naval service

MGB21 became controlled target CT25 in 1943