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 MTB19 1939  

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
MTB1, 1937- MTB7, 1938- MTB13, 1938- MTB19 MTB2 - 6 MTB7(i), 1937- MTB1 MTB7(ii) (ex-MTB13) MTB8 - 12 MTB14 - 18	British Power Boat, Hythe: MTB1-7, 7, 8-12, 14-18	5-11/1936: MTB02 - 06, 19 MTB1, 2 - 6 4-10/1937: MTB7(i), 8, 9 7-10/1938: MTB10 - 12, 14 2-8/1939: MTB7(ii), 15 - 18	MTB6 (16.11.1939), MTB7 (26.12.1941), MTB8 (16.12.1941), MTB9 (26.12.1941), MTB10 (26.12.1941), MTB11 (26.12.1941), MTB12 (19.12.1941), MTB15 (24.9.1940), MTB16 (31.10.1940), MTB17 (21.10.1940)	none	1940: MTB1-5, 19 1942: MTB14, 18, 19

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	18
Displacement full, t	20
Length, m	18.4
Breadth, m	4.22
Draught, m	0.86 deep load
No of shafts	3
Machinery	3 Napier petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1650
Max speed, kts	36 (absolute) 29 (sustained)
Fuel, t	petrol 2270 - 3360 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	MTB1, 8 - 12, 14: 2 x 4 - 7.7/87, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC MTB2 - 7, 15 - 19: 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 - 450 TT, 6 DC
Complement	8

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Project history

First British MTBs built after the First World War. 60ft boats, wooden hull.

Modernizations

None

Naval service

1940: MTB1 - 5, 19 were converted to minesweeper motor attendant craft MAC1 - 6

1942: MAC1 - 4 were converted to remote controlled targets CT01, 07, 03 and 04

1942: MTB14, 18 became CT09, 10

1942: MTB19 became MAC6 and later in the year CT06