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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| MTB.109 |
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GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1944 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Naval Motor Torpedo Boat
| Motor Vessel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| William Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
Leven Yard |
1376 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| / / 17 disp |
43.0 ft |
11.0 ft |
5.2 ft |
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| Engine builder |
Packard Motor Car Co., |
| Engine detail |
| Petrol engine, 1220bhp 46kn, 1-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| William Denny & Brothers. Dumbarton |
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| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
194x The Admiralty
1945 ??
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| Vessel history |
Experimental craft ordered 28/2/1942
Experimental semi-hydrofoil hard chine motor torpedo boat built on spec.
Private venture. Designed after much experimental tank work into the problems of high speed craft
Reached 46knots on trials (some claim 52kn)
Hull subcontracted to McGruer & Co, Clynder
12/1945 for sale incomplete. |
| Remarks |
| Initally a 20' plywood model built by McGruer of Clynder, fitted with Wolseley 10 engine & a Roote’s turbo-charger |
| End year |
Fate / Status |
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