MTB 102
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MTB 102 is one of few surviving motor torpedo boats that served with the Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy in the Second World War. She was built as a prototype, but was purchased and taken into service by the Admiralty.
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MTB 102 taking part in the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant for Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee | |
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United Kingdom | |
Builder | Vosper Ltd, Portsmouth |
Laid down | 1936 |
Launched | 1937 |
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Status | Heritage vessel |
General characteristics | |
Type | Motor Torpedo Boat |
Length | 68 ft (21 m) |
Beam | 14 ft 9 in (4.50 m) |
Draught | 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) |
Propulsion | 3 1,150hp Isotta Fraschini IF 183 57-litre petrol W18 engines: 3,450 hp (2.57 MW) |
Speed | 48 knots (89 km/h) unloaded, 43 knots (80 km/h) loaded and armed |
Complement | 2 officers, 10 men |
Armament | 2 × 21 inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes |
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She was the smallest vessel to ever serve as a flagship for the Royal Navy.[1]