nearly sister-boat MA/SB22 1941
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Names |
MA/SB1 - 5 |
|
Builders |
British Power Boat, Hythe: MA/SB1-5 |
|
Completed |
1939: MA/SB1-5 |
|
Losses |
MA/SB3 (28.2.1941) |
|
Transfers |
none |
|
Discarding |
1941: MA/SB1, 2, 4 1942: MA/SB5 |
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Displacement standard, t |
19 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
18.3 |
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Breadth, m |
4.24 |
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Draught, m |
0.86 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Napier petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1100 |
|
Max speed, kts |
25 |
|
Fuel, t |
petrol 3360 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCR (10) |
| Electronic equipment | type 134 sonar |
|
Complement |
9 |
Project history: Anti-submarine variant of ÌÒÂ1 with twin-shaft less powerful machinery.
Modernizations: circa 1940, all: - 1 x 2 - 7.7/94; + 2 x 4 - 7.7/94
Naval service: all survived boats served as RAF SAR craft from 1941. MA/SB5 became controlled target CT08 in 1942 and sold in 1946.
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