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The Fairmile D motor gun boat MGB 606
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Class overview | |
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Name | Fairmile D motor gun boat |
Preceded by | Fairmile C motor gun boat |
Planned | 229 |
Completed | 228 |
Cancelled | 1 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | |
Length | 115 ft (35 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 10 in (6.35 m) |
Draught | 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) to 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m) mean deep load |
Propulsion | 4 × Packard 4M 2500 petrol engines, total 5,000 hp (3,728 kW) |
Speed | 29 knots (54 km/h; 33 mph) at full load |
Range |
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Complement | 21 |
Armament |
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Notes | Armament for gunboat configuration as fitted to MGB 658 by the end of the war. Specifications from Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. and Motor Gunboat 658 |
The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was a type of British motor torpedo boat (MTB) and motor gunboat (MGB),[1] conceived by entrepreneur Noel Macklin of Fairmile Marine and designed by naval architect Bill Holt for the Royal Navy. Nicknamed "Dog Boats", they were designed to be assembled in kit form mass-produced by the Fairmile organisation and assembled at dozens of small boatbuilding yards around Britain, to combat the known advantages of the German E-boats over previous British coastal craft designs. At 115 feet in length, they were bigger than earlier MTB or motor gunboat (MGB) designs (which were typically around 70 feet) but slower, at 30 knots compared to 40 knots.
Boats
1941 Original Programme
The first twelve boats were ordered on 15 March 1941, becoming MGB 601 to MGB 612. Six weeks later, another 28 boats were ordered on 27 April 1941, as MGB 613 to MGB 616, and ML 617 to ML 640, although these MLs were quickly reclassed as MGBs. The prefix for all boats (except early losses 622, 631 and 639) was reclassed from "MGB" to "MTB" in September 1943.
Eight of these boats (nos. 618, 619, 620, 623, 625, 626, 627 and 631) were handed over to the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1942, manned by free Norwegian personnel and formed into the 30th MTB Flotilla under Lt. Ragnvald Tamber. After being worked up at HMS Bee shore base at Weymouth, they were based at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, and deployed for numerous operations along the Norwegian coast.[2] MTB 631 was captured by the Germans in March 1943 and replaced by MTB 653.
The last eight of the programme (boats nos. 633 to 640) were chosen for Mediterranean operations; they were worked up at HMS Bee at Weymouth before proceeding to Milford Haven, where they were formed into a new 32nd MTB Flotilla under the command of Lt. P. E. Stewart Gould; they were fitted with extra temporary fuel tanks bolted to the upper deck (raising their fuel capacity by 3,000 gallons to 8,000 gallons of 100 octane petrol for the long passage to the Mediterranean), and proceeded in groups to Gibraltar in March/April 1943.
Name | Ship Builder | Delivered | Fate |
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MGB 601 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | 9 March 1941 | Sunk in action on 24 July 1942 in the Dover Strait. |
MGB 602 | Kris Cruisers (1934), Riverside Yard, Ferryll Road, Isleworth | August 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps in October 1945; sold 21 February 1956. |
MGB 603 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | 25 July 1942 | For disposal October 1945. |
MGB 604 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Bangor, Gwynedd | 24 July 1942 | For disposal October 1945. |
MGB 605 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | 16 June 1942 | Sunk 17 February 1945 in collision with a wreck off Ostend. |
MGB 606 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | 7 July 1942 | Sunk in action on 3/4 November 1943 off the Dutch coast. |
MGB 607 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire | June 1942 | For disposal October 1945. |
MGB 608 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire | August 1942 | For disposal in January 1946. |
MGB 609 | William King, Burnham-on-Crouch | 9 June 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps in October 1945; sold ca. 1952. |
MGB 610 | Woodnutt & Co., St Helens, Isle of Wight | 30 June 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps at Falmouth in April 1946; to Weymouth August 1950; for disposal in January 1964. |
MGB 611' | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | 15 September 1942 | Sold for disposal in 1946. |
MGB 612 | S. B. Hall, Galmpton, Brixham | 10 July 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps in December 1945; for disposal in July 1948. |
MGB 613 | S. B. Hall, Galmpton, Brixham | 9 September 1942 | For disposal in October 1946. |
MGB 614 | Woodnutt & Co., St Helens, Isle of Wight | 6 August 1942 | For disposal in November 1945. |
MGB 615 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Tarbert, Argyllshire | 24 July 1942 | For disposal October 1945. |
MGB 616 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | 19 August 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps at Exeter in 1947; for disposal in 1955. |
MGB 617 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | 8 October 1942 | To Sea Scouts in 1946; sold 7 July 1953. |
MGB 618 | P. K. Harris & Sons, New Quay Dry Docks, Appledore, Torridge | 27 June 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy June 1942 to 1944; for disposal in January 1946. |
MGB 619 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | 23 August 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy August 1942 to July 1944; for disposal in October 1945. |
MGB 620 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Bangor, Gwynedd | 6 September 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy November 1942 to August 1943; for disposal in March 1946. |
MGB 621 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire | October 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps in April 1946, sold on 10 February 1955. |
MGB 622 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | 10 November 1942 | Sunk 10 March 1943 by German destroyers off Terschelling. |
MGB 623 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | 27 August 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy 1942 to 1944; for disposal in May 1947. |
MGB 624 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | 19 October 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps at Aberystwyth in December 1945; for disposal in May 1964. |
MGB 625 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | 4 September 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy 1942; lost 1944 in Scottish waters. |
MGB 626 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | 24 July 1941 | To Royal Norwegian Navy in June 1942; lost 22 November 1943 by explosion off Lerwick. |
MGB 627 | P. K. Harris & Sons, New Quay Dry Docks, Appledore, Torridge | 7 October 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy September 1942 to 1944; for disposal in April 1945. |
MGB 628 | J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, Devon | November 1942 | For disposal in October 1945. |
MGB 629 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Tarbert, Argyllshire | 1 December 1942 | For disposal in October 1945. |
MGB 630 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | 5 November 1942 | To Sea Cadet Corps 1945; sold by 1949. |
MGB 631 | William King, Burnham-on-Crouch | August 1942 | To Royal Norwegian Navy in 1942; stranded 14 March 1943 on Norwegian coast and captured by Germans. |
MGB 632 | Kris Cruisers (1934), Riverside Yard, Ferryll Road, Isleworth | December 1942 | For disposal in October 1945. |
MGB 633 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | 23 November 1942 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 634 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | 27 November 1942 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 635 | Boat Construction Co., Falmouth | November 1942 | Damaged in 1944 and reported in July 1945 as sunk as target off Malta. |
MGB 636 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire | January 1943 | Sunk in error by MGB 658 in action off Elba. |
MGB 637 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | January 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 638 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Bangor, Gwynedd | 14 December 1942 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 639 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | 9 March 1943 | Sunk 28 April 1943 by Italian torpedo boat Sagittario off Pantellaria. |
MGB 640 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | 1 November 1942 | Sunk by mines 26/27 June 1944 off Vada, Italy. |
1941 Supplemental Programme
A further 60 boats were ordered in November 1941, numbered from 641 up to 700, of which 16 ordered on 18 November had the prefix of "MGB" (numbers 641 to 648, 657 to 663, and 674), and 44 ordered on 28 November originally had the prefix of "ML" (numbers 649 to 656, 664 to 673, and 675 to 700), although the MLs were quickly reclassed as MGBs. All of these (except early losses) were reclassed as "MTB" in September 1943. However, from No. 697 onwards, the boats were classified as combined "MTB"/"MGB"s.
As with the final eight boats of the preceding programme, 24 boats were chosen for Mediterranean operations; they were worked up at HMS Bee at Weymouth before proceeding to Milford Haven, where they were formed into three new flotillas as follows (with initial flotilla commanders in parentheses):
- 19th MGB Flotilla (under Lt E.M. ("Mickey") Thorpe): boats nos. 641 to 648 inclusive.
- 33rd MTB Flotilla (under Lt-Cmdr Ronald R. W. Ashby): boats nos. 649, 651, 654, 655, 656, 665, 667 and 670.
- 20th MGB Flotilla (under Lt-Cmdr Norman H. Hughes): boats nos. 657 to 663 inclusive, plus 674 (although 674 only joined later).
As before, they were fitted with extra temporary fuel tanks bolted to the upper deck (raising their fuel capacity by 3,000 gallons to 8,000 gallons of 100 octane petrol for the long passage to the Mediterranean), and proceeded in groups to Gibraltar in March/April 1943.
Name | Ship builder | Delivered | Fate |
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MGB 641 | Thomson & Balfour, Victoria Saw Mills, Bo'ness | 29 December 1942 | Sunk in action on 14/15 July 1943 by shore batteries in the Strait of Messina. |
MGB 642 | P. K. Harris & Sons, New Quay Dry Docks, Appledore, Torridge | 7 March 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 643 | Woodnutt & Co., St Helens, Isle of Wight | 22 December 1942 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 644 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | December 1942 | Mined 26 June 1943 off Sicily and scuttled. |
MGB 645 | S. B. Hall, Galmpton, Brixham | December 1942 | For disposal in August 1945. |
MGB 646 | Risdon Beazley, Clausentum Yard, Northam Bridge, Southampton | 19 November 1942 | For disposal in August 1945. |
MGB 647 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Bangor, Gwynedd | 24 February 1943 | Scuttled in September 1946 off Malta. |
MGB 648 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | 10 January 1943 | Bombed 14 June 1943 in Central Mediterranean. |
MGB 649 | Risdon Beazley, Clausentum Yard, Northam Bridge, Southampton | 7 January 1943 | For disposal in September 1945 in the Mediterranean. |
MGB 650 | Boat Construction Co., Falmouth | January 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 020. |
MGB 651 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | January 1943 | For disposal in September 1945 in the Mediterranean. |
MGB 652 | S. B. Hall, Galmpton, Brixham | 25 January 1943 | For disposal in October 1945 in the Mediterranean. |
MGB 653 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | March 1943 | To Royal Norwegian Navy 1943 to 1944; for disposal in December 1945. |
MGB 654 | Lady Bee, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex | 19 February 1943 | Damaged 1944 and for disposal in January 1945. |
MGB 655 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | January 1943 | Mined on 22 March 1945 in the Mediterranean. |
MGB 656 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | 24 December 1942 | For disposal in September 1945 in the Mediterranean. |
MGB 657 | Woodnutt & Co., St Helens, Isle of Wight | 9 February 1943 | Constructive total loss by mine 11/12 September 1943 in the Mediterranean; broken up in December 1944. |
MGB 658 | J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, Devon | April 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 659 | Boat Construction Co., Falmouth | May 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MGB 660 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | 21 April 1943 | For disposal in February 1946. |
MGB 661 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | May 1943 | For disposal in June 1946. |
MGB 662 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | 8 April 1943 | For disposal in February 1946. |
MGB 663 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | 8 March 1943 | Mined on 10 October 1944 in the Adriatic. |
MGB 674 (a) | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | 6 May 1943 | For disposal in June 1946. |
Note: (a) 674 was the final boat ordered as a MGB, and is thus shown out of numerical sequence.
Name | Ship builder | Delivered | Fate |
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MTB 664 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Tarbert, Argyllshire | 1 April 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1944 as Long Range Rescue Craft, renumbered LRRC 021 in 1945. |
MTB 665 | P. K. Harris & Sons, New Quay Dry Docks, Appledore, Torridge | 5 May 1943 | Sunk in action on 15 August 1943 by shore batteries in the Strait of Messina. |
MTB 666 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | 10 June 1943 | Sunk in action off Ijmuiden on 4/5 July 1944. |
MTB 667 | William King, Burnham-on-Crouch | 28 December 1942 | For disposal in September 1945 to July 1946 in the Mediterranean. |
MTB 668 | Thomson & Balfour, Victoria Saw Mills, Bo'ness | 26 March 1943 | To Sea Cadet Corps in December 1945. |
MTB 669 | Lady Bee, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex | 29 April 1943 | Sunk 26 October 1943 in action off Norway. |
MTB 670 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | 7 March 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MTB 671 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Bangor, Gwynedd | 16 May 1943 | Sunk in action on 24 April 1944 off Cape Barfleur. |
MTB 672 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire | April 1943 | For disposal in October 1945. |
MTB 673 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | June 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 022. |
MTB 675 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in May 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 023. |
MTB 676 | Risdon Beazley, Clausentum Yard, Northam Bridge, Southampton | 13 May 1943 | To Royal Air Force in June 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 024. |
MTB 677 | S. B. Hall, Galmpton, Brixham | May 1943 | To Royal Air Force in June 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 025. |
MTB 678 | Boat Construction Co., Falmouth | July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in June 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 026. |
MTB 679 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Bangor, Gwynedd | July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in June 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 027. |
MTB 680 | Risdon Beazley, Clausentum Yard, Northam Bridge, Southampton | April 1943 | To Royal Air Force in June 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 028. |
MTB 681 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | 20 July 1943 | Sunk in action on 10 June 1944 off the Dutch coast. |
MTB 682 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | May 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 029. |
MTB 683 | James A. Silver, Rosneath, Dumbartonshire | July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in May 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 030. |
MTB 684 | Woodnutt & Co., St Helens, Isle of Wight | 28 April 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 031. |
MTB 685 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | July 1943 | For disposal in April 1949. |
MTB 686 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | 9 June 1943 | Lost on 22 November 1943 by fire at Lerwick. |
MTB 687 | P. K. Harris & Sons, New Quay Dry Docks, Appledore, Torridge | 31 July 1943 | Paid off on 24 October 1944 for transfer to Royal Air Force as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 032. |
MTB 688 | A. M. Dickie & Sons, Tarbert, Argyllshire | July 1943 | To Royal Norwegian Navy from August 1943 to 1944; to Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 034. |
MTB 689 | S. B. Hall, Galmpton, Brixham | July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in June 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 033. |
MTB 690 | Boat Construction Co., Falmouth | 15 September 1943 | Lost 18 January 1945 in collision with a wreck in the North Sea. |
MTB 691 | Alex Robertson (Yachtbuilders) & Sons, Sandbank, Argyllshire | August 1943 | To Royal Air Force in May 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 035. |
MTB 692 | Lady Bee, Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex | July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 036. |
MTB 693 | William King, Burnham-on-Crouch | May 1943 | To Royal Air Force in May 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 037. |
MTB 694 | Thomson & Balfour, Victoria Saw Mills, Bo'ness | 26 July 1943 | To Royal Air Force in May 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 038. |
MTB 695 | Brooke Marine, Oulton Broad, Lowestoft | 30 October 1943 | To Royal Air Force in 1945 as Long Range Rescue Craft LRRC 039. |
MTB 696 | Kris Cruisers (1934), Riverside Yard, Ferryll Road, Isleworth | 15 April 1943 | For disposal in October 1945. |
MTB 697 | Woodnutt & Co., St Helens, Isle of Wight | July 1943 | Mined on 18 April 1945 in the Adriatic. |
MTB 698 | Wallasea Bay Yacht Station, Wallasea Bay, near Rochford | July 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
MTB 699 | Dorset Yacht Company, Lake Road, Hamworthy, Poole | October 1943 | For disposal October 1945 to July 1946 in the Mediterranean. |
MTB 700 | William Osbourne, Littlehampton | July 1943 | Lost on 30 January 1946 on passage from Malta to Alexandria. |
1942 Original Programme
Another 23 boats were ordered on 7 April 1942 as MTB 701 to MTB 723.
Name | Ship builder | Delivered | Fate |
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MTB 701 | J. W. & A. Upham, Brixham, Devon | October 1943 | To Sea Cadet Corps at Bideford in 1946. |
MTB 702 | P. K. Harris & Sons, New Quay Dry Docks, Appledore, Torridge | 31 October 1943 | To Ship Target Trials in 1946. |
MTB 703 | Tough Bros, Teddington Wharf, Manor Road, Teddington | 8 October 1943 | For disposal in September 1945 to July 1946 in the Mediterranean.
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