AJAX NEWS & FEATURE SERVICE. 1940 (APX). CHANNEL, ENGLAND. - MTBs AT SPEED - A GROUP OF THORNYCROFT MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS RUNNING IN FORMATON AT HIGH SPEED. DISTANT EXTREME LEFT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE ONLY THORNYCROFT DESIGNED AND BUILT EXPERIMENTAL MTB WITH A SWIVELLING TORPEDO TUBE ON THE AFT DECK. THE BOAT WAS POWERED BY A ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINE. LEFT CENTRE IS 28, ONE OF A BATCH OF THREE 37 TON 3 SHAFT ISOTTA FRASCHINI POWERED 72FT TWIN 21INCH TORPEDO BOATS CAPABLE OF 40-42 KNOTS BUILT BETWEEN 1939-40. MTB 28 WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT HMS HORNET IN :AJAX NEWS & REF:VT8974
AJAX NEWS & FEATURE SERVICE. 1940 (APX). CHANNEL, ENGLAND. - MTBs AT SPEED - A GROUP OF THORNYCROFT MOTOR TORPEDO BOATS RUNNING IN FORMATON AT HIGH SPEED. DISTANT EXTREME LEFT IS THOUGHT TO BE THE ONLY THORNYCROFT DESIGNED AND BUILT EXPERIMENTAL MTB WITH A SWIVELLING TORPEDO TUBE ON THE AFT DECK. THE BOAT WAS POWERED BY A ROLLS ROYCE MERLIN ENGINE. LEFT CENTRE IS 28, ONE OF A BATCH OF THREE 37 TON 3 SHAFT ISOTTA FRASCHINI POWERED 72FT TWIN 21INCH TORPEDO BOATS CAPABLE OF 40-42 KNOTS BUILT BETWEEN 1939-40. MTB 28 WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT HMS HORNET IN 1941. OTHER BOATS SEEN IN THIS PHOTO ARE FROM THE SAME BATCH. PHOTO:AJAX NEWS & FEATURE SERVICE/VT COLLECTION REF:VT8974
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Location: CHANNEL, ENGLAND.
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