AJAX NEWS & FEATURE SERVICE. 1942. SOLENT, ENGLAND. - OPERATION CHARIOT MTB - THE VOSPER SERIES TWO MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT MTB 74 ON TRIALS IN THE SOLENT AFTER MODIFICATION IN ADVANCE OF THE PLANNED RAID ON ENEMY WARSHIPS IN BREST, FRANCE. HER TWIN 21 INCH TORPEDO TUBES WERE REPLACED WITH 18 INCH VERSIONS MOUNTED ON THE FOREDECK. CANVAS DODGERS CAN BE SEEN IN PLACE OF ARMOURED STEEL PLATES AFT OF THE CUT-DOWN WHEELHOUSE. THE BOAT WAS SKIPPERED BY ROBERT WYNN IN THE DARING OPERATION CHARIOT RAID ON SAINT-NAZAIRE IN MARCH 1942. 
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AJAX NEWS & FEATURE SERVICE. 1942. SOLENT, ENGLAND. - OPERATION CHARIOT MTB - THE VOSPER SERIES TWO MOTOR TORPEDO BOAT MTB 74 ON TRIALS IN THE SOLENT AFTER MODIFICATION IN ADVANCE OF THE PLANNED RAID ON ENEMY WARSHIPS IN BREST, FRANCE. HER TWIN 21 INCH TORPEDO TUBES WERE REPLACED WITH 18 INCH VERSIONS MOUNTED ON THE FOREDECK. CANVAS DODGERS CAN BE SEEN IN PLACE OF ARMOURED STEEL PLATES AFT OF THE CUT-DOWN WHEELHOUSE. THE BOAT WAS SKIPPERED BY ROBERT WYNN IN THE DARING OPERATION CHARIOT RAID ON SAINT-NAZAIRE IN MARCH 1942. 
PHOTO:VT COLLECTION/AJAX REF:NA_MTB_74_1942

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