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R.Adm. CF Capt. CF, Nore  Capt. CF, Portsmouth CFMD (Adm.) DDOD(C) (Adm.) Shore
establishments		 MTBs
Flotillas  Boats		 MGBs
Flotillas  Boats		 SGBs
Flotillas  Boats		 MLs
Flotillas  Boats		 MA/SBs
Flotillas     Boats

 

Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs)

 Flotillas   
1st 2nd 4th 5th 5th/6th 9th 10th 11th 13th 14th 21st 22nd
24th 29th 35th 51st 52nd 53rd 55th 59th 63rd 64th 65th  

 
1st MTB Flotilla   First MTB's delivered 03.1937. Test passage to the Mediterranean. 01.1940-(02.1941) based at Felixstowe [HMS Beehive]. 1944 [?] reformed by redesignation of 8th MGB Flotilla. 06.1944 based at Plymouth, 09.06.1944 at Portsmouth.
Consisted of:
02.1941 Felixstowe MTBs 14, 17, 18
06.1944 Portsmouth MTBs 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 430, 431, 434
Senior Officer 03.1937-1940? Lt.Cdr. G.B. Sayer, RN
  1940?- Lt.Cdr. C.M. Donner, RN
  09.1940-(02.1941) Lt. J.T. Mannooch, RN [also CO MTB 18]
  (02-07.1944) T/Lt. T.J. Mathias, RNVR [also CO MTB 430]
  
2nd MTB Flotilla   Based at Ramsgate. 01.02.1944 formed by redesignation of 9th MGB Flotilla. Based at Dover 02.06.1944
Consisted of: MTB 432, 433, 436, 437, augmented by: 418, 435
Senior Officer 01.02.1944-07.09.1944 Lt. W.A. de Looze, RNethN
 
4th MTB Flotilla   03.1940-(02.1941) based at Felixstowe [HMS Beehive]. Sent to IJmuiden in 05.1940.
Consisted of:
02.1941 Felixstowe MTBs 22, 25, 28, 29, 30, 32, 34
Senior Officer 09.1940-(02.1941) Lt.Cdr. A.B. Cole, RN [also CO MTB 22]
 
5th MTB Flotilla   (02.1941) HMS Hornet (Gosport), (06.1944) Dover.
Consisted of:
02.1941 Gosport MTBs 24, 28, 41, 42, 100, 102, 216
06.1944 Dover MTBs 24, 353, 354, 358, 359, 361, 362
Senior Officer 07.11.1940-(02.1941) Lt.Cdr. J.C. Cole, RN [also CO MTB 41]
 
5th/6th MTB Flotilla    
Senior Officer (06.1942) Lt. C.W.S. Dreyer, RN
 
9th MTB Flotilla   Mixed British/Dutch flotilla. Based at Dover. Moved to Dartmouth 09.1942.
Consisted of: MTB 203, 204, 235, 240 (Dutch) & 201 [sunk], 202, 229, 231, 236 (British).
Formed into a complete Dutch flotilla 10.1942. Late 03.1943 based at Dover.
Consisted of: MTB 202, 203, 204, 229, 231, 235, 236.
Senior Officer (1942)-09.1942 Lt. C.L.G. Phillpotts, RN [hospitalized; tbc]

(act)

 00.09.1942-00.10.1942 Lt. C.W.S. Dreyer, RN
  00.10.1942-01.10.1943 Lt. E.H. Larive, RNethN
  01.10.1943-01.06.1944 Lt. H.C. Jorissen, RNethN
Dutch division 02.03.1942-00.10.1942 Lt. E.H. Larive, RNethN
 
10th MTB Flotilla   03.1940-(02.1941) based at Felixstowe [HMS Beehive], later (08.1942) Alexandria [HMS Mosquito].
Consisted of:
04.1940-12.1940 Felixstowe MTBs 67, 68, 104, 106, 107
02.1941 Felixstowe MTBs 67, 68, 104, 107, 213, 214, 215
04.1941-05.1941 Crete MTBs 67, 68, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217 [lost all vessels at 23.05.1941]
05.1941-12.1941 MTBs 68, 215
01.1942-09.1942 MTBs 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268
Merged with 15th Flotilla to become 10th/15th MTB Flotilla, 09.1942.
Senior Officer 09.1940-05.11.1940 Lt. C.C. Anderson, RN [also CO MTB 67]
  05.11.1940-05.1941 Lt.Cdr. E.C. Peake, RN [also CO MTB 214]
  05.1941-12.1941 Lt. C.C. Anderson, RN [also CO MTB 261]
  12.1941?-06.1942 Lt.Cdr. C.S.D. Noakes, RN
  12.06.1942-09.1942? Lt. R.A. Allan, RNVR
First Lieutenant 05.11.1940-05.1941 Lt. C.C. Anderson, RN [also CO MTB 67]
 
10th/15th MTB Flotilla   Merge of the 10th and 15th MTB Flotillas, 09.1942
Consisted of:
09.1942-09.1943 MTBs 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 307, 309, 311, 313, 315, 316
09.1943-09.1944 MTBs 263, 265, 266, 307, 309, 313, 315
Senior Officer 09.1942?-09.1943? Lt. D. Jermain, RN
  09.1943?-09.1944? Lt.Cdr. C.P. Evensen, RNVR
 
11th MTB Flotilla   Based at Felixstowe.
Consisted of: MTB 351, MTB 360, MTB 349, MTB 347, MTB 350
Senior Officer (1943) T/Lt. I.C. Trelawny, RNVR
  (1944) T/Lt. F.W. Bourne, RNVR
 
13th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Portsmouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212.
Senior Officer (05-06.1944) T/Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR [also CO MTB 212]
  
14th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Portsmouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257
Senior Officer (09.1943) T/Lt. D. Rigg, RNVR
  (05-07.1944) Lt. D.A. Shaw, RN [also CO MTB 252]
  
15th MTB Flotilla   Merged with 15th Flotilla to become 10th/15th MTB Flotilla, 09.1942.
Senior Officer    
 
21st MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Nore Command.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 223, 224, 225, 232, 233, 234, 244.
Senior Officer    
 
22nd MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Nore Command.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 25, 83, 88, 93, 238, 245, 347.
Senior Officer    
 
24th MTB Flotilla   Newhaven
Senior Officer (1943) Lt. C.W.S. Dreyer, RN
  
29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla

see: Naval Museum of Manitoba

 

   Formed 03.1944. HMS Bee, Holyhead 04.1944. Based at HMS Fervent, Ramsgate 05.1944. Moved to HMS Hornet, Portsmouth 27.05.1944. Worked from Arromanches 07.1944. Returned to Ramsgate 08.1944.Based at HMS Beehive, Felixstowe 10.1944. Transferred to Coastal Forces Mobile Unit (CFMU) No. 1, Ostend. Major accident in Ostend, destroying most of the flotilla, 14.02.1945. Remaining boats attached to other RN flotillas.
Consisted of: MTB 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466; joined later by: MTB 485, 486, 491
Senior Officer 00.03.1944-14.02.1945 T/A/Lt.Cdr. C.A. Law, RCNVR [also CO MTB 459]
Spare Officer ?   T/Lt. J.J.F. Aimers, RNVR
 
35th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Portsmouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 478, 481.
Senior Officer (06.1944) T/Lt. J.D. Dixon, RNVR [also CO MTB 450]
 
51st MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Dover.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 608, 611, 613, 614, 615, 616, 680.
Senior Officer (06.1944) T/Lt.Cdr. I.D. Lyle, RNVR [also CO MTB 611]
 
52nd MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Plymouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 664, 672, 673, 676, 677, 678, 679, 713, 716, 717, 719, 720.
Senior Officer (06.1944) T/A/Lt.Cdr. T.N. Cartwright, RNVR [also CO MTB 673]
 
53rd MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Portsmouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 689, 690, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695.
Senior Officer (06.1944) T/A/Lt.Cdr. D.H.E. McCowen, RNVR [also CO MTB 693]
 
55th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Eastern Task Force.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 617, 621, 624, 628, 629, 630, 632, 650, 652, 668, 682, 773.
Additional: MTB 759 (07-09.1944).
Senior Officer (06.1944) Lt.Cdr. D.G. Bradford, RNVR [also CO MTB 617]
 
59th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Dover.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 697, 698, 699, 700, 703, 705, 706, 710.
Senior Officer (06.1944) Lt.Cdr. D.H. Mason, RN [also CO MTB 699]
 
63rd MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Eastern & Western Task Force.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 701, 702, 704, 707, 714, 720, 721, 730.
Senior Officer (06.1944) T/A/Lt.Cdr. G.C. Fanner, RNVR [also CO MTB 730]
 
64th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Portsmouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 724, 725, 728, 738, 739, 742, 749.
Additional: MTB 759 (09.1944-06.1945).
Senior Officer (06.1944) T/Lt.Cdr. D. Wilkie, RNVR [also CO MTB 738]
 
65th MTB Flotilla   (06.1944) Plymouth.
Consisted of (06.1944): MTB 726, 727, 735, 736, 743, 744, 745, 746, 748.
Senior Officer (06.1944)  
 


 Boats

1 - 250       251 - 5020


MTB 1
(i)
 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 27.09.1935.
Completed: 17.05.1936.		 Renamed MTB 7 (1937), MTB 13 (1938), MTB 19 (1938), MAC 6 (1940).
 
MTB 1
(ii) - ex-MTB 7 (i) (1937)		 BPB type [see MTB 7]
 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta).
Commanding Officer 27.06.1938-(08.1939) Lt.Cdr. C.M. Donner, RN [also SO 1st MTB Flotilla]
 
MTB 2 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 27.09.1935.
Completed: 13.08.1936.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta). Renamed MAC 2 (1940), CT 07 (1942).
Commanding Officer 30.06.1939-(08.1939) Lt. J.A. Eardley-Wilmot , RN
 
MTB 3 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 19.10.1935.
Completed: 24.08.1936.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta). Renamed MAC 3 (1940), CT 03 (1942).
Commanding Officer 10.04.1939-(08.1939) Lt. A.A.T. Seymour-Haydon , RN
 
MTB 4 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 19.10.1935.
Completed: 22.09.1936.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta). Renamed MAC 4 (1940), CT 04 (1942).
Commanding Officer 24.06.1938-(08.1939) Lt. A.R.J. Foster , RN
 
MTB 5 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 19.10.1935.
Completed: 12.10.1936.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta). Renamed MAC 5 (1940). Mined off The Gunfleet (26.12.1940).
Commanding Officer 19.03.1938-(08.1939) Lt. W.B. Whitworth , RN
 
MTB 6 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 19.10.1935.
Completed: 17.11.1936.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta). Foundered off Sardinia (16.11.1939).
Commanding Officer 08.07.1939-(08.1939) S.Lt. H.L. Lloyd , RN
 
MTB 7
(i)		 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 07.12.1936.
Completed: 05.04.1937.		 Renamed MTB 1 (1937), MAC 1 (1940), CT 01 (1942). For sale (1948).
 
MTB 7
 (ii) - ex-MTB 1 (i) (1937)		 BPB type [see MTB 1 (i)].
 Renamed MTB 13 (ii) (1938).
 
MTB 7
 (iii) - ex-MTB 13 (i) (1938)		 BPB type [see MTB 13 (i)]. Served at HMS Tamar (naval base Hong Kong). Scuttled Mirs Bay (26.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 06.09.1938-(04.1940) Lt. R.A.M. Hennessy, RN
  (02.1941-1942) Lt. R.R.W. Ashby, RNVR  [posted at HMS Tamar since 12.02.1940]
 
MTB 8 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 07.12.1936.
Completed: 03.09.1937.		 Served at HMS Tamar (naval base Hong Kong). Bombed IJN aircraft Hong Kong (16.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 27.06.1938-(08.1939) Lt. R.L. Boddy, RN
  01.11.1939-(04.1940) Lt. E.G.N. Bremner, RN
  ?-(02.1941) Lt. L.D. Kilbee, Hg.Kg. NVF [posted at HMS Tamar since 12.02.1940]
First Lieutenant 19.08.1939-(04.1940) A/S.Lt. A. Kennedy, RNVR
 
MTB 9 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 07.12.1936.
Completed: 08.10.1937.		 Served at HMS Tamar (naval base Hong Kong). Scuttled Mirs Bay (26.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 12.08.1938-(04.1940) Lt. J.A. Holdsworth, RN
  ?-(02.1941) A/S.Lt. A. Kennedy, RNVR [posted at HMS Tamar since 19.08.1939]
First Lieutenant 19.08.1939-(02.1941) Midsh. | A/S.Lt. C.R.W. Dobson, RNVR
 
MTB 10 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 11.07.1938.		 Served at HMS Tamar (naval base Hong Kong). Scuttled Mirs Bay (26.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 12.08.1938-(04.1940) Lt.Cdr. D.G. Clark, RN [also SO 2nd MTB Flotilla]
  12.1940-(02.1941) Lt.Cdr. J.C. Boldero, RN (retd)
First Lieutenant 19.08.1939-(02.1941) Midsh. | A/S.Lt. P.V.M. Davey, RNVR
 
MTB 11 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 26.07.1938.		 Served at HMS Tamar (naval base Hong Kong). Scuttled Mirs Bay (26.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 06.09.1938-(08.1939) Lt. A.J.T. Harris, RN
  21.10.1939-(02.1941) Lt. C.J. Collingwood, RN
 
MTB 12 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 03.08.1938.		 Served at HMS Tamar (naval base Hong Kong). Sunk by gunfire from IJN landing craft Hong Kong (19.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 06.09.1938-(04.1940) Lt. R.G.H.G. Eyre, RN
First Lieutenant 19.08.1939-(02.1941) Midsh. | A/S.Lt. W.E. Richards, RNVR
 
MTB 13
(i)		 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 31.08.1939.		 Renamed MTB 7 (iii) (1938). Scuttled Mirs Bay (26.12.1941).
 
MTB 13
 (ii) - ex-MTB 7 (ii) (1938), ex-MTB 1 (i) (1937)		 BPB type [see MTB 1 (i)]  
 
MTB 14 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 25.10.1938.		 1st MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta) (1938-1939), later at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Renamed CT 09 (1942).
Commanding Officer 07.03.1939-(08.1939) Lt. D.H. Mason, RN
  02.08.1940-(02.1941) Lt. E.A. Hamilton-Hill, RNR (retd)
  12.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. T. Neill, RNVR
First Lieutenant 07.10.1940-(02.1941) Prob. T/S.Lt. J.D. Lancaster, RNVR
  12.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. A.J.H. Rickards, RNVR
 
MTB 15 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 17.02.1939.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta) (1939). Mined Thames estuary (24.09.1940).
Commanding Officer 03.1939-(08.1939) Lt. L.J.H. Gamble, RN
 
MTB 16 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 03.03.1939.		 Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta) (1939). Mined Thames estuary (31.10.1940).
Commanding Officer 04.1939-(08.1939) S.Lt. P.F.S. Gould, RN
 
MTB 17 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 13.03.1939.		 1st MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta) (1939), later HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Mined off Ostend (21.10.1940).
Commanding Officer 04.1939-(08.1939) Lt. R.I.T. Falkner, RN
  (or First Lieutenant?) 09.1940-(02.1941) * S.Lt. D.G. Tate, RNVR             * although already lost, still listed as such in 02.1941
 
MTB 18 BPB type.
Builder: British Power Boat (Hythe).
Ordered: 11.01.1938.
Completed: 24.03.1939.		 1st MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Vulcan (Malta) (1939), later at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Renamed CT 10 (1942).
Commanding Officer 23.02.1939-(08.1939) S.Lt. J.T. Mannooch, RN
  09.1940-(02.1941) Lt. J.T. Mannooch, RN [also SO 1st MTB Flotilla]
  04.04.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. P. Magnus, RNVR
First Lieutenant 07.10.1940-(02.1941) Prob. T/Midsh. T. Neill, RNVR
  20.04.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. A.G.D. Heybyrne, RNVR
 
MTB 19
ex-MTB 13 (ii) (1938), ex-MTB 7 (ii), ex-MTB 1 (i)		 BPB type [see MTB 1]. Served at HMS Vernon (Portsmouth).
Commanding Officer 12.04.1939-(08.1939) Lt. R.A. Ellis, RN
 
MTB 20 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 12.1939.		 Renamed RRN Viforul (Rumanian Navy) (1940).
 
MTB 21 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 12.1939.		 Renamed RRN Viscolul (Rumanian Navy) (1940).
 
MTB 22 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 09.06.1939.		 4th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Vernon (Portsmouth), later at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Sold 1945.
Commanding Officer 02.03.1939-(08.1939) Lt. A.B. Cole, RN
  09.1940-(02.1941) Lt.Cdr. A.B. Cole, RN [also SO 4th MTB Flotilla]
  02.10.1942-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. P.G. Allan, RNVR
First Lieutenant 05.06.1940-(02.1941) A/S.Lt. W.I.C. Ewart, RNVR
  02.10.1942-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. C.G. Goldsmith, RNZNVR
 
MTB 23 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 12.1939.		 Served at HMS Vernon (Portsmouth). Renamed RRN Vijelia (Rumanian Navy) (1940).
Commanding Officer 31.12.1937-(08.1939) Lt. R.H.S. Litchfield, RN
 
MTB 24 Vosper type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 19.12.1939.		 4th MTB Flotilla, later 5th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport), since 11.08.1942 at HMS Wasp (Dover). For sale (10.1945).
Commanding Officer (05.1940) S.Lt. R. Parkinson, RN
  01.10.1940-(02.1941) Lt. R. Parkinson, RN
  09.04.1942-08.1942 T/Lt. K.M. Horlock, RNVR
  11.08.1942-(12.1943) T/Lt. V.F.W. Clarkson, RNVR
First Lieutenant 11.12.1940-(02.1941) Prob. T/S.Lt. W.C. Wilkinson, RNVR
  18.01.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. D.I. Newman, RNVR
  05.04.1943-(06.1943) T/A/S.Lt. T.M. Higham, RNVR
  05.08.1943-(12.1943) T/A/S.Lt. A.J. King, RNVR
 
MTB 25 Vosper type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 22.01.1940.		 4th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe), later HMS Wasp (Dover). For sale (10.1945).
Commanding Officer 09.1940-(02.1941) Lt. R.H.S. Litchfield, RN
  13.01.1943-(12.1943) Lt. B.C. Ward, RN [also SO 5th MTB Flotilla, later (12.1943) SO MTBs Dover]
First Lieutenant 22.10.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. J. May, RNVR
  05.06.1943-(12.1943) T/S.Lt. A.G.J. Hollick, RNVR
 
MTB 26 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 10.09.1938.		 Lost by gunfire from IJN landing craft Hong Kong (19.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 04.09.1939-(02.1941) Lt. M.J. de C. Carey, RN
First Lieutenant 12.02.1940-(02.1941) A/S.Lt. D.W. Wagstaff, Hg.Kg. NVF
 
MTB 27 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 15.08.1938.
Completed: 10.09.1938.		 Scuttled Mirs Bay (26.12.1941).
Commanding Officer 04.09.1939-(04.1940)  Lt. C.J. Bateman, RN
First Lieutenant 12.02.1940-(02.1941) S.Lt. T.M. Parsons, Hg.Kg. NVF
 
MTB 28 Vosper type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 08.09.1938.
Completed: 10.07.1940.		 4th MTB Flotilla [later 5th MTB Flotilla? *]
Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Burnt-out Portsmouth area (07.03.1941) and written-off as a constructive total loss.

* in Navy List 02.1941 listed under both 4th & 5th MTB Flotillas
Commanding Officer 01.10.1940-(02.1941) Lt. R.L. Boddy, RN
First Lieutenant 01.10.1940-(02.1941) T/S.Lt. W.K. Croxton, RNVR
 
MTB 29 Vosper type.
Builder: Camper & Nicholson (Gosport).
Ordered: 08.09.1938.
Completed: 02.06.1940.		 4th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Collision with German MTB at the North Sea (06.10.1942).
Commanding Officer 09.1940-(02.1941) Lt. C.A. James, RN
  29.06.1942-06.10.1942 T/S.Lt. F.M. Tattersfield, RNZNVR
First Lieutenant 04.07.1940-(02.1941) Midsh. J.B. Tullock, RN
  29.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. E.S. Fraser, RNVR
 
MTB 30 Vosper type.
Builder: Camper & Nicholson (Gosport).
Ordered: 08.09.1938.
Completed: 10.07.1940.		 4th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Mined North Sea (18.12.1942).
Commanding Officer 15.07.1940-(02.1941) T/Lt. P.McG. Corsar, RNVR
  11.10.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. A.G. Halstead, RNVR
First Lieutenant 09.1940-(02.1941) T/S.Lt. P.A. Berthon, RNVR
  08.06.1942-(08.1942) T/A/S.Lt. A.R. Waller, RNVR
 
MTB 31 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 05.07.1940.		 Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Renamed CT 22 (late 1943).
Commanding Officer (11.1940) T/S.Lt. P.A. Berthon, RNVR
  01.07.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. J. Weeden, RNVR
  12.1942-(08.1943) T/S.Lt. A.J.H. Rickards, RNVR
First Lieutenant 12.1942-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. P.T.W. Beck, RNVR
  28.06.1943-(10.1943) T/S.Lt. D.G. Gill, RNVR
 
MTB 32 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 24.07.1940.		 4th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Renamed CT 24 (late 1943).
Commanding Officer 08.11.1940-(02.1941) Lt. R.A. Ellis, RN
  07.03.1942-(08.1942) T/Lt. D.G.H. Wright, RNVR
  01.10.1942-(06.1943) T/Lt. N.S. Gardner, RNVR
  28.06.1943-(10.1943) T/S.Lt. A.E. Foster, RNVR
First Lieutenant 24.07.1940-(02.1941) Prob. T/S.Lt. C.T. Finch, RNVR
  09.02.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. P.G. Allan, RNVR
  24.08.1942-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. B.H. Gerrard, RNVR
  02.08.1943-(10.1943) T/A/S.Lt. T.M. Hartwell, RNVR
 
MTB 33 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: -.		 Bombed by German aircraft while building (26.09.1940).
 
MTB 34 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 13.08.1940.		 4th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Beehive (Felixstowe). Renamed CT 23 (late 1943).
Commanding Officer 14.08.1940-(08.1942) Lt. H.L. Lloyd, RN
  09.12.1942-(02.1943) T/Lt. J. Weeden, RNVR
  05.1943-(06.1943) T/Lt. I.C Trelawney, RNVR
  08.08.1943-(10.1943) T/S.Lt. K.E. Harris, RNVR
First Lieutenant 14.08.1940-(02.1941) T/S.Lt. R. Varvill, RNVR
  12.05.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. J.H. Saunders, RNVR
  09.11.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. K.E. Harris, RNVR
  19.04.1943-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. D.G. Gill, RNVR
 
MTB 35 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 02.04.1941.		 Served at HMS Wasp (Dover). For disposal (11.1943).
Commanding Officer 01.03.1942-(02.1943) S.Lt. R.F. Saunders, RANVR
  08.04.1943-(06.1943) T/Lt. B. Easton, RNVR
First Lieutenant 09.03.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. P.A.J. Sturge, RNVR
  05.04.1943-(06.1943) T/A/S.Lt. C.R. Meyer, RNVR
 
MTB 36 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 10.03.1941.		 Served at HMS St. Christopher (Fort William, Scotland). For disposal (11.1944).
Commanding Officer 10.1941-(08.1942) Lt. R.A. Ellis, RN
  10.12.1942-(08.1943) T/Lt. M.A. Pryor, RNVR
  12.08.1943-(10.1943) T/Lt. B. Easton, RNVR
  04.12.1943-(04.1944) Lt. P.R.A. Taylor, RNR
First Lieutenant 13.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. P.T.W. Beck, RNVR
  16.11.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. J. Morton, RNVR
  05.04.1943-(08.1943) T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. G.J.H. Nicol, RNVR
  28.08.1943-(06.1944) T/S.Lt. D. Yellowlees, RNVR
 
MTB 37 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: -.		 Bombed by German aircraft while building (11.01.1941).
  
MTB 38 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 26.05.1941.		 Served at HMS Wasp (Dover). Taken over by Sea Cadet Corps (Bexley Heath) (1944).
Commanding Officer 04.09.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. P.T.E. Nicolson, RNR
  24.08.1942-(06.1943) T/Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR
  18.07.1943-(12.1943) T/S.Lt. M.S. Rathbone, RNVR
First Lieutenant 04.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. C.B.R. Osborne, RNVR
  04.10.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. G.H. Bradley, RNVR
  26.04.1943-(06.1943) T/A/S.Lt. D. Chalk, RNVR
  18.07.1943-(12.1943) T/S.Lt. C.R. Meyer, RNVR
 
MTB 39 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: -.		 Bombed by German aircraft while building (11.01.1941).
 
MTB 40 Vosper type.
Builder: Vosper (Portchester).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: -.		 Bombed by German aircraft while building (11.01.1941).
 
MTB 41 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 07.11.1940.		 5th MTB Flotilla.
Mined at the North Sea (14.02.1941).
Commanding Officer 07.11.1940-(02.1941) Lt.Cdr. J.C. Cole, RN [also SO 5th MTB Flotilla]
First Lieutenant 28.12.1940-(02.1941) T/A/S.Lt. H.H. Nalder, RNVR
 
MTB 42 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 10.12.1940.		 5th MTB Flotilla.
Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport), later at HMS Wasp (Dover). For sale (11.1944).
Commanding Officer 10.12.1940-(02.1941) Lt. E.G.N. Bremmer, RN
  16.04.1942-(08.1942) T/Lt. P.H. Hyslop, RNVR
  08.1942-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. C.B.R. Osborne, RNVR
  23.10.1943-(12.1943) T/Lt. B. Easton, RNVR
  26.02.1944-(06.1944) T/Lt. T. Neill, RNVR
First Lieutenant 10.12.1940-(02.1941) Midsh. W. Hay, RNR
  15.04.1942-(08.1942) T/A/S.Lt. J.A.C. Latham, RNVR
  23.10.1943-(12.1943) T/A/S.Lt. G. Carr, RNVR
  15.01.1944-(04.1944) T/A/S.Lt. K.H. O'Brien, RNVR
  15.05.1944-(06.1944) T/Midsh. P.J. Bartaby, RNVR
 
MTB 43 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 13.01.1941.		 Served at HMS Wasp (Dover). Lost by gunfire from German surface craft off Gravelines (18.08.1942).
Commanding Officer 27.01.1942-18.08.1942 T/Lt. H.E. Butler, RNR
First Lieutenant 27.01.1942-18.08.1942 T/S.Lt. W. Beynon, RNVR
 
MTB 44 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 01.04.1941.		 Served at HMS Wasp (Dover). Lost by gunfire from German surface craft off Dover (07.08.1942).
Commanding Officer late 1941?-12.04.1942 Lt. J.R. McCosh, RNVR
  12.04.1942-07.08.1942 T/S.Lt. V.F.W. Clarkson, RNVR
First Lieutenant (02.1942) T/S.Lt. R.F. Saunders, RANVR
  12.04.1942-07.08.1942 T/S.Lt. J. Ferguson, RANVR
 
MTB 45 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 21.05.1941.		 5/6th MGB Flotilla ?. Served at HMS Wasp (Dover). For sale (11.1944).
Commanding Officer (1941) T/S.Lt. M. Arnold-Forster, RNVR
  (07-08.1941) T/Lt. G.C Tozer, RNVR
  19.09.1941-(08.1942) Lt. L.J.H. Gamble, RN [also SO 5th MTB Flotilla]
  04.06.1943-(04.1944) T/Lt. D.A. Neale, RNVR
  01.05.1944-(06.1944) T/Lt. L.N. Benthall, RNVR
First Lieutenant (07-08.1941) S.Lt. J.R. McCosh, RNVR
  31.12.1941-(08.1942) A/S.Lt. | S.Lt. W. Hay, RNR
  18.07.1943-(10.1943) T/S.Lt. P.F. Munday, RNVR
  08.11.1943-(12.1943) T/Midsh. D.G. Middleton, RNVR
  25.03.1944-(04.1944) T/Midsh. C. Holdsworth, RNVR
 
MTB 46 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 23.06.1941.		 Served at HMS St. Christopher (Fort William, Scotland). For sale (11.1944).
Commanding Officer 23.03.1942-(08.1942) T/Lt. P.A. Berthon, RNVR
  08.02.1943-(06.1944) T/Lt. J.C. Fearnley, RNVR
First Lieutenant 13.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. R.M. Card, RNVR
  31.05.1943-(10.1943) T/A/S.Lt. | T/S.Lt. G.P.M. Bullar, RNVR
  11.10.1943-(12.1943) T/A/S.Lt. H.F. Cooper, RNVR
 
MTB 47 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 08.07.1941.		 Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport). Lost by gunfire from German surface craft off Cap Gris Nez (17.01.1942).
Commanding Officer 21.06.1941-17.01.1942 T/Lt. F.C.G. Preston, RNVR
First Lieutenant 19.06.1941-17.01.1942 T/S.Lt. A.J. Orchard, RNVR
 
MTB 48 White type.
Builder: White (Cowes).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 21.07.1941.		 5/6th MGB Flotilla ?. Served at HMS Wasp (Dover), later at HMS St. Christopher (Fort William, Scotland). For sale (11.1944).
Commanding Officer 26.12.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. J.E. Hubbard, RNVR
  24.12.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. C.J. Plank, RNZNVR
  01.03.1943-(06.1943) T/S.Lt. J.B. Allen, RNVR
  21.07.1943-(12.1943) T/S.Lt. | T/Lt. K.H. Mackenzie, RNZNVR
  26.01.1944-(06.1944) T/Lt. M. Osborne, RNVR
First Lieutenant 19.09.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. C.A. Law, RCNVR
  05.04.1943-(06.1943) T/A/S.Lt. L. Hewitt, RNVR
  12.07.1943-(10.1943) T/Midsh. G. Collyer, RNVR
  08.11.1943-(12.1943) T/A/S.Lt. R.J. Stace, RNVR
  06.03.1944-(04.1944) T/Midsh. E.R. Copage, RNVR
 
MTB 49 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 10.04.1941.		 Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport). Taken over by RASC as Meggido (1943).
Commanding Officer 04.1941-? Lt. K.A. Cradock-Hartopp, RN
[listed since 08.06.1942 at HMS Saker, though also still listed at HMS Hornet till 06.1943]
  (04.1942) T/Lt. G.A. Guthrie, RNVR
First Lieutenant 08.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. M.J. Pollard, RNVR
 
MTB 50 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 12.05.1941.		 Royal Norwegian Navy (1941/1942). Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942/1943). Taken over by RASC as Menin (1943).
Commanding Officer 15.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. J.W. Baillie, RNVR
  16.11.1942-(02.1943) T/Lt. D.G. Felce, RNVR
First Lieutenant 25.05.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. A.F. Brown, RNVR
 
MTB 51 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 02.06.1941.		 Royal Norwegian Navy (1941/1942). Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942). Taken over by RASC as Messines (1943).
Commanding Officer 15.06.1942-(08.1942) T/Lt. G.R.V. Darling, RNVR
First Lieutenant 20.05.1941-(08.1942) S.Lt. W.I.C. Ewart, RNVR
Third Officer 20.05.1941-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. B. Eaton, RNVR
? 08.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. D.J. Morrison, RNVR
 
MTB 52 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 01.12.1941.		 Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942). Taken over by RASC as Marne (ii) (1943).
Commanding Officer 15.06.1942-(08.1942) T/Lt. R.H. Morgan, RNVR
First Lieutenant 15.06.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. D.H. Lummis, RNVR
 
MTB 53 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 05.1941.		 Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942/1943). Taken over by RASC as Mons (ii) (1943).
Commanding Officer 15.11.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. J.B. Allen, RNVR
First Lieutenant 16.11.1942-(02.1943) T/A/S.Lt. D.J.G. Carr, RNVR
 
MTB 54 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 11.06.1941.		 Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942). Taken over by RASC as Montauban (1943).
Commanding Officer 29.05.1942-(08.1942) T/Lt. J.D. Wardle, RNVR
First Lieutenant 29.05.1942-(08.1942) T/S.Lt. R.P. Tonkin, RNVR
 
MTB 55 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 05.07.1941.		 Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942/1943). Taken over by RASC as Morval (1943).
Commanding Officer 09.07.1942-(02.1943) T/S.Lt. H.J. Atkins, RNVR
 
MTB 56 Thornycroft type.
Builder: Thornycroft (Hampton).
Ordered: 27.09.1939.
Completed: 28.07.1941.		 Royal Norwegian Navy (1941/1942). Served at HMS Hornet (Gosport) (1942/1943).