Motor Torpedo Boats 

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MTB's or Motor Torpedo Boats also covered MGB's Motor Gun Boats and Motor anti Submarine Boats.  MTB's were built by Vosper, Thornycroft,  and White,  designed  for the Coastal Forces. to  operate against enemy submarines foreseen in future conflict with Germany. and also against raiding German E-Boats which were bigger.  The MTB's were built with a hard chine wooden Hull.  

Name of Vessel

Launched / Built

Fate

Coastal Motor Boats (CMB)

CMB 40ft type
CMB1 1916 Lost 19th June 1917
CMB2 1916 Lost to fire, 9th July 1918
CMB3 1916 Became DCB3, July 1918
CMB4 1916 -

CMB4, preserved, October 1964.

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CMB5 1916 -
CMB6 1916 -
CMB7 1916 -
CMB8 1916 Scuttled 17th September 1917
CMB9 1916 Became DCB1, July 1918
CMB10 1916 Lost to fire, 7th May 1918
CMB11 1916 Lost to fire, 2nd November 1917
CMB12 1916 -
CMB13 1916 Became DCB2, July 1918
CMB40 1916 Became depot ship Osea, June 1918. Sunk 11th August 1918
CMB41 1916 -
CMB42 1916 Sunk 11th August 1918
CMB43 1916 -
CMB44 1916 -
CMB45 1916 -
CMB46 1916 -
CMB47 1916 Lost to fire, 11th August 1918
CMB48 1916 -
CMB49 1916 -
CMB50 1916 Scuttled 19th July 1918
CMB51 1916 -
CMB52 1916 -
CMB53 1916 -
CMB54 1916 -
CMB55 1916 -
CMB56 1916 -
CMB57 1916 -
CMB58 1916 -
CMB59 1916 -
CMB60 1916 -
CMB61 1916 -
CMB112 1916 -
CMB121 1916 -
CMB122 1916 -
CMB123 1916 -

CMB 55ft type
CMB14A 1917 -
CMB15A 1917 -
CMB16A 1917 -
CMB17A 1917 -
CMB18A 1917 Lost in collision, 12th April 1918
CMB19A 1917 -
CMB20A 1917 -
CMB21B 1917 -
CMB22B 1917 -
CMB23B 1917 -
CMB24A 1917 Lost 18th August 1919
CMB25BD 1917 -
CMB26B 1917 -
CMB27A 1917 -
CMB28A 1917 -
CMB29A 1917 -
CMB30B 1917 -
CMB31BD 1917 -
CMB32A 1917 -
CMB33A 1917 Sunk, 12th April 1918

The wreck of the coastal Motor Boat CMB33A, 13th April 1918. The Motor Torpedo Boat was damaged by shore batteries at Eylau during an attack on Ostende. the crew were drowned after abandoning the wreck. and it drifted ashore and fell into German hands.  (thanks to Fred Cory for the info)
CMB34A 1917 -
CMB35A 1917 -
CMB36A 1917 -
CMB37A 1917 -
CMB38B 1917 -
CMB39B 1917 Lost to fire 28th April 1918
CMB62BD 1917 -
CMB63BD 1917 -
CMB64BD 1917 -
CMB65A 1917 -
CMB67A 1917 Lost 18th August 1919
CMB68B 1917 -
CMB69A 1917 -
CMB70A 1917 -
CMB71A 1917 Lost 15th October 1918
CMB72A 1917 -
CMB73B 1917 -
CMB74B 1917 -
CMB75B 1917 -
CMB76A 1917 -
CMB77A 1917 -
CMB78E 1917 -
CMB79A 1917 Lost 18th August 1919
CMB80C 1917 -
CMB81C 1917 -
CMB82C 1917 -
CMB83CE 1917 -
CMB84C 1917 -
CMB85C 1917 -
CMB86BD 1917 -
CMB87B 1917 -
CMB88BD 1917 -
CMB89BD 1917 -
CMB90BD 1917 -
CMB91BD 1917 -
CMB92BD 1917 -
CMB93BD 1917 -
CMB94E 1917 -
CMB95E 1917 -
CMB96E 1917 -
CMB97E 1917 -
CMB98ED 1917 -
CMB99ED 1917 Lost to fire, 1920
CMB113CK 1917 -
CMB114D 1919 Sunk April 1923
CMB115DE 1919 -
CMB116D 1919 -
CMB117D 1919 -
CMB118F 1922 -
CMB119F 1922 -
CMB120F 1922 -

CMB 70ft type
CMB100M 1919 No longer in service 1920-21
CMB101M 1919 No longer in service 1920-21
CMB102MT 1919 Became depot ship Hornet 1923.
CMB103MT 1922 -
CMB104MT 1922 -

ML type
ML1 - ML50 1915 ML18 lost after Armistice.  ML19 lost in war.  ML38 transferred to France. ML40 lost in war. 
ML51 - ML550 1915 ML52, ML55 lost in war.  ML62 lost after Armistice.  ML64 lost in war.  ML97 sold damaged. ML110 lost in war.  ML114, ML115, ML116, ML117 transferred to France.  ML121 lost after Armistice.  ML127 sold damaged. ML149 lost in war.  ML152, ML191, ML196 lost after Armistice. ML197 lost in war. ML229 sold damaged.  ML230, ML247, ML253, ML254, ML255, ML278, ML356 lost in war.  ML390, ML392, ML394, ML396, ML400, ML402 transferred to France.  ML403 lost in war.  ML404 transferred to France.  ML421, ML431 lost in war.  ML434 lost after Armistice.  ML442, ML444, ML446, ML448. ML449, ML450, ML451, ML452, ML453, ML454, ML456, ML458, ML459, ML460, ML462, ML464, ML469, ML470, ML471, ML472 transferred to France.  ML474 lost in war.  ML489, ML491, ML492, ML493 transferred to France.  ML521 lost after Armistice.  ML534, ML540, ML541 lost in war.  ML543, ML544, ML547, ML548 transferred to France.
ML551 - ML580 1918 ML561 lost in war.  ML566 lost after Armistice.

From ML1 - ML580, 200 were sold in 1919.  A further 127 were sold the following year, with only 8 remaining in 1924.

ML55, 1917.

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ML225, 1918.

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The Motor Launch ML473. Launched in 1915. Transferred to the French Navy.

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The Motor Launch ML481. Launched 1915. Transferred to the French Navy. 

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ML542 alongside ML473 at Cologne c.1919.   

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ML369, 1917.

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ML1, 1916.

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ML511, 1917.

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ML397, 1917.

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The following photographs were sent in by Alison Pentland, and are of Athol Blair MacLeod, born 1884, Summerside, PEI, and served on HMML131, HMS Lobster, HMS Skeena and HMS Naden through both World Wars. 

A photo of Athol MacLeod, presumably from HMML131.

Photo presumably taken from HMML31.

Photo taken aboard HMML131.

Athol MacLeod and two others, believed to have been taken in Calgary, after 1914.

Portrait of Athol MacLeod, taken in Grimsby, Ontario.

Athol MacLeod on HMCS Skeena.

MTB1 type
MTB1 1936-9 -

MTB No.1, April 1937.

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MTB2 1936-9 -
MTB3 1936-9 -
MTB4 1936-9 -
MTB5 1936-9 -
MTB6 1936-9 -
MTB7 1936-9 -
MTB8 1936-9 -

MTB08, January 1938.

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MTB9 1936-9 -
MTB10 1936-9 -
MTB11 1936-9 -
MTB12 1936-9 -
MTB14 1936-9 -
MTB15 1936-9 -
MTB16 1936-9 -
MTB17 1936-9 -
MTB18 1936-9 -
MTB19 1936-9 -
MTB100 Converted 1940 ex-MMS51.

10 of this class were lost in the first two years of the war.  The rest became service boats.

MTB332 type
MTB332 1941 -
MTB333 1941 -
MTB334 1941 -
MTB335 1941 -
MTB336 1941 -
MTB337 1941 -
MTB338 1941 -
MTB339 1941 -
MTB340 1941 -
MTB341 1941 -
MTB342 1941 -
MTB343 1941 -

One of this class was lost in 1942.

MA1 / SB1 type
MA1 / SB1 1938-9 -

MASB1, May 1938.

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MA2 / SB2 1938-9 -
MA3 / SB3 1938-9 -
MA4 / SB4 1938-9 -
MA5 / SB5 1938-9 -

One of this class was lost in 1941.  The surviving craft became air/sea rescue vessels.

MA22 / SB22 type
MA22 / SB22 1941 -
MA23 / SB23 1941 -
MA24 / SB24 1941 -
MA25 / SB25 1941 -
MA26 / SB26 1941 -
MA27 / SB27 1941 -
MA28 / SB28 1941 -
MA29 / AB29 1941 -
MA30 / SB30 1941 -
MA31 / SB31 1941 -
MA32 / SB32 1941 -
MA33 / SB33 1941 -
MA34 / SB34 1941 -
MA35 / SB35 1941 -
MA36 / SB36 1941 -
MA37 / SB37 1941 -
MA38 / SB38 1941 -
MA39 / SB39 1941 -

One of this class was lost in 1941.  The surviving craft became air/sea rescue vessels.

MGB40 type
MGB40 1940 -

MGB40, for scrapping, June 1950.

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MGB41 1940 -
MGB42 1940 -
MGB43 1940 -
MGB44 1940 Transferred to Poland, renamed S2.
MGB45 1940 Transferred to Poland, renamed S3.

MGB6 type
MGB6 1939-41 -
MGB7 1939-41 -
MGB8 1939-41 -
MGB9 1939-41 -
MGB10 1939-41 -
MGB11 1939-41 -
MGB12 1939-41 -
MGB13 1939-41 -
MGB14 1939-41 -
MGB15 1939-41 -
MGB16 1939-41 -
MGB17 1939-41 -
MGB18 1939-41 -
MGB19 1939-41 -
MGB20 1939-41 -
MGB21 1939-41 -
MGB46 1939-41 -
MGB50 1939-41 -
MGB51 1939-41 -
MGB52 1939-41 -
MGB53 1939-41 -
MGB54 1939-41 -
MGB55 1939-41 -
MGB56 1939-41 -
MGB57 1939-41 -
MGB58 1939-41 -

MGB58, 1942.

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MGB59 1939-41 -
MGB60 1939-41 -
MGB61 1939-41 -
MGB62 1939-41 -
MGB63 1939-41 -
MGB64 1939-41 -
MGB65 1939-41 -
MGB66 1939-41 -
MGB67 1939-41 -

6 of this class were lost in the war years 1941-44.

MTB412 type
MTB412 1942-5 -
MTB413 1942-5 -
MTB414 1942-5 -
MTB415 1942-5 -
MTB416 1942-5 -
MTB417 1942-5