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HM MGB-93
ex-PTC-12


PTC-12 served the Navies of the United States and Great Britian.
PTC-1 Class Motor Boat Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 23 August 1940 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 20 March 1941
  • Placed in service as PTC-12, 28 March 1941 and assigned to Motor Boat Submarine Chaser Squadron One under the command of LTJG John D. Buckley
  • Transferred to Great Britain 4 April 1941 as HM MGB-91
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 13 September 1945
  • Laid up at Poole, England to November 1946
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

    Displacement 27 t.
    Length 63'
    Beam 15' 3"
    Draft 3' 10"
    Speed 30 kts.
    Complement 11
    Armament: Two twin .50 cal. Browning M2 machine guns and 24 depth charges
    Propulsion: Two 1,300shp Hall-Scott Defender gasoline engines, two shafts.

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