Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online:
Motor Torpedo Boat Photo Archive

HM MGB-91
ex-PTC-10


PTC-10 served the Navies of the United States and Great Britain
PTC-1 Class Motor Boat Submarine Chaser:

  • Laid down 7 August 1940 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 12 March 1941
  • Placed in service 20 March 1941 and assigned to Motor Boat Submarine Chaser Squadron One under the command of LTJG John D. Bulkeley, USN
  • Transferred to Great Britain 4 April 1941 and reclassified HM MGB-91
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 6 July 1945
  • Laid up at Poole, England to December 1947 then transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 27 t.
  • Length 70'
  • 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.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PTC-10 49k Underway at high speed in Weymouth Bay, England, during the summer of 1941, while attached to the 7th MGB Flotilla. She still retains the Dewandre turrets and appears to be painted
    white overall
    Photo from Coastal Forces Veteran Association    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for PTC-10
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back to the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Index Back to the Motor Torpedo Boat (PT) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created by Joseph M. Radigan and maintained by Tom Bateman
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History