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HM MTB-275
ex-BPT-21


BPT-21 was built for India
BPT-21 Class Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 5 September 1941 as BPT-21 by Annapolis Yacht Yard, Annapolis, MD
  • Launched 2 May 1942
  • Completed 2 March 1943, transferred to India and named HM MTB-275
  • Returned to U.S. Navy custody 16 March 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 12 March 1946 and transferred to the State Department, Foreign Liquidation Commission
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 49 t.
  • Length 73'
  • Speed 40 kts.
  • Armament: Two 18" torpedoes, one 20mm mount and two .303 cal. Vickers machine guns
  • Propulsion: Three 1,500shp Packard W-14 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    BPT-21
    BPT-21 160k 2 May 1942
    Annapolis Yacht Yard
    BPT-21 at her launch. The buildings in the background are the U.S. Naval Academy
    Photo courtesy R. T. Miller    		 Robert Hurst
    BPT-21 128k Annapolis Yacht Yard
    BPT-21 some time after launching. The charthouse has been painted and torpedo tubes have been fitted
    Photo courtesy R. T. Miller
    HM MTB-275
    BPT-21 154k c. 1944
    Under refit
    Photo courtesy Geoffrey Hudson from "Allied Coastal Forces of World War II: Volume II" by John lambert and Al Ross    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for BPT-21
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