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HM MTB-369
ex-BPT-59


BPT-59 served the Navies of Great Britain and the Soviet Union
BPT-21 Class Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 7 September 1942 as BPT-59 by Annapolis Yacht Yard, Annapolis, MD
  • Launched 20 February 1943
  • Completed 22 November 193, transferred to Great Britain and named HM MTB-369
  • Transferred to the Soviet Union 15 February 1944 and renamed TK-229
  • Returned to U.S. Navy in 1954 at Aitepe, Turkey
  • 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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