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Wednesday, 8 November 2017

German navy building more torpedo boats according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 6

An item referred to the Proceedings dated July 1938 reporting that within the Germany navy 14 motor torpedo boats were commissioned/. There were another five under construction with a displacement pf 62 tons and a length of 93 feet. Their machinery consisted of diesels or Daimler Benz machine delivering 2.400hp allowing a speed of 36-40 miles. Several boats of this type were also delivered to Turkey.