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Tuesday, 28 November 2017

Thirteenth British motor torpedo boat (No. 7) commissioned according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad 1939 no. 2

An item referred to the magazine R.U.S.I. dated November 1938 reporting that the British motor torpedo boat (MTB) No. 7 was commissioned on 31 August 1938 and added to the Vernon.(1) At that moment were 13 motor torpedo boats commissioned, 6 serving in the Mediterranean and 6 in the Chinese waters.

Note
1. HMS Vernon was a shore establishment also called a stone frigate which was in fact the Torpedo Branch or Torpedo School at the Gunwharf site, Portsmouth, England between 1923-1996.