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HM MTB-260
ex-PT-11


PT-11 served the Navies of the United States and Great Britian.
70' Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 1 April 1940 as PT-11 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 7 October 1940
  • Completed 8 November 1940
  • Placed in service 12 November 1940 and assigned to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWO (PTRon 2) under the command of Lt. Comdr. Earl S. Caldwell, USN
  • PTRon 2 tested the first 70' Elco boats in Florida and Caribbean waters in the winter of 1940/41
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy 11 April 1941, placed in service, named HM MTB-260 and assigned to the 10th MTB Squadron
  • Returned to U.S. Navy 16 March 1945
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 40 t.
  • Length 70'
  • Beam 19' 11"
  • Draft 4' 6"
  • Speed 41 kts.
  • Complement 15
  • Armament: Two twin .50 cal. Browning M2 machine guns in Dewandre turrets and four 18" torpedoes (MTB-260 added two .303 cal. twin Mk1 Lewis machine guns, one 20mm mount and two depth charges in addition to
    replacing the 18" torpedoes with two 21" torpedoes)
  • Propulsion: Three 1,200shp Packard V12 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    PT-11, 12, 13 & 14 103k . .
    PT-10 111k Firing practice on PT-11 prior to transfer
    U.S. Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    PT-10 184k PT-17, PT-10, PT-11 and the other boats of PTRon 2 .
    PT-11 110k Aground on a sandbar near the Isla de Pinos (Isles of Pines), off southwest Cuba. In this photograph she is being stripped for refloating
    Photo from PTBM    		 Robert Hurst
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-11
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