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HM MTB-267
ex-PT-18


PT-18 served the Navies of the United States and Great Britian.
70' Motor Torpedo Boat:

  • Laid down 31 May 1940 as PT-18 by the Electric Boat Co., Elco Works, Bayonne, NJ
  • Launched 9 December 1940
  • Placed in service 17 December 1940
  • Transferred to the Royal Navy as HM MTB-267, 11 April 1941 and assigned to the 10th MTB Squadron
  • Damaged in heavy weather on passage from Benghazi, Lybia to Malta. Sunk by British forces 2 April 1943.

    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-267 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 3,600shp Packard V12 M2500 gasoline engines, three shafts.
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    PT-18 103k Recruiting Poster featuring Motor Torpedo Boat (PT) commander Lieutenant John D. Bulkeley:
    This 1942 poster's text reads, "Ouch! The Japs don't like mosquitoes--especially the PT variety, with men like Lieutenant Bulkeley at the wheel and a picked crew shooting "stingers" into the sides of their warships and merchantmen. If you like to be where the attack starts -- there's a place for you right in the U.S. Navy. Go to your nearest Navy Recruiting Station today!" The poster includes photographs of Lt. Bulkeley and a PT Boat. The latter, shown flying a Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron TWO flag at its masthead, is probably PT-18 (an ELCO 70-foot type), photographed in 1941.
    Courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 86429     		Naval History and Heritage Command
    There is no DANFS history available for PT-18
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