HM MTB-218

Type:
Motor Torpedo Boat
Class:
70'
Builder:
Vosper Ltd.
Portsmouth, England
Hull Number:
218
Ordered:
December 7, 1940
Launched:
February 10, 1941
Keel Laid:
May 9, 1940
Completed:
June 9, 1942
Fate:
Sunk Aug. 18, 1942 by German surface craft (gunfire) and a British mine.

Location: English Channel, 14 miles east of Dover, England.
(51.06N-01.36E)

6 men lost, survivors picked up by HM MTB-219.
(Roll of Honour)
Notes:
Ordered by Royal Hellenic Navy as T-3, requisitioned by Admiralty on Dec. 7, 1940.


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