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S-Boats in the Royal Swedish Navy 1921 - 2000 (Marinen)
"T 1" og "T 2"
In 1939 Sweden ordered two boats from British Powerboat Co. which, however, were confiscated by the British Royal Navy because of the outbreak of war. As replacement for the two confiscated boats two ELCO 70' PT-boats (PT = Patrol Torpedo) were bought from USA. The got the indicators "T 1" and "T 2" (T = Torpedboat).
Søsterbåd af "T 1 " and "T 2", here US "PT 10" - Picture: US Navy
Technical Data
| Length | 21,34 m | ||||
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Beam |
6,07 m | ||||
| Draught | 1,37 m | ||||
| Displacement | 32 t | ||||
| Complement | 12 Men | ||||
| Armament |
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| Propulsion | 3 x Packard 1220 375 PS Gasoline-Motors | ||||
| Speed | 42 kn | ||||
| Shipyard | ELCO, Bayonne/New Jersey |
Especials
The boats did not correspond with the expectations of the Swedish Navy.
Sisterboats ex-USN "PT 10" to "PT 19" were delivered to the British Royal Navy as Lend-Lease-boats and commissioned as "MTB 259" to "MTB 268" for service in the Mediterranean Sea.
The Swedish Navy bought modern Italian MAS 500-boats as replacement.