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Krakatoa
Post subject: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 9th, 2015, 7:44 pm
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The Fairmile D motor torpedo boat was a type of British Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) designed by Bill Holt and conceived by Fairmile Marine for the Royal Navy. Nicknamed "Dog Boats", they were designed to combat the known advantages of the German E-boats over previous British coastal craft designs. They were bigger than earlier MTB or Motor Gun Boat (MGB) designs (which were typically around 70 feet) but slower, at 30 knots compared to 40 knots.

Unlike the Fairmile B designs, the Dog Boats were only produced in component form in Britain. Some were built for the RAF's Marine Branch for use in the long range air-sea rescue for downed airmen. 229 boats were built between 1942 and 1945.

Many versions were produced or converted from existing boats; MGB, MTB, MA/SB, LRRC and post-war FPB.

Since the Fairmile D could be fitted out with a mix of armament that gave it the capabilities of both a Motor Gun Boat and a Motor Torpedo boat, the MGB designation was dropped.

There are no known survivors, other than two abandoned wrecks, one in Chatham, England and the other in Ellingsøy, Norway.

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Radome
Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 9th, 2015, 10:20 pm
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Nice!
This was my first drawing ever on this forum.
Yours is much better than mine was :)

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Krakatoa
Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 10th, 2015, 12:48 am
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Thank you for that comment Radome. I did look in the archive first but could not see anything there. Would your drawing have been in the Beginners section?


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Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 10th, 2015, 7:36 am
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Nice work.


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Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 10th, 2015, 9:58 am
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Very nice to see these class of vessels coming to Shipbucket.

Here says about the last Fairmile D:

http://www.canadiancoastalforcestrust.c ... a6b1f.html

From Canada, info about restoration of a Fairmile B:
http://jproc.ca/rrp/fairmile.html

In real Hellas, there is an Fairmile B modified to yacht :

http://48options.com/en/sailing-offers/ ... or-sailer/

She still exists, with this appearance.


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Radome
Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 10th, 2015, 12:08 pm
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Krakatoa wrote:
Thank you for that comment Radome. I did look in the archive first but could not see anything there. Would your drawing have been in the Beginners section?
Wow it was so long ago. I dont even think the drawing even exists now :)

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David Latuch
Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 10th, 2015, 1:28 pm
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Very nice . . . I like it a lot!

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Hood
Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 11th, 2015, 8:24 am
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Excellent work, very well drawn.
Loving the shark teeth too!

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Gollevainen
Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 11th, 2015, 9:17 am
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yea this is good drawing, its always nice to see more little crafts in the bucket

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Post subject: Re: Great Britain, Fairmile 'D' MTBPosted: July 11th, 2015, 5:39 pm
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Excellent work! A pity that SB standard not allowing larger drawings.




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