| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Torpedo Boat |
| Class | BPB 60 feet-type |
| Pennant | MTB 18 |
| Built by | British Power Boat (Hythe, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 11 Jan 1938 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 24 Mar 1939 |
| End service | |
| History | Reclassified as target towing vessel CT 10 in 1942 |
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Notable events involving MTB 18 include:
12 Nov 1939
HMS Dainty (Cdr. F.M. Walton, RN) departed Malta for Bizerta. She was escorting the motor torpedo boats HMS MTB 1, HMS MTB 3, HMS MTB 4, HMS MTB 6, HMS MTB 14, HMS MTB 15, HMS MTB 16, HMS MTB 18 and HMS MTB 19.
HMS MTB 3 and HMS MTB 4 developed engine problems and both returned to Malta.
All the other ships arrived at Bizerta later the same day. (1)
Sources
- ADM 53/108196
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.