Allied Warships

HMS MTB 798 (MTB 798)

Motor Torpedo Boat of the Fairmile D class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Torpedo Boat
ClassFairmile D 
PennantMTB 798 
ModMotor Torpedo Boat 
Built byAustins of East Ham Ltd. (London, England, U.K.) 
Ordered26 Mar 1943 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned9 Oct 1944 
Lost14 Feb 1945 
History

Destroyed by an explosion and subsequent fire at Oostende, Belgium on 14 February 1945

 

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1J G Fletcher, RNVROct 194414 Feb 1945

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