| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Torpedo Boat |
| Class | Vosper 60 feet-type |
| Pennant | MTB 72 |
| Built by | Vosper (Portsmouth, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | May 1940 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 6 Jul 1940 |
| End service | 1943 |
| History | Building for the Royal Norwegian Navy as No. 8, Taken over by the Royal Navy in May 1940 |
Commands listed for HMS MTB 72 (MTB 72)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Lt. William Bruce Thornton Bate, RNVR | 5 Jul 1940 | 24 Sep 1941 |
| 2 | T/Lt. David George Tate, RNVR | 24 Sep 1941 | 26 Jan 1942 |
| 3 | T/S.Lt. Norman Steel Gardner, RNVR | 26 Jan 1942 | 1 Oct 1942 |
| 4 | G R Price, RNVR | 1 Oct 1942 | 19 Apr 1943 |
| 5 | K E Harris, RNVR | 19 Apr 1943 | mid 1943 |
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Notable events involving MTB 72 include:
Used during 1943 for trials of the Blacker Bombard 29mm spigot mortar (1)
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