C/T 21 - information sought |
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Christian
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Posted: 02 March 2018 at 9:30am |
Same class, most likely same boat
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Ness Battery
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Great, thanks. Very useful!
Any idea on the ID of the boat alongside pier? |
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Christian
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C/T 21 was built as RAF HSL 115,
a British Power Boat Co 64ft HSL 100 Class High Speed Launch converted
to Control Target and reclassified C/T 21 in 1943.
http://www.rafboats.co.uk/hslt1info.html |
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Ness Battery
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Greetings all...
I'm hoping to identify a vessel shown in a photograph taken in Scapa Flow c. 1945. The photograph shows a boat alongside the pier at Houton, where there was a boom defence camp. A boom ran from near Houton across to Scad Head, guarding the western entrance to the 'Flow. Boom floats are visible on the shore. The only information I have on the Houton Pier image is what's written on the back: "HSTB alongside Houghton [sic] Pier" I've chosen to post this in this part of the forum because the boat seems to bear close resemblance to images of C/T 17 posted in this forum - see post by gordonrasmith This boat may well have been one of several based at Houton and assigned to patrolling the boom defences. Furthermore, another image I have shows C/T 21 alongside HMS Iron Duke - again, similar to the boat at Houton Pier and C/T-17. This image is taken from ADM 116/5790 - apologies for lower quality, not my own work! There would have been no shortage of work for C/T's in Scapa, not least from the many coast batteries around Orkney. There were R/C boats around, often operating out of Stromness into Hoy Sound. Can anyone comment on the identity and origins of these two vessels? Thanks! Regards Andrew |
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