Scott-Paine |
Post Reply |
Author | |
john manders
Newbie Joined: 22 March 2007 Status: Offline Points: 1 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
Posted: 22 March 2007 at 12:46am |
Torpedo motorboats built by Scott-Paines Canadian Power Boats company were sent from the Dutch Royal Navy to the British RN to be used as CT 31-34 Target boats. Does anybody know their fate? Pictures appreciated. John Manders. Curacao, D.W.I. |
|
Christian
Senior Member Joined: 17 June 2005 Location: Gibraltar Status: Offline Points: 775 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
John This; Besides survivors mentioned above, no other known survivors exist. C/T 31 built by the Canadian Power Boat Co as TM 28 for the Dutch Navy was a hulk at Conyer Creek in Kent but was demolished between 1998 & 2000. is from here; http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boat%20histories/Control%20Target%20B oats/index.htm
Also see; http://warships.web4u.cz/lode.php?language=E&stat=HOL&am p;typ=MTB&trida=TM+22 Regards, Christian. Edited by Christian |
|
JAKW
Newbie Joined: 14 May 2005 Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
John, C/T boats were not target boats. C/T means "Control and/or Towing [boat]", i.e. a boat that remotely controls a target (by radio), or tows a target.
ex-Dutch TM boats planned/used as C/T boats:
C/T 30 number not awarded. (Possibly this number was reserved for the Dutch MTB TM-31. Builder: Canadian Power Boat Co., Montreal Canada. This boat was shipped in 1944 from Curaçao, Dutch West Indies to the UK. TM-31 was first commissioned in the local flotilla ** at Holyhead (probably at HMS BEE, the Coastal Forces training base, where boats worked up). TM-31 was beached at Holyhead during a gale in the night of 1/2 September 1944 and was severely damaged. It is conceivable that the damaged boat was considered a good candidate for conversion into a C/T boat. Apparently, this was never done. The ultimate fate of TM-31 is unknown).
C/T 31 ex Dutch MTB TM-28. Builder: Canadian Power Boat Co., Montreal Canada. This boat was shipped in 1944 from Curaçao, Dutch West Indies to the UK. TM-28 was first commissioned in the local flotilla ** at Portsmouth (possibly at HMS HORNET, the Coastal Forces base at Gosport). Became Royal Navy vessel in October 1944 (= presumably commissioning date as C/T 31). Commanding officer: Temporary Lieutenant A.W. Worth, R.N.Z.N.V.R. Stationed at HMS HORNET, Gosport. Paid off February 1947. Sold by the Director of Small Craft Disposals (DSCD). ex C/T 31 in poor paint state, but still with twin amidships turrets was seen at Dover 23 September 1948. At low tide, the hull of ex C/T 31 was visible at Conyer Creek, Faversham, Kent in the mid-1990s, but it was demolished between 1998 & 2000.
C/T 32 ex Dutch MTB TM-29. Builder: Canadian Power Boat Co., Montreal Canada. This boat was shipped in 1944 from Curaçao, Dutch West Indies to the UK. TM-29 was first commissioned in the local flotilla ** at Holyhead (probably at HMS BEE, the Coastal Forces training base, where boats worked up). Became Royal Navy vessel in February 1945 (= presumably commissioning date as C/T 32). Commanding officer: Lieutenant J.W. Patterson, R.N.V.R. Stationed at HMS BEE, Holyhead. Paid off July 1946. Sold by the Director of Small Craft Disposals (DSCD). Disposition unknown. C/T 33 ex Dutch MTB TM-30. Builder: Canadian Power Boat Co., Montreal Canada. This boat was shipped in 1944 from Curaçao, Dutch West Indies to the UK. TM-30 was first commissioned in the local flotilla ** at Portsmouth (possibly at HMS HORNET, the Coastal Forces base at Gosport). Became Royal Navy vessel in April 1945 (= presumably commissioning date as C/T 33). Commanding officer: Temporary Lieutenant E.H.G. Hughes, R.N.V.R. Stationed at HMS HORNET, Gosport. Paid off July 1946. Sold by the Director of Small Craft Disposals (DSCD). Disposition unknown.
**, Local flotillas operated only in the vicinity of their own ports, had no numbers and were composed of various types of ships and craft.
Hope this helps,
Jan
|
|
JAKW
Newbie Joined: 14 May 2005 Status: Offline Points: 8 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
Hi folks,
A PHOTO of C/T 31 can be found at:
Jan
|
|
Post Reply | |
Tweet
|
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |