MTBs 26 & 27

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   I have just been reading the article on the 55 foot Thornycroft CMTB 331 on the BMPB Team site http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boats/MTB-331/index.htm 
Further to the information there, I can confirm that two of the pre war CMBs were sold to the Chinese Navy under the command of Vice Admiral Chan Chak CN. The two boats were Kuai 19 & Kuai 20. They were then requesisioned by the Royal Navy & re-numbered MTBs 26 & 27 to complement the six BPB 60 foot MTBs 06-12 of the 2^nd MTB Flotilla in Hong Kong. MTB 26, ex Kuai 19 was scuttled at 05.00 on Boxing day 26^th December 1941 along with MTBs 07, 09, 10, & 11 off the coast of Nanao in Mirs Bay. MTB 27 ex Kuai 20 was lost in action against the Japanese in a daylight action on the 19^th December 1941 led by MTB 07 on which my late father was the  SPO. More information on my website at www.hongkongescape.org 
There is movie footage of MTB 27 leaving Kowloon camber with Lt L D Kilbee as C/O, also in the footage she fires a torpedo as well as footage of the BPB MTBs. The movie can be viewed at www.movietone.com  just register then put the number 38484 in the “Search Story” box. 
I knew Lt Laurence D Kilbee up until his death in 2006.

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	I have just been reading the article on the 55 foot Thornycroft CMTB 331 on the BMPB Team site http://www.bmpt.org.uk/boats/MTB-331/index.htm Further to the information there, I can confirm that two of the pre war CMBs were sold to the Chinese Navy under the command of Vice Admiral Chan Chak CN. The two boats were Kuai 19 & Kuai 20. They were then requesisioned by the Royal Navy & re-numbered MTBs 26 & 27 to complement the six BPB 60 foot MTBs 06-12 of the 2^nd MTB Flotilla in Hong Kong. MTB 26, ex Kuai 19 was scuttled at 05.00 on Boxing day 26^th December 1941 along with MTBs 07, 09, 10, & 11 off the coast of Nanao in Mirs Bay. MTB 27 ex Kuai 20 was lost in action against the Japanese in a daylight action on the 19^th December 1941 led by MTB 07 on which my late father was the SPO. More information on my website at www.hongkongescape.org There is movie footage of MTB 27 leaving Kowloon camber with Lt L D Kilbee as C/O, also in the footage she fires a torpedo as well as footage of the BPB MTBs. The movie can be viewed at www.movietone.com just register then put the number 38484 in the “Search Story” box. I knew Lt Laurence D Kilbee up until his death in 2006.
	Regards Richard