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More Vosper MTBs in action (Warships 4013) By T. Garth Connelly The Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) employed by the British Royal Navy during World War II - along with the US Navy's Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boats - can trace their roots to the 1876 torpedo boat HMS LIGHTNING. The British firm Thornycroft produced this 84-foot (25.6 m) long steam-powered craft to carry the newly designed and patented Whitehead torpedo. Invented in England in 1866 by Robert Whitehead, this torpedo was 14 feet (4.3 m) in length and weighed 400 pounds (181.4 kg). The torpedo's warhead weighed less than 20 pounds (9.1 kg). A compressed air motor propelled the torpedo to a top speed of seven knots (12.97 kmh). The effective range of the Whitehead torpedo was approximately 1000 yards (914.4 m). LIGHTNING could reach a maximum speed of 18 knots (33.4 kmh); however, its endurance of three hours at high speed restricted this boat to coastal operations. The British International Trophy for motorboats spurred Thornycroft to develop the racing boat MIRANDA IV in 1910. This 40 foot (12.2 m) long single step hydroplane reached a maximum speed of 40 knots (74.1 kmh) - an unheard-of speed for early 20th Century watercraft. MIRANDA IV served as the basis for Thornycroft's later Coastal Motor Boats (CMBs) built for the Royal Navy during World War I. The CMBs were 55 feet (16.8 m) long and armed with two 18 inch (45.7 cm) torpedoes mounted in stern troughs. The boat's crew launched their torpedoes off the stern while the boat raced towards its target. After the weapons were released, the boat was turned sharply out of the torpedoes' path. The Royal Navy also discovered that CMBs could perform anti-submarine and minelaying duties, although the boats were not designed for these tasks. These lightly armed 'speedboats' of World War I evolved into the British MTBs of World War II.
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