MTB 464

 

"G" Type Motor Torpedo Boat

 

 

 

This is a photo of a "G" Type MTB - but not MTB 464

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Transferred to the RCN: 26 Mar 1944

Removed from service: 09 Jun 1945

Fate: Unknown

 

MTB 464 was a "G" Type MTB, Displacement: 44 tons, Length: 71.75 ft, Beam: 20.6 ft, Draught: 5.6 ft, Speed: 39 kts, Complement: 3 officers, 14 men, Armament: 1-6pdr, 2-20mm (1xII) 4-18in TT. While she flew the White Ensign, she was not commissioned in the RCN but instead was listed as a tender to HMCS STADACONA (tenders were not commissioned vessels).

 

MTB 464 took part in the D-Day landings on 06 Jun 1944.

 

 

Photos and Documents          Crew photos

 

 

Commanding Officers

 

Lt Lennox Craig Bishop, DSC, RCNVR - 26 Mar 1944 - 24 Feb 1945

 

Lt Clement Vernon Barlow, RCNVR - 25 Feb 1945 - 06 Mar 1945

 

Lt Lennox Craig Bishop, RCNVR - 07 Mar 1945 - 09 Jun 1945

 

 

     In memory of those who made the ultimate sacrifice    

     Lest We Forget     

ARMSTRONG, Frederick T.

AB, RCNVR

MPK - 09 Jun 1944

 

 

     In memory of those who have crossed the bar    

They shall not be forgotten

 

 

 

Former Crew Members

 

Hobart, George Maxwell, SLt, RCNVR - Jan 1945

 

 

Photos and Documents

 

Lt David Storm Farish, RCNVR on MTB 464

From the collection of David Farish

Courtesy of Diane Kotelko

A few crew members on MTB 464

From the collection of David Farish

Courtesy of Diane Kotelko

The stern of MTB 464

From the collection of David Farish

Courtesy of Diane Kotelko

MTBs at sea

Photo taken from MTB 464

From the collection of David Farish

Courtesy of Diane Kotelko

 

 

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