MTB
736
"D"
Type Motor Torpedo Boat
MTB 736
From the collection of John R. Wilson
Courtesy of Jeff Bobbie
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image
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Launched:
Transferred
to the RCN:: Apr 1944
Removed
from service: 18 May 1945
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Returned
to RN: 18 May 1945
Fate:
Unknown
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MTB 736 was a "D" Type MTB, Displacement:
102 tons, Length: 115 ft, Beam: 21.25 ft, Draught: 5.25 ft, Speed: 29
kts, Complement: 4 officers, 28 men, Armament: 2-6pdrs, 2-
20mm(1xII), 2-18in 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 736 took part
in the D-Day landings on 06 Jun 1944. She was returned to the RN on 18 May 1945.
Photos and Documents
Crew
photos
Commanding Officers
Lt Samuel Owen Greening,
RCNVR - 31 Mar 1944 - 17 May 1944
Lt George Magnus Moors, RCNVR - 17
May 1944 - 03 Oct 1944 |
Lt J.R. Culley,
RCNVR - 03 Oct 1944 - unk
Lt George Magnus Moors, RCNVR -
unk - 18 May 1945 |
In memory of those who have crossed the bar
They shall not be
forgotten
Former Crew Members
Baine, Radar
Black, Motor Mechanic
Brown, Stoker
Brown, Telegraphist
Byers, 1st LT
Crozier, LS
Debruie, AB
Delin, OS
Dorset, AB
Dudley, LS
Gibbings, AB
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Goodburn, Motor Mechanic
Greene, AA3
Hooper, H., AA3
Kelly, Telegraphist
McGregor, Lt, NavO
Monaghan, AA3
Moors, LT, C.O.
Mulligan, AA2
Olynick, Signalman
Parsons, AB
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Phibbs, L/MM
Prest, Radar
Robinson, AAA3
Rossiter, PO/MM
Sale,
John Robert, A/Lt, RCNVR - 10 Apr 1944
Smith, C/MM
Smith,
Stewart, AA3 -
Turpin, Cox'n
Vale, STOKER
Venoit, STOKER
Walters, STOKER
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Photos and
Documents
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MTB 736 Christmas card from Lisle Maher Goodburn to
his sister in 1944
Courtesy of Warren Wall |
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