Vosper & Company
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Vosper & Company, often referred to simply as Vospers, was a British shipbuilding company based in Portsmouth, England.
Vosper motor torpedo boat in Romanian service, possibly Viscolul
F43 Liberal VT Mk10 ‘Niteroi’ class fitting out at Vosper Thornycroft, Woolston
Motor torpedo boat
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A motor torpedo boat is a fast torpedo boat, especially of the mid 20th century. The motor in the designation originally referred to their use of petrol engines, typically marinised aircraft engines o
Vosper & Company
…breaking Bluebird K4, reaching 141.74 mph in 1939. Vosper would become famous as the builder of small (60 to 70-foot) un-stepped planing hull-form naval Motor Torpedo Boats (MTB) and Motor Gun Boats (MGB) for the Royal Navy in World War II. The original boats had a length of 68 feet and were based upon the prototype MTB…
Israeli MTB formation, c. 1967
MTBs in the Mediterranean, February 1945
British Power Boat 72 ft MTB 476 tied up at the Coastal Forces base st Haslar on 15 August 1944
MTB-460 of the Royal Canadian Navy