MTB488
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Category: Boats (In alphabetical order)
Forum Name: Motor Torpedo Boats
Forum Description: Discussion on Motor Torpedo Boats
URL: http://www.bmpt.co.uk/forum_posts.asp?TID=93
Printed Date: 26 March 2026 at 9:10pm
Topic: MTB488
Posted By: puffin
Subject: MTB488
Date Posted: 08 January 2006 at 7:07pm
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I am a Model boat builder and have built sometime ago a model of MTB488 a British Motor Torpedo boat built in Hythe in Hampshire UK. At the moment I am converting the model to take 2 X 26cc Zenoh Gas engines with an electric motor for the third shaft. It is to be used for a long distance off shore between Newhaven in Sussex and down to Porstsmouth and returning to Newhaven round trip of 140 or so miles. It is for the Air Ambulance. What I am trying to find out is whether there are any good photos of the boat and is there anybody alive who sailed in her, also is there a club or organization for the British Power Boats in the UK? ------------- Challengers in Model Power |
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Posted By: Christian
Date Posted: 08 January 2006 at 9:34pm
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Not a very good pic but a start.Good luck,thats a lot of miles for a little boat.How about a pic of the model-must be a biggun. |
Posted By: E.S.ChildsDrum1
Date Posted: 01 March 2006 at 10:21am
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Hi. Puffin. As far as I could find out there are no longer any BPB MTB`s in existance except those that have been transformed into house boats or pleasure cruisers, and there is no BPB clubs except the Coastal Forces Veterans Association of which I am a member. Ted Childs Drum 1. ------------- E.S.Childs |
Posted By: Christian
Date Posted: 02 March 2006 at 3:36pm
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Hi Ted You're forgetting http://www.themilestonepartnership.co.uk/mgb81.html - http://www.themilestonepartnership.co.uk/mgb81.html |
Posted By: Stormvogel
Date Posted: 24 January 2009 at 2:00pm
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Hi Puffin, My Grandfather was the Chief Motor Mechanic on MTB 488 between June 1944 & 45. If you send me your email address I can send you a scan of the original 488 photo and of the crew. There is also a video on U-tube of a model of 488. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ymEKzY2giYk - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ymEKzY2giYk
Regards,
Stormvogel
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