Allied Warships

HMS MTB 5001 (MTB 5001)

Motor Torpedo Boat of the Fairmile D (Modified) class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Torpedo Boat
ClassFairmile D (Modified) 
PennantMTB 5001 
Built byWoodnutt & Co. Ltd. (St. Helens, Isle of Wight, England, U.K.) 
Ordered26 Mar 1943 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned18 Dec 1944 
Lost7 Apr 1945 
History

HMS MTB 5001 (T/Lt. Alasdair Macdonald Watson, RNVR) was sunk by gunfire from a German MTB in the North Sea on 7 April 1945

 

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1T/Lt. Alasdair Macdonald Watson, RNVRDec 19447 Apr 1945

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