| Navy | The Royal Navy |
| Type | Motor Torpedo Boat |
| Class | BPB 60 feet-type |
| Pennant | MTB 3 |
| Built by | British Power Boat (Hythe, England, U.K.) |
| Ordered | 19 Oct 1935 |
| Laid down | |
| Launched | |
| Commissioned | 24 Aug 1936 |
| End service | |
| History | Reclassified Minesweeper Attendant Craft MAC 3 in 1940 |
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Notable events involving MTB 3 include:
12 Nov 1939
HMS Dainty (Cdr. F.M. Walton, RN) departed Malta for Bizerta. She was escorting the motor torpedo boats HMS MTB 1, HMS MTB 3, HMS MTB 4, HMS MTB 6, HMS MTB 14, HMS MTB 15, HMS MTB 16, HMS MTB 18 and HMS MTB 19.
HMS MTB 3 and HMS MTB 4 developed engine problems and both returned to Malta.
All the other ships arrived at Bizerta later the same day. (1)
Sources
- ADM 53/108196
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.