The Escape of the 2nd MTB Flotilla

Stoker P.O. Robert. H. Stonell MiD [ P/KX.80217] [MTB 11]

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MTB 11 being worked up at HMS Vernon after completion in July 1938 & laying depth charges on exercise in 1940.

 

 

 

Loading the torpedos. Each BPB MTB carried two on overhead rails in the engine room. The torpedos faced foreward and were launched through ports in the stern into the flip over gantry rails. The direction of the boat was the direction of the torpedo, so once launched the boat had to veer off to allow the torpedo free way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPO Stonell on the throtles in the wheelhouse.

 

Photo from Lt Collingwood's collection ©

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lt C J Collingwood and crew in 1940

Photo from Lt Collingwood's collection ©