Brave-class patrol boat

HMS Brave Borderer on the Rhine, 1961
Class overview
Name	Brave class
Builders	Vosper & Company, Portchester
Operators	Royal Navy
Preceded by	Dark class
Built	1958–1960
In commission	1960–1970
Completed	2
Retired	2
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Motor torpedo boat
Displacement	89 long tons (90 t) standard 114 long tons (116 t) full load
Length	90 ft (27 m) wl 98 ft 10 in (30.12 m) overall
Beam	25 ft 6 in (7.77 m)
Draught	7 ft (2.1 m)
Propulsion	2 × Rover auxiliary gas turbine turbo generators[2] 3 × Bristol Proteus gas turbines 10,500 hp (7,830 kW)
Speed	52 knots (96 km/h; 60 mph) maximum 46 knots (85 km/h; 53 mph) continuous
Range	400 nmi (740 km; 460 mi)
Complement	20 (3 officers, 17 ratings)
Armament	As Motor Torpedo Boat 1 × Bofors 40 mm gun 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes As Motor Gun Boat 2 × Bofors 40 mm guns 2 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The Brave-class fast patrol boats were a class of two gas turbine motor torpedo boats (MTBs) that were the last of their type for the Royal Navy (RN) Coastal Forces division. They formed the basis for a series of simpler boats which were widely built for export.

At the time of their introduction the Braves were the fastest naval vessels in the world.