HMS Brave Borderer on the Rhine, 1961
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Class overview | |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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.