Mtb 702: Loch Striven, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Motor Torpedo Boat (20th Century)
Site Name Mtb 702: Loch Striven, Upper Firth Of Clyde
Classification Motor Torpedo Boat (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Hmtb 702; Hms Mtb 702; Inner Clyde Estuary
Canmore ID 297133
Site Number NS28SW 8045
NGR NS 23 82
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297133
- Council Argyll And Bute
- Parish Rosneath
- Former Region Strathclyde
- Former District Dumbarton
- Former County Dunbartonshire
NS28SW 8045 unlocated
NLO: Loch Striven [name centred NS 086 723].
Possibly on map sheets or NS08SE.
(Classified as Fairmile 'D' Motor Torpedo Boat: date of loss cited as 1947). MTB 702: this vessel foundered prior to trials in Loch Striven.
Registration: London.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.0 W4 50.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
MTB's 601-798 were of the Fairmile D-type, of 95 tons, and measured 100x21ft. They carried 2x20mm guns and 9 machine guns, and were built at various yards.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 November 2008.
J J Colledge and B Warlow 2006.
Loss (1 January 1947 - 31 December 1947)
(Classified as Fairmile 'D' Motor Torpedo Boat: date of loss cited as 1947). MTB 702: this vessel foundered prior to trials in Loch Striven.
Registration: London.
(Location of loss cited as N56 0.0 W4 50.0).
I G Whittaker 1998.
Note (25 November 2008)
MTB's 601-798 were of the Fairmile D-type, of 95 tons, and measured 100x21ft. They carried 2x20mm guns and 9 machine guns, and were built at various yards.
The map sheet assigned to this record is essentially arbitrary.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 25 November 2008.
J J Colledge and B Warlow 2006.
Reference (2011)
Whittaker ID : 7617
Name : MTB 702
Latitude : 560000
Longitude : 45000
Registration : LONDON
Type : MTB FAIRMILE 'D'
Loss Year : 1947
Comment : Foundered prior to trials in Loch Striven
