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David H
Ex-Royal Navy MMS-1 and MMS-2 built 1937 were transferred to Turkey in 1939:
[www.navypedia.org]

Thorneycroft built mine warfare craft for Turkey 1939/40:

[www.navypedia.org]

David!

MMS1 & 2 were built in 1937

[www.navypedia.org] - is very unserious source, like wikipedia. You could only check what is wrong, what not. It is not include the ships I have asked about.


I have asked about boats built 1941 or 1942, delivered to Turkey in 1943 of 65 or 70 tons.

MTBs = Mayin Toplama Botlar (not to be confused with MTB=Motor Tporpedo Boats, as fpr example did Conwya's .. 1922-1946) are listed in all Naval Annuals I posess( Les Flottes, Weyer, Jane).

One of them MTB-2 was converted into diver tender DALGIC-2 (P-312), and according to Turkish sources all of them recieve new diesel motors of 235bhp. MTB-6 replaced by a new boat built 1951 by Teskizak NY, MTB-5 also was replaced by a new boat built 1973 by Gölcük NY and eventuially MTB-4 was replaced by a new boat built 1982 by Gölcük NY.

Jane 2000 listed them as minehunting tenders still with 2000bhp aqnd 20kts.