A Short History of HMS St Christopher
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HMS  ST  CHRISTOPHER  BOATS

 Commissioned - 31st October 1940

Decommissioned - 31st December 1944


During these four years the following craft were in service at Fort William:



MTB 36


1939 Class “Vosper”   70’ 0”



MTB’ s 42, 45, 46, 48


Ex 5th Flotilla - Dover. 1939 “White”  70’ 0”



MTB 66


1939 Extension class “Vosper” 70’ 0” Commissioned in early 1942.
Only one of ten boats to operate in UK waters.


MTB 228


1941 Class “ Vosper”   70’ 0”



MTB 346


An experimental “ Thornycroft” from Mid 1942 until. written off Mid 1943.


MGB 14, 15


Late 1940 to early 1941. 70’ 0” BPB - later 5th MGB Flotilla.


MGB 47


75’ 0” “ White” Ex 3rd MGB Flotilla - end 1942.


MGB 51, 52, 54


70’ 0” BPB Ex 4th MGB Flotilla - end 1942.


MGB 68


A one-off “Higgins” 81’ 0” Ex PT6


MGB 93


70’ 0” “Elco” Arrived from USA 1942.


ML 131, 133, 136, 154, 158, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 178, 241, 248, 260, 282, 284, 448, 490


19 “Fairmile” B Class - several later went to Operational flotillas.
At the peak, mid 1944, thirteen B Class were based at Fort William.


HDML 1031, 1049, 1078


From 1941 - 1942.

Compiled by Geoffrey Hudson, CFVA historian.

Date unknown.


MTB 66 was one of ten built between 1940 and 1942, she was the only boat of the ten that never went to war or left the UK waters. She was commissioned in early 1942 and taken from her builders in Portsmouth to join the training flotilla at Fort William on the west coast of Scotland. 


MTB 66 was taken to Fort William under the command of  CO. Robert Eburah. DSC., MID.  From a letter I received form Mr. Eburah in early September 2002, recalling that it took three months to make the journey around the west coast of England and arriving at Fort William in September of 1942.  She was to remain at Fort William throughout the war and used as a training MTB till the end of the war. MTB 66 was sold after the war and was most lightly turned into a house boat, again from Mr. Eburah's letter whilst on holiday in the mid 1960s he was to see MTB 66 sitting on a mud bank still showing a faint 66 on her bows.


From: VOSPER 70ft MTB 66


HMS St Christopher through WWII


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