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 | |
| Class & 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.