Sungo | National Historic Ships

Registration number 2030

Status Archived

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Previous names

HMC MTB 486

Details

Function Fighting Vessel

Subfunction Torpedo Boat

Location Southampton

Vessel type Motor Torpedo Boat

Archive reason More information required

Current use Private use

Available to hire No

Available for excursions No

Info required Yes

Construction

Builder British Power Boat Co Ltd. Hythe

Built in 1944

Hull material Wood

Rig None

Number of decks 2

Number of masts 1

Propulsion Motor

Number of engines 1

Primary engine type Inboard

Boiler type None

Boilermaker None

Dimensions

Breadth: Beam

20.60 feet (6.28m)

Depth

4.50 feet (1.37m)

Length: Overall

71.50 feet (21.81m)

History

Built in 1944 by the British Powerboat Company at Southampton, SUNGO is a Motor Torpedo Boat of triple diagonal timber construction. Her original engines were triple Packard Marine Petrol Engines of 1250 hp each. She served in the 29th (Canadian) MTB Flotilla from commissioning in August 1944 until February 1945, when she survived the accidental destruction of the flotilla in Ostend, Belguim. Subsequently she was transferred to a Royal Navy MTB Flotilla. She saw several actions against German light coastal forces and is the last surviving Canadian MTB. Her engines have now been removed and she is in private ownership as a houseboat in Southampton.