Allied Warships

HMS MTB 8 (MTB 8)

Motor Torpedo Boat of the BPB 60 feet-type class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Torpedo Boat
ClassBPB 60 feet-type 
PennantMTB 8 
Built byBritish Power Boat (Hythe, England, U.K.) 
Ordered7 Dec 1936 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned3 Sep 1937 
Lost16 Dec 1941 
History

Bombed and sunk at Hong Kong by Japanese aircraft

 

Commands listed for HMS MTB 8 (MTB 8)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt. Roland Lindsay Boddy, RN27 Jun 19381 Nov 1939
2Lt. Eric Gordon Nelson Bremner, RN1 Nov 193912 Feb 1940
3Lt. Laurence Dudley Kilbee, HKRNVR12 Feb 194016 Dec 1941

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