Allied Warships

HMS MTB 218 (MTB 218)

Motor Torpedo Boat of the Vosper 70 feet-type class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Torpedo Boat
ClassVosper 70 feet-type 
PennantMTB 218 
Built byVosper (Portsmouth, England, U.K.) 
Ordered7 Dec 1940 
Laid down 
Launched 
Commissioned9 Jun 1941 
Lost18 Aug 1942 
History

Building for the Royal Hellenic Navy as T 3 (ii), Taken over by the Royal Navy on 7 December 1940
Mined and sunk in the Dover Straits on 18 August 1942

 

Commands listed for HMS MTB 218 (MTB 218)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/A/Lt. Charles Ernest Bonnell, RCNVR4 Sep 1941mid 1942
2T/Lt. Henry Paddison Granlund, DSC, RNVRmid 194218 Aug 1942

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