Allied Warships

HMS MTB 698 (MTB 698)

Motor Torpedo Boat of the Fairmile D class

NavyThe Royal Navy
TypeMotor Torpedo Boat
ClassFairmile D 
PennantMTB 698 
ModMotor Torpedo Boat 
Built byWallasea Bay Yacht Station (Rochford, England, U.K.) 
Ordered28 Nov 1941 
Laid down 
Launched 
CommissionedJul 1943 
Lost30 Jan 1946 
History

Foundered en-route from Malta to Alexandria on 30 January 1946

 

Commands listed for HMS MTB 698 (MTB 698)

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CommanderFromTo
1T/Lt. John Roff Finlay Best, RNVR10 Jul 1943early 1945
2A B Stewart, RNVRearly 1945late 1945

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