British Powerboat Company "Whaleback" Motor Anti Submarine Boat

GBP 50,000

Designed by the 'master craftsman of marine architects', George Selman, 'Whaleback' MASB 32 was ordered under contract CP51253/39 dated 8 Sep 39 under the war emergency programme as a 70ft MA/SB (MASB 7 - 39 = 33 boats). When MASB 6 (1938 programme) ran trials in Dec 39 her performance was "disappointing". As a result of trials with the first 63ft for South Africa (Which was completed as a MASB and did trials for the RN at Portland before being completed as HSL 141) the Admiralty decided to

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