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Motor torpedo boats

Scope note

Use for light warships, originally armed with torpedoes and light guns, developed by the major combatants during the Second World War as fast patrol vessels.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000232834

Equivalent Terms used

motor torpedo boat

Created

13yrs ago

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