Motor Torpedo Boat 360
Motor Torpedo Boat (MTB) was the name given to fast torpedo boats by the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy. The 'motor' in the formal designation, referring to the use of petrol engines, was to distinguish them from the majority of other naval craft that used steam turbines or reciprocating steam engines.The capitalised term is generally used for the Royal Navy (RN) boats and abbreviated to "MTB".
During the Second World War, the US Navy boats were usually called by their hull classification symbol of "PT" (Patrol, Torpedo), and are covered under PT boat although the class type were still "motor torpedo boats".
After the end of the War in 1945, a number of the Royal Navy's MTBs were stripped and the empty hulls sold for use as houseboats.
Sunk by gunfire from German surface vessels off IJmuiden, Netherlands on 1 October 1944.
6 Crew members still missing.
Name: Cumming, Alexander
Rank: Telegraphist
Age:26
No.D/JX 206782
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Alexander and Annie Cumming, Portmahomack, Ross and Cromarty
Plymouth Memorial Panel 88-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed off Ijmuiden.
Name: Giles, Thomas Moffat James
Rank: Telegraphist
Age:19
No.P/JX 624408
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Harry and Sarah Giles.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel 84-3
KIA Information: Known to have been killed off Ijmuiden.
Name: Chilton, Arthur Samuel
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:19
No.P/JX 518867
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Samuel and May Evelyn Chilton, Dudley, Worcestershire.
Portsmouth Memorial Panel 82-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed off Ijmuiden.
Name: Hobbs, William Percy
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:21
No.C/JX 545789
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Mr and Mrs G Hobbs, Edmonton, Middlesex
Chatham Memorial Panel 75-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed off Ijmuiden.
Name: Elliott, John
Rank: Able Seaman
Age:29
No.D/JX 416531
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Signey James Elliott and Ethel Lily Elliott (nee Read), of South Newton, Wiltshire.
Plymouth Memorial Panel 86-2
KIA Information: Known to have been killed off Ijmuiden.
Name: James, Dennis Nelson
Rank: Stoker 1st Class
Age:20
No.P/KX 164552
Missing since: 01-11-1944
Next of Kin:Son of Alfred Montugue James and Lily May James, of Luton, Bedfordshire
Portsmouth Memorial Panel 86-1
KIA Information: Known to have been killed off Ijmuiden.