HUGE 43 INCHES IN LENGTH – RC READY TO RUN VOSPER PERKASA – DETAILED VERSION

 DIMENSIONS OF THE

VOSPER PERKASA

TORPEDO BOAT:

LENGTH OVER ALL:  43 inches 

CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS:  EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG FRP WITH RESIN AND BRASS FITTINGS/PARTS

POWER:  SHIP IS POWERED BY 3 ELECTRIC ENGINES AND 3 PROPS (INSTALLED)

BATTERIES:  REQUIRES 1 2500 TO 4500 8.4VOLT BATTERY AND CHARGER (NOT INCLUDED)

RC SYSTEM:  INCLUDES A 2 CHANNEL DIGITAL SCALE TRANSMITTER/CONTROLLER WITH RECEIVER AND ELECTRONIC SPEED CONTROLLER  

RUDDER:  1 SCALE RUDDER (INSTALLED)

PROP:  3 PROPS (INSTALLED)

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HISTORY OF THE VOSPER PERKASA

Beautifully detailed and carefully painted scale model of the P150 Vosper Motor Torpedo Boat.  From the finely detailed deck fittings, guns and torpedos to the instrument panel on the bridge, this is one fine boat from the past.

Built by Vospers at Portchester, Brave Swordsman and Brave Borderer were the last operational fast attack craft built for the Royal Navy and entered service to ensure that experience and skills related to Coastal Forces survived.  Their design was developed in the mid-1950s from early experience gained with the Bold Class Fast Attack Craft and was based around the inclusion of the Bristol Siddeley Proteus gas turbines.  Although only two were constructed for the Royal Navy, further units of a simplified export design were subsequently built for the navies of West Germany, Denmark, Greece, Malaysia, Brunei and Libya and the design later formed the basis of the Royal Navy's Scimitar Class Fast Training Craft.

The Brave Class were fitted with two small Rover auxiliary gas-turbine turbogenerators and were powered by three Bristol Proteus gas turbines, each with a 3,500 horsepower.  They were developed from engines used in the Britannia aircraft and ensured that Brave Swordsman and Brave Borderer were the fastest warships in the world- they had a cruising speed of 40 knots and a maximum speed of 52 knots and were highly maneuverable.  The Brave Class had a standard displacement of 89 tons, a deep load displacement of 114 tons and measured 98ft in length, 25ft in beam and 7ft in draught.  The beam was relatively large in order to position all three turbines next to each other.  Accommodation was available for a complement consisting of three officers, three petty officers and sixteen ratings.

The two vessels could be configured as Motor Torpedo Boats (MTBs) or Motor Gun Boats (MGBs) - they could carry either one 40mm Bofor gun, four 21" torpedoes and two small depth charges or two 40mm Bofor guns and two 21" torpedoes.  They had originally been intended to carry a 3.3-inch gun in a forward turrets, but trials on Bold Pioneer had proven unsuccessful.