E-boat

The Oxford Companion to World War II | 2001 | 241 words | Copyright

E-boat, or Enemy boat (also Eilboot, or boat in a hurry), was the Allied designation for the German Schnellboot (fast boat). A high-speed craft armed with two torpedo tubes, it was the equivalent of the American PT-boat and the British MTB.

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