In response to Germany’s growing militarization, the French Navy launched a new program in 1937 to develop torpedo boats for mass production. Two boats were laid down within this program: VTB-11 and VTB-12. Both were built in Saint-Nazaire by Loire, the company that constructed the earlier experimental boats, VTB-8, VTB-9 and VTB-10. Neither boat was completed before the outbreak of World War II. After the fall of France in 1940, VTB-11 escaped to the United Kingdom without its torpedo armament. The torpedoes were installed there, and the boat was transferred to the Free French Navy. It later served as a submarine chaser and was sunk during an air raid in 1943.

The VTB-11 was introduced in Update 2.39 "Dance of Dragons". Its main differences from the VTB-9 are the altered placement of the 7.7-mm machine gun turret and the use of 400-mm torpedoes instead of 450-mm ones. Otherwise, it remains a fast boat with weak armaments consisting of only two 7.7-millimeter machine guns. Its torpedoes are weak but sufficient to sink a torpedo boat or subchaser.