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AUSTRALIAN NAVY - AUSTRALIA

COASTAL FORCES

ML1024 motor launches (1942-1945, 1942/1942-1943)

ML1387 1943

SDML1321 1960

Names

ML1074

ML1125

ML1129

ML1161

ML1321 - 1329

ML1338 - 1347

ML1352 - 1359

Builders

Berthon Boat, Lymington, UK: ML1125

Robinson, Lowestoft, UK: ML1074

Sittingbourne SB Co., UK: ML1161

Nichol, Durban, South Africa: ML1330 - 1337

Thornycroft, Hampton, UK: ML1129

Truscott, St. Joseph, USA: ML1344 - 1347

Purdon & Featherstone, Hobart: ML1321, 1322

MacFarland, Adelaide: ML1323, 1324, 1327 - 1329

Jack, Launceston: ML1325, 1326

Leek, New Jersey, USA: ML1338, 1339

Thorsen, Ellsworth, USA: ML1340 - 1343

Ackerman, Azusa, USA: ML1348 - 1347

Freeport SYd, Long Island, USA: ML1352 - 1355

Elscot, City Island, USA: ML1356 - 1359

Completed

1 - 12.1942: ML1074

1942 // 11.1942: ML1129

1 - 12.1943: ML1321, 1325

1942 // 1943: ML1125, 1161

1 - 12.1944: ML1322 - 1324, 1326, 1327, 1329, 1338 - 1343, 1347, 1352 - 1359

1 - 12.1945: ML1328, 1344 - 1346

Losses

None

Transfers

UK: ML1125 (1944)

Philippines: ML1322 (1958), ML1326 - 1329 (1958)

Iran: ML1323 (6/1956)

Discarding

1945: ML1330, 1332

1947: ML1125, 1129, 1161

1948: ML1074

1949: L1338 - 1347, 1352 - 1359

1971: SDML1321

1982: SDB1324

1992: SDB1325

Displacement standard, t

44 - 46

Displacement full, t

52 - 54

Length, m

22.0

Breadth, m

4.83

Draught, m

1.40 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

ML1321 - 1329: 2 Buda Lanova diesels

ML1338 - 1359: 2 Hercules diesels

ML1074, 1125: 2 Gardner diesels

ML1129, 1161: 2 Thornycroft diesels

Power, h. p.

ML1321 - 1329: 300

ML1338 - 1359: 480

ML1074, 1125: 300

ML1129, 1161: 260

Max speed, kts

ML1321 - 1329: 11.5

ML1338 - 1359: 13.5

ML1074, 1125: 11.8

ML1129, 1161: 11

Fuel, t

diesel oil 7500 l

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

earlier boats: 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I or 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 2 x 1 - 7.7/87, 8 DC

boats completed from 1943 (mostly): 1 x 1 - 47/40 3pdr Hotchkiss Mk I or 1 x 1 - 40/51 QF Mk XIV or 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

boats completed from 1944 - 1945 (mostly): 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Electronic equipment

completed 1940-1943: type 134 sonar

completed 1943-1945: type 291U radar (some), type 134 sonar

Complement

10

Project history: Wooden-hulled round-bilge boats with good seaworthiness.

Modernizations: by 1945 the majority was armed with 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV or (1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 1 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV), 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 8 DC

Naval service: SDML means "seaward defence motor launches" and SDB are "seaward defence boats"

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